| Year: | 1917 |
| Country: | Japan |
| Dates: | 9–11 May |
| Num Teams: | 3 |
| Venues: | 1 |
| Cities: | 1 |
| Matches: | 3 |
| Goals: | 25 |
| Top Scorer: | Tong Fuk Cheung Fung Kin Wai (3 goals) |
| Prevseason: | 1915 |
| Nextseason: | 1919 |
The football sporting event at the 1917 Far Eastern Championship Games was contested by three nations; Philippines, China and football debutant and hosts Japan. China was represented by South China A.A. and Japan was represented by a selection from the Tokyo Higher Normal School.[1]
| Team | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | +8 | 4 | ||
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 5 | +10 | 2 | ||
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 20 | –18 | 0 |
Note: While the Philippines were ranked second, this is debatable, since they withdrew after causing a brawl that led to the abandonment of their match against China.
----At least one milestone was reached, aside from the record scoreline made in this match: Haruyoshi Fujii became Japan's first goalscorer in an international competitive football match by scoring Japan's two goals.[2] ----
The match was abandoned in the 55th minute with China leading 3–0. After Cheung had scored China's third goal from a penalty, the Filipino goalkeeper punched Cheung in the face, sparking a brawl which was broken up by match officials and police: consequently, the Philippines had several players (including the goalkeeper) sent off, and withdrew from the tournament.[1]