# Beach volleyball at the Asian Games

Beach volleyball was introduced at the Asian Games in the 1998 edition and has been held at every edition since.

## Summary
### Men

| Year | Host | Final | Final | Final | Third place match | Third place match | Third place match |
| Year | Host | Winner | Score | Runner-up | 3rd place | Score | 4th place |
| 1998 details | Bangkok | Gu Hongyu Li Hua | 2–1 | Irilkhun Shofanna Agus Salim | Anjas Asmara Iwan Sumoyo | 1–0 | Thawip Thongkamnerd Sataporn Sawangreung |
| 2002 details | Busan | Katsuhiro Shiratori Satoshi Watanabe | 2–0 | Agus Salim Koko Prasetyo Darkuncoro | Li Hua Zhao Chicheng | 2–0 | Andy Ardiyansah Supriadi |
| 2006 details | Doha | Zhou Shun Li Jian | 2–1 | Wu Penggen Xu Linyin | Agus Salim Supriadi | 2–1 | Andy Ardiyansah Koko Prasetyo Darkuncoro |
| 2010 details | Guangzhou | Wu Penggen Xu Linyin | 2–0 | Gao Peng Li Jian | Kentaro Asahi Katsuhiro Shiratori | 2–0 | Dmitriy Yakovlev Alexey Kuleshov |
| 2014 details | Incheon | Alexey Sidorenko Alexandr Dyachenko | 2–0 | Chen Cheng Li Jian | Bao Jian Abuduhalikejiang Mutailipu | 2–0 | Koko Prasetyo Darkuncoro Ade Candra Rachmawan |
| 2018 details | Jakarta–Palembang | Cherif Younousse Ahmed Tijan | 2–0 | Ade Candra Rachmawan Mohammad Ashfiya | Gilang Ramadhan Danangsyah Pribadi | 2–1 | Gao Peng Li Yang |
| 2022 details | Hangzhou | Cherif Younousse Ahmed Tijan | 2–0 | Abuduhalikejiang Mutailipu Wu Jiaxin | Sergey Bogatu Dmitriy Yakovlev | 2–0 | Abbas Pouraskari Alireza Aghajani |

### Women

| Year | Host | Final | Final | Final | Third place match | Third place match | Third place match |
| Year | Host | Winner | Score | Runner-up | 3rd place | Score | 4th place |
| 1998 details | Bangkok | Manatsanan Pangka Rattanaporn Arlaisuk | 2–0 | Yukiko Takahashi Mika Saiki | Ryoko Tokuno Chiaki Kusuhara | 1–0 | Liu Chunying Zhang Jingkun |
| 2002 details | Busan | Tian Jia Wang Fei | 2–0 | Wang Lu You Wenhui | Ryoko Tokuno Chiaki Kusuhara | 2–0 | Kamoltip Kulna Jarunee Sannok |
| 2006 details | Doha | Xue Chen Zhang Xi | 2–1 | Shinako Tanaka Eiko Koizumi | Wang Jie Tian Jia | 2–0 | Kamoltip Kulna Jarunee Sannok |
| 2010 details | Guangzhou | Xue Chen Zhang Xi | 2–0 | Huang Ying Yue Yuan | Usa Tenpaksee Jarunee Sannok | 2–0 | Luk Teck Hua Beh Shun Thing |
| 2014 details | Incheon | Ma Yuanyuan Xia Xinyi | 2–0 | Tanarattha Udomchavee Varapatsorn Radarong | Wang Fan Yue Yuan | 2–0 | Yupa Phokongploy Usa Tenpaksee |
| 2018 details | Jakarta–Palembang | Wang Fan Xia Xinyi | 2–1 | Megumi Murakami Miki Ishii | Dhita Juliana Putu Dini Jasita Utami | 2–0 | Tatyana Mashkova Irina Tsimbalova |
| 2022 details | Hangzhou | Xue Chen Xia Xinyi | 2–0 | Miki Ishii Sayaka Mizoe | Wang Fan Dong Jie | 2–0 | Taravadee Naraphornrapat Worapeerachayakorn Kongphopsarutawadee |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | China (CHN) | 9 | 6 | 5 | 20 |
| 2 | Qatar (QAT) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Japan (JPN) | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
| 4 | Thailand (THA) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Indonesia (INA) | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| Totals (6 entries) | Totals (6 entries) | 14 | 14 | 14 | 42 |

