title: Football at the National Games of China
text: # Football at the National Games of China
  
  Men's football (soccer) was a Chinese National Games sport since the first edition. Women's football competition began in 1987. Since 1997, the age limit for men's teams is under-20. Two youth divisions, men's under-16 and women's under-18, were launched since the 11th National Games.
  
  ## Men's tournaments
  
  ### Medal table
  
  | Team | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Liaoning | 3 (1975*, 1993, 2001) | 1 (1987) | 1 (2005) | 5 |
  | Shandong | 3 (1979, 1997, 2005) | 0 | 2 (2001, 2009) | 5 |
  | Guangdong | 2 (1975*, 1987) | 3 (1983, 1997, 2009) | 2 (1979, 1993) | 7 |
  | Shanghai | 2 (1983, 2009) | 3 (1965, 2001, 2005) | 1 (1997) | 6 |
  | Hebei | 1 (1965) | 1 (1959) | 0 | 2 |
  | Army | 1 (1959) | 0 | 3 (1965, 1975, 1987) | 4 |
  | Beijing | 0 | 2 (1979, 1993) | 1 (1959) | 3 |
  | Tianjin | 0 | 0 | 1 (1983) | 1 |
  
      * = shared
  
  ## Men's youth tournaments
  
  ### Medal table
  
  | Team | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Shandong | 1 (2009) | 0 | 0 | 1 |
  | Shaanxi | 0 | 1 (2009) | 0 | 1 |
  | Liaoning | 0 | 0 | 1 (2009) | 1 |
  
  ## Women's tournaments
  
  ### Medal table
  
  | Team | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Beijing | 2 (1987, 2005) | 2 (1997, 2001) | 0 | 4 |
  | Shanghai | 2 (1997, 2001) | 0 | 2 (2005, 2009) | 4 |
  | Liaoning | 1 (2009) | 2 (1987, 2005) | 1 (1993) | 4 |
  | Henan | 1 (1993) | 0 | 0 | 1 |
  | Guangdong | 0 | 1 (1993) | 2 (1987, 1997) | 3 |
  | Jiangsu | 0 | 1 (2009) | 0 | 1 |
  | Sichuan | 0 | 0 | 1 (2001) | 1 |
  
  ## Women's youth tournaments
  
  ### Medal table
  
  | Team | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Jiangsu | 1 (2009) | 0 | 0 | 1 |
  | Shanghai | 0 | 1 (2009) | 0 | 1 |
  | Tianjin | 0 | 0 | 1 (2009) | 1 |
  
  ## Former tournaments
  
  ### 1910–1924
  
  **Medal table**
  
  | Team | Gold | Silver | Total |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | East China | 2 (1914, 1924) | 1 (1910) | 3 |
  | South China | 1 (1910) | 0 | 1 |
  | North China | 0 | 1 (1914) | 1 |
  | Central China | 0 | 1 (1924) | 1 |
  
  ### 1930–1935
  
  **Medal table**
  
  | Team | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Shanghai | 2 (1930, 1933) | 0 | 0 | 2 |
  | Hong Kong | 1 (1935) | 0 | 1 (1933*) | 2 |
  | Guangdong | 0 | 1 (1933) | 2 (1930*, 1935) | 3 |
  | Nanjing | 0 | 1 (1930) | 0 | 1 |
  | Malaysian Chinese | 0 | 1 (1935) | 0 | 1 |
  | Liaoning | 0 | 0 | 1 (1930*) | 1 |
  | Hebei | 0 | 0 | 1 (1933*) | 1 |
  
      * = shared
  
  ## All-time medal table
  
  | Team | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Shanghai | 6 | 4 | 3 | 13 |
  | Liaoning | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 |
  | Shandong | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
  | Guangdong | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 |
  | Beijing | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
  | East China | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
  | Hebei | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
  | Jiangsu | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
  | Army | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
  | Hong Kong | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
  | Henan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
  | South China | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
  | Shaanxi | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | North China | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | Central China | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | Nanjing | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | Malaysian Chinese | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | Tianjin | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
  | Sichuan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  