Football at the Asian Games

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Football at the Asian Games
Organising bodyOCA
AFC
FoundedMen: 1951
Women: 1990
RegionAsia
Current championsM:
 South Korea (2022)
W:
 Japan (2022)
Most successful team(s)M:
 South Korea
(6 titles)
W:
 China
 Japan
 North Korea
(3 titles each)
2022 (M), 2022 (W)

The men's football tournament has been a regular Asian Games sporting event since the 1951 edition, while the women's tournament began in 1990.

History[edit]

The first Asian Games had football tournament.

Since the 2002 Asian Games, age limit for men teams is under-23 plus up to three overage players for each squad,[1] same as the age limit in football competitions at the Summer Olympics.

Although Kazakhstan is a member of the Olympic Council of Asia, they cannot participate in football due to their football federation KFF has been a member of the UEFA since 2002. The same rule applies to the Guam and Australia are members of the AFC, but they are members of Oceania National Olympic Committees.

Japan is the only nation to have won both Gold medals of Men's and Women's tournament in an Asian Games in the same year (2010).

Men's tournaments[edit]

Summaries[edit]

Ed. Year Host Final Bronze medal match
Gold Medal Score Silver Medal Bronze Medal Score Fourth Place
National teams tournament (1951–1998)
1 1951
details
India New Delhi
India
1–0
Iran

Japan
2–0
Afghanistan
2 1954
details
Philippines Manila
Republic of China
5–2
South Korea

Burma
5–4
Indonesia
3 1958
details
Japan Tokyo
Republic of China
3–2
South Korea

Indonesia
4–1
India
4 1962
details
Indonesia Jakarta
India
2–1
South Korea

Malaya
4–1
South Vietnam
5 1966
details
Thailand Bangkok
Burma
1–0
Iran

Japan
2–0
Singapore
6 1970
details
Thailand Bangkok
Burma


South Korea
0–0 (a.e.t.)1
India
1–0
Japan
7 1974
details
Iran Tehran
Iran
1–0
Israel

Malaysia
2–1
North Korea
8 1978
details
Thailand Bangkok
North Korea


South Korea
0–0 (a.e.t.)1
China
1–0
Iraq
9 1982
details
India New Delhi
Iraq
1–0
Kuwait

Saudi Arabia
2–02
North Korea
10 1986
details
South Korea Seoul
South Korea
2–0
Saudi Arabia

Kuwait
5–0
Indonesia
11 1990
details
China Beijing
Iran
0–0 (a.e.t.)
(4–1 p)

North Korea

South Korea
1–0
Thailand
12 1994
details
Japan Hiroshima
Uzbekistan
4–2
China

Kuwait
2–1
South Korea
13 1998
details
Thailand Bangkok
Iran
2–0
Kuwait

China
3–0
Thailand
Under-23 National teams tournament (2002–present)
14 2002
details
South Korea Busan
Iran
2–1
Japan

South Korea
3–0
Thailand
15 2006
details
Qatar Doha
Qatar
1–0
Iraq

Iran
1–0 (a.e.t.)
South Korea
16 2010
details
China Guangzhou
Japan
1–0
United Arab Emirates

South Korea
4–3
Iran
17 2014
details
South Korea Incheon
South Korea
1–0 (a.e.t.)
North Korea

Iraq
1–0
Thailand
18 2018
details
Indonesia JakartaPalembang
South Korea
2–1 (a.e.t.)
Japan

United Arab Emirates
1–1
(4–3 p)

Vietnam
19 2022
details
China Hangzhou
South Korea
2–1
Japan

Uzbekistan
4–0
Hong Kong
20 2026
details
Japan AichiNagoya
21 2030
details
Qatar Doha
22 2034
details
Saudi Arabia Riyadh

*Under-23 tournament since 2002.
1 The title was shared.
2 Saudi Arabia were awarded the third-place playoff by default after the Korea DPR team were handed a two-year suspension for assaulting officials at the end of their semi-final.
3 2022 Asian Games men's qualifying was postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic

Medal table[edit]

Team Gold Silver Bronze
 South Korea 6 (1970, 1978, 1986*, 2014*, 2018, 2022) 3 (1954, 1958, 1962) 3 (1990, 2002*, 2010)
 Iran 4 (1974*, 1990, 1998, 2002) 2 (1951, 1966) 1 (2006)
 India 2 (1951*, 1962) 1 (1970)
 Myanmar 2 (1966, 1970*) 1 (1954)
 Chinese Taipei 2 (1954, 1958)
 Japan 1 (2010) 3 (2002, 2018, 2022) 2 (1951, 1966)
 North Korea 1 (1978) 2 (1990, 2014)
 Iraq 1 (1982) 1 (2006) 1 (2014)
 Uzbekistan 1 (1994) 1 (2022)
 Qatar 1 (2006*)
 Kuwait 2 (1982, 1998) 2 (1986, 1994)
 China 1 (1994) 2 (1978, 1998)
 Saudi Arabia 1 (1986) 1 (1982)
 United Arab Emirates 1 (2010) 1 (2018)
 Israel 1 (1974*)
 Malaysia 2 (1962, 1974)
 Indonesia 1 (1958)
* = host

