Football at the Asian Games

Men's football has been a part of the Asian Games sporting events since the 1951 edition. Women's football competition began in 1990.

Football at the Asian Games

Founded	1951 (Men) 1990 (Women)
Region	AFC (Asia)
Current champions	South Korea (M)  Japan (W) (2018)
Most successful team(s)	South Korea (M) (5 titles)  China PR &  North Korea (W) (3 titles each)
2018 (M), 2018 (W)

Since the 2002 Asian Games, age limit for men teams is under-23 plus up to three over aged 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, the football team has been a member of the UEFA since 2002. The same rule applies to the Guam and Australia who are members of the AFC, but they are members of Oceania National Olympic Committees.

Men's tournaments

Summaries

Year	Host		Final				Third Place
			Gold Medal	Score	Silver Medal		Bronze Medal	Score	Fourth Place
1951 details	New Delhi, India		India	1–0	Iran		Japan	2–0	Afghanistan
1954 details	Manila, Philippines		Republic of China	5–2	South Korea		Burma	5–4	Indonesia
1958 details	Tokyo, Japan		Republic of China	3–2	South Korea		Indonesia	4–1	India
1962 details	Jakarta, Indonesia		India	2–1	South Korea		Malaya	4–1	South Vietnam
1966 details	Bangkok, Thailand		Burma	1–0	Iran		Japan	2–0	Singapore
1970 details	Bangkok, Thailand		Burma South Korea	0–0 aet^1			India	1–0	Japan
1974 details	Tehran, Iran		Iran	1–0	Israel		Malaysia	2–1	North Korea
1978 details	Bangkok, Thailand		North Korea South Korea	0–0 aet^1			China PR	1–0	Iraq
1982 details	New Delhi, India		Iraq	1–0	Kuwait		Saudi Arabia	2–0^2	North Korea
1986 details	Seoul, South Korea		South Korea	2–0	Saudi Arabia		Kuwait	5–0	Indonesia
1990 details	Beijing, China		Iran	0–0 aet (4–1) pen	North Korea		South Korea	1–0	Thailand
1994 details	Hiroshima, Japan		Uzbekistan	4–2	China PR		Kuwait	2–1	South Korea
1998 details	Bangkok, Thailand		Iran	2–0	Kuwait		China PR	3–0	Thailand
2002 details	Busan, South Korea		Iran	2–1	Japan		South Korea	3–0	Thailand
2006 details	Doha, Qatar		Qatar	1–0	Iraq		Iran	1–0 aet	South Korea
2010 details	Guangzhou, China		Japan	1–0	United Arab Emirates		South Korea	4–3	Iran
2014 details	Incheon, South Korea		South Korea	1–0 aet	North Korea		Iraq	1–0	Thailand
2018 details	Jakarta–Palembang, Indonesia		South Korea	2–1 aet	Japan		United Arab Emirates	1–1 (4–3 pen.)	Vietnam

*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.

Medal table

Team	Gold	Silver	Bronze
South Korea	5 (1970, 1978, 1986*, 2014*, 2018)	3 (1954, 1958, 1962)	3 (1990, 2002*, 2010)
Iran	4 (1974*, 1990, 1998, 2002)	2 (1951, 1966)	1 (2006)
India	2 (1951*, 1962)		1 (1970)
Myanmar	2 (1966, 1970)		1 (1954)
Chinese Taipei	2 (1954, 1958)
Japan	1 (2010)	2 (2002, 2018)	2 (1951, 1966)
North Korea	1 (1978)	2 (1990, 2014)
Iraq	1 (1982)	1 (2006)	1 (2014)
Qatar	1 (2006*)
Uzbekistan	1 (1994)
Kuwait		2 (1982, 1998)	2 (1986, 1994)
China PR		1 (1994)	2 (1978, 1998)
Saudi Arabia		1 (1986)	1 (1982)
United Arab Emirates		1 (2010)	1 (2018)
Israel		1 (1974)
Malaysia			2 (1962, 1974)
Indonesia			1 (1958)

* = host

Women's tournaments

Summaries

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

Year	Host		Final				Third place match
			Winner	Score	Runner-up		3rd place	Score	4th place
1990	Beijing		China	No playoffs	Japan		North Korea	No playoffs	Chinese Taipei
1994	Hiroshima		China	2–0	Japan		Chinese Taipei	No playoffs	South Korea
1998	Bangkok		China	1–0 aet	North Korea		Japan	2–1	Chinese Taipei
2002	Busan		North Korea	No playoffs	China		Japan	No playoffs	South Korea
2006	Doha		North Korea	0–0 aet (4–2) pen	Japan		China	2–0	South Korea
2010	Guangzhou		Japan	1–0	North Korea		South Korea	2–0	China
2014	Incheon		North Korea	3–1	Japan		South Korea	3–0	Vietnam
2018	Jakarta–Palembang		Japan	1–0	China		South Korea	4–0	Chinese Taipei

Medal table Team Gold Silver Bronze  China PR 3 (1990*, 1994, 1998) 2 (2002, 2018) 1 (2006)  North Korea 3 (2002, 2006, 2014) 2 (1998, 2010) 1 (1990)  Japan 2 (2010, 2018) 4 (1990, 1994*, 2006, 2014) 2 (1998, 2002)  South Korea 3 (2010, 2014*, 2018)  Chinese Taipei 1 (1994) * = host References RSSSF archive "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. "Asian Games (Women's Tournament)". RSSSF. Retrieved 21 November 2014.