East Asian Football Federation

East Asian Football Federation
	EAFF members
Formation	28 May 2002; 23 years ago
Type	Sports organization
Headquarters	Tokyo, Japan
Membership	10 member associations
President	Chung Mong-gyu
Parent organization	AFC
Website	eaff.com ; (in English, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean)

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

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	2023–2025
Chung Mong-gyu	2025–present

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	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	Chinese Super League
Chinese Taipei	2002	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	Taiwan Football Premier League
Guam	2002	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	Guam Soccer League
Hong Kong	2002	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	Hong Kong Premier League
Japan	2002	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	J1 League
Korea DPR	2002	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	DPR Korea League
Korea Republic	2002	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	K League 1
Macau	2002	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	Liga de Elite
Mongolia	2002	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	Mongolia Premier League
Northern Mariana Islands	2020	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17 F	Marianas Soccer League

FIFA World Rankings

Men's national teams

Rankings are calculated by FIFA.

FIFA Rankings (as of 18 September 2025)^[6]
EAFF*	FIFA	+/−	National Team	Points
1	19	2	Japan	1640.47
2	23		South Korea	1593.19
3	94		China	1249.06
4	121	2	North Korea	1151.05
5	146	1	Hong Kong	1047.36
6	173	1	Chinese Taipei	960.81
7	188		Mongolia	879.75
8	191	1	Macau	865.29
9	202		Guam	823.08

Women's national teams

Rankings are calculated by FIFA.

FIFA Rankings (as of 7 August 2025)^[7]
EAFF*	FIFA	+/−	National Team	Points
1	8	1	Japan	1971.05
2	10	1	North Korea	1944.22
3	16	1	China	1807.34
4	21	1	South Korea	1778.85
5	42		Chinese Taipei	1539.63
6	83	3	Hong Kong	1270.79
7	98	1	Guam	1201.91
8	148	22	Mongolia	1035.68
9	175		Macau	850.91

Competitions

Competition	Current	Champions	Details	Runners-up	Next^[8]
EAFF E-1 Football Championship	2025	Japan	RR	South Korea	2028
EAFF U-15 Men's Championship	2023	China	Final	Japan	TBC
EAFF E-1 Football Championship (women)	2025	South Korea	RR	China	2028

Competitive record by nation

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

Legend
1st	Champions	QF	Quarter-finals
2nd	Runners-up	R16	Round of 16
3rd	Third place	GS	Group stage
4th	Fourth place	1S	First knockout stage
SF	Semi-finals		Hosts
Q	Qualified for upcoming tournament
•	Did not qualify
×	Did not enter, withdrawn, banned, or disqualified

FIFA World Cup

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

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

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

Men's football at the Summer Olympics

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

Women's football at the Summer Olympics

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

References

^ "EAFF – East Asian Football Federation Official Website – 10 Football Associations". Archived from the original on 2018-07-17. Retrieved 2010-05-02.
^ "AFC Congress approves NMIFA's membership". Archived from the original on 2022-09-25. Retrieved 2022-09-25.
^ Regarding the agenda/ decisions of the 29th EAFF Executive Committee Meeting Archived 2012-02-07 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Decisions taken at the 19th EAFF Executive Committee meeting". Archived from the original on 2014-11-29. Retrieved 2014-11-17.
^ Regarding the agenda and decisions from the East Asian Football Federation 4th General Meeting and 25th and 26th Board of Director's meeting
^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Men's World Ranking". FIFA. 18 September 2025. Retrieved 18 September 2025.
^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 7 August 2025. Retrieved 7 August 2025.
^ "EAFF Competitions". eaff.com. East Asian Football Federation (EAFF). Archived from the original on 20 July 2022. Retrieved 20 July 2022.

External links

Official website (in English, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean)

[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 Meeting Archived 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

[FIFA_World_Rankings-6] "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Men's World Ranking". FIFA. 18 September 2025. Retrieved 18 September 2025.

[FIFA_Women's_World_Rankings-7] "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 7 August 2025. Retrieved 7 August 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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v t e East Asian Football Federation
Competitions	E-1 Football Championship Men Women U-15 Championship Men Women AFF–EAFF Champions Trophy
Member associations	China Chinese Taipei Guam Hong Kong Japan Macau Mongolia Northern Mariana Islands^† North Korea South Korea
^†AFC member only

v t e National football teams of East Asia (EAFF)
Men's	China PR Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) Guam Hong Kong Japan Korea DPR Korea Republic Macau Mongolia Northern Mariana Islands^†
Women's	China PR Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) Guam Hong Kong Japan Korea DPR Korea Republic Macau Mongolia Northern Mariana Islands^†
^† AFC member only

v t e National men's football teams of Asia (AFC)
AFC Asian Cup
West Asia (WAFF)	Bahrain Iraq Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Oman Palestine Qatar Saudi Arabia Syria United Arab Emirates Yemen
Central Asia (CAFA)	Afghanistan Iran Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan
South Asia (SAFF)	Bangladesh Bhutan India Maldives Nepal Pakistan Sri Lanka
East Asia (EAFF)	China Chinese Taipei¹ Guam Hong Kong Japan Macau Mongolia North Korea Northern Mariana Islands² South Korea
Southeast Asia (AFF)	Australia Brunei Cambodia Indonesia Laos Malaysia Myanmar Philippines Singapore Thailand Timor-Leste Vietnam
Defunct	Malaya Manchukuo North Vietnam South Vietnam South Yemen
Former	Israel (moved to UEFA in 1994) Kazakhstan (moved to UEFA in 2002) New Zealand (formed the OFC in 1966)
¹ Taiwan, officially the Republic of China, competes as "Chinese Taipei" ² Not a member of FIFA