Manchukuo national football team

Manchukuo

Association	Football Association of the Manchukuo
First colours Second colours
First international
Manchukuo 0 - 6 Japan  (Xinjing, Manchukuo; 3 September 1939) Last International Manchukuo Unknown Republic of China (Xinjing, Manchukuo; 9 August 1942)
Biggest win
Manchukuo 1 - 0 Republic of China (Osaka, Japan; June 1940)
Biggest defeat
Japan 7 - 0 Manchukuo (Tokyo, Japan; 7 June 1940)

The Manchukuo National Soccer Team(Chinese: 滿洲國國家足球隊; pinyin: Mǎnzhōuguó Guójiā Zúqiú Duì; literally: "Manchuria National Soccer Team") was an international soccer team from Manchukuo and Japanese-occupied eastern Inner Mongolia, created by former Qing Dynasty officials with help from Imperial Japan in 1932. Due to the Non-Recognition Policy of the United States and other countries towards Manchukuo, the team was not permitted to join FIFA, and was therefore not eligible to enter the World Cup. Manchuria played three international matches all against Japan during the late 1930s, losing each one of them, conceding 16 goals and scoring no goals.

The first two matches were held in September 1939 as part of the "Championship Games of Amity with Japan, Manchukuo, and China" ( Nichi-Man-Ka Kokan Kyogikai ), a Japanese-organized successor to the Far Eastern Championship Games which had fallen into dysfunction with the outbreak of the Second Sino-Japanese War. The third match took place at the East Asian Games ( Toa Taikai ), which were held to both celebrate the 2600th Anniversary of the Japanese Empire, but also to celebrate the start of the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere.

List of games played by Manchukuo^[1][2]

All Scores lists Manchuria's goal tally first

Opponent	Score	Venue	Date	Competition
Japan	0 – 6	Xinjing, Manchukuo	3 September 1939	3 Nations Games
Republic of China	Unknown	Xinjing, Manchukuo	? September 1939	3 Nations Games
Japan	0 – 7	Meiji Jingu Stadium, Tokyo, Japan	7 June 1940	2600th Anniversary Tournament
Philippines	1 – 1	Koshien South ground, Nishinomiya, Japan	16 June 1940	2600th Anniversary Tournament
Republic of China	1 – 0	Osaka, Japan	? June, 1940	2600th Anniversary Tournament
Mengjiang	Unknown	Xinjing, Manchukuo	8 August 1942	Manchuria 10th Anniversary Tournament
Japan	1 – 3	Xinjing, Manchukuo	9 August 1942	Manchuria 10th Anniversary Tournament
Republic of China	Unknown	Xinjing, Manchukuo	10 August 1942	Manchuria 10th Anniversary Tournament

References

1. Hyung-Jin Yoon (28 Jul 2011). "Japan International Matches". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 28 Jul 2011.
2. Piet Veroeveren (29 Nov 2012). "2600th Anniversary of the Japanese Empire 1940 (Tokyo)". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 29 Nov 2012.