Football at the Asian Games

Football at the Asian Games

Organising body	OCA AFC
Gegründet	Men: 1951 Women: 1990
Region	Asia
Current champions	M: Südkorea (2022) W: Japan (2022)
Most successful team(s)	M: Südkorea (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, 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

Summaries

Ed.	Year	Host		Final				Bronze medal match
				Gold Medal	Score	Silver Medal		Bronze Medal	Score	Fourth Place
National teams tournament (1951–1998)
1	1951 details	New Delhi		Indien	1–0	Iran		Japan	2–0	Afghanistan
2	1954 details	Manila		Republic of China	5–2	Südkorea		Burma	5–4	Indonesien
3	1958 details	Tokyo		Republic of China	3–2	Südkorea		Indonesien	4–1	Indien
4	1962 details	Jakarta		Indien	2–1	Südkorea		Malaya	4–1	South Vietnam
5	1966 details	Bangkok		Burma	1–0	Iran		Japan	2–0	Singapur
6	1970 details	Bangkok		Burma Südkorea	0–0 (a.e.t.)1			Indien	1–0	Japan
7	1974 details	Tehran		Iran	1–0	Israel		Malaysia	2–1	North Korea
8	1978 details	Bangkok		North Korea Südkorea	0–0 (a.e.t.)1			China	1–0	Iraq
9	1982 details	New Delhi		Iraq	1–0	Kuwait		Saudi-Arabien	2–02	North Korea
10	1986 details	Seoul		Südkorea	2–0	Saudi-Arabien		Kuwait	5–0	Indonesien
11	1990 details	Beijing		Iran	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–1 p)	North Korea		Südkorea	1–0	Thailand
12	1994 details	Hiroshima		Usbekistan	4–2	China		Kuwait	2–1	Südkorea
13	1998 details	Bangkok		Iran	2–0	Kuwait		China	3–0	Thailand
Under-23 National teams tournament (2002–present)
14	2002 details	Busan		Iran	2–1	Japan		Südkorea	3–0	Thailand
15	2006 details	Doha		Katar	1–0	Iraq		Iran	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Südkorea
16	2010 details	Guangzhou		Japan	1–0	Vereinigte Arabische Emirate		Südkorea	4–3	Iran
17	2014 details	Incheon		Südkorea	1–0 (a.e.t.)	North Korea		Iraq	1–0	Thailand
18	2018 details	Jakarta-Palembang		Südkorea	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Japan		Vereinigte Arabische Emirate	1–1 (4–3 p)	Vietnam
19	2022 details	Hangzhou		Südkorea	2–1	Japan		Usbekistan	4–0	Hongkong
20	2026 details	Aichi-Nagoya
21	2030 details	Doha
22	2034 details	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

Team	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Südkorea	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)
Indien	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)
Usbekistan	1 (1994)		1 (2022)
Katar	1 (2006*)
Kuwait		2 (1982, 1998)	2 (1986, 1994)
China		1 (1994)	2 (1978, 1998)
Saudi-Arabien		1 (1986)	1 (1982)
Vereinigte Arabische Emirate		1 (2010)	1 (2018)
Israel		1 (1974*)
Malaysia			2 (1962, 1974)
Indonesien			1 (1958)

