# 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.

## 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.
| 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

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, while China PR and Japan sent U-20 teams. Hong Kong sent their U-23 team, with the exception of four players who were above 23.

## 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 |

### Group B

| 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 |

## Knockout stage

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

### Gold medal match

| Japan | Hong Kong |
| GK23Takuya Matsumoto RB3Shoma Kamata 101' CB5Kazuya Yamamura CB4Daisuke Suzuki (c) LB7Taisuke Muramatsu RM16Hiroki Kawano 102' CM11Takuya Aoki CM10Kosuke Yamamoto 90+1' 111' LM8Yusuke Higa CF21Yuya Osako 44' 77' CF20Kensuke Nagai 33' Substitutes: GK1Koki Otani DF6Shunya Suganuma DF13Kenta Uchida DF19Kyohei Noborizato FW14Keisuke Endo 102' FW17Yoichiro Kakitani 111' FW22Shohei Otsuka 77' Not playing: GK18Takuya Masuda DF2Takefumi Toma DF12Taisuke Nakamura MF9Yosuke Kawai FW15Yuki Oshitani Coach: Akihiro Nishimura | GK17Yapp Hung Fai 107' RB21Tsang Kam To 78' CB2Lee Chi Ho CB15Chan Wai Ho LB6Wong Chin Hung DM16Leung Chun Pong 90+2' 117' RM8Xu Deshuai LM18Kwok Kin Pong 67' AM10Au Yeung Yiu Chung (c) CF20Chao Pengfei CF9Cheng Lai Hin 46' Substitutes: GK1Li Hon Ho DF5Lai Man Fei DF14Chan Siu Yuen DF25So Wai Chuen 78' MF4Yuen Kin Man 117' MF19Hinson Leung FW7Chan Siu Ki 97' 46' Not playing: GK22Ng Yat Hoi DF3Fung Kai Hong DF12Lau Nim Yat (injured) MF11Lai Yiu Cheong MF28Ip 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 |