Yonsei University–Korea University rivalry
Native name연고전 or 고연전
SportsFootball, baseball, basketball, rugby, ice hockey
LocationSeoul, South Korea
Teams
  • Korea University
  • Yonsei University

The Yonsei-Korea rivalry is the college rivalry between two universities located in Seoul, South Korea, Yonsei University and Korea University. Located within the same city, the campuses are only thirty minutes apart.[1][2] Korea University's symbol and mascot is the Tiger and Yonsei University's is the Eagle. Hence, match-ups between the two institutions are referred to as "Tigers vs Eagles".[3]

Since 1956, the annual Yonsei-Korea (Korea-Yonsei) games have served as the most hotly contested collegiate rivalries in the country. The teams meet each year in five main team sports: football, rugby, baseball, basketball, and ice hockey teams compete against each other.[4][5][6] In addition to the annual "friendship games", both universities are members of the Korea University Sports Federation (KUSF) and also regularly compete against each other in the KUSF U-League in football, baseball, basketball and ice hockey.[7]

Such is the importance of the match-ups to school spirit and student life that it garners extensive media coverage in the days leading up the games. Alumni, especially past and present professional athletes, are frequently featured or reference the rivalry in the media.[8][9][10][11] A JoongAng Ilbo article in 1969 compared its historical significance to domestic student sport to that of The Boat Race contested by Oxford and Cambridge universities in the UK and Harvard and Yale's American football rivalry.[12]

A long-running gag between the two universities is the order of the two universities when referring to the rivalry. Yonsei University refers to it as the "Yonsei-Korea" rivalry (연고전), whereas Korea University refers to it as the "Korea-Yonsei" rivalry (고연전).[13] The order of which university is mentioned first in official reports depends on who is the designated away team for that year.[14]

History

The rivalry dates back to the Japanese occupation era when Yonsei University was Yonhi College and Korea University was Bosung College. The first sports played between the two institutions were tennis and football.[15] The Joseon Athletic Association was forcibly shut down by the Japanese Imperialist government and match-ups between the two institutions became the main focus of domestic sports and occasionally an outlet of nationalistic fervor for ethnic Koreans in both Korea and Japan who were otherwise forbidden to speak their own language or maintain their distinct cultural identity. Football, basketball and ice hockey were the first sports played while rugby and baseball were added after independence. Both universities have since become known for its athletic traditions and produced numerous professional athletes.[13]

Sports

The two institutions regularly play against one another in the U-League in football, baseball, basketball and ice hockey and the rivalry translates to those games. The "friendship games" for all five sports is organized separately each fall semester (September or October) and held over two days, weather conditions permitting.[16]

In 2014, Korea University recorded a clean sweep in all five sports. Three years later, Yonsei University achieved the same feat.[16]

Football

The first football match was held at the Gyeongseong Stadium in 1927.[13] From 1927 to 1942: Yonhi College (now Yonsei University) had 14 wins, and Bosung College (now Korea University) also had 14 wins. The All Joseon Football Championship was the predecessor of the National Football Championship.

Record
YearWinnerKoreaYonseiTrivia[17]
1965TIE11All five events (football, rugby, baseball, basketball, and ice hockey) were held for the first time.
1966Yonsei02
1967TIE00
1968TIE00
1969Yonsei01
1970Korea30
1971Aborted due to Hagwon incident.
1972Aborted due to Hagwon incident.
1973Korea21
1974TIE11
1975Aborted due to vehicle crash in Jinhae, South Korea.
1976Korea10
1977TIE00
1978Yonsei01
1979Yonsei13
1980Aborted due to Hagwon incident.
1981TIE00
1982Korea10
1983Aborted due to Hagwon incident.
1984Yonsei12
1985Korea40
1986TIE00
1987Yonsei23
1988Yonsei03
1989Korea52
1990Korea32
1991Korea31
1992Korea10
1993Korea10
1994Korea31
1995TIE22
1996Aborted due to Hanchongryun (South Korean Federation of University Students Councils) incident.
1997Yonsei12
1998Yonsei02
1999Yonsei12
2000Korea20
2001Yonsei01
2002Korea40
2003TIE00
2004Korea20
2005Yonsei02
2006TIE11
2007TIE00
2008Yonsei01
2009Korea21
2010Korea30
2011Korea31
2012Korea10
2013Yonsei23
2014Korea20
2015TIE11
2016Korea31
2017Yonsei12
2018Yonsei12
2019Aborted due to access of Typhoon Lingling (2019).
2020Aborted due to COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea.
2021Aborted due to COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea.
2022Yonsei01
2023Korea30

Basketball

Basketball was added in 1930 and was the most popular summer sport along with football contested by the two institutions.[13] Besides the "friendship games", the two teams participate in the Basketball U-League and the annual MBC Cup competition. Prior to the organization of the U-League and the establishment of the Korean Basketball League, both teams participated in the National Basketball Festival (Korean: 농구대잔치) run by the Korean Basketball Association.

