1917 Far Eastern Championship Games

3rd Far Eastern Championship Games
第3回極東選手権競技大会
Host city	Tokyo, Japan
Nations	3
Opening	8 May 1917
Closing	12 May 1917
Opened by	Yoshihito; Emperor of Japan
	← 1915 1919 →

The 1917 Far Eastern Championship Games was the third edition of the regional multi-sport event, contested between China, Japan and the Philippines, and was held from 8–12 May 1917 in Tokyo, Empire of Japan. A total of eight sports were contested, following the dropping of cycling from the programme after the 1915 games.^[1]

In the football competition, China was represented by South China AA, a Hong Kong–based team, while Japan was represented by a team from the Tokyo Higher Normal School.^[2]

Japan was the overall champion of the Games following the Philippines, and China.^[3]

^ Bell, Daniel (2003). Encyclopedia of International Games. McFarland and Company, Inc. Publishers, Jefferson, North Carolina. ISBN 0-7864-1026-4.
^ Far Eastern Games. RSSSF. Retrieved on 2014-12-21.
^ "FAR EASTERN OLYMPIAD". The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942). 13 June 1917. Retrieved 29 August 2016.

[DB-1] Bell, Daniel (2003). Encyclopedia of International Games. McFarland and Company, Inc. Publishers, Jefferson, North Carolina. ISBN 0-7864-1026-4.

[2] Far Eastern Games. RSSSF. Retrieved on 2014-12-21.

[3] "FAR EASTERN OLYMPIAD". The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942). 13 June 1917. Retrieved 29 August 2016.

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