East Timor at the 2018 Asian Games

East Timor at the
2018 Asian Games
East Timor at the; 2018 Asian Games
IOC code	TLS
NOC	National Olympic Committee of East Timor
in Jakarta and Palembang; August 18 – September 2
Competitors	65 in 12 sports
Asian Games appearances (overview)
	2002; 2006; 2010; 2014; 2018; 2022; 2026;

East Timor participated at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia, from 18 August to 2 September 2018.^[1] The country is planned to send 64 athletes who compete in 12 different sports.^[2]

Competitors

The following is a list of the number of competitors representing East Timor that participated at the Games:

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	3	3	6
Boxing	5	0	5
Cycling	3	2	5
Football	20	0	20
Karate	2	3	5
Pencak silat	5	0	5
Shooting	1	1	2
Swimming	0	1	1
Taekwondo	3	3	6
Tennis	2	0	2
Volleyball	2	2	4
Weightlifting	4	0	4
Total	50	15	65

Athletics

East Timor entered six athletes (3 men's and 3 women's) to participate in the athletics competition at the Games.^[3]

Boxing

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Jose Barreto Quintas Da Silva	–49 kg	Bye	MB Kali (INA) L 0–5	did not advance
Joao Barbosa Neto Ximenes	–52 kg	Bye	A Suguro (INA) L 0–5	did not advance
Elisio Raimundo Gaio	–56 kg	C Butdee (THA) L 0–5	did not advance
Savon Ramos Monteiro	–60 kg	Bye	R Juntrong (THA) L 0–4	did not advance
Apolinario Da Costa Alves	–64 kg	Wang G (CHN) L 0–5	did not advance

Cycling

BMX

Athlete	Event	Seeding run		Motos		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Point	Rank	Time	Rank
Valeria Bakhita França Sarmento	Women's race	54.62	10	15	5	did not advance

Mountain biking

Athlete	Event	Seeding run		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Diamantino Carvalho	Men's cross-country	—		−4 laps	19
Eugénio Manuel dos Santos Tilman	Men's cross-country	—		−5 laps	21
Matias Li	Men's downhill	15:38.661	9	2:57.172	8
Cabral Marques	Women's downhill	4:31.670	8	4:23.817	8

Football

East Timor competed in the Group C at the men's football event.^[4]

Summary

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
East Timor men's	Men's tournament	China L 0–6	United Arab Emirates L 1–4	Syria L 2–5	4	did not advance				24

Men's tournament

Roster

The following is the Timor-Leste squad in the men's football tournament of the 2018 Asian Games.^[5]

Head coach: Norio Tsukitate

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Aderito	(1997-05-15)15 May 1997 (aged 21)	Atlético Ultramar
2	2DF	Julião	(1998-07-02)2 July 1998 (aged 20)	SLB Benfica
3	2DF	José Guterres	(1998-04-24)24 April 1998 (aged 20)	Boavista
4	2DF	Cândido Oliveira	(1997-12-02)2 December 1997 (aged 20)	Ponta Leste
5	2DF	Jorge Sabas (captain)	(1997-12-05)5 December 1997 (aged 20)	Karketu Dili
6	3MF	Nataniel	(1995-03-25)25 March 1995 (aged 23)	Boavista
7	4FW	Rufino Gama	(1998-06-20)20 June 1998 (aged 20)	Karketu Dili
8	3MF	Boavida Olegário*	(1994-10-24)24 October 1994 (aged 23)	Karketu Dili
9	4FW	Silvério Garcia*	(1994-04-02)2 April 1994 (aged 24)	Ponta Leste
10	4FW	Henrique Cruz	(1997-12-06)6 December 1997 (aged 20)	Boavista
11	3MF	Gelvánio Costa	(1998-10-08)8 October 1998 (aged 19)	Karketu Dili
12	3MF	José Fonseca*	(1994-09-19)19 September 1994 (aged 23)	Cacusan
13	2DF	Gumário	(2001-10-18)18 October 2001 (aged 16)	Boavista
14	3MF	Avigmas	(1999-12-24)24 December 1999 (aged 18)	Boavista
15	3MF	Armindo	(1998-04-18)18 April 1998 (aged 20)	Académica
16	2DF	Ricky*	(1994-06-17)17 June 1994 (aged 24)	SLB Benfica
17	3MF	Osvaldo Belo	(2000-10-18)18 October 2000 (aged 17)	Karketu Dili
18	3MF	Filomeno	(2000-08-05)5 August 2000 (aged 18)	SLB Benfica
19	4FW	Frangcyatma Alves	(1997-01-27)27 January 1997 (aged 21)	Cacusan
20	1GK	Fagio Augusto	(1997-04-29)29 April 1997 (aged 21)	Karketu Dili

* Over-aged player.