Record
YearWinnerKoreaYonseiTrivia[18]
1965Korea8784All five events (football, rugby, baseball, basketball, and ice hockey) were held for the first time.
1966Yonsei91105
1967Korea5753
1968Korea8776
1969TIE6464
1970Yonsei7179
1971Aborted due to Hagwon incident.
1972Aborted due to Hagwon incident.
1973Yonsei6264
1974Korea8783
1975Aborted due to vehicle crash in Jinhae, South Korea.
1976Yonsei6790
1977TIE8686
1978Yonsei7072
1979TIE8080
1980Aborted due to Hagwon incident.
1981Korea7776
1982Yonsei8081
1983Aborted due to Hagwon incident.
1984Korea5751
1985Yonsei6165
1986TIE2521TIE because of slippery coat that due to milk and bread which Two schools students threw
1987Korea6764
1988Yonsei5769
1989Yonsei6978
1990Yonsei5774
1991Yonsei5769
1992Yonsei6567
1993Yonsei6071
1994Korea7359
1995Korea9287
1996Aborted due to Hanchongryun (South Korean Federation of University Students Councils) incident.
1997Yonsei6268
1998Korea6158
1999Yonsei6972
2000Korea6154
2001Korea9884
2002Yonsei7375
2003Yonsei6588
2004Yonsei7488
2005Korea7665
2006Korea7365
2007Korea9075
2008Korea7472
2009Yonsei5874
2010Yonsei6574
2011Korea6763
2012Korea7460
2013Korea7562
2014Korea6158
2015Korea8574
2016TIE7171
2017Yonsei7383
2018Yonsei6972
2019Korea8271
2020Aborted due to COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea.
2021Aborted due to COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea.
2022Korea7264
2023Korea6460

Ice hockey

Ice hockey was added in winter 1940.[13] The sport was introduced to the country in 1928 but did not gain much popularity outside of the Korea University–Yonsei University rivalry matches until the 2018 Winter Olympics. As two of the few universities in the country which sponsor ice hockey, they also play against each other in the U-League.[19]

In October 2014, Korea University won 3–2, its first win over Yonsei since 1997.[20]

Record
YearWinnerKoreaYonseiTrivia[21]
1965TIE44All five events (football, rugby, baseball, basketball, and ice hockey) were held for the first time.
1966TIE66
1967Korea62
1968Korea75
1969Korea65
1970Korea94
1971Aborted due to Hagwon incident.
1972Aborted due to Hagwon incident.
1973Korea43
1974Korea53
1975Aborted due to vehicle crash in Jinhae, South Korea.
1976Yonsei39
1977Korea43
1978Korea42
1979Yonsei34
1980Aborted due to Hagwon incident.
1981Yonsei56
1982Korea63
1983Aborted due to Hagwon incident.
1984Yonsei37
1985Yonsei211
1986Yonsei46
1987Korea54
1988Korea53
1989Korea85
1990TIE22
1991Yonsei24
1992Yonsei38
1993Yonsei34
1994Yonsei35
1995Korea53
1996Aborted due to Hanchongryun (South Korean Federation of University Students Councils) incident.
1997Korea54
1998Yonsei36
1999Yonsei34
2000Yonsei23
2001TIE33
2002TIE33
2003Yonsei23
2004Yonsei35
2005Yonsei13
2006Yonsei23
2007Aborted due to conflict about appointment refereeing
2008TIE11
2009Yonsei24
2010Yonsei18
2011TIE11
2012Yonsei13
2013TIE22
2014Korea54
2015Yonsei34
2016TIE33
2017Yonsei15
2018Korea21
2019Yonsei14
2020Aborted due to COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea.
2021Aborted due to COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea.
2022Korea41
2023Yonsei14

