Yongin to host regional football tournament in July

Yongin Mireu Stadium in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province / Courtesy of Yongin

Yongin, located on the southern outskirts of Seoul, will be the host of the East Asian men's football tournament this summer, city officials announced Tuesday.

Yongin Mireu Stadium in Yongin, some 40 kilometers south of the capital city, will be the match venue for the East Asian Football Federation E-1 Football Championship, scheduled for July 7 to 16.

Host Korea will face Japan, China and Hong Kong.

Korea will simultaneously hold the women's E-1 championship, though the venue for that competition has not been determined.

This will be the first E-1 tournament in Korea since the southeastern city of Busan hosted it in 2019.

Yongin Mireu Stadium, with a capacity of about 37,000, served as the alternate venue for Korea's World Cup qualifying match against Iraq in October 2024 after the contest was relocated from Seoul World Cup Stadium due to its poor pitch conditions.

On June 5, Yongin Mireu will hold a friendly match between the Korean men's under-22 national team and Australia.