2013 EAFF East Asian Cup
| 2013년 EAFF 동아시안컵 | |
|---|---|
| File:2013 EAFF East Asian Cup.png | |
| Tournament details | |
| Host country | South Korea |
| City | Seoul |
| Dates | 20–28 July[1] |
| Teams | 10 (from 2 sub-confederations) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan (1st title) |
| Runners-up | File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China |
| Third place | File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea |
| Fourth place | File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 6 |
| Goals scored | 21 (3.5 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Japan Yoichiro Kakitani (3 goals) |
| Best player(s) | Japan Hotaru Yamaguchi |
← 2010 2015 → | |
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The 2013 EAFF East Asian Cup was the 5th edition of this regional competition, the football championship of East Asia. Two preliminary competitions were held during 2012.[2] Mongolia were suspended from the EAFF and could not compete in any EAFF competition until March 2014,[3] whilst Australia accepted an invitation to take part.[1]
Preliminary round 1
The first round of the Preliminary Competition was hosted by Guam between 18–22 July 2012. The winner of the group advanced to the second round.
- Times listed are UTC+10:00
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| File:Flag of Guam.svg Guam | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 6 |
| File:Flag of Macau.svg Macau | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 3 |
| File:Flag of the Northern Mariana Islands.svg Northern Mariana Islands | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 0 |
Matches
| Northern Mariana Islands File:Flag of the Northern Mariana Islands.svg | 1–3 | File:Flag of Guam.svg Guam |
|---|---|---|
| Miller File:Soccerball shade.svg 18' | Report | Cunliffe File:Soccerball shade.svg 25', 66', 90' (pen.) |
| Guam File:Flag of Guam.svg | 3–0 | File:Flag of Macau.svg Macau |
|---|---|---|
| Cunliffe File:Soccerball shade.svg 15' Lopez File:Soccerball shade.svg 22' DeVille File:Soccerball shade.svg 90+3' |
Report |
Awards
| Top Scorer | Most Valuable Player |
|---|---|
| Guam Jason Cunliffe | Guam Jason Cunliffe |
Goals
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- 1 goals
Preliminary round 2
The second round of the preliminary competition was held in Hong Kong between 1 December and 9 December 2012. The winner of the group advanced to the final tournament.
Squads
Matches
- Times listed are UTC+8
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 1 | +18 | 10 |
| File:Flag of North Korea.svg North Korea | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 2 | +14 | 10 |
| File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 6 |
| File:Flag of Chinese Taipei (Olympics; 1986–2010).svg Chinese Taipei | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 17 | −15 | 1 |
| File:Flag of Guam.svg Guam | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 17 | −15 | 1 |
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| Guam File:Flag of Guam.svg | 1–2 | File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong |
|---|---|---|
| Merfalen File:Soccerball shade.svg 56' | Report | Chan Siu Ki File:Soccerball shade.svg 2', 17' |
| Hong Kong File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg | 0–1 | File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Emerton File:Soccerball shade.svg 85' |
| Chinese Taipei File:Flag of Chinese Taipei (Olympics; 1986–2010).svg | 1–1 | File:Flag of Guam.svg Guam |
|---|---|---|
| Lo Chih-an File:Soccerball shade.svg 90+2' | Report | Naputi File:Soccerball shade.svg 67' |
| North Korea File:Flag of North Korea.svg | 1–1 | File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia |
|---|---|---|
| An Yong-hak File:Soccerball shade.svg 64' | Report | Thompson File:Soccerball shade.svg 4' |
| Hong Kong File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg | 2–0 | File:Flag of Chinese Taipei (Olympics; 1986–2010).svg Chinese Taipei |
|---|---|---|
| Chan Wai Ho File:Soccerball shade.svg 24' Lee Hong Lim File:Soccerball shade.svg 25' |
Report |
Awards
| Top Scorer | Most Valuable Player |
|---|---|
| North Korea Ri Myong-jun | Australia Brett Emerton |
Goals
- 4 goals
- Australia Archie Thompson
- North Korea Ri Myong-jun
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
- Australia Robert Cornthwaite
- Australia Brett Emerton
- Australia Michael Marrone
- Australia Mark Milligan
- Chinese Taipei Chen Hao-wei
- Chinese Taipei Lo Chih-an
- Guam Elias Merfalen
- Guam Dylan Naputi
- Hong Kong Chan Wai Ho
- Hong Kong Lee Hong Lim
- North Korea An Yong-hak
- North Korea Jong Il-gwan
- North Korea Pak Nam-chol
- North Korea Ri Kwang-hyok
- North Korea Ryang Yong-gi
- 1 own goal
Final tournament
Squads
Matches
The final stage of the tournament was played in South Korea between 20 and 28 July 2013.
