Football at the Asian Games

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.

Football at the Asian Games
Organising bodyOCA
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)

History

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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

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Summaries

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  • 1951-1998: Senior teams
  • 2002-present: U-23 teams
Ed. Year Host Final Bronze medal match
Gold Medal Score Silver Medal Bronze Medal Score Fourth Place
Senior national teams
1 1951
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  New Delhi  
India
1–0  
Iran
 
Japan
2–0  
Afghanistan
2 1954
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  Manila  
Republic of China
5–2  
South Korea
 
Burma
5–4  
Indonesia
3 1958
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  Tokyo  
Republic of China
3–2  
South Korea
 
Indonesia
4–1  
India
4 1962
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  Jakarta  
India
2–1  
South Korea
 
Malaya
4–1  
South Vietnam
5 1966
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  Bangkok  
Burma
1–0  
Iran
 
Japan
2–0  
Singapore
6 1970
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  Bangkok  
Burma

 
South Korea
0–0 (a.e.t.)1  
India
1–0  
Japan
7 1974
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  Tehran  
Iran
1–0  
Israel
 
Malaysia
2–1  
North Korea
8 1978
details
  Bangkok  
North Korea

 
South Korea
0–0 (a.e.t.)1  
China
1–0  
Iraq
9 1982
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  New Delhi  
Iraq
1–0  
Kuwait
 
Saudi Arabia
2–02  
North Korea
10 1986
details
  Seoul  
South Korea
2–0  
Saudi Arabia
 
Kuwait
5–0  
Indonesia
11 1990
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  Beijing  
Iran
0–0 (a.e.t.)
(4–1 p)
 
North Korea
 
South Korea
1–0  
Thailand
12 1994
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  Hiroshima  
Uzbekistan
4–2  
China
 
Kuwait
2–1  
South Korea
13 1998
details
  Bangkok  
Iran
2–0  
Kuwait
 
China
3–0  
Thailand
U-23 national teams
14 2002
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  Busan  
Iran
2–1  
Japan
 
South Korea
3–0  
Thailand
15 2006
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  Doha  
Qatar
1–0  
Iraq
 
Iran
1–0 (a.e.t.)  
South Korea
16 2010
details
  Guangzhou  
Japan
1–0  
United Arab Emirates
 
South Korea
4–3  
Iran
17 2014
details
  Incheon  
South Korea
1–0 (a.e.t.)  
North Korea
 
Iraq
1–0  
Thailand
18 2018
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  JakartaPalembang  
South Korea
2–1 (a.e.t.)  
Japan
 
United Arab Emirates
1–1
(4–3 p)
 
Vietnam
19 2022
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  Hangzhou  
South Korea
2–1  
Japan
 
Uzbekistan
4–0  
Hong Kong
20 2026
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  AichiNagoya
21 2030
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  Doha
22 2034
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  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

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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

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

Participating nations

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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  
1951
(6)
 
1954
(12)
 
1958
(14)
 
1962
(8)
 
1966
(11)
 
1970
(10)
 
1974
(15)
 
1978
(14)
 
1982
(16)
 
1986
(18)
 
1990
(14)
 
1994
(18)
 
1998
(23)
 
2002
(24)
 
2006
(28)
 
2010
(24)
 
2014
(29)
 
2018
(25)
 
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

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Summaries

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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
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  Beijing  
China
No playoffs  
Japan
 
North Korea
No playoffs  
Chinese Taipei
6
2 1994
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  Hiroshima  
China
2–0  
Japan
 
Chinese Taipei
No playoffs  
South Korea
4
3 1998
details
  Bangkok  
China
1–0 (g.g.)  
North Korea
 
Japan
2–1  
Chinese Taipei
8
4 2002
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  Busan  
North Korea
No playoffs  
China
 
Japan
No playoffs  
South Korea
6
5 2006
details
  Doha  
North Korea
0–0 (a.e.t.)
(4–2 p)
 
Japan
 
China
2–0  
South Korea
8
6 2010
details
  Guangzhou  
Japan
1–0  
North Korea
 
South Korea
2–0  
China
7
7 2014
details
  Incheon  
North Korea
3–1  
Japan
 
South Korea
3–0  
Vietnam
11
8 2018
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  JakartaPalembang  
Japan
1–0  
China
 
South Korea
4–0  
Chinese Taipei
11
9 2022
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  Hangzhou  
Japan
4–1  
North Korea
 
China
7–0  
Uzbekistan
16
10 2026
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  AichiNagoya
11 2030
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  Doha
12 2034
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  Riyadh

Medal table

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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

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Nation  
1990
(6)
 
1994
(4)
 
1998
(8)
 
2002
(6)
 
2006
(8)
 
2010
(7)
 
2014
(11)
 
2018
(11)
 
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

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See also

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References

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  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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