2015 EAFF East Asian Cup#First Preliminary Round

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{{Infobox international football competition

| tourney_name = EAFF East Asian Cup

| year = 2015

| other_titles = 2015年东亚杯男子足球赛

| image = 2015 EAFF East Asian Cup.svg

| size = 250px

| caption =

| country = China

| city = Wuhan

| dates = 2–9 August 2015 (Final)

| num_teams = 4

| sub-confederations = 1

| venues =

| cities =

| champion = KOR

| count = 3

| second = CHN

| third = PRK

| fourth = JPN

| matches = 6

| goals = 11

| attendance =

| top_scorer = {{fbicon|JPN}} Yuki Muto (2 goals)

| player = {{fbicon|KOR}} Jang Hyun-soo

| goalkeeper = {{fbicon|PRK}} Ri Myong-guk

| prevseason = 2013

| nextseason = 2017

}}

The 2015 EAFF East Asian Cup was the 6th edition of the EAFF East Asian Cup, the football championship of East Asia. It was held in China in 2015.[http://sports.sina.com.cn/n/2013-07-29/08166694171.shtml 张剑将接任东亚足联轮值主席 中国将举办2015东亚杯] {{in lang|zh}} Two preliminary competitions were held during 2014.

First preliminary round

  • All matches were played in Guam.

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|section=PR1

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|win_MGL=1 |draw_MGL=0 |loss_MGL=2 |gf_MGL=6 |ga_MGL=5

|win_NMI=1 |draw_NMI=0 |loss_NMI=2 |gf_NMI=2 |ga_NMI=10

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|name_MAC={{fb|MAC}}

|name_MGL={{fb|MGL}}

|name_NMI={{fb|NMI}}

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|text_PR2 = Advance to Preliminary round 2

|update=complete

|source=EAFF

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| date = {{Start date|2014|7|21|df=y}}

| time = 15:00 UTC+10

| team1 = {{fb-rt|MGL}}

| team2 = {{fb|NMI}}

| score = 4–0

| goals1 = Tögöldör {{goal|20}}
Gal-Erden {{goal|23}}
Murun {{goal|40}}
Bilegtii {{goal|59}}

| goals2 =

| stadium = GFA National Training Center, Dededo

| attendance =

| referee = Jumpei Iida (Japan)

| report = [http://eaff.com/competitions/eafc2015pre/result/0721.html Report]

}}

{{Football box

| date = {{Start date|2014|7|21|df=y}}

| time = 17:30 UTC+10

| team1 = {{fb-rt|GUM}}

| team2 = {{fb|MAC}}

| score = 0–0

| goals1 =

| goals2 =

| stadium = GFA National Training Center, Dededo

| attendance =

| referee = Kao Jung-fang (Chinese Taipei)

| report = [http://eaff.com/competitions/eafc2015pre/result/0721.html Report]

}}

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{{Football box

| date = {{Start date|2014|7|23|df=y}}

| time = 15:00 UTC+10

| team1 = {{fb-rt|NMI}}

| team2 = {{fb|MAC}}

| score = 2–1

| goals1 = Swaim {{goal|38}}
Schuler {{goal|65}}

| goals2 = Pang Chi Hang {{goal|17}}

| stadium = GFA National Training Center, Dededo

| attendance =

| referee = Kim Hee-gon (South Korea)

| report = [http://eaff.com/competitions/eafc2015pre/result/0723.html Report]

}}

{{Football box

| date = {{Start date|2014|7|23|df=y}}

| time = 17:30 UTC+10

| team1 = {{fb-rt|GUM}}

| team2 = {{fb|MGL}}

| score = 2–0

| goals1 = Guy {{goal|16||75}}

| goals2 =

| stadium = GFA National Training Center, Dededo

| attendance =

| referee = Ng Kai Lam (Hong Kong)

| report = [http://eaff.com/competitions/eafc2015pre/result/0723.html Report]

}}

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{{Football box

| date = {{Start date|2014|7|25|df=y}}

| time = 15:00 UTC+10

| team1 = {{fb-rt|MAC}}

| team2 = {{fb|MGL}}

| score = 3–2

| goals1 = Lam Ka Seng {{goal|?}}
Chan Man {{goal|?}}
Tang Hou Fai {{goal|?}}

| goals2 = Lumbengarav {{goal|?}}
Tsolmon {{goal|?}}

| stadium = GFA National Training Center, Dededo

| attendance =

| referee = Kao Jung-fang (Chinese Taipei)

| report = [http://eaff.com/competitions/eafc2015pre/result/0725.html Report]

