Football at the Asian Games explained

Football at the Asian Games
Organiser:OCA
AFC
Founded:Men: 1951
Women: 1990
Region:Asia
Current Champions:M:

W:
(2022)
Most Successful Team:M:

(6 titles)
W:



(3 titles each)
Current: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 tournaments

Summaries

Ed.YearHostwidth=1% rowspan=2 bgcolor=ffffffFinalwidth=1% rowspan=2 bgcolor=ffffffBronze medal match
width=15%Gold Medalwidth=10%Scorewidth=15%Silver Medalwidth=15%Bronze Medalwidth=10%Scorewidth=15%Fourth Place
National teams tournament (1951–1998)
11951
details		 New Delhiwidth=1% rowspan=13 bgcolor=ffffff1–0width=1% rowspan=13 bgcolor=ffffff2–0
21954
details		 Manila5–25–4
31958
details		 Tokyo3–24–1
41962
details		 Jakarta2–14–1
51966
details		 Bangkok1–02–0
61970
details		 Bangkok
0–0 (a.e.t.)11–0
71974
details		 Tehran1–02–1
81978
details		 Bangkok
0–0 (a.e.t.)11–0
91982
details		 New Delhi1–02–02
101986
details		 Seoul2–05–0
111990
details		 Beijing0–0 (a.e.t.)
(4–1 p)		1–0
121994
details		 Hiroshima4–22–1
131998
details		 Bangkok2–03–0
Under-23 National teams tournament (2002–present)
142002
details		 Busanwidth=1% rowspan=9 bgcolor=ffffff2–1width=1% rowspan=9 bgcolor=ffffff3–0
152006
details		 Doha1–01–0 (a.e.t.)
162010
details		 Guangzhou1–04–3
172014
details		 Incheon1–0 (a.e.t.)1–0
182018
details		 Jakarta–Palembang2–1 (a.e.t.)1–1
(4–3 p)
192022
details		 Hangzhou2–1 4–0
202026
details		 Aichi–Nagoya
212030
details		 Doha
222034
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

Medal table

TeamGoldSilverBronze
style=background:gold6 (1970, 1978, 1986*, 2014*, 2018, 2022)style=background:silver3 (1954, 1958, 1962)style=background:#cc99663 (1990, 2002*, 2010)
style=background:gold4 (1974*, 1990, 1998, 2002)style=background:silver2 (1951, 1966)style=background:#cc99661 (2006)
style=background:gold2 (1951*, 1962)style=background:#cc99661 (1970)
style=background:gold2 (1966, 1970*)style=background:#cc99661 (1954)
style=background:gold2 (1954, 1958)
style=background:gold1 (2010)style=background:silver3 (2002, 2018, 2022)style=background:#cc99662 (1951, 1966)
style=background:gold1 (1978)style=background:silver2 (1990, 2014)
style=background:gold1 (1982)style=background:silver1 (2006)style=background:#cc99661 (2014)
style=background:gold1 (1994)style=background:#cc99661 (2022)
style=background:gold1 (2006*)
style=background:silver2 (1982, 1998)style=background:#cc99662 (1986, 1994)
style=background:silver1 (1994)style=background:#cc99662 (1978, 1998)
style=background:silver1 (1986)style=background:#cc99661 (1982)
style=background:silver1 (2010)style=background:#cc99661 (2018)
style=background:silver1 (1974*)
style=background:#cc99662 (1962, 1974)
style=background:#cc99661 (1958)

* = host

Top scorers

Year Top scorer(s) Goals
1951 Sheoo Mewalal3
1954
1958
1962
1966
19705
19746
1978
1982 Hussein Saeed4
1986
1990 Farshad Pious
Seo Jung-won		4
1994 Hwang Sun-hong11
1998 Faraj Laheeb9
2002 Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht
Satoshi Nakayama		5
2006 Odai Al-Saify7
2010 Kensuke Nagai5
2014 Ferdinand Sinaga6
2018 Hwang Ui-jo9
2022 Jeong Woo-yeong8

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.

