# 2019 EAFF E-1 Football Championship

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. It was the nation's third time hosting the tournament.

## Teams

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  China | North Korea  Chinese Taipei (hosts)  Hong Kong | Guam  Macau  Mongolia (hosts)  Northern Mariana Islands (non-FIFA member) |

## Venues

Preliminary Round :
| Ulaanbaatar | Taipei |
| MFF Football Centre | Taipei Municipal Stadium |
| Capacity: 5,000 | Capacity: 20,000 |
| Final Round ||
| Busan ||
| Busan Asiad Main Stadium | Busan Gudeok Stadium |
| Capacity: 53,769 | Capacity: 12,349 |

## 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 in September 2018.

### Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Mongolia (H) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 2 | +12 | 7 | Advance to Second preliminary round |
| 2 | Macau | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 4 | |
| 3 | Guam | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 4 | |
| 4 | Northern Mariana Islands | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 14 | −13 | 1 | |
* 1 2 Head-to-head result: Macau 2–0 Guam.

### Matches

* All times are local (UTC+8).

### Awards

| Top scorer | Most Valuable Player |
| Baljinnyam Batbold | Norjmoogiin Tsedenbal |

## Second preliminary round

The second preliminary round was held in Taiwan in November 2018.

### Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Hong Kong | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 7 | Advance to Final round |
| 2 | North Korea | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 7 | |
| 3 | Chinese Taipei (H) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 3 | |
| 4 | Mongolia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 | −8 | 0 | |

### Matches

* All times are local (UTC+8).

### Awards

| Top scorer | Most Valuable Player |
| Rim Kwang-hyok | Huang Yang |

## Final round

The final round was held in Busan, South Korea between 10 and 18 December 2019.

### Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Result |
| 1 | South Korea (C, H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 9 | Champions |
| 2 | Japan | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 6 | Runners-up |
| 3 | China | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | Third place |
| 4 | Hong Kong | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | −9 | 0 | Fourth place |

### Matches

* All times are local (UTC+9).

### Awards

| Best goalkeeper | Best defender | Top scorer | Most Valuable Player |
| An Se Young | Kim Min-jae | Koki Ogawa | Hwang In-beom |

### Goalscorers
#### 1 goal
## Final ranking

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
| 1 | South Korea | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 9 | Champions |
| 2 | Japan | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 6 | Runners-up |
| 3 | China | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | Third Place |
| 4 | Hong Kong | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | −4 | 7 | Fourth Place |
| 5 | North Korea | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 7 | Eliminated in Second Preliminary Round |
| 6 | Chinese Taipei | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 3 | Eliminated in Second Preliminary Round |
| 7 | Mongolia | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 13 | +4 | 7 | Eliminated in Second Preliminary Round |
| 8 | Macau | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 4 | Eliminated in First Preliminary Round |
| 9 | Guam | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 4 | Eliminated in First Preliminary Round |
| 10 | Northern Mariana Islands | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 14 | −13 | 1 | Eliminated in First Preliminary Round |
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

* 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)