Kuwait at the 2022 Asian Games

Kuwait at the
2022 Asian Games
Kuwait at the; 2022 Asian Games
IOC code	KUW
NOC	Kuwait Olympic Committee
Website	www.kuwaitolympic.org
in Hangzhou; 23 September 2023 – 8 October 2023
Competitors	133 in 25 sports
Flag bearers	Khaled Al-Mudhaf ; & Eman Al-Shamaa (opening) ; Abdullah Shaaban (closing)
Medals; Ranked 23rd	Gold 3 Silver 4 Bronze 4 Total 11
Asian Games appearances (overview)
	1974; 1978; 1982; 1986; 1990; 1994; 1998; 2002; 2006; 2010; 2014; 2018; 2022; 2026;
Other related appearances
	Athletes from Kuwait (2010)

Kuwait competed at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou. Originally scheduled to take place in 2022, the Games were postponed and rescheduled to 23 September until 8 October 2023, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[1] Shooters Khaled Al-Mudhaf and Eman Al-Shamaa were chosen as the flag bearers for the opening ceremony as Crown Prince Mishal Al-Ahmad attended the ceremony.^[2]^[3]

Medalists

The following Kuwait competitors won medals at the Games.

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Abdullah Al-Rashidi	Shooting	Men's skeet	27 September
Gold	Yaqoub Al-Youha	Athletics	Men's 110 metres hurdles	2 October
Gold	Fahad Al-Ajmi	Karate	Men's 67 kg kumite	7 October
Silver	Abdullah Al-Rashidi Eman Al-Shamaa	Shooting	Mixed skeet team	28 September
Silver	Abdulrahman Al-Faihan Khaled Al-Mudhaf Talal Al-Rashidi	Shooting	Men's trap team	1 October
Silver	Talal Al-Rashidi	Shooting	Men's trap	1 October
Silver	Abdullah Shaaban	Karate	Men's 60 kg kumite	6 October
Bronze	Yousef Al-Shamlan	Fencing	Men's individual sabre	25 September
Bronze	Men's Handball Team	Handball	Men's Handball	5 October
Bronze	Sayed Salman Al-Mosawi	Karate	Men's kata	5 October
Bronze	Mohammed Husain Sayed Mohammed Al-Mosawi Sayed Salman Al-Mosawi	Karate	Men's team kata	8 October

By sport events

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Athletics	1	0	0	1
Fencing	0	0	1	1
Handball	0	0	1	1
Karate	1	1	2	4
Shooting	1	3	0	4
Total	3	4	4	11

Timeline

Medals by day
Date				Total
September 25	0	0	1	1
September 27	1	0	0	1
September 28	0	1	0	1
October 1	0	2	0	2
October 2	1	0	0	1
October 5	0	0	2	2
October 6	0	1	0	1
October 7	1	0	0	1
October 8	0	0	1	1
Total	3	4	4	11

Competitors

Kuwait sent 133 athletes, 111 men and 22 women, in 25 sports.^[4]


Sport	Men	Women	Total
Aquatics	2	0	2
Athletics	5	2	7
Archery	5	4	9
Boxing	3	1	4
Chess	1	1	2
Cycling	2	2	4
Equestrian	4	0	4
Esports	2	0	2
Fencing	9	0	9
Football	18	0	18
Golf	1	0	1
Gymnastics	0	1	1
Handball	16	0	16
Ju-jitsu	5	0	5
Judo	2	0	2
Karate	6	1	7
Kurash	3	0	3
Rowing	3	2	5
Shooting	12	7	19
Sport Climbing	1	0	1
Squash	4	0	4
Taekwondo	2	0	2
Tennis	3	0	3
Tirathlon	1	1	2
Wrestling	1	0	1
Total	111	22	133

Archery

Athletics

Football

Kuwait’s U23 men were drawn in Group E the Asian Games.^[5]

Summary

Key:

A.E.T – After extra time.
P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Team	Event	Group Stage				Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Kuwait men’s	Men’s football	South Korea L 0-9	Bahrain D 1-1	Thailand D 1-1	4	Did not advance

Men's tournament

Roster

The following 21 players list is the Kuwait squad for the 2022 Asian Games.^[6] Originally named in the final squad, Salman Al-Bose withdrew and was not replaced.

