2017 EAFF E-1 Football Championship

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2017 EAFF E-1 Football Championship
EAFF E-1 サッカー選手権 2017
Tournament details
Host countryJapan
CityTokyo
Dates9–16 December
Teams4 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions 
Lee Jae-sung
Best goalkeeperSouth Korea Jo Hyeon-woo
2015

The 2017 EAFF E-1 Football Championship[1] 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.[2]

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.[3][4]

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 Round Second Preliminary round First Preliminary round

Venues

Final Round Preliminary round
Japan Tokyo Guam Dededo Hong Kong 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.[5]

Table

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.com

Matches

  • All times are local (
    UTC+10
    ).
Macau 2–2 Mongolia
Leong Ka Hang 38'
Duarte 44'
Report Bayarjargal 10' (pen.), 64' (pen.)
GFA National Training Center, Dededo
)


Awards

Top scorer
Most Valuable Player
Chinese Taipei Lin Chien-hsun Chinese Taipei Lin Chien-hsun

Second preliminary round

The second preliminary round was held in Hong Kong.[6]

Table

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.com
(H) Hosts

Matches

  • All times are local (
    UTC+8
    ).
North Korea 2–0 Chinese Taipei
Jong Il-gwan 16'
Sim Hyon-jin 87'
Report
Hong Kong 3–2 Guam
Sandro
22'
Report Cunliffe 74'
Malcolm 81'
Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong
Attendance: 3,299

Guam 0–2 North Korea
Report So Hyon-uk 66'
Pak Kwang-ryong 87'
Hong Kong 4–2 Chinese Taipei
Akande 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)

Chinese Taipei 2–0 Guam
Lin Chieh-hsun
80'
Report
Hong Kong 0–1 North Korea
Report Jong Il-gwan 22'
Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong
Attendance: 4,838

Awards

Top scorer
Most Valuable Player
Alex Akande
North Korea Ri Yong-chol

Final tournament

The final competition was held in Japan from 9 to 16 December 2017.[7]

Squads

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Result
1  South Korea (C) 3 2 1 0 7 3 +4 7 Champions
2  Japan (H) 3 2 0 1 4 5 −1 6 Runners-up
3  China 3 0 2 1 4 5 −1 2 Third place
4  North Korea 3 0 1 2 1 3 −2 1 Fourth place
Source: EAFF.com
(C) Champions; (H) Hosts

Matches

  • All times are local (
    UTC+9
    ).
South Korea 2–2 China
Lee Jae-sung
19'
Report Wei Shihao 9'
Yu Dabao 76'
Chōfu
Attendance: 9,103[8]


Awards

Best goalkeeper Best defender Top scorer
Most Valuable Player
South Korea Jo Hyeon-woo South Korea Jang Hyun-soo South Korea Kim Shin-wook
Lee Jae-sung

Goalscorers

3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

Final ranking

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1  South Korea 3 2 1 0 7 3 +4 7 Champions
2  Japan 3 2 0 1 4 5 −1 6 Runners-up
3  China 3 0 2 1 4 5 −1 2 Third Place
4  North Korea 6 3 1 2 6 3 +3 10 Fourth Place
5  Hong Kong 3 2 0 1 7 5 +2 6 Eliminated in Second Preliminary round
6  Chinese Taipei 6 4 0 2 17 9 +8 12
7  Guam 3 0 0 3 2 7 −5 0
8  Mongolia 3 1 1 1 10 4 +6 4 Eliminated in First Preliminary round
9  Macau 3 1 1 1 7 6 +1 4
10  Northern Mariana Islands 3 0 0 3 2 19 −17 0
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

References

  1. ^ "Eaff E-1 Football Championship 2017 Round 1 Guam".
  2. ^ "EAFF signs on advanced partnership with AFF". East Asian Football Federation. 15 December 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
  3. ^ Seok Nam-jun; Kim Kyeong-pil; Joo Hyung-sik (17 December 2018). "Korea, Vietnam to Square off in New Regional Football Competition". The Chosun Ilbo. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
  4. ^ Dang Khoa (15 January 2019). "Vietnam, S. Korea to clash in first AFF-EAFF Champions Trophy". VnExpress. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
  5. ^ "48th EAFF Executive Committee Meeting". EAFF.com. 31 March 2016.
  6. ^ "Hong Kong to host EAFF E-1 Football Championship 2017 Round 2". HKFA. 2016-09-30. Retrieved 2016-10-05.
  7. ^ "EAFF E-1 Football Championship 2017 Final Japan".
  8. ^ a b "マッチレポート" [Match Report] (PDF) (in Japanese). JFA. 9 December 2017. Retrieved 2017-12-10.
  9. ^ a b "マッチレポート" [Match Report] (PDF) (in Japanese). JFA. 9 December 2017. Retrieved 2017-12-10.
  10. ^ a b "マッチレポート" [Match Report] (PDF) (in Japanese). JFA. 12 December 2017. Retrieved 2017-12-10.
  11. ^ a b "マッチレポート" [Match Report] (PDF) (in Japanese). JFA. 12 December 2017. Retrieved 2017-12-10.
  12. ^ a b "マッチレポート" [Match Report] (PDF) (in Japanese). JFA. 16 December 2017. Retrieved 2017-12-10.
  13. ^ a b "マッチレポート" [Match Report] (PDF) (in Japanese). JFA. 16 December 2017. Retrieved 2017-12-10.

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