Association football tournaments were held at the East Asian Games from its first edition in 1999 until the last Games in 2013. Participating players had to be under 23 years of age. Men's football was featured at every event while women's football was included only in 2013.

Medal table

Events Event 93 97 01 05 09 13 Years Men's event X X X X X X 6 Women's event O O O O O X 1

Men's event Participating nations Nation 93 97 01 05 09 13 Years 1 - - YAs Australia played as guests, the silver medal was awarded to South Korea and the bronze medal was awarded to Kazakhstan. - - - 1 3 3 - 1 Y Y 5 - - - Y - - 1 - Y Y - - - 2 - - - Y 1 4 3 4 2 1 3 2 3 6 2 - 4 3 - - - 2 2 - - 2 4 1 4 1 1 2 4 3 2 6 Y - Y Y Y - 4 Y Y Y - - - 3 Total nations 6 6 7 7 6 5

Results YearHostFinalThird Place MatchWinnerScoreRunner-up3rd PlaceScore4th Place1993Details Shanghai Final tournaments in round-robin format동아시아대회 화제 대회 하이라이트는 축구1997Details Busan2001Details Osaka2–14–12005Details Macau1–04–12009Details Hong Kong1–1 aet(4–2) pen1–1 aet(4–2) pen2013Details Tianjin

Women's event Participating nations Nation 2013 Years 2 1 4 1 3 1 1 1 Total nations 4

Results YearHostRound robinWinnerScoreRunner-up3rd PlaceScore4th Place2013Details Tianjin

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