Football at the 1994 Asian Games

Football at the 1994 Asian Games was held in Hiroshima, Japan from 1 to 16 October 1994. The Asian Football Confederation suggested that only under-23 teams should be entered, which meant that all the players had to be born after January 1, 1971. But this was ignored by all participants except Saudi Arabia.

The women's tournament doubled the Asian qualification of 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup in Sweden, where China and Japan qualified.

Draw
The original draw for men's tournament was announced on 1 June 1994 as follows:


 * Group A
 * 🇺🇿 uzbekistan
 * 🇧🇭 bahrain
 * 🇾🇪 yemen
 * 🇾🇪 yemen
 * 🇾🇪 yemen


 * Group B
 * 🇹🇭 thailand
 * 🇹🇲 turkmenistan
 * 🇮🇳 india
 * 🇮🇳 india


 * Group C
 * 🇰🇷 south korea
 * 🇨🇳 china
 * 🇰🇿 kazakhstan


 * Group D
 * 🇭🇰 hong kong
 * 🇭🇰 hong kong
 * 🇭🇰 hong kong


 * Group E
 * 🇯🇵 japan
 * 🇶🇦 qatar

On 16 September a revised draw was announced, following some withdrawals. Two more entrants (Malaysia and Palestine) were included.


 * Group A
 * 🇾🇪 yemen
 * 🇧🇭 bahrain
 * 🇹🇲 turkmenistan
 * 🇨🇳 china
 * 🇨🇳 china


 * Group B
 * 🇹🇭 thailand
 * 🇭🇰 hong kong
 * 🇺🇿 uzbekistan
 * 🇭🇰 hong kong
 * 🇺🇿 uzbekistan


 * Group C
 * 🇰🇷 south korea


 * Group D
 * 🇯🇵 japan
 * 🇶🇦 qatar

However, Palestine then withdrew for financial reasons.