Football at the Asian Games

Football at the Asian Games
Founded	Men: 1951 ; Women: 1990
Region	AFC (Asia)
Current champions	M: South Korea ; W: Japan; (2018)
Most successful team(s)	M: South Korea ; (5 titles); W: China PR & North Korea ; (3 titles each)
	2018 (M), 2018 (W)

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

Since the 2002 Asian Games, age limit for men teams is under-23 plus up to three over aged 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, the football team has been a member of the UEFA since 2002. The same rule applies to the Guam and Australia who are members of the AFC, but they are members of Oceania National Olympic Committees.

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

History[]

Men's tournaments[]

Summaries[]

Year	Host	Final			Third Place
Year	Host	Gold Medal	Score	Silver Medal	Bronze Medal	Score	Fourth Place
National teams tournament (1951–1998)
1951 details	New Delhi, India	India	1–0	Iran	Japan	2–0	Afghanistan
1954 details	Manila, Philippines	Republic of China	5–2	South Korea	Burma	5–4	Indonesia
1958 details	Tokyo, Japan	Republic of China	3–2	South Korea	Indonesia	4–1	India
1962 details	Jakarta, Indonesia	India	2–1	South Korea	Malaya	4–1	South Vietnam
1966 details	Bangkok, Thailand	Burma	1–0	Iran	Japan	2–0	Singapore
1970 details	Bangkok, Thailand	Burma South Korea	0–0 (a.e.t.)¹		India	1–0	Japan
1974 details	Tehran, Iran	Iran	1–0	Israel	Malaysia	2–1	North Korea
1978 details	Bangkok, Thailand	North Korea South Korea	0–0 (a.e.t.)¹		China PR	1–0	Iraq
1982 details	New Delhi, India	Iraq	1–0	Kuwait	Saudi Arabia	2–0²	North Korea
1986 details	Seoul, South Korea	South Korea	2–0	Saudi Arabia	Kuwait	5–0	Indonesia
1990 details	Beijing, China	Iran	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–1 p)	North Korea	South Korea	1–0	Thailand
1994 details	Hiroshima, Japan	Uzbekistan	4–2	China PR	Kuwait	2–1	South Korea
1998 details	Bangkok, Thailand	Iran	2–0	Kuwait	China PR	3–0	Thailand
Under-23 National teams tournament (2002–present)
2002 details	Busan, South Korea	Iran	2–1	Japan	South Korea	3–0	Thailand
2006 details	Doha, Qatar	Qatar	1–0	Iraq	Iran	1–0 (a.e.t.)	South Korea
2010 details	Guangzhou, China	Japan	1–0	United Arab Emirates	South Korea	4–3	Iran
2014 details	Incheon, South Korea	South Korea	1–0 (a.e.t.)	North Korea	Iraq	1–0	Thailand
2018 details	Jakarta–Palembang, Indonesia	South Korea	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Japan	United Arab Emirates	1–1 (4–3 p)	Vietnam
2022 details	Hangzhou–Zhejiang, China

*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 has been postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic

Medal table[]

Team	Gold	Silver	Bronze
South Korea	5 (1970, 1978, 1986, 2014, 2018)	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)	2 (2002, 2018)	2 (1951, 1966)
North Korea	1 (1978)	2 (1990, 2014)
Iraq	1 (1982)	1 (2006)	1 (2014)
Qatar	1 (2006*)
Uzbekistan	1 (1994)
Kuwait		2 (1982, 1998)	2 (1986, 1994)
China PR		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

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.

