Football at the Far Eastern Championship Games

Football at Far Eastern Championship Games was the only major international football competition in Asia pre–World War II. It was contested by China, Japan and the Philippines, with the Dutch East Indies joining the last edition of the tournament in 1934.

Summary[]

Year	Host	Winners	Runners-up	Third Place (If any)
1913 Details	Manila	Philippines	China
1915 Details	Shanghai	China	Philippines
1917 Details	Tokyo	China	Philippines	Japan
1919 Details	Manila	China	Philippines
1921 Details	Shanghai	China	Philippines	Japan
1923 Details	Osaka	China	Philippines	Japan
1925 Details	Manila	China	Philippines	Japan
1927 Details	Shanghai	China	Japan	Philippines
1930 Details	Tokyo	China  Japan		Philippines
1934 Details	Manila	China	Dutch East Indies  Japan  Philippines

General statistics[]

As 1934

All matches before the founding of Chinese Football Association in 1924 are not counted as A-level match by FIFA.counted for the FIFA A-level matches only.^[1]

Rank	Team	Part	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Dif	Pts
1	China	10	23	18	3	2	60	17	+43	57
2	Philippines	10	22	7	2	13	41	48	–7	23
3	Japan	7	15	3	1	11	26	65	–39	10
4	Dutch East Indies	1	3	1	0	2	9	6	+3	3

Medal summary[]

As 1934

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China	9	1	0	10
2	Philippines	1	7	2	10
3	Japan	1	2	4	7
4	Dutch East Indies	0	1	0	1
Totals (4 nations)		11	11	6	28

Top scorers per tournament[]

Tournament	Name	Team	Goals
1917	Guo	China	2
	Paulino Alcántara	Philippines	2
1925	Lee Wai Tong	China	5
1927	Suen Kam Shun	China	4
1930	Takeo Wakabayashi	Japan	4
1934	Lee Wai Tong	China	2
	Ludwich Jahn	Dutch East Indies	2
	Tio Hian Goan	Dutch East Indies	2

References[]

• (in Chinese) 远东运动会资料库 (Far Eastern Championship Games Database)
• Far Eastern Championship Games Football Overview at RSSSF.com