Football at the East Asian Games

This article is about the association football tournament at the East Asian Games. Since the first edition of the East Asian Games, participants have had to be under 23 years of age.

Events

Event	93	97	01	05	09	13	Years
Men's event	X	X	X	X	X	X	6
Women's event	O	O	O	O	O	X	1

Participating nations

Nation	93	97	01	05	09	13	Years
Australia^1	-	-	Y[1]	-	-	-	1
China PR	3	3	-	1	Y	Y	5
Chinese Taipei	-	-	-	Y	-	-	1
Guam	-	Y	Y	-	-	-	2
Hong Kong	-	-	-	Y	1	4	3
Japan	4	2	1	3	2	3	6
Kazakhstan^2	-	4	3[1]	-	-	-	2
North Korea	2	-	-	2	4	1	4
South Korea	1	1	2[1]	4	3	2	6
Macau	Y	-	Y	Y	Y	-	4
Mongolia	Y	Y	Y	-	-	-	3
Total nations	6	6	7	7	6	5

• 1: Guest Member
• 2: Former member

Records

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	South Korea	2	1	2	5
2	Japan	1	2	2	5
3	North Korea	1	2	0	3
4	China PR	1	0	2	3
5	Hong Kong	1	0	0	1
6	Kazakhstan[1]	0	0	1	1

Results

Year	Host	Final			Third Place Match
		Winner	Score	Runner-up	3rd Place	Score	4th Place
1993 Details	Shanghai	South Korea	[2]	North Korea	China PR	[2]	Japan
1997 Details	Busan	South Korea	[2]	Japan	China PR	[2]	Kazakhstan
2001 Details	Osaka	Japan	2–1	Australia	South Korea	4–1	Kazakhstan
2005 Details	Macau	China PR	1–0	North Korea	Japan	4–1	South Korea
2009 Details	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	1–1 aet (4–2) pen	Japan	South Korea	1–1 aet (4–2) pen	North Korea
2013 Details	Tianjin	North Korea	[2]	South Korea	Japan	[2]	Hong Kong

References

1. As Australia played as guests, the silver medal was awarded to South Korea and the bronze medal was awarded to Kazakhstan.
2. Final tournaments in round-robin format