Korea-Yonsei Match facts for kids

Korea-Yonsei Match (Yonsei-Korea Match) is a sport event held in every Fall between two Korean prominent private universities(Korea University and Yonsei University) located in Seoul, Korea. The event consist of five sports: Baseball, basketball, soccer, rugby, and ice hockey. The event started in 1956, with all 5 sports included. The origin of Korea-Yonsei Match (Yonsei-Korea Match) is a tennis competition round between players of Bosung college which is former Korea University and Yonhui college which is former Yonsei University which was held in May 30, 1925. After the match, the two schools got into another competition in 1927. This time the two school collided in a soccer match. Korea University and Yonsei University had other matches after the match and it was almost annually held. It was not officially annual then. Since the period was the period of Japanese colonial era in Korea, the competition of two schools grew as a national event of Korea.

History and result

Official Korea-Yonsei Match has been continued since 1965, in remembrance of event during Japanese colonial era. From the official first match, the sports of Korea-Yonsei match is fixed to five sports: baseball, basketball, ice hockey, rugby, and soccer. Below is the result of each year.

	Baseball	Baseball	Baseball	Basketball	Basketball	Basketball	Hockey	Hockey	Hockey	Rugby	Rugby	Rugby	Soccer	Soccer	Soccer	Total	Total	Total	Winner
Years	Korea	Yonsei	Winner	Korea	Yonsei	Winner	Korea	Yonsei	Winner	Korea	Yonsei	Winner	Korea	Yonsei	Winner	Korea	Draw	Yonsei
1965	2	3	Yonsei	89	84	Korea	4	4	D	3	11	Yonsei	1	1	D	1	2	2	Yonsei
1966	2	0	Korea	91	105	Yonsei	6	6	D	3	0	Korea	0	2	Yonsei	2	1	2	Draw
1967	5	0	Korea	87	83	Korea	6	2	Korea	5	3	Korea	0	0	D	4	1	0	Korea
1968	4	3	Korea	87	76	Korea	7	5	Korea	16	6	Korea	0	0	D	4	1	0	Korea
1969	4	3	Korea	64	64	D	6	5	Korea	3	5	Yonsei	0	1	Yonsei	2	1	2	Draw
1970	1	1	D	71	79	Yonsei	9	4	Korea	6	8	Yonsei	3	0	Korea	2	1	2	Draw
1971	Canceled due to School Affair
1972	Canceled due to School Affair
1973	6	4	Korea	62	64	Yonsei	4	3	Korea	13	3	Korea	2	1	Korea	4	0	1	Korea
1974	6	5	Korea	87	83	Korea	5	3	Korea	16	12	Korea	1	1	D	4	1	0	Korea
1975	Canceled Due to bus accident of Korea Univ. soccer team
1976	3	3	D	67	90	Yonsei	3	9	Yonsei	6	6	D	1	0	Korea	1	2	2	Yonsei
1977	2	6	Yonsei	86	86	D	4	3	Korea	7	8	Yonsei	0	0	D	1	2	2	Yonsei
1978	1	2	Yonsei	70	72	Yonsei	4	2	Korea	10	4	Korea	0	1	Yonsei	2	0	3	Yonsei
1979	4	1	Korea	80	80	D	3	4	Yonsei	39	16	Korea	1	3	Yonsei	2	1	2	Draw
1980	Canceled due to School Affair
1981	0	3	Yonsei	77	76	Korea	5	6	Yonsei	12	14	Yonsei	0	0	D	1	1	3	Yonsei
1982	3	0	Korea	80	81	Yonsei	6	3	Korea	16	21	Yonsei	1	0	Korea	3	0	2	Korea
1983	School President's Statement Affair
1984	6	0	Korea	57	51	Korea	3	7	Yonsei	12	22	Yonsei	1	2	Yonsei	2	0	3	Yonsei
1985	1	5	Yonsei	61	65	Yonsei	2	11	Yonsei	0	19	Yonsei	4	0	Korea	1	0	4	Yonsei
1986	4	2	Korea	25	21	Korea	4	6	Yonsei	0	3	Yonsei	0	0	D	1	2	2	Yonsei
1987	11	0	Korea	67	64	Korea	5	4	Korea	3	25	Yonsei	2	3	Yonsei	3	0	2	Korea
1988	3	4	Yonsei	57	69	Yonsei	5	3	Korea	10	16	Yonsei	0	3	Yonsei	1	0	4	Yonsei
1989	1	2	Yonsei	69	78	Yonsei	8	5	Korea	21	18	Korea	5	2	Korea	3	0	2	Korea
1990	3	2	Korea	58	74	Yonsei	2	2	D	21	7	Korea	3	2	Korea	3	1	1	Korea
1991	1	4	Yonsei	57	69	Yonsei	2	4	Yonsei	12	21	Yonsei	3	1	Korea	1	0	4	Yonsei
1992	3	1	Korea	65	67	Yonsei	3	8	Yonsei	17	11	Korea	1	0	Korea	3	0	2	Korea
1993	3	2	Korea	60	71	Yonsei	3	4	Yonsei	7	23	Yonsei	1	0	Korea	2	0	3	Yonsei
1994	7	0	Korea	73	59	Korea	3	5	Yonsei	7	7	D	2	1	Korea	3	1	1	Korea
1995	5	9	Yonsei	92	87	Korea	5	3	Korea	15	13	Korea	2	2	D	3	1	1	Korea
1996	Canceled due to Hanchongryun Affair
1997	1	1	D	62	68	Yonsei	5	4	Korea	9	18	Yonsei	1	2	Yonsei	1	1	3	Yonsei
1998	6	2	Korea	61	58	Korea	3	6	Yonsei	23	27	Yonsei	0	2	Yonsei	2	0	3	Yonsei
1999	3	3	D	69	72	Yonsei	3	4	Yonsei	Canceled	1	2	Yonsei	0	1	3	Yonsei
2000	1	1	D	61	54	Korea	2	3	Yonsei	10	22	Yonsei	2	0	Korea	2	1	2	Draw
2001	2	9	Yonsei	98	84	Korea	3	3	D	20	26	Yonsei	0	1	Yonsei	1	1	3	Yonsei
2002	8	3	Korea	70	73	Yonsei	3	3	D	30	24	Korea	4	0	Korea	3	1	1	Korea
2003	3	2	Korea	65	80	Yonsei	2	3	Yonsei	19	18	Korea	0	0	D	2	1	2	Draw
2004	2	1	Korea	74	88	Yonsei	3	5	Yonsei	16	13	Korea	2	0	Korea	3	0	2	Korea
2005	0	3	Yonsei	76	75	Korea	1	3	Yonsei	14	21	Yonsei	0	2	Yonsei	1	0	4	Yonsei
2006	1	6	Yonsei	66	53	Korea	2	3	Yonsei	27	3	Korea	1	1	D	2	1	2	Draw
2007	5	2	Korea	90	75	Korea	Canceled	30	22	Korea	0	0	D	1	0	3	Yonsei
2008	2	9	Yonsei	74	72	Korea	1	1	D	21	27	Yonsei	0	1	Yonsei	1	1	3	Yonsei
2009	5	4	Korea	58	74	Yonsei	2	4	Yonsei	18	18	D	18	18	D	2	1	2	Draw
2010	4	4	D	65	74	Yonsei	1	8	Yonsei	20	38	Yonsei	3	0	Korea	1	1	3	Yonsei
2011	1	3	Yonsei	67	63	Korea	1	1	D	8	5	Korea	3	1	Korea	3	1	1	Korea
2012	3	1	Korea	74	60	Korea	3	1	Korea	1	3	Yonsei	13	15	Yonsei	3	0	2	Korea
2013	2	3	Yonsei	75	63	Korea	1	3	Yonsei	2	2	D	20	17	Korea	2	1	2	Draw

