Japan's individual award for the winner was also monopolized, and two winners of the Jermain MVP and Score Award...Kim Moon-hwan's Best Guard Award to Save Face

Jul 15, 2025

Japan's individual award for the winner was also monopolized, and two winners of the Jermain MVP and Score Award...Kim Moon-hwan's Best Guard Award to Save Face
The E-1 Championship (East Asian Cup) match between South Korea and Japan at Yongin Mir Stadium in Gyeonggi Province on the afternoon of the 15th. Japan's Germain, who scored the first goal, is being congratulated by his teammates. Yongin = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.7.15/



Japan's individual award for the winner was also monopolized, and two winners of the Jermain MVP and Score Award...Kim Moon-hwan's Best Guard Award to Save Face
The E-1 Championship (East Asian Cup) match between South Korea and Japan at Yongin Mir Stadium in Gyeonggi Province on the afternoon of the 15th. Kim Moon-hwan is being pushed back by Soma's foul. Yongin = Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.7.15/
Hong Myung-bo's defender Kim Moon-hwan (Daejeon), who unfortunately missed the East Asian Cup title, was the only player on the podium to win the trophy.

Kim Moon-hwan won the best defender award at the end of Game 3 of the 2025 East Asian Football Federation (EAFF) E-1 Championship (East Asian Cup) against Japan at Mir Stadium in Yongin on the 15th.

Kim Moon-hwan started as a right wingback in the first game against China and supported a 3-0 complete victory without allowing a run, and played full time for 90 minutes in the same position on the same day. He was blocked by one run in two games, but the team lost the championship unfortunately due to the defeat against Japan.




Kim Moon-hwan is the only individual presenter on the Korean national team.

Jermain Ryo (Sanfrecce Hiroshima), who scored five goals in this tournament, including the final goal against Korea, won the MVP of the tournament and the two-time winner of the most points award. Keisuke Osako (Kashima Antlers), who saved no points against Korea, won the Best Goalkeeper Award.

South Korea has lost two consecutive East Asian Cup titles, following the 2022 Japan tournament. South Korea, which has the most championship titles with five wins in its career, has narrowed its gap with Japan (3 times) to two. Japan won $250,000 (about 340 million won) as the prize money for the tournament. The runner-up South Korea won $150,000 (about 200 million won), while the third-place Chinese and Hong Kong won $100,000 (about 137 million won) and $50,000 (about 68 million won), respectively.




In addition, they tied the A-match friendlies (0-3 losses each) in 2021 and 2022 and fell into the first three consecutive losses in the history of Korea-Japan. We had to watch the Japanese team perform their victory ceremony on the podium.



This article was translated by Naver AI translator.