2013 EAFF East Asian Cup
{{for|the women's tournament|2013 EAFF Women's East Asian Cup}}
{{Infobox international football competition
| tourney_name =
| year = 2013
| image = 2013 EAFF East Asian Cup.png
| size = 150
| caption =
|other_titles = 2013년 EAFF 동아시안컵
| country = South Korea
| city = Seoul
| num_teams = 10
| sub-confederations = 2
| venues =
| cities =
| champion = JPN
| count = 1
| second = CHN
| third = KOR
| fourth = AUS
| matches = 6
| goals = 21
| attendance =
| top_scorer = {{flagicon|JPN}} Yoichiro Kakitani (3 goals)
| player = {{flagicon|JPN}} Hotaru Yamaguchi
| prevseason = 2010
| nextseason = 2015
}}
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.{{cite web|url=http://www.eaff.com/eanews/release/2012/120420.html |title=35th East Asian Football Federation Executive Committee Meeting |work=EAFF.com |publisher=East Asian Football Federation |date=2012-04-20 |access-date=2012-04-20 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120503031706/http://www.eaff.com/eanews/release/2012/120420.html |archive-date=2012-05-03 }} Mongolia were suspended from the EAFF and could not compete in any EAFF competition until March 2014,{{cite web|url=http://www.eaff.com/eanews/release/2011/110319.html |title=Agenda and Decisions of 6th Ordinary Congress and 33rd and 34th Executive Committee Meeting |work=EAFF.com |publisher=East Asian Football Federation |date=2011-03-19 |access-date=2012-04-20 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120206210019/http://www.eaff.com/eanews/release/2011/110319.html |archive-date=2012-02-06 }} whilst Australia accepted an invitation to take part.
Preliminary round 1
The first round of the Preliminary Competition was hosted by Guam between 18 and 22 July 2012. The winner of the group advanced to the second round.
- Times listed are UTC+10:00
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=Matches=
{{football box
| date = 18 July 2012
| time = 16:00
| team1 = {{fb-rt|NMI}}
| score = 1–3
| report = [http://www.eaff.com/competitions/eafc2013pre/PC_R1_Score_Sheet_M_Match_day_1.pdf Report]
| team2 = {{fb|GUM}}
| goals1 = Miller {{goal|18}}
| goals2 = Cunliffe {{goal|25||66||90|pen.}}
| stadium = Leo Palace Resort, Yona
| attendance = 450
| referee = Kim Dae-yong (Korea Republic)
}}
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{{football box
| date = 20 July 2012
| time = 16:00
| team1 = {{fb-rt|NMI}}
| score = 1–5
| report = [http://www.eaff.com/competitions/eafc2013pre/PC_R1_Score_Sheet_M_Match_day_2.pdf Report]
| team2 = {{fb|MAC}}
| goals1 = Schuler {{goal|51}}
| goals2 = Chan Kin Seng {{goal|27||55||59}}
Ho Man Hou {{goal|40}}
Vernon {{goal|62}}
| stadium = Leo Palace Resort, Yona
| attendance = 150
| referee = Jumpei Iida (Japan)
}}
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{{football box
| date = 22 July 2012
| time = 16:00
| team1 = {{fb-rt|GUM}}
| score = 3–0
| report = [http://www.eaff.com/competitions/eafc2013pre/PC_R1_Score_Sheet_M_Match_day_3.pdf Report]
| team2 = {{fb|MAC}}
| goals1 = Cunliffe {{goal|15}}
Lopez {{goal|22}}
DeVille {{goal|90+3}}
| goals2 =
| stadium = Leo Palace Resort, Yona
| attendance = 1,000
| referee = Jumpei Iida (Japan)
}}
=Awards=
class="wikitable" style="margin: 0 auto;" |
Top Scorer
!Most Valuable Player |
---|
align=center|{{flagicon|GUM}} Jason Cunliffe
|align=center|{{flagicon|GUM}} Jason Cunliffe |
=Goals=
;4 goals
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- {{flagicon|GUM}} Jason Cunliffe
{{colend}}
;3 goals
{{colbegin|colwidth=22em}}
- {{flagicon|MAC}} Chan Kin Seng
