# Football at the 2022 Asian Games – Men's tournament

The men's football tournament at the 2022 Asian Games was held from 19 September to 7 October 2023 in Hangzhou, China.

## Competition schedule

All times are local China Standard Time (UTC+8).
| G | Group stage | 1⁄8 | Round of 16 | 1⁄4 | Quarter-finals | 1⁄2 | Semi-finals | B | Bronze medal match | F | Gold medal match |
| DateEvent | Tue 19 | Wed 20 | Thu 21 | Fri 22 | Sat 23 | Sun 24 | Mon 25 | Tue 26 | Wed 27 | Thu 28 | Fri 29 | Sat 30 | Sun 1 | Mon 2 | Tue 3 | Wed 4 | Thu 5 | Fri 6 | Sat 7 | Sat 7 |
| Men | G | G | G | G | | G | G | | 1⁄8 | 1⁄8 | | | 1⁄4 | | | 1⁄2 | | | B | F |

## Venues

Six venues were used during the tournament, two of them outside of Hangzhou at cities around Zhejiang. Huanglong Sports Centre Stadium hosted the final.
| Hangzhou | Hangzhou | Hangzhou | Hangzhou | Jinhua | Jinhua |
| Xihu | Shangcheng | Yuhang | Xiaoshan | Wucheng | Wucheng |
| Huanglong Sports Centre Stadium | Shangcheng Sports Centre Stadium | Linping Sports Center Stadium | Xiaoshan Sports Centre Stadium | Jinhua Stadium | Zhejiang Normal University East Stadium |
| Capacity: 51,971 | Capacity: 13,500 | Capacity: 10,200 | Capacity: 10,118 | Capacity: 29,800 | Capacity: 12,273 |
| Map of Zhejiang with 2022 Football of Asian Games venues marked.HangzhouJinhua ||||||

## Draw

The draw for the tournament was held on 27 July 2023. The teams were seeded into four pots based on their performances in the previous Asian Games in 2018. The hosts China were automatically assigned into position A1.
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
| China (hosts) South Korea Japan Vietnam Uzbekistan North Korea | Syria (withdrew) Saudi Arabia Palestine Indonesia Bangladesh Bahrain | Hong Kong Iran Thailand Myanmar Kyrgyzstan Qatar | Chinese Taipei India Mongolia Afghanistan (withdrew) Kuwait |

## Squads

Each nation must submit a squad of between 18 and 22 players, whom must be born on or after 1 January 1999, and three of whom can be older dispensation players are eligible to compete in the tournament.

## Referees

* Alex King
* Ammar Mahfoodh
* Virendha Rai
* Shen Yinhao
* Thoriq Alkatiri
* Hasan Akrami
* Yousif Saeed Hasan
* Yudai Yamamoto
* Ahmad Yacoub Ibrahim
* Kim Hee-gon
* Ammar Ashkanani
* Daiyrbek Abdyldaev
* Ali Reda
* Nazmi Nasaruddin
* Mohamed Javiz
* Baraa Abu Aisha
* Clifford Daypuyat
* Mohammed Ahmed Al-Shammari
* Qasim Al-Hatmi
* Khalid Al-Turais
* Feras Taweel
* Sayodjon Zainiddinov
* Mongkolchai Pechsri
* Rustam Lutfullin
* Ngô Duy Lân
* Jansen Foo

## Group stage

The top two teams in each group, and the top four third-placed teams among six groups advance to the round of 16. Syria and Afghanistan were initially assigned to Group C, but they later withdrew from the tournament, leaving the group with only 2 teams left.
All times are local, CST (UTC+8).

### Tiebreakers

Teams in a group are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings.
* Highest number of points obtained in all group matches;
* Highest number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
* Goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned;
* Highest number of goals scored from all group matches between the teams concerned;
* If two or more teams have equal ranking with the criteria so far, reapply the criteria above only for them. If this re-application gives no more ranking, apply the following criteria.
* Goal difference in all group matches;
* Highest number of goals scored in all group matches;
* Kicks from the penalty mark only if two (2) teams are involved and they are both on the field of play.
* Fewer points of yellow/red cards in all group matches (only one of these deductions shall be applied to a player in a single match): First yellow card: 1 point;Indirect red card (second yellow card): 3 points;Direct red card: 3 points;Yellow card followed by direct red card: 4 points;
* Drawing of lots
Third-placed teams from the six groups are ranked according to the following criteria, after the result against the fourth-placed teams in four-team groups are excluded in order to rank them with the same numbers of matches.
* Highest number of points obtained in all group matches;
* Goal difference in all group matches;
* Highest number of goals scored in all group matches;
* Fewer points of yellow/red cards in all group matches (only one of these deductions shall be applied to a player in a single match): First yellow card: 1 point;Indirect red card (second yellow card): 3 points;Direct red card: 3 points;Yellow card followed by direct red card: 4 points;
* Drawing of lots