* = host

Top scorers

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

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
Bangladesch								13th	12th	14th	13th		DQ	20th	24th	24th	20th	15th	20th	10
Brunei												DQ	DQ							0
Kambodscha						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
Hongkong		5th	6th								9th	14th	22nd	14th	13th	10th	10th	14th	4th	11
Indien	1st	8th	4th	1st	8th	3rd	13th	8th	6th	16th	DQ	DQ	16th	10th	14th	14th	26th		9th	16
Indonesien	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
Jordanien														DQ	19th	21st	7th			3
Kasachstan												DQ	10th							1
Kuwait							6th	5th	2nd	3rd	7th	3rd	2nd	5th	10th	11th	18th		19th	12
Kirgisistan															17th	23rd	16th	20th	12th	5
Laos													21st				27th	23rd		3
Libanon													12th	12th						2
Macau															28th					1
Malaysia			13th	3rd	10th	10th	3rd	7th	14th	15th	12th	12th		17th	23rd	16th	19th	12th		15
Malediven													20th	22nd	20th	17th	21st			5
Mongolei												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
Philippinen		11th	8th	8th			15th													4
Katar								11th		13th	DQ	13th	5th	11th	1st	9th		21st	16th	9
Saudi-Arabien								10th	3rd	2nd	5th	5th					6th	8th	8th	8
Singapur		9th	10th		4th						11th				26th	19th	17th			7
Südkorea		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
Tadschikistan													14th	DQ	25th		13th			3
Thailand				7th	6th	6th	12th	6th	10th	11th	4th	15th	4th	4th	7th	7th	4th	18th	14th	16
Osttimor																	28th	24th		2
Turkmenistan												7th	8th	18th	DQ	13th				4
Vereinigte Arabische Emirate										5th		8th	15th	13th	18th	2nd	8th	3rd		8
Usbekistan												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
Jemen (North Yemen)									DQ		10th	17th		15th	DQ					3

Women's tournaments

Summaries

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

Edition	Year	Host		Final				Third place match			Number of teams
				Winner	Score	Runner-up		3rd place	Score	4th place
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	Südkorea	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	Südkorea	6
5	2006	Doha		North Korea	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p)	Japan		China	2–0	Südkorea	8
6	2010	Guangzhou		Japan	1–0	North Korea		Südkorea	2–0	China	7
7	2014	Incheon		North Korea	3–1	Japan		Südkorea	3–0	Vietnam	11
8	2018	Jakarta-Palembang		Japan	1–0	China		Südkorea	4–0	Chinese Taipei	11
9	2022	Hangzhou		Japan	4–1	North Korea		China	7–0	Usbekistan	16
10	2026	Aichi-Nagoya
11	2030	Doha
12	2034	Riyadh

Medal table

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*)
Südkorea			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)	2022 (16)	Years
Bangladesch									12th	1
Kambodscha									WD	0
China	1st	1st	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	2nd	3rd	9
Chinese Taipei	4th	3rd	4th	5th	5th		7th	4th	6th	8
Hongkong	6th						8th	8th	14th	4
Indien			8th				9th		13th	3
Indonesien								9th		1
Iran									WD	0
Japan	2nd	2nd	3rd	3rd	2nd	1st	2nd	1st	1st	9
Jordanien					8th	7th	10th			3
Malediven					DQ		11th	10th		2
Mongolei									16th	1
Myanmar									10th	1
Nepal									11th	1
North Korea	3rd		2nd	1st	1st	2nd	1st	6th	2nd	8
Philippinen	DQ								7th	1
Singapur									15th	1
Südkorea	5th	4th	5th	4th	4th	3rd	3rd	3rd	5th	9
Tadschikistan								11th		1
Thailand	DQ		7th		6th	6th	6th	7th	8th	6
Usbekistan									4th	1
Vietnam			6th	6th	7th	5th	4th	5th	9th	7

Top scorers

Year	Goalscorers	Goals
1990
1994
1998
2002	Jin Pyol-hui	4
2006	Han Duan	7
2010	Ji So-yun	5
2014	Nisa Romyen	8
2018	Wang Shanshan	12
2022	Kim Kyong-yong	12

Winning coaches

Year	Team	Coaches
1990	China	Shang Ruihua
1994	China	Ma Yuanan
1998	China	Ma Yuanan
2002	North Korea	Ri Song-gun
2006	North Korea	Kim Kwang-min
2010	Japan	Norio Sasaki
2014	North Korea	Kim Kwang-min
2018	Japan	Asako Takakura
2022	Japan	Michihisa Kano

See also

• Football at the Summer Olympics
• Beach soccer at the Asian Beach Games
• FIFA

References

• RSSSF archive