East Asian Cup

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.

Tournaments

See also

*AFC
*EAFF
*AFC Asian Cup
*AFC Women's Asian Cup
*Gulf Cup of Nations
*South Asian Football Federation Cup
*Tiger Cup
*West Asian Football Federation Championship

External links

* [http://www.eaff.com/competitions/eafc2008/competiton_m.html EAFF 2008 Website]