China–Japan football rivalry

China–Japan football rivalry
Teams  China PR
 Japan
First meeting Japan 0–5 China
Far East Asian Games
Tokyo
(9 May 1917)
Latest meeting Japan 2–1 China
2017 EAFF E-1 Championshop
Chōfu
(12 December 2017)
Next meeting TBD
Statistics
Meetings total 38
Most wins China (16), Japan (14)
Largest victory Japan 0–5 China
Far East Asian Games
Tokyo
(9 May 1917)
China 5–0 Japan
Nehru Cup
Kochi
(31 January 1983)

China–Japan football rivalry is a competitive sports rivalry that exists between the national football teams of the two countries, as well as their respective sets of fans.

The rivalry has a long history exists between China and Japan. One of the main reason defining the heat of the serious rivalry exists between two countries is do to historical grievances throughout history of two nations.[1] Two national teams faced up for the first time in 1917, and since then, had played against each other 38 times. Historical tensions had also stemmed the rivalry into one of the most heated rivalry in Asia and a bitter rivalry in the world.

Background

China and Japan shared a relatively long and complicated history. Japan used to be under heavy Chinese influence throughout history, and is part of Sinosphere world. However, Japan often had desires to conquer China and to become new Asian leader. The Japanese tried to invade China via. Korea during the Japanese invasion to Korea, but no avail. In 19th century, Japan transformed from a feudal state into an empire with modern industries, defeating China in the First Sino-Japanese War. This made Japan the dominant Asian power.

Japan and China's tensions escalated into the Second Sino-Japanese War, which Japan invaded and occupied entire of Eastern and Southern China, committing horrible atrocities such as Nanking Massacre. As for the result, relations between two nations has been tense since and with the recent rise of China after years of humiliation, rivalry has become tenser.

Thus, football is not an exception, when both fans used football to fuel the nationalistic ideas.

Matches

Prior to 1990s, China was one of Asia's dominant teams while Japan's football development was still limited in amateur level, partly due to little interests of development for football in Japan and high American influence. Thus, Japan often suffered defeats to China. But with the rapid rise of Japan since 1990s, the tie has changed from China to Japan, and since 1998, China has not beaten Japan again.

Despite China is leading the record with 16 wins comparing to 14 wins of Japan, Japan is far more successful than China, winning four AFC Asian Cup and has played in every FIFA World Cup since 1998; while China only won silver medals in two Asian Cup and qualified for just one World Cup.

