# Football at the 2022 Asian Games

Football at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou was held from 19 September to 7 October 2023.
The draw for the tournament was held on 27 July 2023 in Hangzhou, China. A total 21 men's and 16 women's teams are taking participation in this year's Asian Games football competition.

## 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 | Fri 6 | Sat 7 | Sat 7 |
| Men | G | G | G | G | | G | G | | 1⁄8 | 1⁄8 | | | 1⁄4 | | | 1⁄2 | | | | B | F |
| Women | | | G | G | | G | G | | G | G | | 1⁄4 | | | 1⁄2 | | | B | F | | |

## Venues

| Hangzhou | Hangzhou | Hangzhou | Hangzhou | Jinhua | Jinhua | Wenzhou | Wenzhou |
| Xihu | Shangcheng | Yuhang | Xiaoshan | Wucheng | Wucheng | Longwan | Lucheng |
| Huanglong Sports Centre Stadium | Shangcheng Sports Centre Stadium | Linping Sports Center Stadium | Xiaoshan Sports Centre Stadium | Jinhua Stadium | Zhejiang Normal University East Stadium | Wenzhou Olympic Sports Center Stadium | Wenzhou Sports Centre Stadium |
| Capacity: 51,971 | Capacity: 13,500 | Capacity: 10,200 | Capacity: 10,118 | Capacity: 29,800 | Capacity: 12,273 | Capacity: 50,000 | Capacity: 18,000 |
| Map of Zhejiang with 2022 Football of Asian Games venues marked.HangzhouWenzhouJinhua ||||||||

## Participating teams
### Men's tournament

* Afghanistan (withdrew)
* Bahrain
* Bangladesh
* China (host)
* Chinese Taipei
* Hong Kong
* India
* Indonesia
* Iran
* Japan
* Kuwait
* Kyrgyzstan
* Mongolia
* Myanmar
* North Korea
* Palestine
* Qatar
* Saudi Arabia
* South Korea
* Syria (withdrew)
* Thailand
* Uzbekistan
* Vietnam

### Women's tournament

* Bangladesh
* Cambodia (withdrew)
* China (host)
* Chinese Taipei
* Hong Kong
* India
* Japan
* Mongolia
* Myanmar
* Nepal
* North Korea
* Philippines
* Singapore
* South Korea
* Thailand
* Uzbekistan
* Vietnam

## Men's tournament
### Group stage

23 Men's national teams are divided into 6 groups. Groups A, B, C, E and F consists of 4 teams each, while Group D has 3 teams. Total 16 teams will qualify for the Knockout stage. Top 2 teams from each groups along with 4 best third-placed teams among all six groups to advance for the round of 16. The draw held on 27 July 2023 at Hangzhou, China. Syria and Afghanistan were initially assigned to Group C, but they later withdrew from the tournament, leaving the group with only 2 teams left and a direct qualification to the next stage.

#### Group A

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | Teamvte | 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 | Teamvte | 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 | Teamvte | 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 | Teamvte | 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 | Teamvte | 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 third-placed teams

| Pos | Grp | Teamvte | 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

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 | | | | | | | | |

## Women's tournament
### Group stage

16 women's national teams are divided into 5 groups. Groups A, B and C consists of 3 teams each. While Groups D and E have 4 teams each. Top 5 group winners along with best 3 group runner ups to qualify for the Knockout stage. The draw held on 27 July 2023 at Hangzhou, China.  Cambodia was initially assigned to Group C, but they later withdrew from the tournament.

#### Group A

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | China (H) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | +22 | 6 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Uzbekistan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Mongolia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 22 | −22 | 0 | |
| 4 | Iran | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrew |

#### Group B

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Chinese Taipei | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 6 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Thailand | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | India | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 0 | |

#### Group C

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | North Korea | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | +17 | 6 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Singapore | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17 | −17 | 0 | |
| 3 | Cambodia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrew |

#### Group D

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Japan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | +23 | 9 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Vietnam | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 6 | |
| 3 | Nepal | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 11 | −10 | 1 | |
| 4 | Bangladesh | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 15 | −13 | 1 | |

#### Group E

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | South Korea | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | +12 | 9 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Philippines | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 6 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Myanmar | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 3 | |
| 4 | Hong Kong | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 0 | |

