# Football at the 1990 Asian Games – Men's tournament

The men's football tournament at the 1990 Asian Games was held from 23 September to 6 October 1990 in Beijing, China.

## Venues

Beijing :
| Workers' Stadium | Fengtai Stadium | Xiannongtan Stadium |
| Capacity: 80,000 | Capacity: 30,000 | Capacity: 24,000 |

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

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | South Korea | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | +16 | 6 |
| 2 | China | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 4 |
| 3 | Singapore | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 13 | −6 | 2 |
| 4 | Pakistan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 16 | −15 | 0 |

#### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Iran | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 4 |
| 2 | North Korea | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 1 |
| 3 | Malaysia | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 1 |

#### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Thailand | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 5 |
| 2 | Kuwait | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Hong Kong | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 2 |
| 4 | Yemen | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 2 |

#### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Saudi Arabia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 4 |
| 2 | Japan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 2 |
| 3 | Bangladesh | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | −7 | 0 |

### Knockout round

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Gold medal match | Gold medal match |
| 1 October | 1 October | | | |
| South Korea | 1 | | | |
| South Korea | 1 | 3 October | 3 October | | |
| Kuwait | 0 | 3 October | 3 October | |
| Kuwait | 0 | South Korea | 0 | |
| 1 October | 1 October | | South Korea | 0 | |
| 1 October | 1 October | Iran (a.e.t.) | 1 | |
| Iran | 1 | Iran (a.e.t.) | 1 | |
| Iran | 1 | | | | 6 October | 6 October |
| Japan | 0 | | | | 6 October | 6 October |
| Japan | 0 | | | | Iran (p) | 0 (4) |
| 1 October | 1 October | | | | | Iran (p) | 0 (4) |
| 1 October | 1 October | | | | North Korea | 0 (1) |
| Thailand | 1 | | | | North Korea | 0 (1) |
| Thailand | 1 | 3 October | 3 October | | | |
| China | 0 | 3 October | 3 October | | | |
| China | 0 | Thailand | 0 | | | |
| 1 October | 1 October | | Thailand | 0 | | | |
| 1 October | 1 October | North Korea | 1 | | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| Saudi Arabia | 0 (3) | North Korea | 1 | | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| Saudi Arabia | 0 (3) | | | | 5 October | 5 October |
| North Korea (p) | 0 (4) | | | | 5 October | 5 October |
| North Korea (p) | 0 (4) | | | | South Korea | 1 |
| | | | | | Thailand | 0 |

#### Gold medal match
## Goalscorers

4 goals
* Farshad Pious (IRN)
* Seo Jung-won (KOR)
3 goals
* Xie Yuxin (CHN)
* Hwang Sun-hong (KOR)
* V. Sundramoorthy (SIN)
2 goals
* Liu Haiguang (CHN)
* Mai Chao (CHN)
* Tetsuji Hashiratani (JPN)
* Kim Joo-sung (KOR)
* Kim Sang-ho (KOR)
* Ko Jeong-woon (KOR)
* Majed Abdullah (KSA)
* Fahad Al-Bishi (KSA)
* Prasert Changmoon (THA)
1 goal
* Wu Qunli (CHN)
* Chow Chi Shing (HKG)
* Ku Kam Fai (HKG)
* Lai Wing Cheong (HKG)
* Shahrokh Bayani (IRN)
* Sirous Ghayeghran (IRN)
* Samad Marfavi (IRN)
* Kenta Hasegawa (JPN)
* Chung Jong-soo (KOR)
* Gu Sang-bum (KOR)
* Hong Myung-bo (KOR)
* Hwangbo Kwan (KOR)
* Noh Jung-yoon (KOR)
* Adnan Abdulshakoor (KSA)
* Khaled Al-Muwallid (KSA)
* Nawaf Jadid Al-Enezi (KUW)
* Saleh Al-Mesnad (KUW)
* Anbar Saeed (KUW)
* Sharafat Ali (PAK)
* Kim Yun-chol (PRK)
* Yun Jong-su (PRK)
* Fandi Ahmad (SIN)
* Hasnim Haron (SIN)
* Abdullah Noor (SIN)
* D. Tokijan (SIN)
* Vithoon Kijmongkolsak (THA)
* Boonpleek Nounoi (THA)
1 own goal
* Osama Hussain (KUW) (against THA)

## Final standing

| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| | Iran | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 9 |
| | North Korea | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| | South Korea | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 1 | +17 | 10 |
| 4 | Thailand | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 7 |
| 5 | Saudi Arabia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 5 |
| 6 | China | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 4 |
| 7 | Kuwait | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 3 |
| 8 | Japan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Hong Kong | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 2 |
| 10 | Yemen | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 2 |
| 11 | Singapore | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 13 | −6 | 2 |
| 12 | Malaysia | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 1 |
| 13 | Bangladesh | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | −7 | 0 |
| 14 | Pakistan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 16 | −15 | 0 |