{{colend}}
;1 goals
{{colbegin|colwidth=22em}}
- {{flagicon|GUM}} Zachary DeVille
- {{flagicon|GUM}} Marcus Lopez
- {{flagicon|MAC}} Ho Man Hou
- {{flagicon|MAC}} Vernon
- {{flagicon|NMI}} Joe Wang Miller
- {{flagicon|NMI}} Kirk Schuler
{{colend}}
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=
{{main|2013 EAFF East Asian Cup Preliminary Competition Round 2 squads}}
=Matches=
- Times listed are UTC+8
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|team2=PRK|name_PRK={{fb|PRK}} |status_PRK=
|team3=HKG|name_HKG={{fb|HKG}} |status_HKG=H
|team4=TPE|name_TPE={{fb|TPE}} |status_TPE=
|team5=GUM|name_GUM={{fb|GUM}} |status_GUM=
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|win_PRK=3|draw_PRK=1|loss_PRK=0|gf_PRK=16|ga_PRK=2
|win_HKG=2|draw_HKG=0|loss_HKG=2|gf_HKG=4|ga_HKG=6
|win_TPE=0|draw_TPE=1|loss_TPE=3|gf_TPE=2|ga_TPE=17
|win_GUM=0|draw_GUM=1|loss_GUM=3|gf_GUM=2|ga_GUM=17
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{{football box
| date = 1 December 2012
| time = 14:30
| team1 = {{fb-rt|GUM}}
| score = 1–2
| report = [http://www.eaff.com/competitions/eafc2013pre2/result/m01_001.pdf Report]
| team2 = {{fb|HKG}}
| goals1 = Merfalen {{goal|56}}
| goals2 = Chan Siu Ki {{goal|2||17}}
| stadium = Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong
| attendance = 3,040
| referee = Kim Dae-yong (Korea Republic)
}}
{{football box
| date = 1 December 2012
| time = 17:10
| team1 = {{fb-rt|TPE}}
| score = 1–6
| report = [http://www.eaff.com/competitions/eafc2013pre2/result/m02_001.pdf Report]
| team2 = {{fb|PRK}}
| goals1 = Chen Hao-wei {{goal|79}}
| goals2 = An Il-bom {{goal|28}}
Pak Song-chol {{goal|34}}
Ri Kwang-hyok {{goal|42}}
Pak Nam-chol {{goal|65}}
Ri Myong-jun {{goal|67||89}}
| stadium = Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong
| attendance = 3,040
| referee = Wang Zhe (China PR)
}}
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{{football box
| date = 3 December 2012
| time = 17:50
| team1 = {{fb-rt|PRK}}
| score = 5–0
| report = [http://www.eaff.com/competitions/eafc2013pre2/result/m03_001.pdf Report]
| team2 = {{fb|GUM}}
| goals1 = An Il-bom {{goal|25}}
Ri Myong-jun {{goal|34||59}}
Pak Nam-chol {{goal|82}}
Jong Il-gwan {{goal|87}}
| goals2 =
| stadium = Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong
| attendance = 4,160
| referee = Mongkolchai Pechsri (Thailand)
}}
{{football box
| date = 3 December 2012
| time = 20:30
| team1 = {{fb-rt|HKG}}
| score = 0–1
| report = [http://www.eaff.com/competitions/eafc2013pre2/result/m04_001.pdf Report]
| team2 = {{fb|AUS}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 = Emerton {{goal|85}}
| stadium = Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong
| attendance = 4,160
| referee = Jumpei Iida (Japan)
}}
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{{football box
| date = 5 December 2012
| time = 17:50
| team1 = {{fb-rt|TPE}}
| score = 1–1
| report = [http://www.eaff.com/competitions/eafc2013pre2/result/m05_001.pdf Report]
| team2 = {{fb|GUM}}
| goals1 = Lo Chih-an {{goal|90+2}}
| goals2 = Naputi {{goal|67}}
| stadium = Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
| attendance = 989
| referee = Kim Dae-yong (Korea Republic)
}}
{{football box
| date = 5 December 2012
| time = 20:30
| team1 = {{fb-rt|PRK}}
| score = 1–1
| report = [http://www.eaff.com/competitions/eafc2013pre2/result/m06_001.pdf Report]
| team2 = {{fb|AUS}}
| goals1 = An Yong-hak {{goal|64}}
| goals2 = Thompson {{goal|4}}
| stadium = Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
