Nepal at the 2018 Asian Games

Nepal competed at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia, from 18 August to 2 September 2018.^[2]

Nepal at the 2018 Asian Games
IOC code	NEP
NOC	Nepal Olympic Committee
Website	www.nocnepal.org.np
in Jakarta and Palembang August 18 (18-08) – September 2 (2-09)
Competitors	186 in 29 sports
Flag bearer	Kamal Bahadur Adhikari[1]
Medals Ranked 33rd	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 0 Total 1
Asian Games appearances (overview)
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Medalists

Further information: 2018 Asian Games medal table

The following Nepal competitors won medals at the Games.

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Silver	Bimal Adhikari Bijay Gautam Sushil Gurung Yukesh Chaudhary Bishal Thapa	Paragliding	Men's team cross-country	29 August

Competitors

The following is a list of the number of competitors representing Nepal that will participate at the Games:

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Archery	4	1	5
Athletics	4	2	6
Badminton	4	4	8
Basketball 3X3	4	4	8
Boxing	5	3	8
Cycling	2	1	3
Fencing	4	4	8
Football	21	0	21
Golf	4	0	4
Judo	4	4	8
Kabaddi	12	0	12
Karate	4	4	8
Kurash	1	1	2
Paragliding	5	3	8
Pencak silat	1	0	1
Sepak takraw	5	0	5
Shooting	1	2	3
Roller sports	1	0	1
Sport climbing	2	0	2
Squash	4	0	4
Swimming	2	2	4
Table tennis	3	3	6
Taekwondo	6	8	14
Tennis	3	3	6
Triathlon	2	2	4
Volleyball	12	0	12
Weightlifting	2	2	4
Wrestling	3	0	3
Wushu	6	4	10
Total	131	57	188

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 2018 Asian Games

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
Ashim Sherchan	Men's individual	608	68	did not advance
Min Prasad Gauchan		597	71	did not advance
Roshan Nagarkoti		637	25	Bye	Da Silva (SRI) L 0–6	did not advance
Tilak Pun Magar		641	24	Wangdi (BHU) W 6–0	Xu (CHN) L 4–6	did not advance
Ashim Sherchan Roshan Nagarkoti Tilak Pun Magar	Men's team	1886	14	—	Qatar W 6–0	Chinese Taipei L 0–6	did not advance
Gyanu Awale	Women's individual	586	36	Lam (HKG) L 2–6	did not advance
Tilak Pun Magar Gyanu Awale	Mixed team	1227	17	—	Kyrgyzstan L 4–5	did not advance

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2018 Asian Games

Nepal put-up six athletes (4 men's and 2 women's) to participate in the athletics competition at the Games.^[3]

Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the 2018 Asian Games

Nepal entered the Games with 8 badminton players (4 men's and 4 women's). The men's team made an history by advance to the quarter-finals after beat Pakistan 3–1.^[4][5]

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Ratnajit Tamang	Singles	Bye	Son W-h (KOR) L (8–21, 9–21)	did not advance
Bikash Shrestha		Bye	K Momota (JPN) L (9–21, 10–21)	did not advance
Dipesh Dhami Ratnajit Tamang	Doubles	—	R Azam / S K Ali (PAK) L (19–21, 20–22)	did not advance
Bikash Shrestha Nabin Shrestha		—	S Enkhbat / T Gombodorj (MGL) W (21–12, 21–7)	Goh V S / Tan W K (MAS) L (9–21, 12–21)	did not advance
Bikash Shrestha Dipesh Dhami Nabin Shrestha Ratnajit Tamang	Team	—		Pakistan W 3–1	Chinese Taipei L 0–3	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Nangsal Tamang	Singles	F N Abdul Razzaq (MDV) W (21–19, 21–15)	A Yamaguchi (JPN) L (7–21, 12–21)	did not advance
Jessica Gurung		R Intanon (THA) L (7–21, 4–21)	did not advance
Jessica Gurung Nangsal Tamang	Doubles	J Kititharakul / R Prajongjai (THA) L (7–21, 5–21)	did not advance
Amita Giri Rasila Maharjan		Bye	Kim H-r / Kong H-y (KOR) L (7–21, 1–21)	did not advance
Amita Giri Jessica Gurung Nangsal Tamang Rasila Maharjan	Team	—	Maldives L 2–3	Did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Ratnajit Tamang Nangsal Tamang	Mixed	R Karanda Suwardi / D Susanto (INA) L (13–21, 7–21)	did not advance
Dipesh Dhami Jessica Gurung		Lee C H / Chau H W (HKG) L (11–21, 11–21)	did not advance

