East Asian Football Federation Explained

East Asian Football Federation
Size:	200 px
Map:	EAFF.PNG
Mcaption:	EAFF members
Type:	Sports organization
Headquarters:	Tokyo, Japan
Leader Title:	President
Website:

The East Asian Football Federation (EAFF) is an international governing body of association football in East Asia. It was founded on 28 May 2002.

Presidents

President	Years
Shunichiro Okano	2002–2005
Chung Mong-joon	2006
Xie Yalong	2006–2007
Junji Ogura	2008–2010
Cho Chung-yun	2011–2012
Chung Mong-gyu	2013
Zhang Jian	2014–2015
Kozo Tashima	2016–2017
Chung Mong-gyu	2018–2021
Du Zhaocai	2022–2023
Kozo Tashima	2023–2025
Chung Mong-gyu	2025–present

Member associations

EAFF has 10 member associations.^[1] All of them are members of the Asian Football Confederation, including the Northern Mariana Islands Football Association, which is an associate member of the AFC (previously an associated member of the Oceania Football Confederation) until its full membership was approved in December 2020.^[2] The Palau Football Association was being considered as a possible future member of the association in 2009.^[3] Northern Mariana Islands national football team was a provisional member from December 2006^[4] to September 2008.^[5]

Association	EAFF affiliation	League
China PR	2002	Chinese Super League
Chinese Taipei	2002	Taiwan Football Premier League
Guam	2002	Guam Soccer League
Hong Kong	2002	Hong Kong Premier League
Japan	2002	J1 League
Korea DPR	2002	DPR Korea League
Korea Republic	2002	K League 1
Macau	2002	Liga de Elite
Mongolia	2002	Mongolia Premier League
Northern Mariana Islands	2020	Marianas Soccer League

Country	Official sponsors
	Aiful
Credit Saison
ParadigmｰShift IDNet work's
Rally Japan
Sfida
S&B Foods
None	Brave Software

Country	Official supporters
None	eaff.com
E-1 NFT
Nuarca
Brave Software

FIFA World Rankings

Men's national teams

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Colors = id: JPN value:blue id: KOR value:red

PlotData = bar:Leaders width:25 mark:(line,black) align:left fontsize:S from: 31/12/1992 till: 15/03/1994 shift: (20,-3) text: "South Korea" color: KOR from: 15/03/1994 till: 19/04/1994 shift: (20,-3) text: "Japan" color: JPN from: 19/04/1994 till: 19/04/1995 shift: (20,-3) text: "South Korea" color: KOR from: 19/04/1995 till: 19/09/1995 shift: (20,-3) text: "Japan" color: JPN from: 19/09/1995 till: 17/10/1995 shift: (20,-3) text: "South Korea" color: KOR from: 17/10/1995 till: 15/07/1998 shift: (20,-3) text: "Japan" color: JPN from: 15/07/1998 till: 27/01/1999 shift: (20,-3) text: "South Korea" color: KOR from: 27/01/1999 till: 24/02/1999 shift: (20,-3) text: "Japan" color: JPN from: 24/02/1999 till: 15/11/2000 shift: (20,-3) text: "South Korea" color: KOR from: 15/11/2000 till: 14/03/2001 shift: (20,-3) text: "Japan" color: JPN from: 14/03/2001 till: 20/06/2001 shift: (20,-3) text: "South Korea" color: KOR from: 20/06/2001 till: 03/07/2002 shift: (20,-3) text: "Japan" color: JPN from: 03/07/2002 till: 25/06/2003 shift: (20,-3) text: "South Korea" color: KOR from: 25/06/2003 till: 22/10/2003 shift: (20,-3) text: "Japan" color: JPN from: 22/10/2003 till: 04/08/2004 shift: (20,-3) text: "South Korea" color: KOR from: 04/08/2004 till: 07/03/2012 shift: (20,-3) text: "Japan" color: JPN from: 07/03/2012 till: 11/04/2012 shift: (20,-3) text: "South Korea" color: KOR from: 11/04/2012 till: 12/02/2015 shift: (20,-3) text: "Japan" color: JPN from: 12/02/2015 till: 12/03/2015 shift: (20,-4) text: "South Korea" color: KOR from: 12/03/2015 till: 07/02/2015 shift: (20,-4) text: "Japan" color: JPN from: 06/08/2015 till: 03/03/2016 shift: (20,-4) text: "South Korea" color: KOR from: 03/03/2016 till: 07/04/2016 shift: (20,-4) text: "Japan" color: JPN from: 07/04/2016 till: 06/07/2017 shift: (20,-4) text: "South Korea" color: KOR from: 06/07/2017 till: 07/06/2018 shift: (20,-4) text: "Japan" color: JPN from: 07/06/2018 till: 01/07/2018 shift: (20,-4) text: "South Korea" color: KOR from: 01/07/2018 till: end shift:(20,-4) text: "Japan" color: JPN

Rankings are calculated by FIFA.

Women's national teams

Rankings are calculated by FIFA.

Competitions

Men's national teams
Competition	Current	Champions	Details	Runners-up	Next^[6]
EAFF E-1 Football Championship	2025		RR		2028
EAFF U-15 Men's Championship	2025^[7]		Final
Women's national teams
EAFF E-1 Football Championship (women)	2025		RR		2028
EAFF U-15 Women's Championship	2024^[8]		Final		2026

Competitive record by nation

For each tournament, the flag of the host country and the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.

