Football at the 2009 East Asian Games

The football tournament at the 2009 East Asian Games was held from 2 December 2009 to 13 December 2009. Host Hong Kong defeated Japan 4–2 in a penalty shoot-out in the final after a 1–1 draw to win their first-ever international title, while South Korea beat North Korea with the same score to finish third.

Football at the 2009 East Asian Games

2009 East Asian Games
Tournament details
Host country	Hong Kong
Dates	2 December – 12 December
Teams	6 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Hong Kong (1st title)
Runners-up	Japan
Third place	South Korea
Fourth place	North Korea
Tournament statistics
Matches played	10
Goals scored	34 (3.4 per match)
Attendance	97,816 (9,782 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Nine players (2 goals each)

Venues

All group stage matches were held at Siu Sai Wan Sports Ground. The semi-finals, third place play-off and final were held at Hong Kong Stadium.

Hong Kong
So Kon Po	Siu Sai Wan
Hong Kong Stadium	Siu Sai Wan Sports Ground
Capacity: 40,000	Capacity: 12,000

Calendar

A total of 6 teams took part in the tournament. Group stage matches commenced on 2 December 2009, three days before the opening ceremony. The teams were divided into two groups each consisting of three teams for a round-robin group stage. The top two teams in each pool would advance to a four-team single-elimination bracket.^[1]

	Group stage		Semi-final		Medal matches

December	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Matches
Football	1	1	1		1	1	1		2		2		10
Total	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	2	0	2	0	10

Squads

Main article: Football at the 2009 East Asian Games squads

Each team submitted a squad of 23 players, including three goalkeepers. At previous tournaments, the age limit was set at 23 with three overage players allowed. However, restrictions were lifted in 2009.

The South Korean team was selected from the semi-professional Korea National League,^[2] while China PR and Japan sent U-20 teams.^[3][4] Hong Kong sent their U-23 team, with the exception of four players who were above 23.^[5]

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Japan	2	2	0	0	7	1	+6	6
North Korea	2	1	0	1	9	2	+7	3
Macau	2	0	0	2	0	13	-13	0

Japan	2 – 1	North Korea
Otsuka 30' Suzuki 59'	Report by EAG Report by HKFA	Choe Chol-man 52'

2 December 2009

UTC+8 18:00

Siu Sai Wan Sports Ground, Hong Kong

Attendance: 4,100^[6]

Referee: Sukhbir Singh (Singapore)

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North Korea	8 – 0	Macau
Choe Chol-man 6' Kim Kuk-jin 21' Ri Kwang-hyok 45' Choe Myong-ho 58', 90+1' Pak Nam-chol 63' Pak Song-chol 71' Pak Kwang-ryong 90+2'	Report by EAG Report by HKFA

4 December 2009

UTC+8 18:00

Siu Sai Wan Sports Ground, Hong Kong

Attendance: 1,360

Referee: Ramachandran Krishnan (Malaysia)

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Macau	0 – 5	Japan
	Report by EAG Report by HKFA	Oshitani 39' Aoki 45+2' Osako 53' Kakitani 60' Kawai 63'

7 December 2009

UTC+8 18:00

Siu Sai Wan Sports Ground, Hong Kong

Attendance: 1,050

Referee: Sukhbir Singh (Singapore)

Group B

South Korea playing against China PR at Siu Sai Wan Sports Ground.

Hong Kong playing against China PR at Siu Sai Wan Sports Ground.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Hong Kong (H)	2	1	0	1	4	2	+2	3
South Korea	2	1	0	1	4	4	0	3
China	2	1	0	1	1	3	-2	3

Hong Kong	4 – 1	South Korea
Chan Wai Ho 21' Wong Chin Hung 30' Xu Deshuai 65' Chan Siu Ki 81'	Report by EAG Report by HKFA	Go Min-gi 45'

3 December 2009

UTC+8 18:00

Siu Sai Wan Sports Ground, Hong Kong

Attendance: 5,000^[7]

Referee: Phùng Đình Dũng (Vietnam)

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South Korea	3 – 0	China
Park Jong-chan 49', 65' Kim Ho-you 79' (pen.)	Report by EAG Report by HKFA

6 December 2009

UTC+8 18:00

Siu Sai Wan Sports Ground, Hong Kong

Attendance: 3,160

Referee: Win Cho (Myanmar)

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China	1 – 0	Hong Kong
Gao Di 24'	Report by EAG Report by HKFA

8 December 2009

UTC+8 18:00

Siu Sai Wan Sports Ground, Hong Kong

Attendance: 6,000^[8]

