Football at the 2022 Asian Games – Men's tournament


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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]

Men's Football Tournament
at the 2022 Asian Games
Tournament details
Host country China
Dates19 September – 7 October 2023
Teams21
Venue(s)7 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions South Korea (3rd title)
Runners-up Japan
Third place Uzbekistan
Fourth place Hong Kong
Tournament statistics
Matches played45
Goals scored123 (2.73 per match)
Attendance605,268 (13,450 per match)
Top scorer(s)South Korea Jeong Woo-yeong
(8 goals)

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Competition schedule

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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

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.

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
  1.   Syria (withdrew)
  2.   Saudi Arabia
  3.   Palestine
  4.   Indonesia
  5.   Bangladesh
  6.   Bahrain
  1.   Chinese Taipei
  2.   India
  3.   Mongolia
  4.   Afghanistan (withdrew)
  5.   Kuwait

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.

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).

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
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
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
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
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
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
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]
  1. ^ a b c Head-to-head goal differences: Kyrgyzstan 4–3, Indonesia 2–1, Chinese Taipei 2–4

Ranking of best third place

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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

Source [2][3][4]

Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
              
27 September – Xihu
  China1
1 October – Xihu
  Qatar0
  China0
27 September – Wucheng
  South Korea2
  South Korea5
4 October – Xihu
  Kyrgyzstan1
  South Korea2
28 September – Shangcheng
  Uzbekistan1
  Uzbekistan (a.e.t.)2
1 October – Xihu
  Indonesia0
  Uzbekistan2
28 September – Xihu
  Saudi Arabia1
  India0
7 October – Binjiang
  Saudi Arabia2
  South Korea2
27 September – Shangcheng
  Japan1
  Iran2
1 October – Shangcheng
  Thailand0
  Iran0
27 September – Xiaoshan
  Hong Kong1
  Hong Kong1
4 October – Xiaoshan
  Palestine0
  Hong Kong0
28 September – Xiaoshan
  Japan4 Bronze medal match
  Japan7
1 October – Xiaoshan7 October – Shangcheng
  Myanmar0
  Japan2  Uzbekistan4
27 September – Lanxi
  North Korea1   Hong Kong0
  North Korea2
  Bahrain0
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

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

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