East Asian Football Federation

East Asian Football Federation (EAFF)
Formation28 May 2002 (28 May 2002)
TypeSports organization
HeadquartersTokyo, Japan
Membership10 member associations
President
 Kozo Tashima
Parent organization
AFC
Websiteeaff.com
(in English, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean)

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

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–

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 National team 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

Sponsors

Country Official sponsors
 Japan 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

Rankings are calculated by FIFA.

FIFA Rankings (as of 3 April 2025)[6]
EAFF* FIFA +/− National Team Points
1 15  Japan 1652.64
2 23  South Korea 1574.93
3 94 4  China 1250.95
4 118 3  North Korea 1153.38
5 153 2  Hong Kong 1033.05
6 166 1  Chinese Taipei 979.85
7 187 1  Mongolia 879.75
8 193  Macau 865.29
9 202 1  Guam 823.08

Women's national teams

Rankings are calculated by FIFA.

FIFA Rankings (as of 12 June 2025)[7]
EAFF* FIFA +/− National Team Points
1 7 2  Japan 1982.51
2 9  North Korea 1944.23
3 17  China 1801.35
4 21 2  South Korea 1777.53
5 42  Chinese Taipei 1539.08
6 80  Hong Kong 1274.83
7 97 1  Guam 1206.27
8 126  Mongolia 1103.77
9 175  Macau 850.91

Competitions

See also: List of association football competitions and FIFA International Match Calendar

Current title holders

See also: Portal:Current events/Sports, 2025 in association football, 2025 in sports, and FIFA International Match Calendar
For events postponed or cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic, see Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports.
Competition Current Champions Details Runners-up Dates Next[8]
Interregional (AFF–EAFF)
AFF–EAFF Cup of Champions 2022 Cancelled 2025
National teams
EAFF E-1 Football Championship 2022 Japan  RR  South Korea 2025
EAFF U15 Men's Championship 2023 China  Final  Japan TBC
East Asian Youth Games Men's Football Tournament 2023 Chinese Taipei  RR  Hong Kong 2027
Women's national teams
EAFF E-1 Football Championship (women) 2022 Japan  RR  China 2025
East Asian Youth Games Women's Football Tournament 2023 South Korea  RR  China 2027

Tournament record

Legend
  • 1st – Champions
  • 2nd – Runners-up
  • 3rd – Third place
  • 4th – Fourth place
  • SF – Semi-finals
  • QF – Quarter-finals
  • R16 – Round of 16 (since 1986: knockout round of 16)
  • GS – Group stage (in the 1950, 1974, 1978, and 1982 tournaments, which had two group stages, this refers to the first group stage)
  • 1S – First knockout stage (1934–1938 Single-elimination tournament)
  •  Q  – Qualified for upcoming tournament
  •  •  – Did not qualify
  •  ×  – Did not enter / withdrawn / banned / disqualified
  •     — Hosts

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

FIFA World Cup

Main article: National team appearances in the FIFA World Cup
See also: Asian nations at the FIFA World Cup
FIFA World Cup record
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
 South Korea Did not exist × GS × • × • • • • GS GS GS GS 4th GS R16 GS GS R16 11
 Japan × × × × • × • × • • • • • • • GS R16 GS R16 GS R16 R16 Q 7
 North Korea Did not exist × × × × QF × • × • • • • × × • GS • • × 2
 China × × × × × • × × × × × • • • • • 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 TBD TBD TBD 21

FIFA Women's World Cup

Main article: National team appearances in the FIFA Women's World Cup
FIFA Women's World Cup record
Team 1991

(12)		 1995

(12)		 1999

(16)		 2003

(16)		 2007

(16)		 2011

(16)		 2015

(24)		 2019

(24)		 2023


(32) 		Years
 Japan GS QF GS GS GS 1st 2nd R16 QF 9
 China QF 4th 2nd QF QF • QF R16 GS 8
 South Korea • • • GS • • R16 GS GS 4
 North Korea • × GS GS QF GS × • × 4
 Chinese Taipei QF • • • • • • • • 1
Total
(5 teams)		 3 2 3 4 3 2 3 3 3 26

AFC Asian Cup

See also: AFC Asian Cup records and statistics § Comprehensive team results by tournament
AFC Asian Cup record
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
 South Korea 1st 1st 3rd • 2nd • 2nd GS 2nd • QF 3rd QF 3rd 3rd 2nd QF SF 15
 China Not an AFC member 3rd GS 2nd 4th 3rd QF 4th 2nd GS GS QF QF GS 13
 Japan × × × • × • × × GS 1st QF 1st 1st 4th 1st QF 2nd QF 10
 North Korea Not an AFC member •• 4th × • GS × • • × GS GS GS × 5
 Hong Kong 3rd • 4th 5th • • • • • • • • • • • • • GS 4
 Chinese Taipei • 3rd × 4th × × OFC member • • • • • • • • • 2
Total
(6 teams)		 2 2 2 2 1 1 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 TBD 49

Olympic Games For Men

See also: Football at the Summer Olympics § Participating nations
Olympic Games (Men's tournament) record
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
 South Korea • • • • • • • • QF GS GS GS GS GS QF GS 3rd QF 5th 11
 Japan • • • • • • • • QF GS QF 3rd GS QF GS GS 4th GS 4th QF 12
 China • • • • • • • • GS GS GS 3
 Chinese Taipei • • • • • • • • GS GS 2
 North Korea • • • • • • • • 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

Olympic Games For Women

See also: Football at the Summer Olympics § Participating nations 2
Olympic Games (Women's tournament) record
Team 1996

(8)		 2000

(8)		 2004

(10)		 2008

(12)		 2012

(12)		 2016

(12)		 2020

(12)		 2024

(12)		 Years
 China 2nd 5th 9th 5th • 8th 10th 6
 Japan 7th • 7th 4th 2nd • 8th 5
 North Korea • • • 9th 9th • × 2
Total
(3 teams)		 2 1 2 3 2 1 2 TBD 13

See also

References

  1. ^ "EAFF – East Asian Football Federation Official Website – 10 Football Associations". Archived from the original on 2018-07-17. Retrieved 2010-05-02.
  2. ^ "AFC Congress approves NMIFA's membership". Archived from the original on 2022-09-25. Retrieved 2022-09-25.
  3. ^ Regarding the agenda/ decisions of the 29th EAFF Executive Committee MeetingArchived 2012-02-07 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "Decisions taken at the 19th EAFF Executive Committee meeting". Archived from the original on 2014-11-29. Retrieved 2014-11-17.
  5. ^ Regarding the agenda and decisions from the East Asian Football Federation 4th General Meeting and 25th and 26th Board of Director's meeting
  6. ^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Men's World Ranking". FIFA. 3 April 2025. Retrieved 3 April 2025.
  7. ^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 12 June 2025. Retrieved 12 June 2025.
  8. ^ "EAFF Competitions". eaff.com. East Asian Football Federation (EAFF). Archived from the original on 20 July 2022. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
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