### Knockout stage

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Gold medal match | Gold medal match |
| 30 September 2023 – Linping | 30 September 2023 – Linping | | | |
| China | 4 | | | |
| China | 4 | 3 October 2023 – Linping | 3 October 2023 – Linping | | |
| Thailand | 0 | 3 October 2023 – Linping | 3 October 2023 – Linping | |
| Thailand | 0 | China | 3 | |
| 30 September 2023 – Wenzhou Olympic | 30 September 2023 – Wenzhou Olympic | | China | 3 | |
| 30 September 2023 – Wenzhou Olympic | 30 September 2023 – Wenzhou Olympic | Japan | 4 | |
| Japan | 8 | Japan | 4 | |
| Japan | 8 | | | | 6 October 2023 – Huanglong | 6 October 2023 – Huanglong |
| Philippines | 1 | | | | 6 October 2023 – Huanglong | 6 October 2023 – Huanglong |
| Philippines | 1 | | | | Japan | 4 |
| 30 September 2023 – Linping | 30 September 2023 – Linping | | | | | Japan | 4 |
| 30 September 2023 – Linping | 30 September 2023 – Linping | | | | North Korea | 1 |
| Chinese Taipei | 1 | | | | North Korea | 1 |
| Chinese Taipei | 1 | 3 October 2023 – Shangcheng | 3 October 2023 – Shangcheng | | | |
| Uzbekistan (a.e.t.) | 2 | 3 October 2023 – Shangcheng | 3 October 2023 – Shangcheng | | | |
| Uzbekistan (a.e.t.) | 2 | Uzbekistan | 0 | | | |
| 30 September 2023 – Wenzhou | 30 September 2023 – Wenzhou | | Uzbekistan | 0 | | | |
| 30 September 2023 – Wenzhou | 30 September 2023 – Wenzhou | North Korea | 8 | | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| South Korea | 1 | North Korea | 8 | | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| South Korea | 1 | | | | 6 October 2023 – Huanglong | 6 October 2023 – Huanglong |
| North Korea | 4 | | | | 6 October 2023 – Huanglong | 6 October 2023 – Huanglong |
| North Korea | 4 | | | | China | 7 |
| | | | | | Uzbekistan | 0 |

## Medal summary
### Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men details | South Korea Lee Gwang-yeon Hwang Jae-won Choi Jun Park Jin-seop Lee Jae-ik Hong Hyun-seok Jeong Woo-yeong Paik Seung-ho Park Jae-yong Cho Young-wook Um Won-sang Min Seong-jun Goh Young-joon Lee Han-beom Jeong Ho-yeon Kim Tae-hyeon Song Min-kyu Lee Kang-in Seol Young-woo An Jae-jun Kim Jeong-hoon Park Kyu-hyun | Japan Kazuki Fujita Hayato Okuda Manato Yoshida Taichi Yamasaki Seiya Baba Daiki Matsuoka Ibuki Konno Masato Shigemi Shun Ayukawa Jun Nishikawa Yuta Matsumura Yuma Obata Kein Sato Yota Komi Teppei Yachida Kakeru Yamauchi Shota Hino Taiki Yamada Kotaro Uchino Koshiro Sumi Kenta Nemoto Hiroki Sekine | Uzbekistan Otabek Boymurodov Saidazamat Mirsaidov Makhmud Makhamadzhonov Shokhzhakhon Sultonmurodov Mukhammadkodir Khamraliev Bekhzod Shamsiev Khojimat Erkinov Ibrokhim Ibrokhimov Ulugbek Khoshimov Jasurbek Jaloliddinov Otabek Jurakuziev Vladimir Nazarov Eldorbek Begimov Ibrokhimkhalil Yuldoshev Sherzod Esanov Asadbek Rakhimzhonov Diyor Kholmatov Alibek Davronov Khusayin Norchaev Ruslanbek Jiyanov Khamidullo Abdunabiev Alisher Odilov |
| Women details | Japan Natsumi Asano Shinomi Koyama Haruna Tabata Wakaba Goto Reina Wakisaka Rio Sasaki Yuzuki Yamamoto Chihiro Ishida Mami Ueno Yuzuho Shiokoshi Yoshino Nakashima Shu Ohba Mei Shimada Momoko Tanikawa Remina Chiba Suzu Amano Toko Koga Mamiko Matsumoto Maya Hijikata Haruka Osawa Kotono Sakakibara | North Korea Kim Un-hui Yu Son-gum Pak Ju-mi Ri Myong-gum Ri Kum-hyang Pong Song-ae Pak Sin-Jong Son Ok-ju Ri Pom-Hyang Ri Hye-gyong Myong Yu-jong Ri Su-jong Ju Hyo-sim Choe Kum-ok Kim Chungmi Wi Jong-sim Kim Hye-yong Sung Hyang-sim Ri Hak An Myong-song Hong Song-ok Kim Kyong-yong | China Zhu Yu Li Mengwen Dou Jiaxing Wang Linlin Liu Yanqiu Zhang Xin Wang Shuang Yao Wei Shen Mengyu Zhang Rui Wang Shanshan Xu Huan Yang Lina Lou Jiahui Chen Qiaozhu Yao Lingwei Yan Jinjin Zhang Linyan Ou Yiyao Wu Ri Gu Mu La Gu Yasha Pan Hongyan |