2025 EAFF E-1 Football Championship

The 2025 EAFF M-Cup will be an association football tournament organized by the East Asian Football Federation. It will be the tenth edition of the men's tournament of the EAFF E-1 Football Championship (and the first under this new name), the men's football championship of East Asia. On 30 March 2024, East Asian Football Federation announced that the tournament will be held in South Korea in July 2025 and the preliminary competition will be held in Kaohsiung on 9–19 November or 7–17 December 2024.

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