Head Coach: Emílio Peixe

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Abdulrahman Al-Fadhli	(2001-03-23)23 March 2001 (aged 22)	Al-Salmiya
2	2DF	Abdulrahman Al-Daihani	(2001-01-21)21 January 2001 (aged 22)	Al-Qadsia
3	2DF	Faisal Al-Shatti	(2002-05-19)19 May 2002 (aged 21)	Al-Qadsia
4	2DF	Youssef Al-Haqqan	(2002-02-05)5 February 2002 (aged 21)	Al-Qadsia
5	2DF	Khaled Al-Fadhli	(2002-02-23)23 February 2002 (aged 21)	Al-Qadsia
6	2DF	Abdulaziz Mahran	(2001-08-19)19 August 2001 (aged 22)	Al-Nasr
7	3MF	Hamad Al-Taweel	(2001-07-26)26 July 2001 (aged 22)	Khaitan
8	3MF	Fahad Al-Fadhli	(2001-02-04)4 February 2001 (aged 22)	Kazma
9	4FW	Salman Al-Awadi	(2001-05-21)21 May 2001 (aged 22)	Al-Arabi
10	3MF	Bandar Al Salamah	(2002-10-28)28 October 2002 (aged 20)	Al-Arabi
11	2DF	Othman Al-Dosari	(2002-05-29)29 May 2002 (aged 21)	Al-Salmiya
12	2DF	Mohsen Falah	(2004-11-11)11 November 2004 (aged 18)	Al-Kuwait
13	2DF	Sultan Al-Faraj	(2001-06-16)16 June 2001 (aged 22)	Al-Kuwait
14	3MF	Badr Jamal	(2002-08-16)16 August 2002 (aged 21)	Fahaheel
15	2DF	Muhammad Al-Rashed	(2003-04-02)2 April 2003 (aged 20)	Al-Kuwait
17	4FW	Talal Al-Qaissi	(2002-06-21)21 June 2002 (aged 21)	Kazma
18	3MF	Bader Al-Mutairi	(2003-09-26)26 September 2003 (aged 19)	Al-Arabi
19	3MF	Fahd Al-Harbi	(2002-11-16)16 November 2002 (aged 20)	Al-Kuwait
21	4FW	Fahad Al-Azmi	(2003-01-01)1 January 2003 (aged 20)	Al-Salmiya
22	1GK	Dhari Al-Otaibi	(2002-03-31)31 March 2002 (aged 21)	Al-Kuwait
23	1GK	Abdulaziz Al-Bahr	(2001-09-19)19 September 2001 (aged 22)	Al-Qadsia

Group E

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Korea	3	3	0	0	16	0	+16	9	Knockout stage
2	Bahrain	3	0	2	1	2	5	−3	2
3	Thailand	3	0	2	1	2	6	−4	2
4	Kuwait	3	0	2	1	2	11	−9	2

Source: Football – Men – Groups
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

19 September 2023

19:30

South Korea	9–0	Kuwait
Jeong Woo-yeong 3', 45', 48' Cho Young-wook 19', 74' Paik Seung-ho 44' Um Won-sang 52' Park Jae-yong 80' An Jae-jun 90+6'	Report

Jinhua Stadium, Jinhua

Attendance: 2,936

Referee: Hasan Akrami (Iran)

21 September 2023

16:00

Kuwait	1–1	Bahrain
Al-Awadi 74'	Report	Redha 52'

Jinhua Stadium, Jinhua

Attendance: 1,250

Referee: Yudai Yamamoto (Japan)

