2017 EAFF E-1 Football Championship

2017 EAFF E-1 Football Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Japan
Dates	December 2017
Teams	10 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s)	Round 1: Lin Chien-hsun (8 goals) Round 2: Alex Akande (6 goals) Final: TBD

The 2017 EAFF E-1 Football Championship^[1] will be the 7th edition of the EAFF East Asian Cup, the football championship of East Asia. It will be held in Japan in 2017.

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 will progress to the next stage.

Final Round	Second Preliminary Round	First Preliminary Round
Japan (hosts)  South Korea  China PR	North Korea  Hong Kong (hosts)  Guam	Chinese Taipei  Macau  Mongolia  Northern Mariana Islands (non-FIFA member)

First Preliminary Round

The first preliminary round was held in Guam. ^[2]

All times are local (UTC+10).

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

Macau  v  Mongolia

30 June 2016 14:30

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

GFA National Training Center, Dededo Referee: Kim Woo-sung (South Korea)

Chinese Taipei  v  Northern Mariana Islands

30 June 2016 17:00

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'

GFA National Training Center, Dededo Referee: Khash-Erdene Bold (Mongolia)

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Northern Mariana Islands  v  Macau

2 July 2016 14:30

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

GFA National Training Center, Dededo Referee: Chen Hsin-chuan (Chinese Taipei)

Mongolia  v  Chinese Taipei

2 July 2016 17:00

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

GFA National Training Center, Dededo Referee: Takuto Okabe (Japan)

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Northern Mariana Islands  v  Mongolia

4 July 2016 14:30

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

GFA National Training Center, Dededo Referee: Takuto Okabe (Japan)

Chinese Taipei  v  Macau

4 July 2016 17:00

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

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. ^[3]

All times are local (UTC+8).

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
(H) Host.

North Korea  v  Chinese Taipei

6 November 2016 15:00

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

Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong Referee: Pranjal Banerjee (India)

Hong Kong  v  Guam

6 November 2016 18:00

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

Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong Attendance: 3,299 Referee: Võ Minh Trí (Vietnam)

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Guam  v  North Korea

9 November 2016 17:00

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

Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong Referee: Khash-Erdene Bold (Mongolia)

Hong Kong  v  Chinese Taipei

9 November 2016 20:00

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

Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong Attendance: 3,354 Referee: Wang Di (China)

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Chinese Taipei  v  Guam

12 November 2016 15:00

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

Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong Referee: Tumenbayar Doljinsuren (Mongolia)

Hong Kong  v  North Korea

12 November 2016 18:00

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

Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong Attendance: 4,838 Referee: Pranjal Banerjee (India)

Awards

Top Scorer	Most Valuable Player
Alex Akande	Ri Yong-chol

Final Competition

The final competition will be held in Japan during December 2017.^[2]

All times are local (UTC+9).

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Japan (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	South Korea	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	China PR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	North Korea	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source:
(H) Host.

References

1. https://eaff.com/competitions/eaff2017r1/
2. "48th EAFF Executive Committee Meeting". EAFF.com. 31 March 2016.
3. "Hong Kong to host EAFF E-1 Football Championship 2017 Round 2". HKFA. 2016-09-30. Retrieved 2016-10-05.