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
Fourth place Hong Kong
Tournament statistics
Matches played6
Goals scored14 (2.33 per match)
Attendance42,181 (7,030 per match)
Top scorer(s)Japan Koki Ogawa (3 goals)
Best player(s)South Korea Hwang In-beom
Best goalkeeperSouth Korea Kim Seung-gyu
2017
2022

Teams edit

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

Venues edit

Preliminary Round
  Ulaanbaatar   Taipei
MFF Football Centre Taipei Municipal Stadium
Capacity: 5,000 Capacity: 20,000
   
Final Round
  Busan
Busan Asiad Main Stadium Busan Gudeok Stadium
Capacity: 53,769 Capacity: 12,349
   

Tiebreakers edit

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 edit

The first preliminary round was held in Mongolia[4] in September 2018.[5]

Table edit

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[a]
3   Guam 3 1 1 1 5 3 +2 4[a]
4   Northern Mariana Islands 3 0 1 2 1 14 −13 1
Source: EAFF.com
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head result: Macau 2–0 Guam.

Matches edit

  • All times are local (UTC+8).
Guam  4–0  Northern Mariana Islands
Mendiola   13'
Lopez   26', 68'
Cunliffe   65'
Report
Mongolia  4–1  Macau
Seo-Od-Yanjiv   40'
Janchiv   45'
Batbold   74'
Naranbold   83'
Report Leonel   48'

Macau  2–0  Guam
Lam Ka Seng   14'
Leong Ka Hang   78'
Report
Mongolia  9–0  Northern Mariana Islands
Mönkh-Erdengiin   11', 14'
Seo-Od-Yanjiv   25', 54'
Temuujin   39'
Batbold   71', 78'
Marakthan   85'
Orkhon   89'
Report

Northern Mariana Islands  1–1  Macau
Tenorio   33' Report Leong Ka Hang   19'
Mongolia  1–1  Guam
Tsedenbal   90+4' Report Mendiola   89'

Awards edit

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

Second preliminary round edit

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

Table edit

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) Hosts

Matches edit

  • 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'
Chinese Taipei  1–2  Hong Kong
Chen Ting-yang   81' Report McKee   65'
Chung Wai Keung   84'

Hong Kong  0–0  North Korea
Report
Chinese Taipei  2–1  Mongolia
Chu En-le   8', 10' Report Norjmoogiin   62'

Mongolia  1–5  Hong Kong
Artag   50' Report Sandro   24', 57'
McKee   36'
Baise   83'
Akande   87'
Chinese Taipei  0–2  North Korea
Report Jong Il-gwan   48'
Jang Kuk-chol   73'

Awards edit

Top scorer Most Valuable Player
  Rim Kwang-hyok   Huang Yang

Final round edit

The final round was held in Busan, South Korea between 10 and 18 December 2019.[7]

Squads edit

Table edit

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 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) Champions; (H) Hosts

Matches edit

China  1–2  Japan
Report
Attendance: 800
Referee: Ilgiz Tantashev (Uzbekistan)
South Korea  2–0  Hong Kong
Report

Japan  5–0  Hong Kong
Suga   8'
Tagawa   14'
Ogawa   26', 45+1', 58'
Report
South Korea  1–0  China
Kim Min-jae   13' Report

Hong Kong  0–2  China
Report Ji Xiang   8'
Zhang Xizhe   71' (pen.)
South Korea  1–0  Japan
Hwang In-beom   28' Report
Attendance: 29,252
Referee: Ilgiz Tantashev (Uzbekistan)
  • All times are local (UTC+9).

Awards edit

Best goalkeeper Best defender Top scorer Most Valuable Player
  An Se Young   Kim Min-jae   Koki Ogawa   Hwang In-beom

Goalscorers edit

3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

Final ranking edit

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 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 edit

References edit

  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. ^ a b "55th EAFF Executive Committee Meeting". EAFF.com. 30 March 2018.
  5. ^ a b Grimm, Justin. "Mongolia to Host Round 1 of 2019 EAFF Championship Qualificaiton". Mongolian Football Central. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
  6. ^ a b "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.