Football at the East Asian Games

Association football tournaments were held at the East Asian Games from its first edition in 1999 until the last Games in 2013. Participating players had to be under 23 years of age. Men's football was featured at every event while women's football was included only in 2013.

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

Men's event

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

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	South Korea	2	2	1	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	0	0	1	1
Totals (6 nations)		6	6	6	18

Results

Year	Host	Final			Third Place Match
		Winner	Score	Runner-up	3rd Place	Score	4th Place
1993 Details	Shanghai	South Korea	[2]	North Korea [3]	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

Women's event

Participating nations

Nation	2013	Years
China PR	2	1
Chinese Taipei	4	1
Japan	3	1
North Korea	1	1
Total nations	4

Results

Year	Host	Round robin
		Winner	Score	Runner-up	3rd Place	Score	4th Place
2013 Details	Tianjin	North Korea	[2]	China PR	Japan	[2]	Chinese Taipei

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
3. 동아시아대회 화제 대회 하이라이트는 축구