The 2017 EAFF E-1 Football Championship 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.
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.
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 RoundSecond Preliminary roundFirst Preliminary round (hosts) (hosts) (non-FIFA member) Venues Final RoundPreliminary 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.
Table
Matches All times are local (UTC+10).
Awards
Top scorerMost Valuable Player Lin Chien-hsun Lin Chien-hsun
Second preliminary round The second preliminary round was held in Hong Kong.
Table
Matches All times are local (UTC+8).
Awards Top scorerMost Valuable Player Alex Akande Ri Yong-chol
Final tournament
The final competition was held in Japan from 9 to 16 December 2017.
Squads
Table
Matches
All times are local (UTC+9).
Awards Best goalkeeperBest defenderTop scorerMost 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
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 : CCTV, PPTV and Guangdong Sports : Fuji TV : SPOTV : ViuTV : TDM (Macau) : Gala Television : Mongolian National Broadcaster : KGTF : Korean Central Television
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