1927 Far Eastern Championship Games

Regional multi-sport event held in Shanghai 8th Far Eastern Championship Games Shanghai, China 3 28 August 1927 31 August 1927 1925 1930 thumb | right | 1927 Far Eastern Games The 1927 Far Eastern Championship Games was the eighth edition of the regional multi-sport event, contested between China, Japan and the Philippines, and was held from 28–31 August 1927 in Shanghai, Republic of China. A total of eight sports were contested during the four-day competition. This was the last time the competition was held on a biennial schedule and the event subsequently changed to a quadrennial basis, being held in the even years between Olympic competitions.Bell, Daniel (2003). Encyclopedia of International Games. McFarland and Company, Inc. Publishers, Jefferson, North Carolina. 0-7864-1026-4. Women athletes appeared at the games. A demonstration volleyball match was held by an Eastern Chinese women's team. However, their appearance generated a negative reaction from some audience members, who began insulting and shouting at the women. The match was curtailed before the allotted time as a result.Morris, Andrew D. (2004). Marrow of the Nation: A History of Sport and Physical Culture in Republican China. pp. 90–91. University of California Press. 978-0520240841. The football match between China and the Philippines caused further disruption as the two teams began brawling and the audience threw objects onto the pitch – some leaving the stands to join the melee. This soured relations among the delegations and at the post-games banquet, in response to loud antics of Filipino attendees, the Chinese head organiser, Shen Siliang, openly stated that Chinese and Japanese women should avoid the Filipino delegation. In the football competition, China was represented by South China AA, a Hong Kong–based team.Far Eastern Games. RSSSF. Retrieved on 2014-12-21. Participating nations Republic of China (1912–1949) 1912 Republic of China Empire of Japan 1870 Japanese Empire Philippines 1919 25px Philippine Islands Sports 22em Athletics Baseball Basketball Diving Football Swimming Tennis Volleyball References External links Images of the women's volleyball match https://web.archive.org/web/20110606234807/http://www.calpoly.edu/~admorris/TiyuPhotosFECG.html 2011-06-06 __NOTOC__ Category:Far Eastern Championship Games Far Eastern Championship Games Far Eastern Championship Games Far Eastern Championship Games Category:International sports competitions hosted by China Category:Multi-sport events in China Category:1927 in Shanghai Category:Sports competitions in Shanghai Far Eastern Championship Games Category:August 1927 in Asia