Football at the Asian Games

Football at the Asian Games
Organising body	OCA
Founded	Men: 1951 ; Women: 1990
Region	Asia
Current champions	M:; 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

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 tournament

Results

1951–1998: Senior tournament
2002–present: Under-23 tournament

Ed.	Year	Host	Gold medalists	Score	Silver medalists	Bronze medalists	Score	Fourth place	No. of teams
Ed.	Year	Host	Final			Bronze medal match			No. of teams
1	1951 details	New Delhi	India	1–0	Iran	Japan	2–0	Afghanistan	6
2	1954 details	Manila	Republic of China	5–2	South Korea	Burma	5–4	Indonesia	12
3	1958 details	Tokyo	Republic of China	3–2	South Korea	Indonesia	4–1	India	14
4	1962 details	Jakarta	India	2–1	South Korea	Malaya	4–1	South Vietnam	8
5	1966 details	Bangkok	Burma	1–0	Iran	Japan	2–0	Singapore	11
6	1970 details	Bangkok	Burma South Korea	0–0 (a.e.t.)¹		India	1–0	Japan	10
7	1974 details	Tehran	Iran	1–0	Israel	Malaysia	2–1	North Korea	15
8	1978 details	Bangkok	North Korea South Korea	0–0 (a.e.t.)¹		China	1–0	Iraq	14
9	1982 details	New Delhi	Iraq	1–0	Kuwait	Saudi Arabia	2–0²	North Korea	16
10	1986 details	Seoul	South Korea	2–0	Saudi Arabia	Kuwait	5–0	Indonesia	18
11	1990 details	Beijing	Iran	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–1 p)	North Korea	South Korea	1–0	Thailand	14
12	1994 details	Hiroshima	Uzbekistan	4–2	China	Kuwait	2–1	South Korea	18
13	1998 details	Bangkok	Iran	2–0	Kuwait	China	3–0	Thailand	23
14	2002 details	Busan	Iran	2–1	Japan	South Korea	3–0	Thailand	24
15	2006 details	Doha	Qatar	1–0	Iraq	Iran	1–0 (a.e.t.)	South Korea	28
16	2010 details	Guangzhou	Japan	1–0	United Arab Emirates	South Korea	4–3	Iran	24
17	2014 details	Incheon	South Korea	1–0 (a.e.t.)	North Korea	Iraq	1–0	Thailand	29
18	2018 details	Jakarta–Palembang	South Korea	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Japan	United Arab Emirates	1–1 (4–3 p)	Vietnam	25
19	2022 details	Hangzhou	South Korea	2–1	Japan	Uzbekistan	4–0	Hong Kong	21
20	2026 details	Aichi–Nagoya
21	2030 details	Doha
22	2034 details	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

Teams reaching the top four

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

Individual records

Year	Top scorer(s)	Goals	Winning manager(s)
1951	Sheoo Mewalal	3	Syed Abdul Rahim
1954			Lee Wai Tong
1958			Lee Wai Tong
1962			Syed Abdul Rahim
1966			German Zonin
1970	Win Maung	5	Han Hong-ki U Pe Tin
1974	Gidi Damti	6	Frank O'Farrell
1978			Ham Heung-chul Pak Du-sok
1982	Hussein Saeed	4	Ammo Baba
1986	Salah Al-Hasawi	6	Kim Jung-nam
1990	Farshad Pious Seo Jung-won	4	Ali Parvin
1994	Hwang Sun-hong	11	Rustam Akramov
1998	Faraj Laheeb	9	Mansour Pourheidari
2002	Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht Satoshi Nakayama	5	Branko Ivanković
2006	Odai Al-Saify	7	Džemaludin Mušović
2010	Kensuke Nagai	5	Takashi Sekizuka
2014	Ferdinand Sinaga	6	Lee Kwang-jong
2018	Hwang Ui-jo	9	Kim Hak-bum
2022	Jeong Woo-yeong	8	Hwang Sun-hong

Comprehensive team results by tournament

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
Timor-Leste																	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 tournament

Results

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

Ed.	Year	Host	Gold medalists	Score	Silver medalists	Bronze medalists	Score	Fourth place	No. of teams
Ed.	Year	Host	Final			Bronze medal match			No. of teams
1	1990	Beijing	China	No playoffs	Japan	North Korea	No playoffs	Chinese Taipei	6
2	1994	Hiroshima	China	2–0	Japan	Chinese Taipei	No playoffs	South Korea	4
3	1998	Bangkok	China	1–0 (g.g.)	North Korea	Japan	2–1	Chinese Taipei	8
4	2002	Busan	North Korea	No playoffs	China	Japan	No playoffs	South Korea	6
5	2006	Doha	North Korea	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p)	Japan	China	2–0	South Korea	8
6	2010	Guangzhou	Japan	1–0	North Korea	South Korea	2–0	China	7
7	2014	Incheon	North Korea	3–1	Japan	South Korea	3–0	Vietnam	11
8	2018	Jakarta–Palembang	Japan	1–0	China	South Korea	4–0	Chinese Taipei	11
9	2022	Hangzhou	Japan	4–1	North Korea	China	7–0	Uzbekistan	16
10	2026	Aichi–Nagoya
11	2030	Doha
12	2034	Riyadh

Teams reaching the top four

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

Individual records

Year	Top scorer	Goals	Winning manager
1990			Shang Ruihua
1994			Ma Yuanan
1998			Ma Yuanan
2002	Jin Pyol-hui	4	Ri Song-gun
2006	Han Duan	7	Kim Kwang-min
2010	Ji So-yun	5	Norio Sasaki
2014	Nisa Romyen	8	Kim Kwang-min
2018	Wang Shanshan	12	Asako Takakura
2022	Kim Kyong-yong	12	Michihisa Kano

Comprehensive team results by tournament

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

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. Archived from the original on 15 August 2022. 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. Archived from the original on 15 August 2022. Retrieved 21 November 2014.

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History

Men's tournament

Results

Teams reaching the top four

Individual records

Comprehensive team results by tournament

Women's tournament

Results

Teams reaching the top four

Individual records

Comprehensive team results by tournament

See also

References

External links