}}

{{Football box

| date = {{Start date|2014|7|25|df=y}}

| time = 17:30 UTC+10

| team1 = {{fb-rt|GUM}}

| team2 = {{fb|NMI}}

| score = 5–0

| goals1 = Matkin {{goal|32}}
Guy {{goal|35}}
Lopez {{goal|40}}
S. Nicklaw {{goal|69}}
Mariano {{goal|90}}

| goals2 =

| stadium = GFA National Training Center, Dededo

| attendance =

| referee = Jumpei Iida (Japan)

| report = [http://eaff.com/competitions/eafc2015pre/result/0725.html Report]

}}

=Awards=

class="wikitable" style="margin: 0 auto;"
Top Scorer

!Most Valuable Player

align=center|{{flagicon|GUM}} Ryan Guy

|align=center|{{flagicon|GUM}} Ryan Guy

Second preliminary round

Venue: Taiwan
Date: 13 – 19 November 2014

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL

|section=PR2

|team1=PRK |team2=HKG |team3=GUM |team4=TPE

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|win_HKG=1 |draw_HKG=1 |loss_HKG=1 |gf_HKG=2 |ga_HKG=2

|win_GUM=1 |draw_GUM=1 |loss_GUM=1 |gf_GUM=3 |ga_GUM=6

|win_TPE=0 |draw_TPE=1 |loss_TPE=2 |gf_TPE=1 |ga_TPE=3 |status_TPE=H

|name_PRK={{fb|PRK}}

|name_HKG={{fb|HKG}}

|name_GUM={{fb|GUM}}

|name_TPE={{fb|TPE}}

|res_col_header = Q

|result1=FC

|col_FC = green1

|text_FC = Advance to Final Competition

|update=complete

|source=EAFF

}}

{{Football box

| date = {{Start date|2014|11|13|df=y}}

| time = 16:00 UTC+8

| team1 = {{fb-rt|PRK}}

| team2 = {{fb|HKG}}

| score = 2–1

| goals1 = Ri Chol-myong {{goal|59}}
O Hyok-chol {{goal|80}}

| goals2 = McKee {{goal|83}}

| stadium = Taipei Municipal Stadium, Taipei

| attendance = 800

| referee = Hiroyuki Kimura (Japan)

| report = [http://eaff.com/competitions/eafc2015pre2/pdf/m01.pdf report]

}}

{{Football box

| date = {{Start date|2014|11|13|df=y}}

| time = 19:00 UTC+8

| team1 = {{fb-rt|TPE}}

| team2 = {{fb|GUM}}

| score = 1–2

| goals1 = Chen Hao-wei {{goal|56}}

| goals2 = Cunliffe {{goal|14|pen.}}
Malcolm {{goal|42}}

| stadium = Taipei Municipal Stadium, Taipei

| attendance = 2,405

| referee = Kim Dae-yong (South Korea)

| report = [http://eaff.com/competitions/eafc2015pre2/pdf/m02.pdf report]

}}

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{{Football box

| date = {{Start date|2014|11|16|df=y}}

| time = 16:00 UTC+8

| team1 = {{fb-rt|GUM}}

| team2 = {{fb|PRK}}

| score = 1–5

| goals1 = Cunliffe {{goal|61}}

| goals2 = Jong Il-gwan {{goal|14||72}}
Ri Sang-chol {{goal|85||89}}
Kye Song-hyok {{goal|90}}

| stadium = Taipei Municipal Stadium, Taipei

| attendance = 657

| referee = Tan Hai (China)

| report = [http://eaff.com/competitions/eafc2015pre2/pdf/m03.pdf report]

}}

{{Football box

| date = {{Start date|2014|11|16|df=y}}

| time = 19:00 UTC+8

| team1 = {{fb-rt|TPE}}

| team2 = {{fb|HKG}}

| score = 0–1

| goals1 =

| goals2 = Lam Ka Wai {{goal|54|pen.}}

| stadium = Taipei Municipal Stadium, Taipei

| attendance = 8,860

| referee = Kim Song-ho (North Korea)

| report = [http://eaff.com/competitions/eafc2015pre2/pdf/m04.pdf report]

