Football at the 2001 East Asian Games explained

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

Venues

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

Group stage

Group A

width=175	Team	width=20 abbr="Played"	Pld	width=20 abbr="Won"	W	width=20 abbr="Drawn"	D	width=20 abbr="Lost"	L	width=20 abbr="Goals for"	GF	width=20 abbr="Goals against"	GA	width=20 abbr="Goal difference"	GD	width=20 abbr="Points"	Pts
	2	2	0	0	7	0	+7	6
	2	1	0	1	6	1	+5	3
	2	0	0	2	0	12	-12	0

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Group B

width=175	Team	width=20 abbr="Played"	Pld	width=20 abbr="Won"	W	width=20 abbr="Drawn"	D	width=20 abbr="Lost"	L	width=20 abbr="Goals for"	GF	width=20 abbr="Goals against"	GA	width=20 abbr="Goal difference"	GD	width=20 abbr="Points"	Pts
	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	7
	3	2	0	1	14	2	+12	6
	3	1	1	1	4	5	-1	4
	3	0	0	3	1	16	-15	0

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Knockout stage

Semi-finals

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Third place match

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Final

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Medalists

Football

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

External links

• East Asian Games 2001 - rsssf.com