International football competition
The 2019 EAFF E-1 Football Championship was the 8th edition of the EAFF E-1 Football Championship, an international football tournament for East Asian countries and territories organized by the EAFF. The finals were held in South Korea in December 2019.[1] It was the nation's third time hosting the tournament.[2]
Teams
Ten teams were allocated to their particular stage. Each winner of the preliminary round progressed to the next stage.
Venues
Tiebreakers
The ranking of teams was determined as follows:[3]
- Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
- Goal difference in all group matches;
- Goals scored in all group matches;
- Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are tied and they met in the last round of the group;
- Disciplinary points (yellow card = 1 point, red card as a result of two yellow cards = 3 points, direct red card = 3 points, yellow card followed by direct red card = 4 points);
- Drawing of lots.
First preliminary round
The first preliminary round was held in Mongolia[4] in September 2018.[5]
Table
Source: EAFF.com
(H) Hosts
Notes:
- ^ a b Head-to-head result: Macau 2–0 Guam.
Matches
- All times are local (UTC+8).
Awards
Second preliminary round
The second preliminary round was held in Taiwan[4] in November 2018.[5]
Table
Source: EAFF.com
(H) Hosts
Matches
- All times are local (UTC+8).
Awards
Final round
The final round was held in Busan, South Korea between 10 and 18 December 2019.[7]
Squads
Table
Source: EAFF.com
(C) Champions; (H) Hosts
Matches
- All times are local (UTC+9).
Awards
Goalscorers
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
Final ranking
Updated to match(es) played on 18 December 2019. 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
- ^ "2019 동아시안컵, 내년 12월 국내 남부지방 개최". Sportalkorea. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
- ^ "Korea Republic to host 2019 EAFF E-1 Football Championship". The Asian Football Confederation. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
- ^ "Mode of Competition and Rules for Determining the Winner". EAFF.
- ^ a b "55th EAFF Executive Committee Meeting". EAFF.com. 30 March 2018.
- ^ a b Grimm, Justin. "Mongolia to Host Round 1 of 2019 EAFF Championship Qualificaiton". Mongolian Football Central. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
- ^ a b "Award". East Asian Football Federation. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
- ^ "The venue and the match schedule for EAFF E-1 Football Championship 2019 Final Korea Republic unveiled". EAFF. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
China – CCTV-5+, PPTV
Guam – KGTF
Hong Kong – Cable TV, Fantastic Television
Japan – Fuji TV
Macau – TDM
Mongolia – MNB
NMI – KTGM
North Korea – KCTV
South Korea – SPOTV, MBN (South Korean male national team matches only)