| attendance = 989
| referee = Mongkolchai Pechsri (Thailand)
}}
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{{football box
| date = 7 December 2012
| time = 17:50
| team1 = {{fb-rt|GUM}}
| score = 0–9
| report = [http://www.eaff.com/competitions/eafc2013pre2/result/m07_001.pdf Report]
| team2 = {{fb|AUS}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 = Mooy {{goal|12}}
Babalj {{goal|20||56}}
Marrone {{goal|43}}
Thompson {{goal|59||62||65|pen.}}
Milligan {{goal|71}}
Garcia {{goal|83}}
| stadium = Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
| attendance = 2,315
| referee = Wang Zhe (China PR)
}}
{{football box
| date = 7 December 2012
| time = 20:30
| team1 = {{fb-rt|HKG}}
| score = 2–0
| report = [http://www.eaff.com/competitions/eafc2013pre2/result/m08_001.pdf Report]
| team2 = {{fb|Chinese Taipei}}
| goals1 = Chan Wai Ho {{goal|24}}
Lee Hong Lim {{goal|25}}
| goals2 =
| stadium = Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
| attendance = 2,315
| referee = Jumpei Iida (Japan)
}}
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{{football box
| date = 9 December 2012
| time = 14:20
| team1 = {{fb-rt|HKG}}
| score = 0–4
| report = [http://www.eaff.com/competitions/eafc2013pre2/result/m09_001.pdf Report]
| team2 = {{fb|PRK}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 = Pak Nam-chol {{goal|27}}
Ryang Yong-gi {{goal|33}}
Pak Nam-chol {{goal|36}}
Pak Song-chol {{goal|85}}
| stadium = Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
| attendance = 3,345
| referee = Mongkolchai Pechsri (Thailand)
}}
{{football box
| date = 9 December 2012
| time = 17:00
| team1 = {{fb-rt|AUS}}
| score = 8–0
| report = [http://www.eaff.com/competitions/eafc2013pre2/result/m10_001.pdf Report]
| team2 = {{fb|TPE}}
| goals1 = Garcia {{goal|11}}
Cornthwaite {{goal|17}}
Taggart {{goal|19||29}}
Behich {{goal|34||57}}
Mooy {{goal|47}}
Yang Chao-hsun {{goal|82|o.g.}}
| goals2 =
| stadium = Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
| attendance = 3,345
| referee = Kim Dae-yong (Korea Republic)
}}
=Awards=
class="wikitable" style="margin: 0 auto;" |
Top Scorer
!Most Valuable Player |
---|
align=center|{{flagicon|PRK}} Ri Myong-jun
|align=center|{{flagicon|AUS}} Brett Emerton |
=Goals=
;4 goals
{{colbegin|colwidth=22em}}
- {{flagicon|AUS}} Archie Thompson
- {{flagicon|PRK}} Ri Myong-jun
{{colend}}
;3 goals
{{colbegin|colwidth=22em}}
- {{flagicon|PRK}} Pak Nam-chol
{{colend}}
;2 goals
{{colbegin|colwidth=22em}}
- {{flagicon|AUS}} Eli Babalj
- {{flagicon|AUS}} Aziz Behich
- {{flagicon|AUS}} Richard García
- {{flagicon|AUS}} Aaron Mooy
- {{flagicon|AUS}} Adam Taggart
- {{flagicon|HKG}} Chan Siu Ki
- {{flagicon|PRK}} An Il-bom
- {{flagicon|PRK}} Pak Song-chol
{{colend}}
;1 goal
{{colbegin|colwidth=22em}}
- {{flagicon|AUS}} Robert Cornthwaite
- {{flagicon|AUS}} Brett Emerton
- {{flagicon|AUS}} Michael Marrone
- {{flagicon|AUS}} Mark Milligan
- {{flagicon|TPE}} Chen Hao-wei
- {{flagicon|TPE}} Lo Chih-an
- {{flagicon|GUM}} Elias Merfalen
- {{flagicon|GUM}} Dylan Naputi
- {{flagicon|HKG}} Chan Wai Ho
- {{flagicon|HKG}} Lee Hong Lim
- {{flagicon|PRK}} An Yong-hak
- {{flagicon|PRK}} Jong Il-gwan
- {{flagicon|PRK}} Pak Nam-chol
- {{flagicon|PRK}} Ri Kwang-hyok
- {{flagicon|PRK}} Ryang Yong-gi
{{colend}}
;1 own goal
{{colbegin|colwidth=22em}}
- {{flagicon|Chinese Taipei}} Yang Chao-hsun
{{colend}}
Final tournament
=Squads=
{{main|2013 EAFF East Asian Cup Final squads}}
=Matches=
The final stage of the tournament was played in South Korea between 20 and 28 July 2013.