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	China	3	3	0	11	1	+10	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Syria	3	2	1	6	5	+1	6
3	United Arab Emirates	3	1	2	5	4	+1	3
4	East Timor	3	0	3	3	15	−12	0
5	Iraq	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew, replaced by UAE^[6]

Source: Asian Games 2018
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

14 August 2018

16:00 UTC+7

China	6–0	East Timor
Zhang Yuning 4' Zhang Yuan 20' Gao Zhunyi 27', 47' Wei Shihao 33' Yao Junsheng 36'	Report

Jalak Harupat Stadium, Soreang

Referee: Çarymyrat Kurbanow (Turkmenistan)

16 August 2018

16:00 UTC+7

East Timor	1–4	United Arab Emirates
Gama 87'	Report	Suroor 2' Sultan 10' Z. Al-Ameri 19', 61'

Jalak Harupat Stadium, Soreang

Referee: Nasrullo Kabirov (Tajikistan)

19 August 2018

19:00 UTC+7

East Timor	2–5	Syria
Gama 15' Garcia 85'	Report	Hannan 33' Shalha 42', 54', 90+1' Koaeh 50'

Wibawa Mukti Stadium, Cikarang

Referee: Zaid Thamer Mohammed (Iraq)

Karate

East Timor participated in the karate competition at the Games with five athletes (2 men's and 3 women's).^[7]

Pencak silat

Federasaun Silat Timor-Leste (FESTIL) entered their athletes compete in the pencak silat event at the Games.^[8]

Seni

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Paulo Futre dos Reis	Men's tunggal	DSQ	–	did not advance

Tanding

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Joaquim Afonso Gomes	Men's –55 kg	Bye	B Thammavongsa (LAO) L 0–5	did not advance
Silvestre dos Santos Barbosa	Men's –60 kg	Bye	MH Amzad (MAS) L 0–5	did not advance
Mateus da Silva Conceção	Men's –60 kg	J Loon (PHI) L 0–5	did not advance
David No-Ano Ximenes	Men's –70 kg	KHA Putra (INA) L 0–5	did not advance

Shooting

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Nelson da Silva	10 m air rifle	477.3	44	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Cristina de Jesus Ximenes	10 m air pistol	470	43	did not advance

Swimming

East Timor entered one women's swimmer to compete at the Games.^[9]

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Imelda Felicyta Ximenes Belo	50 m freestyle	34.21	31	did not advance
	100 m freestyle	1:16.91	25	did not advance
	200 m freestyle	2:56.50	24	did not advance
	50 m butterfly	39.57	27	did not advance

Taekwondo

Federasaun Taekwondo Timor–Leste (FTTL) entered their taekwondo practitioners competed at the Games.^[10]

Kyorugi

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank
Nilton Corte-Real	Men's −58 kg	Thipphakone Kuangmany (LAO) L 18–40	did not advance
Claudio Mousaco	Men's −63 kg	Khurram Mehtarshoev (TJK) L 10–32	did not advance
Arcenio Soares	Men's −68 kg	Muhammad Saleh (INA) L 11–22	did not advance
Ana Bello	Women's −49 kg	Bye	Kang Bo-ra (KOR) L 2–45	did not advance
Maria Madeira Barros	Women's −53 kg	Bye	Mariska Halinda (INA) L 3–28	did not advance
Evalinda Nadeak	Women's −57 kg	Charos Kayumova (UZB) L 2–35	did not advance

Tennis

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Frederico Soares Sarmento	Singles	AJ Tang (HKG) L 0–6, 0–6	did not advance
Nazário Fernandes Gusmão	Singles	J Patrombon (PHI) L 1–6, 0–6	did not advance
Nazário Fernandes Gusmão Frederico Soares Sarmento	Doubles	Bye	N Kadchapanan / W Trongcharoenchaikul (THA) L 0–6, 2–6	did not advance

