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, 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

• 1951-1998: Senior teams
• 2002-present: U-23 teams

Ed.	Year	Host		Final				Bronze medal match
				Gold Medal	Score	Silver Medal		Bronze Medal	Score	Fourth Place
Senior national teams
1	1951 details	New Delhi		India	1–0	Iran		Japan	2–0	Afghanistan
2	1954 details	Manila		Republic of China	5–2	South Korea		Burma	5–4	Indonesia
3	1958 details	Tokyo		Republic of China	3–2	South Korea		Indonesia	4–1	India
4	1962 details	Jakarta		India	2–1	South Korea		Malaya	4–1	South Vietnam
5	1966 details	Bangkok		Burma	1–0	Iran		Japan	2–0	Singapore
6	1970 details	Bangkok		Burma South Korea	0–0 (a.e.t.)1			India	1–0	Japan
7	1974 details	Tehran		Iran	1–0	Israel		Malaysia	2–1	North Korea
8	1978 details	Bangkok		North Korea South Korea	0–0 (a.e.t.)1			China	1–0	Iraq
9	1982 details	New Delhi		Iraq	1–0	Kuwait		Saudi Arabia	2–02	North Korea
10	1986 details	Seoul		South Korea	2–0	Saudi Arabia		Kuwait	5–0	Indonesia
11	1990 details	Beijing		Iran	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–1 p)	North Korea		South Korea	1–0	Thailand
12	1994 details	Hiroshima		Uzbekistan	4–2	China		Kuwait	2–1	South Korea
13	1998 details	Bangkok		Iran	2–0	Kuwait		China	3–0	Thailand
U-23 national teams
14	2002 details	Busan		Iran	2–1	Japan		South Korea	3–0	Thailand
15	2006 details	Doha		Qatar	1–0	Iraq		Iran	1–0 (a.e.t.)	South Korea
16	2010 details	Guangzhou		Japan	1–0	United Arab Emirates		South Korea	4–3	Iran
17	2014 details	Incheon		South Korea	1–0 (a.e.t.)	North Korea		Iraq	1–0	Thailand
18	2018 details	Jakarta–Palembang		South Korea	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Japan		United Arab Emirates	1–1 (4–3 p)	Vietnam
19	2022 details	Hangzhou		South Korea	2–1	Japan		Uzbekistan	4–0	Hong Kong
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
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

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	Salah Al-Hasawi	6
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

Winning coaches

Year	Team	Coaches
1951	India	Syed Abdul Rahim
1954	Republic of China	Lee Wai Tong
1958	Republic of China	Lee Wai Tong
1962	India	Syed Abdul Rahim
1966	Burma	German Zonin
1970	Burma South Korea	Sein Hlaing Han Hong-ki
1974	Iran	Frank O'Farrell
1978	North Korea South Korea	Pak Du-sok Ham Heung-chul
1982	Iraq	Ammo Baba
1986	South Korea	Kim Jung-nam
1990	Iran	Ali Parvin
1994	Uzbekistan	Rustam Akramov
1998	Iran	Mansour Pourheidari
2002	Iran	Branko Ivanković
2006	Qatar	Džemaludin Mušović
2010	Japan	Takashi Sekizuka
2014	South Korea	Lee Kwang-jong
2018	South Korea	Kim Hak-bum
2022	South Korea	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.

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
East Timor																	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 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	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

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*)
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)	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

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