Top scorers[edit]

Year Top scorer(s) Goals
1951 India Sheoo Mewalal 3
1954
1958
1962
1966
1970 Myanmar Win Maung 5
1974 Israel Gidi Damti 6
1978
1982 Iraq Hussein Saeed 4
1986
1990 Iran Farshad Pious
South Korea Seo Jung-won
4
1994 South Korea Hwang Sun-hong 11
1998 Kuwait Faraj Laheeb 9
2002 Iran Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht
Japan Satoshi Nakayama
5
2006 Jordan Odai Al-Saify 7
2010 Japan Kensuke Nagai 5
2014 Indonesia Ferdinand Sinaga 6
2018 South Korea Hwang Ui-jo 9
2022 South Korea Jeong Woo-yeong 8

Participating nations[edit]

Football at the Asian Games was a senior tournament until 1998.
Football at the Asian Games has been an under-23 tournament since 2002.
Nation India
1951
(6)
Philippines
1954
(12)
Japan
1958
(14)
Indonesia
1962
(8)
Thailand
1966
(11)
Thailand
1970
(10)
Iran
1974
(15)
Thailand
1978
(14)
India
1982
(16)
South Korea
1986
(18)
China
1990
(14)
Japan
1994
(18)
Thailand
1998
(23)
South Korea
2002
(24)
Qatar
2006
(28)
China
2010
(24)
South Korea
2014
(29)
Indonesia
2018
(25)
China
2022
(21)
Years
 Afghanistan 4th 12th 24th 25th WD 4
 Bahrain 14th 14th 12th 10th 7th 9th 18th 16th 13th 9
 Bangladesh 13th 12th 14th 13th DQ 20th 24th 24th 20th 15th 20th 10
 Brunei DQ DQ 0
 Cambodia 7th 19th 2
 China 10th 3rd 7th 8th 6th 2nd 3rd 5th 5th 12th 15th 9th 7th 13
 Chinese Taipei 1st 1st DQ 9th 25th 18th 5
 Hong Kong 5th 6th 9th 14th 22nd 14th 13th 10th 10th 14th 4th 11
 India 1st 8th 4th 1st 8th 3rd 13th 8th 6th 16th DQ DQ 16th 10th 14th 14th 26th 9th 16
 Indonesia 6th 4th 3rd 5th 5th 5th 4th DQ DQ 27th 11th 10th 11th 11
 Iran 2nd 14th 2nd 8th 1st 8th 6th 1st 9th 1st 1st 3rd 4th 23rd 13th 6th 16
 Iraq 5th 4th 1st 7th DQ 2nd DQ 3rd DQ 6
 Israel 5th DQ 2nd 2
 Japan 3rd 10th 12th 6th 3rd 4th 9th 9th 5th 9th 8th 7th 9th 2nd 11th 1st 5th 2nd 2nd 19
 Jordan DQ 19th 21st 7th 3
 Kazakhstan DQ 10th 1
 Kuwait 6th 5th 2nd 3rd 7th 3rd 2nd 5th 10th 11th 18th 19th 12
 Kyrgyzstan 17th 23rd 16th 20th 12th 5
 Laos 21st 27th 23rd 3
 Lebanon 12th 12th 2
 Macau 28th 1
 Malaysia 13th 3rd 10th 10th 3rd 7th 14th 15th 12th 12th 17th 23rd 16th 19th 12th 15
 Maldives 20th 22nd 20th 17th 21st 5
 Mongolia DQ 23rd DQ 21st 2
 Myanmar ( Burma) 5th 3rd 11th DQ 1st 1st 7th 12th 13th 16th DQ 19th 10th 11
   Nepal 16th 18th 18th 17th 29th 22nd 6
 North Korea 4th 1st 4th 2nd 13th 8th 8th 5th 2nd 7th 5th 11
 Oman DQ 10th 10th 11th 9th 16th 6th 22nd 7
 Pakistan 6th 9th 11th 17th 14th 23rd 21st 22nd 24th 17th 10
 Palestine DQ 21st 22nd 20th 14th 11th 15th 6
 Philippines 11th 8th 8th 15th 4
 Qatar 11th 13th DQ 13th 5th 11th 1st 9th 21st 16th 9
 Saudi Arabia 10th 3rd 2nd 5th 5th 6th 8th 8th 8
 Singapore 9th 10th 4th 11th 26th 19th 17th 7
 South Korea 2nd 2nd 2nd 11th 1st 8th 1st 9th 1st 3rd 4th 6th 3rd 4th 3rd 1st 1st 1st 18
 South Yemen 15th 1
 Syria 10th 12th 6th WD 3
 Tajikistan 14th DQ 25th 13th 3
 Thailand 7th 6th 6th 12th 6th 10th 11th 4th 15th 4th 4th 7th 7th 4th 18th 14th 16
 East Timor 28th 24th 2
 Turkmenistan 7th 8th 18th DQ 13th 4
 United Arab Emirates 5th 8th 15th 13th 18th 2nd 8th 3rd 8
 Uzbekistan 1st 7th 16th 6th 8th 9th 5th 3rd 8
 Vietnam ( South Vietnam) 7th 7th 4th 7th 9th 17th 19th 15th 14th 12th 4th 17th 12
 Yemen ( North Yemen) DQ 10th 17th 15th DQ 3

