Myanmar at the 2018 Asian Games

Myanmar competed at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia, from 18 August to 2 September 2018.^[1] Myanmar has participated in all the editions of the Asian Games except in the 1986 Games in Seoul. Volleyball player Zaw Lwin Tun, had been honored to be the flag-bearer for the country at the opening ceremony.^[2]

Myanmar at the 2018 Asian Games
IOC code	MYA
NOC	Myanmar Olympic Committee
in Jakarta and Palembang August 18 (18-08) – September 2 (2-09)
Competitors	125 in 9 sports
Flag bearer	Zaw Lwin Tun
Medals Ranked 35th	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 2 Total 2
Asian Games appearances (overview)
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Competitors

The following is a list of the number of competitors representing Myanmar that participated at the Games:^[3]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Archery	2	4	6
Canoeing	18	16	34
Football	20	0	20
Rowing	9	4	13
Sepak takraw	11	12	23
Shooting	2	2	4
Taekwondo	3	1	4
Volleyball	12	0	12
Wushu	6	3	9
Total	83	42	125

Medalists

Further information: 2018 Asian Games medal table

The following Myanmar competitors won medals at the Games.^[4]

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Bronze Kyu Kyu Thin Khin Hnin Wai Aye Aye Than Nant Yin Yin Myint Phyu Phyu Than Su Mon Kyaw Lairo Eng Su Mon Aung Nan Su Myat San Ya Mong Zin Nyein Chan Thu Su Yee Htet Sepak takraw Women's team regu 22 August  Bronze Nyein Chan Ko Ko Wushu Men's taijiquan and taijijian 22 August

Medals by sport Sport Total Sepak takraw 0 0 1 1 Wushu 0 0 1 1 Total 0 0 2 2 Medals by day Day Date Total 1 August 19 0 0 0 0 2 August 20 0 0 0 0 3 August 21 0 0 0 0 4 August 22 0 0 2 2 5 August 23 0 0 0 0 6 August 24 0 0 0 0 7 August 25 0 0 0 0 8 August 26 0 0 0 0 9 August 27 0 0 0 0 10 August 28 0 0 0 0 11 August 29 0 0 0 0 12 August 30 0 0 0 0 13 August 31 0 0 0 0 14 September 1 0 0 0 0 15 September 2 0 0 0 0 Total 0 0 2 2

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 2018 Asian Games

The Myanmar team will participate in both men's and women's team. There are 6 competitors from Myanmar.

Recurve

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Htike Lin Oo	Men's individual	636	28	Kursanaliev (KGZ) W 6–0	Tang (TPE) W 7–1	Mohamad (MAS) L 1–7	did not advance
Thidar Nwe	Women's individual	627	21	Bye	Kang (PRK) W 7–3	Zhang (CHN) L 0–6	did not advance
Htike Lin Oo Thidar Nwe	Mixed team	1263	14	—	Bhutan W 5–1	China L 1–5	did not advance

Compound

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Hla Hal San Hlang Su Su Sein Yah Yaw	Women's team	1997	11	—	Malaysia L 222–229	did not advance
Zin Thu Rain Mhu Yaw Sein Yah	Mixed team	1361	14	Bye	Chinese Taipei L 148–156	did not advance

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 2018 Asian Games

The Myanmar team participated in both men's and women's team.

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Lwin Moe Aung Zin Ko Thar Nyi Khant Myint Ko Ko	Men's K-4 500 m	1:41.628	5 QS	1:37.427	4	did not advance

Qualification legend: QF=Final; QS=Semifinal

Traditional boat race

Main article: Dragon boat at the 2018 Asian Games

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Than Htay Aung Kyaw Saw Aye Saw Moe Aung Si Thu Eain Min Naing Sai Min Aung Htet Wai Lwin Min Min Zaw Aung Myo Thu Sai Phyo Kyaw Myo Ko Ko Naing Naing Zaw Zaw Min Win Htein	TBR 200 m	53.524	3 SF	Bye		54.826	3 GF	55.070	6
	TBR 500 m	2:18.616	3 SF	Bye		2:21.063	3 GF	2:20.467	6
	TBR 1000 m	4:44.252	2 SF	Bye		4:43.055	4 TR	4:52.621	7