24 September 2023

19:30

Thailand	1–1	Kuwait
Jakkapong 9'	Report	Al-Haqqan 90'

Zhejiang Normal University East Stadium, Jinhua

Attendance: 2,419

Referee: Alex King (Australia)

Handball

Summary

Key:

ET – After extra time
P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Team	Event	Preliminary	Standing	Main / Class.	Rank / standing	Semifinals / Pl.	Final / BM / Pl.
Team	Event	Opposition score	Standing	Opposition score	Rank / standing	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank
Kuwait men's	Men's tournament	Group A Thailand: W 49-19 China: W 27-24	1 Q	Group I Iran: W 24-22 South Korea: W 25-24 Bahrain: L 25-34	2 Q	Qatar L 24-29	Japan W 31-30

Men’s tournament

Team roster

Abdulaziz Al-Shammari
Abdulaziz Naseeb
Abdulaziz Salmin
Abdullah Al-Khamees
Abdulrahman Safar
Fahad Al-Salboukh
Fawaz Mubarak
Hassan Safar
Haider Dashti
Mishal Al-Harbi
Mohammed Al-Hendal
Mohammed Al-Sanea
Mohammed Buyabes
Mohammed Qambar
Saleh Ali
Yousef Najim

Preliminary round – Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Kuwait	2	2	0	76	43	+33	4	Main round
2	China (H)	2	1	1	64	44	+20	2	Main round
3	Thailand	2	0	2	36	89	−53	0

Source: HAGOC
(H) Hosts

25 September 12:00	Kuwait	49–19	Thailand	Zhejiang Gongshang University Sports Centre, Hangzhou Referees: Marhoon, Al-Mawt (BHR)
	Al-Hendal 8	(24–8)	Saengsan 6
	1× 6×	Report	4×

27 September 18:00	China	24–27	Kuwait	Zhejiang Gongshang University Sports Centre, Hangzhou Referees: Furukawa, Murata (JPN)
	Rao, Zhang J.	(13–14)	Al-Khamees
	1× 3×	Report	1× 5× 1×

Main round – Group I

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Bahrain	3	3	0	92	71	+21	6	Semifinals
2	Kuwait	3	2	1	74	80	−6	4	Semifinals
3	South Korea	3	1	2	75	78	−3	2
4	Iran	3	0	3	66	78	−12	0

Source: HAGOC

29 September 12:00	Iran	22–24	Kuwait	Zhejiang Gongshang University Sports Centre, Hangzhou Referees: Ismoilov, Ismoilov (UZB)
	Behnamnia, Taheri 5	(10–10)	Ali 5
	2×	Report	3×

30 September 18:00	Kuwait	25–24	South Korea	Zhejiang Gongshang University Sports Centre, Hangzhou Referees: Cheng, Zhou (CHN)
	Al-Hendal 7	(9–13)	Jang 6
	1× 4×	Report	1× 5× 1×

1 October 18:00	Kuwait	25–34	Bahrain	Zhejiang Gongshang University Sports Centre, Hangzhou Referees: Ismoilov, Ismoilov (UZB)
	Al-Harbi, Al-Shammari 7	(11–21)	Mohamed 8
	2×	Report	1× 5×

Semifinal

3 October 18:00	Qatar	29–24	Kuwait	Zhejiang Gongshang University Sports Centre, Hangzhou Referees: Murata, Furukawa (JPN)
	Carol 7	(12–12)	Ali, Salmeen 4
	1× 3×	Report	1× 7× 2×

Bronze medal match

5 October 15:00	Japan	30–31	Kuwait	Zhejiang Gongshang University Sports Centre, Hangzhou Referees: Cheng, Zhou (CHN)
	Yoshino 9	(14–14)	Al-Shammari 7
	1× 3×	Report	1× 4×

Shooting

The Kuwait Olympic Committee announced that it has sent 19 shooters to the Asian Games.