}}

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{{Football box

| date = {{Start date|2014|11|19|df=y}}

| time = 16:00 UTC+8

| team1 = {{fb-rt|HKG}}

| team2 = {{fb|GUM}}

| score = 0–0

| goals1 =

| goals2 =

| stadium = Taipei Municipal Stadium, Taipei

| attendance = 167

| referee = Kim Dae-yong (South Korea)

| report = [http://eaff.com/competitions/eafc2015pre2/pdf/m05.pdf report]

}}

{{Football box

| date = {{Start date|2014|11|19|df=y}}

| time = 19:00 UTC+8

| team1 = {{fb-rt|TPE}}

| team2 = {{fb|PRK}}

| score = 0–0

| goals1 =

| goals2 =

| stadium = Taipei Municipal Stadium, Taipei

| attendance = 5,807

| referee = Hiroyuki Kimura (Japan)

| report = [http://eaff.com/competitions/eafc2015pre2/pdf/m06.pdf report]

}}

=Awards=

class="wikitable" style="margin: 0 auto;"
Top Scorer

!Most Valuable Player

align = center| {{flagicon|GUM}} Jason Cunliffe
{{flagicon|PRK}} Jong Il-gwan
{{flagicon|PRK}} Ri Sang-chol

| align = center| {{flagicon|PRK}} Jong Il-gwan

Final tournament

=Squads=

{{main|2015 EAFF East Asian Cup Final squads}}

=Match officials=

;Referees

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;Assistant referees

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= Final stage =

The final stage was held in Wuhan, Hubei, China on August 2 to 9, 2015.[http://sports.sina.com.cn/n/2014-09-01/08507317407.shtml 2015东亚杯无意外武汉举办 日本支持中国申世界杯] {{in lang|zh}}

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL

|team1=KOR |team2=CHN |team3=PRK |team4=JPN

|win_PRK=1 |draw_PRK=1 |loss_PRK=1 |gf_PRK=2 |ga_PRK=3

|win_CHN=1 |draw_CHN=1 |loss_CHN=1 |gf_CHN=3 |ga_CHN=3 |status_CHN=H

|win_KOR=1 |draw_KOR=2 |loss_KOR=0 |gf_KOR=3 |ga_KOR=1 |status_KOR=C

|win_JPN=0 |draw_JPN=2 |loss_JPN=1 |gf_JPN=3 |ga_JPN=4

|name_CHN={{fb|CHN}}

|name_JPN={{fb|JPN}}

|name_PRK={{fb|PRK}}

|name_KOR={{fb|KOR}}

|update=complete

|source=EAFF}}

{{Football box

| date = {{Start date|2015|8|2|df=y}}

| time = 18:20 UTC+8

| team1 = {{fb-rt|PRK}}

| team2 = {{fb|JPN}}

| score = 2–1

| goals1 = Ri Hyok-chol {{goal|78}}
Pak Hyon-il {{goal|88}}

| goals2 = Muto {{goal|3}}

| stadium = Wuhan Sports Center Stadium, Wuhan

| attendance =

| referee = Alireza Faghani (Iran)

| report = [http://eaff.com/competitions/eafc2015/result3.html report]

}}

{{Football box

| date = {{Start date|2015|8|2|df=y}}

| time = 21:00 UTC+8

| team1 = {{fb-rt|CHN}}

| team2 = {{fb|KOR}}

| score = 0–2

| goals1 =

| goals2 = Kim Seung-dae {{goal|45}}
Lee Jong-ho {{goal|57}}

| stadium = Wuhan Sports Center Stadium, Wuhan

| attendance =

| referee = Fahad Al-Mirdasi (Saudi Arabia)

| report = [http://eaff.com/competitions/eafc2015/result4.html report]

}}

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{{Football box

| date = {{Start date|2015|8|5|df=y}}

| time = 18:20 UTC+8

| team1 = {{fb-rt|JPN}}

| team2 = {{fb|KOR}}

| score = 1–1

| goals1 = Yamaguchi {{goal|39}}

| goals2 = Jang Hyun-soo {{goal|26|pen.}}

| stadium = Wuhan Sports Center Stadium, Wuhan

| attendance =

| referee = Muhammad Taqi Aljaafari (Singapore)

| report = [http://eaff.com/competitions/eafc2015/result7.html report]

}}

{{Football box

| date = {{Start date|2015|8|5|df=y}}

| time = 21:00 UTC+8

| team1 = {{fb-rt|CHN}}

| team2 = {{fb|PRK}}

| score = 2–0

| goals1 = Yu Dabao {{goal|36}}
Wang Yongpo {{goal|51|pen.}}

| goals2 =

| stadium = Wuhan Sports Center Stadium, Wuhan

| attendance =

| referee = Mohd Amirul Izwan (Malaysia)

| report = [http://eaff.com/competitions/eafc2015/result8.html report]