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Lin Lin Kyaw Aye Aye Thein Naw Aye Thin Hla Hla Htwe Su Wai Phyo Kyi Lae Lae Wai Win Win Htwe Moe Ma Ma Saw Myat Thu Hay Mar Soe Naw Arkar Moe Thet Phyo Naing Lin Lin Kyew Phyu Phyu Soe Khin Phyu Hlaing Myint Myint Soe	TBR 200 m	57.765	1 SF	Bye		57.099	3 GF	58.071	5
	TBR 500 m	2:29.899	2 SF	Bye		2:30.109	2 GF	2:28.690	5

Football

Main article: Football at the 2018 Asian Games

Myanmar men's team were drawn in Group F at the Games.^[5]

Summary

Team	Event	Group Stage				Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank
Myanmar men's	Men's tournament	North Korea D 1–1	Saudi Arabia L 0–3	Iran W 2–0	4	did not advance				19

Men's tournament

Main article: Football at the 2018 Asian Games – Men's tournament

Roster

The following is the Myanmar squad in the men's football tournament of the 2018 Asian Games.^[6]

Head coach: Antoine Hey

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Kyaw Zin Htet*	(1987-03-02)2 March 1987 (aged 31)			Yangon United
25	1GK	Sann Satt Naing	(1997-11-04)4 November 1997 (aged 20)			Yangon United
2	2DF	Htike Htike Aung	(1995-02-01)1 February 1995 (aged 23)			Shan United
3	2DF	Zaw Min Tun* (captain)	(1992-05-20)20 May 1992 (aged 26)			Yangon United
4	2DF	Win Moe Kyaw	(1997-02-01)1 February 1997 (aged 21)			Magwe
5	2DF	Nanda Kyaw	(1996-09-03)3 September 1996 (aged 21)			Magwe
13	2DF	Ye Yint Aung	(1998-02-26)26 February 1998 (aged 20)			Yadanarbon
15	2DF	Soe Moe Kyaw	(1999-03-23)23 March 1999 (aged 19)			ISPE
23	2DF	Hein Phyo Win	(1998-09-19)19 September 1998 (aged 19)			Shan United
6	3MF	Hlaing Bo Bo	(1996-07-08)8 July 1996 (aged 22)			Yadanarbon
8	3MF	Maung Maung Soe	(1995-08-06)6 August 1995 (aged 23)			Magwe
11	3MF	Maung Maung Lwin	(1995-06-18)18 June 1995 (aged 23)			Yangon United
12	3MF	Myat Kaung Khant	(2000-07-15)15 July 2000 (aged 18)			Yadanarbon
14	3MF	Yan Naing Oo	(1996-03-31)31 March 1996 (aged 22)			Shan United
16	3MF	Sithu Aung	(1996-10-16)16 October 1996 (aged 21)			Yadanarbon
19	3MF	Htet Phyo Wai	(2000-01-21)21 January 2000 (aged 18)			Shan United
22	3MF	Min Kyaw Khant	(1995-06-28)28 June 1995 (aged 23)			Yangon United
26	3MF	Lwin Moe Aung	(1999-12-10)10 December 1999 (aged 18)			ISPE
9	4FW	Dway Ko Ko Chit*	(1993-06-23)23 June 1993 (aged 25)			Shan United
10	4FW	Aung Thu	(1996-05-22)22 May 1996 (aged 22)			Police Tero

* Over-aged player.

Group F

Pos	Team v t e	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

Source: Asian Games 2018
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

North Korea	1–1	Myanmar
Jang Kuk-chol 60'	Report	Maung Maung Lwin 44'

15 August 2018 (2018-08-15)

19:00 UTC+7

Wibawa Mukti Stadium, Cikarang

Referee: Masoud Tufaylieh (Syria)

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Myanmar	0–3	Saudi Arabia
	Report	Gharib 15' (pen.), 59' (pen.) Al-Banaqi 89'

17 August 2018 (2018-08-17)

19:00 UTC+7

Wibawa Mukti Stadium, Cikarang

Referee: Çarymyrat Kurbanow (Turkmenistan)

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Iran	0–2	Myanmar
	Report	Lwin Moe Aung 56' Htet Phyo Wai 68'

20 August 2018 (2018-08-20)

16:00 UTC+7

Patriot Candrabhaga Stadium, Bekasi

Referee: Suhaizi Shukri (Malaysia)

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2018 Asian Games

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ya Wai Tun Hein Htet Naing Aye Zaw Oo Zaw Myo Thu Saw Htet Eain Hlaing Gaw Mu Tha Nay Myo Hlaing Wai Yan Moe Pyae Phyo Kyaw	Lightweight eight	6:43.26	4 R	6:47.16	5	Did not advance	7