Referee: Phùng Đình Dũng (Vietnam)

Knockout stage

Lineups of the two teams in the gold medal match

	Semi-finals				Final
	10 December - Hong Kong Stadium
	Japan	2
					12 December - Hong Kong Stadium
	South Korea	1
					Japan	1(2)
	10 December - Hong Kong Stadium
					Hong Kong	1(4)
	Hong Kong	1(4)
	North Korea	1(2)
					Third place
					12 December - Hong Kong Stadium
					South Korea	1(4)
					North Korea	1(2)

Semi-finals

Japan	2 – 1 (a.e.t.)	South Korea
Yamamoto 9' Nagai 120+1'	Report by EAG Report by HKFA	Kim Ho-you 21'

10 December 2009

UTC+8 17:00

Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

Attendance: 7,534

Referee: Ramachandran Krishnan (Malaysia)

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Hong Kong	1 – 1 (a.e.t.)	North Korea
Chan Wai Ho 44'	Report by EAG Report by HKFA	Pak Kwang-ryong 85'
Penalties
Au Yeung Yiu Chung Chan Wai Ho Lee Chi Ho Yuen Kin Man	4 – 2	Pak Song-chol Ri Kwang-hyok Jon Kwang-ik Kim Kwang-hyok

10 December 2009

UTC+8 20:00

Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

Attendance: 9,482^[9]

Referee: Win Cho (Myanmar)

Bronze medal match

South Korea	1 – 1	North Korea
Go Min-gi 24'	Report by EAG Report by HKFA	Pak Song-chol 52'
Penalties
Go Min-gi Woo Joo-young Jung Jae-suk Lee Jae-young	4 – 2	Choe Myong-ho Pak Song-chol Jon Kwang-ik Kim Kuk-jin

12 December 2009

UTC+8 13:00

Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

Attendance: 28,246

Referee: Sukhbir Singh (Singapore)

Gold medal match

Japan	1 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Hong Kong
Muramatsu 22'	Report by EAG Report by HKFA	Chan Siu Ki 47'
Penalties
Nagai Otsuka Suzuki Aoki	2 – 4	Au Yeung Yiu Chung Chan Siu Ki Chan Wai Ho Lee Chi Ho Wong Chin Hung

12 December 2009

UTC+8 16:00

Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

Attendance: 31,884

Referee: Phùng Đình Dũng (Vietnam)

Japan		Hong Kong
GK 23 Takuya Matsumoto RB 3 Shoma Kamata  101' CB 5 Kazuya Yamamura CB 4 Daisuke Suzuki (c) LB 7 Taisuke Muramatsu RM 16 Hiroki Kawano  102' CM 11 Takuya Aoki CM 10 Kosuke Yamamoto  90+1'  111' LM 8 Yusuke Higa CF 21 Yuya Osako  44'  77' CF 20 Kensuke Nagai  33' Substitutes: GK 1 Koki Otani DF 6 Shunya Suganuma DF 13 Kenta Uchida DF 19 Kyohei Noborizato FW 14 Keisuke Endo  102' FW 17 Yoichiro Kakitani  111' FW 22 Shohei Otsuka  77' Not playing: GK 18 Takuya Masuda DF 2 Takefumi Toma DF 12 Taisuke Nakamura MF 9 Yosuke Kawai FW 15 Yuki Oshitani Coach: Akihiro Nishimura		GK 17 Yapp Hung Fai  107' RB 21 Tsang Kam To  78' CB 2 Lee Chi Ho CB 15 Chan Wai Ho LB 6 Wong Chin Hung DM 16 Leung Chun Pong  90+2'  117' RM 8 Xu Deshuai LM 18 Kwok Kin Pong  67' AM 10 Au Yeung Yiu Chung (c) CF 20 Chao Pengfei CF 9 Cheng Lai Hin  46' Substitutes: GK 1 Li Hon Ho DF 5 Lai Man Fei DF 14 Chan Siu Yuen DF 25 So Wai Chuen  78' MF 4 Yuen Kin Man  117' MF 19 Hinson Leung FW 7 Chan Siu Ki  97'  46' Not playing: GK 22 Ng Yat Hoi DF 3 Fung Kai Hong DF 12 Lau Nim Yat (injured) MF 11 Lai Yiu Cheong MF 28 Ip Chung Long Coach: Kim Pan-gon

Assistant referees: Nguyễn Ngọc Hà (Vietnam) Lee Hung-ping (Chinese Taipei) Fourth official: Win Cho (Myanmar)

Match rules: 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Seven named substitutes, of which up to three may be used.

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Football	Hong Kong	Japan	South Korea