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | China (H) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 7 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | India | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 4 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Myanmar | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 4 | Knockout stage |
| 4 | Bangladesh | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 1 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Iran | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | +7 | 7 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Saudi Arabia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 7 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Vietnam | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 3 | |
| 4 | Mongolia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | −8 | 0 | |

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Uzbekistan | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 6 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Hong Kong | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 0 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Syria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrew |
| 4 | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrew |

### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Japan | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 6 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Palestine | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Qatar | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 1 | Knockout stage |

### Group E

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | South Korea | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | +16 | 9 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Bahrain | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 2 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Thailand | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 2 | Knockout stage |
| 4 | Kuwait | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | −9 | 2 | |

### Group F

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | North Korea | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 9 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Kyrgyzstan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Indonesia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | Knockout stage |
| 4 | Chinese Taipei | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 3 | |
* 1 2 3 Head-to-head goal differences: Kyrgyzstan 4–3, Indonesia 2–1, Chinese Taipei 2–4

### Ranking of best third place

Due to groups having different numbers of teams, the results against the fourth-placed teams in four-team groups were not considered for this ranking. Due to group C only having two teams, their results would not be included here.
| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | F | Indonesia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 3 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | D | Qatar | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 1 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | E | Thailand | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 1 | Knockout stage |
| 4 | A | Myanmar | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 1 | Knockout stage |
| 5 | B | Vietnam | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 0 | |

## Knockout stage
### Bracket

Source
| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 27 September – Xihu | 27 September – Xihu | | | | | | |
| China | 1 | | | | | | |
| China | 1 | 1 October – Xihu | 1 October – Xihu | | | | | |
| Qatar | 0 | 1 October – Xihu | 1 October – Xihu | | | | |
| Qatar | 0 | China | 0 | | | | |
| 27 September – Wucheng | 27 September – Wucheng | | China | 0 | | | | |
| 27 September – Wucheng | 27 September – Wucheng | South Korea | 2 | | | | |
| South Korea | 5 | South Korea | 2 | | | | |
| South Korea | 5 | | | | 4 October – Xihu | 4 October – Xihu | | |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | | | | 4 October – Xihu | 4 October – Xihu | |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | | | | South Korea | 2 | |
| 28 September – Shangcheng | 28 September – Shangcheng | | | | | South Korea | 2 | |
| 28 September – Shangcheng | 28 September – Shangcheng | | | | Uzbekistan | 1 | |
| Uzbekistan (a.e.t.) | 2 | | | | Uzbekistan | 1 | |
| Uzbekistan (a.e.t.) | 2 | 1 October – Xihu | 1 October – Xihu | | | | | |
| Indonesia | 0 | 1 October – Xihu | 1 October – Xihu | | | | |
| Indonesia | 0 | Uzbekistan | 2 | | | | |
| 28 September – Xihu | 28 September – Xihu | | Uzbekistan | 2 | | | | |
| 28 September – Xihu | 28 September – Xihu | Saudi Arabia | 1 | | | | |
| India | 0 | Saudi Arabia | 1 | | | | |
| India | 0 | | | | | | | 7 October – Xihu | 7 October – Xihu |
| Saudi Arabia | 2 | | | | | | | 7 October – Xihu | 7 October – Xihu |
| Saudi Arabia | 2 | | | | | | | South Korea | 2 |
| 27 September – Shangcheng | 27 September – Shangcheng | | | | | | | | South Korea | 2 |
| 27 September – Shangcheng | 27 September – Shangcheng | | | | | | | Japan | 1 |
| Iran | 2 | | | | | | | Japan | 1 |
| Iran | 2 | 1 October – Shangcheng | 1 October – Shangcheng | | | | | | |
| Thailand | 0 | 1 October – Shangcheng | 1 October – Shangcheng | | | | | | |
| Thailand | 0 | Iran | 0 | | | | | | |
| 27 September – Xiaoshan | 27 September – Xiaoshan | | Iran | 0 | | | | | | |
| 27 September – Xiaoshan | 27 September – Xiaoshan | Hong Kong | 1 | | | | | | |
| Hong Kong | 1 | Hong Kong | 1 | | | | | | |
| Hong Kong | 1 | | | | 4 October – Xiaoshan | 4 October – Xiaoshan | | | | |
| Palestine | 0 | | | | 4 October – Xiaoshan | 4 October – Xiaoshan | | | |
| Palestine | 0 | | | | Hong Kong | 0 | | | |
| 28 September – Xiaoshan | 28 September – Xiaoshan | | | | | Hong Kong | 0 | | | |
| 28 September – Xiaoshan | 28 September – Xiaoshan | | | | Japan | 4 | | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| Japan | 7 | | | | Japan | 4 | | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| Japan | 7 | 1 October – Xiaoshan | 1 October – Xiaoshan | | | | | 7 October – Shangcheng | 7 October – Shangcheng |
| Myanmar | 0 | 1 October – Xiaoshan | 1 October – Xiaoshan | | | | | 7 October – Shangcheng | 7 October – Shangcheng |
| Myanmar | 0 | Japan | 2 | | | | | Uzbekistan | 4 |
| 27 September – Lanxi | 27 September – Lanxi | | Japan | 2 | | | | | Uzbekistan | 4 |
| 27 September – Lanxi | 27 September – Lanxi | North Korea | 1 | | | | | Hong Kong | 0 |
| North Korea | 2 | North Korea | 1 | | | | | Hong Kong | 0 |
| Bahrain | 0 | | | | | | | | |

