# Football at the 2010 Asian Games – Men's tournament

The men's football tournament at the 2010 Asian Games was held in Guangzhou in China from 8 to 25 November.

## Venues

Seven venues were used during the tournament, all of them are in Guangzhou. Tianhe Stadium hosted the final.
Guangzhou :
| Tianhe | Panyu | Panyu | Yuexiu | Yuexiu | Huadu | Huangpu |
| Tianhe Stadium | University Town Main Stadium | Ying Tung Stadium | Yuexiushan Stadium | Guangdong Provincial Stadium | Huadu Stadium | Huangpu Sports Center Stadium |
| Capacity: 56,000 | Capacity: 50,000 | Capacity: 14,818 | Capacity: 30,000 | Capacity: 27,096 | Capacity: 13,395 | Capacity: 10,000 |
| Map of Guangdong with 2010 Football of Asian Games venues marked.Guangzhou |||||||

## Group stage

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00)

### Pool matches
#### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Japan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | +8 | 9 |
| 2 | China | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 6 |
| 3 | Malaysia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 3 |
| 4 | Kyrgyzstan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 0 |

#### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Iran | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 9 |
| 2 | Turkmenistan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 4 |
| 3 | Vietnam | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 3 |
| 4 | Bahrain | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 |

#### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | North Korea | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | +7 | 9 |
| 2 | South Korea | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 6 |
| 3 | Palestine | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 1 |
| 4 | Jordan | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | −7 | 1 |

#### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Qatar | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 7 |
| 2 | Athletes from Kuwait | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 6 |
| 3 | India | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Singapore | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 1 |

#### Group E

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | United Arab Emirates | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 7 |
| 2 | Hong Kong | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 7 |
| 3 | Uzbekistan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 3 |
| 4 | Bangladesh | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 | −9 | 0 |

#### Group F

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Oman | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 7 |
| 2 | Thailand | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 5 |
| 3 | Maldives | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 2 |
| 4 | Pakistan | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | −8 | 1 |

#### Third-placed teams

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | India | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Uzbekistan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 3 |
| 3 | Vietnam | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 3 |
| 4 | Malaysia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 3 |
| 5 | Maldives | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 2 |
| 6 | Palestine | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 1 |

## Knockout round

| 1/8 finals | 1/8 finals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Final | Final |
| 15 November | 15 November | | | | | | |
| China | 0 | | | | | | |
| China | 0 | 19 November | 19 November | | | | | |
| South Korea | 3 | 19 November | 19 November | | | | |
| South Korea | 3 | South Korea (a.e.t.) | 3 | | | | |
| 15 November | 15 November | | South Korea (a.e.t.) | 3 | | | | |
| 15 November | 15 November | Uzbekistan | 1 | | | | |
| Qatar | 0 | Uzbekistan | 1 | | | | |
| Qatar | 0 | | | | 23 November | 23 November | | |
| Uzbekistan (a.e.t.) | 1 | | | | 23 November | 23 November | |
| Uzbekistan (a.e.t.) | 1 | | | | South Korea | 0 | |
| 16 November | 16 November | | | | | South Korea | 0 | |
| 16 November | 16 November | | | | United Arab Emirates (a.e.t.) | 1 | |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | | | | United Arab Emirates (a.e.t.) | 1 | |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 19 November | 19 November | | | | | |
| Athletes from Kuwait | 0 | 19 November | 19 November | | | | |
| Athletes from Kuwait | 0 | United Arab Emirates (p) | 0 (9) | | | | |
| 16 November | 16 November | | United Arab Emirates (p) | 0 (9) | | | | |
| 16 November | 16 November | North Korea | 0 (8) | | | | |
| North Korea | 2 | North Korea | 0 (8) | | | | |
| North Korea | 2 | | | | | | | 25 November | 25 November |
| Vietnam | 0 | | | | | | | 25 November | 25 November |
| Vietnam | 0 | | | | | | | United Arab Emirates | 0 |
| 15 November | 15 November | | | | | | | | United Arab Emirates | 0 |
| 15 November | 15 November | | | | | | | Japan | 1 |
| Iran | 3 | | | | | | | Japan | 1 |
| Iran | 3 | 19 November | 19 November | | | | | | |
| Malaysia | 1 | 19 November | 19 November | | | | | | |
| Malaysia | 1 | Iran | 1 | | | | | | |
| 15 November | 15 November | | Iran | 1 | | | | | | |
| 15 November | 15 November | Oman | 0 | | | | | | |
| Oman | 3 | Oman | 0 | | | | | | |
| Oman | 3 | | | | 23 November | 23 November | | | | |
| Hong Kong | 0 | | | | 23 November | 23 November | | | |
| Hong Kong | 0 | | | | Iran | 1 | | | |
| 16 November | 16 November | | | | | Iran | 1 | | | |
| 16 November | 16 November | | | | Japan | 2 | | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| Turkmenistan | 0 | | | | Japan | 2 | | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| Turkmenistan | 0 | 19 November | 19 November | | | | | 25 November | 25 November |
| Thailand (a.e.t.) | 1 | 19 November | 19 November | | | | | 25 November | 25 November |
| Thailand (a.e.t.) | 1 | Thailand | 0 | | | | | South Korea | 4 |
| 16 November | 16 November | | Thailand | 0 | | | | | South Korea | 4 |
| 16 November | 16 November | Japan | 1 | | | | | Iran | 3 |
| Japan | 5 | Japan | 1 | | | | | Iran | 3 |
| India | 0 | | | | | | | | |

