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
Chinese Taipei	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	2020	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 21 December 2023

Rankings are calculated by FIFA.

FIFA Rankings (as of 15 February 2024)^[6]

EAFF*	FIFA	+/−	National Team	Points
1	18	1	Japan	1614.33
2	22	1	South Korea	1566.21
3	88	9	China	1273.78
4	114	2	North Korea	1168.12
5	153	1	Chinese Taipei	1023.93
6	154	4	Hong Kong	1022.91
7	187		Macau	896.62
8	190		Mongolia	889.16
9	205		Guam	821.91

Women's national teams

As of 16 December 2023

Rankings are calculated by FIFA.

FIFA Rankings (as of 15 December 2023)^[7]

EAFF*	FIFA	+/−	National Team	Points
1	8		Japan	1978.01
2	9		North Korea	1950.87
3	19	4	China	1803.4
4	20		South Korea	1800.07
5	42	4	Chinese Taipei	1545.1
6	79	2	Hong Kong	1293.39
7	93		Guam	1216.68
8	128	1	Mongolia	1103.77
9	173		Macau	850.91

Competitions

Current title holders

Competition		Current	Champions	Details	Runners-up		Dates	Next[8]
Interregional (AFF–EAFF)
AFF–EAFF Champions Trophy		2022	Cancelled					TBC
National teams
EAFF E-1 Football Championship		2022	Japan	RR	South Korea			2024
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		2022	Japan	RR	China			2025
East Asian Youth Games Women's Football Tournament		2023	South Korea	RR	China			2027

Tournament record

Legend

• 1st – Champions
• 2nd – Runners-up
• 3rd – Third place
• 4th – Fourth place
• SF – Semi-finals
• QF – Quarter-finals
• 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)	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

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

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 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)	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 For Women

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