Asian Games 1951-2018 Medals Tables
Table showing the top four positions in all the Asian Games football tournaments from 1951 to 2018.
Men’s Association football was an Asian Games sport since the 1951 edition. Since the 2002 Asian Games the age limit for men’s teams is under-23, the same as the age limit in football competitions at the Summer Olympics.
AFC Asian Games Football Tournaments 1951-2018
| HOST CITY | YEAR | # | FINAL | 3rd PLACE PLAY-OFF | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GOLD MEDAL | Score | SILVER MEDAL | BRONZE MEDAL | Score | FOURTH | ||||||||
 | NEW DELHI | 1951 | 1 | | INDIA | 1-0 |  | IRAN |  | JAPAN | 2-0 |  | AFGHANISTAN |
 | MANILA | 1954 | 2 |  | TAIWAN | 5-2 |  | S KOREA |  | MYANMAR | 5-4 |  | INDONESIA |
| TOKYO | 1958 | 3 | | TAIWAN | 3-2 | | S KOREA | | INDONESIA | 4-1 | | INDIA |
| JAKARTA | 1962 | 4 | | INDIA | 2-1 | | S KOREA |  | MALAYA | 4-1 |  | S VIETNAM |
 | BANGKOK | 1966 | 5 | | MYANMAR | 1-0 | | IRAN | | JAPAN | 2-0 |  | SINGAPORE |
| BANGKOK | 1970 | 6 | | MYANMAR | 0-0 AET | TITLE SHARED | | INDIA | 1-0 | | JAPAN | |
| S KOREA | ||||||||||||
| TEHRAN | 1974 | 7 | | IRAN | 1-0 |  | ISRAEL | | MALAYSIA | 2-1 |  | N KOREA |
| BANGKOK | 1978 | 8 | | N KOREA | 0-0 AET | TITLE SHARED |  | CHINA PR | 1-0 |  | IRAQ | |
| S KOREA | ||||||||||||
| NEW DELHI | 1982 | 9 | | IRAQ | 1-0 |  | KUWAIT |  | SAUDI ARABIA | (1) | | N KOREA |
| SEOUL | 1986 | 10 | | S KOREA | 2-0 | | SAUDI ARABIA | | KUWAIT | 5-0 | | INDONESIA |
| BEIJING | 1990 | 11 | | IRAN | 0-0 AET (4-1p) | | N KOREA | | S KOREA | 1-0 | | THAILAND |
| HIROSHIMA | 1994 | 12 |  | UZBEKISTAN | 4-2 | | CHINA PR | | KUWAIT | 2-1 | | S KOREA |
| BANGKOK | 1998 | 13 | | IRAN | 2-0 | | KUWAIT | | CHINA PR | 3-0 | | THAILAND |
| BUSAN | 2002 | 14 | | IRAN | 2-1 | | JAPAN | | S KOREA | 3-0 | | THAILAND |
 | DOHA | 2006 | 15 | | QATAR | 1-0 | | IRAQ | | IRAN | 1-0 AET | | S KOREA |
| GUANGZHOU | 2010 | 16 | | JAPAN | 1-0 | | IRAN | | S KOREA | 4-3 |  | UAE |
| Incheon | 2014 | 17 | | S KOREA | 1-0 AET | | N KOREA | | IRAQ | 1–0 | | THAILAND |
| JAKARTA & PALAMBANG | 2018 | 18 | | S KOREA | 2-1 AET | | JAPAN | | UAE | 1–1 (4-3p) |  | VIETNAM |
| (1) The North Korean team were given a two-year suspension for assaulting the referee in their Semi-Final. Saudi Arabia were awarded third place by default. | |||||||||||||
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