East Asian Football Federation

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

East Asian Football Federation (EAFF)

EAFF members
Formation	28 May 2002
Type	Sports organization
Headquarters	Tokyo, Japan
Membership	10 member associations
Official languages	English Chinese Japanese Korean
President	Chung Mong-Gyu
Parent organization	AFC
Website	EAFF.com (in English, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean)

Competitions

Current title holders

Interregional
Competition		Year	Champions	Title	Runners-up		Next edition	Dates
AFF–EAFF Champions Trophy		2019	Cancelled				TBD

National teams
E-1 Football Championship		2019	South Korea	5th	Japan		2022	19–27 July 2022
Youth Games Men's futsal tournament		2019	N/A		N/A		2023
Futsal Championship		2019	Japan	2nd	China		2021
National teams (women)
E-1 Football Championship		2019	Japan	3rd	South Korea		2022	19–27 July 2022
Youth Games Women's futsal tournament		2019	N/A		N/A		2023

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–present

Member associations

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

Association	EAFF affiliation	National team	League
China PR	2002	(M, W)	Chinese Super League
Chinese Taipei	2002	(M, W)	Taiwan Football Premier League
Guam	2002	(M, W)	Guam Soccer League
Hong Kong	2002	(M, W)	Hong Kong Premier League
Japan	2002	(M, W)	J1 League
Korea DPR	2002	(M, W)	DPR Korea League
Korea Republic	2002	(M, W)	K League 1
Macau	2002	(M, W)	Campeonato da 1ª Divisão do Futebol
Mongolia	2002	(M, W)	Mongolia Premier League
Northern Mariana Islands	2008	(M, W)	Marianas Soccer League

FIFA World Rankings

Men's national teams

As of 9 January 2022

Rankings are calculated by FIFA.

FIFA Rankings (as of 31 March 2022)[5]
EAFF*	FIFA	+/−	National Team	Points
1	23		Japan	1553.44
2	29		South Korea	1519.54
3	77	2	China PR	1304.02
4	109	1	North Korea	1169.96
5	147	1	Hong Kong	1053.39
6	157	1	Chinese Taipei	1017.78
7	182		Macau	922.1
8	186	2	Mongolia	911.49
9	207	1	Guam	838.33

Women's national teams

As of 9 January 2022

Rankings are calculated by FIFA.

EAFF*	FIFA	+/−	Country	Points
1	10	1	North Korea	1940
2	13		Japan	1911
3	18		South Korea	1817.62
4	19	2	China PR	1814.22
5	39	1	Chinese Taipei	1591.76
6	77	1	Hong Kong	1307.29
7	97	14	Guam	1218.07
8	127	2	Mongolia	1111.95
9	/		Macau	/
10	/		Northern Mariana Islands	/

See also

Asian Football Confederation (AFC)
ASEAN Football Federation (AFF)
Central Asian Football Association (CAFA)
South Asian Football Federation (SAFF)
West Asian Football Federation (WAFF)

References

External links

Official website (in English, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean)

East Asian Football Federation
International competitions	Interregional AFF–EAFF Champions Trophy E-1 Football Championship (men) E-1 Football Championship (women) Futsal Championship Defunct Dynasty Cup East Asian Games (men) East Asian Games (women)
Club competitions	Defunct A3 Champions Cup
Youth competitions	U-15 Youth Festival U-14 Youth Festival
Member associations	China PR Chinese Taipei Guam Hong Kong Japan Korea DPR Korea Republic Macau Mongolia Northern Mariana Islands†
^†AFC member only Website: www.eaff.com

National men's football teams of Asia (AFC)
AFC Asian Cup
West Asia (WAFF)	Bahrain Iraq Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Oman Palestine Qatar Saudi Arabia Syria United Arab Emirates Yemen
Central Asia (CAFA)	Afghanistan IR Iran Kyrgyz Republic Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan
South Asia (SAFF)	Bangladesh Bhutan India Maldives Nepal Pakistan Sri Lanka
East Asia (EAFF)	China PR Chinese Taipei Guam Hong Kong Japan Korea DPR Korea Republic Macau Mongolia Northern Mariana Islands¹
Southeast Asia (AFF)	Australia Brunei Cambodia Indonesia Laos Malaysia Myanmar Philippines Singapore Thailand Timor-Leste Vietnam
Defunct	Malaya North Vietnam South Vietnam South Yemen
Former	Israel (moved to UEFA in 1994) Kazakhstan (moved to UEFA in 2002) New Zealand (formed the OFC in 1966)
¹ Not a member of FIFA

National football teams of East Asia (EAFF)
Men's	China PR Chinese Taipei Guam Hong Kong Japan Korea DPR Korea Republic Macau Mongolia Northern Mariana Islands†
Women's	China PR Chinese Taipei Guam Hong Kong Japan Korea DPR Korea Republic Macau Mongolia Northern Mariana Islands†
^†AFC member only

East Asia
Countries and regions	China Mainland Hong Kong Macau Taiwan Japan Ryukyu Mongolia North Korea South Korea
Ethnic groups	Ainu Han subgroups Hui Japanese Yamato Koreans in China Manchu Miao Mongolic Mongols in China Khalkha in Mongolia Qiang Ryukyuans Indigenous Taiwanese Tibetans Tujia Uyghurs Yi Zhuang other ethnic groups in China unrecognized historical
Culture	Age reckoning Architecture‎ Art Chinese Japanese Korean Taiwanese Blepharoplasty Buddhism Calligraphy Cinema Cuisine Cultural sphere Dance Decorative knotwork Dragon Fashion Festivals Gardens Gothic typeface Han characters Hip-and-gable roof Languages Literature Mādhyamaka Music Mythology Philosophy Religion Scripts Seal Sino-Xenic pronunciations Surnames Television Yogācāra Zodiac
Environment	East Asia Climate Partnership Monsoon Rainy season Flora
Economy and Politics	China–Japan–South Korea trilateral summit Comprehensive Economic Partnership for East Asia Capitalism East Asia Summit East Asian Bureau of Economic Research East Asian Community Four Asian Tigers Human rights in East Asia Ports Stock exchanges
History	Archaeology Archaeological cultures Bronze Age Iron Age Former countries
Sports	China–Japan–Korea Friendship Athletic Meeting East Asian Football Federation East Asian Games East Asian Judo Championships East Asian martial arts East Asian Youth Games EAFF E-1 Football Championship
Education	Association of East Asian Research Universities CrossAsia East Asian Economic Review East Asia Image Collection East Asia Law Review East Asian studies Journal of East Asian Studies Ludwigshafen East Asia Institute
Military	Horses in East Asian warfare Miyamoto Musashi Sun Tzu The Art of War The Book of Five Rings Yi Sun-sin
Science and technology	Needham Research Institute Printing Swords Traditional medicine

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