Football at the Asian Games

Football at the Asian Games
Founded	1951
Region	AFC (Asia)
Number of teams	24
Current champions	South Korea (2014)
Most successful team(s)	South Korea (4 titles)
Football at the 2014 Asian Games

Men's Association football is an Asian Games sport since the 1951 edition. Women's football competition began in 1990.

Since the 2002 Asian Games, age limit for men teams is under-23 plus up to three over aged players for each squad,^[1] same as the age limit in football competitions at the Summer Olympics.

Men's tournaments 1
- Summaries 1.1
- Medal table 1.2
Women's tournaments 2
- Medal table 2.1
References 3

Men's tournaments

Summaries

Year	Host	Final			Third Place
Year	Host	Gold Medal	Score	Silver Medal	Bronze Medal	Score	Fourth Place
1951 details	New Delhi, India	India	1–0	Iran	Japan	2–0	Afghanistan
1954 details	Manila, Philippines	Republic of China	5–2	South Korea	Burma	5–4	Indonesia
1958 details	Tokyo, Japan	Republic of China	3–2	South Korea	Indonesia	4–1	India
1962 details	Jakarta, Indonesia	India	2–1	South Korea	Malaya	4–1	South Vietnam
1966 details	Bangkok, Thailand	Burma	1–0	Iran	Japan	2–0	Singapore
1970 details	Bangkok, Thailand	Burma South Korea	0–0 aet¹		India	1–0	Japan
1974 details	Tehran, Iran	Iran	1–0	Israel	Malaysia	2–1	North Korea
1978 details	Bangkok, Thailand	North Korea South Korea	0–0 aet¹		China PR	1–0	Iraq
1982 details	New Delhi, India	Iraq	1–0	Kuwait	Saudi Arabia	2–0²	North Korea
1986 details	Seoul, South Korea	South Korea	2–0	Saudi Arabia	Kuwait	5–0	Indonesia
1990 details	Beijing, China	Iran	0–0 aet (4–1) pen	North Korea	South Korea	1–0	Thailand
1994 details	Hiroshima, Japan	Uzbekistan	4–2	China PR	Kuwait	2–1	South Korea
1998 details	Bangkok, Thailand	Iran	2–0	Kuwait	China PR	3–0	Thailand
2002 details	Busan, South Korea	Iran	2–1	Japan	South Korea	3–0	Thailand
2006 details	Doha, Qatar	Qatar	1–0	Iraq	Iran	1–0 aet	South Korea
2010 details	Guangzhou, China	Japan	1–0	United Arab Emirates	South Korea	4–3	Iran
2014 details	Incheon, South Korea	South Korea	1–0	North Korea	Iraq	1–0	Thailand
2018 details	Jakarta, Indonesia

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.

Medal table

Team	Gold	Silver	Bronze
South Korea	4 (1970, 1978, 1986, 2014)	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)
North Korea	1 (1978)	2 (1990, 2014)
Japan	1 (2010)	1 (2002)	2 (1951, 1966)
Iraq	1 (1982)	1 (2006)	1 (2014)
Qatar	1 (2006*)
Uzbekistan	1 (1994)
Kuwait		2 (1982, 1998)	2 (1986, 1994)
China PR		1 (1994)	2 (1978, 1998)
Saudi Arabia		1 (1986)	1 (1982)
Israel		1 (1974)
United Arab Emirates		1 (2010)
Malaysia			2 (1962, 1974)
Indonesia			1 (1958)

* = host

Women's tournaments

In 1990 a women's tournament was started.^[2]

Year	Host	Final			Third Place
Year	Host	Gold Medal	Score	Silver Medal	Bronze Medal	Score	Fourth Place
1990 details	Beijing, China	China PR		Japan	North Korea		Chinese Taipei
1994 details	Hiroshima, Japan	China PR	2–0	Japan	Chinese Taipei		South Korea
1998 details	Bangkok, Thailand	China PR	1–0	North Korea	Japan	2–1	Chinese Taipei
2002 details	Busan, South Korea	North Korea		China PR	Japan		South Korea
2006 details	Doha, Qatar	North Korea	0–0 aet (4–2) pen	Japan	China PR	2–0	South Korea
2010 details	Guangzhou, China	Japan	1–0	North Korea	South Korea	2–0	China PR
2014 details	Incheon, South Korea	North Korea	3–1	Japan	South Korea	3–0	Vietnam
2018 details	Jakarta, Indonesia

^3 Round-robin tournament
^4 Decided by round-robin standings

Medal table

Team	Gold	Silver	Bronze
North Korea	3 (2002, 2006, 2014)	2 (1998, 2010)	1 (1990)
China PR	3 (1990*, 1994, 1998)	1 (2002)	1 (2006)
Japan	1 (2010)	4 (1990*, 1994, 2006, 2014)	2 (1998, 2002)
South Korea			2 (2010,2014*)
Chinese Taipei			1 (1994)

* = host

References

RSSSF archive

^ "PFF chief names Akhtar as head coach of Asian Games team".
^ "Asian Games (Women's Tournament)". RSSSF. Retrieved 21 November 2014.

