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Football at the Asian Games

FieldValue
nameFootball at the Asian Games
organiserOCA
foundedMen: 1951
Women: 1990
logoFootball pictogram.svg
regionAsia
current championsM:
(2022)
W:
(2022)
most successful teamM:
(6 titles)
W:
(3 titles each)
current2022 (M), 2022 (W)

Women: 1990 (2022) W: (2022)

(6 titles) W:

(3 titles each)

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

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, 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 tournament

Results

  • 1951–1998: Senior tournament
  • 2002–present: Under-23 tournament
Ed.YearHostFinalBronze medal matchNo. of teamsGold medalistsScoreSilver medalistsBronze medalistsScoreFourth place
11951
detailsIND New Delhi****1–02–06
21954
detailsPHI Manila****5–25–412
31958
detailsJPN Tokyo****3–24–114
41962
detailsIDN Jakarta****2–14–18
51966
detailsTHA Bangkok****1–02–011
61970
detailsTHA Bangkok****
****0–0 (a.e.t.)11–010
71974
detailsIRN Tehran****1–02–115
81978
detailsTHA Bangkok****
****0–0 (a.e.t.)11–014
91982
detailsIND New Delhi****1–02–0216
101986
detailsKOR Seoul****2–05–018
111990
detailsCHN Beijing****0–0 (a.e.t.)
(4–1 p)1–014
121994
detailsJPN Hiroshima****4–22–118
131998
detailsTHA Bangkok****2–03–023
142002
detailsKOR Busan****2–13–024
152006
detailsQatar Doha****1–01–0 (a.e.t.)28
162010
detailsCHN Guangzhou****1–04–324
172014
detailsKOR Incheon****1–0 (a.e.t.)1–029
182018
detailsIDN Jakarta–Palembang****2–1 (a.e.t.)1–1
(4–3 p)25
192022
detailsCHN Hangzhou****2–14–021
202026
detailsJPN Aichi–Nagoya
212030
detailsQAT Doha
222034
detailsKSA Riyadh

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

TeamGoldSilverBronze
6 (1970, 1978, 1986, 2014, 2018, 2022)3 (1954, 1958, 1962)3 (1990, 2002*, 2010)
4 (1974*, 1990, 1998, 2002)2 (1951, 1966)1 (2006)
2 (1951*, 1962)1 (1970)
2 (1966, 1970*)1 (1954)
2 (1954, 1958)
1 (2010)3 (2002, 2018, 2022)2 (1951, 1966)
1 (1978)2 (1990, 2014)
1 (1982)1 (2006)1 (2014)
1 (1994)1 (2022)
1 (2006*)
2 (1982, 1998)2 (1986, 1994)
1 (1994)2 (1978, 1998)
1 (1986)1 (1982)
1 (2010)1 (2018)
1 (1974*)
2 (1962, 1974)
1 (1958)

:* = host

Individual records

YearTop scorer(s)GoalsWinning manager(s)
1951IND Sheoo Mewalal3IND Syed Abdul Rahim
1954ROC Lee Wai Tong
1958ROC Lee Wai Tong
1962IND Syed Abdul Rahim
1966SOV German Zonin
1970Burma Win Maung5KOR Han Hong-ki
Burma U Pe Tin
1974Israel Gidi Damti6IRL Frank O'Farrell
1978KOR Ham Heung-chul
PRK Pak Du-sok
1982Iraq Hussein Saeed4IRQ Ammo Baba
1986Kuwait Salah Al-Hasawi6KOR Kim Jung-nam
1990IRN Farshad Pious
KOR Seo Jung-won4IRN Ali Parvin
1994KOR Hwang Sun-hong11UZB Rustam Akramov
1998KUW Faraj Laheeb9IRN Mansour Pourheidari
2002IRN Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht
JPN Satoshi Nakayama5CRO Branko Ivanković
2006JOR Odai Al-Saify7BIH Džemaludin Mušović
2010JPN Kensuke Nagai5JPN Takashi Sekizuka
2014IDN Ferdinand Sinaga6KOR Lee Kwang-jong
2018KOR Hwang Ui-jo9KOR Kim Hak-bum
2022KOR Jeong Woo-yeong8KOR Hwang Sun-hong

Participating nations

:Football at the Asian Games was a senior tournament until 1998. :Football at the Asian Games has been an under-23 tournament since 2002.

