Korea-Yonsei Match

**Korea-Yonsei Match** (**Yonsei-Korea Match**) is a sport event between two South Korean universities, Korea University and Yonsei University (both in Seoul, Korea) compete each year in the fall. The event consist of five sports: Baseball, basketball, soccer, rugby, and ice hockey. The event was started in 1956. The event started is a tennis competition between players of Bosung college (which became Korea University) and Yonhui college (now Yonsei University). It was held on May 30, 1925. After the match, the two schools got into another competition in 1927. This time the two school had a soccer match. Korea University and Yonsei University had other matches after the match. These matchs were held almost every year until it became official in 1956. Since the period was the period of Japanese colonial era in Korea, the competition of two schools grew as a national event of Korea.

## History and result

Official Korea-Yonsei Match has taken place since 1965. They are held in remembrance of events during Japanese colonial era. There are five sports in the Korea-Yonsei match : baseball, basketball, ice hockey, rugby, and soccer. Below is the result of each year.

||colspan="3"|Baseball|colspan="3"|Basketball|colspan="3"|Hockey|colspan="3"|Rugby|colspan="3"|Soccer|colspan="3"|Total|Winner||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Korea|Yonsei|Winner|Korea|Yonsei|Winner|Korea|Yonsei|Winner|Korea|Yonsei|Winner|Korea|Yonsei|Winner|Korea|Draw|Yonsei||
|2|3|Yonsei|89|84|Korea|4|4|Draw|3|11|Yonsei|1|1|Draw|1|2|2|Yonsei|
|2|0|Korea|91|105|Yonsei|6|6|Draw|3|0|Korea|0|2|Yonsei|2|1|2|Draw|
|5|0|Korea|87|83|Korea|6|2|Korea|5|3|Korea|0|0|Draw|4|1|0|Korea|
|4|3|Korea|87|76|Korea|7|5|Korea|16|6|Korea|0|0|Draw|4|1|0|Korea|
|4|3|Korea|64|64|Draw|6|5|Korea|3|5|Yonsei|0|1|Yonsei|2|1|2|Draw|
|1|1|Draw|71|79|Yonsei|9|4|Korea|6|8|Yonsei|3|0|Korea|2|1|2|Draw|
|colspan="19"|Canceled due to School Affair||||||||||||||||||
|colspan="19"|Canceled due to School Affair||||||||||||||||||
|6|4|Korea|62|64|Yonsei|4|3|Korea|13|3|Korea|2|1|Korea|4|0|1|Korea|
|6|5|Korea|87|83|Korea|5|3|Korea|16|12|Korea|1|1|Draw|4|1|0|Korea|
|colspan="19"|Canceled Due to bus accident of Korea Univ. soccer team||||||||||||||||||
|3|3|Draw|67|90|Yonsei|3|9|Yonsei|6|6|Draw|1|0|Korea|1|2|2|Yonsei|
|2|6|Yonsei|86|86|Draw|4|3|Korea|7|8|Yonsei|0|0|Draw|1|2|2|Yonsei|
|1|2|Yonsei|70|72|Yonsei|4|2|Korea|10|4|Korea|0|1|Yonsei|2|0|3|Yonsei|
|4|1|Korea|80|80|Draw|3|4|Yonsei|39|16|Korea|1|3|Yonsei|2|1|2|Draw|
|colspan="19"|Canceled due to School Affair||||||||||||||||||
|0|3|Yonsei|77|76|Korea|5|6|Yonsei|12|14|Yonsei|0|0|Draw|1|1|3|Yonsei|
|3|0|Korea|80|81|Yonsei|6|3|Korea|16|21|Yonsei|1|0|Korea|3|0|2|Korea|
|colspan="19"|School President's Statement Affair||||||||||||||||||
|6|0|Korea|57|51|Korea|3|7|Yonsei|12|22|Yonsei|1|2|Yonsei|2|0|3|Yonsei|
|1|5|Yonsei|61|65|Yonsei|2|11|Yonsei|0|19|Yonsei|4|0|Korea|1|0|4|Yonsei|