Men
Individual


Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Abdullah Al-Harbi	10m air pistol	615.3	48	Did not advance
Ali Al-Mutairi		618.3	41	Did not advance
Saud Al-Subaie		613.6	51	Did not advance
Abdullah Al-Rashidi	Skeet	120	6 Q	60
Mansour Al-Rashidi		116	19	Did not advance
Abdulaziz Al-Saad		113	26	Did not advance
Abdulrahman Al-Faihan	Trap	119	12	Did not advance
Khaled Al-Mudhaf		120	4	21	6
Talal Al-Rashidi		120	3	45

Women
Individual


Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Amerah Awad	25m pistol	268-7x	42	Did not advance
Afrah Mohammed	Skeet	108	19	Did not advance
Eman Al-Shamaa		113	10	Did not advance
Fatima Al-Zaabi		95	23	Did not advance
Hajar Abdulmalik	Trap	102	21	Did not advance
Shahad Al-Hawal		114	6	21	5
Sarah Al-Hawal		102	22	Did not advance

Team


Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank
Abdullah Al-Harbi Ali Al-Mutairi Saud Al-Subaie	10m Men's air pistol	1847.2-122x	14
Abdullah Al-Rashidi Mansour Al-Rashidi Abdulaziz Al-Saad	Men's Skeet team	349	6
Afrah Mohammed Eman Al-Shamaa Fatima Al-Zaabi	Women's Skeet team	316	7
Abdulrahman Al-Faihan Khaled Al-Mudhaf Talal Al-Rashidi	Men's Trap team	359
Hajar Abdulmalik Shahad Al-Hawal Sarah Al-Hawal	Women's Skeet team	318	7

Mixed team


Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Abdullah Al-Rashidi Eman Al-Shamaa	Skeet team	149	1	35

Sport climbing

Speed

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round of 16	Quarter-finals	Semi-finals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Best	Rank	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Rank
Nasser Abuergeeb	Men's	8.474	23	Did not advance

Combined

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Semi-finals				Final
Athlete	Event	Boulder Point	Lead Point	Total	Rank	Boulder Point	Lead Point	Total	Rank	Boulder Point	Lead Point	Total	Rank
Nasser Abuergeeb	Men's	9.7	10	19.7	22	Did not advance

Tennis

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarter-finals	Semi-finals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Bader Alqahtani	Singles	Fomin (UZB) L 0–6, 4–6	Did not advance
Essa Qabazard	Singles	Samrej (THA) L 1–6, 4–6	Did not advance
Bader Alqahtani Essa Qabazard	Doubles	—	Fomin / Sultanov (UZB) L 3–6, 1–6	Did not advance

References

^ "Asian Games in China postponed over COVID resurgence".
^ "المضف والشماع يحملان علم الكويت في افتتاح «الألعاب الآسيوية».. اليوم". 23 September 2023.
^ "Kuwaiti crown prince arrives in Hangzhou for Asian Games-Xinhua".
^ "Instagram".
^ "Asian Games football: India grouped with China, Bangladesh in men's draw; Thailand in women's". 27 July 2023.
^ "Football Men's - Team Roster - (KUW) Kuwait" (PDF). Hangzhou Asian Games Organizing Committee. 24 September 2023. Retrieved 24 September 2023.

[1] "Asian Games in China postponed over COVID resurgence".

[2] "المضف والشماع يحملان علم الكويت في افتتاح «الألعاب الآسيوية».. اليوم". 23 September 2023.

[3] "Kuwaiti crown prince arrives in Hangzhou for Asian Games-Xinhua".

[4] "Instagram".

[5] "Asian Games football: India grouped with China, Bangladesh in men's draw; Thailand in women's". 27 July 2023.

[6] "Football Men's - Team Roster - (KUW) Kuwait" (PDF). Hangzhou Asian Games Organizing Committee. 24 September 2023. Retrieved 24 September 2023.

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