Basketball

Main article: Basketball at the 2018 Asian Games

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinals / Pl.	Final / BM / Pl.
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Nepal men's	Men's 3x3 tournament	Japan L 11−21	Qatar L 8−21	Maldives W Disq.	Syria L 19−21	Jordan W 21−10	4	did not advance
Nepal women's	Women's 3x3 tournament	—		Chinese Taipei L 8−19	Mongolia L 11−21	Japan L 4−21	4	did not advance

3x3 basketball

Nepal national 3x3 team participated in the Games, the men's team placed in the pool C while the women's team in the pool B based on the FIBA 3x3 federation ranking.^[6]

Men's tournament

Main article: 3x3 basketball at the 2018 Asian Games – Men

Roster

The following is the Nepal roster in the men's 3x3 basketball tournament of the 2018 Asian Games.^[7]

• Nischal Maharjan (4)
• Mabindra Bhandari (5)
• Ajay Kushwaha (6)
• Aashish Basnet (7)

Pool C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	Japan	5	5	0	86	46	+40	Quarterfinals
2	Qatar	5	4	1	74	43	+31
3	Syria	5	3	2	62	76	−14
4	Nepal	5	2	3	59	74	−15
5	Jordan	5	1	4	43	85	−42
—	Maldives	5	0	5	0	0	0

Source: OCA

21 August 17:10

Japan	22–11	Nepal
Pts: Matsuwaki 11		Pts: Maharjan, Bhandari 4

Gelora Bung Karno Tennis Center Court, Jakarta Referees: Rulyov (KAZ), Al-Harthi (OMA)

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21 August 18:40

Nepal	8–21	Qatar
Pts: Maharjan 4		Pts: Dieng, Muslić 8

Gelora Bung Karno Tennis Center Court, Jakarta Referees: Quinn (INA), Shi (CHN)

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24 August 15:20

Maldives	vs.	Nepal
Forfeit

Gelora Bung Karno Tennis Center Court, Jakarta

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24 August 15:40

Syria	21–19	Nepal
Pts: Khouri 7		Pts: Basnet 9

Gelora Bung Karno Tennis Center Court, Jakarta Referees: Liu (MAS), Quinn (INA)

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24 August 16:50

Nepal	21–10	Jordan
Pts: Basnet 13		Pts: Jarrad 4

Gelora Bung Karno Tennis Center Court, Jakarta Referees: Quinn (INA), Liu (MAS)

Women's tournament

Main article: 3x3 basketball at the 2018 Asian Games – Women

Roster

The following is the Nepal roster in the women's 3x3 basketball tournament of the 2018 Asian Games.^[8]

• Anusha Malla (4)
• Alina Gurung (5)
• Bhawana Lama (6)
• Shreya Khadka (7)

Pool B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	Japan	3	3	0	57	15	+42	Quarterfinals
2	Chinese Taipei	3	2	1	50	32	+18
3	Mongolia	3	1	2	23	54	−31
4	Nepal	3	0	3	23	52	−29

Source: OCA

22 August 16:50

Nepal	8–19	Chinese Taipei
Pts: Malla, Lama 3		Pts: Lo 9

Gelora Bung Karno Tennis Center Court, Jakarta Referees: Lim (MAS), Rulyov (KAZ)

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25 August 19:40

Mongolia	12–11	Nepal
Pts: Tserenlkham, Minjin 5		Pts: Khadka 4

Gelora Bung Karno Tennis Center Court, Jakarta Referees: Lim (MAS), Al-Harthi (OMA)

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25 August 20:50

Japan	21–4	Nepal
Pts: Konno 8		Pts: Malla 3

Gelora Bung Karno Tennis Center Court, Jakarta Referees: Al-Harthi (OMA), Ibragimow (TKM)