NationIND
1951
(6)PHI
1954
(12)JPN
1958
(14)Indonesia
1962
(8)THA
1966
(11)THA
1970
(10)IRI
1974
(15)THA
1978
(14)IND
1982
(16)KOR
1986
(18)CHN
1990
(14)JPN
1994
(18)THA
1998
(23)KOR
2002
(24)QAT
2006
(28)CHN
2010
(24)KOR
2014
(29)Indonesia
2018
(25)CHN
2022
(21)Years
4th12th24th25thWD4
14th14th12th10th7th9th18th16th13th9
13th12th14th13thDQ20th24th24th20th15th20th10
DQDQ0
7th19th2
10th3rd7th8th6th2nd3rd5th5th12th15th9th7th13
1st1stDQ9th25th18th5
5th6th9th14th22nd14th13th10th10th14th4th11
1st8th4th1st8th3rd13th8th6th16thDQDQ16th10th14th14th26th9th16
6th4th3rd5th5th5th4thDQDQ27th11th10th11th11
2nd14th2nd8th1st8th6th1st9th1st1st3rd4th23rd13th6th16
5th4th1st7thDQ2ndDQ3rdDQ6
5thDQ2nd2
3rd10th12th6th3rd4th9th9th5th9th8th7th9th2nd11th1st5th2nd2nd19
DQ19th21st7th3
DQ10th1
6th5th2nd3rd7th3rd2nd5th10th11th18th19th12
17th23rd16th20th12th5
21st27th23rd3
12th12th2
28th1
13th3rd10th10th3rd7th14th15th12th12th17th23rd16th19th12th15
20th22nd20th17th21st5
DQ23rdDQ21st2
()5th3rd11thDQ1st1st7th12th13th16thDQ19th10th11
16th18th18th17th29th22nd6
4th1st4th2nd13th8th8th5th2nd7th5th11
DQ10th10th11th9th16th6th22nd7
6th9th11th17th14th23rd21st22nd24th17th10
DQ21st22nd20th14th11th15th6
11th8th8th15th4
11th13thDQ13th5th11th1st9th21st16th9
10th3rd2nd5th5th6th8th8th8
9th10th4th11th26th19th17th7
2nd2nd2nd11th1st8th1st9th1st3rd4th6th3rd4th3rd1st1st1st18
15th1
10th12th6thWD3
14thDQ25th13th3
7th6th6th12th6th10th11th4th15th4th4th7th7th4th18th14th16
28th24th2
7th8th18thDQ13th4
5th8th15th13th18th2nd8th3rd8
1st7th16th6th8th9th5th3rd8
7th7th4th7th9th17th19th15th14th12th4th17th12
()DQ10th17th15thDQ3

Women's tournament

Results

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

Ed.YearHostFinalBronze medal matchNo. of teamsGold medalistsScoreSilver medalistsBronze medalistsScoreFourth place
11990
CHN Beijing****6
21994
JPN Hiroshima****2–04
31998
THA Bangkok****1–0 (g.g.)2–18
42002
KOR Busan****6
52006
QAT Doha****0–0 (a.e.t.)
(4–2 p)2–08
62010
CHN Guangzhou****1–02–07
72014
KOR Incheon****3–13–011
82018
INA Jakarta–Palembang****1–04–011
92022
CHN Hangzhou****4–17–016
102026
JPN Aichi–Nagoya
112030
QAT Doha
122034
KSA Riyadh

Medal table

TeamGoldSilverBronze
3 (2010, 2018, 2022)4 (1990, 1994*, 2006, 2014)2 (1998, 2002)
3 (2002, 2006, 2014)3 (1998, 2010, 2022)1 (1990)
3 (1990*, 1994, 1998)2 (2002, 2018)2 (2006, 2022*)
3 (2010, 2014*, 2018)
1 (1994)

:* = host

Individual records

YearTop scorerGoalsWinning manager
1990CHN Shang Ruihua
1994CHN Ma Yuanan
1998CHN Ma Yuanan
2002PRK Jin Pyol-hui4PRK Ri Song-gun
2006CHN Han Duan7PRK Kim Kwang-min
2010KOR Ji So-yun5JPN Norio Sasaki
2014THA Nisa Romyen8PRK Kim Kwang-min
2018CHN Wang Shanshan12JPN Asako Takakura
2022PRK Kim Kyong-yong12JPN Michihisa Kano

Participating nations

NationCHN
1990
(6)JPN
1994
(4)THA
1998
(8)KOR
2002
(6)QAT
2006
(8)CHN
2010
(7)KOR
2014
(11)Indonesia
2018
(11)CHN
2022
(16)Years
12th1
WD0
1st1st1st2nd3rd4th5th2nd3rd9
4th3rd4th5th5th7th4th6th8
6th8th8th14th4
8th9th13th3
9th1
WD0
2nd2nd3rd3rd2nd1st2nd1st1st9
8th7th10th3
DQ11th10th2
16th1
10th1
11th1
3rd2nd1st1st2nd1st6th2nd8
DQ7th1
15th1
5th4th5th4th4th3rd3rd3rd5th9
11th1
DQ7th6th6th6th7th8th6
4th1
6th6th7th5th4th5th9th7

References

References

  1. (August 29, 2010). "PFF chief names Akhtar as head coach of Asian Games team". [[The Nation (Pakistani newspaper).
  2. "Asian Games (Women's Tournament)".
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