Football at the 2010 Asian Games – Men's tournament

The men's football tournament at the 2010 Asian Games was held in Guangzhou in China from 8 to 25 November.

Men's Football Tournament
at the 2010 Asian Games

Tournament details
Host country	China
Dates	7 – 25 November
Teams	24 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	7 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Japan (1st title)
Runners-up	United Arab Emirates
Third place	South Korea
Fourth place	Iran
Tournament statistics
Matches played	50
Goals scored	134 (2.68 per match)
Attendance	729,347 (14,587 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Kensuke Nagai (5 goals)
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Venues

Seven venues were used during the tournament, all of them are in Guangzhou. Tianhe Stadium hosted the final.

Guangzhou
Tianhe	Panyu		Yuexiu		Huadu	Huangpu
Tianhe Stadium	University Town Main Stadium	Ying Tung Stadium	Yuexiushan Stadium	Guangdong Provincial Stadium	Huadu Stadium	Huangpu Sports Center Stadium
Capacity: 56,000	Capacity: 50,000	Capacity: 14,818	Capacity: 30,000	Capacity: 27,096	Capacity: 13,395	Capacity: 10,000
Map of Guangdong with 2010 Football of Asian Games venues marked. Guangzhou

Squads

Main article: Football at the 2010 Asian Games – Men's team squads

Group stage

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00)

Pool matches

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Japan	3	3	0	0	8	0	+8	9
2	China	3	2	0	1	5	4	+1	6
3	Malaysia	3	1	0	2	2	6	−4	3
4	Kyrgyzstan	3	0	0	3	2	7	−5	0

Source: RSSSF

8 November

16:00

Malaysia	2–1	Kyrgyzstan
Idlan 27' Chanthuru 60'		Sydykov 37'

Huadu Stadium, Guangzhou

Attendance: 2,740

Referee: Win Cho (Myanmar)

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8 November

19:00

China	0–3	Japan
		Yamazaki 11' Nagai 58' Suzuki 64'

Tianhe Stadium, Guangzhou

Attendance: 43,000

Referee: Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan)

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10 November

16:00

Malaysia	0–2	Japan
		Nagai 26' Yamaguchi 64'

Huadu Stadium, Guangzhou

Attendance: 5,245

Referee: Ali Abdulnabi (Bahrain)

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10 November

19:00

China	2–1	Kyrgyzstan
Lü Wenjun 84' Wu Xi 90+4'		Sidorenko 5'

Tianhe Stadium, Guangzhou

Attendance: 38,000

Referee: Ali Shaban (Kuwait)

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13 November

19:00

China	3–0	Malaysia
Li Jianbin 61' Zhao Honglüe 65' Zhang Linpeng 83' (pen.)

Tianhe Stadium, Guangzhou

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Ben Williams (Australia)

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13 November

19:00

Kyrgyzstan	0–3	Japan
		Noborizato 5', 61' (pen.) Tomiyama 79' (pen.)

Huadu Stadium, Guangzhou

Attendance: 8,783

Referee: Yu Ming-hsun (Chinese Taipei)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Iran	3	3	0	0	6	1	+5	9
2	Turkmenistan	3	1	1	1	8	7	+1	4
3	Vietnam	3	1	0	2	5	8	−3	3
4	Bahrain	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3	1

Source: RSSSF

8 November

16:00

Vietnam	3–1	Bahrain
Đinh Thanh Trung 34' Nguyễn Trọng Hoàng 72' Nguyễn Anh Đức 89'		Isa 90+3' (pen.)

Guangdong People's Stadium, Guangzhou

Attendance: 9,000

Referee: Tayeb Shamsuzzaman (Bangladesh)

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8 November

19:00

Iran	4–1	Turkmenistan
Hosseini 26', 61' Ansarifard 84' Daghagheleh 90+4'		Hangeldiýew 49'

University Town Stadium, Guangzhou

Attendance: 21,500

Referee: Ali Shaban (Kuwait)

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10 November

16:00

Vietnam	2–6	Turkmenistan
Nguyễn Trọng Hoàng 85' Nguyễn Anh Đức 87'		Geldiýew 17' Boliýan 24', 73' Belyh 49' Amanow 62', 83'

Guangdong People's Stadium, Guangzhou

Attendance: 5,429

Referee: Ali Sabbagh (Lebanon)

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10 November

19:00

Iran	1–0	Bahrain
Ansarifard 45+1'

University Town Stadium, Guangzhou

Attendance: 22,300

Referee: Ben Williams (Australia)

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13 November

19:00

Iran	1–0	Vietnam
Hosseini 4'