}}

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{{Football box

| date = {{Start date|2015|8|9|df=y}}

| time = 17:10 UTC+8

| team1 = {{fb-rt|KOR}}

| team2 = {{fb|PRK}}

| score = 0–0

| goals1 =

| goals2 =

| stadium = Wuhan Sports Center Stadium, Wuhan

| attendance =

| referee = Alireza Faghani (Iran)

| report = [http://eaff.com/competitions/eafc2015/result11.html report]

}}

{{Football box

| date = {{Start date|2015|8|9|df=y}}

| time = 20:10 UTC+8

| team1 = {{fb-rt|CHN}}

| team2 = {{fb|JPN}}

| score = 1–1

| goals1 = Wu Lei {{goal|10}}

| goals2 = Muto {{goal|41}}

| stadium = Wuhan Sports Center Stadium, Wuhan

| attendance =

| referee =Fahad Al-Mirdasi (Saudi Arabia)

| report = [http://eaff.com/competitions/eafc2015/result12.html report]

}}

=Awards=

class="wikitable" style="margin: 0 auto;"
Best Goalkeeper

!Best Defender

!Top Scorer

!Most Valuable Player

align=center|{{flagicon|PRK}} Ri Myong-guk

|align=center|{{flagicon|KOR}} Kim Young-gwon

|align=center|{{flagicon|JPN}} Yuki Muto

|align=center|{{flagicon|KOR}} Jang Hyun-soo

=Goalscorers=

;2 goals

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;1 goal

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Final ranking

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=football

|update=complete |source=EAFF

|team1=KOR |team2=CHN |team3=PRK |team4=JPN

|team5=HKG |team6=GUM |team7=TPE |team8=MAC

|team9=MGL |team10=NMI

|name_HKG={{fb|HKG}} |win_HKG=1 |draw_HKG=1 |loss_HKG=1 |gf_HKG=2 |ga_HKG=2 |status_HKG=

|name_GUM={{fb|GUM}} |win_GUM=3 |draw_GUM=2 |loss_GUM=1 |gf_GUM=10 |ga_GUM=6 |status_GUM=

|name_TPE={{fb|TPE}} |win_TPE=0 |draw_TPE=1 |loss_TPE=2 |gf_TPE=1 |ga_TPE=3 |status_TPE=

|name_MAC={{fb|MAC}} |win_MAC=1 |draw_MAC=1 |loss_MAC=1 |gf_MAC=4 |ga_MAC=4 |status_MAC=

|name_MGL={{fb|MGL}} |win_MGL=1 |draw_MGL=0 |loss_MGL=2 |gf_MGL=6 |ga_MGL=5 |status_MGL=

|name_NMI={{fb|NMI}} |win_NMI=1 |draw_NMI=0 |loss_NMI=2 |gf_NMI=2 |ga_NMI=10 |status_NMI=

|name_PRK={{fb|PRK}} |win_PRK=3 |draw_PRK=2 |loss_PRK=1 |gf_PRK=9 |ga_PRK=5 |status_PRK=

|name_KOR={{fb|KOR}} |win_KOR=1 |draw_KOR=2 |loss_KOR=0 |gf_KOR=3 |ga_KOR=1 |status_KOR=

|name_CHN={{fb|CHN}} |win_CHN=1 |draw_CHN=1 |loss_CHN=1 |gf_CHN=3 |ga_CHN=3 |status_CHN=

|name_JPN={{fb|JPN}} |win_JPN=0 |draw_JPN=2 |loss_JPN=1 |gf_JPN=3 |ga_JPN=4 |status_JPN=

|result1=1st |result2=2nd |result3=3rd |result4=4th

|result5=GS |result6=GS |result7=GS |result8=PR

|result9=PR |result10=PR

|split4=yes |split7=yes

|res_col_header=Final result

|col_1st=#FFD700 |text_1st=Champions

|col_2nd=#C0C0C0 |text_2nd=Runners-up

|col_3rd=#CD7F32 |text_3rd=Third place

|text_4th=Fourth place

|text_GS=Eliminated in
Second Preliminary Round

|text_PR=Eliminated in
First Preliminary Round}}

Per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-out are counted as draws.

References

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