# Football at the South Asian Games

Football has been a sport at the South Asian Games since it commenced in 1984. Since the 2004 South Asian Games, the age limit for men's teams is under 23, plus up to three overaged players for each squad, which is the same as the age limit in football competitions at the Summer Olympics and Asian Games. Nepal and Pakistan are currently the most successful countries in the Men's event with 4 Gold Medals each while India is the most successful in Women's event with 3 Gold Medals.
Women's football tournaments were introduced in 2010.

## Results
### Men's tournament

Accurate as of 10 December 2019.
| Year | Host | Final | Final | Final | Third Place Match | Third Place Match | Third Place Match |
| Year | Host | Gold | Score | Silver | Bronze | Score | Fourth Place |
| 1984 details | Kathmandu, Nepal | Nepal | 4−2 | Bangladesh | Maldives | unclear whether a match for third place was held; Maldives were awarded bronze, possibly because of the group record | unclear whether a match for third place was held; Maldives were awarded bronze, possibly because of the group record |
| 1985 details | Dhaka, Bangladesh | India | 1−1 (4–1 p) | Bangladesh | Nepal | 2–2 (3–2 p) | Pakistan |
| 1987 details | Culcutta, India | India | 1−0 | Nepal | Pakistan | 1–0 | Bangladesh |
| 1989 details | Islamabad, Pakistan | Pakistan | 1−0 | Bangladesh | India | 2–1 | Nepal |
| 1991 details | Colombo, Sri Lanka | Pakistan | 2−0 | Maldives | Bangladesh | 2–0 | Nepal |
| 1993 details | Dhaka, Bangladesh | Nepal | 2−2 (4–3 p) | India | Sri Lanka | 3–1 | Maldives |
| 1995 details | Madras, India | India | 1−0 | Bangladesh | Sri Lanka | 0–0 (5–3 p) | Nepal |
| 1999 details | Kathmandu, Nepal | Bangladesh | 1−0 | Nepal | India | 3–1 | Maldives |
Since 2004 the tournament is for Under-23 teams.
| Year | Host | Final | Final | Final | Third Place Match | Third Place Match | Third Place Match |
| Year | Host | Gold | Score | Silver | Bronze | Score | Fourth Place |
| 2004 details | Islamabad, Pakistan | Pakistan | 1−0 | India U-20 | Sri Lanka | 0–0 (3–2 p) | Bhutan |
| 2006 details | Colombo, Sri Lanka | Pakistan | 1−0 | Sri Lanka | Nepal | 2–0 | India U-20 |
| 2010 details | Dhaka & Chittagong, Bangladesh | Bangladesh | 4−0 | Afghanistan | Maldives | 0–0 (3–1 p) | India U-19 |
| 2016 details | Guwahati & Shillong, India | Nepal | 2−1 | India | Bangladesh | 2–2 (5–4 p) | Maldives |
| 2019 details | Kathmandu & Pokhara, Nepal | Nepal | 2−1 | Bhutan | Bangladesh | As a result of Round-robin | Maldives |

### Women's tournament

Accurate as of 9 December 2019.
| Year | Host | Final | Final | Final | Third Place Match | Third Place Match | Third Place Match |
| Year | Host | Gold | Score | Silver | Bronze | Score | Fourth Place |
| 2010 details | Dhaka, Bangladesh | India | 3−1 | Nepal | Bangladesh | As a result of Round-robin | Pakistan |
| 2016 details | Guwahati & Shillong, India | India | 2−1 | Nepal | Bangladesh | As a result of Round-robin | Maldives |
| 2019 details | Kathmandu & Pokhara, Nepal | India | 2−0 | Nepal | Maldives | As a result of Round-robin | Sri Lanka |

## Medal table
### Men's medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Nepal/ Nepal U-23 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 2 | Pakistan/ Pakistan U-23 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | India/ India U-23/ India U-20 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| 4 | Bangladesh/ Bangladesh U-23 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
| 5 | Sri Lanka/ Sri Lanka U-23 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | Maldives/ Maldives U-23 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | Afghanistan U-23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Bhutan/ Bhutan U-23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals (8 entries) | Totals (8 entries) | 13 | 13 | 13 | 39 |

### Women's medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | India | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Nepal | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Bangladesh | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | Maldives | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (4 entries) | Totals (4 entries) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |

### Total

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | India (IND) | 6 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| 2 | Nepal (NEP) | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 |
| 3 | Pakistan (PAK) | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | Bangladesh (BAN) | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 |
| 5 | Maldives (MDV) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | Sri Lanka (SRI) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 7 | Afghanistan (AFG) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Bhutan (BHU) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals (8 entries) | Totals (8 entries) | 16 | 16 | 16 | 48 |