Football at the 1982 Asian Games

Football at the 1982 Asian Games was held in New Delhi, India from 20 November to 3 December 1982. In this tournament, 16 teams played in the men's competition.

Draw
The teams were seeded based on their final ranking at the 1978 Asian Games.


 * Group A
 * 🇰🇵 north korea
 * 🇹🇭 thailand
 * 🇸🇾 syrian arab republic
 * 🇸🇾 syrian arab republic


 * Group B
 * 🇮🇶 iraq


 * Group C
 * 🇮🇳 india
 * 🇨🇳 china


 * Group D
 * 🇰🇷 south korea
 * 🇯🇵 japan
 * 🇯🇵 japan

* Oman and North Yemen withdrew, South Yemen was moved to group D to balance the number of teams in each group.

Bronze medal match

 * The match was scratched and Saudi Arabia were awarded the bronze medal 2–0 after the North Korean team (including officials and competitors from other sports) were handed a two-year suspension for assaulting the referee, Vijit Getkaew of Thailand, and his linesman after the final whistle of their semi-final.