2017 EAFF E-1 Football Championship

For the women's tournament, see 2017 EAFF E-1 Football Championship (women).

The 2017 EAFF E-1 Football Championship^[1] was the 7th edition of the EAFF E-1 Football Championship, the football championship of East Asia. It was held in Japan in December 2017. Through the agreement between EAFF and ASEAN Football Federation (AFF), the winner of the tournament will qualified for the AFF–EAFF Champions Trophy.^[2]

2017 EAFF E-1 Football Championship

EAFF E-1 サッカー選手権 2017
Tournament details
Host country	Japan
City	Tokyo
Dates	9–16 December
Teams	4 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	South Korea (4th title)
Runners-up	Japan
Third place	China
Fourth place	North Korea
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
Goals scored	16 (2.67 per match)
Attendance	107,523 (17,921 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Kim Shin-wook (3 goals)
Best player(s)	Lee Jae-sung
Best goalkeeper	Jo Hyeon-woo
← 2015 2019 →

The winner of the 2017 EAFF E-1 Football Championship, South Korea, qualified for the 2019 AFF–EAFF Champions Trophy to meet the winner of 2018 AFF Championship of Vietnam.^[3][4]

Team allocation

Based on their previous edition's results in 2015, the 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
Japan (hosts)  South Korea  China	North Korea  Hong Kong (hosts)  Guam	Chinese Taipei  Macau  Mongolia  Northern Mariana Islands (non-FIFA member)

Venues

Final Round	Preliminary round
Tokyo	Dededo	Hong Kong
Ajinomoto Stadium	GFA National Training Center	Mong Kok Stadium
Capacity: 49,970	Capacity: 5,000	Capacity: 6,664

First preliminary round

The first preliminary round was held in Guam.^[5]

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Chinese Taipei	3	3	0	0	13	3	+10	9	Advance to Second Preliminary round
2	Mongolia	3	1	1	1	10	4	+6	4
3	Macau	3	1	1	1	7	6	+1	4
4	Northern Mariana Islands	3	0	0	3	2	19	−17	0

Source: EAFF.com

Matches

• All times are local (UTC+10).

Macau	2–2	Mongolia
Leong Ka Hang 38' Duarte 44'	Report	Bayarjargal 10' (pen.), 64' (pen.)

30 June 2016 (2016-06-30)

14:30

GFA National Training Center, Dededo

Referee: Kim Woo-sung (South Korea)

Chinese Taipei	8–1	Northern Mariana Islands
Wu Chun-ching 30', 56' Chen Wei-chuan 37' Lin Chien-hsun 40', 64', 81', 90+2' Chen Yi-wei 45+1'	Report	Schuler 90'

30 June 2016 (2016-06-30)

17:00

GFA National Training Center, Dededo

Referee: Khash-Erdene Bold (Mongolia)

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Northern Mariana Islands	1–3	Macau
Griffin 11' (pen.)	Report	Lam Ka Seng 9', 90+4' Duarte 40'

2 July 2016 (2016-07-02)

14:30

GFA National Training Center, Dededo

Referee: Chen Hsin-chuan (Chinese Taipei)

Mongolia	0–2	Chinese Taipei
	Report	Lin Chien-hsun 57' Lin Shih-kai 90'

2 July 2016 (2016-07-02)

17:00

GFA National Training Center, Dededo

Referee: Takuto Okabe (Japan)

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Northern Mariana Islands	0–8	Mongolia
	Report	Bayarjargal 27' (pen.), 36' (pen.) Nyam-Osor 39' Daginaa 45' Tögöldör 54', 55', 84' Erdenebat 79'

4 July 2016 (2016-07-04)

14:30

GFA National Training Center, Dededo

Referee: Takuto Okabe (Japan)

Chinese Taipei	3–2	Macau
Lin Chien-hsun 36', 64' Tseng Chih-wei 88'	Report	Chan Man 7' Lei Ka Him 77'

4 July 2016 (2016-07-04)

17:00

GFA National Training Center, Dededo

Referee: Kim Woo-sung (South Korea)

Awards

Top scorer	Most Valuable Player
Lin Chien-hsun	Lin Chien-hsun

Second preliminary round

The second preliminary round was held in Hong Kong.^[6]

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	North Korea	3	3	0	0	5	0	+5	9	Advance to Final Round
2	Hong Kong (H)	3	2	0	1	7	5	+2	6
3	Chinese Taipei	3	1	0	2	4	6	−2	3
4	Guam	3	0	0	3	2	7	−5	0

Source: EAFF.com
(H) Hosts

Matches

• All times are local (UTC+8).

