 Countries' best result in men's football in Asian Games (gold for gold medal, silver for silver medal, and bronze for bronze medal, others light blue) Men's Association football was an Asian Games sport since the 1951 edition. Women's football competition began on 1990. Since 2002 Asian Games, age limit for men teams is under-23, same as the age limit in football competitions at the Summer Olympics, while three over aged players are allowed among each squad. [edit] Men's tournaments [edit] Summaries | Year | Host | | Final | | Third Place | | Gold Medal | Score | Silver Medal | Bronze Medal | Score | Fourth Place | 1951
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New Delhi, India | 
India | 1–0 | 
Iran | 
Japan | 2–0 | 
Afghanistan | 1954
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Manila, Philippines | 
Republic of China | 5–2 | 
Korea Republic | 
Burma | 5–4 | 
Indonesia | 1958
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Tokyo, Japan |
Republic of China | 3–2 |
Korea Republic |
Indonesia | 4–1 |
India | 1962
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Jakarta, Indonesia |
India | 2–1 |
Korea Republic | 
Malaya | 4–1 | 
South Vietnam | 1966
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Bangkok, Thailand |
Burma | 1–0 | 
Iran |
Japan | 2–0 | 
Singapore | 1970
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Bangkok, Thailand |
Burma
Korea Republic | 0–0 aet1 | |
India | 1–0 |
Japan | 1974
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Tehran, Iran |
Iran | 1–0 | 
Israel | 
Malaysia | 2–1 | 
Korea DPR | 1978
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Bangkok, Thailand |
Korea DPR
Korea Republic | 0–0 aet1 | | 
China PR | 1–0 | 
Iraq | 1982
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New Delhi, India |
Iraq | 1–0 | 
Kuwait | 
Saudi Arabia | 2 |
Korea DPR | 1986
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Seoul, South Korea |
Korea Republic | 2–0 |
Saudi Arabia |
Kuwait | 5–0 |
Indonesia | 1990
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Beijing, China | 
Iran | 0–0 aet
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Korea DPR |
Korea Republic | 1–0 | 
Thailand | 1994
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Hiroshima, Japan | 
Uzbekistan | 4–2 |
China PR |
Kuwait | 2–1 |
Korea Republic | 1998
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Bangkok, Thailand |
Iran | 2–0 |
Kuwait |
China PR | 3–0 |
Thailand | 2002
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Busan, South Korea |
Iran | 2–1 |
Japan |
Korea Republic | 3–0 |
Thailand | 2006
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Doha, Qatar | 
Qatar | 1–0 | 
Iraq |
Iran | 1–0 aet |
Korea Republic | 2010
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Guangzhou, China | | | | | | | Note 1: Title shared
Note 2: As the Korea DPR team were handed a two-year suspension for assaulting officials at the end of their semi-final, Saudi Arabia were awarded the third-place playoff by default. [edit] Medal table | Team | Gold | Silver | Bronze | | Iran | 4 (1974*, 1990, 1998, 2002) | 2 (1951, 1966) | 1 (2006) | | Korea Republic | 3 (1970, 1978, 1986*) | 3 (1954, 1958, 1962) | 2 (1990, 2002*) | | India | 2 (1951*, 1962) | | 1 (1970) |  Myanmar | 2 (1966, 1970) | | 1 (1954) |  Chinese Taipei# | 2 (1954, 1958) | | |  Iraq | 1 (1982) | 1 (2006) | |  Korea DPR | 1 (1978) | 1 (1990) | | | Qatar | 1 (2006*) | | |  Uzbekistan | 1 (1994) | | |  Kuwait | | 2 (1982, 1998) | 2 (1986, 1994) | | China PR | | 1 (1994) | 2 (1978, 1998) | | Japan | | 1 (2002) | 2 (1951, 1966) |  Saudi Arabia | | 1 (1986) | 1 (1982) |  Israel | | 1 (1974) | |  Malaysia | | | 2 (1962, 1974) | | Indonesia | | | 1 (1958) | - * = host
- # = Chinese Taipei also known as Taiwan, the recognised name after 1979
[edit] Women's tournaments [edit] Summaries Note 3: Round-robin tournament
Note 4: Decided by round-robin standings [edit] Medal table | Team | Gold | Silver | Bronze | | China PR | 3 (1990*, 1994, 1998) | 1 (2002) | 1 (2006) | | Korea DPR | 2 (2002, 2006) | 1 (1998) | 1 (1990) | | Japan | | 3 (1990*, 1994, 2006) | 2 (1998, 2002) | | Chinese Taipei | | | 1 (1994) | - * = host
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