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

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. 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

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Awards

Second preliminary round

Venue:

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Awards

Final tournament

Squads

Match officials

;Referees *

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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 ...

* Mohd Amirul Izwan * Muhammad Taqi Aljaafari ;Assistant referees *

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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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* Jeffrey Goh * Hsu Min Yu

Final stage

The final stage was held in

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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

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are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by

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are counted as draws.

References

External links

40th EAFF Executive Committee Meeting

{{EAFF E-1 Football Championship

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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 ...

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