## Participating nations
### Men

| Team | 1998 | 2002 | 2006 | 2010 | 2014 | 2018 | 2022 | Years |
| Afghanistan | | | | | 17th | 25th | | 2 |
| Afghanistan | | | | | 25th | 25th | | 2 |
| Bahrain | | 9th | 13th | | | | | 2 |
| Bahrain | | 17th | 17th | | | | | 2 |
| Bangladesh | | | | | 25th | 17th | | 2 |
| Cambodia | 7th | | 9th | 17th | 17th | | | 4 |
| Cambodia | | | | 25th | | | | 4 |
| China | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 4th | 2nd | 7 |
| China | | 5th | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 5th | 5th | 7 |
| Chinese Taipei | | | | | | 17th | | 1 |
| Chinese Taipei | | | | | | 25th | | 1 |
| Hong Kong | 9th | | | 9th | 9th | 17th | 17th | 5 |
| Hong Kong | | | | | | 25th | | 5 |
| India | | 17th | 9th | 17th | | | | 3 |
| India | | 17th | 13th | 17th | | | | 3 |
| Indonesia | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 5th | 4th | 2nd | 5th | 7 |
| Indonesia | 3rd | 4th | 4th | 9th | 5th | 3rd | 9th | 7 |
| Iran | 7th | | | 5th | | 5th | 4th | 4 |
| Iran | | | | 9th | | 5th | 5th | 4 |
| Japan | 5th | 1st | 5th | 3rd | 5th | 9th | 9th | 7 |
| Japan | | 5th | 5th | 9th | 5th | 9th | | 7 |
| Kazakhstan | 9th | 5th | 7th | 4th | 1st | 9th | 3rd | 7 |
| Kazakhstan | | 9th | 7th | 5th | 9th | 9th | 5th | 7 |
| Kuwait | | 9th | | | 25th | | | 2 |
| Kuwait | | 17th | | | 25th | | | 2 |
| Macau | | | | | | | 25th | 1 |
| Macau | | | | | | | 25th | 1 |
| Malaysia | | | 17th | 9th | 9th | 17th | | 4 |
| Malaysia | | | | | 17th | | | 4 |
| Maldives | | | 17th | | 17th | 25th | 17th | 4 |
| Maldives | | | | | 25th | 25th | | 4 |
| Oman | | | 9th | 5th | 9th | 5th | 9th | 5 |
| Oman | | | 17th | 9th | 17th | 9th | 9th | 5 |
| Palestine | | | 17th | | | 9th | 17th | 3 |
| Palestine | | | | | | | 17th | 3 |
| Philippines | 9th | | 13th | | | | 9th | 3 |
| Philippines | | | | | | | 17th | 3 |
| Qatar | | 9th | 13th | 17th | 5th | 1st | 1st | 6 |
| Qatar | | 9th | 17th | 25th | 9th | 17th | 9th | 6 |
| South Korea | | 9th | | 17th | 17th | 25th | 17th | 5 |
| South Korea | | 9th | | 25th | 17th | | 25th | 5 |
| Sri Lanka | | | 9th | 9th | 9th | 17th | | 4 |
| Sri Lanka | | | | 17th | 17th | | | 4 |
| Tajikistan | | | | | 25th | | 17th | 2 |
| Thailand | 4th | 5th | | 9th | 9th | 9th | 9th | 6 |
| Thailand | 5th | 9th | | 25th | 9th | 9th | 9th | 6 |
| Timor-Leste | | | | 25th | 25th | 25th | 17th | 4 |
| Turkmenistan | | | 17th | | | | | 1 |
| Vietnam | | | | | | 17th | | 1 |
| Vietnam | | | | | | 17th | | 1 |
| Yemen | | | | 17th | | | | 1 |
| Yemen | | | | 17th | | | | 1 |
| Number of teams | 11 | 20 | 23 | 29 | 31 | 32 | 27 | |

### Women

| Team | 1998 | 2002 | 2006 | 2010 | 2014 | 2018 | 2022 | Years |
| China | 4th | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 7 |
| China | 5th | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 5th | 3rd | 7 |
| Chinese Taipei | | | | 5th | | 9th | | 2 |
| Chinese Taipei | | | | | | 9th | | 2 |
| Hong Kong | | 9th | 9th | 9th | 9th | 9th | 9th | 6 |
| Hong Kong | | | | | | 13th | 9th | 6 |
| Indonesia | 7th | 5th | | | | 3rd | 5th | 4 |
| Indonesia | 7th | | | | | 5th | 9th | 4 |
| Iraq | | | 13th | | | | | 1 |
| Japan | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 5th | 5th | 2nd | 2nd | 7 |
| Japan | 3rd | | 5th | 5th | 5th | 5th | 5th | 7 |
| Kazakhstan | | | 9th | 9th | 5th | 4th | 9th | 5 |
| Kazakhstan | | | 9th | 9th | | 13th | 9th | 5 |
| Macau | | | | | | | 9th | 1 |
| Macau | | | | | | | 17th | 1 |
| Malaysia | | | 7th | 4th | | | | 2 |
| Mongolia | | | 13th | | | | | 1 |
| Philippines | 9th | | 7th | | | | 5th | 3 |
| Philippines | | | | | | | 9th | 3 |
| South Korea | | 5th | | 9th | 5th | 13th | 17th | 5 |
| South Korea | | 5th | | 9th | 9th | | 17th | 5 |
| Sri Lanka | | | 9th | 9th | | | 9th | 3 |
| Sri Lanka | | | | 9th | | | | 3 |
| Tajikistan | | | | | 9th | | 17th | 2 |
| Thailand | 1st | 4th | 4th | 3rd | 2nd | 5th | 4th | 7 |
| Thailand | 5th | 5th | 5th | 5th | 4th | 9th | 5th | 7 |
| Timor-Leste | | | | 9th | | 17th | | 2 |
| Vietnam | | | | | | 13th | | 1 |
| Vietnam | | | | | | 17th | | 1 |
| Number of teams | 9 | 9 | 14 | 16 | 11 | 18 | 20 | |