The men's football tournament at the 2022 Asian Games was held from 19 September to 7 October 2023 in Hangzhou, China.
Competition schedule All times are local China Standard Time (UTC+8). GGroup stageRound of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsBBronze medal matchFGold medal match 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 B F
Venues Six venues were used during the tournament, two of them outside of Hangzhou at cities around Zhejiang. Huanglong Sports Centre Stadium hosted the final. HangzhouJinhuaXihuShangchengLinpingXiaoshanWucheng Huanglong Sports Centre Stadium Shangcheng Sports Centre Stadium Linping Sports Center Stadium Xiaoshan Sports Centre Stadium Jinhua Stadium Zhejiang Normal University East Stadium Capacity: 51,971 Capacity: 13,500 Capacity: 10,200 Capacity: 10,118 Capacity: 29,800 Capacity: 12,273
Draw 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 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4
Squads
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
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 The top two teams in each group, and the top four third-placed teams among six groups advance to the round of 16. and were initially assigned to Group C, but they withdrew from the tournament after the draw, leaving the group with only two teams left.
All times are local, CST (UTC+8).
Tiebreakers 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): 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): Drawing of lots
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Ranking of best third place 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.
Knockout stage Bracket Source
Round of 16
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Bronze medal match
Final
Final standing
RankTeam 7 7 0 0 27 3 +24 21 6 5 0 1 18 4 +14 15 6 5 0 1 12 4 +8 15 4 6 2 0 4 3 11 –8 6 Eliminated in the Quarter-finals 5 5 4 0 1 7 2 +5 12 6 5 3 1 1 9 1 +8 10 7 5 3 1 1 10 3 +7 10 8 5 3 1 1 9 3 +6 10 Eliminated in the Round of 16 9 4 1 1 2 3 8 –5 4 10 4 1 1 2 2 12 –10 4 11 4 1 0 3 2 4 –2 3 12 4 1 0 3 5 9 –4 3 13 4 0 2 2 2 7 –5 2 14 4 0 2 2 2 8 –6 2 15 3 0 1 2 0 2 –2 1 16 3 0 1 2 1 4 –3 1 Eliminated in the group stage 17 3 1 0 2 5 9 –4 3 18 3 1 0 2 2 6 –4 3 19 3 0 2 1 2 11 –9 2 20 3 0 1 2 0 2 –2 1 21 3 0 0 3 2 10 –8 0
Goalscorers
See also Football at the 2022 Asian Games – Women's tournament
References
External links Official website