North Korea	2–0	Chinese Taipei
Jong Il-gwan 16' Sim Hyon-jin 87'	Report

6 November 2016 (2016-11-06)

15:00

Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong

Referee: Pranjal Banerjee (India)

Hong Kong	3–2	Guam
Akande 19', 67' (pen.) Sandro 22'	Report	Cunliffe 74' Malcolm 81'

6 November 2016 (2016-11-06)

18:00

Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong

Attendance: 3,299

Referee: Võ Minh Trí (Vietnam)

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Guam	0–2	North Korea
	Report	So Hyon-uk 66' Pak Kwang-ryong 87'

9 November 2016 (2016-11-09)

17:00

Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong

Referee: Khash-Erdene Bold (Mongolia)

Hong Kong	4–2	Chinese Taipei
Akande 21', 48', 70', 71'	Report	Chen Po-liang 62' Chen Chao-an 88'

9 November 2016 (2016-11-09)

20:00

Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong

Attendance: 3,354

Referee: Wang Di (China)

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Chinese Taipei	2–0	Guam
Wu Chun-ching 26' Lin Chieh-hsun 80'	Report

12 November 2016 (2016-11-12)

15:00

Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong

Referee: Tumenbayar Doljinsuren (Mongolia)

Hong Kong	0–1	North Korea
	Report	Jong Il-gwan 22'

12 November 2016 (2016-11-12)

18:00

Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong

Attendance: 4,838

Referee: Pranjal Banerjee (India)

Awards

Top scorer	Most Valuable Player
Alex Akande	Ri Yong-chol

Final tournament

The final competition was held in Japan from 9 to 16 December 2017.^[7]

Squads

Main article: 2017 EAFF E-1 Football Championship Final squads

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Result
1	South Korea (C)	3	2	1	0	7	3	+4	7	Champions
2	Japan (H)	3	2	0	1	4	5	−1	6	Runners-up
3	China	3	0	2	1	4	5	−1	2	Third place
4	North Korea	3	0	1	2	1	3	−2	1	Fourth place

Source: EAFF.com
(C) Champions; (H) Hosts

Matches

• All times are local (UTC+9).

South Korea	2–2	China
Kim Shin-wook 12' Lee Jae-sung 19'	Report	Wei Shihao 9' Yu Dabao 76'

9 December 2017 (2017-12-09)

16:30

Ajinomoto Stadium, Chōfu

Attendance: 9,103^[8]

Referee: Khamis Al-Marri (Qatar)^[8]

Japan	1–0	North Korea
Ideguchi 90+3'	Report

9 December 2017 (2017-12-09)

19:15

Ajinomoto Stadium, Chōfu

Attendance: 20,806^[9]

Referee: Chris Beath (Australia)^[9]

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North Korea	0–1	South Korea
	Report	Ri Yong-chol 64' (o.g.)

12 December 2017 (2017-12-12)

16:30

Ajinomoto Stadium, Chōfu

Attendance: 5,477^[10]

Referee: Hettikamkanamge Perera (Sri Lanka)^[10]

Japan	2–1	China
Kobayashi 84' Shōji 88'	Report	Yu Dabao 90+3' (pen.)

12 December 2017 (2017-12-12)

19:15

Ajinomoto Stadium, Chōfu

Attendance: 17,220^[11]

Referee: Muhammad Taqi (Singapore)^[11]

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China	1–1	North Korea
Wei Shihao 28'	Report	Jong Il-gwan 81'

16 December 2017 (2017-12-16)

16:30

Ajinomoto Stadium, Chōfu

Attendance: 18,272^[12]

Referee: Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan)^[12]

Japan	1–4	South Korea
Kobayashi 3' (pen.)	Report	Kim Shin-wook 13', 35' Jung Woo-young 23' Yeom Ki-hun 69'

16 December 2017 (2017-12-16)

19:15

Ajinomoto Stadium, Chōfu

Attendance: 36,645^[13]

Referee: Chris Beath (Australia)^[13]

Awards

Best goalkeeper	Best defender	Top scorer	Most Valuable Player
Jo Hyeon-woo	Jang Hyun-soo	Kim Shin-wook	Lee Jae-sung

Goalscorers

3 goals

Kim Shin-wook

2 goals

Wei Shihao Yu Dabao

Yu Kobayashi

1 goal

Yosuke Ideguchi Gen Shōji Jung Woo-young Lee Jae-sung

Yeom Ki-hun Jong Il-gwan

1 own goal

Ri Yong-chol

Final ranking

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
1	South Korea	3	2	1	0	7	3	+4	7	Champions
2	Japan	3	2	0	1	4	5	−1	6	Runners-up
3	China	3	0	2	1	4	5	−1	2	Third Place
4	North Korea	6	3	1	2	6	3	+3	10	Fourth Place
5	Hong Kong	3	2	0	1	7	5	+2	6	Eliminated in Second Preliminary round
6	Chinese Taipei	6	4	0	2	17	9	+8	12
7	Guam	3	0	0	3	2	7	−5	0
8	Mongolia	3	1	1	1	10	4	+6	4	Eliminated in First Preliminary round
9	Macau	3	1	1	1	7	6	+1	4
10	Northern Mariana Islands	3	0	0	3	2	19	−17	0

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

•  China: CCTV, PPTV and Guangdong Sports
•  Japan: Fuji TV
•  South Korea: SPOTV
•  Hong Kong: ViuTV
•  Macau: TDM (Macau)
•  Taiwan: Gala Television
•  Mongolia: Mongolian National Broadcaster
•  Guam: KGTF
•  North Korea: Korean Central Television