University Town Stadium, Guangzhou

Attendance: 23,170

Referee: Mohamed Al-Zarouni (United Arab Emirates)

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13 November

19:00

Bahrain	1–1	Turkmenistan
Showaiter 49'		Mingazow 48'

Guangdong People's Stadium, Guangzhou

Attendance: 8,527

Referee: Zhao Liang (China)

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	North Korea	3	3	0	0	7	0	+7	9
2	South Korea	3	2	0	1	7	1	+6	6
3	Palestine	3	0	1	2	0	6	−6	1
4	Jordan	3	0	1	2	0	7	−7	1

Source: RSSSF

8 November

16:00

South Korea	0–1	North Korea
		Ri Kwang-chon 36'

Yuexiushan Stadium, Guangzhou

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Ben Williams (Australia)

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8 November

19:00

Palestine	0–0	Jordan

Ying Tung Stadium, Guangzhou

Attendance: 3,682

Referee: Banjar Al-Dosari (Qatar)

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10 November

16:00

South Korea	4–0	Jordan
Koo Ja-cheol 21', 44' Kim Bo-kyung 46' Cho Young-cheol 78'

Yuexiushan Stadium, Guangzhou

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Tayeb Shamsuzzaman (Bangladesh)

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10 November

19:00

Palestine	0–3	North Korea
		Kim Kuk-jin 8' Choe Kum-chol 28' Pak Kwang-ryong 67'

Ying Tung Stadium, Guangzhou

Attendance: 4,168

Referee: Tan Hai (China)

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13 November

16:00

South Korea	3–0	Palestine
Yoon Bit-garam 10' Park Chu-young 13' Park Hee-seong 52'

Yuexiushan Stadium, Guangzhou

Attendance: 11,000

Referee: Ibrahim Al-Hosni (Oman)

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13 November

16:00

Jordan	0–3	North Korea
		Kim Yong-jun 17' Choe Myong-ho 81' (pen.) Choe Kum-chol 85'

Ying Tung Stadium, Guangzhou

Attendance: 9,080

Referee: Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan)

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Qatar	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3	7
2	Athletes from Kuwait	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2	6
3	India	3	1	0	2	5	5	0	3
4	Singapore	3	0	1	2	1	6	−5	1

Source: RSSSF

7 November

16:00

Athletes from Kuwait	2–0	India
Ajab 6', 53'

Huadu Stadium, Guangzhou

Attendance: 3,121

Referee: Saeid Mozaffarizadeh (Iran)

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7 November

19:00

Qatar	0–0	Singapore

Ying Tung Stadium, Guangzhou

Attendance: 500

Referee: Minoru Tojo (Japan)

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9 November

16:00

Qatar	2–1	India
Al-Marri 80', 88'		Ravanan 19'

Huadu Stadium, Guangzhou

Attendance: 3,560

Referee: Zhao Liang (China)

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9 November

19:00

Athletes from Kuwait	2–0	Singapore
Maqseed 11' Al-Azmi 24'

Ying Tung Stadium, Guangzhou

Attendance: 1,048

Referee: Ibrahim Al-Hosni (Oman)

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11 November

19:00

India	4–1	Singapore
Raja 13' B. Singh 62' Ji. Singh 67' Maithani 75'		Eugene 83'

Huadu Stadium, Guangzhou

Attendance: 6,697

Referee: Kadhum Auda (Iraq)

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11 November

19:00

Qatar	2–0	Athletes from Kuwait
Hatem 32' Ahmed 90+4'

Ying Tung Stadium, Guangzhou

Attendance: 5,032

Referee: Choi Myung-yong (South Korea)

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	United Arab Emirates	3	2	1	0	7	1	+6	7
2	Hong Kong	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	7
3	Uzbekistan	3	1	0	2	3	4	−1	3
4	Bangladesh	3	0	0	3	1	10	−9	0

Source: RSSSF

7 November

16:00

Uzbekistan	3–0	Bangladesh
Turaev 23' Ahmedov 43' Nagaev 81'

Ying Tung Stadium, Guangzhou

Attendance: 3,750

Referee: Ali Abdulnabi (Bahrain)

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7 November

19:00

United Arab Emirates	1–1	Hong Kong
Mousa 37'		Chan Man Fai 81'

Huadu Stadium, Guangzhou

Attendance: 3,180

Referee: Choi Myung-yong (South Korea)

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9 November

16:00

United Arab Emirates	3–0	Bangladesh
Khalil 46' Fawzi 63', 82'

Ying Tung Stadium, Guangzhou

Attendance: 3,224

Referee: Võ Minh Trí (Vietnam)

