2019 EAFF E-1 Football Championship

For the women's tournament, see 2019 EAFF E-1 Football Championship (women).

The 2019 EAFF E-1 Football Championship was the 8th edition of the EAFF E-1 Football Championship, an international football tournament for East Asian countries and territories organized by the EAFF. The finals were held in South Korea in December 2019.^[1] It was the nation's third time hosting the tournament.^[2]

2019 EAFF E-1 Football Championship

2019년 EAFF E-1 풋볼 챔피언십
Tournament details
Host country	South Korea
City	Busan
Dates	10–18 December
Teams	4 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	South Korea (5th title)
Runners-up	Japan
Third place	China
Fourth place	Hong Kong
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
Goals scored	14 (2.33 per match)
Attendance	42,181 (7,030 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Koki Ogawa (3 goals)
Best player(s)	Hwang In-beom
Best goalkeeper	Kim Seung-gyu
← 2017 2022 →

Teams

Ten teams were allocated to their particular stage. Each winner of the preliminary round progressed to the next stage.

Final Round	Second Preliminary Round	First Preliminary Round
South Korea (hosts)  Japan  China	North Korea  Chinese Taipei (hosts)  Hong Kong	Guam  Macau  Mongolia (hosts)  Northern Mariana Islands (non-FIFA member)

Venues

Preliminary Round
Ulaanbaatar	Taipei
MFF Football Centre	Taipei Municipal Stadium
Capacity: 5,000	Capacity: 20,000
Final Round
Busan
Busan Asiad Main Stadium	Busan Gudeok Stadium
Capacity: 53,769	Capacity: 12,349

Tiebreakers

The ranking of teams was determined as follows:^[3]

1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
4. If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
5. Goal difference in all group matches;
6. Goals scored in all group matches;
7. Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are tied and they met in the last round of the group;
8. Disciplinary points (yellow card = 1 point, red card as a result of two yellow cards = 3 points, direct red card = 3 points, yellow card followed by direct red card = 4 points);
9. Drawing of lots.

First preliminary round

The first preliminary round was held in Mongolia^[4] in September 2018.^[5]

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mongolia (H)	3	2	1	0	14	2	+12	7	Advance to Second preliminary round
2	Macau	3	1	1	1	4	5	−1	4[a]
3	Guam	3	1	1	1	5	3	+2	4[a]
4	Northern Mariana Islands	3	0	1	2	1	14	−13	1

Source: EAFF.com
(H) Hosts
Notes:

1. Head-to-head result: Macau 2–0 Guam.

Matches

• All times are local (UTC+8).

Guam	4–0	Northern Mariana Islands
Mendiola 13' Lopez 26', 68' Cunliffe 65'	Report

2 September 2018 (2018-09-02)

13:00

MFF Football Centre, Ulaanbaatar

Attendance: 105

Referee: Gu Chunhan (China)

Mongolia	4–1	Macau
Seo-Od-Yanjiv 40' Janchiv 45' Batbold 74' Naranbold 83'	Report	Leonel 48'

2 September 2018 (2018-09-02)

17:00

MFF Football Centre, Ulaanbaatar

Attendance: 1,654

Referee: Kim Woo-sung (South Korea)

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Macau	2–0	Guam
Lam Ka Seng 14' Leong Ka Hang 78'	Report

4 September 2018 (2018-09-04)

13:00

MFF Football Centre, Ulaanbaatar

Attendance: 106

Referee: Kao Jung-fang (Chinese Taipei)

Mongolia	9–0	Northern Mariana Islands
Mönkh-Erdengiin 11', 14' Seo-Od-Yanjiv 25', 54' Temuujin 39' Batbold 71', 78' Marakthan 85' Orkhon 89'	Report

4 September 2018 (2018-09-04)

17:00

MFF Football Centre, Ulaanbaatar

Attendance: 2,021

Referee: Luk Kin Sun (Hong Kong)

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Northern Mariana Islands	1–1	Macau
Tenorio 33'	Report	Leong Ka Hang 19'

6 September 2018 (2018-09-06)

13:00

MFF Football Centre, Ulaanbaatar

Attendance: 17

Referee: Luk Kin Sun (Hong Kong)

Mongolia	1–1	Guam
Tsedenbal 90+4'	Report	Mendiola 89'

6 September 2018 (2018-09-06)

17:00

MFF Football Centre, Ulaanbaatar

Attendance: 1,521

Referee: Kim Woo-sung (South Korea)

Awards

Top scorer	Most Valuable Player
Baljinnyam Batbold[6]	Norjmoogiin Tsedenbal[6]

Second preliminary round

The second preliminary round was held in Taiwan^[4] in November 2018.^[5]

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hong Kong	3	2	1	0	7	2	+5	7	Advance to Final round
2	North Korea	3	2	1	0	6	1	+5	7
3	Chinese Taipei (H)	3	1	0	2	3	5	−2	3
4	Mongolia	3	0	0	3	3	11	−8	0

Source: EAFF.com
(H) Hosts

Matches

• All times are local (UTC+8).

