Football at the 1982 Asian Games

Men at the 1982 Asian Games
Medalists
Iraq    Kuwait    Saudi Arabia
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Football at the 1982 Asian Games was held in New Delhi, India from 20 November to 3 December 1982. In this tournament, 16 teams played in the men's competition.

Medalists[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men details	Iraq Mahdi Abdul-Sahib Hassan Ali Karim Allawi Khalil Allawi Wathiq Aswad Faisal Aziz Adnan Dirjal Raad Hammoudi Natik Hashim Ali Hussein Sadiq Jaber Emad Jassim Saad Jassim Haris Mohammed Osama Noori Ayoub Odisho Ahmed Radhi Hussein Saeed	Kuwait Ahmad Al-Tarabulsi Naeem Saad Mahboub Juma'a Jamal Al-Qabendi Waleed Al-Jasem Fathi Kameel Abdullah Al-Buloushi Abdulaziz Al-Anberi Nassir Al-Ghanim Yussef Al-Suwayed Mubarak Marzouq Muayad Al-Haddad Hamoud Al-Shemmari Mohammad Karam Abdulaziz Al-Buloushi Adam Marjan Jasem Bahman	Saudi Arabia Hussein Al-Bishi Sameer Abdulshaker Saleh Nu'eimeh Majed Abdullah Fahad Al-Musaibeah Jamal Farhan Ahmed Bayazid Shaye Al-Nafisah Abdullah Al-Deayea

Draw[]

The teams were seeded based on their final ranking at the 1978 Asian Games.^[1]

* Oman and North Yemen withdrew, South Yemen was moved to group D to balance the number of teams in each group.

Squads[]

Results[]

Preliminary round[]

Group A[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
North Korea	3	1	2	0	6	3	+3	4
Saudi Arabia	3	1	2	0	4	3	+1	4
Thailand	3	1	0	2	3	5	−2	2
Syria	3	0	2	1	3	5	−2	2

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Group B[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Kuwait	3	3	0	0	9	2	+7	6
Iraq	3	2	0	1	8	2	+6	4
Burma	3	1	0	2	3	8	−5	2
Nepal	3	0	0	3	1	9	−8	0

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Group C[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
India	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	5
China	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	5
Bangladesh	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2	2
Malaysia	3	0	0	3	1	4	−3	0

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Group D[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Japan	3	3	0	0	6	2	+4	6
Iran	3	2	0	1	3	1	+2	4
South Korea	3	1	0	2	4	3	+1	2
South Yemen	3	0	0	3	1	8	−7	0

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Knockout round[]

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Gold medal match
	27 November
	North Korea	1
					30 November
	China	0
					North Korea	2
	28 November
					Kuwait (a.e.t.)	3
	Kuwait (a.e.t.)	1
									3 December
	Iran	0
									Kuwait	0
	27 November
									Iraq	1
	India	0
					1 December
	Saudi Arabia	1
					Saudi Arabia	0
	28 November
					Iraq	1			Bronze medal match
	Japan	0
									2 December
	Iraq (a.e.t.)	1
									North Korea	0
									Saudi Arabia	2

Quarterfinals[]

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Semifinals[]

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Bronze medal match[]

• The match was scratched and Saudi Arabia were awarded the bronze medal 2–0 after the North Korean team (including officials and competitors from other sports) were handed a two-year suspension for assaulting the referee, Vijit Getkaew of Thailand, and his linesman after the final whistle of their semi-final.

Gold medal match[]

Final standing[]

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
	Iraq	6	5	0	1	11	2	+9	10
	Kuwait	6	5	0	1	13	5	+8	10
	Saudi Arabia	6	3	2	1	7	4	+3	8
4	North Korea	6	2	2	2	9	8	+1	6
5	Japan	4	3	0	1	6	3	+3	6
6	India	4	2	1	1	5	3	+2	5
7	China	4	2	1	1	4	3	+1	5
8	Iran	4	2	0	2	3	2	+1	4
9	South Korea	3	1	0	2	4	3	+1	2
10	Syria	3	0	2	1	3	5	−2	2
10	Thailand	3	1	0	2	3	5	−2	2
12	Bangladesh	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2	2
13	Burma	3	1	0	2	3	8	−5	2
14	Malaysia	3	0	0	3	1	4	−3	0
15	South Yemen	3	0	0	3	1	8	−7	0
16	Nepal	3	0	0	3	1	9	−8	0

References[]

• The 1982 Asian Games on rsssf.com