2025 EAFF E-1 Football Championship

The 2025 EAFF E-1 Football Championship was an association football tournament organised by the East Asian Football Federation. It was the tenth edition of the men's tournament of the EAFF E-1 Football Championship, the men's football championship of East Asia. The preliminary competition was held on 8–17 December 2024 in Hong Kong, and the tournament was held on 7–15 July 2025 in South Korea.

2025 EAFF E-1 Football Championship
2025년 EAFF E-1 풋볼 챔피언십
Tournament details
Host country	South Korea
City	Yongin
Dates	7–15 July
Teams	4 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Japan (3rd title)
Runners-up	South Korea
Third place	China
Fourth place	Hong Kong
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
Goals scored	16 (2.67 per match)
Attendance	32,136 (5,356 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ryo Germain (5 goals)
Best player	Ryo Germain
Best goalkeeper	Keisuke Ōsako
← 2022 2028 →

Teams

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

Final Round	Preliminary Round
South Korea (hosts) Japan China	Hong Kong (hosts) ~~North Korea~~ (withdrawn) Chinese Taipei Macau Mongolia Guam

Venues

Preliminary Round			Final Round
Hong Kong			Yongin
Hong Kong Stadium	Kai Tak Youth Sports Ground	Mong Kok Stadium	Yongin Mireu Stadium
Capacity: 40,000	Capacity: 5,000	Capacity: 6,664	Capacity: 37,155

Preliminary competition

Draw

The tournament's official draw was released on 15 November 2024. The pot placements followed each team's progress based on the world rankings.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3
Hong Kong (159) (H) ~~North Korea (110)~~ (Withdrawn)	Chinese Taipei (165) Macau (185)	Mongolia (189) Guam (204)

Matches

Six countries drawn lots in 2 groups, two teams on the top in each group contested in the final.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Guam	1	1	0	2	1	+1	3	Advance to Final
2	Macau	1	0	1	1	2	−1	0
3	North Korea	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrawal after the draw

Source: EAFF

All times are local time, Hong Kong Time (UTC+08:00).

8 December 2024

14:00

Guam	Cancelled	North Korea

Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong

14 December 2024

14:00

Macau	1–2	Guam
Lei Cheng Lam 41' (pen.)	Report	Morimoto 31' Taitague 73'

Kai Tak Youth Sports Ground, Hong Kong

Attendance: 534

Referee: Tam Ping Wun (Hong Kong)

14 December 2024

14:00

North Korea	Cancelled	Macau

Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong

Group B

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

Source: EAFF
(H) Hosts

All times are local time, Hong Kong Time (UTC+08:00).

8 December 2024

18:00

Mongolia	0–3	Hong Kong
	Report	Everton 24' Wong Wai 35' Benavides 60'

Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong

Attendance: 3,329

Referee: Wiwat Jumpaoon (Thailand)

11 December 2024

20:00

Chinese Taipei	4–0	Mongolia
Kouamé 42', 83' Benchy 59' Yu Yao-hsing 76'	Report

Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong

Attendance: 892

Referee: Du Jianxin (China)

14 December 2024

20:00

Hong Kong	2–1	Chinese Taipei
Orr 19' Tsui Wang Kit 87'	Report	Yu Yao-hsing 29'

Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong

Attendance: 5,637

Referee: Chae Sang-hyeop (South Korea)

Final

17 December 2024

20:00

Guam	0–5	Hong Kong
	Report	Chan Siu Kwan 2', 53' Benavides 12' Everton 50' Dudu 78'

Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

Attendance: 8,236

Referee: Wiwat Jumpaoon (Thailand)

Final round

The final round was held in South Korea from 7 to 15 July 2025. On 29 April 2025, Yongin government announced that the city would host all 6 matches of the final round at Yongin Mireu Stadium.

Squads

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Result
1	Japan (C)	3	3	0	9	1	+8	9	Champions
2	South Korea (H)	3	2	1	5	1	+4	6	Runners-up
3	China	3	1	2	1	5	−4	3	Third place
4	Hong Kong	3	0	3	1	9	−8	0	Fourth place

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

Matches

All times are local time, Korea Standard Time (UTC+09:00).

7 July 2025