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9 November

19:00

Uzbekistan	0–1	Hong Kong
		Chan Wai Ho 60'

Huadu Stadium, Guangzhou

Attendance: 6,800

Referee: Kadhum Auda (Iraq)

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11 November

16:00

Hong Kong	4–1	Bangladesh
Au Yeung Yiu Chung 2', 33' Ju Yingzhi 41' Chan Man Fai 87'		Enamul Haque 24'

Huadu Stadium, Guangzhou

Attendance: 8,438

Referee: Saeid Mozaffarizadeh (Iran)

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11 November

16:00

Uzbekistan	0–3	United Arab Emirates
		Awana 10' Khalil 17', 78'

Ying Tung Stadium, Guangzhou

Attendance: 4,118

Referee: Minoru Tojo (Japan)

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Oman	3	2	1	0	6	1	+5	7
2	Thailand	3	1	2	0	7	1	+6	5
3	Maldives	3	0	2	1	0	3	−3	2
4	Pakistan	3	0	1	2	0	8	−8	1

Source: RSSSF

7 November

16:00

Maldives	0–3	Oman
		Al-Mukhaini 21' Al-Saadi 88' Abdulhadi 90+1'

Guangdong People's Stadium, Guangzhou

Attendance: 9,000

Referee: Tan Hai (China)

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7 November

19:00

Thailand	6–0	Pakistan
Thonglao 15', 29' Dangda 16', 73' Keawsombat 59' Jujeen 65'

Huangpu Sports Center Stadium, Guangzhou

Attendance: 6,883

Referee: Ali Sabbagh (Lebanon)

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9 November

16:00

Thailand	1–1	Oman
Al-Shatri 44' (o.g.)		Al-Mukhaini 45+1'

Guangdong People's Stadium, Guangzhou

Attendance: 4,500

Referee: Mohamed Al-Zarouni (United Arab Emirates)

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9 November

19:00

Maldives	0–0	Pakistan

Huangpu Sports Center Stadium, Guangzhou

Attendance: 7,200

Referee: Yu Ming-hsun (Chinese Taipei)

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11 November

19:00

Oman	2–0	Pakistan
Al-Gheilani 10' Al-Saadi 65'

Guangdong People's Stadium, Guangzhou

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Võ Minh Trí (Vietnam)

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11 November

19:00

Thailand	0–0	Maldives

Huangpu Sports Center Stadium, Guangzhou

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Banjar Al-Dosari (Qatar)

Third-placed teams

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	India	3	1	0	2	5	5	0	3
2	Uzbekistan	3	1	0	2	3	4	−1	3
3	Vietnam	3	1	0	2	5	8	−3	3
4	Malaysia	3	1	0	2	2	6	−4	3
5	Maldives	3	0	2	1	0	3	−3	2
6	Palestine	3	0	1	2	0	6	−6	1

Source: RSSSF

Knockout round

1/8 finals

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

15 November

China

0

19 November

South Korea

3

South Korea (a.e.t.)

3

15 November

Uzbekistan

1

Qatar

0

23 November

Uzbekistan (a.e.t.)

1

South Korea

0

16 November

United Arab Emirates (a.e.t.)

1

United Arab Emirates

2

19 November

Athletes from Kuwait

0

United Arab Emirates (p)

0 (9)

16 November

North Korea

0 (8)

North Korea

2

25 November

Vietnam

0

United Arab Emirates

0

15 November

Japan

1

Iran

3

19 November

Malaysia

1

Iran

1

15 November

Oman

0

Oman

3

23 November

Hong Kong

0

Iran

1

16 November

Japan

2

Bronze medal match

Turkmenistan

0

19 November

25 November

Thailand (a.e.t.)

1

Thailand

0

South Korea

4

16 November

Japan

1

Iran

3

Japan

5

India

0

1/8 finals

15 November

16:00

Iran	3–1	Malaysia
Ansarifard 53' Hosseini 59' Sharafi 67'		Idlan 86' (pen.)