### Gold medal match
## Goalscorers

5 goals
* Kensuke Nagai (JPN)
4 goals
* Karim Ansarifard (IRI)
* Jalal Hosseini (IRI)
* Park Chu-young (KOR)
3 goals
* Koo Ja-cheol (KOR)
* Choe Kum-chol (PRK)
* Ahmed Khalil (UAE)
2 goals
* Au Yeung Yiu Chung (HKG)
* Chan Man Fai (HKG)
* Khalid Ajab (IOC)
* Hamid Reza Aliaskari (IRI)
* Kota Mizunuma (JPN)
* Kyohei Noborizato (JPN)
* Ryohei Yamazaki (JPN)
* Cho Young-cheol (KOR)
* Ji Dong-won (KOR)
* Kim Bo-kyung (KOR)
* Norshahrul Idlan (MAS)
* Hussain Al-Hadhri (OMA)
* Al-Moatasim Al-Mukhaini (OMA)
* Waleed Al-Saadi (OMA)
* Choe Myong-ho (PRK)
* Jaralla Al-Marri (QAT)
* Teerasil Dangda (THA)
* Kirati Keawsombat (THA)
* Datsakorn Thonglao (THA)
* Arslanmyrat Amanow (TKM)
* Aleksandr Boliýan (TKM)
* Mohamed Fawzi (UAE)
* Abdullah Mousa (UAE)
* Ivan Nagaev (UZB)
* Nguyễn Anh Đức (VIE)
* Nguyễn Trọng Hoàng (VIE)
1 goal
* Sayed Ali Isa (BRN)
* Fahad Showaiter (BRN)
* Li Jianbin (CHN)
* Lü Wenjun (CHN)
* Wu Xi (CHN)
* Zhang Linpeng (CHN)
* Zhao Honglüe (CHN)
* Chan Wai Ho (HKG)
* Ju Yingzhi (HKG)
* Manish Maithani (IND)
* Jewel Raja (IND)
* Dharmaraj Ravanan (IND)
* Balwant Singh (IND)
* Jibon Singh (IND)
* Mashari Al-Azmi (IOC)
* Ali Maqseed (IOC)
* Arash Afshin (IRI)
* Mehdi Daghagheleh (IRI)
* Gholamreza Rezaei (IRI)
* Amir Sharafi (IRI)
* Keigo Higashi (JPN)
* Yuki Saneto (JPN)
* Daisuke Suzuki (JPN)
* Takamitsu Tomiyama (JPN)
* Hotaru Yamaguchi (JPN)
* Kazuya Yamamura (JPN)
* Pavel Sidorenko (KGZ)
* Aziz Sydykov (KGZ)
* Hong Jeong-ho (KOR)
* Kim Jung-woo (KOR)
* Park Hee-seong (KOR)
* Yoon Bit-garam (KOR)
* Chanthuru Suppiah (MAS)
* Abdullah Abdulhadi (OMA)
* Mohammed Al-Gheilani (OMA)
* Aman Younis (OMA)
* Kim Kuk-jin (PRK)
* Kim Yong-jun (PRK)
* Pak Kwang-ryong (PRK)
* Ri Kwang-chon (PRK)
* Adel Ahmed (QAT)
* Abdulaziz Hatem (QAT)
* Eugene Luo (SIN)
* Anawin Jujeen (THA)
* Maksim Belyh (TKM)
* Serdar Geldiýew (TKM)
* Guwanç Hangeldiýew (TKM)
* Ruslan Mingazow (TKM)
* Hamdan Al-Kamali (UAE)
* Ahmed Ali (UAE)
* Theyab Awana (UAE)
* Odil Ahmedov (UZB)
* Sherzod Karimov (UZB)
* Kenja Turaev (UZB)
* Đinh Thanh Trung (VIE)
* Enamul Haque (BAN)
1 own goal
* Amer Al-Shatri (OMA) (against Thailand)

## Final standing

| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| | Japan | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 | +16 | 21 |
| | United Arab Emirates | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 14 |
| | South Korea | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 6 | +11 | 15 |
| 4 | Iran | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 8 | +6 | 15 |
| 5 | North Korea | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | +9 | 13 |
| 6 | Oman | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 10 |
| 7 | Thailand | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 8 |
| 8 | Uzbekistan | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 6 |
| 9 | Qatar | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 7 |
| 10 | Hong Kong | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 7 |
| 11 | Athletes from Kuwait | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 12 | China | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 6 |
| 13 | Turkmenistan | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 4 |
| 14 | India | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 3 |
| 14 | Vietnam | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 3 |
| 16 | Malaysia | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 3 |
| 17 | Maldives | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 2 |
| 18 | Bahrain | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 |
| 19 | Singapore | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 1 |
| 20 | Palestine | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 1 |
| 21 | Jordan | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | −7 | 1 |
| 22 | Pakistan | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | −8 | 1 |
| 23 | Kyrgyzstan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 0 |
| 24 | Bangladesh | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 | −9 | 0 |