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.

Venues [ edit ]

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

Group stage [ edit ]

Group A [ edit ]

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

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Group B [ edit ]

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

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Knockout stage [ edit ]

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

Semi-finals [ edit ]

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Third place match [ edit ]

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Final [ edit ]

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Medalists [ edit ]

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 [ edit ]

• East Asian Games 2001 - rsssf.com