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Shwe Zin Latt Nilar Win	Coxless pair	8:41.98	3 R	8:33.80	1 FA	8:18.39	5
Ei Phyu Aye Thuzar Shwe Zin Latt Nilar Win	Coxless four	7:42.98	2 R	7:44.19	3 FA	7:33.17	5

Sepak takraw

Main article: Sepak takraw at the 2018 Asian Games

Men

Athlete	Event	Group Stage					Semifinal	Final
		Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank
Aung Thu Min Zin Min Oo Aung Myo Swe Si Thu Lin Thant Zin Oo Aung Pyae Tun	Quadrant	Laos (LAO) L 0–2	Japan (JPN) L 1–2	China (CHN) W 2–0	Indonesia (INA) L 0–2	4	did not advance
Wai Lin Aung Zin Min Oo Aung Myo Swe Zaw Latt Thant Zin Oo Htet Myat Thu Aung Pyae Tun Zin Ko Ko Aung Myo Naing	Team doubles	Thailand (THA) L 1–2	Laos (LAO) L 1–2	—		3	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Group Stage					Semifinal	Final
		Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank
Khin Hnin Wai Aye Aye Than Nant Yin Yin Myint Phyu Phyu Than Nan Su Myat San Ya Mong Zin	Quadrant	Laos (LAO) L 0–2	Indonesia (INA) L 1–2	South Korea (KOR) W 2–0	—	3	did not advance
Kyu Kyu Thin Khin Hnin Wai Aye Aye Than Nant Yin Yin Myint Phyu Phyu Than Su Mon Kyaw Lairo Eng Su Mon Aung Nan Su Myat San Ya Mong Zin Nyein Chan Thu Su Yee Htet	Team regu	Indonesia (INA) W 2–1	Vietnam (VIE) L 1–2	Malaysia (MAS) W 3–0	Japan (JPN) W 3–0	2 Q	Thailand (THA) L 0–2	Did not advance

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2018 Asian Games

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Kyaw Swar Win	10 m air pistol	566	28	did not advance
Ye Tun Naung		577	11	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
May Poe Wah	10 m air pistol	560	22	did not advance
May Poe Wah	25 m pistol	574	16	did not advance
Aye Myat Yadanar Oo	10 m air rifle	604.6	39	did not advance

Mixed team

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Ye Tun Naung May Poe Wah	10 m air pistol	752	13	did not advance

Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2018 Asian Games

Myanmar entered the competition with 4 athletes (3 men's and 1 women's).^[7]

Poomsae

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank
Sun Shine	Men's individual	Abdurrahman Wahyu (INA) L 7.93–8.33	did not advance

Kyorugi

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank
Zaw Linn Htet	Men's −58 kg	Mohsen Rezaee (AFG)
Aung Kyaw Kyaw	Men's −63 kg	Haroon Khan (PAK)
Dhaysi Oo Julius	Women's −53 kg	Phannapa Harnsujin (THA)

Volleyball

Main article: Volleyball at the 2018 Asian Games

Myanmar men's team were drawn in Pool C at the Games.^[8]

Indoor

Team	Event	Group Stage			Playoffs	Quarterfinals / Pl.	Semifinals / Pl.	Final / BM / Pl.
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Myanmar men's	Men's tournament	Kazakhstan W 3–1	Japan L 2–3	2 Q	Qatar L 0–3	Thailand L 1–3	Did not advance	India W 3–2	11

Men's competition

Main article: Volleyball at the 2018 Asian Games – Men

Roster

The following is the Myanmar roster in the men's volleyball tournament of the 2018 Asian Games.^[9]

