Football at the
1982 Asian Games
The 9th Asian Games ( hi, 1982 एशियाई खेल) were held from 19 November to 4 December 1982, in Delhi, India. 74 Asian and Asian Games records were broken at the event. This was also the first Asiad to be held under the aegis of t ...
was held in New Delhi, India from 20 November to 3 December 1982. In this tournament, 16 teams played in the men's competition.
Medalists
Draw
The teams were seeded based on their final ranking at the
1978 Asian Games
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* Oman and North Yemen withdrew, South Yemen was moved to group D to balance the number of teams in each group.
Squads
Results
Preliminary round
Group A
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Group C
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Group D
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Knockout round
Quarterfinals
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Semifinals
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Bronze medal match
* The match was scratched and Saudi Arabia were awarded the bronze medal 2–0 after the North Korean team (including officials and competitors from other sports) were handed a two-year suspension for assaulting the referee, Vijit Getkaew of Thailand, and his linesman after the final whistle of their semi-final.
Gold medal match
Final standing
References
The 1982 Asian Games on rsssf.com
{{1982 in Japanese football
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Asia
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1982 Asian Games
The 9th Asian Games ( hi, 1982 एशियाई खेल) were held from 19 November to 4 December 1982, in Delhi, India. 74 Asian and Asian Games records were broken at the event. This was also the first Asiad to be held under the aegis of t ...