North Korea	4–1	Mongolia
Rim Kwang-hyok 8', 54' Kim Yu-song 29' Jong Il-gwan 64'	Report	Nyam-Osoryn 74'

11 November 2018 (2018-11-11)

14:10

Taipei Municipal Stadium, Taipei

Attendance: 125

Referee: Minoru Tōjō (Japan)

Chinese Taipei	1–2	Hong Kong
Chen Ting-yang 81'	Report	McKee 65' Chung Wai Keung 84'

11 November 2018 (2018-11-11)

18:10

Taipei Municipal Stadium, Taipei

Attendance: 1,793

Referee: Chae Sang-hyeop (South Korea)

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Hong Kong	0–0	North Korea
	Report

13 November 2018 (2018-11-13)

15:10

Taipei Municipal Stadium, Taipei

Attendance: 228

Referee: Dwi Purba Adi Wicaksana (Indonesia)

Chinese Taipei	2–1	Mongolia
Chu En-le 8', 10'	Report	Norjmoogiin 62'

13 November 2018 (2018-11-13)

19:10

Taipei Municipal Stadium, Taipei

Attendance: 1,157

Referee: Razlan Joffri Ali (Malaysia)

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Mongolia	1–5	Hong Kong
Artag 50'	Report	Sandro 24', 57' McKee 36' Baise 83' Akande 87'

16 November 2018 (2018-11-16)

15:10

Taipei Municipal Stadium, Taipei

Attendance: 263

Referee: Chae Sang-hyeop (South Korea)

Chinese Taipei	0–2	North Korea
	Report	Jong Il-gwan 48' Jang Kuk-chol 73'

16 November 2018 (2018-11-16)

19:10

Taipei Municipal Stadium, Taipei

Attendance: 2,016

Referee: Minoru Tōjō (Japan)

Awards

Top scorer	Most Valuable Player
Rim Kwang-hyok	Huang Yang

Final round

The final round was held in Busan, South Korea between 10 and 18 December 2019.^[7]

Squads

Main article: 2019 EAFF E-1 Football Championship Final squads

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Result
1	South Korea (C, H)	3	3	0	0	4	0	+4	9	Champions
2	Japan	3	2	0	1	7	2	+5	6	Runners-up
3	China	3	1	0	2	3	3	0	3	Third place
4	Hong Kong	3	0	0	3	0	9	−9	0	Fourth place

Source: EAFF.com
(C) Champions; (H) Hosts

Matches

China	1–2	Japan
Dong Xuesheng 90'	Report	Suzuki 29' Miura 70'

10 December 2019 (2019-12-10)

19:30

Busan Gudeok Stadium, Busan

Attendance: 800

Referee: Ilgiz Tantashev (Uzbekistan)

South Korea	2–0	Hong Kong
Hwang In-beom 45+1' Na Sang-ho 82'	Report

11 December 2019 (2019-12-11)

19:30

Busan Asiad Main Stadium, Busan

Attendance: 1,070

Referee: Shaun Evans (Australia)

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Japan	5–0	Hong Kong
Suga 8' Tagawa 14' Ogawa 26', 45+1', 58'	Report

14 December 2019 (2019-12-14)

19:30

Busan Gudeok Stadium, Busan

Attendance: 1,276

Referee: Mohd Amirul Izwan Yaacob (Malaysia)

South Korea	1–0	China
Kim Min-jae 13'	Report

15 December 2019 (2019-12-15)

19:30

Busan Asiad Main Stadium, Busan

Attendance: 7,916

Referee: Muhammad Taqi (Singapore)

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Hong Kong	0–2	China
	Report	Ji Xiang 8' Zhang Xizhe 71' (pen.)

18 December 2019 (2019-12-18)

16:15

Busan Asiad Main Stadium, Busan

Attendance: 1,867

Referee: Sivakorn Pu-udom (Thailand)

South Korea	1–0	Japan
Hwang In-beom 28'	Report

18 December 2019 (2019-12-18)

19:30

Busan Asiad Main Stadium, Busan

Attendance: 29,252

Referee: Ilgiz Tantashev (Uzbekistan)

• All times are local (UTC+9).

Awards

Best goalkeeper	Best defender	Top scorer	Most Valuable Player
Kim Seung-gyu	Kim Min-jae	Koki Ogawa	Hwang In-beom

Goalscorers

3 goals

Koki Ogawa

2 goals

Hwang In-beom

1 goal

Dong Xuesheng Ji Xiang Zhang Xizhe Genta Miura

Daiki Suga Musashi Suzuki Kyosuke Tagawa Kim Min-jae

Na Sang-ho

Final ranking

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
1	South Korea	3	3	0	0	4	0	+4	9	Champions
2	Japan	3	2	0	1	7	2	+5	6	Runners-up
3	China	3	1	0	2	3	3	0	3	Third Place
4	Hong Kong	6	2	1	3	7	11	−4	7	Fourth Place
5	North Korea	3	2	1	0	6	1	+5	7	Eliminated in Second Preliminary Round
6	Chinese Taipei	3	1	0	2	3	5	−2	3
7	Mongolia	6	2	1	3	17	13	+4	7
8	Macau	3	1	1	1	4	5	−1	4	Eliminated in First Preliminary Round
9	Guam	3	1	1	1	5	3	+2	4
10	Northern Mariana Islands	3	0	1	2	1	14	−13	1

Updated to match(es) played on 18 December 2019. Source: EAFF.com

Per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-out are counted as draws.

Broadcasting rights

•  China – CCTV-5+, PPTV
•  Guam – KGTF
•  Hong Kong – Cable TV, Fantastic Television
•  Japan – Fuji TV
•  Macau – TDM
•  Mongolia – MNB
• NMI – KTGM
•  North Korea – KCTV
•  South Korea – SPOTV, MBN (South Korean male national team matches only)