The men's football tournament at the 2022 Asian Games was held from 19 September to 7 October 2023 in Hangzhou, China.
Competition schedule
All times are local China Standard Time (UTC+8).
Venues
Seven venues were used during the tournament, two of them outside of Hangzhou at cities around Zhejiang. Hangzhou Sports Park 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
Alex King
Ammar Mahfoodh
Virendha Rai
Shen Yinhao
Thoriq Alkatiri
Hasan Akrami
Yousif Saeed Hasan
Yudai Yamamoto
Ahmad Yacoub Ibrahim
Kim Hee-gon
Ammar Ashkanani
Daiyrbek Abdyldaev
Ali Reda
Nazmi Nasaruddin
Mohamed Javiz
Baraa Abu Aisha
Clifford Daypuyat
Mohammed Ahmed Al-Shammari
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).
Tiebreakers
Teams in a group are ranked according to points (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. Goal difference 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 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
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
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.