2013 EAFF East Asian Cup
| 2013년 EAFF 동아시안컵 | |
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| Tournament details | |
| Host country | South Korea |
| Dates | 20–28 July[1] |
| Teams | 10 (from 2 sub-confederations) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |
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| Runners-up |
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| Third place |
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| Fourth place |
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| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 6 |
| Goals scored | 21 (3.5 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |
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| Best player |
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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 are suspended from the EAFF and can not compete in any EAFF competition until March 2014 at the earliest,[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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 6 |
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2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 3 |
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 0 |
Matches
| Northern Mariana Islands |
1–5 | |
|---|---|---|
Schuler  |
Report | Chan Kin Seng Ho Man Hou Vernon |
Awards
| Top Scorer | Most Valuable Player |
|---|---|
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 1 | +18 | 10 |
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4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 2 | +14 | 10 |
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4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 6 |
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4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 17 | −15 | 1 |
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4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 17 | −15 | 1 |
| Guam |
1–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Merfalen |
Report | Chan Siu Ki |
| Chinese Taipei |
1–6 | |
|---|---|---|
| Chen Hao-Wei |
Report | An Il-Bom Pak Song-Chol Ri Kwang-Hyok Pak Nam-Chol Ri Myong-Jun |
| North Korea |
5–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| An Il-Bom Ri Myong-Jun Pak Nam-Chol Jong Il-Gwan |
Report |
| Chinese Taipei |
1–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Lo Chih-An |
Report | Naputi |
| North Korea |
1–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| An Yong-Hak |
Report | Thompson |
| Guam |
0–9 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Mooy Babalj Marrone Thompson Milligan Garcia |
| Hong Kong |
2–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Chan Wai Ho Lee Hong Lim |
Report |
| Hong Kong |
0–4 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Pak Nam-Chol Ryang Yong-Gi Pak Nam-Chol Pak Song-Chol |
| Australia |
8–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Garcia Cornthwaite Taggart Behich Mooy Yang Chao-hsun |
Report |
Awards
| Top Scorer | Most Valuable Player |
|---|---|
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Goals
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
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- 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
| Team | Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 7 |
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 5 |
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3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 |
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 1 |
| Japan |
3–3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Kurihara Kakitani Kudo |
Report | Wang Yongpo Sun Ke |
| Australia |
3–4 | |
|---|---|---|
| Mooy Taggart Duke |
Report | Yu Dabao Sun Ke Yang Xu Wu Lei |
| South Korea |
1–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Yun Il-Lok |
Report | Kakitani |
Awards
| Top Scorer | Most Valuable Player |
|---|---|
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Goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
Final standings
| Rank | Team |
|---|---|
| 1 | |
| 2 | |
| 3 | |
| 4 | |
| 5 | |
| 6 | |
| =7 | |
| =7 | |
| 9 | |
| 10 | |
Broadcasting
| Territory | Broadcaster |
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AD Sport |
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Fox Sports |
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SporTV |
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TBA |
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CCTV 5 |
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Eurosport |
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Now TV |
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Fuji TV |
| Latin America | Fox Sports |
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TVNZ |
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JTBC |
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TrueVisions |
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ESPN2 |
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),[5] 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.[6] 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.[7]
Kuniya Daini, President of Japan Football Association, said "We ask the East Asian 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".[8]
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.[9]
The South Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs then responded with a statement deploring Shimomura's "rude comments".[9]
On 31 July, KFA issued a statement insisting that Japanese fans waving a large "rising sun" Japanese military flag had incited South Korean supporters.
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.[10]
References
- 1 2 "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.
- ↑ 錯頒神射手賽會收回獎盃 (in Chinese). Ming Pao. 2012-12-10. Retrieved 2012-12-15.
- ↑ "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 Korean). 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.
- 1 2 "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. 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