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2018 Asian Games

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Teja Bahadur Deuba	–49 kg	K Khamsathone (LAO) L 1–3	did not advance
Prem Chaudhary	–52 kg	Bye	R Ladon (PHI) L 0–5	did not advance
Bhupendra Thapa	–64 kg	O Al-Kasbeh (JOR) L 0–4	did not advance
Bishnu Prasad Ghale Gurung	–69 kg	Bye	T Tharumalingam (QAT) L 0–5	did not advance
Deepak Shrestha	–75 kg	Bye	Kan C-w (TPE) L 0–5	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Bimala Shrestha	–51 kg	Bye	O Jargalan (MGL) L 1–4	did not advance
Sangita Sunar	–57 kg	—	N Techasuep (THA) L 0–5	did not advance
Punam Rawal	–60 kg	—	Yang WL (CHN) L 0–5	did not advance

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2018 Asian Games

Mountain biking

Athlete	Event	Seeding run		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Buddhi Bahadur Tamang	Men's cross-country	—		−4 laps	17
Laxmi Magar	Women's cross-country	—		−2 laps	10
Rajesh Magar	Men's downhill	3:12.816	8	2:28.538	7

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 2018 Asian Games

Individual

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Mahesh Prasad Bhatt	Men's foil	JI Lim (SGP): L 1–5  T Shikine (JPN): L 0–5  C Theara (CAM): L 3–5  Hoàng NH (VIE): L 1–5  Huang MK (CHN): L 1–5	6	did not advance					28
Sanjeep Lama		A Owaida (QAT): L 1–5  T Saito (JPN): L 2–5  S Son Y-k (KOR): L 1–5  H Yoong (MAS): L 0–5  M Zulfikar (INA): L 0–5	6	did not advance					29
Kamala Shreshta	Women's sabre	N Tamura (JPN): L 0–5  Y Ariunzayaa (MGL): W 5–0  Au SY (HKG): L 0–5  Qian JR (CHN): L 1–5  Bùi TTH (VIE): L 4–5	5	did not advance					20
Rabina Thapa		D Permatasari (INA): L 0–5  S Fukushima (JPN): L 0–5  Yoon J-s (KOR): L 0–5  C Linly (CAM): L 1–5  FR Delcheh (IRI): L 0–5	6	did not advance					22

Team

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Sher Singh Airy Mahesh Prasad Bhatt Rajan Raj Khadka Sanjeep Lama	Men's foil	Philippines (PHI) L 3–45	did not advance			10
Meena Devi Poudel Kamala Shreshta Rabina Thapa Asmita Basnet	Women's sabre	Thailand (THA) L 10–45	did not advance			9

Football

Main article: Football at the 2018 Asian Games

Nepal competed in the group D at the men's football event.^[9]

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
Nepal men's	Men's tournament	Japan L 0–1	Vietnam L 0–2	Pakistan L 1–2	4	did not advance				22

Men's tournament

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

Roster

The following is the Nepal squad in the men's football tournament of the 2018 Asian Games. The team of 20 players was officially named on 24 June.^[10]

Head coach: Koji Gyotoku

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
4	2DF	Ananta Tamang	(1998-01-14)14 January 1998 (aged 20)	Three Star
6	2DF	Aditya Chaudhary	(1996-04-19)19 April 1996 (aged 22)	Armed Police Force
8	3MF	Bishal Rai*	(1993-06-06)6 June 1993 (aged 25)	Manang Marshyangdi
9	4FW	Suman Lama	(1996-03-09)9 March 1996 (aged 22)	Nepal Police
10	4FW	Bimal Gharti Magar	(1998-01-26)26 January 1998 (aged 20)	Three Star
11	3MF	Heman Gurung	(1996-02-27)27 February 1996 (aged 22)	Manang Marshyangdi
12	3MF	Tej Tamang	(1998-02-14)14 February 1998 (aged 20)	Nepal Police
13	2DF	Kamal Shrestha	(1997-07-10)10 July 1997 (aged 21)	Manang Marshyangdi
14	4FW	Anjan Bista	(1998-05-15)15 May 1998 (aged 20)	Armed Police Force
16	1GK	Kiran Chemjong* (captain)	(1990-03-24)24 March 1990 (aged 28)	TC Sports Club
19	1GK	Alan Neupane	(1996-06-24)24 June 1996 (aged 22)	Three Star
22	2DF	Dinesh Rajbanshi	(1998-04-04)4 April 1998 (aged 20)	Nepal Police
23	3MF	Sunil Bal	(1998-01-01)1 January 1998 (aged 20)	Three Star
24	2DF	Tshring Gurung	(1998-02-21)21 February 1998 (aged 20)	Chyasal Youth
25	2DF	Suman Aryal	(1996-03-09)9 March 1996 (aged 22)	Nepal Police
27	4FW	Abhishek Rijal	(2000-01-29)29 January 2000 (aged 18)	Nepal Police
30	3MF	Hemant Thapa Magar	(1998-01-07)7 January 1998 (aged 20)	Chyasal Youth
32	2DF	Rohit Chand*	(1992-02-28)28 February 1992 (aged 26)	Persija Jakarta
33	1GK	Sojit Gurung	(2000-01-28)28 January 2000 (aged 18)	Mai Valley
35	3MF	Gaurab Budhathoki	(1998-02-14)14 February 1998 (aged 20)	Chyasal Youth

