Football at the 2022 Asian Games – Men's tournament

The men's football tournament at the 2022 Asian Games was held from 19 September to 7 October 2023 in Hangzhou, China.^[1]

Competition schedule

All times are local China Standard Time (UTC+8).

G

Group stage

⅛

Round of 16

¼

Quarter-finals

½

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
Men	G					G			⅛				¼			½			B	F

Venues

Seven venues were used during the tournament, two of them outside of Hangzhou at cities around Zhejiang. Hangzhou Sports Park Stadium hosted the final.

Hangzhou					Jinhua
Hangzhou Sports Park Stadium	Huanglong Sports Centre Stadium	Shangcheng Sports Centre Stadium	Linping Sports Center Stadium	Xiaoshan Sports Centre Stadium	Jinhua Stadium	Zhejiang Normal University East Stadium
Capacity: 80,000	Capacity: 51,971	Capacity: 13,500	Capacity: 10,200	Capacity: 10,118	Capacity: 29,800	Capacity: 12,273
Map of Zhejiang with 2022 Football of Asian Games venues marked. Hangzhou Jinhua

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
China (hosts)  South Korea  Japan  Vietnam  Uzbekistan  North Korea	Syria (withdrew)  Saudi Arabia  Palestine  Indonesia  Bangladesh  Bahrain	Hong Kong  Iran  Thailand  Myanmar  Kyrgyzstan  Qatar	Chinese Taipei  India  Mongolia  Afghanistan (withdrew)  Kuwait

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

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 later withdrew from the tournament, leaving the group with only 2 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.

1. Highest number of points obtained in all group matches;
2. Highest number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
3. Goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned;
4. Highest number of goals scored from all group matches between the teams concerned;
5. 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.
6. Goal difference in all group matches;
7. Highest number of goals scored in all group matches;
8. Kicks from the penalty mark only if two (2) teams are involved and they are both on the field of play.
9. 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;
10. 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.

1. Highest number of points obtained in all group matches;
2. Goal difference in all group matches;
3. Highest number of goals scored in all group matches;
4. 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;
5. Drawing of lots

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
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

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Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
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

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Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
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

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Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
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

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Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
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

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Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
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]

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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.

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	F	Indonesia	2	1	0	1	2	1	+1	3	Knockout stage
2	D	Qatar	2	0	1	1	1	3	−2	1
3	E	Thailand	2	0	1	1	1	5	−4	1
4	A	Myanmar	2	0	1	1	1	5	−4	1
5	B	Vietnam	2	0	0	2	1	7	−6	0

Knockout stage

Bracket

Source ^[2][3][4]

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 – Binjiang

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

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Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Bronze medal match

Final

Final standing

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
	South Korea	7	7	0	0	27	3	+24	21
	Japan	6	5	0	1	18	4	+14	15
	Uzbekistan	6	5	0	1	12	4	+8	15
4	Hong Kong	6	2	0	4	3	11	–8	6
Eliminated in the Quarter-finals
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

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

See also

• Football at the 2022 Asian Games – Women's tournament

References

External links

• Official website