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2023 EAFF U-15 Men's Championship
EAFF U-15 Men's Championship China 2023
Tournament details
Host country	China
Dates	1–8 September
Teams	9 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Venue(s)	3 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	China (1st title)
Runners-up	Japan
Third place	South Korea
Fourth place	Chinese Taipei
Tournament statistics
Matches played	22
Goals scored	204 (9.27 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Jhang Tian-yun (11 goals)
Best player(s)	Liu Binglin
Best goalkeeper	Zhang Congxi

The 2023 EAFF U-15 Men's Championship was the inaugural edition of the EAFF U-15 Men's Championship, organised by the East Asian Football Federation (EAFF). The tournament took place from 1 to 8 September in Qingdao, China.^[1] A total nine national teams competed in the tournament.

Hosts China won the first title in the tournament, beating Japan on penalties.^[2]

Qualified teams

There was no qualification phase, thus all ten available members are allowed to compete. Only North Korea didn't send a team to the tournament.

Team	Association
China	Chinese FA
Chinese Taipei	Chinese Taipei FA
Guam	Guam FA
Hong Kong	Hong Kong FA
Japan	Japan FA
South Korea	Korea FA
Macau	Macau FA
Mongolia	Mongolian FF
Northern Mariana Islands	Northern Mariana Islands FA

Did not enter
North Korea

Squads

A final squad of 20 players (three of whom must be goalkeepers) must be registered one day before the first match of the tournament.

Match officials

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Venues

Qingdao
Qingdao Youth Stadium	Pitch 9 Qingdao Baisha Bay Football Centre	Pitch 2 Qingdao Citizen Fitness Center
Capacity: 50,000	Capacity: 1,000	Capacity: 1,000

Group stage

All times are local, CST (UTC+8).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	China (H)	4	3	1	0	43	1	+42	10	Knockout stage
2	South Korea	4	3	1	0	39	1	+38	10	Knockout stage
3	Mongolia	4	2	0	2	9	12	−3	6
4	Macau	4	1	0	3	5	29	−24	3
5	Northern Mariana Islands	4	0	0	4	2	55	−53	0

Source: EAFF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) penalty shoot-out; 6) disciplinary points; 7) drawing of lots.
(H) Hosts

1 September 2023

10:00

Northern Mariana Islands	0–4	Mongolia
	Report	Nandin-Erdene 1' Turbat 14' Otgonkhuyag 17' Khishigjargal 86'

Pitch 9 Qingdao Baisha Bay Football Centre, Qingdao

Attendance: 32

Referee: He Yuhang (China)

1 September 2023

10:00

Macau	0–13	China
	Report	Shang Tianyu 9' Bunyamin 13' Wang Yi 17' Wang Genrui 86' Yang Qiandong 34', 47', 73' Hu Xiwen 65', 75' Bian Yulang 86' Du Junhao 88' Wang Weixuan 90+2'

Pitch 2 Qingdao Citizen Fitness Center, Qingdao

Attendance: 100

Referee: Maher Al-Ali (Lebanon)

2 September 2023

10:00

Mongolia	0–6	South Korea
	Report	Kim Ye-geon 32' (pen.) Jang Yo-han 47', 56' Battumur 50' (o.g.) Kim Se-bin 82' Kang Min-jun 90+5'

Pitch 2 Qingdao Citizen Fitness Center, Qingdao

Attendance: 53

Referee: Yang Ping (China)

2 September 2023

15:00

Northern Mariana Islands	2–5	Macau
Lizama 5', 28'	Report	Ung U Hin 13', 56', 69' Chao Chi Hou 87' Ng Kuan Hou 89'

Pitch 2 Qingdao Citizen Fitness Center, Qingdao

Attendance: 24

Referee: Xie Jiaqi (China)

3 September 2023

15:00

South Korea	23–0	Northern Mariana Islands
Kang Min-jun 2', 24', 44', 50', 71' Jang Yo-han 6', 15', 42' Park Jung-ho 16', 18', 40' Heo Hwan 20', 61' Shim Woo-sol 23' Kim Min-jun 25', 45' Lee Gang-hyeon 57', 81', 88' Kim Ye-geon 74', 83', 90+2' Kim Seung-hyun 76'	Report

Pitch 9 Qingdao Baisha Bay Football Centre, Qingdao

Attendance: 28

Referee: Gao Wenqing (China)

