2013 EAFF East Asian Cup

For the women's tournament, see 2013 EAFF Women's East Asian Cup.
2013 EAFF East Asian Cup
2013년 EAFF 동아시안컵
Tournament details
Host country South Korea
Dates 20–28 July[1]
Teams 10 (from 2 sub-confederations)
Final positions
Champions  Japan (1st title)
Runners-up  China PR
Third place  South Korea
Fourth place  Australia
Tournament statistics
Matches played 6
Goals scored 21 (3.5 per match)
Top scorer(s) Japan Yoichiro Kakitani
Best player Japan Hotaru Yamaguchi

The 2013 EAFF East Asian Cup was the 5th edition of this regional competition, the football championship of East Asia. Two preliminary competitions were held during 2012.[2] Mongolia are suspended from the EAFF and can not compete in any EAFF competition until March 2014 at the earliest,[3] whilst Australia accepted an invitation to take part.[1]

Preliminary round 1

The first round of the Preliminary Competition was hosted by Guam between 18–22 July 2012. The winner of the group advanced to the second round.

Team Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
 Guam 2 2 0 0 6 1 +5 6
 Macau 2 1 0 1 5 4 +1 3
 Northern Mariana Islands 2 0 0 2 2 8 6 0

Matches

18 July 2012
16:00
Northern Mariana Islands  1–3  Guam
Miller  18' Report Cunliffe  25', 66', 90' (pen.)
Leo Palace Resort, Yona
Attendance: 450
Referee: Kim Dae-Yong (Korea Republic)

20 July 2012
16:00
Northern Mariana Islands  1–5  Macau
Schuler  51' Report Chan Kin Seng  27', 55', 59'
Ho Man Hou  40'
Vernon  62'
Leo Palace Resort, Yona
Attendance: 150
Referee: Jumpei Iida (Japan)

22 July 2012
16:00
Guam  3–0  Macau
Cunliffe  15'
Lopez  22'
DeVille  90+3'
Report
Leo Palace Resort, Yona
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Jumpei Iida (Japan)

Awards

Top Scorer Most Valuable Player
Guam Jason Cunliffe Guam Jason Cunliffe

Goals

4 goals

3 goals

1 goals

Preliminary round 2

The second round of the preliminary competition was held in Hong Kong between 1 December and 9 December 2012. The winner of the group advanced to the final tournament.

Squads

Matches

Team Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
 Australia 4 3 1 0 19 1 +18 10
 North Korea 4 3 1 0 16 2 +14 10
 Hong Kong 4 2 0 2 4 6 2 6
 Chinese Taipei 4 0 1 3 2 17 15 1
 Guam 4 0 1 3 2 17 15 1

1 December 2012
14:30
Guam  1–2  Hong Kong
Merfalen  56' Report Chan Siu Ki  2', 17'
Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong
Attendance: 3,040
Referee: Kim Dae-Yong (Korea Republic)

1 December 2012
17:10
Chinese Taipei  1–6  North Korea
Chen Hao-Wei  79' Report An Il-Bom  28'
Pak Song-Chol  34'
Ri Kwang-Hyok  42'
Pak Nam-Chol  65'
Ri Myong-Jun  67', 89'
Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong
Attendance: 3,040
Referee: Wang Zhe (China PR)

3 December 2012
17:50
North Korea  5–0  Guam
An Il-Bom  25'
Ri Myong-Jun  34', 59'
Pak Nam-Chol  82'
Jong Il-Gwan  87'
Report
Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong
Attendance: 4,160
Referee: Mongkolchai Pechsri (Thailand)

3 December 2012
20:30
Hong Kong  0–1  Australia
Report Emerton  85'
Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong
Attendance: 4,160
Referee: Jumpei Iida (Japan)

5 December 2012
17:50
Chinese Taipei  1–1  Guam
Lo Chih-An  90+2' Report Naputi  67'
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
Attendance: 989
Referee: Kim Dae-Yong (Korea Republic)

5 December 2012
20:30
North Korea  1–1  Australia
An Yong-Hak  64' Report Thompson  4'
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
Attendance: 989
Referee: Mongkolchai Pechsri (Thailand)

7 December 2012
17:50
Guam  0–9  Australia
Report Mooy  12'
Babalj  20', 56'
Marrone  43'
Thompson  59', 62', 65' (pen.)
Milligan  71'
Garcia  83'
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
Attendance: 2,315
Referee: Wang Zhe (China PR)

7 December 2012
20:30
Hong Kong  2–0  Chinese Taipei
Chan Wai Ho  24'
Lee Hong Lim  25'
Report
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
Attendance: 2,315
Referee: Jumpei Iida (Japan)

9 December 2012
14:20
Hong Kong  0–4  North Korea
Report Pak Nam-Chol  27'
Ryang Yong-Gi  33'
Pak Nam-Chol  36'
Pak Song-Chol  85'
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
Attendance: 3,345
Referee: Mongkolchai Pechsri (Thailand)

9 December 2012
17:00
Australia  8–0  Chinese Taipei
Garcia  11'
Cornthwaite  17'
Taggart  19', 29'
Behich  34', 57'
Mooy  47'
Yang Chao-hsun  82' (o.g.)
Report
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
Attendance: 3,345
Referee: Kim Dae-Yong (Korea Republic)

Awards

Top Scorer Most Valuable Player
North Korea Ri Myong-Jun[4] Australia Brett Emerton

Goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Final tournament

Squads

Matches

The final stage of the tournament was played in South Korea between 20 and 28 July 2013.

