 | |
 EAFF members | |
| Formation | 28 May 2002 |
|---|---|
| Type | Sports organization |
| Headquarters | Tokyo, Japan |
| Membership | 10 member associations |
President |  Du Zhaocai |
Parent organization | AFC |
| Website | eaff (in English, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean) |
The East Asian Football Federation (EAFF), founded on 28 May 2002, is an international governing body of association football in East Asia.
| President | Years |
|---|---|
 Shunichiro Okano | 2002–2005 |
 Chung Mong-joon | 2006 |
| Xie Yalong | 2006–2007 |
| Junji Ogura | 2008–2010 |
| Cho Chung-yun | 2011–2012 |
| Chung Mong-gyu | 2013 |
| Zhang Jian | 2014–2015 |
| Kozo Tashima | 2016–2017 |
| Chung Mong-gyu | 2018–2021 |
| Du Zhaocai | 2022–present (until 2026) |
EAFF has 10 member associations. [1] All of them are members of the Asian Football Confederation, including the Northern Mariana Islands Football Association, which is an associate member of the AFC (previously an associated member of the Oceania Football Confederation) until its full membership was approved in December 2020. [2] The Palau Football Association was being considered as a possible future member of the association in 2009. [3] Northern Mariana Islands national football team was a provisional member from December 2006 [4] to September 2008. [5]
| Association | EAFF affiliation | National team | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| China PR | 2002 | Chinese Super League | |
 Chinese Taipei | 2002 | Taiwan Football Premier League | |
 Guam | 2002 | Guam Soccer League | |
 Hong Kong | 2002 | Hong Kong Premier League | |
| Japan | 2002 | J1 League | |
 Korea DPR | 2002 | DPR Korea League | |
| Korea Republic | 2002 | K League 1 | |
 Macau | 2002 | Liga de Elite | |
 Mongolia | 2002 | Mongolia Premier League | |
 Northern Mariana Islands | 2020 | Marianas Soccer League |
| Country | Official sponsors |
|---|---|
| Japan | Aiful |
| Credit Saison | |
| ParadigmｰShift IDNet work's | |
| Rally Japan | |
| Sfida | |
| S&B Foods | |
| None | Brave Software |
| Country | Official supporters |
|---|---|
| None |  eaff.com |
| E-1 NFT | |
| Nuarca | |
| Brave Software | |
Rankings are calculated by FIFA.
| EAFF* | FIFA | +/− | National Team | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 15 |  | Japan | 1652.79 |
| 2 | 23 |  1 | South Korea | 1585.45 |
| 3 | 90 |  2 | China | 1266.38 |
| 4 | 114 | 3 | North Korea | 1164.41 |
| 5 | 156 | 2 | Hong Kong | 1024.58 |
| 6 | 165 | 3 |  Chinese Taipei | 990.92 |
| 7 | 187 | 1 | Mongolia | 883.57 |
| 8 | 193 | | Macau | 871.52 |
| 9 | 203 | 1 | Guam | 821.91 |
Rankings are calculated by FIFA.
| EAFF* | FIFA | +/− | National Team | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | 1 | Japan | 1976.38 |
| 2 | 9 | | North Korea | 1944.23 |
| 3 | 17 | 1 | China | 1803.92 |
| 4 | 20 | 1 | South Korea | 1787.37 |
| 5 | 42 | 1 | Chinese Taipei | 1538.7 |
| 6 | 80 | 1 | Hong Kong | 1276.96 |
| 7 | 98 | 2 | Guam | 1206.27 |
| 8 | 125 | 1 | Mongolia | 1103.77 |
| 9 | 175 | 2 | Macau | 850.91 |
| Competition | Current | Champions | Details | Runners-up | Dates | Next [8] | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Interregional (AFF–EAFF) | ||||||||
| AFF–EAFF Cup of Champions | 2022 | Cancelled | 2025 | |||||
| National teams | ||||||||
| EAFF E-1 Football Championship | 2022 | Japan | RR | South Korea | 2025 | |||
| EAFF U15 Men's Championship | 2023 | China | Final | Japan | TBC | |||
| East Asian Youth Games Men's Football Tournament | 2023 | Chinese Taipei | RR | Hong Kong | 2027 | |||
| EAFF Futsal Championship | 2022 | Japan | South Korea | 2024 | ||||
| Women's national teams | ||||||||
| EAFF E-1 Football Championship (women) | 2022 | Japan | RR | China | 2025 | |||
| East Asian Youth Games Women's Football Tournament | 2023 | South Korea | RR | China | 2027 | |||
For each tournament, the flag of the host country and the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.