#DateVenueCompetitionHome teamScoreAway teamGoals (home)Goals (away)
19 May 1917Shibaura Ground, TokyoFar Eastern Championship GamesJapan0–5ChinaGuo  3', 22', Guan  28', Tang  30', -'
21 June 1921ShanghaiFar Eastern Championship GamesChina4–1Japan
324 May 1923OsakaFar Eastern Championship GamesJapan1–5China
420 May 1925Rizal Memorial Stadium, ManilaFar Eastern Championship GamesJapan0–2ChinaLee Wai Tong  -', -'
527 August 1927Zhonghua Stadium, ShanghaiFar Eastern Championship GamesChina5–1JapanSuen Kam Shun  19', 30', Kai Bingfen  21', -', 73'Misao Tamai  41'
630 May 1930Meiji Jingu Gaien Stadium, TokyoFar Eastern Championship GamesJapan3–3ChinaShiro Teshima  23', Tadao Takayama  57', Hideo Shinojima  73'Suen Kam Shun  40', Chan Kwong Yiu  60', Dai Linjing  70'
720 May 1934Rizal Memorial Stadium, ManilaFar Eastern Championship GamesChina4–3JapanTam Kong Pak  6', 11', Lee Wai Tong  65', 76' (pen.)Akira Nozawa  60', 72', Takeshi Natori  74'
81 May 1966UnknownFriendlyJapan1–2China
923 June 1975Government Stadium, Hong Kong1976 AFC Asian Cup qualificationChina2–1JapanLi Yutie  6', Ke Wushang  20'Kozo Arai  43'
1011 June 1980Tianhe Stadium, GuangzhouFriendlyChina1–0JapanLi Xiangfu  67'
1126 December 1980Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong1982 FIFA World Cup qualificationChina1–0JapanRong Zhihang  7'
122 June 1981Omiya Football Stadium, SaitamaFriendlyJapan0–0China
1330 September 1981SingaporeLion City CupJapan2–0China
1431 January 1983KochiNehru CupChina5–0Japan
1531 May 1984Omiya Football Stadium, SaitamaKirin CupJapan1–0ChinaHisashi Kato  84' (pen.)
1627 July 1986Merdeka Stadium, Kuala LumpurMerdeka CupJapan4–2ChinaHisashi Kaneko  8', 55', Hiromi Hara  75', Satoshi Tezuka  76'Li Zheng  44', Wang Yong  77'
172 June 1988Mizuho Stadium, NagoyaKirin CupJapan0–3ChinaWang Baoshan  24', Gao Sheng  41', Ma Lin  45'
182 July 1988JapanKirin CupJapan0–3China
1910 May 1990Nishigaoka Stadium, TokyoFriendlyJapan2–2ChinaTomoyuki Kajino  17', Osamu Maeda  56' 14' (o.g.), Zhang Shaowen  63'
2013 May 1990Okayama Stadium, OkayamaFriendlyJapan2–0ChinaOsamu Maeda  26', Mitsunori Yoshida  40'
2129 July 1990Workers' Stadium, BeijingDynasty CupChina1–0JapanWu Qunli  77'
2224 August 1992Workers' Stadium, BeijingDynasty CupChina0–2JapanMasahiro Fukuda  38', Takuya Takagi  82'
236 November 1992Hiroshima Stadium, HiroshimaAsian CupJapan3–2ChinaMasahiro Fukuda  48', Tsuyoshi Kitazawa  57', Masashi Nakayama  84'Xie Yuxin  1', Li Xiao  70'
2418 May 1993ShanghaiEast Asian GamesChina3–2Japan
2523 February 1995Mong Kok Stadium, Hong KongDynasty CupJapan2–1ChinaToshiya Fujita  16', Hisashi Kurosaki  22'Gao Feng  55'
2612 December 1996Tahnoun bin Mohamed Stadium, Al AinAsian CupJapan1–0ChinaNaoki Soma  90'
277 March 1998National Stadium, TokyoDynasty CupJapan0–2ChinaLi Bing  9', 50'
2815 March 2000Universiade Memorial Stadium, KobeFriendlyJapan0–0China
2926 October 2000Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium, BeirutAsian CupChina2–3JapanQi Hong  30', Yang Chen  48'Fan Zhiyi  21' (o.g.), Akinori Nishizawa  53', Tomokazu Myojin  61'
308 October 2002Masan Stadium, ChangwonAsian GamesChina0–1JapanSatoshi Nakayama  60'
314 December 2003National Stadium, TokyoEAFF ChampionshipJapan2–0ChinaTatsuhiko Kubo  4', 80'
327 August 2004Workers' Stadium, BeijingAsian CupChina1–3JapanLi Ming  31'Takashi Fukunishi  22', Koji Nakata  65', Keiji Tamada  90+1'
333 August 2005Daejeon World Cup Stadium, DaejeonEAFF ChampionshipJapan2–2ChinaTeruyuki Moniwa  59', Tatsuya Tanaka  87'Li Jinyu  37', Zhang Yonghai  43'
3420 February 2008Chongqing Olympic Sports Center, ChongqingEAFF ChampionshipChina0–1JapanKoji Yamase  17'
356 February 2010Tokyo Stadium, TokyoEAFF ChampionshipJapan0–0China
3621 July 2013Seoul World Cup Stadium, SeoulEAFF ChampionshipJapan3–3ChinaYuzo Kurihara  32', Yoichiro Kakitani  59', Masato Kudo  60'Wang Yongpo  4' (pen.), 80' (pen.), Sun Ke  86'
379 August 2015Wuhan Sports Center Stadium, WuhanEAFF ChampionshipChina1–1JapanWu Lei  10'Yuki Muto  41'
3812 December 2017Ajinomoto Stadium, ChōfuEAFF ChampionshipJapan2–1ChinaYu Kobayashi  84', Gen Shōji  88'Yu Dabao  90+3'

Statistics

As of 12 December 2017

Competition China wins Draws Japan wins
Total 16814

See also

References

  1. ↑ https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09523367.2013.800046?src=recsys&journalCode=fhsp20
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