Football at the 1921 Far Eastern Championship Games

Football at the 1921 Far Eastern Championship Games

Tournament details
Host country	China
Teams	3
Venue(s)	(in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	China (4th title)
Runners-up	Philippines
Tournament statistics
Matches played	3
Goals scored	9 (3 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Yip Kao Ko (2 goals)
← 1919 1923 →

The football sporting event at the 1921 Far Eastern Championship Games featured matches between China, Japan and the Philippines.^[1]

China was represented by the club side South China AA, who reportedly had beaten East China (Shanghai) for the right to do so: Before the tournament, on 26 May, China (South China A.A.) played a practice match against "a team representing East China" at Nanyang Field in front of 3,000 people, which they won 3-1.^[1]

Results

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
China	2	2	0	0	5	1	4	4
Philippines	2	1	0	1	3	1	2	2
Japan	2	0	0	2	1	7	–6	0

30 May 1921

Philippines	3–1	Japan
	Report

Shanghai

Referee: A.H. Leslie

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31 May 1921

China	1–0	Philippines
Kao Ko ?'	Report

Shanghai

Referee: W.C.G. Clifford

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1 June 1921

China	4–0	Japan
Kao Ko ?' Pak Chung ?' Kit Sang ?' ? ?'	Report

Shanghai

Attendance: 25,000

Winner

1921 Far Eastern Games Football champions
China Fourth title

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 9 goals scored in 3 matches, for an average of 3 goals per match.

2 goals

• Yip Kao Ko

1 goal

• Wong Pak Chung
• Aw Kit Sang

Aftermath

After the tournament, at least two matches were played in the Open International Championship:

3 June 1921

China	3–0	Japan
	Report

Shanghai

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4 June 1921

"Great Britain"	1–0	China
	Report

Shanghai

"Great Britain" was a selection of British residents in Shanghai

References

1. "Fifth Far Eastern Games 1921 (Shanghai)".