The men’s football tournament at the 2018 asian Games was held from 10 August to 1 September 2018. [ 2 ] It was the seventeenth edition of the men ‘s tournament. In this tournament, 25 teams played in the men ‘s contest. South Korea were the amber decoration holders when they won the tournament in 2014. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] They managed to retain their title .
contest schedule [edit ]
The match schedule of the men ‘s tournament was unveiled on 15 February 2018.
G
Group stage
⅛
Round of 16
¼
Quarter-finals
½
Semi-finals
B
Bronze medal match
F
Gold medal match
Fri 10
Sat 11
Sun 12
Mon 13
Tue 14
Wed 15
Thu 16
Fri 17
Sat 18
Sun 19
Mon 20
Tue 21
Wed 22
Thu 23
Fri 24
Sat 25
Sun 26
Mon 27
Tue 28
Wed 29
Thu 30
Fri 31
Sat 1
G
G
G
G
⅛
¼
½
B
F
Venues [edit ]
The tournament was held in four venues across four cities .
Squads [edit ]
Each state must submit a team of 20 players, 17 of whom must be born on or after 1 January 1995, and three of whom can be older dispensation players .
trace [edit ]
The draw for the tournament was held on 5 July 2018 with initially 24 teams involved. The teams were seeded into four pots based on their performances in the previous asian Games in 2014. The hosts Indonesia were mechanically assigned into situation A1. [ 5 ] however, the initial draw solution was scratched because the UAE and Palestine were omitted, [ 6 ] [ 7 ] so the draw leave had to be reconfirmed on 25 July 2018, and the ceremony reopened in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia at 3:00 post meridiem local time ( 7:00 ante meridiem GMT ). [ 8 ] [ 9 ] Palestine were added to Group A and the UAE were added to Group E. Iraq, which were initially placed in Group C, former withdrew from the tournament. To re-balance the groups sol that every group has at least four teams, another re-draw was held on 3 August 2018 to determine which of Palestine or UAE would be moved to Group C to replace Iraq. The UAE were drawn. [ 10 ]
Group stage [edit ]
The top two teams in each group, and the four third-placed teams among six groups advance to the round of 16. All times are local, WIB (UTC+7). [ 11 ]
Tiebreakers [edit ]
Teams in a group are ranked according to points ( 3 points for a win, 1 point for a pull, 0 points for a loss ), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the rate 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):
- First yellow card: 1 point;
- Indirect red card (second yellow card): 3 points;
- Direct red card: 3 points;
- Yellow card followed by direct red card: 4 points;
- Drawing of lots
Third-placed teams from the three groups are ranked according to the comply criteria, after the solution against the fifth-placed team of group A 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):
- First yellow card: 1 point;
- Indirect red card (second yellow card): 3 points;
- Direct red card: 3 points;
- Yellow card followed by direct red card: 4 points;
- Drawing of lots
Group A [edit ]
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification
1
Indonesia ( H )
4
3
0
1
11
3
+8
9
Advance to knockout stage
2
Palestine
4
2
2
0
5
3
+2
8
3
Hong Kong
4
2
1
1
9
5
+4
7
4
Laos
4
1
0
3
4
8
−4
3
5
Chinese Taipei
4
0
1
3
0
10
−10
1
Group B [edit ]
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification
1
Uzbekistan
3
3
0
0
10
0
+10
9
Advance to knockout stage
2
Bangladesh
3
1
1
1
2
4
−2
4
3
Thailand
3
0
2
1
2
3
−1
2
4
Qatar
3
0
1
2
1
8
−7
1
Group C [edit ]
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification
1
China
3
3
0
0
11
1
+10
9
Advance to knockout stage
2
Syria
3
2
0
1
6
5
+1
6
3
United Arab Emirates
3
1
0
2
5
4
+1
3
4
East Timor
3
0
0
3
3
15
−12
0
5
Iraq
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Withdrew, replaced by UAE[12]
Group D [edit ]
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification
1
Vietnam
3
3
0
0
8
0
+8
9
Advance to knockout stage
2
Japan
3
2
0
1
5
2
+3
6
3
Pakistan
3
1
0
2
2
9
−7
3
4
Nepal
3
0
0
3
1
6
−5
0
Group E [edit ]
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification
1
Malaysia
3
2
0
1
7
5
+2
6[a]
Advance to knockout stage
2
South Korea
3
2
0
1
8
2
+6
6[a]
3
Bahrain
3
1
1
1
5
10
−5
4
4
Kyrgyzstan
3
0
1
2
3
6
−3
1
5
United Arab Emirates
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Redrawn to Group C
- a b neck and neck result : malaysia 2–1 South Korea .
