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. A total nine national teams competed in the tournament.
Hosts China won the first title in the tournament, beating Japan on penalties.
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.
TeamAssociation Chinese FA Chinese Taipei FA Guam FA Hong Kong FA Japan FA Korea FA Macau FA Mongolian FF Northern Mariana Islands FA
Did not enter
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
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
Group B
Ranking games The teams that failed to reach the knock-out stage played an additional game to determine their final ranking in the competition.
Seventh place play-off
Fifth place play-off
Knockout stage In the knockout stage, the penalty shoot-out was used to decide the winner if necessary.
Bracket
Semi-finals
Third place match
Final
Statistics Winners
Awards Most Valuable PlayerTop Scorer AwardBest Goalkeeper Award Liu Binglin Jhang Tian-yun Zhang Congxi
Goalscorers
References
External links EAFF U15 Men's Championship 2023