The men's
football
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tournament at the
2022 Asian Games
The 2022 Asian Games (), officially the 19th Asian Games () and also known as Hangzhou 2022 ( zh, c=, s=杭州2022, labels=no), were a continental multi-sport event which was held from 23 September to 8 October 2023 in Hangzhou, China. The ...
was held from 19 September to 7 October 2023 in
Hangzhou
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,
China
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.
Competition schedule
''All times are local
China Standard Time
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(
UTC+8
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It is the most populous time zone in the world, as well as a possible candidate for ASEAN Common Time, mainly due to China's large population, with an estimated population ...
).''
Venues
Six venues were used during the tournament, two of them outside of Hangzhou at cities around Zhejiang.
Huanglong Sports Centre Stadium hosted the final.
Draw
The draw for the tournament was held on 27 July 2023. The teams were seeded into four pots based on their performances in the previous Asian Games in 2018. The hosts China were automatically assigned into position A1.
Squads
Each nation must submit a squad of between 18 and 22 players, whom must be born on or after 1 January 1999, and three of whom can be older dispensation players are eligible to compete in the tournament.
Referees
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Alex King
* Ammar Mahfoodh
* Virendha Rai
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Shen Yinhao
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Thoriq Alkatiri
* Hasan Akrami
* Yousif Saeed Hasan
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Yudai Yamamoto
* Ahmad Yacoub Ibrahim
*
Kim Hee-gon
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He was active in the AFC Champions League, AFC Cup
The AFC Champions League Two (abbreviated as the ACL T ...
* Ammar Ashkanani
* Daiyrbek Abdyldaev
* Ali Reda
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Nazmi Nasaruddin
* Mohamed Javiz
* Baraa Abu Aisha
* Clifford Daypuyat
* Mohammed Ahmed Al-Shammari
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Qasim Al-Hatmi
* Khalid Al-Turais
* Feras Taweel
* Sayodjon Zainiddinov
* Mongkolchai Pechsri
* Rustam Lutfullin
* Ngô Duy Lân
* Jansen Foo
Group stage
The top two teams in each group, and the top four third-placed teams among six groups advance to the round of 16. and were initially assigned to Group C, but they later withdrew from the tournament, leaving the group with only 2 teams left.
''All times are local,
CST (
UTC+8
UTC+08:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +08:00.
It is the most populous time zone in the world, as well as a possible candidate for ASEAN Common Time, mainly due to China's large population, with an estimated population ...
).''
Tiebreakers
Teams in a group are ranked according to
points
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(3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order 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.
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Goal difference
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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):
#Drawing of lots
Third-placed teams from the six groups are ranked according to the following criteria, after the result against the fourth-placed teams in four-team groups are excluded in order to rank them with the same numbers of matches.
#Highest number of points obtained in all group matches;
#
Goal difference
Goal difference, goal differential or points difference is a form of tiebreaker used to rank sport teams which finish on equal points in a league competition. Either "goal difference" or "points difference" is used, depending on whether matches ar ...
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):
#Drawing of lots
Group A
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Group B
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Group C
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Group D
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Group E
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Group F
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Ranking of best third place
Due to groups having different numbers of teams, the results against the fourth-placed teams in four-team groups were not considered for this ranking. Due to group C only having two teams, their results would not be included here.
Knockout stage
Bracket
Source
Round of 16
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Quarter-finals
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Semi-finals
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Bronze medal match
Final
Final standing
Goalscorers
See also
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Football at the 2022 Asian Games – Women's tournament
References
External links
Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Football at the 2022 Asian Games - Men's tournament
Men's tournament