The 2015 EAFF East Asian Cup was the 6th edition of the
EAFF East Asian Cup
EAFF E-1 Football Championship, known as the East Asian Football Championship from 2003 to 2010, and the EAFF East Asian Cup for the 2013 and 2015 editions, is a men's international football competition in East Asia for member nations of the Eas ...
, the football championship of
East Asia
East Asia is the eastern region of Asia, which is defined in both geographical and ethno-cultural terms. The modern states of East Asia include China, Japan, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, and Taiwan. China, North Korea, South Korea and ...
. It was held in
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
in 2015. Two preliminary competitions were held during 2014.
First preliminary round
*All matches were played in
Guam
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.
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Awards
Second preliminary round
Venue:
Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...
Date: 13 – 19 November 2014
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Awards
Final tournament
Squads
Match officials
;Referees
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Alireza Faghani
Alireza Faghani ( fa, عليرضا فغانى; born 21 March 1978) is an Iranian international football referee who has been officiating in the Persian Gulf Pro League for several seasons and has been on the FIFA list since 2008. Faghani has ref ...
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Fahad Al-Mirdasi
Fahad Al-Mirdasi (born 16 August 1985) is a Saudi Arabian football referee who served as a full international for FIFA from 2011 to 2018, when he was banned for life for match fixing.
Refereeing career
Al-Mirdasi was one of the referees for t ...
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Mohd Amirul Izwan
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Muhammad Taqi Aljaafari
;Assistant referees
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Nathan MacDonald
A British biblical scholar, Nathan MacDonald (born 1975) currently serves as Reader in the Interpretation of the Old Testament at Cambridge University as well as Fellow and College Lecturer in theology at St John's College, Cambridge. Much of hi ...
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Mohammadreza Mansouri
Mohammadreza Mansouri ( fa, محمدرضا منصوري; born 23 April 1978) is an Iran, Iranian Referee (association football), football referee. He has been FIFA listed since 2012.
Matches
FIFA World Cup
FIFA Confederations Cup
Summer ...
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Abdullah Al-Shalawi
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* Abdullah (name), a list of people with the given name or surname
* Abdullah, Kargı, Turkey, a village
* Abdullah (film), ''Abdullah'' (film), a 1980 Bollywood film directed by Sanjay Khan
* ''Abdullah: The Final Witness' ...
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Mohd Yusri Bin Muhamad
Muhammad (), also spelled Muhammed or Muhamad or Mohammad or Mohammed or Mohamed or in a variety of other ways, is an Arabic given male name literally meaning 'Praiseworthy'. The name comes from the passive participle of the Arabic verb (حَم ...
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Jeffrey Goh
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Hsu Min Yu
Final stage
The final stage was held in
Wuhan
Wuhan (, ; ; ) is the capital of Hubei, Hubei Province in the China, People's Republic of China. It is the largest city in Hubei and the most populous city in Central China, with a population of over eleven million, the List of cities in China ...
,
Hubei
Hubei (; ; alternately Hupeh) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, and is part of the Central China region. The name of the province means "north of the lake", referring to its position north of Dongting Lake. The prov ...
,
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
on August 2 to 9, 2015.
2015东亚杯无意外武汉举办 日本支持中国申世界杯
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Awards
Goalscorers
;2 goals
* Yuki Muto
is a Japanese football player.
International career
On 23 July 2015, Japan's coach Vahid Halilhodžić called him for the upcoming 2015 EAFF East Asian Cup. During this tournament, he scored two goals and became the top scorer.
Internationa ...
;1 goal
* Yu Dabao
Yu Dabao (; born 18 April 1988) is a Chinese professional footballer who currently plays for Chinese Super League club Beijing Guoan.
Club career
Yu Dabao started his football career playing for second-tier side Qingdao Hailifeng and was soon ...
* Wang Yongpo
Wang Yongpo (; ; born 19 January 1987) is a Chinese professional footballer who currently plays for Chinese Super League club Shenzhen F.C.
Club career
Wang Yongpo started his football career in 2004 when he was promoted from Shandong Luneng' ...
* Wu Lei
Wu Lei (; born 19 November 1991) is a Chinese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Chinese Super League club Shanghai Port and the China national team.
Wu is the all-time top goalscorer for Shanghai SIPG with 169 goals. He is ...
* Hotaru Yamaguchi
is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Vissel Kobe. He is also a member of the Japan national team.
Club career Early career
Yamaguchi began playing football in the third grade, playing mostly as an attac ...
* Ri Hyok-chol
* Pak Hyon-il
* Jang Hyun-soo
Jang Hyun-soo (; ; born 28 September 1991) is a South Korean professional footballer who currently plays for Al-Hilal in the Saudi Professional League.
Club career
On 12 July 2019, Jang joined Saudi Professional League club Al-Hilal on a t ...
* Kim Seung-dae
* Lee Jong-ho
Final ranking
Per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time
Overtime or extra time is an additional period of play specified under the rules of a sport to bring a game to a decision and avoid declaring the match a tie or draw where the scores are the same. In some sports, this extra period is played onl ...
are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-out
The penalty shootout is a method of determining a winner in sports matches that would have otherwise been drawn or tied. The rules for penalty shootouts vary between sports and even different competitions; however, the usual form is similar to pen ...
are counted as draws.
References
External links
40th EAFF Executive Committee Meeting
{{EAFF E-1 Football Championship
2015
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East Asian Cup
EAFF E-1 Football Championship, known as the East Asian Football Championship from 2003 to 2010, and the EAFF East Asian Cup for the 2013 and 2015 editions, is a men's international football competition in East Asia for member nations of the Eas ...
2015 in Asian football
International association football competitions hosted by China