Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Seoul: Korea Republic will host the East Asian Football Federation (EAFF) E-1 Football Championship in 2019 that features both men's and women's national football teams, an official from the Korean Football Association (KFA) said on Tuesday.
The tournament will be held in Korea Republic in 2019, the KFA said, following its rotational order of hosting the four-nation tournament.
"On rotational basis in the order Japan, Korea Republic and China PR, we'll host the 2019 edition of the E-1 Football Championship," a KFA official said.
"Once we receive the presidency from Japan next March, we'll set up office and start preparations for the tournament".
It will be the third time that Korea Republic will host the regional tournament. The country previously staged the football event in 2005 and 2013.
The E-1 Football Championship, previously known as the East Asian Cup, started in 2003. It's a four team round-robin tournament held every two or three years.
For the men's competition, Korea Republic, Japan and China are in the finals and the remaining seven EAFF members will need to play qualifying matches to win the last remaining spot.
The Korean men's national team, led by head coach Shin Tae-yong, will look to defend their title at home in 2019. Last week, the Taeguk Warriors beat Japan 4-1 in their final match and won the 2017 edition of the tournament.
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Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Chiba: Defending champions Korea Republic outclassed Japan 4-1 to win their fourth EAFF E-1 Championship as DPR Korea spoilt China’s party following a 1-1 draw at the Ajinomoto Stadium on Saturday.
Japan 1 (Yu Kobayashi 3’ pen)
Korea Republic 4 (Kim Shin-wook 13’, 35’, Jung Woo-young 23’, Kobayashi 69th o.g)
Japan who were aiming to be the first to win the tournament as hosts, started brightly with an early goal after three minutes.
Yu Kobayashi converted from the spot to give Vahid Halilhodzic’s side a 1-0 lead but their advantage was short-lived as the Taeguk Warriors fought back in spectacular fashion – firing three goals before half-time.
Kim Shin-wook put Korea Republic level 10 minutes later and Jung Woo-young found the back of the net in the 23rd minute to give the visitors a 2-1 advantage before Shin-wook added his second 10 minutes before the interval.
Japan worked hard in the second half to find a breakthrough but it never came and Kobayashi turned villain on 69 minutes when he scored an own goal, much to the dismay of goalkeeper Nakamura Kosuke.
Four Korea Republic players picked up awards – Cho Hyun-woo (Best Goalkeeper), Jang Hyun-soo (Best Defender), Kim Shin-wook (Top Scorer with three goals) while the Most Valuable Player accolade went to Lee Jae-sung.
Korea Republic, who also won the Championship in 2003, 2008 and 2015 finished with seven points while the Samurai Blue ended their campaign a point behind.
Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Chiba: DPR Korea added the 2017 EAFF E-1 Championship crown to the titles they won in 2013 and 2015, beating host nation Japan 2-0 to complete a flawless tournament, while China PR salvaged pride with a 3-1 win against Korea Republic.
DPR KOREA 2 (Kim Yun-mi 65’, Ri Hyang-sim 82’)
JAPAN 0
In a tournament which began one day before the final draw for next year’s AFC Women’s Asian Cup, the only participating nation which failed to qualify for Jordan 2018 gave the world a reminder of their quality, winning all three matches without conceding a goal.
After wins over Korea Republic and China PR, DPR Korea only needed a draw against Japan to claim the championship, but a pair of second half goals put an exclamation mark on their third consecutive East Asian title.
Kim Yun-mi scored the first of the match, and her fourth of the tournament, when she ruthlessly punished a half-hearted clearance by firing a left foot shot past goalkeeper Sakiko Ikeda and into the bottom right hand corner of the net from 25 metres.
2016 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup-winner Ri Hyang-sim put the result beyond beyond doubt with eight minutes remaining, latching onto a cross that was seemingly intended for Sung Hyang-sim to prod the ball home from close range.
The win, watched by a crowd of 5,227 in Chiba, means DPR Korea are the first team to win the EAFF E-1 Championship three times, and ensures Kim Kwang-min’s side’s nine-year unbeaten run at the tournament will continue into the next edition in 2019.
Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Chiba: Shin Tae-yong credited Korea Republic’s agonising loss in the final of the 2016 AFC U23 Championship as the motivation behind his side’s ability to overturn an early deficit to defeat Japan on Saturday to claim the EAFF E-1 Championship title.
Yu Kobayashi put Japan in front after just three minutes from the penalty spot but a brace from Kim Shin-wook as well as free kicks from Jung Woo-young and Yeom Ki-hun secured Korea Republic a 4-1 win that saw them successfully defend the regional title.
The win came almost two years after the Shin-coached Korea Republic U23 team threw away a two-goal lead to lose in the final of the AFC U23 Championship in Qatar, and the former Ilhwa Chunma midfielder used the lessons learned from that reversal to turn the tables on Japan counterpart Vahid Halilhodzic.