Women's tournaments[edit]

Summaries[edit]

The first women's tournament was held in the 1990 Asian Games.[2]

Edition Year Host Final Third place match Number of teams
Winner Score Runner-up 3rd place Score 4th place
1 1990
details
China Beijing
China
No playoffs
Japan

North Korea
No playoffs
Chinese Taipei
6
2 1994
details
Japan Hiroshima
China
2–0
Japan

Chinese Taipei
No playoffs
South Korea
4
3 1998
details
Thailand Bangkok
China
1–0 (g.g.)
North Korea

Japan
2–1
Chinese Taipei
8
4 2002
details
South Korea Busan
North Korea
No playoffs
China

Japan
No playoffs
South Korea
6
5 2006
details
Qatar Doha
North Korea
0–0 (a.e.t.)
(4–2 p)

Japan

China
2–0
South Korea
8
6 2010
details
China Guangzhou
Japan
1–0
North Korea

South Korea
2–0
China
7
7 2014
details
South Korea Incheon
North Korea
3–1
Japan

South Korea
3–0
Vietnam
11
8 2018
details
Indonesia JakartaPalembang
Japan
1–0
China

South Korea
4–0
Chinese Taipei
11
9 2022
details
China Hangzhou
Japan
4–1
North Korea

China
7–0
Uzbekistan
16
10 2026
details
Japan AichiNagoya
11 2030
details
Qatar Doha
12 2034
details
Saudi Arabia Riyadh

Medal table[edit]

Team Gold Silver Bronze
 Japan 3 (2010, 2018, 2022) 4 (1990, 1994*, 2006, 2014) 2 (1998, 2002)
 North Korea 3 (2002, 2006, 2014) 3 (1998, 2010, 2022) 1 (1990)
 China 3 (1990*, 1994, 1998) 2 (2002, 2018) 2 (2006, 2022*)
 South Korea 3 (2010, 2014*, 2018)
 Chinese Taipei 1 (1994)
* = host

Participating nations[edit]

Nation China
1990
(6)
Japan
1994
(4)
Thailand
1998
(8)
South Korea
2002
(6)
Qatar
2006
(8)
China
2010
(7)
South Korea
2014
(11)
Indonesia
2018
(11)
China
2022
(16)
Years
 Bangladesh 12th 1
 Cambodia WD 0
 China 1st 1st 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 2nd 3rd 9
 Chinese Taipei 4th 3rd 4th 5th 5th 7th 4th 6th 8
 Hong Kong 6th 8th 8th 14th 4
 India 8th 9th 13th 3
 Indonesia 9th 1
 Iran WD 0
 Japan 2nd 2nd 3rd 3rd 2nd 1st 2nd 1st 1st 9
 Jordan 8th 7th 10th 3
 Maldives DQ 11th 10th 2
 Mongolia 16th 1
 Myanmar 10th 1
 Nepal 11th 1
 North Korea 3rd 2nd 1st 1st 2nd 1st 6th 2nd 8
 Philippines DQ 7th 1
 Singapore 15th 1
 South Korea 5th 4th 5th 4th 4th 3rd 3rd 3rd 5th 9
 Tajikistan 11th 1
 Thailand DQ 7th 6th 6th 6th 7th 8th 6
 Uzbekistan 4th 1
 Vietnam 6th 6th 7th 5th 4th 5th 9th 7

Top scorers[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "PFF chief names Akhtar as head coach of Asian Games team". The Nation. August 29, 2010. Archived from the original on October 8, 2012. Retrieved September 26, 2011. Faisal Saleh Hayat have confirmed that since 2002, football at the Asian Games changed to age-limit and now it is a "U-23 + 3 overage" tournament.
  2. ^ "Asian Games (Women's Tournament)". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 15 August 2022. Retrieved 21 November 2014.

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