Football_at_the_Asian_Games

Football at the Asian Games

Football at the Asian Games

Football tournament

The men's football tournament has been a regular Asian Games sporting event since the 1951 edition, while the women's tournament began in 1990.

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History

The first Asian Games had football tournament.

Since the 2002 Asian Games, age limit for men teams is under-23 plus up to three overage players for each squad,[1] same as the age limit in football competitions at the Summer Olympics.

Although Kazakhstan is a member of the Olympic Council of Asia, they cannot participate in football due to their football federation KFF has been a member of the UEFA since 2002. The same rule applies to the Guam and Australia are members of the AFC, but they are members of Oceania National Olympic Committees.

Japan is the only nation to have won both Gold medals of Men's and Women's tournament in an Asian Games in the same year (2010).

Men's tournaments

Summaries

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*Under-23 tournament since 2002.
1 The title was shared.
2 Saudi Arabia were awarded the third-place playoff by default after the Korea DPR team were handed a two-year suspension for assaulting officials at the end of their semi-final.
3 2022 Asian Games men's qualifying was postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic

Medal table

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* = host

Top scorers

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Participating nations

Football at the Asian Games was a senior tournament until 1998.
Football at the Asian Games has been an under-23 tournament since 2002.
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Women's tournaments

Summaries

The first women's tournament was held in the 1990 Asian Games.[2]

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Medal table

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* = host

Participating nations

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Top scorers

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See also

References

  1. [1]
    "PFF chief names Akhtar as head coach of Asian Games team". The Nation. August 29, 2010. Archived from the original on October 8, 2012. Retrieved September 26, 2011. Faisal Saleh Hayat have confirmed that since 2002, football at the Asian Games changed to age-limit and now it is a "U-23 + 3 overage" tournament.
  2. [2]
    "Asian Games (Women's Tournament)". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 15 August 2022. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
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