Group F [edit ]
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification
1
Iran
3
1
1
1
3
2
+1
4
Advance to knockout stage
2
North Korea
3
1
1
1
4
4
0
4
3
Saudi Arabia
3
1
1
1
3
3
0
4
4
Myanmar
3
1
1
1
3
4
−1
4
Ranking of third-placed teams [edit ]
In decree to ensure equality when comparing the third-placed team of all groups, the result of the match against the 5th-placed team in Group A was ignored due to the other groups having only four teams .
reservoir :
Rules for classification : 1 ) points ; 2 ) goal difference ; 3 ) goals scored ; 4 ) fair play points ; 5 ) draw of lots.
Knockout stagecoach [edit ]
In the smasher degree, extra meter and penalty shoot-out would be used to decide the winner if necessary, except for the third space catch where penalty shoot-out ( no excess time ) would be used to decide the achiever if necessity .
bracket [edit ]
Round of 16 [edit ]
Bronze medal match [edit ]
Gold decoration match [edit ]
Statistics [edit ]
Goalscorers [edit ]
There were 165 goals scored in 56 matches, for an average of 2.95 goals per match. 9 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal
Final stand [edit ]
As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra prison term are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by punishment shoot-outs are counted as draw.
note : In order to ensure equality, for teams in five-team groups, their match against the fifth-placed teams are excluded when considering the ranking .
Rank
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
South Korea
7
6
0
1
19
7
+12
18
Japan
7
5
0
2
10
4
+6
15
United Arab Emirates
7
1
3
3
9
9
0
6
4
Vietnam
7
5
1
1
10
4
+6
16
Eliminated in the Quarter-finals
5
Uzbekistan
5
4
0
1
16
4
+12
12
6
Syria
5
3
0
2
7
6
+1
9
7
North Korea
5
2
2
1
8
6
+2
8
8
Saudi Arabia
5
2
1
2
8
8
0
7
Eliminated in the Round of 16
9
China
4
3
0
1
14
5
+9
9
10
Indonesia
5
3
1
1
13
5
+8
10
11
Palestine
5
2
2
1
5
4
+1
8
12
Malaysia
4
2
0
2
7
6
+1
6
13
Iran
4
1
1
2
3
4
–1
4
14
Hong Kong
5
2
1
2
9
8
+1
7
15
Bangladesh
4
1
1
2
3
7
–4
4
16
Bahrain
4
1
1
2
5
11
–6
4
Third place in the group stage
17
Pakistan
3
1
0
2
2
8
−6
3
18
Thailand
3
0
2
1
2
3
−1
2
Fourth place in the group stage
19
Myanmar
3
1
1
1
3
4
−1
4
20
Kyrgyzstan
3
0
1
2
3
6
−3
1
21
Qatar
3
0
1
2
1
8
−7
1
22
Nepal
3
0
0
3
1
5
−4
0
23
Laos
4
1
0
3
4
8
−4
3
24
East Timor
3
0
0
3
3
15
−12
0
Fifth place in the group stage
25
Chinese Taipei
4
0
1
3
0
10
−10
1
See besides [edit ]
References [edit ]
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