* Over-aged player.

Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Vietnam	3	3	0	0	6	0	+6	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Japan	3	2	0	1	5	1	+4	6
3	Pakistan	3	1	0	2	2	8	−6	3
4	Nepal	3	0	0	3	1	5	−4	0

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

14 August 2018 (2018-08-14)

19:00 UTC+7

Japan	1–0	Nepal
Mitoma 7'	Report

Wibawa Mukti Stadium, Cikarang

Referee: Sultan Al-Marzooqi (United Arab Emirates)

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16 August 2018 (2018-08-16)

19:00 UTC+7

Nepal	0–2	Vietnam
	Report	Nguyễn Anh Đức 31' Phan Văn Đức 63'

Wibawa Mukti Stadium, Cikarang

Referee: Zhang Lei (China)

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19 August 2018 (2018-08-19)

16:00 UTC+7

Pakistan	2–1	Nepal
Bilal 54' Hussain 72' (pen.)	Report	Younas 12' (o.g.)

Patriot Candrabhaga Stadium, Bekasi

Referee: Baraa Aisha (Palestine)

Golf

Main article: Golf at the 2018 Asian Games

Men

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Total
		Score	Score	Score	Score	Score	Par	Rank
Prithvi Malla	Individual	88	80	79	77	324	+36	74
Sukra Bahadur Rai		81	76	77	81	315	+27	58
Tanka Bahadur Karki		82	77	81	77	317	+29	60
Ajit B. K.		83	80	81	83	327	+39	78
Prithvi Malla Sukra Bahadur Rai Tanka Bahadur Karki Ajit B. K.	Team	246	233	237	235	951	+87	17

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2018 Asian Games

Key:

• 1st number — Ippon
• 2nd number — Waza-ari
• s — Shido

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Indra Shresta	–66 kg	Kim H-u (PRK) L 00–10	did not advance
Sanjit Dangol	–73 kg	S Hamad (KSA) L 00–10s1	did not advance
Shree Ram Makaju	–90 kg	Bye	K Ustopiriyon (TJK) L 00s2–11	did not advance
Ravin Shrestha	–100 kg	Bye	S Juraev (UZB) L 00s2–10	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Devika Khadka	–52 kg	Bye	N Tsunoda (JPN) L 00s3–10	did not advance
Manita Shrestha Pradhan	–57 kg	Nguyễn TBN (VIE) L 01s2–10s1	did not advance
Phupu Lhamu Khatri	–63 kg	—	AY Fradivtha (INA) L 00–01s1	did not advance
Punam Shrestha	–78 kg	—	Bye	Park Y-j (KOR) L 00s2–10	Did not advance	Z Raifova (KAZ) L 00s3–10s1	did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Sanjit Dangol Shree Ram Makaju Indra Shresta Ravin Shrestha Devika Khadka Phupu Lhamu Khatri Punam Shrestha Manita Shrestha Pradhan	Team	India (IND) L 1–4	did not advance

Kabaddi

Main article: Kabaddi at the 2018 Asian Games

Nepal men's team competed at the Games with 12 member squad.^[11] The team did not advance to the knockout stage after finished fifth in the group stage.^[5]

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage						Semifinal	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Nepal men's	Men	Indonesia L 29−33	Japan L 28−31	Iran L 21−75	Malaysia W 29−17	Pakistan L 20−38	5	did not advance		9

Men's tournament

Main article: Kabaddi at the 2018 Asian Games – Men

Team roster

• Mahesh Bohara (Captain)
• Durga Kumal
• Bijay Chand
• Lal Mohar Yadav
• Ranjit
• Nageshwor Tharu
• Bhupendra Chand
• Amit Kunwar
• Sagar Chaudhary
• Mahesh Mondal
• Kumar Lama
• Ashok Thapa Magar

