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 PresidentYears Shunichiro Okano2002–2005 Chung Mong-joon2006 Xie Yalong2006–2007 Junji Ogura2008–2010 Cho Chung-yun2011–2012 Chung Mong-gyu2013 Zhang Jian2014–2015 Kozo Tashima2016–2017 Chung Mong-gyu2018–2021 Du Zhaocai2022–2023 Kozo Tashima2023–2025 Chung Mong-gyu2025–present
Member associations EAFF has 10 member associations. 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. The Palau Football Association was being considered as a possible future member of the association in 2009.Regarding the agenda/ decisions of the 29th EAFF Executive Committee Meeting Northern Mariana Islands national football team was a provisional member from December 2006 to September 2008.Regarding the agenda and decisions from the East Asian Football Federation 4th General Meeting and 25th and 26th Board of Director's meeting
AssociationEAFF affiliationNational teamLeague China PR2002Chinese Super League Chinese Taipei2002Taiwan Football Premier League Guam2002Guam Soccer League Hong Kong2002Hong Kong Premier League Japan2002J1 League Korea DPR2002DPR Korea League Korea Republic2002K League 1 Macau2002Liga de Elite Mongolia2002Mongolia Premier League Northern Mariana Islands2020Marianas Soccer League
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FIFA World Rankings Men's national teams
Rankings are calculated by FIFA.
Women's national teams Rankings are calculated by FIFA.
Competitions
Competition Current Champions Details Runners-up NextMen's national teams EAFF E-1 Football Championship2025RR 2028 EAFF U-15 Men's Championship2025Final Women's national teams EAFF E-1 Football Championship (women)2025RR 2028 EAFF U-15 Women's Championship2024Final 2026
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.
+ Legend1stChampionsQFQuarter-finals2ndRunners-upR16Round of 163rdThird placeGSGroup stage4thFourth place1SFirst knockout stageSFSemi-finalsHostsQQualified for upcoming tournament•Did not qualify×Did not enter, withdrawn, banned, or disqualified
FIFA World Cup
Team1930(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)YearsDid not exist × GS × • × • • • • GS GS GS GS4th GS R16 GS GS R16 GS 12 × × × × • × • × • • • • • • • GSR16 GS R16 GS R16 R16 R32 7 Did not exist × × × × QF × • × • • • • × × • GS • • × • 2 × × × × × • × × × × × • • • • • 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 2 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 GS QF GS GS GS1st2nd R16 QF 9 QF4th2nd QF QF • QF R16 GS 8 • • • GS • • R16 GS GS 4 • × GS GS QF GS × • × 4 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 1st 1st 3rd • 2nd • 2nd GS 2nd • QF 3rd QF 3rd 3rd 2nd QF SF 15 3rd GS 2nd 4th 3rd QF 4th 2nd GS GS QF QF GS 13 × × × • × • × × GS 1st QF 1st 1st 4th 1st QF 2nd QF 10 •• 4th × • GS × • • × GS GS GS × 5 3rd • 4th 5th • • • • • • • • • • • • • GS 4 • 3rd × 4th × × • • • • • • • • • 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 • • • • • • • • QF GS GS GS GS GS QF GS3rd QF 5th 11 • • • • • • • • QF GS QF3rd GS QF GS GS4th GS4th QF 12 • • • • • • • • GS GS GS 3 • • • • • • • • GS GS 2 • • • • • • • • 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 2nd 5th 9th 5th • 8th 10th 6 7th • 7th 4th 2nd • 8th 5 • • • 9th 9th • × 2 Total(3 teams) 2 1 2 3 2 1 2 TBD 13
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