# Afghanistan at the 2014 Asian Games

Afghanistan participated in the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea from 19 September to 4 October 2014. The Afghan contingent comprised 47 competitors.

## Medal summary
### Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
| Silver | Hamza Hotak Nasim Baras Mohammad Nabi Mohammad Mujtaba Gulbadin Naib Fazal Rahman Samiullah Shenwari Qasim Khan Fareed Ahmad Hameed Hassan Mohammad Shahzad Najib Taraki Abdullah Adil Abdullah Mazari Karim Sadiq | Cricket | Men |
| Bronze | Ahmad Roman Abasi | Taekwondo | Men's 63 kg |

## Athletics
### Men
#### Track events

| Athletes | Event | Performance | Performance |
| Athletes | Event | Result | Rank |
| Mohd Sayed Sahel | 200 m | 21.44 | 32 |

### Women
#### Track events

| Athletes | Event | Performance | Performance |
| Athletes | Event | Result | Rank |
| Tahmina Kohistani | 200 m | 31.08 | 22 |

## Badminton
### Men
#### Singles

| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result |
| Ahmad Shekib Iqbal | Singles | Kashyap Parupalli (IND) L 6-21 6-21 |
| Sayed Emran Meri | Singles | Chou Tien-chen (TPE) L 5-21 6-21 |

#### Doubles

| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result |
| Ahmad Shekib Iqbal/Sayed Emran Meri | Doubles | Chayut Triyachart (SIN)/ Danny Bawa Chrisnanta (SIN) L 5-21 12-21 |

## Boxing
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result |
| Mohammad Omid Rahemi | Light Flyweight (49 kg) | Bounphone Lasavongsy (LAO) L 0 - 3 |

## Cricket
### Squad

* Afghanistan
* Mohammad Nabi (c)
* Abdullah Adil
* Abdullah Mazari
* Fareed Ahmad
* Nasim Baras
* Hamza Hotak
* Qaseem Khan (wk)
* Mohammad Mujtaba
* Gulbadin Naib
* Fazal Rahman
* Mohammad Shahzad (wk)
* Samiullah Shenwari
* Fazalu Sherin
* Sayed Shirzad
* Najeeb Tarakai

### Knockout round

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Final | Final |
| 30 September | 30 September | | | |
| Hong Kong | 130/3 | | | |
| Hong Kong | 130/3 | 2 October | 2 October | | |
| Malaysia | 129/7 | 2 October | 2 October | |
| Malaysia | 129/7 | Hong Kong | 88/8 | |
| 1 October | 1 October | | Hong Kong | 88/8 | |
| 1 October | 1 October | Afghanistan | 73/2 | |
| Afghanistan | 119/9 | Afghanistan | 73/2 | |
| Afghanistan | 119/9 | | | | 3 October | 3 October |
| Nepal | 111/7 | | | | 3 October | 3 October |
| Nepal | 111/7 | | | | Afghanistan | 65 |
| 30 September | 30 September | | | | | Afghanistan | 65 |
| 30 September | 30 September | | | | Sri Lanka | 133 |
| Sri Lanka | 172/8 | | | | Sri Lanka | 133 |
| Sri Lanka | 172/8 | 2 October | 2 October | | | |
| South Korea | 55 | 2 October | 2 October | | | |
| South Korea | 55 | Sri Lanka | NR | | | |
| 1 October | 1 October | | Sri Lanka | NR | | | |
| 1 October | 1 October | Bangladesh | 59/3 | | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| Bangladesh | 224/9 | Bangladesh | 59/3 | | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| Bangladesh | 224/9 | | | | 3 October | 3 October |
| Kuwait | 21 | | | | 3 October | 3 October |
| Kuwait | 21 | | | | Hong Kong | 135/7 |
| | | | | | Bangladesh | 162/6 |

#### Quarterfinal

* 1 October 09:30 Scorecard
| Afghanistan 119/9 (20.0 overs) | v | Nepal 111/7 (20.0 overs) |
| Mohammad Shahzad 42 (34) Shakti Gauchan 3/21 (4.0 ov) | | Binod Bhandari 48 (40) Fareed Ahmad 4/17 (4.0 ov) |
* Afghanistan won by 8 runs Yeonhui Cricket Ground, Incheon Umpires: Ramani Batumalai and Sarika Prasad
* Nepal won the toss and chose to field

#### Semifinal

* 2 October 09:30 Scorecard
| Hong Kong 88/8 (20.0 overs) | v | Afghanistan 73/2 (11.3 overs) |
| Roy Lamsam 17* (20) Karim Sadiq 2/4 (2.0 ov) | | Mohammad Shahzad 41* (28) Nadeem Ahmed 1/8 (3.0 ov) |
* Afghanistan won by 8 wickets (D/L method) Yeonhui Cricket Ground, Incheon Umpires: Muhammad Kamruzzman and Buddhi Pradhan
* Afghanistan won the toss and chose to field
* Rain Delay - Target revised to 72 from 15 overs (D/L method).

#### Final

* 3 October 14:00 Scorecard
| Afghanistan 65 (17.4 overs) | v | Sri Lanka 133 (19.1 overs) |
| Najeeb Tarakai 17 (16) Jeevan Mendis 3/13 (4.0 ov) | | Lahiru Thirimanne 57 (37) Mohammad Nabi 4/18 (3.1 ov) |
* Sri Lanka won by 68 runs Yeonhui Cricket Ground, Incheon Umpires: Buddhi Pradhan and Sarika Prasad
* Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat

### Final standing

| Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR |
| Sri Lanka | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bangladesh | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |

## Football
### Group B

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Uzbekistan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 7 |
| 2 | Hong Kong | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 7 |
| 3 | Bangladesh | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 3 |
| 4 | Afghanistan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 0 |

## Volleyball
### Beach

| Athlete | Event | Preliminary round | Standing |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Standing |
| Pardes Safi Mohammad Zaker Ali Mohammad | Men's | Pool C Dian Putra Santosa - F Fahriansyah (INA) L 0 – 2 (12-21, 18–21) Asanka P. Medagedara Lekamalage – Pubudu Kumara Ekanayaka Ekanayakage (SRI) L 1 – 2 (21-19, 17–21, 10–15) Chen Cheng – Li Jian (CHN) L 0 – 2 (10–21, 8–21) | Not qualified |
| Edris Meyagul Habibullah Sadat | Men's | Pool G Kittipat Yungtin – Chutipong Sukarayotin (THA) L 0 – 2 (12-21, 10–21) H A A A Dashti Abdulaziz – A A M Y Bin Eid Yaqoub (KUW) W 2 – 0 (21-11, 21–18)  Ade Candra Rachmawan – Koko Prasetyo Darkuncoro (INA) L 0 – 2 (12–21, 11–21) | Not qualified |