Head coach: Kyaw Swar Win

No.	Name	Date of birth	Height	Weight	Spike	Block	Club
2	San Nyunt Mg	8 June 1994	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	70 kg (150 lb)	310 cm (120 in)	295 cm (116 in)	Asia World
4	Min Myo	24 September 1996	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	69 kg (152 lb)	320 cm (130 in)	306 cm (120 in)	Asia World
5	Ya Htike Wai	22 April 1999	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	73 kg (161 lb)	315 cm (124 in)	300 cm (120 in)	Asia World
6	Aung Phyo	11 September 1998	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	73 kg (161 lb)	300 cm (120 in)	290 cm (110 in)	Asia World
7	Khwe Char Maung	14 August 1995	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	70 kg (150 lb)	323 cm (127 in)	307 cm (121 in)	Asia World
9	Do Mae Ni Ko	4 June 1993	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)	75 kg (165 lb)	304 cm (120 in)	295 cm (116 in)	Asia World
11	Aung Thu (c)	10 July 1993	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	73 kg (161 lb)	321 cm (126 in)	303 cm (119 in)	Asia World
12	Zaw Lwin Tun	21 April 1998	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	74 kg (163 lb)	310 cm (120 in)	290 cm (110 in)	Asia World
13	Zaw Htet Aung	13 October 1999	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	77 kg (170 lb)	300 cm (120 in)	285 cm (112 in)	Asia World
14	Zaw Win Hlaing	10 January 1995	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	75 kg (165 lb)	310 cm (120 in)	285 cm (112 in)	Asia World
17	Thwin Htoo Zin	23 July 1996	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	73 kg (161 lb)	327 cm (129 in)	315 cm (124 in)	Asia World
18	Nay Lin Aung Sr.	9 June 1993	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	66 kg (146 lb)	315 cm (124 in)	300 cm (120 in)	Asia World

Pool C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR
1	Japan	2	2	0	4	6	4	1.500	224	216	1.037
2	Myanmar	2	1	1	4	5	4	1.250	199	191	1.042
3	Kazakhstan	2	0	2	1	3	6	0.500	193	209	0.923

Source: OCA

20 August 2018 (2018-08-20) 16:30 UTC+7	Kazakhstan	1–3	Myanmar	GBK Tennis Indoor, Jakarta Attendance: 300 Referees: Jun Sang-chun (KOR), Nguyễn Quốc Huy (VIE)
	(25–17, 22–25, 19–25, 18–25) Report

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24 August 2018 (2018-08-24) 09:00 UTC+7	Myanmar	2–3	Japan	GBK Tennis Indoor, Jakarta Attendance: 700 Referees: Komsun Gettaworn (THA), Jun Sang-chun (KOR)
	(21–25, 25–17, 19–25, 25–21, 17–19) Report

Playoffs

26 August 2018 (2018-08-26) 19:00 UTC+7	Qatar	3–0	Myanmar	Bulungan Sport Hall, Jakarta Attendance: 150 Referees: Wang Jun (CHN), Dozhan Ulkanov (KAZ)
	(25–21, 25–18, 25–20) Report

7th–12th quarterfinal

28 August 2018 (2018-08-28) 10:00 UTC+7	Thailand	3–1	Myanmar	GBK Tennis Indoor, Jakarta Attendance: 1,200 Referees: Jun Sang-chun (KOR), Leung Yin-yan (HKG)
	(26–24, 37–35, 22–25, 25–15) Report

11th place game

30 August 2018 (2018-08-30) 12:30 UTC+7	Myanmar	3–2	India	Bulungan Sport Hall, Jakarta Attendance: 500 Referees: Thalgasdhuwage Chandrapala Hewa (SRI), Dozhan Ulkanov (KAZ)
	(25–21, 18–25, 27–25, 15–25, 15–13) Report

Wushu

Main article: Wushu at the 2018 Asian Games

The Myanmar wushu practitioners participated at the Games both in taolu and sanda events. Nyein Chan Ko Ko who competed in taijiquan and taijijian event clinched the first medal for the contingent after won a bronze by collecting 19.40 points. ^[10]

Taolu

Athlete	Event	Event 1		Event 2		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Kyaw Htet Han	Men's changquan	8.94	13	—		8.94	13
Oo Thein Than	Men's nanquan and nangun	9.68	6	9.05	20	18.73	15
Nyein Chan Ko Ko	Men's taijiquan and taijijian	9.69	6	9.71	3	19.40
Min Htet Khant		9.41	14	9.41	12	18.82	13
Sandy Oo	Women's changquan	8.70	9	—		8.70	9
Thitsar Myint Aye	Women's nanquan and nandao	9.34	10	9.67	4	19.01	7
Eain Myat Noe	Women's taijiquan and taijijian	9.48	12	9.56	10	19.04	10

Sanda

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank
Linn Thu Rain	Men's –56 kg	S Kumar (IND) L 0–2	did not advance
Chit Ko Ko	Men's –60 kg	A Duiseyev (KAZ) L 1–2	did not advance

Key: * TV – Technical victory.