Football at the 2018 Asian Games
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Football at the 2018 Asian Games was held from 14 August to 1 September 2018 in Indonesia.[1][2] One of the host cities, Palembang, hosted the women's event, while the men's matches are played in Bekasi, Cibinong, Cikarang, and Soreang.
| Football at the 2018 Asian Games | |||||||
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| Venues | Six stadiums across Indonesia | ||||||
| Dates | 10 August – 1 September | ||||||
| Teams | 25 (Men's) 11 (Women's) | ||||||
| Medalists | |||||||
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← 2014 2022 → | |||||||
The Games' main stadium, the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta did not host the football events. The stadium hosted the ceremonies and the athletics.
All the top 20 nations sent their national football teams to the Asian Games excluding India. A total of 25 men's team and 11 women's team competed at the Asian Games. The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) refused to clear the Indian football team to participate in the tournament due its policy of only sending national teams that were ranked among the top eight at the continental level (India were ranked 14th at the time in Asia). The decision was opposed by the All India Football Federation (AIFF) who described the IOA as lacking "vision and competence", and that the IOA did not consider the recent form and upwards movement of the India national football team in FIFA World Rankings. This was the first time that the Indian football team did not participate in the tournament since the 1994 Asian Games.[3] Several nations also refused to participate most notably including Tajikistan, Maldives, Yemen and Lebanon; the latter two teams will participate in 2019 AFC Asian Cup.
Competition schedule
All times are local Indonesia Western Standard Time (UTC+7).
| G | Group stage | ⅛ | Round of 16 | ¼ | Quarter-finals | ½ | Semi-finals | B | Bronze medal match | F | Gold medal match |
Date Event |
Fri 10 | Sat 11 | Sun 12 | Mon 13 | Tue 14 | Wed 15 | Thu 16 | Fri 17 | Sat 18 | Sun 19 | Mon 20 | Tue 21 | Wed 22 | Thu 23 | Fri 24 | Sat 25 | Sun 26 | Mon 27 | Tue 28 | Wed 29 | Thu 30 | Fri 31 | Sat 01 | ||
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| Men | G | G | G | G | ⅛ | ¼ | ½ | B | F | ||||||||||||||||
| Women | G | G | ¼ | ½ | B | F | |||||||||||||||||||
| Soreang | Cibinong | Bekasi | Cikarang |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jalak Harupat | Pakansari | Patriot Chandrabhaga | Wibawa Mukti |
| Capacity: 27,000 | Capacity: 30,000 | Capacity: 30,000 | Capacity: 28,778 |
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| Palembang | ||
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| Gelora Sriwijaya | Bumi Sriwijaya | |
| Capacity: 23,000[4] | Capacity: 7,000[4] | |
Participating nations and regions
The competition consisted of two stages; a group stage followed by a knockout stage.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesia (H) | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3 | +8 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Palestine | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 8 | |
| 3 | Hong Kong | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 7 | |
| 4 | Laos | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 3 | |
| 5 | Chinese Taipei | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 10 | −10 | 1 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Uzbekistan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | +10 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Bangladesh | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 4 | |
| 3 | Thailand | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 | |
| 4 | Qatar | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 1 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | +10 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Syria | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 6 | |
| 3 | United Arab Emirates | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 3 | |
| 4 | East Timor | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 15 | −12 | 0 | |
| 5 | Iraq | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrew, replaced by UAE[5] |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnam | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Japan | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 6 | |
| 3 | Pakistan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 3 | |
| 4 | Nepal | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 0 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malaysia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 6[a] | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | South Korea | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 6[a] | |
| 3 | Bahrain | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 4 | |
| 4 | Kyrgyzstan | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 1 | |
| 5 | United Arab Emirates | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Redrawn to Group C |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iran | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | North Korea | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| 3 | Saudi Arabia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
| 4 | Myanmar | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 4 |
Ranking of third-placed teams
| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | Hong Kong | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | F | Saudi Arabia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
| 3 | E | Bahrain | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 4 | |
| 4 | C | United Arab Emirates | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 3 | |
| 5 | D | Pakistan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 3 | |
| 6 | B | Thailand | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 |
Source: Asian Games 2018 Archived 11 August 2018 at the Wayback Machine
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) fair play points; 5) drawing of lots.
| Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Gold medal match | |||||||||||
| 23 August – Bekasi | ||||||||||||||
| Palestine | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 27 August – Bekasi | ||||||||||||||
| Syria | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Syria | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 23 August – Bekasi | ||||||||||||||
| Vietnam (a.e.t.) | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Vietnam | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 29 August – Cibinong | ||||||||||||||
| Bahrain | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Vietnam | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 23 August – Cikarang | ||||||||||||||
| South Korea | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Uzbekistan | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 27 August – Bekasi | ||||||||||||||
| Hong Kong | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Uzbekistan | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 23 August – Cikarang | ||||||||||||||
| South Korea (a.e.t.) | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Iran | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 1 September – Cibinong | ||||||||||||||
| South Korea | 2 | |||||||||||||
| South Korea (a.e.t.) | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 24 August – Bekasi | ||||||||||||||
| Japan | 1 | |||||||||||||
| China | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 27 August – Cibinong | ||||||||||||||
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 24 August – Bekasi | ||||||||||||||
| Japan | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Malaysia | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 29 August – Cibinong | ||||||||||||||
| Japan | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Japan | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 24 August – Cikarang | ||||||||||||||
| United Arab Emirates | 0 | Bronze medal match | ||||||||||||
| Indonesia | 2 (3) | |||||||||||||
| 27 August – Cibinong | 1 September – Cibinong | |||||||||||||
| United Arab Emirates (p) | 2 (4) | |||||||||||||
| United Arab Emirates (p) | 1 (5) | Vietnam | 1 (3) | |||||||||||
| 24 August – Cikarang | ||||||||||||||
| North Korea | 1 (3) | United Arab Emirates (p) | 1 (4) | |||||||||||
| Bangladesh | 1 | |||||||||||||
| North Korea | 3 | |||||||||||||
The competition consisted of two stages; a group stage followed by a knockout stage.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Korea | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 1 | +21 | 9 | Advance to Knockout stage |
| 2 | Chinese Taipei | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 2 | +10 | 6 | |
| 3 | Indonesia (H) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 16 | −10 | 3 | |
| 4 | Maldives | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 21 | −21 | 0 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | +25 | 9 | Advance to Knockout stage |
| 2 | North Korea | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 2 | +22 | 6 | |
| 3 | Hong Kong | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 16 | −10 | 3 | |
| 4 | Tajikistan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 38 | −37 | 0 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | +9 | 6 | Advance to Knockout stage |
| 2 | Vietnam | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 3 | |
| 3 | Thailand | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 0 |
Ranking of third-placed teams
| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | C | Thailand | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 0 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | B | Hong Kong | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 | −15 | 0 | |
| 3 | A | Indonesia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16 | −16 | 0 |
Source: Asian Games 2018 Archived 26 August 2018 at the Wayback Machine
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) fair play points; 5) drawing of lots.
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Gold medal match | ||||||||
| 24 August – Palembang | ||||||||||
| South Korea | 5 | |||||||||
| 28 August – Palembang | ||||||||||
| Hong Kong | 0 | |||||||||
| South Korea | 1 | |||||||||
| 25 August – Palembang | ||||||||||
| Japan | 2 | |||||||||
| Japan | 2 | |||||||||
| 31 August – Palembang | ||||||||||
| North Korea | 1 | |||||||||
| Japan | 1 | |||||||||
| 24 August – Palembang | ||||||||||
| China | 0 | |||||||||
| Chinese Taipei (p) | 0 (4) | |||||||||
| 28 August – Palembang | ||||||||||
| Vietnam | 0 (3) | |||||||||
| Chinese Taipei | 0 | |||||||||
| 25 August – Palembang | ||||||||||
| China | 1 | Bronze medal match | ||||||||
| China | 5 | |||||||||
| 31 August – Palembang | ||||||||||
| Thailand | 0 | |||||||||
| South Korea | 4 | |||||||||
| Chinese Taipei | 0 | |||||||||
- ^ "Football Sports Technical Handbook" (PDF). Indonesia Asian Games 2018 Organizing Committee. 15 February 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 May 2018. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
- ^ "Asian Games: Indonesia 'ready for 2018 Asiad'". The Straits Times. 22 June 2017. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
- ^ "IOA lacks competence to understand that football is global sport: AIFF". The Times of India. 1 July 2018. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
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- ^ "Asian Games: Iraq withdraw from football tournament". Reuters. 1 August 2018. Archived from the original on 2 August 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
- Football at the 2018 Asian Games Archived 1 September 2018 at the Wayback Machine
- Official Result Book – Football