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.