Football at the 2022 Asian Games – Men's tournament
International football competition
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The men's football tournament at the 2022 Asian Games was held from 19 September to 7 October 2023 in Hangzhou, China.[1]
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| Tournament details | |
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| Host country |  China |
| Dates | 19 September – 7 October 2023 |
| Teams | 21 |
| Venues | 6 (in 2 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  South Korea (3rd title) |
| Runners-up |  Japan |
| Third place |  Uzbekistan |
| Fourth place |  Hong Kong |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 45 |
| Goals scored | 123 (2.73 per match) |
| Attendance | 605,268 (13,450 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Jeong Woo-yeong (8 goals) |
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Competition schedule
All times are local China Standard Time (UTC+8).
| G | Group stage | 1⁄8 | Round of 16 | 1⁄4 | Quarter-finals | 1⁄2 | Semi-finals | B | Bronze medal match | F | Gold medal match |
Date Event | Tue 19 | Wed 20 | Thu 21 | Fri 22 | Sat 23 | Sun 24 | Mon 25 | Tue 26 | Wed 27 | Thu 28 | Fri 29 | Sat 30 | Sun 1 | Mon 2 | Tue 3 | Wed 4 | Thu 5 | Fri 6 | Sat 7 | |
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| Men | G | G | 1⁄8 | 1⁄4 | 1⁄2 | B | F | |||||||||||||
Venues
Six venues were used during the tournament, two of them outside of Hangzhou at cities around Zhejiang. Huanglong Sports Centre Stadium hosted the final.
| Hangzhou | Jinhua | ||||
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| Xihu | Shangcheng | Linping | Xiaoshan | Wucheng | |
| Huanglong Sports Centre Stadium | Shangcheng Sports Centre Stadium | Linping Sports Center Stadium | Xiaoshan Sports Centre Stadium | Jinhua Stadium | Zhejiang Normal University East Stadium |
| Capacity: 51,971 | Capacity: 13,500 | Capacity: 10,200 | Capacity: 10,118 | Capacity: 29,800 | Capacity: 12,273 |
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Draw
The draw for the tournament was held on 27 July 2023. The teams were seeded into four pots based on their performances in the previous Asian Games in 2018. The hosts China were automatically assigned into position A1.
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
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Squads
Each nation must submit a squad of between 18 and 22 players, whom must be born on or after 1 January 1999, and three of whom can be older dispensation players are eligible to compete in the tournament.
Referees
Alex King
Ammar Mahfoodh
Virendha Rai
Shen Yinhao
Thoriq Alkatiri
Hasan Akrami
Yousif Saeed Hasan
Yudai Yamamoto
Ahmad Yacoub Ibrahim
Kim Hee-gon
Ammar Ashkanani
Daiyrbek Abdyldaev
Ali Reda
Nazmi Nasaruddin
Mohamed Javiz
Baraa Abu Aisha
Clifford Daypuyat
Mohammed Ahmed Al-Shammari
Qasim Al-Hatmi
Khalid Al-Turais
Feras Taweel
Sayodjon Zainiddinov
Mongkolchai Pechsri
Rustam Lutfullin
Ngô Duy Lân
Jansen Foo
Group stage
The top two teams in each group, and the top four third-placed teams among six groups advance to the round of 16. 
Syria and 
Afghanistan were initially assigned to Group C, but they withdrew from the tournament after the draw, leaving the group with only two teams left.
All times are local, CST (UTC+8).
Tiebreakers
Teams in a group are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings.
- Highest number of points obtained in all group matches;
- Highest number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
- Goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned;
- Highest number of goals scored from all group matches between the teams concerned;
- If two or more teams have equal ranking with the criteria so far, reapply the criteria above only for them. If this re-application gives no more ranking, apply the following criteria.
- Goal difference in all group matches;
- Highest number of goals scored in all group matches;
- Kicks from the penalty mark only if two (2) teams are involved and they are both on the field of play.
- Fewer points of yellow/red cards in all group matches (only one of these deductions shall be applied to a player in a single match):
- First yellow card: 1 point;
- Indirect red card (second yellow card): 3 points;
- Direct red card: 3 points;
- Yellow card followed by direct red card: 4 points;
- Drawing of lots
Third-placed teams from the six groups are ranked according to the following criteria, after the result against the fourth-placed teams in four-team groups are excluded in order to rank them with the same numbers of matches.
