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Latest revision as of 05:16, 11 February 2026

Sports Event at 2026 aichi and nagoya asian games

Football

at the 2026 Asian Games

Pictogram for Football

Games 2026 Asian Games
Host country Japan
Dates TBD
Venues 7 (in 6 host cities)
Competitors TBA from 21 (TBC) nations
Teams 16 (TBC) (from 1 confederation)
Teams 12 (TBC) (from 1 confederation)

The football tournament at the 2026 Asian Games will be held in Nagoya, Toyota, Kariya, Gifu, Fukuroi and Osaka.[1]

Two different tournaments will be held in this sport: men’s and women’s.

Japan is the women’s defending champions. South Korea is the men’s defending champions.

Competition schedule

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To be confirmed.

A total of seven venues around six cities were used.[1]

Eleven venues were chosen for the bid after Nagoya was selected, including Toyota, Nagoya, Kariya, Oita, Utsunomiya, Yokohama, Hiroshima, Suita, Saitama, Chiba and Chōfu. Those venues where shortlisted to Toyota, Nagoya, Kariya, Gifu, Shizuoka, Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe, then later excluded Kyoto and Kobe on 30 April 2025. Notably, none of the stadiums used in the 2020 Olympics with 2012 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup will be used in this tournament, and the Shizuoka Stadium with Nagai Stadium
are the only stadiums in this tournament that were used in the 2002 FIFA World Cup.

In the previous editions, participating nations were free to enter teams in the football tournament of the Asian Games. For the 2026 Asian Games, a qualification criteria was set up with the 16 participating teams of the 2026 U-23 Asian Cup qualifying for the men’s tournament, and the 12 teams of the 2026 AFC Women’s Asian Cup eligible to play in the women’s tournament.[2]

To be confirmed.

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