East Asian Football Federation (EAFF)

EAFF members
Formation	28 May 2002; 21 years ago (28 May 2002)
Type	Sports organization
Headquarters	Tokyo, Japan
Membership	10 member associations
President	Du Zhaocai
Parent organization	AFC
Website	eaff.com (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.

Presidents

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)

Member associations

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	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U20 W U17	Chinese Super League
Taiwan	2002	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U20 W U17	Taiwan Football Premier League
Guam	2002	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U20 W U17	Guam Soccer League
Hong Kong	2002	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U20 W U17	Hong Kong Premier League
Japan	2002	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U20 W U17	J1 League
Korea DPR	2002	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U20 W U17	DPR Korea League
Korea Republic	2002	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U20 W U17	K League 1
Macau	2002	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U20 W U17	Liga de Elite
Mongolia	2002	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U20 W U17	Mongolia Premier League
Northern Mariana Islands	2008	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U20 W U17	Marianas Soccer League

Sponsors

Official sponsors
Aiful
Brave Software
Credit Saison
ParadigmｰShift IDNet work's
Rally Japan
Sfida
S&B Foods
Official supporters
eaff.com
E-1 NFT
Nuarca

FIFA World Rankings

Men's national teams

As of 9 January 2022

Rankings are calculated by FIFA.

FIFA Rankings (as of 20 July 2023)^[6]

EAFF*	FIFA	+/−	National Team	Points
1	20		Japan	1595.96
2	28		South Korea	1529.3
3	80	1	China	1304.78
4	115		North Korea	1169.96
5	149		Hong Kong	1049.74
6	153		Chinese Taipei	1028.18
7	182		Macau	913.68
8	183		Mongolia	908.71
9	203	3	Guam	838.33

Women's national teams

As of 9 June 2023

Rankings are calculated by FIFA.

EAFF*	FIFA	+/−	Country	Points
1	11		Japan	1916.69
2	14	1	China	1854.49
3	17		South Korea	1840.27
4	37		Chinese Taipei	1578.28
5	78	1	Hong Kong	1307.29
6	97		Guam	1218.07
7	127	1	Mongolia	1108.79
8	/		North Korea	/
9	/		Macau	/
10	/		Northern Mariana Islands	/

Competitions

Current title holders

Competition		Current	Champions	Title	Runners-up		Next[7]	Dates
Interregional (AFF–EAFF)
AFF–EAFF Champions Trophy		2022	Cancelled				TBC
National teams
EAFF E-1 Football Championship		2022	Japan	2nd	South Korea		2024
Youth Games Men's futsal tournament		2019	N/A		N/A		2023
EAFF Futsal Championship		2022	Japan	3rd	South Korea		2024
Women's national teams
EAFF E-1 Football Championship		2022	Japan	4th	China		2024
Youth Games Women's futsal tournament		2019	N/A		N/A		2023

Tournament record

Legend

•  1st  – Champion
•  2nd  – Runner-up
•  3rd  – Third place
•  4th  – Fourth place
• QF – Quarterfinals
• R16 – Round of 16 (since 1986: knockout round of 16)
• GS – Group stage (in the 1950, 1974, 1978, and 1982 tournaments, which had two group stages, this refers to the first group stage)
• 1S – First knockout stage (1934–1938 Single-elimination tournament)
•  Q  – Qualified for upcoming tournament
•  •  – Did not qualify
•  ×  – Did not enter / withdrawn / banned / disqualified
•     — Hosts

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

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)	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	21

FIFA Women's World Cup

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	Q	9
China	QF	4th	2nd	QF	QF	•	QF	R16	Q	8
South Korea	•	•	•	GS	•	•	R16	GS	Q	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

Olympic Games For Women

Olympic Games (Women's tournament) record
Team	1996 (8)	2000 (8)	2004 (10)	2008 (12)	2012 (12)	2016 (12)	2021 (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

Olympic Games For Men

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)	2021 (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