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Iran	5	5	0	0	289	109	+180	10	Semifinals
2	Pakistan	5	4	0	1	185	98	+87	8
3	Indonesia	5	3	0	2	132	182	−50	6
4	Japan	5	2	0	3	121	162	−41	4
5	Nepal	5	1	0	4	127	194	−67	2
6	Malaysia	5	0	0	5	100	209	−109	0

Source: OCA

19 August 18:00 Indonesia  33–29 (HT: 20–14)    Nepal Garuda Theatre, Jakarta

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21 August 16:00 Japan  31–28 (HT: 12–17)    Nepal Garuda Theatre, Jakarta

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22 August 14:00 Iran  75–21 (HT: 38–6)    Nepal Garuda Theatre, Jakarta

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22 August 17:00 Malaysia  17–29 (HT: 10–12)    Nepal Garuda Theatre, Jakarta

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23 August 10:00 Nepal    20–38 (HT: 12–15)  Pakistan Garuda Theatre, Jakarta

Karate

Main article: Karate at the 2018 Asian Games

Nepal participated in the karate competition at the Games with eight athletes (4 men's and 4 women's).^[12]

Kurash

Main article: Kurash at the 2018 Asian Games

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Upendra Thapa	–66 kg	S Samiullah (PAK) W 001−001	R Buriev (UZB) L 000−112	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Bhagawati Majhi	–52 kg	Tsou C-w (TPE) L 000−100	did not advance

Paragliding

Main article: Paragliding at the 2018 Asian Games

Men

Athlete	Event	Round										Total	Rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Bijay Gautam	Individual accuracy	9	13	28	238	122	78	21	4	22	86	383	8
Sushil Gurung		500	113	83	500	40	277	125	1	500	2	1641	24
Bimal Adhikari Bijay Gautam Sushil Gurung Yukesh Gurung Bishal Thapa	Team accuracy	734	937	347	1259	370	1007	—				4654	8
	Cross-country	2255	694	2844	2774	2797	—					11364

Women

Athlete	Event	Round										Total	Rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Prativa Bhujel	Individual accuracy	500	117	500	500	359	500	500	9	500	252	3237	15
Trisha Shrestha Bomjan		151	129	395	500	330	161	500	500	500	312	2978	14
Prativa Bhujel Trisha Shrestha Bomjan Sabita Tamang	Team accuracy	912	336	1395	1500	1189	1161	—				6493	7
	Cross-country	285	353	308	216	248	—					1410	6

Pencak silat

Main article: Pencak silat at the 2018 Asian Games

Tanding

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
B. K. Vivek Kumar	Men's –65 kg	M Rahimi (IRI) L 0–5	did not advance

Roller sports

Main article: Roller sports at the 2018 Asian Games

Skateboarding

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Neris Thapa	Men's street	14.3	15	did not advance

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
Dipesh Jung Thapa Sanjeet Dhimal Rupesh Sunar Govinda Magar Rabin Bhattarai	Regu	Malaysia (MAS) L 0–2	South Korea (KOR) L 0–2	China (CHN) L 0–2	India (IND) L 0–2	5	did not advance
	Quadrant	Vietnam (VIE) L 0–2	Singapore (SGP) L 0–2	Pakistan (PAK) W 2–0	Iran (IRI) L 0–2	4	did not advance

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2018 Asian Games

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Sushe Chaudhary	10 m air rifle	581.0	42	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Sushmita Nepa	10 m air rifle	587.1	46	did not advance
Kalpana Pariyar		594.8	45	did not advance

Mixed team

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Sushe Chaudhary Sushmita Nepa	10 m air rifle	776.4	22	did not advance

Sport climbing

Main article: Sport climbing at the 2018 Asian Games

Speed

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Best	Rank	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Rank
Pemba Sherpa	Men's	12.000	26	did not advance
Pranil Man Shrestha		12.269	27	did not advance

Combined

Athlete	Event	Qualification					Final
		Speed Point	Boulder Point	Lead Point	Total	Rank	Speed Point	Boulder Point	Lead Point	Total	Rank
Pemba Sherpa	Men's	22	22	19	9196	21	did not advance
Pranil Man Shrestha		21	22	20	9240	22	did not advance