Rugby

Record
YearWinnerKoreaYonseiTrivia[22]
1965Yonsei311All five events (football, rugby, baseball, basketball, and ice hockey) were held for the first time.
1966Korea30
1967Korea53
1968Korea166
1969Yonsei35
1970Yonsei68
1971Aborted due to Hagwon incident.
1972Aborted due to Hagwon incident.
1973Korea133
1974Korea1612
1975Aborted due to vehicle crash in Jinhae, South Korea.
1976TIE33
1977Yonsei78
1978Korea104
1979Korea3916
1980Aborted due to Hagwon incident.
1981Yonsei1214
1982Yonsei1621
1983Aborted due to Hagwon incident.
1984Yonsei1222
1985Yonsei019
1986Yonsei03
1987Yonsei325
1988Yonsei1016
1989Korea2118
1990Korea217
1991Yonsei1221
1992Korea1711
1993Korea32
1994TLE1010
1995Korea1513
1996Aborted due to Hanchongryun (South Korean Federation of University Students Councils) incident.
1997Yonsei918
1998Yonsei2327
1999Aborted due to protection ground for football elimination round of 2000 Summer Olympics.
2000Yonsei1022
2001Yonsei2026
2002Korea3024
2003Korea1918
2004Korea1613
2005Yonsei1421
2006Korea273
2007Korea3032
2008Yonsei2117
2009Korea54
2010Yonsei2038
2011Korea85
2012Yonsei1315
2013Korea2017
2014Korea3323
2015Yonsei2124
2016Yonsei2627
2017Yonsei2126
2018Yonsei1531
2019Aborted due to access of Typhoon Lingling (2019).
2020Aborted due to COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea.
2021Aborted due to COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea.
2022Korea5724
2023Korea4127

Baseball

Baseball was added after liberation. The two teams play in the Jamsil Baseball Stadium or Mokdong Baseball Stadium.

Record
YearWinnerKoreaYonseiTrivia[23]
1965Yonsei23All five events (football, rugby, baseball, basketball, and ice hockey) were held for the first time.
1966Korea20
1967Korea50
1968Korea43
1969Korea43
1970TIE11
1971Aborted due to Hagwon incident.
1972Aborted due to Hagwon incident.
1973Korea64
1974Korea65
1975Aborted due to vehicle crash in Jinhae, South Korea.
1976TIE33
1977Yonsei26
1978Yonsei12
1979Korea41
1980Aborted due to Hagwon incident.
1981Yonsei03
1982Korea30
1983Aborted due to Hagwon incident.
1984Korea60
1985Yonsei15
1986Korea42
1987Korea110
1988Yonsei34
1989Yonsei12
1990Korea32
1991Yonsei14
1992Korea31
1993Korea32
1994Korea70
1995Yonsei59
1996Aborted due to Hanchongryun (South Korean Federation of University Students Councils) incident.
1997TIE11Declaring No game at the top of the 2nd inning.
1998Korea62
1999TIE33Declaring raining called game at half of the 7th inning.
2000TIE11
2001Yonsei29
2002Korea83
2003Korea32
2004Korea21
2005Yonsei03
2006Yonsei16
2007Korea52
2008Yonsei29
2009Korea54
2010TIE44
2011Yonsei13
2012Korea31
2013Yonsei13
2014Korea63
2015Korea75
2016Korea43
2017Yonsei45
2018TIEAborted due to access of Typhoon Kong-rey (2018).
2019Yonsei36
2020Aborted due to COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea.
2021Aborted due to COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea.
2022Yonsei28
2023Yonsei46

Culture

The "rivalry" lacks the heated animosity of the typical sports rivalry and is promoted by both institutions as a match-up between friendly rival universities.[16] Each year, various celebratory festivals are held before and after the friendship games between the two institutions. Students also engage in community service projects together.[3] As with most events in the country, the festivities were canceled or transferred online in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.[24][14]

Cheer battle

One of the main spectacles of the "friendship games" is the cheer battles between the students on both sides during each sporting event.[14] Students dress in either blue (Yonsei) or red (Korea) and design their own banners to display at the respective venue to support their respective university. Both institutions are known for their distinctly unique chants: Yonsei University's chant is Akaraka (아카라카) and Korea University's chant is Ipselenti (입실렌티).