The Biggest Festival between Yonsei and Korea University

Korea-Yonsei Match also plays a role of the biggest festival of both Korea and Yonsei university. The two university shows another college rivalry like Harvard verses Yale University, Stanford University verses UC Berkeley, and in Korea, KAIST verses POSTECH, since they are the top two most famous private universities. During the Korea-Yonsei match, stores of each hometown, Anam and Sinchon, put many placards humiliating the rival in the streets. Huge festival in thrown in each town biannually. Festival takes place in Anam in even number years and in Sinchon in odd number years.

Human Train March

One of the customs takes place during the festival is 'human train march'. People from each department make a long line and put their hands on the shoulder of front person making a long train-like rows. The human trains marches and wanders through streets. They ask for side-dishes and bottles of alcohol to the owners of the stores, restaurants and bars. The alumni and university student council pre-pay for the side-dishes and bottles of alcohol to the owners. The human trains make themselves full and drunk enough then move to bars they have made reservation.

Cheerleading of Yonsei and Korea University

Cheering for each team is a huge joy for the students of both university. Students dance to the cheering anthems and sing along with them. The most popular and famous cheering anthems are Minjokui Aria(Aria of People), Batnorae(Sailing song) in Korea University and Yonseireul Saranghanda(I love Yonsei), Wonsirim(Virgin Forest) in Yonsei University. Each university sings Batnorae and Wonsirim when the team scores in each sports events. There is a joint cheering event between two university twice a year. Students practice their cheering in the two joint events and also cheering learning time in their orientation camp.