The Manchukuo national football team (Chinese: 滿洲國國家足球隊; pinyin: Mǎnzhōuguó Guójiā Zúqiú Duì) was an international football team from Manchukuo and Japanese-occupied eastern Inner Mongolia, created by former Qing Dynasty officials with help from Imperial Japan in 1932. Due to the Non-Recognition Policy of the United States and other countries towards Manchukuo, the team was not permitted to join FIFA, and was therefore not eligible to enter the World Cup. Manchuria played three international matches all against Japan during the late 1930s, losing each one of them, conceding 16 goals and scoring no goals.
| 1939–1942 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| Association | Football Association of the Manchukuo | ||
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| First international | |||
 Manchukuo 0–6 Japan  (Xinjing, Manchukuo; 3 September 1939) | |||
| Last international | |||
Manchukuo 3–1 R.N.G. of China  (Xinjing, Manchukuo; 10 August 1942) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
Manchukuo 10–1 Mengjiang  (Xinjing, Manchukuo, 8 August 1942) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
| Japan 7–0 Manchukuo (Tokyo, Japan; 7 June 1940) | |||
The first two matches were held in September 1939 as part of the "Championship Games of Amity with Japan, Manchukuo, and China" ( Nichi-Man-Ka Kokan Kyogikai ), a Japanese-organized successor to the Far Eastern Championship Games which had fallen into dysfunction with the outbreak of the Second Sino-Japanese War. The third match took place at the East Asian Games ( Toa Taikai ), which were held to both celebrate the 2600th Anniversary of the Japanese Empire, but also to celebrate the start of the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere.
List of games played by Manchukuo
editManchukuo's score is shown first in each case.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponents | Score | Competition | Manchukuo scorers | Att. | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 September 1939 | National Sports Complex, Xinjing (H) | Japan
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0–6 | 3 Nations Games | — | ||
| 2 | September 1939 | National Sports Complex, Xinjing (H) |  P.G. of Republic of China
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3 Nations Games | — | |||
| 3 | 7 June 1940 | Meiji Jingu Gaien Stadium, Tokyo (A) | Japan
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0–7 | 1940 East Asian Games | — | ||
| 4 | 16 June 1940 | Koshien South Ground, Nishinomiya (N) |  Philippines
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1–1 | 1940 East Asian Games | Unknown | — | |
| 5 | 19 June 1940 | Osaka (N) | R.N.G. of China
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1–0 | 1940 East Asian Games | Unknown | — | |
| 6 | 8 August 1942 | National Sports Complex, Xinjing (H) | Mengjiang
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10–1 | Manchukuo 10th Anniversary Tournament | Unknown | — | |
| 7 | 9 August 1942 | National Sports Complex, Xinjing (H) | Japan
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1–3 | Manchukuo 10th Anniversary Tournament | Unknown | — | |
| 8 | 10 August 1942 | National Sports Complex, Xinjing (H) | R.N.G. of China
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3–1 | Manchukuo 10th Anniversary Tournament | Unknown | — |
References
edit- ^ Hyung-Jin Yoon (28 July 2011). "Japan International Matches". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 28 July 2011.
- ^ Piet Veroeveren (29 November 2012). "2600th Anniversary of the Japanese Empire 1940 (Tokyo)". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 29 November 2012.