Squash

Main article: Squash at the 2018 Asian Games

Nepal competed in squash competition with 4 athletes. The athletes ended their journey by finished in the first round.^[5]

Singles

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Amrit Thapa Magar	Men's	M Lee (HKG) L 0–3	did not advance
Arhant Keshar Simha		T Aslam (PAK) L 0–3	did not advance

Team

Athlete	Event	Group stage						Semifinal	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Magar Amrit Thapa Arhant Keshar Simha Rajendra Shekya Gyanu Chaudhary	Men's	South Korea (KOR) L 0–3	Pakistan (PAK) L 0–3	Japan (JPN) L 0–3	Philippines (PHI) L 0–3	Hong Kong (HKG) L 0–3	6	did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2018 Asian Games

Nepal entered the Games with four swimmers (2 men's and 2 women's). All the swimmers did not advance to the final round.^[5]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Sirish Gurung	50 m freestyle	26.33	46	did not advance
	100 m freestyle	57.92	40	did not advance
Shuvam Shrestha	50 m breaststroke	32.45	32	did not advance
	100 m breaststroke	1:11.37	27	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Tisa Shakya	50 m freestyle	29.61	23	did not advance
	100 m freestyle	1:03.96	22	did not advance
	50 m breaststroke	39.46	26	did not advance
Gaurika Singh	50 m freestyle	28.50	21	did not advance
	100 m freestyle	1:00.82	18	did not advance
	200 m freestyle	2:12.53	19	did not advance

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2018 Asian Games

Individual

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Amar Lal Malla	Men's singles	E Chinbat (MGL) L 3–4	did not advance
Santoo Shrestha		Cheong CC (MAC) L 2–4	did not advance
Nabita Shrestha	Women's singles	Tam SF (MAC) W 4–3	Doo HK (HKG) L 0–4	did not advance
Swechchha Nembang		D Batbayar (MGL) L 0–4	did not advance
Amar Lal Malla Swechchha Nembang	Mixed doubles	A Al-Naggar / M Faramarzi (QAT) W 3–2	Wong CT / Doo HK (HKG) L 0–3	did not advance
Santoo Shrestha Nabita Shrestha		T Myandal / U Munkhbat (MGL) W 3–0	Lin GY / Wang MY (CHN) L 1–3	did not advance

Team

Athlete	Event	Group stage					Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Amar Lal Malla Deep Saun Santoo Shrestha	Men's	China (CHN) L 0–3	Malaysia (MAS) L 0–3	North Korea (PRK) L 0–3	Laos (LAO) W 3–1	4	did not advance
Nabita Shrestha Swechchha Nembang Rabina Maharjan	Women's	Malaysia (MAS) L 0–3	Singapore (SGP) L 0–3	Hong Kong (HKG) L 0–3	Vietnam (VIE) L 0–3	5	did not advance

Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2018 Asian Games

Nepal competed in taekwondo competition with 14 athletes (6 men's and 8 women's). In the individual poomsae event, the taekwondoan defeated in the first round, while the women's team advance to the quarter-finals after received walkover from the Uzbekistan team.^[13] In the kyorugi event, the athletes also defeated in the early round.^[5]

Poomsae

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Kamal Shrestha	Men's individual	Chen C (TPE) L 7.51–8.38	did not advance
Parbati Gurung	Women's individual	Liao W-h (TPE) L 7.54–8.10	did not advance
Sina Maden Nita Gurung Parbati Gurung	Women's team	Uzbekistan WO	Chinese Taipei L 7.42–8.19	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
Sagar Guvaju	Men's −58 kg	T Dorji (BHU) W 54–40	Võ Q H (VIE) L 5–25	did not advance
Bir Bahadur Mahara	Men's −63 kg	A A Bakhshi (AFG) W 24–13	K Baktiyaruly (KAZ) L 19–30	did not advance
Gyanendra Hamal	Men's −68 kg	J Wangchuk (BHU) W 39–17	R Rozali (MAS) L 2–30	did not advance
Bhupen Shrestha	Men's −80 kg	Bye	R Hussaini (AFG) L 7–27	did not advance
Anoj Pujari	Men's +80 kg	—	R Zhaparov (UZB) L 0–21	did not advance
Ashmita Khadka	Women's −49 kg	Bye	N Kiani (IRI) L 4–43	did not advance
Neema Gurung	Women's −53 kg	Bye	L Aoun (LBN) L 10–23	did not advance
Gyani Chunara	Women's −57 kg	Bye	K Choden (BHU) W 28–6	P Lopez (PHI) L 0–20	did not advance
Sangita Basyel	Women's −67 kg	—	D Arpon (PHI) L 17–20	did not advance
Nisha Rawal	Women's +67 kg	—	Gao P (CHN) L 6–22	did not advance

Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the 2018 Asian Games

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Abhishek Bastola	Singles	Trịnh LG (VIE) L 6–1, 3–6, 3–6	did not advance
Samrakshak Bajracharya		MR Fitriadi (INA) L 2–6, 2–6	did not advance
Samrakshak Bajracharya Abhishek Bastola	Doubles	Bye	S Nagal / R Ramanathan (IND) L 1–6, 1–6	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Mahika Rana	Singles	C Fodor (VIE) L 0–6, 1–6	did not advance
Mayanka Rana		E Chong (HKG) L 0–6, 1–6	did not advance
Mahika Rana Mayanka Rana	Doubles	—	Z Abdul Rasheed / AI Mahir (MDV) W 6–4, 6–1	E Hayashi / M Uchijima (JPN) L 0–6, 0–6	did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Anne Mathema Samrakshak Bajracharya	Doubles	Bye	E Chong / Wong C-h (HKG) L 1–6, 0–6	did not advance
Mahika Rana Pranav Khanal		Bye	Zhang L / Yeung P-l (HKG) L 0–6, 1–6	did not advance

Triathlon

Main article: Triathlon at the 2018 Asian Games

Individual

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (39.6 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total Time	Rank
Dipesh Chaudhary	Men's						DSQ	–

Mixed relay

Athletes	Event	Total Times per Athlete (Swim 300 m, Bike 6.3 km, Run 2.1 km)	Total Group Time	Rank
Basanta Tharu Dipesh Chaudhary Roja K C Sony Gurung	Mixed relay	25:13 25:46 30:22 31:34	1:52:55	12

Volleyball

Main article: Volleyball at the 2018 Asian Games

Indoor volleyball

Team	Event	Group stage		Playoffs	Quarterfinals / Pl.	Semifinals / Pl.	Final / BM / Pl.
		Oppositions Scores	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Nepal men's	Men's tournament	Chinese Taipei: L 0–3  South Korea: L 0–3	3	Did not advance	Mongolia W 3–1	Sri Lanka L 1–3	Kyrgyzstan W 3–0	15

Men's tournament

Main article: Volleyball at the 2018 Asian Games – Men

Team roster

The following is the Nepal roster in the men's volleyball tournament of the 2018 Asian Games.^[14]

Head coach: Björn Lesley

No.	Name	Date of birth	Height	Weight	Spike	Block	Club
1	Bishal Bahadur BK	13 August 1995	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)	75 kg (165 lb)	340 cm (130 in)	325 cm (128 in)	Police
2	Deepak Raj Joshi	18 July 1994	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	74 kg (163 lb)	329 cm (130 in)	315 cm (124 in)	Police
3	Hari Bahadur Adhikari	24 July 1991	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	75 kg (165 lb)	330 cm (130 in)	310 cm (120 in)	Army
4	Man Bahadur Shrestha	11 March 1996	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	75 kg (165 lb)	332 cm (131 in)	305 cm (120 in)	Army
5	Bhairab Bahadur BAM	23 August 1990	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	75 kg (165 lb)	330 cm (130 in)	320 cm (130 in)	Army
6	Dhan Bahadur Bhatta	25 April 1991	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	75 kg (165 lb)	335 cm (132 in)	312 cm (123 in)	Army
7	Durga Prasad Mahato	7 July 1994	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	76 kg (168 lb)	325 cm (128 in)	320 cm (130 in)	Army
8	Narendra Giri	16 April 1990	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	80 kg (180 lb)	325 cm (128 in)	308 cm (121 in)	Army
9	Em Bahadur Magar (c)	20 June 1982	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	75 kg (165 lb)	325 cm (128 in)	310 cm (120 in)	Police
10	Raju sherchan	11 May 1993	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	82 kg (181 lb)	333 cm (131 in)	312 cm (123 in)	Police
11	Kul Bahadur Thapa	26 March 1988	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)	78 kg (172 lb)	322 cm (127 in)	305 cm (120 in)	Police
12	Ishwor Thapa	28 May 1986	1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)	62 kg (137 lb)	285 cm (112 in)	270 cm (110 in)	Army