3 September 2023

15:00

China	6–0	Mongolia
Yang Shuo 26' Yao Junyu 45', 48' Wang Weixuan 75' Han Yiheng 89' Shao Mingzhen 90+5'	Report

Pitch 2 Qingdao Citizen Fitness Center, Qingdao

Attendance: 80

Referee: Nurzatbek Abdykadyrov (Kyrgyzstan)

4 September 2023

10:00

China	23–0	Northern Mariana Islands
Hu Xiwen 3', 4', 11', 48', 63' Wang Weixuan 6' Yang Shuo 8' Yang Qiandong 9', 44', 45+1' Liu Jiale 16', 39', 42' Wang Yi 50', 61' Wang Genrui 53' Li Xiang 55', 57' Zhang Hongfu 73', 90'	Report

Pitch 9 Qingdao Baisha Bay Football Centre, Qingdao

Attendance: 80

Referee: Xie Jiaqi (China)

4 September 2023

15:00

Macau	0–9	South Korea
	Report	Kim Ye-geon 19', 45+3' Kim Se-bin 23' Oh Taek-yung 33' Jang Yo-han 51' Kim Min-jun 61' Lee Sang-yeon 64' Kang Min-jun 79' Han Jun-hee 84'

Pitch 9 Qingdao Baisha Bay Football Centre, Qingdao

Attendance: 36

Referee: Yang Ping (China)

5 September 2023

15:00

Mongolia	5–0	Macau
Bolorbold 18', 25' Otgonkhuyag 20' Baasanjav 47' Baasandorj 80'	Report

Pitch 9 Qingdao Baisha Bay Football Centre, Qingdao

Attendance: 18

Referee: He Yuhang (China)

5 September 2023

15:00

South Korea	1–1	China
Jang Yo-han 34'	Report	Yang Qiandong 25'

Pitch 2 Qingdao Citizen Fitness Center, Qingdao

Attendance: 85

Referee: Nurzatbek Abdykadyrov (Kyrgyzstan)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Japan	3	3	0	0	38	3	+35	9	Knockout stage
2	Chinese Taipei	3	2	0	1	21	4	+17	6	Knockout stage
3	Hong Kong	3	1	0	2	25	12	+13	3
4	Guam	3	0	0	3	1	66	−65	0

Source: EAFF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) penalty shoot-out; 6) disciplinary points; 7) drawing of lots.

1 September 2023

15:00

Hong Kong	1–2	Chinese Taipei
Gao Ming Ho 68'	Report	Jhang Tian-yun 36', 58'

Pitch 9 Qingdao Baisha Bay Football Centre, Qingdao

Attendance: 23

Referee: Yang Can (China)

1 September 2023

15:00

Japan	26–0	Guam
Hara 2', 20', 36', 45+1' Ogawa 3' Urakawa 6', 22', 39', 45', 54' Fushihara 11' (pen.) Sasaki 18' (pen.), 40', 43' Nagano 47', 65' Kashu 48' Yoshida 53', 73' Nobushige 61', 62', 72', 82', 88' Taka 78', 85'	Report

Pitch 2 Qingdao Citizen Fitness Center, Qingdao

Attendance: 30

Referee: Yang Yizhou (China)

3 September 2023

10:00

Guam	0–21	Hong Kong
	Report	Fung Tin Wing 3', 11' Sin Wai Kiu 7' Yiu Tsz Leong 13', 39', 39', 40', 45', 50', 67', 90+3' Li Siu Hin 19', 28', 30', 32', 37', 44' Gao Ming Ho 53' Verkade 90+2'

Pitch 9 Qingdao Baisha Bay Football Centre, Qingdao

Referee: Yang Yizhou (China)

3 September 2023

10:00

Chinese Taipei	0–2	Japan
	Report	Taka 11' Nobushige 21'

Pitch 2 Qingdao Citizen Fitness Center, Qingdao

Attendance: 31

Referee: Maher Al-Ali (Lebanon)

5 September 2023

10:00

Japan	10–3	Hong Kong
Taka 34', 43', 45+1' (pen.), 62' Otake 47', 90+2' Urakawa 54' Hara 73' Sasaki 77', 87'	Report	Chin 10' (pen.) Yiu Tsz Leong 14' Choi Long Hei 38'