- Highest number of points obtained in all group matches;
- Goal difference in all group matches;
- Highest number of goals scored in all group matches;
- Fewer points of yellow/red cards in all group matches (only one of these deductions shall be applied to a player in a single match):
- First yellow card: 1 point;
- Indirect red card (second yellow card): 3 points;
- Direct red card: 3 points;
- Yellow card followed by direct red card: 4 points;
- Drawing of lots
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | China (H) |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 7 | Knockout stage |
| 2 |  India |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 4 | |
| 3 |  Myanmar |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 4 | |
| 4 |  Bangladesh |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 1 |
| Bangladesh | 0–1 | Myanmar |
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| China | 5–1 | India |
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| India | 1–0 | Bangladesh |
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| Myanmar | 0–4 | China |
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| Report | Tan Long  15', 19' Wang Zhen'ao 22' Dai Wai Tsun 44' |
| China | 0–0 | Bangladesh |
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| Myanmar | 1–1 | India |
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Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 |  Iran |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | +7 | 7 | Knockout stage |
| 2 |  Saudi Arabia |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 7 | |
| 3 |  Vietnam |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 3 | |
| 4 |  Mongolia |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | −8 | 0 |
| Vietnam | 4–2 | Mongolia |
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| Saudi Arabia | 0–0 | Iran |
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Group C
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Uzbekistan |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 6 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Hong Kong |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 0 | |
| 3 | Syria |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrew |
| 4 | Afghanistan |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hong Kong | 0–1 | Uzbekistan |
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| Uzbekistan | 2–1 | Hong Kong |
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Group D
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Japan |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 6 | Knockout stage |
| 2 |  Palestine |
2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | |
| 3 |  Qatar |
2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 1 |
Group E
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | South Korea |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | +16 | 9 | Knockout stage |
| 2 |  Bahrain |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 2 | |
| 3 |  Thailand |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 2 | |
| 4 |  Kuwait |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | −9 | 2 |
| South Korea | 9–0 | Kuwait |
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| Thailand | 0–4 | South Korea |
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| South Korea | 3–0 | Bahrain |
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Group F
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 |  North Korea |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 9 | Knockout stage |
| 2 |  Kyrgyzstan |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3[a] | |
| 3 |  Indonesia |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3[a] | |
| 4 |  Chinese Taipei |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 3[a] |
- Head-to-head goal differences: Kyrgyzstan 4–3, Indonesia 2–1, Chinese Taipei 2–4
| North Korea | 2–0 | Chinese Taipei |
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Attendance: 1,445
Referee: Baraa Abu Aisha (Palestine)
| Chinese Taipei | 1–0 | Indonesia |
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| Chin Wen-yen 47' |
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| Kyrgyzstan | 0–1 | North Korea |
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| Report | Kim Kuk-jin 20' |
| Kyrgyzstan | 4–1 | Chinese Taipei |
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| North Korea | 1–0 | Indonesia |
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Attendance: 7,288
Referee: Khalid Al-Turais (Saudi Arabia)
Ranking of best third place
Due to groups having different numbers of teams, the results against the fourth-placed teams in four-team groups were not considered for this ranking. Due to group C only having two teams, their results would not be included here.
Source: Football – Men – Groups
Knockout stage
Bracket
| Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
| 27 September – Xihu | ||||||||||||||
| China | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 1 October – Xihu | ||||||||||||||
| Qatar | 0 | |||||||||||||
| China | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 27 September – Wucheng | ||||||||||||||
| South Korea | 2 | |||||||||||||
| South Korea | 5 | |||||||||||||
| 4 October – Xihu | ||||||||||||||
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | |||||||||||||
| South Korea | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 28 September – Shangcheng | ||||||||||||||
| Uzbekistan | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Uzbekistan (a.e.t.) | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 1 October – Xihu | ||||||||||||||
| Indonesia | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Uzbekistan | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 28 September – Xihu | ||||||||||||||
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | |||||||||||||
