# Football at the Asian Games

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, 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

* 1951-1998: Senior teams
* 2002-present: U-23 teams
| Ed. | Year | Host | Final | Final | Final | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| Ed. | Year | Host | Gold Medal | Score | Silver Medal | Bronze Medal | Score | Fourth Place |
| Senior national teams |||||||||||
| 1 | 1951 details | New Delhi | India | 1–0 | Iran | Japan | 2–0 | Afghanistan |
| 2 | 1954 details | Manila | Republic of China | 5–2 | South Korea | Burma | 5–4 | Indonesia |
| 3 | 1958 details | Tokyo | Republic of China | 3–2 | South Korea | Indonesia | 4–1 | India |
| 4 | 1962 details | Jakarta | India | 2–1 | South Korea | Malaya | 4–1 | South Vietnam |
| 5 | 1966 details | Bangkok | Burma | 1–0 | Iran | Japan | 2–0 | Singapore |
| 6 | 1970 details | Bangkok | Burma South Korea | 0–0 (a.e.t.)$^1$ | | India | 1–0 | Japan |
| 7 | 1974 details | Tehran | Iran | 1–0 | Israel | Malaysia | 2–1 | North Korea |
| 8 | 1978 details | Bangkok | North Korea South Korea | 0–0 (a.e.t.)$^1$ | | China | 1–0 | Iraq |
| 9 | 1982 details | New Delhi | Iraq | 1–0 | Kuwait | Saudi Arabia | 2–0$^2$ | North Korea |
| 10 | 1986 details | Seoul | South Korea | 2–0 | Saudi Arabia | Kuwait | 5–0 | Indonesia |
| 11 | 1990 details | Beijing | Iran | 0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–1 p) | North Korea | South Korea | 1–0 | Thailand |
| 12 | 1994 details | Hiroshima | Uzbekistan | 4–2 | China | Kuwait | 2–1 | South Korea |
| 13 | 1998 details | Bangkok | Iran | 2–0 | Kuwait | China | 3–0 | Thailand |
| U-23 national teams |||||||||||
| 14 | 2002 details | Busan | Iran | 2–1 | Japan | South Korea | 3–0 | Thailand |
| 15 | 2006 details | Doha | Qatar | 1–0 | Iraq | Iran | 1–0 (a.e.t.) | South Korea |
| 16 | 2010 details | Guangzhou | Japan | 1–0 | United Arab Emirates | South Korea | 4–3 | Iran |
| 17 | 2014 details | Incheon | South Korea | 1–0 (a.e.t.) | North Korea | Iraq | 1–0 | Thailand |
| 18 | 2018 details | Jakarta–Palembang | South Korea | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | Japan | United Arab Emirates | 1–1 (4–3 p) | Vietnam |
| 19 | 2022 details | Hangzhou | South Korea | 2–1 | Japan | Uzbekistan | 4–0 | Hong Kong |
| 20 | 2026 details | Aichi–Nagoya | | | | | | |
| 21 | 2030 details | Doha | | | | | | |
| 22 | 2034 details | Riyadh | | | | | | |
*Under-23 tournament since 2002.
$^1$ 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

### Top scorers

| Year | Top scorer(s) | Goals |
| 1951 | Sheoo Mewalal | 3 |
| 1954 | | |
| 1958 | | |
| 1962 | | |
| 1966 | | |
| 1970 | Win Maung | 5 |
| 1974 | Gidi Damti | 6 |
| 1978 | | |
| 1982 | Hussein Saeed | 4 |
| 1986 | Salah Al-Hasawi | 6 |
| 1990 | Farshad Pious Seo Jung-won | 4 |
| 1994 | Hwang Sun-hong | 11 |
| 1998 | Faraj Laheeb | 9 |
| 2002 | Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht Satoshi Nakayama | 5 |
| 2006 | Odai Al-Saify | 7 |
| 2010 | Kensuke Nagai | 5 |
| 2014 | Ferdinand Sinaga | 6 |
| 2018 | Hwang Ui-jo | 9 |
| 2022 | Jeong Woo-yeong | 8 |

### Winning coaches

| Year | Team | Coaches |
| 1951 | India | Syed Abdul Rahim |
| 1954 | Republic of China | Lee Wai Tong |
| 1958 | Republic of China | Lee Wai Tong |
| 1962 | India | Syed Abdul Rahim |
| 1966 | Burma | German Zonin |
| 1970 | Burma South Korea | Sein Hlaing Han Hong-ki |
| 1974 | Iran | Frank O'Farrell |
| 1978 | North Korea South Korea | Pak Du-sok Ham Heung-chul |
| 1982 | Iraq | Ammo Baba |
| 1986 | South Korea | Kim Jung-nam |
| 1990 | Iran | Ali Parvin |
| 1994 | Uzbekistan | Rustam Akramov |
| 1998 | Iran | Mansour Pourheidari |
| 2002 | Iran | Branko Ivanković |
| 2006 | Qatar | Džemaludin Mušović |
| 2010 | Japan | Takashi Sekizuka |
| 2014 | South Korea | Lee Kwang-jong |
| 2018 | South Korea | Kim Hak-bum |
| 2022 | South Korea | 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 |
| East Timor | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 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 tournaments
### Summaries

The first women's tournament was held in the 1990 Asian Games.
| Edition | Year | Host | Final | Final | Final | Third place match | Third place match | Third place match | Number of teams |
| Edition | Year | Host | Winner | Score | Runner-up | 3rd place | Score | 4th place | Number of teams |
| 1 | 1990 details | Beijing | China | No playoffs | Japan | North Korea | No playoffs | Chinese Taipei | 6 |
| 2 | 1994 details | Hiroshima | China | 2–0 | Japan | Chinese Taipei | No playoffs | South Korea | 4 |
| 3 | 1998 details | Bangkok | China | 1–0 (g.g.) | North Korea | Japan | 2–1 | Chinese Taipei | 8 |
| 4 | 2002 details | Busan | North Korea | No playoffs | China | Japan | No playoffs | South Korea | 6 |
| 5 | 2006 details | Doha | North Korea | 0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p) | Japan | China | 2–0 | South Korea | 8 |
| 6 | 2010 details | Guangzhou | Japan | 1–0 | North Korea | South Korea | 2–0 | China | 7 |
| 7 | 2014 details | Incheon | North Korea | 3–1 | Japan | South Korea | 3–0 | Vietnam | 11 |
| 8 | 2018 details | Jakarta–Palembang | Japan | 1–0 | China | South Korea | 4–0 | Chinese Taipei | 11 |
| 9 | 2022 details | Hangzhou | Japan | 4–1 | North Korea | China | 7–0 | Uzbekistan | 16 |
| 10 | 2026 details | Aichi–Nagoya | | | | | | | |
| 11 | 2030 details | Doha | | | | | | | |
| 12 | 2034 details | 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

### 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 |