# Football at the 1986 Asian Games

Football at the 1986 Asian Games was held in Seoul, South Korea from 20 September to 5 October 1986. Singapore was forced to withdraw as their team was unable to get visas to enter South Korea.

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men details | South Korea Byun Byung-joo Cho Byung-deuk Cho Kwang-rae Cho Min-kook Cho Young-jeung Choi Soon-ho Chung Jong-soo Chung Yong-hwan Huh Jung-moo Kang Deuk-soo Kim Joo-sung Kim Pyung-seok Kim Sam-soo Kim Yong-se Lee Moon-young Lee Tae-ho Noh Soo-jin Park Chang-sun Park Kyung-hoon Yoo Byung-ok | Saudi Arabia Mohammed Abduljawad Majed Abdullah Bassem Abu-Dawood Fahad Al-Bishi Hussein Al-Bishi Saad Al-Dosari Abdullah Al-Hathloul Mohaisen Al-Jam'an Fahad Al-Musaibeah Abdulrahman Al-Roomi Mohammed Al-Shehrani Abdulrahman Al-Tekhaifi Yousuf Al-Thunayan Ismail Hakami Saleh Khalifa Salem Marwan Abdullah Masood Saleh Nu'eimeh Samir Sulaimani | Kuwait Adel Abbas Abdulaziz Al-Buloushi Nassir Al-Ghanim Muayad Al-Haddad Abdulaziz Al-Hajeri Salah Al-Hasawi Waleed Al-Jasem Jamal Al-Qabendi Khalid Al-Sharidah Hamoud Al-Shemmari Khaled Al-Shemmari Yussef Al-Suwayed Jabir Al-Zanki Naeem Saad Wael Sulaiman |

## Venues

| Seoul | Busan |
| Olympic Stadium | Busan Stadium |
| Capacity: 69,950 | Capacity: 30,000 |
| Daegu | Daejeon | Gwangju |
| Daegu Stadium | Daejeon Stadium | Gwangju Stadium |
| Capacity: 23,278 | Capacity: 30,000 | Capacity: 30,000 |
| Olympic StadiumBusan StadiumDaegu StadiumDaejeon StadiumGwangju Stadium ||

## Results
### Preliminary round
#### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | United Arab Emirates | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 7 |
| 2 | Iraq | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 6 |
| 3 | Oman | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 4 |
| 4 | Thailand | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 3 |
| 5 | Pakistan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 15 | −13 | 0 |

#### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | South Korea | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 5 |
| 2 | China | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 4 |
| 3 | Bahrain | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 |
| 4 | India | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 0 |

#### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Saudi Arabia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 6 |
| 2 | Indonesia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 |
| 3 | Qatar | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 |
| 4 | Malaysia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 |

#### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Kuwait | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | +12 | 8 |
| 2 | Iran | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 1 | +11 | 6 |
| 3 | Japan | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 4 |
| 4 | Bangladesh | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 12 | −11 | 2 |
| 5 | Nepal | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 17 | −17 | 0 |

### Knockout round

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Gold medal match | Gold medal match |
| 1 October | 1 October | | | |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 (3) | | | |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 (3) | 3 October | 3 October | | |
| Indonesia (p) | 2 (4) | 3 October | 3 October | |
| Indonesia (p) | 2 (4) | Indonesia | 0 | |
| 1 October | 1 October | | Indonesia | 0 | |
| 1 October | 1 October | South Korea | 4 | |
| South Korea (p) | 1 (5) | South Korea | 4 | |
| South Korea (p) | 1 (5) | | | | 5 October | 5 October |
| Iran | 1 (4) | | | | 5 October | 5 October |
| Iran | 1 (4) | | | | South Korea | 2 |
| 1 October | 1 October | | | | | South Korea | 2 |
| 1 October | 1 October | | | | Saudi Arabia | 0 |
| Saudi Arabia (p) | 1 (9) | | | | Saudi Arabia | 0 |
| Saudi Arabia (p) | 1 (9) | 3 October | 3 October | | | |
| Iraq | 1 (8) | 3 October | 3 October | | | |
| Iraq | 1 (8) | Saudi Arabia (p) | 2 (5) | | | |
| 1 October | 1 October | | Saudi Arabia (p) | 2 (5) | | | |
| 1 October | 1 October | Kuwait | 2 (4) | | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| Kuwait (p) | 1 (5) | Kuwait | 2 (4) | | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| Kuwait (p) | 1 (5) | | | | 4 October | 4 October |
| China | 1 (4) | | | | 4 October | 4 October |
| China | 1 (4) | | | | Indonesia | 0 |
| | | | | | Kuwait | 5 |

#### Gold medal match
## Final standing

| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| | South Korea | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 3 | +11 | 10 |
| | Saudi Arabia | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 8 |
| | Kuwait | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 3 | +17 | 12 |
| 4 | Indonesia | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 14 | −10 | 4 |
| 5 | United Arab Emirates | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 8 |
| 6 | Iran | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 2 | +11 | 7 |
| 7 | Iraq | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 5 | +8 | 7 |
| 8 | China | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 5 |
| 9 | Japan | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 4 |
| 10 | Oman | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 4 |
| 11 | Thailand | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 3 |
| 12 | Bahrain | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 |
| 13 | Qatar | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 |
| 14 | Bangladesh | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 12 | −11 | 2 |
| 15 | Malaysia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 |
| 16 | India | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 0 |
| 17 | Pakistan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 15 | −13 | 0 |
| 18 | Nepal | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 17 | −17 | 0 |