| India | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 7 October – Xihu | ||||||||||||||
| Saudi Arabia | 2 | |||||||||||||
| South Korea | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 27 September – Shangcheng | ||||||||||||||
| Japan | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Iran | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 1 October – Shangcheng | ||||||||||||||
| Thailand | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Iran | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 27 September – Xiaoshan | ||||||||||||||
| Hong Kong | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Hong Kong | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 4 October – Xiaoshan | ||||||||||||||
| Palestine | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Hong Kong | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 28 September – Xiaoshan | ||||||||||||||
| Japan | 4 | Bronze medal match | ||||||||||||
| Japan | 7 | |||||||||||||
| 1 October – Xiaoshan | 7 October – Shangcheng | |||||||||||||
| Myanmar | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Japan | 2 | Uzbekistan | 4 | |||||||||||
| 27 September – Lanxi | ||||||||||||||
| North Korea | 1 | Hong Kong | 0 | |||||||||||
| North Korea | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Bahrain | 0 | |||||||||||||
Round of 16
| North Korea | 2–0 | Bahrain |
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Attendance: 7,321
Referee: Adel Al Naqbi (United Arab Emirates)
| South Korea | 5–1 | Kyrgyzstan |
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| Uzbekistan | 2–0 (a.e.t.) | Indonesia |
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Attendance: 9,466
Referee: Mohammed Ahmed Al-Shammari (Qatar)
| India | 0–2 | Saudi Arabia |
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Quarter-finals
| Uzbekistan | 2–1 | Saudi Arabia |
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| Iran | 0–1 | Hong Kong |
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| China | 0–2 | South Korea |
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Semi-finals
| South Korea | 2–1 | Uzbekistan |
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Bronze medal match
Final
 South Korea | 2–1 | Japan  |
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Final standing
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
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South Korea |
7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 3 | +24 | 21 | |
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6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 4 | +14 | 15 | |
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Uzbekistan |
6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 15 | |
| 4 | Hong Kong |
6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 11 | –8 | 6 | |
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| 5 | North Korea |
5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 12 | |
| 6 | Iran |
5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 10 | |
| 7 | China |
5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 10 | |
| 8 | Saudi Arabia |
5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 10 | |
| Eliminated in the Round of 16 | ||||||||||
| 9 | India |
4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | –5 | 4 | |
| 10 | Myanmar |
4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 12 | –10 | 4 | |
| 11 | Indonesia |
4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | –2 | 3 | |
| 12 | Kyrgyzstan |
4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | –4 | 3 | |
| 13 | Bahrain |
4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | –5 | 2 | |
| 14 | Thailand |
4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | –6 | 2 | |
| 15 | Palestine |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | –2 | 1 | |
| 16 | Qatar |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | –3 | 1 | |
| Eliminated in the group stage | ||||||||||
| 17 | Vietnam |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | –4 | 3 | |
| 18 | Chinese Taipei |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | –4 | 3 | |
| 19 | Kuwait |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | –9 | 2 | |
| 20 | Bangladesh |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | –2 | 1 | |
| 21 | Mongolia |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | –8 | 0 | |
Goalscorers
There were 123 goals scored in 45 matches, for an average of 2.73 goals per match.
8 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
- Tao Qianglong
- Shun Ayukawa
- Shota Hino
- Hong Hyun-seok
- Paik Seung-ho
2 goals
- Aria Barzegar
- Mehdi Mamizadeh
- Arsalan Motahari
- Dai Wai Tsun
- Tan Long
Sunil Chhetri- Kein Sato
- Teppei Yachida
Kim Kuk-bom- Kim Kuk-jin
- An Jae-jun
- Um Won-sang
- Alibek Davronov
- Sherzod Esanov
- Jasurbek Jaloliddinov
- Khusayin Norchaev
- Alisher Odilov
- Nguyễn Quốc Việt
1 goal
- Husain Abdulkarim
- Ali Mohamed Redha
- Fang Hao
- Gao Tianyi
- Wang Zhen'ao
Chen Po-Liang- Chin Wen-Yen
Li Ngai Hoi- Matt Orr
- Poon Pui Hin
- Rahul K P
- Ramai Rumakiek
- Hugo Samir
- Mohammad Omri
- Yasin Salmani
- Saman Touranian
- Yota Komi
- Yuta Matsumura
- Koshiro Sumi
- Taichi Yamasaki
- Salman Al-Awadi
- Youssef Al-Haqqan
- Ernaz Abilov
- Maksat Alygulov
- Arsen Sharshenbekov
- Dastanbek Toktosunov
Baljinnyam Batmönkh- Temulen Uuganbat
Yan Kyaw Htwe- Kang Kuk-chol
- Kim Yu-song
- Ri Jo-guk
- Abdulla Al Sulaiti
- Haitham Asiri
- Mohammed Eisa
- Zakaria Hawsawi
- Naif Masoud
- Goh Young-jun
- Lee Han-beom
- Lee Jae-ik
- Park Jae-yong
- Song Min-kyu
- Jakkapong Sanmahung
- Purachet Thodsanit
- Ulugbek Khoshimov
- Saidazamat Mirsaidov
- Khuất Văn Khang
- Võ Nguyên Hoàng
1 own goal
Hasan Murad Tipu (against Myanmar)- Huang Tzu-Ming (against Kyrgyzstan)
- Mohammed Aboulshamat (against Vietnam)