# 2019 EAFF E-1 Football Championship (women)

The 2019 EAFF E-1 Football Championship was the seventh edition of the women's tournament of the EAFF E-1 Football Championship, the women's football championship of East Asia. It was held in South Korea in December 2019.
On 30 October 2019, EAFF announced that North Korea, who automatically qualified for the final round, withdrew from the tournament; Chinese Taipei was chosen as the replacement.

## Teams

Based on FIFA Women's world ranking, 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 |
| South Korea (hosts)  Japan  North Korea (withdrew) | China  Chinese Taipei  Hong Kong | Guam  Macau  Mongolia (hosts)  Northern Mariana Islands (non-FIFA member) |

## Venues

Preliminary Round :
| Dededo | Ulaanbaatar | Ulaanbaatar |
| GFA National Training Center | National Stadium | MFF Football Centre |
| Capacity: 5,000 | Capacity: 12,500 | Capacity: 5,000 |
| Final Round |||
| Busan |||
| Busan Asiad Main Stadium | Busan Asiad Main Stadium | Busan Gudeok Stadium |
| Capacity: 53,769 | Capacity: 53,769 | Capacity: 12,459 |

## Tiebreakers

The ranking of teams was determined as follows:
* 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.

### Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Mongolia (H) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 7 | Advance to Second preliminary round |
| 2 | Guam | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 4 | |
| 3 | Northern Mariana Islands | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 | |
| 4 | Macau | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | −5 | 2 | |

### Matches

* All times are local (UTC+8).

### Awards

| Top Scorer | Most Valuable Player |
| Kaycee Hoover | Tsasan-Okhin Orgodol |

## Second preliminary round

The second preliminary round was held in December 2018 in Guam from December 1 to 5.

### Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | China | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | +18 | 9 | Advance to Final round |
| 2 | Chinese Taipei | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 6 | Advance to Final round |
| 3 | Hong Kong | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 3 | |
| 4 | Mongolia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 19 | −19 | 0 | |

### Matches

* All times are local (UTC+10).

### Awards

| Top Scorer | Most Valuable Player |
| Wang Shanshan | Wang Shanshan |

## Final round

The final competition was held in South Korea from 10 to 17 December 2019.

### Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Result |
| 1 | Japan (C) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | +13 | 9 | Champions |
| 2 | South Korea (H) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 4 | Runners-up |
| 3 | China | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 4 | Third place |
| 4 | Chinese Taipei | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 13 | −13 | 0 | Fourth place |

### Matches

* All times are local (UTC+9).

### Awards

| Best Goalkeeper | Best Defender | Top Scorer | Most Valuable Player |
| Ayaka Yamashita | Jang Sel-gi | Mana Iwabuchi | Moeka Minami |

## Goalscorers

There were 17 goals scored in 6 matches, for an average of 2.83 goals per match.
5 goals
* Mana Iwabuchi
2 goals
* Mayu Ikejiri
* Mina Tanaka
* Kang Chae-rim
1 goal
* Wu Haiyan
* Arisa Matsubara
* Kiko Seike
* Rikako Kobayashi
* Yuka Momiki
* Jung Seol-bin

## Broadcasting

* China: CCTV, PPTV, Guangdong Sports
* Japan: NHK
* Hong Kong: Cable TV, Fantastic Television
* Chinese Taipei: ELTA TV [zh]
* South Korea: SPOTV, MBN(South Korean male national team matches only)