- Times listed are UTC+9
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 7 |
| 2 | File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 5 |
| 3 | File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 |
| 4 | File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 1 |
| South Korea File:Flag of South Korea.svg | 0–0 | File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
| South Korea File:Flag of South Korea.svg | 1–2 | File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan |
|---|---|---|
| Yun Il-lok File:Soccerball shade.svg 33' | Report | Kakitani File:Soccerball shade.svg 24', 90+1' |
Awards
| Top Scorer | Most Valuable Player |
|---|---|
| Japan Yoichiro Kakitani | Japan Hotaru Yamaguchi |
Goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
Final standings
Broadcasting
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Controversies
At the final match between South Korea and Japan on 28 July, South Korean fans booed the start of the Japanese anthem and later upped the political sloganeering with a banner that covered most of the width of one end of the ground that read, in Korean, "The nation that forgets history has no future."(Korean: 역사를 잊은 민족에게 미래는 없다),[4] apparently aiming at the Japanese leaders' reluctance to admit to wrongdoings during its militaristic and colonial past, after they displayed huge pictures of Ahn Jung-geun, who assassinated the first Prime Minister of Japan and then-Japanese Resident-General of Korea Itō Hirobumi back in 1909, and Yi Sun-sin, a Korean naval commander who is famed for his victories against the Japanese navy during the Imjin war in the Joseon Dynasty back in the 16th century.[5] The banner was not removed until Korea Football Association (KFA) directed supporters to do so after the first half of the match. After the banner was taken down, "Red Devils," a group of South Korean football supporters, refused to cheer on the national team in the second half. On its Facebook page, the Seoul sector of the Red Devils wrote that its members would not bang drums or chant songs for South Korea in protest of the decision by the KFA to remove the banner.[6] Kuniya Daini, President of Japan Football Association, said "We ask the East Asian Football Federation to thoroughly investigate the matter and act in the appropriate fashion," and Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said the incident was "extremely regrettable" and the Japanese government "will respond appropriately based on FIFA rules when the facts are revealed.", while KFA said "We are still investigating the matter. We have no official statement now".[7] Japanese Sports Minister Hakubun Shimomura went further on Tuesday, saying the style of the banners called into question "the nature of the people" in South Korea.[8] The South Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs then responded with a statement deploring Shimomura's "rude comments".[8] On 31 July, KFA issued a statement insisting that Japanese fans waving a large "rising sun" Japanese military flag had incited South Korean supporters. [citation needed] Australia commitment to the ASEAN Football Federation is questioned due to its participation in this tournament while having not participated in a single edition of the AFF Championship, the top level competition in the sub-confederation Australia which later became a member of in 2013.[9]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Australia to enter EAFF East Asia Cup 2013". Football Federation Australia. 30 August 2012. Archived from the original on 29 October 2012.
- ↑ "35th East Asian Football Federation Executive Committee Meeting". EAFF.com. East Asian Football Federation. 2012-04-20. Archived from the original on 2012-05-03. Retrieved 2012-04-20.
- ↑ "Agenda and Decisions of 6th Ordinary Congress and 33rd and 34th Executive Committee Meeting". EAFF.com. East Asian Football Federation. 2011-03-19. Archived from the original on 2012-02-06. Retrieved 2012-04-20.
- ↑ "Banner Controversy Mars Japan-Korea Soccer Match". Alastair Gale. The Wall Street Journal. 2013-07-29. Retrieved 2013-07-30.
- ↑ 안중근·이순신 현수막 논란...붉은 악마는 '응원 보이콧' [Ahn Jung-geun, Yi Sun-sin banners controversy...Red Devils' "Cheering boycott"] (in 한국어). Seoul Broadcasting System. 2013-07-28. Retrieved 2013-07-28.
- ↑ "(2nd LD) S. Korea loses to East Asian Cup champion Japan". Yonhapnews. 2013-07-28. Retrieved 2013-07-28.
- ↑ "Japan lodge complaint over Korean banner". Reuters. 2013-07-29. Retrieved 2013-07-30.[dead link]
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Football: Banner controversy sparks S Korea-Japan history row". Channel NewsAsia. MediaCorp. 2013-07-31. Retrieved 2013-07-31.
- ↑ McIntyre, Scott (24 October 2017). "Despite some continued criticism, Australian football is taking its ASEAN status very seriously". FourFourTwo. Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
External links
- EAFF East Asian Cup 2013 – Preliminary Round 1 at EAFF.com
- EAFF East Asian Cup 2013 – Preliminary Round 2 at EAFF.com