East Asian Football Championship

East Asian Football Championship
Founded 2003 as East Asian Football Championship
Region East Asia (EAFF)
Number of teams 10 (Preliminary)
4 (Finals)
Current champions  China PR (2nd title)
Most successful team  South Korea (2 titles)
 China PR (2 titles)
2010 East Asian Football Championship (Men, Women)

East Asian Football Championship is an association football competition of East Asian countries and territories, held by the East Asian Football Federation (EAFF).

Before the EAFF was founded in 2002, Dynasty Cup was held between the East Asian top 4 teams, and was regarded as the unofficial East Asian Championship.

There is a separate competition for both men (first held in 2003) and women (first held in 2005). There was also a combined points competition in 2005, where the results of the men's and women's teams are added together (not including qualifiers).

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History

The Dynasty Cup is a defunct international association football competition that is regarded as the predecessor to East Asian Football Championship. It was held four times from 1990 to 1998. The purpose of the competition was to improve the quality of football in the East Asia and the national teams in the area participated in the tournament. After the East Asian Football Federation was formed in 2002, the East Asian Football Championship replaced this tournament.

In the men's tournament China, South Korea and Japan have the right to automatically enter the competition, while other participants have to go through a qualifying round. Other participants that take part are Chinese Taipei, North Korea, Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, Hong Kong China, Mongolia, and Macau China.

Men's Tournaments

Year Host Winner Runners-Up Third Place Fourth Place
2003
Details
 Hong Kong
 Japan

South Korea

Japan

China PR

Hong Kong
2005
Details
 Chinese Taipei
 South Korea

China PR

Japan

North Korea

South Korea
2008
Details
 Macau
 China

South Korea

Japan

China PR

North Korea
2010
Details
 Guam
 Chinese Taipei
 Japan

China PR

South Korea

Japan

Hong Kong

Men's Tournament Winners

Team Titles Runners-Up Third Place Fourth Place
 South Korea 2 (2003, 2008) 1 (2010) 0 1 (2005)
 China PR 2 (2005, 2010) 0 2 (2003, 2008) 0
 Japan 0 3 (2003, 2005, 2008) 1 (2010) 0
 North Korea 0 0 1 (2005) 1 (2008)
 Hong Kong 0 0 0 2 (2003, 2010)

Men's Awards

Most Valuable Players

Year Player
2003 Yoo Sang-Chul
2005 Ji Mingyi
2008 Kim Nam-Il
2010 Du Wei

Top scorers

Year Player Goals
2003 Tatsuhiko Kubo 2
2005 No Award
2008 Yeom Ki-Hun
Park Chu-Young
Koji Yamase
Jong Tae-Se
2
2010 Qu Bo
Lee Dong-Gook
Lee Seung-Ryul
Keiji Tamada
2

Women's Tournaments

Year Host Winner Runners-Up 3rd Place 4th Place
2005
Details
 South Korea
South Korea

North Korea

Japan

China PR
2008
Details
 China
Japan

North Korea

China PR

South Korea
2010
Details
 Chinese Taipei
 Japan

Japan

China PR

South Korea

Chinese Taipei

Women's Tournament Winners

Team Titles Runners-Up
 Japan 2 (2008, 2010) -
 South Korea 1 (2005) -
 North Korea - 2 (2005, 2008)
 China PR - 1 (2010)

Women's Awards

Most Valuable Players

Year Player
2005 Ho Sun Hui
2008 Homare Sawa
2010 Homare Sawa

Top scorers

Year Player Goals
2005 No Award
2008 Shinobu Ohno 3
2010 Han Duan
Mana Iwabuchi
Lee Jang-Mi
Yoo Young-A
2

See also

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