Legend
bgcolor=gold align="center"	1st	Champions	QF	Quarter-finals
bgcolor=silver align="center"	2nd	Runners-up	R16	Round of 16
bgcolor=#cc9966 align="center"	3rd	Third place	GS	Group stage
bgcolor=#9acdff align="center"	4th	Fourth place	1S	First knockout stage
bgcolor=#81c846 align="center"	SF	Semi-finals		Hosts
Q	Qualified for upcoming tournament
•	Did not qualify
×	Did not enter, withdrawn, banned, or disqualified

FIFA World Cup

Team	1930 (13)	1934 (16)	1938 (15)	1950 (13)	1954 (16)	1958 (16)	1962 (16)	1966 (16)	1970 (16)	1974 (16)	1978 (16)	1982 (24)	1986 (24)	1990 (24)	1994 (24)	1998 (32)	2002 (32)	2006 (32)	2010 (32)	2014 (32)	2018 (32)	2022 (32)	2026 (48)	2030 (48)	2034 (48)	Years
align=left		Did not exist			×	GS	×	•	×	•	•	•	•	GS	GS	GS	GS	4th	GS	R16	GS	GS	R16	Q			12
	×	×	×	×	•	×	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	R16	GS	R16	GS	R16	R16	Q			7
	Did not exist			×	×	×	×	QF	×	•	×	•	•	•	•	×	×	•	GS	•	•	×	•			2
	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•			1
Total (4 teams)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	TBD	TBD	21

FIFA Women's World Cup

Team	1991 (12)	1995 (12)	1999 (16)	2003 (16)	2007 (16)	2011 (16)	2015 (24)	2019 (24)	2023 (32)	Years
	GS	QF	GS	GS	GS	1st	2nd	R16	QF	9
	QF	4th	2nd	QF	QF	•	QF	R16	GS	8
	•	•	•	GS	•	•	R16	GS	GS	4
	•	×	GS	GS	QF	GS	×	•	×	4
	QF	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1
Total (5 teams)	3	2	3	4	3	2	3	3	3	26

AFC Asian Cup

Team	1956 (4)	1960 (4)	1964 (4)	1968 (5)	1972 (6)	1976 (6)	1980 (10)	1984 (10)	1988 (10)	1992 (8)	1996 (12)	2000 (12)	2004 (16)	2007 (16)	2011 (16)	2015 (16)	2019 (24)	2023 (24)	2027 (24)	Years
	1st	1st	3rd	•	2nd	•	2nd	GS	2nd	•	QF	3rd	QF	3rd	3rd	2nd	QF	SF		15
						3rd	GS	2nd	4th	3rd	QF	4th	2nd	GS	GS	QF	QF	GS		13
	×	×	×	•	×	•	×	×	GS	1st	QF	1st	1st	4th	1st	QF	2nd	QF		10
						••	4th	×	•	GS	×	•	•	×	GS	GS	GS	×		5
	3rd	•	4th	5th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS		4
	•	3rd	×	4th	×	×				•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		2
Total (6 teams)	2	2	2	2	1	1	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	TBD	49

Men's football at the Summer Olympics

Team	1900 (3)	1904 (3)		1908 (6)	1912 (11)	1920 (14)	1924 (22)	1928 (17)	1936 (16)	1948 (18)	1952 (25)	1956 (11)	1960 (16)	1964 (14)	1968 (16)	1972 (16)	1976 (13)	1980 (16)	1984 (16)	1988 (16)	1992 (16)	1996 (16)	2000 (16)	2004 (16)	2008 (16)	2012 (16)	2016 (16)	2020 (16)	2024 (16)	Years
	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		QF				GS						GS	GS	GS	GS	QF	GS	3rd	QF	5th		11
	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	QF			GS		QF	3rd							GS	QF	GS	GS	4th	GS	4th	QF	12
	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS											GS					GS					3
	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		GS			GS																	2
	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•									QF													1
Total (5 teams)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	1	2	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	1	29

Women's football at the Summer Olympics

Team	1996 (8)	2000 (8)	2004 (10)	2008 (12)	2012 (12)	2016 (12)	2020 (12)	2024 (12)	Years
	2nd	5th	9th	5th	•	8th	10th		6
	7th	•	7th	4th	2nd	•	8th		5
	•	•	•	9th	9th	•	×		2
Total (3 teams)	2	1	2	3	2	1	2	TBD	13

External links

Official website

Notes and References

Web site: EAFF – East Asian Football Federation Official Website – 10 Football Associations . 2010-05-02 . 2018-07-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180717041752/http://www.eaff.com/10fa/index.html . live .
Web site: AFC Congress approves NMIFA's membership . 2022-09-25 . 2022-09-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220925065045/https://www.the-afc.com/en/about_afc/afc_congress/afc_congress_2020/news/afc_congress_approves_nmifa%E2%80%99s_membership.html . live .
http://www.eaff.com/eanews/release/2009/090905.html Regarding the agenda/ decisions of the 29th EAFF Executive Committee Meeting
Web site: Decisions taken at the 19th EAFF Executive Committee meeting . 2014-11-17 . 2014-11-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141129033045/http://www.eaff.com/eanews/release/2006/061217.html . live .
https://web.archive.org/web/20081215023543/http://www.eaff.com/eanews/release/2008/080930.html Regarding the agenda and decisions from the East Asian Football Federation 4th General Meeting and 25th and 26th Board of Director's meeting
Web site: EAFF Competitions . eaff.com . East Asian Football Federation (EAFF) . 20 July 2022 . 20 July 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220720110318/https://eaff.com/competitions/index.html . live .
Web site: EAFF U15 Championship 2025 . EAFF . 2026-01-11.
Web site: EAFF U15 Women's Championship 2024 . EAFF . 2026-01-11.