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.[1] It was the nation's third time hosting the tournament.[2]

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)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host cities)
Final positions
Champions South Korea (5th title)
Runners-up Japan
Third place China PR
Fourth place Hong Kong
Tournament statistics
Matches played6
Goals scored14 (2.33 per match)
Attendance42,181 (7,030 per match)
Top scorer(s) Koki Ogawa (3 goals)
Best player(s) Hwang In-beom

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

Tiebreakers

The ranking of teams was determined as follows:[3]

  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[4] in September 2018.[5]

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[lower-alpha 1]
3  Guam 3 1 1 1 5 3 +2 4[lower-alpha 1]
4  Northern Mariana Islands 3 0 1 2 1 14 −13 1
Source: EAFF.com
(H) Host.
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
Attendance: 105
Referee: Gu Chunhan (China)
Mongolia 4–1 Macau
Seo-Od-Yanjiv  40'
Sundorj  45'
Batbold  74'
Naranbold  83'		 Report Leonel  48'
Attendance: 1,654
Referee: Kim Woo-sung (South Korea)
Macau 2–0 Guam
Lam Ka Seng  14'
Leong Ka Hang  78'		 Report
Attendance: 106
Mongolia 9–0 Northern Mariana Islands
Mönkh-Erdengiin  11', 14'
Seo-Od-Yanjiv  25', 54'
Temuujin  39'
Batbold  71', 78'
Janseric  85'
Orkhon  89'		 Report
Attendance: 2,021
Referee: Luk Kin Sun (Hong Kong)
Northern Mariana Islands 1–1 Macau
Tenorio  33' Report Leong Ka Hang  19'
Attendance: 17
Referee: Luk Kin Sun (Hong Kong)
Mongolia 1–1 Guam
Tsedenbal  90+4' Report Mendiola  89'
Attendance: 1,521
Referee: Kim Woo-sung (South Korea)

Awards
Top scorer Most Valuable Player
Baljinnyam Batbold[6] Norjmoogiin Tsedenbal[6]

Second preliminary round

The second preliminary round was held in Taiwan[4] in November 2018.[5]

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) Host.

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'
Attendance: 125
Referee: Minoru Tōjō (Japan)
Chinese Taipei 1–2 Hong Kong
Chen Ting-yang  81' Report McKee  65'
Chung Wai Keung  84'
Attendance: 1,793
Referee: Chae Sang-hyeop (South Korea)
Hong Kong 0–0 North Korea
Report
Attendance: 228
Referee: Dwi Purba Adi Wicaksana (Indonesia)
Chinese Taipei 2–1 Mongolia
Chu En-Le  8', 10' Report Norjmoogiin  62'
Attendance: 1,157
Mongolia 1–5 Hong Kong
Artag  50' Report Sandro  24', 57'
McKee  36'
Baise  83'
Akande  87'
Attendance: 263
Referee: Chae Sang-hyeop (South Korea)
Chinese Taipei 0–2 North Korea
Report Jong Il-gwan  48'
Jang Kuk-chol  73'
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.[7]

Squads
Main article: 2019 EAFF E-1 Football Championship Final 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 PR 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) Champion; (H) Host.

Matches
China PR 1–2 Japan
 Report
Attendance: 800
Referee: Ilgiz Tantashev (Uzbekistan)
South Korea 2–0 Hong Kong
 Report
Attendance: 1,070
Referee: Shaun Evans (Australia)
Japan 5–0 Hong Kong
Suga  8'
Tagawa  14'
Ogawa  26', 45+1', 58'		 Report
Attendance: 1,276
South Korea 1–0 China PR
Kim Min-jae  13' Report
Attendance: 7,916
Hong Kong 0–2 China PR
Report Ji Xiang  8'
Zhang Xizhe  71' (pen.)
Attendance: 1,867
South Korea 1–0 Japan
Hwang In-beom  28' Report
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 PR 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

References
  1. "2019 동아시안컵, 내년 12월 국내 남부지방 개최". Sportalkorea. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  2. "Korea Republic to host 2019 EAFF E-1 Football Championship". The Asian Football Confederation. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
  3. "Mode of Competition and Rules for Determining the Winner". EAFF.
  4. "55th EAFF Executive Committee Meeting". EAFF.com. 30 March 2018.
  5. Grimm, Justin. "Mongolia to Host Round 1 of 2019 EAFF Championship Qualificaiton". Mongolian Football Central. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
  6. "Award". East Asian Football Federation. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
  7. "The venue and the match schedule for EAFF E-1 Football Championship 2019 Final Korea Republic unveiled". EAFF. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
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