Football at the East Asian Games

At the East Asian Games, football is one of the sports that has been part of the program of the Games since 1993. The tournament takes place every four years. Participants are the U-23 national football teams of the nine East Asian associations. A tournament in women's football has not yet been played. In the first edition in 1993 there were junior teams of different ages at the start, North Korea even with its national team. Since 1997, an age limit of 23 years has been in effect, analogous to the regulation at the Olympic football tournament .

The men's tournaments at a glance

year	host	final			Bronze game
		gold	Result	silver	bronze	Result	4th Place
1993 details	Shanghai ( China )	South Korea	League system	North Korea	China	League system	Japan
1997 details	Busan ( South Korea )	South Korea	League system	Japan	China	League system	Kazakhstan
2001 details	Osaka ( Japan )	Japan	2: 1	Australia	South Korea	4: 1	Kazakhstan
2005 details	Macau	China	1-0	North Korea	Japan	4: 1	South Korea
2009 details	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	1: 1 a.d. 4: 2 i. E.	Japan	South Korea	1: 1 4: 2 i. E.	North Korea
2013 details	Tianjin ( China )	North Korea	League system	South Korea	Japan	League system	Hong Kong

Medal table

after 6 tournaments

rank	country				total
1	South Korea	2	2 *	1	5
2	Japan	1	2	2	5
3	North Korea	1	2	0	3
4th	China	1	0	2	3
5	Hong Kong	1	0	0	1
6th	Kazakhstan	0	0	1*	1

* Australia started as a visiting team in 2001, so that the third South Korea received the silver medal and the fourth Kazakhstan the bronze medal.

An overview of the women's tournaments

year	host	final			Bronze game
		gold	Result	silver	bronze	Result	4th Place
2013 details	Tianjin ( China )	North Korea	League system	China	Japan	League system	Chinese Taipei

Medal table

After a tournament

rank	country				total
1	North Korea	1	0	0	1
2	China	0	1	0	1
3	Japan	0	0	1	1

Web links

• Details about the tournaments on rsssf.com