Football at the 2018 Asian Games – Men's tournament


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The men's football tournament at the 2018 Asian Games was held from 10 August to 1 September 2018.[1][2] It was the 17th edition of the men's tournament. In this tournament, 25 teams played in the men's competition. South Korea were the gold medal holders when they won the tournament in 2014.[3][4] They managed to retain their title.

Men's Football Tournament
at the 2018 Asian Games
Tournament details
Host countryIndonesia Indonesia
Dates10 August – 1 September
Teams25 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions South Korea (2nd title)
Runners-up Japan
Third place United Arab Emirates
Fourth place Vietnam
Tournament statistics
Matches played56
Goals scored165 (2.95 per match)
Top scorer(s)South Korea Hwang Ui-jo (9 goals)

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Competition schedule

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The match schedule of the men's tournament was unveiled on 15 February 2018.[1]

G Group stage ⅛ Round of 16 ¼ Quarter-finals ½ Semi-finals B Bronze medal match F Gold medal match
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 1
G G G G ⅛ ¼ ½ B F

The tournament was held in four venues across four cities.[1]

Soreang Cibinong Bekasi Cikarang
Jalak Harupat Pakansari Patriot Chandrabhaga Wibawa Mukti
Capacity: 27,000 Capacity: 30,000 Capacity: 30,000 Capacity: 28,778
       

Each nation must submit a squad of 20 players, 17 of whom must be born on or after 1 January 1995, and three of whom can be older dispensation players.

The draw for the tournament was held on 5 July 2018 with initially 24 teams involved. The teams were seeded into four pots based on their performances in the previous Asian Games in 2014. The hosts Indonesia were automatically assigned into position A1.[5]

However, the initial draw result was scratched because the UAE and Palestine were omitted,[6][7] so the draw result had to be reconfirmed on 25 July 2018, and the ceremony reopened in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia at 3:00 p.m. local time (7:00 a.m. GMT).[8][9] Palestine were added to Group A and the UAE were added to Group E.

Iraq, which were initially placed in Group C, later withdrew from the tournament. To re-balance the groups so that every group has at least four teams, another re-draw was held on 3 August 2018 to determine which of Palestine or UAE would be moved to Group C to replace Iraq. The UAE were drawn.[10]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 Pot 5 (additional draw)
  1.   Indonesia (hosts)
  2.   South Korea
  3.   North Korea
  4.   Iraq (withdrew)
  5.   Thailand
  6.   Japan

The top two teams in each group, and the four third-placed teams among six groups advance to the round of 16.[1]

All times are local, WIB (UTC+7).[11]

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]

  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 three groups are ranked according to the following criteria, after the result against the fifth-placed team of group A are excluded in order to rank them with the same numbers of matches.[1]

  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
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[12]
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
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head result: Malaysia 2–1 South Korea.
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

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In order to ensure equality when comparing the third-placed team of all groups, the result of the match against the 5th-placed team in Group A was ignored due to the other groups having only four 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.

In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out would be used to decide the winner if necessary, except for the third place match where penalty shoot-out (no extra time) would be used to decide the winner if necessary.[1]

Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsGold medal match
              
23 August – Bekasi
  Palestine0
27 August – Bekasi
  Syria1
  Syria0
23 August – Bekasi
  Vietnam (a.e.t.)1
  Vietnam1
29 August – Cibinong
  Bahrain0
  Vietnam1
23 August – Cikarang
  South Korea3
  Uzbekistan3
27 August – Bekasi
  Hong Kong0
  Uzbekistan3
23 August – Cikarang
  South Korea (a.e.t.)4
  Iran0
1 September – Cibinong
  South Korea2
  South Korea (a.e.t.)2
24 August – Bekasi
  Japan1
  China3
27 August – Cibinong
  Saudi Arabia4
  Saudi Arabia1
24 August – Bekasi
  Japan2
  Malaysia0
29 August – Cibinong
  Japan1
  Japan1
24 August – Cikarang
  United Arab Emirates0 Bronze medal match
  Indonesia2 (3)
27 August – Cibinong1 September – Cibinong
  United Arab Emirates (p)2 (4)
  United Arab Emirates (p)1 (5)  Vietnam1 (3)
24 August – Cikarang
  North Korea1 (3)   United Arab Emirates (p)1 (4)
  Bangladesh1
  North Korea3

There were 165 goals scored in 56 matches, for an average of 2.95 goals per match.

9 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.
Note: In order to ensure equality, for teams in five-team groups, their match against the fifth-placed teams are excluded when considering the ranking.

Rank Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
    South Korea 7 6 0 1 19 7 +12 18
    Japan 7 5 0 2 10 4 +6 15
    United Arab Emirates 7 1 3 3 9 9 0 6
4   Vietnam 7 5 1 1 10 4 +6 16
Eliminated in the Quarter-finals
5   Uzbekistan 5 4 0 1 16 4 +12 12
6   Syria 5 3 0 2 7 6 +1 9
7   North Korea 5 2 2 1 8 6 +2 8
8   Saudi Arabia 5 2 1 2 8 8 0 7
Eliminated in the Round of 16
9   China 4 3 0 1 14 5 +9 9
10   Indonesia 5 3 1 1 13 5 +8 10
11   Palestine 5 2 2 1 5 4 +1 8
12   Malaysia 4 2 0 2 7 6 +1 6
13   Iran 4 1 1 2 3 4 –1 4
14   Hong Kong 5 2 1 2 9 8 +1 7
15   Bangladesh 4 1 1 2 3 7 –4 4
16   Bahrain 4 1 1 2 5 11 –6 4
Third place in the group stage
17   Pakistan 3 1 0 2 2 8 −6 3
18   Thailand 3 0 2 1 2 3 −1 2
Fourth place in the group stage
19   Myanmar 3 1 1 1 3 4 −1 4
20   Kyrgyzstan 3 0 1 2 3 6 −3 1
21   Qatar 3 0 1 2 1 8 −7 1
22     Nepal 3 0 0 3 1 5 −4 0
23   Laos 4 1 0 3 4 8 −4 3
24   East Timor 3 0 0 3 3 15 −12 0
Fifth place in the group stage
25   Chinese Taipei 4 0 1 3 0 10 −10 1
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