Nation	1951 (6)	1954 (12)	1958 (14)	1962 (8)	1966 (11)	1970 (10)	1974 (15)	1978 (14)	1982 (16)	1986 (18)	1990 (14)	1994 (19)	1998 (23)	2002 (24)	2006 (28)	2010 (24)	2014 (29)	2018 (25)
Afghanistan	4th	12th												24th			25th
Bahrain							14th	14th		12th		10th		7th	9th	18th		16th
Bangladesh								13th	12th	14th	13th		DQ	20th	24th	24th	20th	15th
Bhutan
Brunei												DQ	DQ
Cambodia						7th							19th
China PR							10th	3rd	7th	8th	6th	2nd	3rd	5th	5th	12th	15th	9th
Hong Kong		5th	6th								9th	14th	22nd	14th	13th	10th	10th	14th
India	1st	8th	4th	1st	8th	3rd	13th	8th	6th	16th	DQ	DQ	16th	10th	14th	14th	26th
Indonesia	6th	4th	3rd	5th	5th	5th				4th	DQ	DQ			27th		11th	10th
Iran	2nd		14th		2nd	8th	1st		8th	6th	1st	9th	1st	1st	3rd	4th	23rd	13th
Iraq							5th	4th	1st	7th	DQ				2nd	DQ	3rd	DQ
			5th	DQ			2nd
Japan	3rd	10th	12th	6th	3rd	4th	9th	9th	5th	9th	8th	7th	9th	2nd	11th	1st	5th	2nd
Jordan														DQ	19th	21st	7th
												DQ	10th
North Korea							4th	1st	4th		2nd		13th	8th	8th	5th	2nd	7th
South Korea		2nd	2nd	2nd	11th	1st	8th	1st	9th	1st	3rd	4th	6th	3rd	4th	3rd	1st	1st
Kuwait							6th	5th	2nd	3rd	7th	3rd	2nd	5th	10th	11th	18th
Kyrgyzstan															17th	23rd	16th	20th
Laos													21st				27th	23rd
Lebanon													12th	12th
Macau															28th
Malaysia			13th	3rd	10th	10th	3rd	7th	14th	15th	12th	12th		17th	23rd	16th	19th	12th
Maldives													20th	22nd	20th	17th	21st
Mongolia												DQ	23rd	DQ
Myanmar ( Burma)	5th	3rd	11th	DQ	1st	1st	7th	12th	13th			16th	DQ					19th
Nepal									16th	18th		18th	17th				29th	22nd
Oman									DQ	10th		10th	11th	9th	16th	6th	22nd
Pakistan		6th	9th				11th			17th	14th			23rd	21st	22nd	24th	17th
Palestine												DQ		21st	22nd	20th	14th	11th
Philippines		11th	8th	8th			15th
Qatar								11th		13th	DQ	13th	5th	11th	1st	9th		21st
Saudi Arabia								10th	3rd	2nd	5th	5th					6th	8th
Singapore		9th	10th		4th						11th				26th	19th	17th
Sri Lanka
Syria									10th						12th			6th
Chinese Taipei		1st	1st	DQ	9th													25th
Tajikistan													14th	DQ	25th		13th
Thailand				7th	6th	6th	12th	6th	10th	11th	4th	15th	4th	4th	7th	7th	4th	18th
Timor-Leste																	28th	24th
Turkmenistan												7th	8th	18th	DQ	13th
United Arab Emirates										5th		8th	15th	13th	18th	2nd	8th	3rd
Uzbekistan												1st	7th	16th	6th	8th	9th	5th
Vietnam ( )		7th	7th	4th	7th	9th							17th	19th	15th	14th	12th	4th
Yemen ( North Yemen)									DQ		10th	17th		15th	DQ
									15th

Women's tournaments[]

Summaries[]

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

Edition	Year	Host	Winner	Score	Runner-up	3rd place	Score	4th place	Number of teams
Edition	Year	Host	Final			Third place match			Number of teams
1	1990 details	Beijing	China	No playoffs	Japan	North Korea	No playoffs	Chinese Taipei
2	1994 details	Hiroshima	China	2–0	Japan	Chinese Taipei	No playoffs	South Korea
3	1998 details	Bangkok	China	1–0 (a.e.t.)	North Korea	Japan	2–1	Chinese Taipei
4	2002 details	Busan	North Korea	No playoffs	China	Japan	No playoffs	South Korea
5	2006 details	Doha	North Korea	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p)	Japan	China	2–0	South Korea
6	2010 details	Guangzhou	Japan	1–0	North Korea	South Korea	2–0	China
7	2014 details	Incheon	North Korea	3–1	Japan	South Korea	3–0	Vietnam
8	2018 details	Jakarta–Palembang	Japan	1–0	China	South Korea	4–0	Chinese Taipei
9	2022 details	Hangzhou–Zhejiang

Medal table[]

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

* = host

Participating nations[]

Nation	1990 (6)	1994 (4)	1998 (8)	2002 (6)	2006 (8)	2010 (7)	2014 (11)	2018 (11)
Afghanistan
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Bhutan
Brunei
Cambodia
China PR	1st	1st	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	2nd
Hong Kong	6th						8th	8th
India			8th				9th
Indonesia								9th
Iran
Iraq
Israel
Japan	2nd	2nd	3rd	3rd	2nd	1st	2nd	1st
Jordan					8th	7th	10th
Kazakhstan
North Korea	3rd		2nd	1st	1st	2nd	1st	6th
South Korea	5th	4th	5th	4th	4th	3rd	3rd	3rd
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Lebanon
Macau
Malaysia
Maldives					DQ		11th	10th
Mongolia
Myanmar
Nepal
Oman
Pakistan
Palestine
Philippines	DQ
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
Singapore
Sri Lanka
Syria
Chinese Taipei	4th	3rd	4th	5th	5th		7th	4th
Tajikistan								11th
Thailand	DQ		7th		6th	6th	6th	7th
Timor-Leste
Turkmenistan
United Arab Emirates
Uzbekistan
Vietnam			6th	6th	7th	5th	4th	5th
Yemen

References[]

RSSSF archive

^ "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.
^ "Asian Games (Women's Tournament)". RSSSF. Retrieved 21 November 2014.

External links[]

[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. Retrieved 21 November 2014.

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Football at the Asian Games

Contents

History[]

Men's tournaments[]

Summaries[]

Medal table[]

Participating nations[]

Women's tournaments[]

Summaries[]

Medal table[]

Participating nations[]

See also[]

References[]

External links[]

Founded	Men: 1951 Women: 1990
Region	AFC (Asia)
Current champions	M: South Korea W: Japan (2018)
Most successful team(s)	M: South Korea (5 titles) W: China PR & North Korea (3 titles each)
2018 (M), 2018 (W)