The football tournament at the 2026 Asian Games will be held in Nagoya, Toyota, Kariya, Gifu, Fukuroi and Osaka.
| Football at the 2026 Asian Games | |
|---|---|
Pictogram for Football | |
| Event details | |
| Games | 2026 Asian Games |
| Host country | Japan |
| Dates | TBD |
| Venues | 7 (in 6 host cities) |
| Competitors | TBA from 32 nations |
| Men's tournament | |
| Teams | 32 (from 1 confederation) |
| Women's tournament | |
| Teams | TBC (from 1 confederation) |
| Editions | |
← 2022 2030 → | |
Two different tournaments will be held in this sport: men's and women's.
Japan is the women's defending champions. South Korea is the men's defending champions.
Competition schedule
To be confirmed.
Venues
A total of seven venues around six cities were used.
Eleven venues were chosen for the bid after Nagoya was selected, including Toyota, Nagoya, Kariya, Oita, Utsunomiya, Yokohama, Hiroshima, Suita, Saitama, Chiba and Chōfu. Those venues where shortlisted to Toyota, Nagoya, Kariya, Gifu, Shizuoka, Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe, then later excluded Kyoto and Kobe on 30 April 2025. Notably, none of the stadiums used in the 2020 Olympics with 2012 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup will be used in this tournament, and the Shizuoka Stadium with Nagai Stadium are the only stadiums in this tournament that were used in the 2002 FIFA World Cup.
| Fukuroi | Osaka | Toyota | Gifu |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shizuoka Stadium | Nagai Stadium | Toyota Stadium | Gifu Nagaragawa Stadium |
| Capacity: 50,889 | Capacity: 47,816 | Capacity: 45,000 | Capacity: 26,109 |
| Nagoya | Fukuroi Osaka Toyota Gifu Nagoya Kariya | ||
| Paloma Mizuho Rugby Stadium | |||
| Capacity: 11,900 | |||
| Nagoya | |||
| CS Asset Minato Soccer Stadium | |||
| Capacity: 6,700 | |||
| Kariya | |||
| Wave Stadium | |||
| Capacity: 2,602 | |||
Men's tournament
- Teams
- Japan (Host)
- South Korea (defending champions 2022)
- North Korea
- China
- Chinese Taipei
- Hong Kong
- Pakistan
- India
- Maldives
- Bangladesh
- Malaysia
- Indonesia
- Vietnam
- Thailand
- Philippines
- Myanmar
- Laos
- Timor-Leste
- Brunei
- Syria
- Saudi Arabia
- Iraq
- Palestine
- United Arab Emirates
- Qatar
- Kuwait
- Lebanon
- Iran
- Uzbekistan
- Turkmenistan
- Kyrgyzstan
- Tajikistan
Women's tournament
- Teams
- Japan (Host defending champions 2022)
- Philippines
- Pakistan
- Uzbekistan
- Vietnam
- South Korea
- North Korea
- Thailand
- Saudi Arabia
- India
- Myanmar
- China
- Chinese Taipei
- Iran
- Hong Kong
- Bangladesh
- Kyrgyzstan
Medal summary
To be comfirmed.
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