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.
| Organiser(s) | OCA |
|---|---|
| Founded | Men: 1951 Women: 1990 |
| Region | Asia |
| Current champions | M: South Korea (2022) W: Japan (2022) |
| Most championships | M: South Korea (6 titles) W: China Japan North Korea (3 titles each) |
| 2022 (M), 2022 (W) | |
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 tournament
Results
- 1951–1998: Senior tournament
- 2002–present: Under-23 tournament
| Ed. | Year | Host | Final | Bronze medal match | No. of teams | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold medalists | Score | Silver medalists | Bronze medalists | Score | Fourth place | |||||||
| 1 | 1951 details | New Delhi | India | 1–0 | Iran | Japan | 2–0 | Afghanistan | 6 | |||
| 2 | 1954 details | Manila | Republic of China | 5–2 | South Korea | Burma | 5–4 | Indonesia | 12 | |||
| 3 | 1958 details | Tokyo | Republic of China | 3–2 | South Korea | Indonesia | 4–1 | India | 14 | |||
| 4 | 1962 details | Jakarta | India | 2–1 | South Korea | Malaya | 4–1 | South Vietnam | 8 | |||
| 5 | 1966 details | Bangkok | Burma | 1–0 | Iran | Japan | 2–0 | Singapore | 11 | |||
| 6 | 1970 details | Bangkok | Burma South Korea | 0–0 (a.e.t.)1 | India | 1–0 | Japan | 10 | ||||
| 7 | 1974 details | Tehran | Iran | 1–0 | Israel | Malaysia | 2–1 | North Korea | 15 | |||
| 8 | 1978 details | Bangkok | North Korea South Korea | 0–0 (a.e.t.)1 | China | 1–0 | Iraq | 14 | ||||
| 9 | 1982 details | New Delhi | Iraq | 1–0 | Kuwait | Saudi Arabia | 2–02 | North Korea | 16 | |||
| 10 | 1986 details | Seoul | South Korea | 2–0 | Saudi Arabia | Kuwait | 5–0 | Indonesia | 18 | |||
| 11 | 1990 details | Beijing | Iran | 0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–1 p) | North Korea | South Korea | 1–0 | Thailand | 14 | |||
| 12 | 1994 details | Hiroshima | Uzbekistan | 4–2 | China | Kuwait | 2–1 | South Korea | 18 | |||
| 13 | 1998 details | Bangkok | Iran | 2–0 | Kuwait | China | 3–0 | Thailand | 23 | |||
| 14 | 2002 details | Busan | Iran | 2–1 | Japan | South Korea | 3–0 | Thailand | 24 | |||
| 15 | 2006 details | Doha | Qatar | 1–0 | Iraq | Iran | 1–0 (a.e.t.) | South Korea | 28 | |||
| 16 | 2010 details | Guangzhou | Japan | 1–0 | United Arab Emirates | South Korea | 4–3 | Iran | 24 | |||
| 17 | 2014 details | Incheon | South Korea | 1–0 (a.e.t.) | North Korea | Iraq | 1–0 | Thailand | 29 | |||
| 18 | 2018 details | Jakarta–Palembang | South Korea | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | Japan | United Arab Emirates | 1–1 (4–3 p) | Vietnam | 25 | |||
| 19 | 2022 details | Hangzhou | South Korea | 2–1 | Japan | Uzbekistan | 4–0 | Hong Kong | 21 | |||
| 20 | 2026 details | Aichi–Nagoya | ||||||||||
| 21 | 2030 details | Doha | ||||||||||
| 22 | 2034 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
| 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
Individual records
| Year | Top scorer(s) | Goals | Winning manager(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Sheoo Mewalal | 3 | Syed Abdul Rahim |
| 1954 | Lee Wai Tong | ||
| 1958 | Lee Wai Tong | ||
| 1962 | Syed Abdul Rahim | ||
| 1966 | German Zonin | ||
| 1970 | Win Maung | 5 | Han Hong-ki U Pe Tin |
| 1974 | Gidi Damti | 6 | Frank O'Farrell |
| 1978 | Ham Heung-chul Pak Du-sok | ||
| 1982 | Hussein Saeed | 4 | Ammo Baba |
| 1986 | Salah Al-Hasawi | 6 | Kim Jung-nam |
| 1990 | Farshad Pious Seo Jung-won | 4 | Ali Parvin |
| 1994 | Hwang Sun-hong | 11 | Rustam Akramov |
| 1998 | Faraj Laheeb | 9 | Mansour Pourheidari |
| 2002 | Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht Satoshi Nakayama | 5 | Branko Ivanković |
| 2006 | Odai Al-Saify | 7 | Džemaludin Mušović |
| 2010 | Kensuke Nagai | 5 | Takashi Sekizuka |
| 2014 | Ferdinand Sinaga | 6 | Lee Kwang-jong |
| 2018 | Hwang Ui-jo | 9 | Kim Hak-bum |
| 2022 | Jeong Woo-yeong | 8 | 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 | |||
| Timor-Leste | 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 tournament
Results
The first women's tournament was held in the 1990 Asian Games.
| Ed. | Year | Host | Final | Bronze medal match | No. of teams | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold medalists | Score | Silver medalists | Bronze medalists | Score | Fourth 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
Individual records
| Year | Top scorer | Goals | Winning manager |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Shang Ruihua | ||
| 1994 | Ma Yuanan | ||
| 1998 | Ma Yuanan | ||
| 2002 | Jin Pyol-hui | 4 | Ri Song-gun |
| 2006 | Han Duan | 7 | Kim Kwang-min |
| 2010 | Ji So-yun | 5 | Norio Sasaki |
| 2014 | Nisa Romyen | 8 | Kim Kwang-min |
| 2018 | Wang Shanshan | 12 | Asako Takakura |
| 2022 | Kim Kyong-yong | 12 | Michihisa Kano |
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 |
See also
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