- Times listed are UTC+9
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|team2=CHN|name_CHN={{fb|CHN}} |status_CHN=
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|win_KOR=0|draw_KOR=2|loss_KOR=1|gf_KOR=1|ga_KOR=2
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|result2=2ND
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{{football box
| date = 20 July 2013
| time = 19:00
| team1 = {{fb-rt|KOR}}
| score = 0–0
| report = [http://www.eaff.com/img/competition/eafc2013/pdf/m1.pdf Report]
| team2 = {{fb|AUS}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
| stadium = Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul
| attendance = 31,571
| referee = Yuichi Nishimura (Japan)
}}
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{{football box
| date = 21 July 2013
| time = 21:00
| team1 = {{fb-rt|JPN}}
| score = 3–3
| report = [http://www.eaff.com/img/competition/eafc2013/pdf/m2.pdf Report]
| team2 = {{fb|CHN}}
| goals1 = Kurihara {{goal|32}}
Kakitani {{goal|59}}
Kudo {{goal|60}}
| goals2 = Wang Yongpo {{goal|4|pen.|80|pen.}}
Sun Ke {{goal|86}}
| stadium = Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul
| attendance = 3,500
| referee = Ben Williams (Australia)
}}
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{{football box
| date = 24 July 2013
| time = 20:00
| team1 = {{fb-rt|South Korea}}
| score = 0–0
| report = [http://www.eaff.com/img/competition/eafc2013/pdf/m3.pdf Report]
| team2 = {{fb|China}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
| stadium = Hwaseong Stadium, Hwaseong
| attendance = 23,675
| referee = Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan)
}}
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{{football box
| date = 25 July 2013
| time = 20:00
| team1 = {{fb-rt|Japan}}
| score = 3–2
| report = [http://www.eaff.com/img/competition/eafc2013/pdf/m4.pdf Report]
| team2 = {{fb|Australia}}
| goals1 = Saito {{goal|26}}
Osako {{goal|56||79}}
| goals2 = Duke {{goal|76}}
Jurić {{goal|78}}
| stadium = Hwaseong Stadium, Hwaseong
| attendance = 1,458
| referee = Tan Hai (China PR)
}}
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{{football box
| date = 28 July 2013
| time = 17:15
| team1 = {{fb-rt|Australia}}
| score = 3–4
| report = [http://www.eaff.com/img/competition/eafc2013/pdf/m5.pdf Report]
| team2 = {{fb|China}}
| goals1 = Mooy {{goal|30}}
Taggart {{goal|89}}
Duke {{goal|90+3}}
| goals2 = Yu Dabao {{goal|5}}
Sun Ke {{goal|56}}
Yang Xu {{goal|87}}
Wu Lei {{goal|88}}
| stadium = Seoul Olympic Stadium, Seoul
| attendance = 10,526
| referee = Kim Dong-jin (Korea Republic)
}}
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{{football box
| date = 28 July 2013
| time = 20:00
| team1 = {{fb-rt|South Korea}}
| score = 1–2
| report = [http://www.eaff.com/img/competition/eafc2013/pdf/m6.pdf Report]
| team2 = {{fb|Japan}}
| goals1 = Yun Il-lok {{goal|33}}
| goals2 = Kakitani {{goal|24||90+1}}
| stadium = Seoul Olympic Stadium, Seoul
| attendance = 47,258
| referee = Ben Williams (Australia)
}}
=Awards=
class="wikitable" style="margin: 0 auto;" |
Top Scorer
!Most Valuable Player |
---|
align=center|{{flagicon|JPN}} Yoichiro Kakitani
|align=center|{{flagicon|JPN}} Hotaru Yamaguchi |
=Goals=
;3 goals
{{colbegin|colwidth=22em}}
- {{flagicon|JPN}} Yoichiro Kakitani
{{colend}}
;2 goals
{{colbegin|colwidth=22em}}
- {{flagicon|AUS}} Mitchell Duke
- {{flagicon|CHN}} Sun Ke
- {{flagicon|CHN}} Wang Yongpo
- {{flagicon|JPN}} Yuya Osako
{{colend}}
;1 goal
{{colbegin|colwidth=22em}}
- {{flagicon|AUS}} Adam Taggart
- {{flagicon|AUS}} Tomi Jurić
- {{flagicon|AUS}} Aaron Mooy
- {{flagicon|CHN}} Wu Lei
- {{flagicon|CHN}} Yang Xu
- {{flagicon|CHN}} Yu Dabao
- {{flagicon|JPN}} Manabu Saito
- {{flagicon|JPN}} Masato Kudo
- {{flagicon|JPN}} Yuzo Kurihara