Pitch 9 Qingdao Baisha Bay Football Centre, Qingdao

Attendance: 68

Referee: Maher Al-Ali (Lebanon)

5 September 2023

10:00

Chinese Taipei	19–1	Guam
Lu Yi-hung 2', 25' Sung Chi-chan 6' Tai Zih-han 8', 14' Kao Yuan-yu 11', 45' Ku Cheng-hao 49' Jhang Tian-yun 56', 61', 63', 70', 73', 81', 85', 89', 90+2' Ating 90+4'	Report	Rink 47'

Pitch 2 Qingdao Citizen Fitness Center, Qingdao

Attendance: 50

Referee: Gao Wenqing (China)

Ranking games

The teams that failed to reach the knock-out stage played an additional game to determine their final ranking in the competition.

All times are local CST

Seventh place play-off

7 September 2023

15:00

Macau	3–0	Guam
Chong Chon Iat 44' Ng Kuan Hou 49', 53'	Report

Pitch 9 Qingdao Baisha Bay Football Centre, Qingdao

Attendance: 17

Referee: Yang Yizhou (China)

Fifth place play-off

7 September 2023

15:00

Mongolia	2–3	Hong Kong
Nandin-Erdene 70' Bolorbold 89'	Report	Chan 44' Chin 48' Li Siu Hin 51'

Pitch 2 Qingdao Citizen Fitness Center, Qingdao

Attendance: 60

Referee: Yang Can (China)

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, the penalty shoot-out was used to decide the winner if necessary.

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final

	7 September – Qingdao (Pitch 9)

	China	5
					8 September – Qingdao (Youth)
	Chinese Taipei	0
					China (p)	0 (4)
	7 September – Qingdao (Pitch 2)
					Japan	0 (2)
	Japan	4

	South Korea	0
					Third Place

					8 September – Qingdao (Youth)

					Chinese Taipei	0

					South Korea	4

Semi-finals

7 September 2023

10:00

China	5–0	Chinese Taipei
Wang Yi 2' Yang Shuo 39', 86' Bunyamin 62' (pen.) Du Junhao 79'	Report

Pitch 9 Qingdao Baisha Bay Football Centre, Qingdao

Attendance: 115

Referee: Nurzatbek Abdykadyrov (Kyrgyzstan)

7 September 2023

10:00

Japan	4–0	South Korea
Watanabe 27' Hara 33' Taka 65' Urakawa 78'	Report

Pitch 2 Qingdao Citizen Fitness Center, Qingdao

Attendance: 17

Referee: Maher Al-Ali (Lebanon)

Third place match

8 September 2023

10:00

Chinese Taipei	0–4	South Korea
	Report	Lee Dong-geun 55' Sung Chi-chan 73' (o.g.) Kim Ye-geon 86' Jang Yo-han 90+1'

Qingdao Youth Stadium, Qingdao

Attendance: 56

Referee: Yang Ping (China)

Final

8 September 2023

19:00

China	0–0	Japan
	Report
Penalties
Li Xiang Yao Junyu Yang Shuo Zhang Hongfu Liu Jiale	4–2	Ogawa Sakaguchi Taka Urakawa

Qingdao Youth Stadium, Qingdao

Attendance: 500

Referee: Maher Al-Ali (Lebanon)

Statistics

Winners

2023 EAFF U-15 Men's Championship winners
China First title

Awards

Most Valuable Player	Top Scorer Award	Best Goalkeeper Award
Liu Binglin	Jhang Tian-yun	Zhang Congxi

Goalscorers

There were 204 goals scored in 22 matches, for an average of 9.27 goals per match.

11 goals

Jhang Tian-yun

9 goals

Yiu Tsz Leong

8 goals

7 goals

6 goals

5 goals

Eita Sasaki

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Sung Chi-chan (against South Korea)
Khangal Battumur (against South Korea)

References

^ "EAFF U15 Men's Championship 2023". eaff.com. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
^ "中国足球再次雄起！祝贺中国U15男足点球大战力克日本U15男足夺冠" [Chinese football is on the rise again! Congratulations to China men's U15 football team for defeating Japan on penalties]. 163.com. Retrieved 27 September 2023.

External links

EAFF U15 Men's Championship 2023

v t e EAFF U-15 Men's Championship
Seasons	China 2023
Squads	2023

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