Team Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
 Japan 3 2 1 0 8 6 +2 7
 China PR 3 1 2 0 7 6 +1 5
 South Korea 3 0 2 1 1 2 1 2
 Australia 3 0 1 2 5 7 2 1

20 July 2013
19:00
South Korea  0–0  Australia
Report

21 July 2013
21:00
Japan  3–3  China PR
Kurihara  32'
Kakitani  59'
Kudo  60'
Report Wang Yongpo  4' (pen.), 80' (pen.)
Sun Ke  86'

24 July 2013
20:00
South Korea  0–0  China PR
Report

25 July 2013
20:00
Japan  3–2  Australia
Saito  26'
Osako  56', 79'
Report Duke  76'
Jurić  78'
Hwaseong Stadium, Hwaseong
Attendance: 1,458
Referee: Tan Hai (China PR)

28 July 2013
17:15
Australia  3–4  China PR
Mooy  30'
Taggart  89'
Duke  90+3'
Report Yu Dabao  5'
Sun Ke  56'
Yang Xu  87'
Wu Lei  88'

28 July 2013
20:00
South Korea  1–2  Japan
Yun Il-Lok  33' Report Kakitani  24', 90+1'
Seoul Olympic Stadium, Seoul
Attendance: 47,258
Referee: Ben Williams (Australia)

Awards

Top Scorer Most Valuable Player
Japan Yoichiro Kakitani Japan Hotaru Yamaguchi

Goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Final standings

Rank Team
1  Japan
2  China PR
3  South Korea
4  Australia
5  North Korea
6  Hong Kong
=7  Chinese Taipei
=7  Guam
9  Macau
10  Northern Mariana Islands

Broadcasting

Territory Broadcaster
Arab League Arab World AD Sport
 Australia Fox Sports
 Brazil SporTV
 Canada TBA
 China CCTV 5
 Europe Eurosport
 Hong Kong Now TV
 Japan Fuji TV
Union of South American Nations Latin America Fox Sports
 New Zealand TVNZ
 South Korea JTBC
 Thailand TrueVisions
 United States ESPN2

Controversies

At the final match between South Korea and Japan on 28 July, South Korean fans booed the start of the Japanese anthem and later upped the political sloganeering with a banner that covered most of the width of one end of the ground that read, in Korean, "The nation that forgets history has no future."(Korean: 역사를 잊은 민족에게 미래는 없다),[5] apparently aiming at the Japanese leaders' reluctance to admit to wrongdoings during its militaristic and colonial past, after they displayed huge pictures of Ahn Jung-geun, who assassinated the first Prime Minister of Japan and then-Japanese Resident-General of Korea Itō Hirobumi back in 1909, and Yi Sun-sin, a Korean naval commander who is famed for his victories against the Japanese navy during the Imjin war in the Joseon Dynasty back in the 16th century.[6] The banner was not removed until Korea Football Association (KFA) directed supporters to do so after the first half of the match. After the banner was taken down, "Red Devils," a group of South Korean football supporters, refused to cheer on the national team in the second half. On its Facebook page, the Seoul sector of the Red Devils wrote that its members would not bang drums or chant songs for South Korea in protest of the decision by the KFA to remove the banner.[7]

Kuniya Daini, President of Japan Football Association, said "We ask the East Asian federation to thoroughly investigate the matter and act in the appropriate fashion," and Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said the incident was "extremely regrettable" and the Japanese government "will respond appropriately based on FIFA rules when the facts are revealed.", while KFA said "We are still investigating the matter. We have no official statement now".[8]

Japanese Sports Minister Hakubun Shimomura went further on Tuesday, saying the style of the banners called into question "the nature of the people" in South Korea.[9]

The South Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs then responded with a statement deploring Shimomura's "rude comments".[9]

On 31 July, KFA issued a statement insisting that Japanese fans waving a large "rising sun" Japanese military flag had incited South Korean supporters.

References

  1. 1 2 "Australia to enter EAFF East Asia Cup 2013". Football Federation Australia. 30 August 2012.
  2. "35th East Asian Football Federation Executive Committee Meeting". EAFF.com. East Asian Football Federation. 2012-04-20. Retrieved 2012-04-20.
  3. "Agenda and Decisions of 6th Ordinary Congress and 33rd and 34th Executive Committee Meeting". EAFF.com. East Asian Football Federation. 2011-03-19. Retrieved 2012-04-20.
  4. 錯頒神射手賽會收回獎盃 (in Chinese). Ming Pao. 2012-12-10. Retrieved 2012-12-15.
  5. "Banner Controversy Mars Japan-Korea Soccer Match". Alastair Gale (The Wall Street Journal). 2013-07-29. Retrieved 2013-07-30.
  6. 안중근·이순신 현수막 논란...붉은 악마는 '응원 보이콧' [Ahn Jung-geun, Yi Sun-sin banners controversy...Red Devils' "Cheering boycott"] (in Korean). Seoul Broadcasting System. 2013-07-28. Retrieved 2013-07-28.
  7. "(2nd LD) S. Korea loses to East Asian Cup champion Japan". Yonhapnews. 2013-07-28. Retrieved 2013-07-28.
  8. "Japan lodge complaint over Korean banner". Reuters. 2013-07-29. Retrieved 2013-07-30.
  9. 1 2 "Football: Banner controversy sparks S Korea-Japan history row". Channel NewsAsia (MediaCorp). 2013-07-31. Retrieved 2013-07-31.

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