East Asian Cup

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The East Asian Cup is a football competition of East Asian countries and territories, held by the East Asian Football Federation (EAFF).

There is a separate competition for both men (first held in 2003) and women (first held in 2005); this page describes the men's competition. There was also a combined points competition in 2005, where the results of the men's and women's teams are added together (not including qualifiers).

China, South Korea and Japan have the right to automatically enter the competition, while other participants have to go through a qualifying round. Other participants that take part are Chinese Taipei, North Korea, Guam, Hong Kong, China, and Mongolia, and Macau, China.

The competition format requires a team to play each of the other teams once; the team leading the table wins the cup.

Before the EAFF was founded in 2002, the Dynasty Cup was held between the East Asian top 4 teams, and was regarded as the unofficial East Asian Championship.

1 Tournaments
2 Dynasty Cup
3 Women's Tournaments
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] Tournaments

Year	Host
Year	Host	Winner	Runner-up	3rd Place	4th Place
2003 Details	Japan	South Korea	Japan	China	Hong Kong
2005 Details	South Korea	China	Japan	North Korea	South Korea
2008 Details	China	South Korea	Japan	China	North Korea

[edit] Dynasty Cup

The Dynasty Cup is a defunct football (soccer) competition that is regarded as the predecessor to the East Asian Cup. It was held four times from 1990 to 1998. The purpose of the competition was to improve the quality of football in the East Asia and the national teams in the area participated in the tournament. After the East Asian Football Federation was formed in 2002, the East Asian Cup replaced this tournament.

Year	Host
Year	Host	Winner	Runner-up	3rd Place	4th Place
1990 Details	China	South Korea	China	North Korea	Japan
1992 Details	China	Japan	South Korea	North Korea	China
1995 Details	Hong Kong	Japan	South Korea	Hong Kong	China
1998 Details	Japan	Japan	China	South Korea	Hong Kong

[edit] Women's Tournaments

Year	Host
Year	Host	Winner	Runner-up	3rd Place	4th Place
2005 Details	South Korea	South Korea	North Korea	Japan	China
2008 Details	China	Japan	North Korea	China	South Korea