2019 EAFF E-1 Football Championship

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. It was the nation's third time hosting the tournament.

2019 EAFF E-1 Football Championship
2019년 EAFF E-1 풋볼 챔피언십
Tournament details
Host countrySouth Korea
CityBusan
Dates10–18 December
Teams4 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Venue2 (in 1 host cities)
Final positions
Champions South Korea (5th title)
Runners-up Japan
Third place China
Fourth place Hong Kong
Tournament statistics
Matches played6
Goals scored14 (2.33 per match)
Attendance42,181 (7,030 per match)
Top scorer Koki Ogawa (3 goals)
Best player 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

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:

  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 in September 2018.

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
3  Guam 3 1 1 1 5 3 +2 4
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
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'
MFF Football Centre, Ulaanbaatar
Attendance: 1,654
Referee: Kim Woo-sung (South Korea)

Macau 2–0 Guam
Lam Ka Seng 14'
Leong Ka Hang 78'
Report
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
MFF Football Centre, Ulaanbaatar
Attendance: 2,021
Referee: Luk Kin Sun (Hong Kong)

Northern Mariana Islands 1–1 Macau
Tenorio 33' Report Leong Ka Hang 19'
MFF Football Centre, Ulaanbaatar
Attendance: 17
Referee: Luk Kin Sun (Hong Kong)
Mongolia 1–1 Guam
Tsedenbal 90+4' Report Mendiola 89'
MFF Football Centre, Ulaanbaatar
Attendance: 1,521
Referee: Kim Woo-sung (South Korea)

Awards

Top scorer Most Valuable Player
Baljinnyam Batbold Norjmoogiin Tsedenbal

Second preliminary round

The second preliminary round was held in Taiwan in November 2018.

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'
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'
Taipei Municipal Stadium, Taipei
Attendance: 1,793
Referee: Chae Sang-hyeop (South Korea)

Hong Kong 0–0 North Korea
Report
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'
Taipei Municipal Stadium, Taipei
Attendance: 1,157
Referee: Razlan Joffri Ali (Malaysia)

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

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'
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
Busan Asiad Main Stadium, Busan
Attendance: 1,070
Referee: Shaun Evans (Australia)

Japan 5–0 Hong Kong
Suga 8'
Tagawa 14'
Ogawa 26', 45+1', 58'
Report
Busan Gudeok Stadium, Busan
Attendance: 1,276
Referee: Mohd Amirul Izwan Yaacob (Malaysia)
South Korea 1–0 China
Kim Min-jae 13' Report
Busan Asiad Main Stadium, Busan
Attendance: 7,916
Referee: Muhammad Taqi (Singapore)

Hong Kong 0–2 China
Report Ji Xiang 8'
Zhang Xizhe 71' (pen.)
Busan Asiad Main Stadium, Busan
Attendance: 1,867
Referee: Sivakorn Pu-udom (Thailand)
South Korea 1–0 Japan
Hwang In-beom 28' Report
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
2 goals
1 goal

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)

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