Ecuador's national team will play a friendly tournament in Japan, according to an announcement made by the Ecuadorian Football Federation (FEF) this Thursday. The national team will be part of this championship, where Japan, New Zealand and Panama will also be present. Ecuador will face the home team, Japan, in the Yokohama International Stadium on October 1st. On the same day, Panama and New Zealand will also face each other. The winners of both matches will play the final, while the other two teams will compete for third and fourth place. Once the brackets are known, these matches will be played on October 5th, at times to be confirmed. The FEF had also announced that on September 24th, the Tricolor will have another friendly match with South Korea in the Big Bird Stadium of Suwon, where it is expected that the successor of the Argentine Sebastián Beccacece will already be present. At this time, Ecuador is in third place in the world ranking, with 4 points, 1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss in 3 games. Its last result was a 2-0 loss to Mexico on July 1st.