Pool D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR
1	South Korea	2	2	0	5	6	2	3.000	184	147	1.252
2	Chinese Taipei	2	1	1	4	5	3	1.667	179	166	1.078
3	Nepal	2	0	2	0	0	6	0.000	100	150	0.667

Source: OCA

22 August 2018 (2018-08-22) 12:30 UTC+7	Nepal	0–3	Chinese Taipei	Bulungan Sport Hall, Jakarta Attendance: 350 Referees: Rameshwar Singh Chauhan (IND), Nurbek Kalykov (KGZ)
	(23–25, 19–25, 15–25) Report

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24 August 2018 (2018-08-24) 16:30 UTC+7	South Korea	3–0	Nepal	Bulungan Sport Hall, Jakarta Attendance: 350 Referees: Nominzul Kyu (MGL), Leung Yin-yan (TPE)
	(25–16, 25–13, 25–14) Report

13th–20th quarterfinal

28 August 2018 (2018-08-28) 12:30 UTC+7	Nepal	3–1	Mongolia	Bulungan Sport Hall, Jakarta Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Komsun Gettaworn (THA), Nguyễn Viết Hòa (VIE)
	(26–28, 25–16, 30–28, 25–19) Report

13th–16th semifinal

30 August 2018 (2018-08-30) 16:30 UTC+7	Sri Lanka	3–1	Nepal	Bulungan Sport Hall, Jakarta Attendance: 800 Referees: Choi Jae-hyo (KOR), Indra Muflih (INA)
	(23–25, 25–16, 26–24, 25–21) Report

15th place game

31 August 2018 (2018-08-31) 17:00 UTC+7	Nepal	3–0 (w/o)	Kyrgyzstan	Bulungan Sport Hall, Jakarta Attendance: 0 Referees: Ubaid Ullah Shah (PAK), Ahmed Nasheed (MDV)
	(25–0, 25–0, 25–0) Report

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2018 Asian Games

Nepal participated in weightlifting competition with 4 weightlifters (2 men's and 2 women's). Kamal Bahadur Adhikari made the national record to his name lifting 122 kg in snatch, 162 in clean and jerk and 284 in total.^[5]

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Kamal Bahadur Adhikari	−69 kg	119	16	160	13	279	14
Bikash Thapa	−77 kg	113	17	135	16	248	15

Women

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Sanju Chaudhary	−53 kg	72	12	86	12	158	12
Tara Pun	−75 kg	74	8	101	8	175	8

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 2018 Asian Games

Nepal participated six times in the wrestling competition at the Games since 1998.^[13]

Key:

• F – Victory by fall.
• PP – Decision by points – the loser with technical points.
• PO – Decision by points – the loser without technical points.
• ST – Great superiority – the loser without technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.

Men's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Bhagawati Sah Teli	−57 kg	Bye	R Atri (IRI) L 0–10	did not advance					16
Saroj Yadav	−65 kg	Bye	Batmagnai (MGL) L 0–10	did not advance					19
Suresh Chunara	−74 kg	Y Fujinami (JPN) L 0–10	did not advance						20

Wushu

Main article: Wushu at the 2018 Asian Games

Taolu

Athlete	Event	Event 1		Event 2		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Bijay Sinjali	Men's changquan	8.25	14	—		8.25	14
Yubaraj Thapa	Men's nanquan and nangun	8.22	21	9.20	17	17.42	21
Sushmita Tamang	Women's changquan	9.25	7	—		9.25	7
Nima Gharti Magar	Women's nanquan and nandao	8.70	11	9.17	11	17.87	11

Sanda

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Padam Thakulla	Men's –56 kg	Bye	K Soukaphone (LAO) L 0–2	did not advance
Mangal Tharu	Men's –60 kg	H Sofyan (INA) L 0–0 TV	did not advance
Birman Lama	men's –65 kg	—	D Khieosavath (LAO) L 0–0 TV	did not advance
Chitra Sing Thakuri	Men's –70 kg	—	Ham G-s (KOR) L 0–2	did not advance
Juni Rai	Women's –52 kg	—	Nguyễn T T T (VIE) L 0–2	did not advance
Lumanti Shrestha	Women's –60 kg	—	Bye	S Bualuang (THA) L 0–0 TV	did not advance

Key: * TV – Technical victory.