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Far Eastern Championship Games
Founded	1913
Abolished	1934
Region	Asia
Number of teams	2 to 4 teams
Last champions	China
Most successful team(s)	China (9)

Football at the Far Eastern Championship Games

Football tournament

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.

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Although the Philippines won the first tournament, China achieved nine consecutive victories from the second tournament to the tenth tournament. In the 9th tournament, Japan and China lined up side by side, but due to discussions between the two sides, it was decided that no rematch would be held, and both teams were treated as winners.^[1]

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"Far Eastern Games". RSSSF. Retrieved 1 June 2022.

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A-level matches

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Year	Host	Winners	Runners-up	Third Place (If any)	Top scorer(s)
1913 Details	Manila	Philippines	China		Not known
1915 Details	Shanghai	China	Philippines		Kwok Po Kan	1 goal
1917 Details	Tokyo	China	Philippines	Japan	Tong Fuk Cheung Fung Kin Wai	3 goals
1919 Details	Manila	China	Philippines		Wong Pak Chung	3 goals
1921 Details	Shanghai	China	Philippines	Japan	Yip Kao Ko	2 goals
1923 Details	Osaka	China	Philippines	Japan	Wong Pak Chung Yip Kao Ko	3 goals
1925 Details	Manila	China	Philippines	Japan	Lee Wai Tong	5 goals
1927 Details	Shanghai	China	Japan	Philippines	Suen Kam Shun	4 goals
1930 Details	Tokyo	China Japan		Philippines	Takeo Wakabayashi	4 goals
1934 Details	Manila	China	Dutch East Indies Japan Philippines		Five players	3 goals

#	Team	Part	M	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Points
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

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 entries)		11	11	6	28

Rank	Name	Team	Goals	Tournament(s)
1	Lee Wai Tong	China	8	1925(5) and 1934(3)
2	Wong Pak Chung		7	1919(3), 1921(1) and 1923(3)
3	Suen Kam Shun		6	1927(4) and 1930(2)
4	Tong Fuk Cheung		5	1913(1), 1917(3) and 1919(1)
4	Yip Kao Ko		5	1921(2) and 1923(3)
6	Takeo Wakabayashi	Japan	4	1930(4)

#	Player	G	Time of goals	For	Result	Against	Tournament	Date	FIFA report
1.	Fung Kin Wai	3	3', 22', ?'	China	5–0	Japan	1917 Far Eastern Games	9 May 1917	[Report]
2.	Yip Kao Ko	3	10', ?', 46'	China	5–1	Japan	1923 Far Eastern Games	24 May 1923	[Report]
3.	Lee Wai Tong	3	10', 25', 61'	China	5–1	Philippines	1925 Far Eastern Games	22 May 1925	[Report]
4.	Cai Bingfen	3	21', ?', 73'	China	5–1	Japan	1927 Far Eastern Games	27 August 1927	[Report]
5.	Takeo Wakabayashi	4	10', 12', 22', 51'	Japan	7–2	Philippines	1930 Far Eastern Games	25 May 1930	[Report]
6.	Dai Linjing	3	14', 27', 30'	China	5–0	Philippines	1930 Far Eastern Games	27 May 1930	[Report]
7.	Ludwich Jahn	3	16', 50', 65'	Dutch East Indies	7–1	Japan	1934 Far Eastern Games	13 May 1934	[Report]
8.	Tio Hian Goan	3	37', 56', 58'	Dutch East Indies	7–1	Japan	1934 Far Eastern Games	13 May 1934	[Report]

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Football at the Far Eastern Championship Games

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