The first
Asian Games had
football tournament. Since the
2002 Asian Games, age limit for men teams is under-23 plus up to three overage players for each squad, same as the age limit in
football competitions at the Summer Olympics. Although
Kazakhstan is a member of the
Olympic Council of Asia, they cannot participate in football due to their football federation
KFF has been a member of the
UEFA since 2002. The same rule applies to the
Guam and
Australia are members of the
AFC, but they are members of
Oceania National Olympic Committees.
Japan is the only nation to have won both Gold medals of Men's and Women's tournament in an Asian Games in the same year (
2010). ==Men's tournament==