The 2017 EAFF E-1 Football Championship was the 7th edition of the

EAFF E-1 Football Championship 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 East ...

, the football championship of

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. It was held in Japan in December 2017. Through the agreement between EAFF and

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(AFF), the winner of the tournament will qualified for the

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. The winner of the 2017 EAFF E-1 Football Championship,

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, qualified for the 2019 AFF–EAFF Champions Trophy to meet the winner of 2018 AFF Championship of

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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.

Venues

First preliminary round

The first preliminary round was held in

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Table

Matches

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Awards

Second preliminary round

The second preliminary round was held in Hong Kong.

Table

Matches

*All times are local (

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Awards

Final tournament

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

Squads

Table

Matches

*All times are local (

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Awards

Goalscorers

;3 goals *

Kim Shin-wook Kim Shin-wook (; ; born 14 April 1988) is a South Korean professional footballer who plays as a striker for Singapore Premier League club Lion City Sailors and the South Korea national team. Club career Ulsan Hyundai Kim spent his youth tra ...

;2 goals * Wei Shihao *

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 ...

* Yu Kobayashi ;1 goal *

Yosuke Ideguchi is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Celtic and for the Japan national team. He has previously represented Japan at Under-19 and Under-23 youth levels. Club career Gamba Osaka Ideguchi started his yout ...

* Gen Shōji * Jung Woo-young * Lee Jae-sung * Yeom Ki-hun *

Jong Il-gwan Jong Il-gwan (Hangul: 정일관, Hancha: 鄭日冠, born 30 October 1992) is a North Korean football striker who plays as a striker for club Rimyongsu in the DPR Korea Premier Football League and the North Korea national team. Club care ...

; 1 own goal *

Ri Yong-chol Ri Yong-chol (; born 8 January 1991) is a North Korean footballer who currently plays as a defender for North Korean club Hwaebul Sports Club. International career Ri made his first senior international appearance in a friendly in and agains ...

Final ranking

Per statistical convention in football, matches decided in

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are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by

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are counted as draws.

Broadcasting rights

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SPOTV SPOTV is a South Korean pay television network, which features sports programming and some sports-related talk shows. Founded in 2010, the network is the fourth non-'free-to-air' broadcaster in South Korea alongside KBS N Sports, MBC Sports+ a ...

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References

External links

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