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, an international

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tournament for

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n countries and territories organized by the EAFF. The finals were held in South Korea in December 2019. It was the nation's third time hosting the tournament.

Teams

Ten teams were allocated to their particular stage. Each winner of the preliminary round progressed to the next stage.

Venues

Tiebreakers

The ranking of teams was determined as follows: #Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams; #

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in head-to-head matches among tied teams; #Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams; #If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams; #Goal difference in all group matches; #Goals scored in all group matches; #

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if only two teams are tied and they met in the last round of the group; #Disciplinary points (yellow card = 1 point, red card as a result of two yellow cards = 3 points, direct red card = 3 points, yellow card followed by direct red card = 4 points); #Drawing of lots.

First preliminary round

The first preliminary round was held in Mongolia in September 2018.

Table

Matches

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Awards

Second preliminary round

The second preliminary round was held in Taiwan in November 2018.

Table

Matches

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Awards

Final round

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, South Korea between 10 and 18 December 2019.

Squads

Table

Matches

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Awards

Goalscorers

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* Musashi Suzuki *

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* Kim Min-jae * Na Sang-ho

Final ranking

Per statistical convention in football, matches decided in

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are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by

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are counted as draws.

Broadcasting rights

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References

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