| FIFA World Cup record | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | 1930  (13) | 1934  (16) | 1938  (15) | 1950  (13) | 1954  (16) | 1958  (16) | 1962  (16) | 1966  (16) | 1970  (16) | 1974  (16) | 1978  (16) | 1982  (24) | 1986 (24) | 1990  (24) | 1994  (24) | 1998  (32) | 2002 (32) | 2006 (32) | 2010  (32) | 2014  (32) | 2018  (32) | 2022  (32) | 2026  (48) | 2030   (48) | 2034  (48) | Years |
| South Korea | Did not exist | × | GS | × | • | × | • | • | • | • | GS | GS | GS | GS | 4th | GS | R16 | GS | GS | R16 | 11 | |||||
| Japan | × | × | × | × | • | × | • | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | R16 | GS | R16 | GS | R16 | R16 | 7 | |||
| North Korea | Did not exist | × | × | × | × | QF | × | • | × | • | • | • | • | × | × | • | GS | • | • | × | 2 | |||||
| China | × | × | × | × | × | • | × | × | × | × | × | • | • | • | • | • | GS | • | • | • | • | • | 1 | |||
| Total (4 teams) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | TBD | TBD | TBD | 21 |
| FIFA Women's World Cup record | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | 1991 (12) | 1995 (12) | 1999 (16) | 2003 (16) | 2007 (16) | 2011 (16) | 2015 (24) | 2019 (24) | 2023   (32) | Years |
| Japan | GS | QF | GS | GS | GS | 1st | 2nd | R16 | QF | 9 |
| China | QF | 4th | 2nd | QF | QF | • | QF | R16 | GS | 8 |
| South Korea | • | • | • | GS | • | • | R16 | GS | GS | 4 |
| North Korea | • | × | GS | GS | QF | GS | × | • | × | 4 |
| Chinese Taipei | QF | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
| Total (5 teams) | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 26 |
| AFC Asian Cup record | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team |  1956 (4) |  1960 (4) |  1964 (4) |  1968 (5) |  1972 (6) | 1976 (6) |  1980 (10) |  1984 (10) | 1988 (10) |  1992 (8) |  1996 (12) |  2000 (12) | 2004 (16) |    2007 (16) | 2011 (16) | 2015 (16) | 2019 (24) | 2023 (24) | 2027 (24) | Years |
| South Korea | 1st | 1st | 3rd | • | 2nd | • | 2nd | GS | 2nd | • | QF | 3rd | QF | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | QF | SF | 15 | |
| China | Not an AFC member | 3rd | GS | 2nd | 4th | 3rd | QF | 4th | 2nd | GS | GS | QF | QF | GS | 13 | |||||
| Japan | × | × | × | • | × | • | × | × | GS | 1st | QF | 1st | 1st | 4th | 1st | QF | 2nd | QF | 10 | |
| North Korea | Not an AFC member | •• | 4th | × | • | GS | × | • | • | × | GS | GS | GS | × | 5 | |||||
| Hong Kong | 3rd | • | 4th | 5th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | 4 | |
| Chinese Taipei | • | 3rd | × | 4th | × | × | OFC member | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 2 | |||
| Total (6 teams) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | TBD | 49 |
| Olympic Games (Men's tournament) record | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | 1900 (3) | 1904 (3) | 1908  (6) | 1912 (11) | 1920  (14) | 1924 (22) | 1928  (17) | 1936  (16) | 1948 (18) | 1952  (25) | 1956 (11) | 1960 (16) | 1964 (14) | 1968 (16) | 1972 (16) | 1976 (13) | 1980  (16) | 1984 (16) | 1988  (16) | 1992 (16) | 1996 (16) | 2000 (16) | 2004  (16) | 2008 (16) | 2012 (16) | 2016 (16) | 2020 (16) | 2024 (16) | Years | |
 South Korea | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | QF | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | QF | GS | 3rd | QF | 5th | 11 | ||||||||||
 Japan | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | QF | GS | QF | 3rd | GS | QF | GS | GS | 4th | GS | 4th | 11 | ||||||||||
 China | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | GS | GS | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Chinese Taipei | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | GS | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
 North Korea | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | QF | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Total (5 teams) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | TBD | 28 |
| Olympic Games (Women's tournament) record | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | 1996 (8) | 2000 (8) | 2004 (10) | 2008 (12) | 2012 (12) | 2016 (12) | 2020 (12) | 2024 (12) | Years |
| China | 2nd | 5th | 9th | 5th | • | 8th | 10th | 6 | |
| Japan | 7th | • | 7th | 4th | 2nd | • | 8th | 5 | |
| North Korea | • | • | • | 9th | 9th | • | × | 2 | |
| Total (3 teams) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | TBD | 13 |
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