### Final
## Final standing

| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| | South Korea | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 3 | +24 | 21 |
| | Japan | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 4 | +14 | 15 |
| | Uzbekistan | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 15 |
| 4 | Hong Kong | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 11 | –8 | 6 |
| Eliminated in the Quarter-finals ||||||||||
| 5 | North Korea | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 12 |
| 6 | Iran | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 10 |
| 7 | China | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 10 |
| 8 | Saudi Arabia | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 10 |
| Eliminated in the Round of 16 ||||||||||
| 9 | India | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -5 | 4 |
| 10 | Myanmar | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 12 | -10 | 4 |
| 11 | Indonesia | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 3 |
| 12 | Kyrgyzstan | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -4 | 3 |
| 13 | Bahrain | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 2 |
| 14 | Thailand | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -6 | 2 |
| 15 | Palestine | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| 16 | Qatar | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 1 |
| Eliminated in the group stage ||||||||||
| 17 | Vietnam | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -4 | 3 |
| 18 | Chinese Taipei | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 3 |
| 19 | Kuwait | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | -9 | 2 |
| 20 | Bangladesh | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| 21 | Mongolia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | -8 | 0 |

## Goalscorers

There were 123 goals scored in 45 matches, for an average of 2.73 goals per match.
8 goals
* Jeong Woo-yeong
5 goals
* Mohammed Maran
4 goals
* Kotaro Uchino
* Cho Young-wook
3 goals
* Tao Qianglong
* Shun Ayukawa
* Shota Hino
* Hong Hyun-seok
* Paik Seung-ho
2 goals
* Aria Barzegar
* Mehdi Mamizadeh
* Arsalan Motahari
* Dai Wai Tsun
* Tan Long
* Sunil Chhetri
* Kein Sato
* Teppei Yachida
* Kim Kuk-bom
* Kim Kuk-jin
* An Jae-jun
* Um Won-sang
* Alibek Davronov
* Sherzod Esanov
* Jasurbek Jaloliddinov
* Khusayin Norchaev
* Alisher Odilov
* Nguyễn Quốc Việt
1 goal
* Husain Abdulkarim
* Ali Mohamed Redha
* Fang Hao
* Gao Tianyi
* Wang Zhen'ao
* Chen Po-Liang
* Chin Wen-Yen
* Li Ngai Hoi
* Matt Orr
* Poon Pui Hin
* Rahul K P
* Ramai Rumakiek
* Hugo Samir
* Mohammad Omri
* Yasin Salmani
* Saman Touranian
* Yota Komi
* Yuta Matsumura
* Koshiro Sumi
* Taichi Yamasaki
* Salman Al-Awadi
* Youssef Al-Haqqan
* Ernaz Abilov
* Maksat Alygulov
* Arsen Sharshenbekov
* Dastanbek Toktosunov
* Baljinnyam Batmönkh
* Temulen Uuganbat
* Yan Kyaw Htwe
* Kang Kuk-chol
* Kim Yu-song
* Ri Jo-guk
* Abdulla Al Sulaiti
* Haitham Asiri
* Mohammed Eisa
* Zakaria Hawsawi
* Naif Masoud
* Goh Young-jun
* Lee Han-beom
* Lee Jae-ik
* Park Jae-yong
* Song Min-kyu
* Jakkapong Sanmahung
* Purachet Thodsanit
* Ulugbek Khoshimov
* Saidazamat Mirsaidov
* Khuất Văn Khang
* Võ Nguyên Hoàng
1 own goal
* Hasan Murad Tipu (against Myanmar)
* Huang Tzu-Ming (against Kyrgyzstan)
* Mohammed Aboulshamat (against Vietnam)