Football at the 2009 East Asian Games

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) Hong Kong Chan Wai Ho
(2 goals and 2 penalties)

The football tournament at the 2009 East Asian Games was the fifth edition of East Asian Games football tournament. It was held in Hong Kong form 2 December 2009 to 13 December 2009.

The tournament was won by Hong Kong, who claimed their first international football tournament title. They defeated Japan 4–2 in a penalty shootout in the final, after extra time had finished in a 1-1 draw. Korea Republic beat Korea DPR to finish third.

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

All teams submitted a squad of 23 players, including three goalkeepers. In previous tournaments, the age limit was 23 with three overage players allowed. The age restriction was lifted in the 2009 tournament.

The players of Korea Republic were all over 23 years of age and selected from the Korea National League.[2] China 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

Korea Republic versus China at Siu Sai Wan Sports Ground.

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Japan 22007166
 North Korea 21019273
 Macau 2002013-130

2 December 2009
UTC+8 18:00
Japan  2 – 1  North Korea
Otsuka  30'
Suzuki  59'		 Report by EAG
Report by HKFA		 Choe Chol-Man  52'
Siu Sai Wan Sports Ground, Hong Kong
Attendance: 4,100[6]
Referee: Sukhbir Singh (Singapore)

4 December 2009
UTC+8 18:00
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
Siu Sai Wan Sports Ground, Hong Kong
Attendance: 1,360
Referee: Krishnan Ramachandran (Malaysia)

7 December 2009
UTC+8 18:00
Macau  0 – 5  Japan
Report by EAG
Report by HKFA		 Oshitani  39'
Aoki  45+2'
Osako  53'
Kakitani  60'
Kawai  63'
Siu Sai Wan Sports Ground, Hong Kong
Attendance: 1,050
Referee: Sukhbir Singh (Singapore)
Hong Kong versus China at Siu Sai Wan Sports Ground.

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Hong Kong 21014223
 South Korea 21014403
 China PR 210113-23

3 December 2009
UTC+8 18:00
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'
Siu Sai Wan Sports Ground, Hong Kong
Attendance: 5,000[7]
Referee: Phung Dinh Dung (Vietnam)

6 December 2009
UTC+8 18:00
South Korea  3 – 0  China PR
Park Jong-Chan  49', 65'
Kim Ho-You  79' (pen.)		 Report by EAG
Report by HKFA

8 December 2009
UTC+8 18:00
China PR  1 – 0  Hong Kong
Gao Di  24' Report by EAG
Report by HKFA
Siu Sai Wan Sports Ground, Hong Kong
Attendance: 6,000[8]
Referee: Phung Dinh Dung (Vietnam)

Knockout stage

Prematch lineup of gold medal match
Semi-finals Final
10 December - Hong Kong Stadium
  Japan  2  
  South Korea  1  
 
12 December - Hong Kong Stadium
      Japan  1(2)
    Hong Kong  1(4)
Third place
10 December - Hong Kong Stadium 12 December - Hong Kong Stadium
  Hong Kong  1(4)   South Korea  1(4)
  North Korea  1(2)     North Korea  1(2)

Semi-finals

10 December 2009
UTC+8 17:00
Japan  2 – 1 (a.e.t.)  South Korea
Yamamoto  9'
Nagai  120+1'		 Report by EAG
Report by HKFA		 Kim Ho-You  21'
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
Attendance: 7,534
Referee: Krishnan Ramachandran (Malaysia)

Bronze medal match

12 December 2009
UTC+8 13:00
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 Choo-Young
Jung Jae-Suk
Lee Jea-Young 		4 – 2 Choe Myong-Ho
Pak Song-Chol
Jon Kwang-Ik
Kim Kuk-Jin
Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong
Attendance: 28,246
Referee: Sukhbir Singh (Singapore)

Gold medal match

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

MATCH OFFICIALS

MATCH RULES

  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Seven named substitutes
  • Maximum of 3 substitutions.

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Football  Hong Kong  Japan  South Korea

References

  1. ↑ Draw Results and Competition Schedule, Hong Kong 2009 East Asian Games Official Website
  2. ↑ Team Roster - KOR, Hong Kong 2009 East Asian Games Official Website, 1 December 2009
  3. ↑ Team Roster - CHN, Hong Kong 2009 East Asian Games Official Website, 1 December 2009
  4. ↑ Team Roster - JPN, Hong Kong 2009 East Asian Games Official Website, 1 December 2009
  5. ↑ Team Roster - HKG, Hong Kong 2009 East Asian Games Official Website, 1 December 2009
  6. ↑ (in traditional Chinese (HK)) 日本響頭炮, ON.CC, 3 December 2009
  7. ↑ (in traditional Chinese (HK)) 領港隊炒A貨南韓　陳七淚別東亞運, Apple Daily, 4 December 2009
  8. ↑ (in traditional Chinese (HK)) 港足明鬥朝鮮爭入決賽 1球負國足 首名出線, Ming Pao, 9 December 2009
  9. ↑ (in traditional Chinese (HK)) 12碼贏北韓 決賽鬥日本 港足創傳奇, Apple Daily, 11 December 2009
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