East Asian Football Federation

EAFF has 10 member associations.[1] All of them are members of the Asian Football Confederation, including the Northern Mariana Islands Football Association, which is an associate member of the AFC (previously an associated member of the Oceania Football Confederation) until its full membership was approved in December 2020.[2] The Palau Football Association was being considered as a possible future member of the association in 2009.[3] Northern Mariana Islands national football team was a provisional member from December 2006[4] to September 2008.[5]

Association	EAFF affiliation	National team	League
China PR	2002	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17	Chinese Super League
Chinese Taipei	2002	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17	Taiwan Football Premier League
Guam	2002	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17	Guam Soccer League
Hong Kong	2002	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17	Hong Kong Premier League
Japan	2002	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17	J1 League
Korea DPR	2002	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17	DPR Korea League
Korea Republic	2002	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17	K League 1
Macau	2002	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17	Liga de Elite
Mongolia	2002	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17	Mongolia Premier League
Northern Mariana Islands	2020	Men's U23 U20 U17 U15 F BS Women's W U23 W U20 W U17	Marianas Soccer League

Legend

• 1st – Champions
• 2nd – Runners-up
• 3rd – Third place
• 4th – Fourth place
• SF – Semi-finals
• QF – Quarter-finals
• R16 – Round of 16 (since 1986: knockout round of 16)
• GS – Group stage (in the 1950, 1974, 1978, and 1982 tournaments, which had two group stages, this refers to the first group stage)
• 1S – First knockout stage (1934–1938 Single-elimination tournament)
•  Q  – Qualified for upcoming tournament
•  •  – Did not qualify
•  ×  – Did not enter / withdrawn / banned / disqualified
•     — Hosts

For each tournament, the flag of the host country and the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.

FIFA World Cup

Main article: National team appearances in the FIFA World Cup

See also: Asian nations at the FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup record
Team	1930 (13)	1934 (16)	1938 (15)	1950 (13)	1954 (16)	1958 (16)	1962 (16)	1966 (16)	1970 (16)	1974 (16)	1978 (16)	1982 (24)	1986 (24)	1990 (24)	1994 (24)	1998 (32)	2002 (32)	2006 (32)	2010 (32)	2014 (32)	2018 (32)	2022 (32)	2026 (48)	2030 (48)	2034 (48)	Years
South Korea	Did not exist			×	GS	×	•	×	•	•	•	•	GS	GS	GS	GS	4th	GS	R16	GS	GS	R16				11
Japan	×	×	×	×	•	×	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	R16	GS	R16	GS	R16	R16				7
North Korea	Did not exist			×	×	×	×	QF	×	•	×	•	•	•	•	×	×	•	GS	•	•	×				2
China	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•				1
Total (4 teams)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	3	2	3	2	2	2	TBD	TBD	TBD	21

FIFA Women's World Cup

Main article: National team appearances in the FIFA Women's World Cup

FIFA Women's World Cup record
Team	1991 (12)	1995 (12)	1999 (16)	2003 (16)	2007 (16)	2011 (16)	2015 (24)	2019 (24)	2023 (32)	Years
Japan	GS	QF	GS	GS	GS	1st	2nd	R16	QF	9
China	QF	4th	2nd	QF	QF	•	QF	R16	GS	8
South Korea	•	•	•	GS	•	•	R16	GS	GS	4
North Korea	•	×	GS	GS	QF	GS	×	•	×	4
Chinese Taipei	QF	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1
Total (5 teams)	3	2	3	4	3	2	3	3	3	26

AFC Asian Cup

See also: AFC Asian Cup records and statistics § Comprehensive team results by tournament

AFC Asian Cup record
Team	1956 (4)	1960 (4)	1964 (4)	1968 (5)	1972 (6)	1976 (6)	1980 (10)	1984 (10)	1988 (10)	1992 (8)	1996 (12)	2000 (12)	2004 (16)	2007 (16)	2011 (16)	2015 (16)	2019 (24)	2023 (24)	2027 (24)	Years
South Korea	1st	1st	3rd	•	2nd	•	2nd	GS	2nd	•	QF	3rd	QF	3rd	3rd	2nd	QF	SF		15
China	Not an AFC member					3rd	GS	2nd	4th	3rd	QF	4th	2nd	GS	GS	QF	QF	GS		13
Japan	×	×	×	•	×	•	×	×	GS	1st	QF	1st	1st	4th	1st	QF	2nd	QF		10
North Korea	Not an AFC member					••	4th	×	•	GS	×	•	•	×	GS	GS	GS	×		5
Hong Kong	3rd	•	4th	5th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS		4
Chinese Taipei	•	3rd	×	4th	×	×	OFC member			•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		2
Total (6 teams)	2	2	2	2	1	1	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	TBD	49

Olympic Games For Men

See also: Football at the Summer Olympics § Participating nations

Olympic Games (Men's tournament) record
Team	1900 (3)	1904 (3)		1908 (6)	1912 (11)	1920 (14)	1924 (22)	1928 (17)	1936 (16)	1948 (18)	1952 (25)	1956 (11)	1960 (16)	1964 (14)	1968 (16)	1972 (16)	1976 (13)	1980 (16)	1984 (16)	1988 (16)	1992 (16)	1996 (16)	2000 (16)	2004 (16)	2008 (16)	2012 (16)	2016 (16)	2020 (16)	2024 (16)	Years
South Korea	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		QF				GS						GS	GS	GS	GS	QF	GS	3rd	QF	5th		11
Japan	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	QF			GS		QF	3rd							GS	QF	GS	GS	4th	GS	4th		11
China	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS											GS					GS					3
Chinese Taipei	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		GS			GS																	2
North Korea	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•									QF													1
Total (5 teams)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	1	2	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	TBD	28

Olympic Games For Women

See also: Football at the Summer Olympics § Participating nations 2

Olympic Games (Women's tournament) record
Team	1996 (8)	2000 (8)	2004 (10)	2008 (12)	2012 (12)	2016 (12)	2020 (12)	2024 (12)	Years
China	2nd	5th	9th	5th	•	8th	10th		6
Japan	7th	•	7th	4th	2nd	•	8th		5
North Korea	•	•	•	9th	9th	•	×		2
Total (3 teams)	2	1	2	3	2	1	2	TBD	13

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