AFC EAAF East Asia Football Federation Dynasty Cup 1990 to 1998 & EAFF Cup 2003 to 2019
East Asian Football Championship is an football competition of East Asian countries and territories, held by the East Asian Football Federation (EAFF). Before the EAFF was founded in 2002, the Dynasty Cup was held between the East Asian top 4 teams, and was regarded as the unofficial East Asian Championship. Together with a Table of Merit.
| Host | Nation(s) | Year | # | Winner | Score | Runners Up | Third | Score | Fourth | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | China | 1990 | 1 |  | South Korea | 1 - 1 | | China |  | North Korea | 1 - 0 |  | Japan |
| China | 1992 | 2 | | Japan | 2 - 2 (4-2p) | | South Korea | | North Korea | 2 - 0 | | China |
 | Hong Kong | 1995 | 3 | | Japan | 2 - 2 (5-2p) | | South Korea |  | Hong Kong | 1 - 1 (3-1p) | | China |
| Japan | 1998 | 4 | | Japan | 0 - 2 | | China | | South Korea | 1 - 0 | | Hong Kong |
| Japan | 2003 | 5 | | South Korea | 0 - 0 | | Japan | | China | 3 - 1 | | Hong Kong |
| South Korea | 2005 | 6 | | China | 2 - 0 | | North Korea | | Japan | 1 - 0 | | South Korea |
| China | 2008 | 7 | | South Korea | 1 - 1 | | Japan | | China | 3 - 1 | | North Korea |
| Japan | 2010 | 8 | | Japan | 1 - 3 | | South Korea | | Japan | | Hong Kong | |
| South Korea | 2013 | 9 | | Japan | 2 - 1 | | South Korea | | China | 4 - 3 |  | Australia |
| China | 2015 | 10 | | South Korea | 0 - 0 | | North Korea | | China | 1 - 1 | | Japan |
| Japan | 2017 | 11 | | South Korea | 4 - 1 | | Japan | | China | 1 - 1 | | North Korea |
| South Korea | 2019 | 12 | | South Korea | 1 - 0 | | Japan | | China | 2 - 0 | | Hong Kong |
AFC EAAF East Asia Football Federation Cup 1990 to 2019 Table of Merit
| Nation | Winners | Second | Third | Fourth | Top 4 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Iran | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
 | Iraq | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
 | Kuwait | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
 | Syria | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
 | Jordan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |
 | Oman | 1 | 1 | |||
 | Qatar | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
 | Yemen | 1 | 1 | |||
 | Bahrain | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Totals | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 32 | |
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