Afghanistan competed at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China, which was held from 23 September 2023 to 8 October 2023.
These games marked Afghanistan's best ever performance at the Asian Games with the country winning 5 medals in total.
Background This was the first time Afghanistan competed in the Asian Games since the Taliban takeover of the country following the fall of Kabul in 2021.
The Afghanistan delegation consisted of two groups, an all-male contingent backed by the Taliban and another supported by Hafizullah Wali Rahimi, who was president of the Afghanistan National Olympic Committee prior to the Taliban takeover. The latter group were from the Afghan diaspora and included women. Their chef de mission was Khwaja Hashmatullah Rasa. The Taliban rejected Afghanistan's entire participation with women athletes in the games at all.
Afghanistan competed under the Islamic Republic tricolor flag, instead of the white banner preferred by the Taliban. The contingent at the opening ceremony included women, with Mohsen Rezaee and Kamia Yousufi as flagbearers.
Medal summary
Medalists The following Afghanistan competitors won medals at the Games.
Medal Name Sport Event Date Afghanistan national cricket team Cricket Men's tournament 7 Oct Mohsen Rezaee Taekwondo Men's 58 kg 25 Sep Khalid Hotak Wushu Men's sanda 70 kg 27 Sep Nasratullah Habibi Wushu Men's sanda 75 kg 27 Sep Baiqara Rasooli Kurash Men's 81 kg 1 Oct
Medals by sports Sport TotalCricket0100Kurash0011Taekwondo0011Wushu0022 Total 0 1 4 4
Medals by dayDayDate Total1September 24 0 0 002September 25 0 0 113September 26 0 0 004September 27 0 0 225September 28 0 0 006September 29 0 0 007September 30 0 0 008October 1 0 0 119October 2 0 0 0010October 3 0 0 0011October 4 0 0 0012October 5 0 0 0013October 6 0 0 0014October 7 0 1 0115October 8 0 0 00
Competitors SportMenWomenTotalAthletics 1 1 2Boxing 3 0 3Canoeing 1 0 1Cricket 15 0 15Cycling 0 2 2Judo 2 0 2Ju-jitsu 3 0 3Karate 2 0 2Kurash 3 0 3Rugby sevens 12 0 12Swimming 1 0 1Taekwondo 5 0 5Volleyball 12 12 24Weightlifting 1 0 1Wrestling 3 0 3Wushu 4 0 4 Total 68 15 83
Cricket
Men's tournament
Squad Gulbadin Naib (c) Mohammad Shahzad (vc, wk) Fareed Ahmad Qais Ahmad Zubaid Akbari Sharafuddin Ashraf Sediqullah Atal Karim Janat Zahir Khan Nijat Masood Shahidullah Sayed Shirzad Wafiullah Tarakhil Noor Ali Zadran Afsar Zazai (wk)
Football
The national under-23 football team withdrew from the men's tournament before matches started.
Summary
TeamEventGroup StageQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankAfghanistan men's under-23Men's tournamentWDWDWDWithdrew
Volleyball Summary TeamEventGroup stageQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreAfghanistan men'sMen's tournamentL 0–3L 0–3L 0–34colspan=4 Afghanistan women'sWomen's tournamentL 0–3L 0–3L 0–34colspan=4
Men's tournament
Squad Mohammad Sabawoon Wardak Abdul Mutalib Mohammadi Mohammad Imran Niazai Mohammad Shahid Badloon Sabawoon Ghorzang Besmaullah Sultani Sayed Habib Yousufi Abdul Malik Mamoozai Ozair Mohammad Asefi Gulam Rasool Haidari Allah Nazar Karimy Naser Kohistani
Wushu
Sanda AthleteEventRound of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinalOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankMohammad Karim FaqiriMen's –56 kgL 1–2Did not advanceMajid RasoliMen's –65 kgL 0–2Did not advanceKhalid HotakMen's –70 kgW 2–0W L 0–2Did not advanceNasratullah HabibiMen's –75 kgW 2–0L Did not advance
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