Football at the 2001 East Asian Games

The football tournament at the 2001 East Asian Games was held on 19 May 2001 to 27 May 2001. The tournament is played by U-23 men's national teams.

Contents 1 Venues 2 Group stage 2.1 Group A 2.2 Group B 3 Knockout stage 3.1 Semi-finals 3.2 Third place match 3.3 Final 4 Medalists 5 External links

Venues

• Osaka Expo '70 Stadium
• Nagai Stadium
• Tsurumi-Ryokuchi Stadium

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Australia	2	2	0	0	7	0	+7	6
Japan	2	1	0	1	6	1	+5	3
Guam	2	0	0	2	0	12	−12	0

2001-05-19	Japan	6 – 0	Guam	Osaka Expo '70 Stadium, Osaka

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2001-05-21	Australia	1 – 0	Japan	Osaka Expo '70 Stadium, Osaka

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2001-05-23	Australia	6 – 0	Guam	Tsurumi-Ryokuchi Stadium, Osaka

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Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
South Korea	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	7
Kazakhstan	3	2	0	1	14	2	+12	6
Macau	3	1	1	1	4	5	−1	4
Mongolia	3	0	0	3	1	16	−15	0

2001-05-19	Kazakhstan	5 – 0	Macau	Tsurumi-Ryokuchi Stadium, Osaka

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2001-05-19	South Korea	4 – 1	Mongolia	Osaka Expo '70 Stadium, Osaka

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2001-05-21	Kazakhstan	8 – 0	Mongolia	Tsurumi-Ryokuchi Stadium, Osaka

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2001-05-21	South Korea	0 – 0	Macau	Osaka Expo '70 Stadium, Osaka

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2001-05-23	Macau	4 – 0	Mongolia	Osaka Expo '70 Stadium, Osaka

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2001-05-23	South Korea	2 – 1	Kazakhstan	Osaka Expo '70 Stadium, Osaka

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Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	25 May - Osaka Expo '70 Stadium
	South Korea	1 (3)
	Japan (pen)	1 (4)
					27 May - Nagai Stadium
					Japan	2
					Australia	1
					Third place
	25 May - Osaka Expo '70 Stadium			27 May - Nagai Stadium
	Australia	1		South Korea	4
	Kazakhstan	0			Kazakhstan	1

Semi-finals

2001-05-25	South Korea	1 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Japan	Osaka Expo '70 Stadium, Osaka
		Penalties
		3 – 4

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2001-05-25	Australia	1 – 0	Kazakhstan	Osaka Expo '70 Stadium, Osaka

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Third place match

2001-05-27	South Korea	4 – 1	Kazakhstan	Nagai Stadium, Osaka

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Final

2001-05-27	Japan	2 – 1	Australia	Nagai Stadium, Osaka

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Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Football	Japan	South Korea	Kazakhstan

Australia parted as guest, so Korea Republic and Kazakhstan were awarded 2nd and 3rd respectively.

External links

• East Asian Games 2001 - rsssf.com

Football at the East Asian Games Shanghai 1993  · Busan 1997  · Osaka 2001  · Macau 2005  · Hong Kong 2009

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