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Football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly ca ...
at the
2018 Asian Games The 2018 Asian Games ( id, Pesta Olahraga Asia 2018 or ''Asian Games 2018''), officially known as the 18th Asian Games and also known as Jakarta-Palembang 2018 or Indonesia 2018, was a continental multi-sport event that was held from 18 August ...
was held from 14 August to 1 September 2018 in
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. One of the host cities,
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, hosted the women's event, while the men's matches are played in
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,
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,
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, and Soreang. The Games' main stadium, the
Gelora Bung Karno Stadium Gelora Bung Karno Main Stadium ( id, Stadion Utama Gelora Bung Karno; literally "Bung Karno Sports Arena Main Stadium"), formerly Senayan Main Stadium and Gelora Senayan Main Stadium, is a multi-purpose stadium located at the center of the Ge ...
,
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did not host the football events. The stadium hosted the ceremonies and the athletics. All the top 20 nations sent their national football teams to the Asian Games excluding India. A total of 25 men's team and 11 women's team competed at the Asian Games. The
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(IOA) refused to clear the Indian football team to participate in the tournament due its policy of only sending national teams that were ranked among the top eight at the continental level (India were ranked 14th at the time in Asia). The decision was opposed by the
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(AIFF) who described the IOA as lacking "vision and competence", and that the IOA did not consider the recent form and upwards movement of the
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in
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. This was the first time that the Indian football team did not participate in the tournament since the
1994 Asian Games The 1994 Asian Games ( ja, 1994年アジア競技大会, ''Senkyūhyakukyūjūyon-nen Ajia kyōgi taikai''), also known as the XII Asiad and the 12th Asian Games ( ja, 第12回アジア競技大会, Daijūni-kai Ajia kyōgi taikai), were held from ...
. Several nations also refused to participate most notably including Tajikistan, Maldives, Yemen and Lebanon; the latter two teams will participate in
2019 AFC Asian Cup The 2019 AFC Asian Cup was the 17th edition of the AFC Asian Cup, the quadrennial international men's football championship of Asia organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). It was held in the United Arab Emirates from 5 January to 1 F ...
.


Competition schedule

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Venues


Men's venues


Women's venues


Participating nations and regions


Medal summary


Medal table


Medalists


Men's competition

The competition consisted of two stages; a group stage followed by a knockout stage.


Group stage


Group A


Group B


Group C


Group D


Group E


Group F


Ranking of third-placed teams


Knockout stage


Women's competition

The competition consisted of two stages; a group stage followed by a knockout stage.


Group stage


Group A


Group B


Group C


Ranking of third-placed teams


Knockout stage


References


External links


Football at the 2018 Asian GamesOfficial Result Book – Football
{{DEFAULTSORT:Asian Games Football 2018
Asian Games The Asian Games, also known as Asiad, is a continental multi-sport event held every four years among athletes from all over Asia. The Games were regulated by the Asian Games Federation (AGF) from the first Games in New Delhi, India, until t ...
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2018 Asian Games The 2018 Asian Games ( id, Pesta Olahraga Asia 2018 or ''Asian Games 2018''), officially known as the 18th Asian Games and also known as Jakarta-Palembang 2018 or Indonesia 2018, was a continental multi-sport event that was held from 18 August ...
Football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly ca ...