EAFF East Asian Cup

EAFF East Asian Cup

Founded	2003 as East Asian Football Championship
Region	East Asia (EAFF)
Number of teams	10 (Preliminary) 4 (Finals)
Current champions	China PR (2nd title)
Most successful team(s)	South Korea (2 titles) China PR (2 titles)
2013 East Asian Football Championship (Men, Women)

East Asian Football Championship is an football competition of East Asian countries and territories, held by the East Asian Football Federation (EAFF). Before the EAFF was founded in 2002, the Dynasty Cup was held between the East Asian top 4 teams, and was regarded as the unofficial East Asian Championship. There is a separate competition for both men (first held in 2003) and women (first held in 2005). There was also a combined points competition in 2005, where the results of the men's and women's teams are added together (not including qualifiers).

History

The Dynasty Cup is a defunct international association football competition that is regarded as the predecessor to East Asian Football Championship. It was held four times from 1990 to 1998. The purpose of the competition was to improve the quality of football in the East Asia and the national teams in the area participated in the tournament. After the East Asian Football Federation was formed in 2002, the East Asian Football Championship replaced this tournament.

In the men's tournament China, South Korea and Japan have the right to automatically enter the competition, while other participants have to go through a qualifying round. Other participants that take part are Chinese Taipei, North Korea, Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, Hong Kong, Mongolia, and Macau. Australia will be eligible to take part in the 2013 tournament.

Men's tournaments

Year	Host	Winner	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place
2003 Details	Japan	South Korea	Japan	China PR	Hong Kong
2005 Details	South Korea	China PR	Japan	North Korea	South Korea
2008 Details	China	South Korea	Japan	China PR	North Korea
2010 Details	Japan	China PR	South Korea	Japan	Hong Kong
2013 Details	South Korea

Men's tournament winners

Team	Titles	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place
South Korea	2 (2003, 2008)	1 (2010)	0	1 (2005)
China PR	2 (2005, 2010)	0	2 (2003, 2008)	0
Japan	0	3 (2003, 2005, 2008)	1 (2010)	0
North Korea	0	0	1 (2005)	1 (2008)
Hong Kong	0	0	0	2 (2003, 2010)

Men's awards

Most valuable players

Year	Player
2003	Yoo Sang-Chul
2005	Ji Mingyi
2008	Kim Nam-Il
2010	Du Wei

Top scorers

Year	Player	Goals
2003	Tatsuhiko Kubo	2
2005	No Award
2008	Yeom Ki-Hun Park Chu-Young Koji Yamase Jong Tae-Se	2
2010	Qu Bo Lee Dong-Gook Lee Seung-Ryul Keiji Tamada	2

Women's tournaments

Year	Host	Winner	Runners-up	3rd place	4th place
2005 Details	South Korea	South Korea	North Korea	Japan	China PR
2008 Details	China	Japan	North Korea	China PR	South Korea
2010 Details	Japan	Japan	China PR	South Korea	Chinese Taipei
2013 Details	South Korea

Women's tournament winners

Team	Titles	Runners-up
Japan	2 (2008, 2010)	-
South Korea	1 (2005)	-
North Korea	-	2 (2005, 2008)
China PR	-	1 (2010)

Women's awards

Most valuable players

Year	Player
2005	Ho Sun Hui
2008	Homare Sawa
2010	Homare Sawa

Top scorers

Year	Player	Goals
2005	No Award
2008	Shinobu Ohno	3
2010	Han Duan Mana Iwabuchi Lee Jang-Mi Yoo Young-A	2

See also

• Dynasty Cup
• AFC
• EAFF
• AFC Asian Cup
• AFC Women's Asian Cup
• Football at the East Asian Games
• Gulf Cup of Nations
• South Asian Football Federation Cup
• Tiger Cup
• West Asian Football Federation Championship

External links

• EAFF 2008 Website
• Statistics Dynasty Cup