- {{flagicon|KOR}} Yun Il-lok
{{colend}}
Final standings
class="wikitable" style="margin: 0 auto;" |
Rank
!Team |
---|
bgcolor=gold
|align=center|1 |align=left|{{fb|JPN}} |
bgcolor=silver
|align=center|2 |align=left|{{fb|CHN}} |
bgcolor=#cc9966
|align=center|3 |align=left|{{fb|KOR}} |
bgcolor=#9acdff
|align=center|4 |align=left|{{fb|AUS}} |
align=center|5
|align=left|{{fb|PRK}} |
align=center|6
|align=left|{{fb|HKG}} |
align=center|=7
|align=left|{{fb|TWN}} |
align=center|=7
|align=left|{{fb|GUM}} |
align=center|9
|align=left|{{fb|MAC}} |
align=center|10
|align=left|{{fb|NMI}} |
Broadcasting
class="wikitable"
!Territory !Broadcaster |
{{flagicon|Arab League}} Arab World |
{{flag|Australia}} |
{{flag|Brazil}} |
{{flag|Canada}}
|TBA |
{{flag|China}} |
{{flag|Europe}} |
{{flag|Hong Kong}} |
{{flag|Japan}} |
Latin America |
{{flag|New Zealand}}
|TVNZ |
{{flag|South Korea}}
|JTBC |
{{flag|Thailand}} |
{{flag|United States}} |
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." ({{Langx|ko|역사를 잊은 민족에게 미래는 없다|links=no}}),{{cite news|date=2013-07-29|url=https://blogs.wsj.com/japanrealtime/2013/07/29/banner-controversy-mars-japan-korea-soccer-match/|title=Banner Controversy Mars Japan-Korea Soccer Match|work=Alastair Gale|publisher=The Wall Street Journal|access-date=2013-07-30}} 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.{{cite news|date=2013-07-28|url=http://news.sbs.co.kr/section_news/news_read.jsp?news_id=N1001906800|script-title=ko:안중근·이순신 현수막 논란...붉은 악마는 '응원 보이콧'|trans-title=Ahn Jung-geun, Yi Sun-sin banners controversy...Red Devils' "Cheering boycott"|publisher=Seoul Broadcasting System|language=ko|access-date=2013-07-28}} 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.{{cite news|date=2013-07-28|url=http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/culturesports/2013/07/28/81/0702000000AEN20130728003752315F.html|title=(2nd LD) S. Korea loses to East Asian Cup champion Japan|publisher=Yonhapnews|access-date=2013-07-28}}
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".{{cite news|date=2013-07-29|url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-soccer-korea-japan-idUKBRE96S08L20130729|title=Japan lodge complaint over Korean banner|publisher=Reuters|access-date=2013-07-30}}{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
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.{{cite news|date=2013-07-31|url=http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/sport/football-banner/761850.html|title=Football: Banner controversy sparks S Korea-Japan history row|work=Channel NewsAsia|publisher=MediaCorp|access-date=2013-07-31}}
The South Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs then responded with a statement deploring Shimomura's "rude comments".
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|date=August 2014}}
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.{{cite news|last1=McIntyre|first1=Scott|title=Despite some continued criticism, Australian football is taking its ASEAN status very seriously|url=https://www.fourfourtwo.com/my/features/despite-some-continued-criticism-australian-football-taking-its-asean-status-very-seriously|access-date=30 October 2017|work=FourFourTwo|date=24 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107015633/https://www.fourfourtwo.com/my/features/despite-some-continued-criticism-australian-football-taking-its-asean-status-very-seriously|archive-date=7 November 2017|url-status=dead}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [http://www.eaff.com/competitions/eafc2013pre/match-m.html EAFF East Asian Cup 2013 – Preliminary Round 1] at EAFF.com
- [http://www.eaff.com/competitions/eafc2013pre2/match-m.html EAFF East Asian Cup 2013 – Preliminary Round 2] at EAFF.com
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