2017 EAFF E-1 Football Championship
# 2017 EAFF E-1 Football Championship

The 2017 EAFF E-1 Football Championship 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.

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.

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

## Venues

| Final Round | Preliminary round | Preliminary round |
| - | - | - |
| Tokyo | Dededo | 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.

### 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 | |

### Matches

* All times are local (UTC+10).

### Awards

| Top scorer | Most Valuable Player |
| - | - |
| Lin Chien-hsun | Lin Chien-hsun |

## Second preliminary round

The second preliminary round was held in Hong Kong.

### 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 | |

### Matches

* All times are local (UTC+8).

### Awards

| Top scorer | Most Valuable Player |
| - | - |
| Alex Akande | Ri Yong-chol |

## Final tournament

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

### 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 |

### Matches

* All times are local (UTC+9).

### Awards

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

## 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 | Eliminated in Second Preliminary round |
| 7 | Guam | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 0 | Eliminated in Second Preliminary round |
| 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 | Eliminated in First Preliminary round |
| 10 | Northern Mariana Islands | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 19 | −17 | 0 | 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, PPTV and Guangdong Sports
* Japan: Fuji TV
* South Korea: SPOTV
* Hong Kong: ViuTV
* Macau: TDM (Macau)
* Taiwan: Gala Television
* Mongolia: Mongolian National Broadcaster
* Guam: KGTF
* North Korea: Korean Central Television