Yuexiushan Stadium, Guangzhou

Attendance: 9,000

Referee: Tayeb Shamsuzzaman (Bangladesh)

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15 November

16:00

Oman	3–0	Hong Kong
Al-Hadhri 30', 61' Younis 68'

Huangpu Sports Center Stadium, Guangzhou

Attendance: 9,600

Referee: Choi Myung-yong (South Korea)

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15 November

19:00

China	0–3	South Korea
		Kim Jung-woo 20' Park Chu-young 50' Cho Young-cheol 58'

Tianhe Stadium, Guangzhou

Attendance: 43,682

Referee: Saeid Mozaffarizadeh (Iran)

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15 November

19:00

Qatar	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Uzbekistan
		Nagaev 108'

University Town Stadium, Guangzhou

Attendance: 24,690

Referee: Ben Williams (Australia)

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16 November

15:30

Japan	5–0	India
Nagai 17', 51' Yamazaki 28' Yamamura 45' Mizunuma 63'

Huangpu Sports Center Stadium, Guangzhou

Attendance: 5,200

Referee: Banjar Al-Dosari (Qatar)

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16 November

15:30

North Korea	2–0	Vietnam
Choe Kum-chol 35' Choe Myong-ho 90+1' (pen.)

Yuexiushan Stadium, Guangzhou

Attendance: 9,000

Referee: Kadhum Auda (Iraq)

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16 November

19:00

United Arab Emirates	2–0	Athletes from Kuwait
Al-Kamali 67' (pen.) Mousa 88'

Tianhe Stadium, Guangzhou

Attendance: 32,300

Referee: Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan)

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16 November

19:00

Turkmenistan	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Thailand
		Keawsombat 107'

Yuexiushan Stadium, Guangzhou

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Ali Sabbagh (Lebanon)

Quarterfinals

19 November

15:30

Thailand	0–1	Japan
		Higashi 45'

Huangpu Sports Center Stadium, Guangzhou

Attendance: 9,300

Referee: Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan)

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19 November

16:00

United Arab Emirates	0–0 (a.e.t.)	North Korea
Penalties
Al-Kamali A. Abdulrahman Al-Amri Saleh O. Abdulrahman Mousa Ali Jamal Al-Shehhi	9–8	Choe Myong-ho Choe Kum-chol Pak Nam-chol An Chol-hyok Jon Kwang-ik Ri Kwang-hyok Kim Kuk-jin Pak Chol-min Ri Chol-myong

Yuexiushan Stadium, Guangzhou

Attendance: 11,000

Referee: Saeid Mozaffarizadeh (Iran)

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19 November

19:00

South Korea	3–1 (a.e.t.)	Uzbekistan
Hong Jeong-ho 3' Park Chu-young 93' Kim Bo-kyung 102'		Karimov 72'

Tianhe Stadium, Guangzhou

Attendance: 43,800

Referee: Minoru Tojo (Japan)

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19 November

19.00

Iran	1–0	Oman
Aliaskari 41'

Huangpu Sports Center Stadium, Guangzhou

Attendance: 7,700

Referee: Choi Myung-yong (South Korea)

Semifinals

23 November

16:00

Iran	1–2	Japan
Afshin 6'		Mizunuma 38' Nagai 60'

Yuexiushan Stadium, Guangzhou

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Tan Hai (China)

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23 November

19:00

South Korea	0–1 (a.e.t.)	United Arab Emirates
		Ali 120+2'

Tianhe Stadium, Guangzhou

Attendance: 42,300

Referee: Ben Williams (Australia)

Bronze medal match

25 November

15:30

South Korea	4–3	Iran
Koo Ja-cheol 48' Park Chu-young 77' Ji Dong-won 88', 89'		Rezaei 5' Aliaskari 45+2' Ansarifard 49'

Tianhe Stadium, Guangzhou

Attendance: 29,500

Referee: Kadhum Auda (Iraq)

Gold medal match

25 November

19:00

United Arab Emirates	0–1	Japan
		Saneto 74'

Tianhe Stadium, Guangzhou

Attendance: 32,600

Referee: Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan)

Goalscorers

5 goals

•  Kensuke Nagai (JPN)

4 goals

•  Karim Ansarifard (IRI)
•  Jalal Hosseini (IRI)
•  Park Chu-young (KOR)

3 goals

•  Koo Ja-cheol (KOR)
•  Choe Kum-chol (PRK)
•  Ahmed Khalil (UAE)

2 goals

•  Au Yeung Yiu Chung (HKG)
•  Chan Man Fai (HKG)
•  Khalid Ajab (IOC)
•  Hamid Reza Aliaskari (IRI)
•  Kota Mizunuma (JPN)
•  Kyohei Noborizato (JPN)
•  Ryohei Yamazaki (JPN)
•  Cho Young-cheol (KOR)
•  Ji Dong-won (KOR)
•  Kim Bo-kyung (KOR)
•  Norshahrul Idlan (MAS)
•  Hussain Al-Hadhri (OMA)
•  Al-Moatasim Al-Mukhaini (OMA)
•  Waleed Al-Saadi (OMA)
•  Choe Myong-ho (PRK)
•  Jaralla Al-Marri (QAT)
•  Teerasil Dangda (THA)
•  Kirati Keawsombat (THA)
•  Datsakorn Thonglao (THA)
•  Arslanmyrat Amanow (TKM)
•  Aleksandr Boliýan (TKM)
•  Mohamed Fawzi (UAE)
•  Abdullah Mousa (UAE)
•  Ivan Nagaev (UZB)
•  Nguyễn Anh Đức (VIE)
•  Nguyễn Trọng Hoàng (VIE)