Volleyball

Beach

Two East Timor beach volleyball teams (one men's pair and one women's pair) will compete at the Games.^[11]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Standing	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Standing	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Inocêncio Fernandes Xavier Robson Fernandes Xavier	Men's	Mirzaali – Raoufi (IRI): L 0–2 Nguyen – Ly (VIE): L 0–2 Hasegawa – Shimizu (JPN): L 0–2	4	did not advance
Letícia Febriana Alin de Souza Adilijia Caminha	Women's	Numwong – Hongpak (THA): L 0–2 Ratnasari – Eka (INA): L 0–2 Rachenko – Yeropkina (KAZ): L 0–2 Futami – Hasegawa (JPN): L 0–2	5	did not advance

Weightlifting

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Norberto dos Reis Gama	−56 kg	60	10	82	10	142	10
Gilton Fátima Guterres da Costa	−62 kg	80	13	90	13	170	13
José Martins Garcia Valente	−77 kg	82	20	90	18	172	18
Edeliju Mesquita	−85 kg	73	12	95	12	168	12

References

^ "Indonesia prepares to light up the Energy of Asia for the Asian Games 2018". Ministry of Tourism, Republic of Indonesia. 8 August 2018. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
^ Freitas, Xisto; Almeida, Rita (16 August 2018). "Atleta Nasionál Despede PR" (in Tetum). Tatoli. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
^ "Official Result Book Athletics" (PDF). Olympic Council of Asia. 30 August 2018. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
^ "Draw for 2018 Asian Games men's football announced". Football Tribe Asia. 6 July 2018. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
^ "Athletes Football Timor Leste". Asian Games 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2018.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "Asian Games: Iraq withdraw from football tournament". Reuters. 1 August 2018. Archived from the original on 2 August 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
^ "Official Result Book Karate" (PDF). Olympic Council of Asia. 27 August 2018. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
^ Gusmao, Maria do ceu (8 April 2018). "Prosesu Selesaun Atleta Silat Ba Asian Games Tenki Para, Tamba Mosu Konfrontasaun". Trio Tafara Online. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
^ Meilana, Evangelisto (6 August 2018). "Hafoin Asian Games, Imelda Hakarak Tan Reprezenta TL iha Olympic Games". The Timor News. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
^ Celestina, Soares (2 May 2018). "Atleta Taekwondo Sira Sei Kompete Iha Asian Games" (in Tetum). The Dili Weekly. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
^ "Athletes Beach Volleyball Timor-Leste". Asian Games 2018. Retrieved 14 August 2018.

[1] "Indonesia prepares to light up the Energy of Asia for the Asian Games 2018". Ministry of Tourism, Republic of Indonesia. 8 August 2018. Retrieved 14 August 2018.

[2] Freitas, Xisto; Almeida, Rita (16 August 2018). "Atleta Nasionál Despede PR" (in Tetum). Tatoli. Retrieved 31 December 2018.

[3] "Official Result Book Athletics" (PDF). Olympic Council of Asia. 30 August 2018. Retrieved 30 December 2018.

[4] "Draw for 2018 Asian Games men's football announced". Football Tribe Asia. 6 July 2018. Retrieved 14 August 2018.

[5] "Athletes Football Timor Leste". Asian Games 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2018.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[6] "Asian Games: Iraq withdraw from football tournament". Reuters. 1 August 2018. Archived from the original on 2 August 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2023.

[7] "Official Result Book Karate" (PDF). Olympic Council of Asia. 27 August 2018. Retrieved 28 December 2018.

[8] Gusmao, Maria do ceu (8 April 2018). "Prosesu Selesaun Atleta Silat Ba Asian Games Tenki Para, Tamba Mosu Konfrontasaun". Trio Tafara Online. Retrieved 31 December 2018.

[9] Meilana, Evangelisto (6 August 2018). "Hafoin Asian Games, Imelda Hakarak Tan Reprezenta TL iha Olympic Games". The Timor News. Retrieved 31 December 2018.

[10] Celestina, Soares (2 May 2018). "Atleta Taekwondo Sira Sei Kompete Iha Asian Games" (in Tetum). The Dili Weekly. Retrieved 31 December 2018.

[11] "Athletes Beach Volleyball Timor-Leste". Asian Games 2018. Retrieved 14 August 2018.

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