Sports at the Asian Games

Summer sports	Archery Athletics Badminton Baseball Basketball Bowling Boxing Canoeing Cricket Cycling Diving Equestrian Fencing Field hockey Football Golf Gymnastics Handball Judo Kabaddi Karate Modern pentathlon Rowing Rugby union Sailing Sepaktakraw Shooting Soft tennis Softball Squash Swimming Synchronized swimming Table tennis Taekwondo Tennis Triathlon Volleyball Water polo Weightlifting Wrestling Wushu

Winter sports	Alpine skiing Biathlon Cross-country skiing Curling Figure skating Freestyle skiing Ice hockey Short track speed skating Ski jumping Snowboarding Speed skating

Past sports	Bandy Board games Bodybuilding Cue sports Dancesport Dragon boat Roller sports Ski orienteering

Football at the Asian Games

	1951 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014

List of medalists

International association football

FIFA World Cup Confederations Cup U-20 World Cup U-17 World Cup Olympics Universiade World Rankings Player of the Year FIFA Ballon d'Or Geography Teams Debuts Competitions Federations Codes

Asia	AFC – Asian Cup U-23 U-19 U-16 U-14

Africa	CAF – Africa Cup of Nations U-23 U-20 U-17

North America, Central America and the Caribbean	CONCACAF – Gold Cup U-20 U-17 U-15

South America	CONMEBOL – Copa América U-20 U-17 U-15

Oceania	OFC – Nations Cup President's Cup U-20 U-17

Europe	UEFA – European Championship U-21 U-19 U-17

Non-FIFA	NF-Board – Viva World Cup CONIFA - ConIFA World Football Cup IGA - Island Games

Games	All-Africa Games Asian Games Central America Central America and Caribbean East Asian Games Francophonie Games Mediterranean Games Pan American Games Pan Arab Games Pacific Games South Asian Games Southeast Asian Games

See also

National football associations of Asia (AFC)

Afghanistan Australia Bahrain Bangladesh Bhutan Brunei Cambodia China PR Guam Hong Kong India Indonesia Iran Iraq Japan Jordan Korea DPR Korea Republic Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Macau Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Myanmar Nepal Northern Mariana Islands Oman Pakistan Palestine Philippines Qatar Saudi Arabia Singapore Sri Lanka Syria Chinese Taipei Tajikistan Thailand Timor-Leste Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen

FIFA and AFC use Hong Kong and Macau; the EAFF uses Hong Kong, China and Macau, China

National football teams of Asia (AFC)

South East Asia (ASEAN)	Australia Brunei Cambodia Indonesia Laos Malaysia Myanmar Philippines Singapore Thailand Timor-Leste Vietnam

Central Asia (CAFF)	Afghanistan Iran Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan

East Asia (EAFF)	China PR Chinese Taipei Guam Hong Kong² Japan Korea DPR Korea Republic Macau² Mongolia Northern Mariana Islands¹

South Asia (SAFF)	Bangladesh Bhutan India Maldives Nepal Pakistan Sri Lanka

West Asia (WAFF)	Bahrain Iraq Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Oman Palestine Qatar Saudi Arabia Syria United Arab Emirates Yemen

Defunct	North Vietnam South Vietnam South Yemen

Former	Israel (moved to UEFA in 1994) Kazakhstan (moved to UEFA in 2002) New Zealand (formed the OFC in 1966)

¹ Provisional Associate Member - Not a member of FIFA ²FIFA and AFC use Hong Kong and Macau; the EAFF uses Hong Kong, China and Macau, China.

International women's association football

FIFA World Cup Olympics Algarve Cup Cyprus Cup U-20 World Cup U-17 World Cup World Rankings Player of the Year Player of the Century FIFA Ballon d'Or Geography Teams Competitions Federations Codes

Asia	AFC Women's Asian Cup U-19 U-16 Regional (ASEAN, EAFF, SAFF, WAFF)

Africa	CAF Women's Championship U-20 U-17

North America, Central America and Caribbean	CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup U-20 U-17

South America	CONMEBOL Copa América Femenina U-20 U-17

Oceania	OFC Women's Nations Cup U-20 U-17

Europe	UEFA Women's Championship U-19 U-17

Non-FIFA	NF-Board Women's Viva World Cup

Games	All-Africa Games Asian Games Central American Games Pan American Games Pacific Games South Asian Games Southeast Asian Games Universiade

See also

National women's football teams of Asia (AFC)

† Provisional Associate Member - Not a member of FIFA

AFC competitions

International	Asian Cup U-23 Championship U-19 Championship U-16 Championship U-14 Championship Futsal Championship Beach Soccer Championship Challenge Cup (defunct) Asian Games

Club competitions	Champions League AFC Cup Futsal Club Championship President's Cup (defunct) Cup Winners' Cup (defunct) Super Cup (defunct) Afro-Asian Championship (defunct)

Women's football	Asian Cup U-19 Championship U-16 Championship AFC U-14 Girls Regional Championship Asian Games

Football at the Asian Games

Football at the Asian Games

Contents

Men's tournaments

Summaries

Medal table

Women's tournaments

Medal table

References

Categories

Thailand

Encyclopedia Article

South Korea

Encyclopedia Article

South Korea national football team

Encyclopedia Article

Indonesia

Encyclopedia Article

China

Encyclopedia Article

Suggestions

Myanmar national football team

Encyclopedia Article

South Korea national football team

Encyclopedia Article

Thailand national football team

Encyclopedia Article

South Korea national under-23 football team

Encyclopedia Article

Thailand national under-23 football team

Encyclopedia Article