1 goal

•  Sayed Ali Isa (BRN)
•  Fahad Showaiter (BRN)
•  Li Jianbin (CHN)
•  Lü Wenjun (CHN)
•  Wu Xi (CHN)
•  Zhang Linpeng (CHN)
•  Zhao Honglüe (CHN)
•  Chan Wai Ho (HKG)
•  Ju Yingzhi (HKG)
•  Manish Maithani (IND)
•  Jewel Raja (IND)
•  Dharmaraj Ravanan (IND)
•  Balwant Singh (IND)
•  Jibon Singh (IND)
•  Mashari Al-Azmi (IOC)
•  Ali Maqseed (IOC)
•  Arash Afshin (IRI)
•  Mehdi Daghagheleh (IRI)
•  Gholamreza Rezaei (IRI)
•  Amir Sharafi (IRI)
•  Keigo Higashi (JPN)
•  Yuki Saneto (JPN)
•  Daisuke Suzuki (JPN)
•  Takamitsu Tomiyama (JPN)
•  Hotaru Yamaguchi (JPN)
•  Kazuya Yamamura (JPN)
•  Pavel Sidorenko (KGZ)
•  Aziz Sydykov (KGZ)
•  Hong Jeong-ho (KOR)
•  Kim Jung-woo (KOR)
•  Park Hee-seong (KOR)
•  Yoon Bit-garam (KOR)
•  Chanthuru Suppiah (MAS)
•  Abdullah Abdulhadi (OMA)
•  Mohammed Al-Gheilani (OMA)
•  Aman Younis (OMA)
•  Kim Kuk-jin (PRK)
•  Kim Yong-jun (PRK)
•  Pak Kwang-ryong (PRK)
•  Ri Kwang-chon (PRK)
•  Adel Ahmed (QAT)
•  Abdulaziz Hatem (QAT)
•  Eugene Luo (SIN)
•  Anawin Jujeen (THA)
•  Maksim Belyh (TKM)
•  Serdar Geldiýew (TKM)
•  Guwanç Hangeldiýew (TKM)
•  Ruslan Mingazow (TKM)
•  Hamdan Al-Kamali (UAE)
•  Ahmed Ali (UAE)
•  Theyab Awana (UAE)
•  Odil Ahmedov (UZB)
•  Sherzod Karimov (UZB)
•  Kenja Turaev (UZB)
•  Đinh Thanh Trung (VIE)
•  Enamul Haque (BAN)

1 own goal

•  Amer Al-Shatri (OMA) (against Thailand)

Final standing

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
	Japan	7	7	0	0	17	1	+16	21
	United Arab Emirates	7	4	2	1	10	2	+8	14
	South Korea	7	5	0	2	17	6	+11	15
4	Iran	7	5	0	2	14	8	+6	15
5	North Korea	5	4	1	0	9	0	+9	13
6	Oman	5	3	1	1	9	2	+7	10
7	Thailand	5	2	2	1	8	2	+6	8
8	Uzbekistan	5	2	0	3	5	7	−2	6
9	Qatar	4	2	1	1	4	2	+2	7
10	Hong Kong	4	2	1	1	6	5	+1	7
11	Athletes from Kuwait	4	2	0	2	4	4	0	6
12	China	4	2	0	2	5	7	−2	6
13	Turkmenistan	4	1	1	2	8	8	0	4
14	India	4	1	0	3	5	10	−5	3
14	Vietnam	4	1	0	3	5	10	−5	3
16	Malaysia	4	1	0	3	3	9	−6	3
17	Maldives	3	0	2	1	0	3	−3	2
18	Bahrain	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3	1
19	Singapore	3	0	1	2	1	6	−5	1
20	Palestine	3	0	1	2	0	6	−6	1
21	Jordan	3	0	1	2	0	7	−7	1
22	Pakistan	3	0	1	2	0	8	−8	1
23	Kyrgyzstan	3	0	0	3	2	7	−5	0
24	Bangladesh	3	0	0	3	1	10	−9	0

References

• Results on RSSSF

External links

• Official website