Palestine competed in the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia from 18 August to 2 September 2018. Palestine have competed in the Asian Games since 1994 with only one entrant and won their first medal in 2002 Busan with a bronze in boxing. This event marks the eight Asian Games appearance for Palestine.
Competitors The following is a list of the number of competitors representing Palestine that participated at the Games: Sport Men Women TotalAthletics 2 1 3Football 20 0 20Ju-jitsu 3 0 3Judo 1 0 1Karate 4 0 4Kurash 1 0 1Swimming 3 2 5Taekwondo 1 0 1Triathlon 2 0 2Volleyball 2 0 2Weightlifting 2 0 2Wrestling 2 0 2 Total 43 3 46
Athletics
Palestine entered three athletes (2 men's and 1 women) to participate in the athletics competition at the Games.
Football
Palestine participated in the men's team event at the 2018 Asian Games in Group A of the tournament.
Summary TeamEventGroup StageRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankPalestine men'sMen's tournamentD 0–0W 2–1W 2–1D 1–12 QL 0–1did not advance11
Men's tournament
The draw for the men's football event was held on 5 July 2018 initially with involving 24 teams. The teams seeded into four pots with six teams each classified in those pots. However the initial draw was scratched due to the omission of both UAE and Palestine due to the by mistakes of the game organisers. It was early proved that both of the football associations of Palestine and United Arab Emirates correctly submitted their participation form on time before the deadline. Due to these errors, the tournament's draw result was rescheduled and reconfirmed on 25 July 2018 with Palestine added to the Group A alongside hosts Indonesia and UAE was added to Group E.
However another redraw was held again for the men's football team event on 3 August 2018 due to the sudden withdrawal of Iraq national football team and it was decided to move either UAE or Palestine to Group C.
Roster
Group A
Round of 16
Ju-jitsu
Palestine entered the ju-jitsu competition with 3 men's athletes.
Men AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / RankOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultMohammed Abdalhafiz–77 kgL 0–3did not advanceQais Maraaba–85 kgW 2–0L 0–100SUBDid not advanceL 0–100SUBdid not advanceMohammad Hasan–94 kgDSQ did not advance
Judo
Men AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / RankOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultWesam Abu Rmilah–81 kgL 00s3–10did not advance
Karate
Palestine participated in the karate competition at the Games with four men's athletes.
Kurash
Men AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinalOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankMohanad Abu-Eida–90 kgL 001−012did not advance
Swimming
Men AthleteEventHeatsFinalTimeRankTimeRankAnas Altamari50 m butterfly27.5637did not advanceAdam Barghouthi100 m freestyle1:01.0945did not advance200 m freestyle2:15.0731did not advance400 m freestyle4:45.9819did not advanceLoiy Juwaihan50 m freestyle26.1545did not advance
Women AthleteEventHeatsFinalTimeRankTimeRankMera Abushammaleh50 m freestyle31.6926did not advance50 m breaststroke37.1022did not advance100 m breaststroke1:20.70 21did not advance200 m breaststroke2:55.44 16did not advanceDania Nour50 m freestyle30.8224did not advance100 m freestyle1:07.1123did not advance50 m butterfly34.6624did not advance
Taekwondo
Kyorugi AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinalOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankYousef Abu-Al-RobMen's −58 kgW 64–23L 32–36did not advance
Triathlon
Individual AthleteEventSwim (1.5 km)Trans 1Bike (39.6 km)Trans 2Run (10 km)Total TimeRankAbdallah AbushababMen's19:560:2756:500:2741:421:59:2217Omar Abushabab21:330:2856:200:2243:112:01:5518
Volleyball
Beach volleyball AthleteEventPreliminaryRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / OppositionsScoresRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankKhaled AlarqanMohammed Al-QishawiMen's tournament: W 2–0: L 0–2: W 2–02 Q L 0–2did not advance
Weightlifting
Men AthleteEventSnatchClean & JerkTotalRankResultRankResultRankHani Alqassass−77 kg115161411425614Ahmed Alqassass−85 kg105101501025510
Wrestling
Palestine put up two men's wrestler competed in the freestyle event at the Games.
Men's freestyle AthleteEventQualificationRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalRepechage 1Repechage 2Final / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankMousa Jouda−57 kgL 0–11did not advance21Wael Al-Haj−86 kgL 0–10did not advance16
See also Palestine at the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games
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