Football at the 2026 Asian Games

All times are local Japan Standard Time (UTC+9).^[1]

A total of seven venues around six cities will be used.

Eleven venues were chosen for the bid after Aichi-Nagoya was selected, including Toyota, Nagoya, Kariya, Oita, Utsunomiya, Yokohama, Hiroshima, Suita, Saitama, Chiba and Chōfu. Those venues where shortlisted to Toyota, Nagoya, Kariya, Gifu, Shizuoka, Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe, then later excluded Kyoto and Kobe on 30 April 2025. Notably, none of the stadiums used in the 2020 Olympics and 2012 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup will be used in this tournament, and the Shizuoka Stadium with Nagai Stadium are the only stadiums in this tournament that were used in the 2002 FIFA World Cup.

On 12 February 2026, it was confirmed that the Toyota Stadium will host the men's finals, while Shizuoka Stadium will host the women's finals.^{[citation needed]}

More information Fukuroi, Osaka ...

Fukuroi	Osaka	Toyota	Gifu
Shizuoka Stadium	Nagai Stadium	Toyota Stadium	Gifu Nagaragawa Stadium
Capacity: 50,889	Capacity: 47,853	Capacity: 45,000	Capacity: 26,109
Nagoya	Fukuroi Osaka Toyota Gifu Nagoya Kariya
Paloma Mizuho Rugby Stadium
Capacity: 11,900
Nagoya
CS Asset Minato Soccer Stadium
Capacity: 6,700
Kariya
Wave Stadium Kariya [ja]
Capacity: 2,602

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These host cities will host the following matches:

In the previous editions, participating nations were free to enter teams in the football tournament of the Asian Games. For the 2026 Asian Games, a qualification criteria was set up with the participating teams of the 2026 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualifying for the men's tournament, and the teams of the 2026 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualifying for the women's tournament (both with the exception of Australia due to not being a member of the OCA).^[2][3] On 12 March 2026, it was confirmed that Hong Kong's both men's team and women's team would participate in the tournament.^[4][5] On 29 June 2026, it was confirmed that the Philippines would participate in the men's tournament.^{[6][7][dubious – discuss]} On 10 July 2026, Indian media The Times of India reported men's and women's participating teams; according to the list, in men's tournament Jordan, Lebanon or Syria cannot participate while Kuwait and North Korea will participate, and in women's tournament India and Iran cannot participate while Myanmar and Thailand will participate, and women's tournament will be held not by 16 teams but by 12 teams^[8].

The draw for the competition will be held on 23 July 2026.^[9]

More information Nation, Men's ...

Nation	Men's	Women's
Bangladesh	—N/a
China
Chinese Taipei	—N/a
Hong Kong
Iran		—N/a
Japan
Kuwait		—N/a
Kyrgyzstan		—N/a
Myanmar	—N/a
North Korea
Philippines
Qatar		—N/a
Saudi Arabia		—N/a
South Korea
Thailand
United Arab Emirates		—N/a
Uzbekistan
Vietnam
Total: 19 NOCs	16/16	12/12

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