Train Game

After annual Yonsei-Korea (Korea-Yonsei) games, students from both schools engage in the "Train Game" (Korean: 기차놀이).[24] The game is performed in a manner similar to that of making a conga line, forming a line by holding a person in front of another by his/her shoulder. The Trains head to bars, stores, and restaurants to demand food and drinks for free. It is told to both Yonsei and Korea (Korea and Yonsei) students that the tradition originates from the 1980s when pro-democratic student demonstrations were prevalent. The shopkeepers nearby the campuses witnessed the events and sympathized with the cause, thus served food and drinks free of charge to the students.

The practice has drawn criticism, from both the community and students themselves from both universities, as being "outdated" due to inflation since the 2000's and the economic burden placed on shopkeepers and business owners in the vicinity. Complaints from local residents and business owners are mainly directed towards the rude and disruptive behavior of participating students.[25][26]

Ties with domestic professional sports

The long-standing athletic traditions of both universities has been tied with domestic professional sports, most notably in football and basketball.[27] Criticism has been directed towards the duopoly of the two universities due to the perception that athletes, especially in domestic football, rely on their alma mater's reputation rather than skills to gain a spot in the national team or the institutions having an upper hand in recruiting the country's best talent.[28]

Football

Notable alumni include former national team managers Cha Bum-kun, Huh Jung-moo, Cho Kwang-rae and Hong Myung-bo. Prior to the 2002 FIFA World Cup, the Korea Football Association (KFA) was dogged by accusations of selecting coaches and players of the national team based on hak-yeon (Hangul: 학연) – the Korean language equivalent term of "old boy network" – instead of performances during the season or individual merit. The likes of 2002 World Cup participants such as former national team captain Ahn Jung-hwan, defender Lee Young-pyo and midfielder Park Ji-sung, all of whom are alumni of other universities, finding success overseas prompted observers and fans to question the KFA's selection policy. The criticism came to a head after the failures of the 2018 FIFA World Cup and the KFA's repeated selection of several underperforming players over other better performing players after it emerged that then-KFA Vice President and chairman of the technical committee Kim Ho-kon and those selected players were all alumni of Yonsei University.[28]

Basketball

While college basketball in South Korea does not enjoy the same popularity as the professional Korean Basketball League, both universities are well-known for producing an illustrious line of professional basketball players, a majority of whom have represented the South Korean national team.[29][30] The 1990's were often dubbed a "golden era" of domestic college basketball with the Korea-Yonsei rivalry at its peak and both teams boasted legends such as Lee Sang-min, Moon Kyung-eun, Woo Ji-won and Seo Jang-hoon (Yonsei University) and Hyun Joo-yup, Chun Hee-chul and Shin Ki-sung (Korea University), among others.[31] Their popularity continued into their professional careers, making them some of the country's most recognizable athletes of their generation and being collectively dubbed "Oppa Troupe" (오빠부대) by the media as they enjoyed a level of popularity equivalent to that of idol singers.[32] Up until the late 2000's, Chung-Ang University was its only major rival and the three institutions have occasionally been referred to as the "big 3" institutions of college basketball. In more recent years, the rise of Kyung Hee University has challenged the dominance of the three universities.

As of the 2021-22 KBL season, seven winners of the regular season KBL Most Valuable Player Award and the head coaches of nine (out of ten) KBL teams are alumni of either university. The dominance of both Korea University and Yonsei University in the annual rookie draft has been broken to some extent by Chung-Ang, Kyung Hee and Hanyang University but its players continue to be selected within the first round or early in the second round, with fifteen being the overall first picks since the draft was first initiated (as of the 2021 rookie draft).[33] As such, the rivalry is often humorously referenced by the media or players themselves, especially during a period of time when Shin was a SPOTV commentator while Lee, Moon and Hyun were head coaches of Seoul Samsung Thunders, Seoul SK Knights and Changwon LG Sakers respectively.[34][35][31][9][36][37]

Olympians

Both Yonsei University and Korea University (Korea University and Yonsei University) send many athletes to the Olympic Games. Four-time gold medalist short track speed skater Chun Lee-Kyung and gymnast Son Yeon-jae are graduates of Yonsei University.[10] Gold medalist figure skater Kim Yuna is a Korea University graduate.

Geographic location

Korea University is located on the northeastern-side of Seoul, and Yonsei University is located on the west-side of Seoul.

See also

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