width=200Nation
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
4th 12th 24th 25th WD 4
14th 14th 12th 10th 7th 9th 18th 16th 13th 9
13th 12th 14th 13th DQ 20th 24th 24th 20th 15th 20th 10
DQ DQ 0
7th 19th 2
10th 3rd 7th 8th 6th bgcolor=silver2nd 3rd5th 5th 12th 15th 9th 7th 13
bgcolor=gold1st bgcolor=gold1st DQ 9th 25th 18th 5
5th 6th 9th 14th 22nd 14th 13th 10th 10th 14th 4th 11
1st 8th 4th bgcolor=gold1st 8th 3rd 13th 8th 6th 16th DQ DQ 16th 10th 14th 14th 26th 9th 16
6th 4th 3rd 5th 5th 5th 4th DQ DQ 27th 11th 10th 11th 11
bgcolor=silver2nd 14th bgcolor=silver2nd 8th 1st 8th 6th bgcolor=gold1st 9th bgcolor=gold1st bgcolor=gold1st 3rd 4th 23rd 13th 6th 16
5th 4th bgcolor=gold1st 7th DQ bgcolor=silver2nd DQ 3rd DQ 6
5th DQ bgcolor=silver2nd 2
3rd 10th 12th 6th 3rd 4th 9th 9th 5th 9th 8th 7th 9th bgcolor=silver2nd 11th bgcolor=gold1st 5th bgcolor=silver2nd bgcolor=silver2nd 19
DQ 19th 21st 7th 3
DQ 10th 1
6th 5th bgcolor=silver2nd 3rd 7th 3rd bgcolor=silver2nd 5th 10th 11th 18th 19th 12
17th 23rd 16th 20th 12th 5
21st 27th 23rd 3
12th 12th 2
28th 1
13th 3rd 10th 10th 3rd 7th 14th 15th 12th 12th 17th 23rd 16th 19th 12th 15
20th 22nd 20th 17th 21st 5
DQ 23rd DQ 21st 2
5th 3rd 11th DQ bgcolor=gold1st bgcolor=gold1st 7th 12th 13th 16th DQ 19th 10th 11
16th 18th 18th 17th 29th 22nd 6
4th bgcolor=gold1st 4th bgcolor=silver2nd 13th 8th 8th 5th bgcolor=silver2nd 7th 5th 11
DQ 10th 10th 11th 9th 16th 6th 22nd 7
6th 9th 11th 17th 14th 23rd 21st 22nd 24th 17th 10
DQ 21st 22nd 20th 14th 11th 15th 6
11th 8th 8th 15th 4
11th 13th DQ 13th 5th 11th 1st 9th 21st 16th 9
10th 3rd bgcolor=silver2nd 5th 5th 6th 8th 8th 8
9th 10th 4th 11th 26th 19th 17th 7
bgcolor=silver2nd bgcolor=silver2nd bgcolor=silver2nd 11th bgcolor=gold1st 8th bgcolor=gold1st 9th 1st 3rd 4th 6th 3rd 4th 3rd 1st bgcolor=gold1st bgcolor=gold1st 18
15th 1
10th 12th 6th WD 3
14th DQ 25th 13th 3
7th 6th 6th 12th 6th 10th 11th 4th 15th 4th 4th 7th 7th 4th 18th 14th 16
28th 24th 2
7th 8th 18th DQ 13th 4
5th 8th 15th 13th 18th bgcolor=silver2nd 8th 3rd 8
bgcolor=gold1st 7th 16th 6th 8th 9th 5th 3rd 8
7th 7th 4th 7th 9th 17th 19th 15th 14th 12th 4th 17th 12
DQ 10th 17th 15th DQ 3

Women's tournaments

Summaries

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

Edition Year Host width=1% rowspan=14Final width=1% rowspan=14Third place match Number of teams
width=15%Winner width=8%Score width=15%Runner-up width=15%3rd placewidth=8%Score width=15%4th place
11990
 Beijing6
21994
 Hiroshima2–04
31998
 Bangkok1–0 (g.g.)2–18
42002
 Busan6
52006
 Doha0–0 (a.e.t.)
(4–2 p)		2–08
62010
 Guangzhou1–02–07
72014
 Incheon3–13–011
82018
 Jakarta–Palembang1–04–011
92022
 Hangzhou4–17–016
102026
 Aichi–Nagoya
112030
 Doha
122034
 Riyadh

Medal table

TeamGoldSilverBronze
style=background:gold3 (2010, 2018, 2022)style=background:silver4 (1990, 1994*, 2006, 2014)style=background:#cc99662 (1998, 2002)
style=background:gold3 (2002, 2006, 2014)style=background:silver3 (1998, 2010, 2022)style=background:#cc99661 (1990)
style=background:gold3 (1990*, 1994, 1998)style=background:silver2 (2002, 2018)style=background:#cc99662 (2006, 2022*)
style=background:#cc99663 (2010, 2014*, 2018)
style=background:#cc99661 (1994)

* = host

Participating nations

width=170Nation
1990
(6)
1994
(4)
1998
(8)
2002
(6)
2006
(8)
2010
(7)
2014
(11)
2018
(11)
2022
(16) 		Years
12th 1
WD 0
1st bgcolor=gold1st bgcolor=gold1st bgcolor=silver2nd 3rd 4th 5th bgcolor=silver2nd 3rd 9
4th 3rd 4th 5th 5th 7th 4th 6th 8
6th 8th 8th 14th 4
8th 9th 13th 3
9th 1
WD 0
bgcolor=silver2nd 2nd 3rd 3rd bgcolor=silver2nd bgcolor=gold1st bgcolor=silver2nd bgcolor=gold1st bgcolor=gold1st 9
8th 7th 10th 3
DQ 11th 10th 2
16th 1
10th 1
11th 1
3rd bgcolor=silver2nd bgcolor=gold1st bgcolor=gold1st bgcolor=silver2nd bgcolor=gold1st 6th bgcolor=silver2nd 8
DQ 7th 1
15th 1
5th 4th 5th 4th 4th 3rd 3rd 3rd 5th 9
11th 1
DQ 7th 6th 6th 6th 7th 8th 6
4th 1
6th 6th 7th 5th 4th 5th 9th 7

Top scorers

Year Goalscorers Goals
1990
1994
1998
2002 Jin Pyol-hui4
2006 Han Duan7
2010 Ji So-yun5
2014 Nisa Romyen8
2018 Wang Shanshan12
2022 Kim Kyong-yong12

Winning coaches

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

See also

References

  1. Web site: PFF chief names Akhtar as head coach of Asian Games team. The Nation. August 29, 2010. 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.. https://web.archive.org/web/20121008130520/http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/Sports/29-Aug-2010/PFF-chief-names-Akhtar-as-head-coach-of-Asian-Games-team. October 8, 2012. live.
  2. Web site: Asian Games (Women's Tournament). RSSSF. 21 November 2014. 15 August 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220815140153/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/asia-womgames.html. live.

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