Football at the 2022 Asian Games – Men's tournament

Men's Football Tournament
at the 2022 Asian Games
Tournament details
Host country	China
Dates	19 September – 7 October 2023
Teams	21
Venue(s)	7 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	South Korea (u-23,3rd title)
Runners-up	Japan
Third place	Uzbekistan
Fourth place	Hong Kong
Tournament statistics
Matches played	45
Goals scored	123 (2.73 per match)
Attendance	605,268 (13,450 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Jeong Woo-yeong ; (8 goals)
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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]

Competition schedule[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Alex King
Ammar Mahfoodh
Virendha Rai
Shen Yinhao
Thoriq Alkatiri
Hasan Akrami
Yousif Saeed Hasan
Yudai Yamamoto
Ahmad Yacoub Ibrahim
Kim Hee-gon
Ammar Ashkanani
Daiyrbek Abdyldaev
Ali Reda
Nazmi Nasaruddin
Mohamed Javiz
Baraa Abu Aisha
Clifford Daypuyat
Mohammed Ahmed Al-Shammari
Qasim Al-Hatmi
Khalid Al-Turais
Feras Taweel
Sayodjon Zainiddinov
Mongkolchai Pechsri
Rustam Lutfullin
Ngô Duy Lân
Jansen Foo

Group stage[edit]

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[edit]

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.

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

Highest number of points obtained in all group matches;
Goal difference in all group matches;
Highest number of goals scored in all group matches;
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;
Drawing of lots

Group A[edit]

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

Source: Football – Men – Groups
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

19 September 2023

16:00

Bangladesh	0–1	Myanmar
	Report	Hasan 69' (o.g.)

Xiaoshan Sports Centre Stadium, Hangzhou

Attendance: 3,087

Referee: Daiyrbek Abdyldaev (Kyrgyzstan)

19 September 2023