|4|2|Korea|25|21|Korea|4|6|Yonsei|0|3|Yonsei|0|0|Draw|1|2|2|Yonsei|
|11|0|Korea|67|64|Korea|5|4|Korea|3|25|Yonsei|2|3|Yonsei|3|0|2|Korea|
|3|4|Yonsei|57|69|Yonsei|5|3|Korea|10|16|Yonsei|0|3|Yonsei|1|0|4|Yonsei|
|1|2|Yonsei|69|78|Yonsei|8|5|Korea|21|18|Korea|5|2|Korea|3|0|2|Korea|
|3|2|Korea|58|74|Yonsei|2|2|Draw|21|7|Korea|3|2|Korea|3|1|1|Korea|
|1|4|Yonsei|57|69|Yonsei|2|4|Yonsei|12|21|Yonsei|3|1|Korea|1|0|4|Yonsei|
|3|1|Korea|65|67|Yonsei|3|8|Yonsei|17|11|Korea|1|0|Korea|3|0|2|Korea|
|3|2|Korea|60|71|Yonsei|3|4|Yonsei|7|23|Yonsei|1|0|Korea|2|0|3|Yonsei|
|7|0|Korea|73|59|Korea|3|5|Yonsei|7|7|Draw|2|1|Korea|3|1|1|Korea|
|5|9|Yonsei|92|87|Korea|5|3|Korea|15|13|Korea|2|2|Draw|3|1|1|Korea|
|colspan="19"|Canceled due to Hanchongryun Affair||||||||||||||||||
|1|1|Draw|62|68|Yonsei|5|4|Korea|9|18|Yonsei|1|2|Yonsei|1|1|3|Yonsei|
|6|2|Korea|61|58|Korea|3|6|Yonsei|23|27|Yonsei|0|2|Yonsei|2|0|3|Yonsei|
|3|3|Draw|69|72|Yonsei|3|4|Yonsei|colspan="3"|Canceled|1|2|Yonsei|0|1|3|Yonsei||
|1|1|Draw|61|54|Korea|2|3|Yonsei|10|22|Yonsei|2|0|Korea|2|1|2|Draw|
|2|9|Yonsei|98|84|Korea|3|3|Draw|20|26|Yonsei|0|1|Yonsei|1|1|3|Yonsei|
|8|3|Korea|70|73|Yonsei|3|3|Draw|30|24|Korea|4|0|Korea|3|1|1|Korea|
|3|2|Korea|65|80|Yonsei|2|3|Yonsei|19|18|Korea|0|0|Draw|2|1|2|Draw|
|2|1|Korea|74|88|Yonsei|3|5|Yonsei|16|13|Korea|2|0|Korea|3|0|2|Korea|
|0|3|Yonsei|76|75|Korea|1|3|Yonsei|14|21|Yonsei|0|2|Yonsei|1|0|4|Yonsei|
|1|6|Yonsei|66|53|Korea|2|3|Yonsei|27|3|Korea|1|1|Draw|2|1|2|Draw|
|5|2|Korea|90|75|Korea|colspan="3"|Canceled|30|22|Korea|0|0|Draw|1|0|3|Yonsei||
|2|9|Yonsei|74|72|Korea|1|1|Draw|21|27|Yonsei|0|1|Yonsei|1|1|3|Yonsei|
|5|4|Korea|58|74|Yonsei|2|4|Yonsei|18|18|Draw|18|18|Draw|2|1|2|Draw|
|4|4|Draw|65|74|Yonsei|1|8|Yonsei|20|38|Yonsei|3|0|Korea|1|1|3|Yonsei|
|1|3|Yonsei|67|63|Korea|1|1|Draw|8|5|Korea|3|1|Korea|3|1|1|Korea|
|3|1|Korea|74|60|Korea|3|1|Korea|1|3|Yonsei|13|15|Yonsei|3|0|2|Korea|
|2|3|Yonsei|75|63|Korea|1|3|Yonsei|2|2|Draw|20|17|Korea|2|1|2|Draw|

## The Biggest Festival between Yonsei and Korea University

The event is a part of the biggest festival of both Korea and Yonsei university. The rivalry between the two university is like Harvard verses Yale University, Stanford University verses UC Berkeley, and in Korea, KAIST verses POSTECH. Very large festivals are thrown in each town every other year. Festival takes place in Anam in even number years and in Sinchon in odd number years.

### Human Train March

One of the customs takes place during the festival is 'human train march'. People from each department of the school make a long line and put their hands on the shoulder of fthe person in front of them. They makea long train-like rows. The human trains marches through streets. They ask for food and bottles of alcohol from the owners of the stores, restaurants and bars. The alumni and university student council pre-pay for the side-dishes and bottles of alcohol these places.