Football at the 1917 Far Eastern Championship Games

Football at the 1917 Far Eastern Championship Games

Tournament details
Host country	Japan
Dates	9 May 1917– 11 May 1917
Teams	3
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	China
Runners-up	Philippines
Third place	Japan
Tournament statistics
Matches played	3
Goals scored	25 (8.33 per match)

The football sporting event at the 1917 Far Eastern Championship Games was participated by three nations; Philippines, China and football debutant and hosts Japan. China was represented by South China A.A. and Japan was represented by a selection from the Tokyo Higher Normal School.^[1]

Results

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
China	2	2	0	0	8	0	+8	4
Philippines	2	1	0	1	15	5	+10	2
Japan	2	0	0	2	2	20	-18	0

Japan  v  China

9 May 1917[2] 10:30[2]

Japan	0–5	China
	Report1 Report2	Guo  3', 22'[2] Guan  28'[2] Tang  30', -'[2]

Shibaura Ground, Tokyo Referee: Wiles (ワイルス)[2]

Japan  v  Philippines

10 May 1917

Japan	2–15	Philippines
Fujii  ?', ?'		Alcántara  3', -' Altonaga  -' Lamas  -' Mario  -' Zé　Guenat  -'

Shibaura Ground, Tokyo

 China v  Philippines

11 May 1917[3] 9:40[3]

China	3-0[3] abandoned[3]	Philippines
Guo  20'[3] Liang  -'[3] Ding  55' (pen.)[3]	Report

Shibaura Ground, Tokyo Referee: Wiles[3]

The match was abandoned after China made its fourth goal through a penalty kick, after which a fighting brawled after the Philippine goalkeeper punched the Chinese scorer. This led to the Philippines' withdrawal. The Philippines was ranked second overall but due to the team's withdrawal in their match against China it is uncertain if they were ranked second at all.

Winner

1915 Far Eastern Games Football Champions
China Second title

References

1. http://www.rsssf.com/tablesf/fareastgames17.html
2. 「競技記録　第二日／蹴球／庭球」 Asahi Shimbun (Evening paper), 10 May 1917
3. 「競技記録　第四日／蹴球／庭球」 Asahi Shimbun (Evening paper), 11 May 1917