Malaysia at the 2018 Asian Games

Malaysia participated in the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia from 18 August to 2 September 2018. At the last edition in Incheon, the country placed 14 in the medals tally, with 5 gold medals from squash, sailing, and karate. In 2018 edition, Malaysia was represented by 447 athletes and 140 officials at the Games. Abdul Azim Mohamad Zabidi, the Appeals Committee chairman of the Olympic Council of Malaysia was the chief of the delegation.

Media coverage
Malaysian satellite television provider Astro and public broadcaster Radio Televisyen Malaysia (RTM) held the broadcast rights of the 2018 Asian Games in the country. Astro broadcast the games live on 12 Astro SuperSport channels, 4 Astro Arena channels, as well as Astro GO and NJOI Now mobile applications. It was also one of the production teams for host broadcaster International Games Broadcast Services.

Radio Televisyen Malaysia broadcast the games live on 3 television channels, TV1, TV2 and RTM HD Sports (now Sukan RTM) and its over-the-top media service website, myklik (now RTMklik). This marked the return of the broadcast department to cover the games after 8 years, having previously replaced by Media Prima broadcast companies: TV3 and TV9 for the coverage of the 2014 edition.

Medalists
The following Malaysian competitors won medals at the Games.


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Multiple medallists
The following Malaysia competitors won several medals at the 2018 Asian Games.

Competitors
The following is a list of the number of competitors representing Malaysia that had participated at the Asian Games:

Badminton
OCM announced the Malaysia badminton squad of 14 players (10 men's and 4 women's). On Saturday, 30 June 2018, the Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM) dropped Iskandar Zulkarnain Zainuddin from the squad due to smoking and disciplinary issues, but because Lee Chong Wei withdrew from the competition, he will be considered again by BAM. BAM finally decide the 2018 World Championships bronze medalist Liew Daren to replace Lee Chong Wei, while Soong Joo Ven replace Iskandar to join the squad.


 * Men


 * Women


 * Mixed

Basketball
Malaysia didn't join the 5x5 basketball event, but joined the 3x3 basketball event instead.


 * Summary

Men's 3x3 Tournament

 * Roster
 * Wong Yi Hou
 * Heng Yee Tong
 * Ting Chun Hong
 * Liew Wen Qian


 * Group D

Women's 3x3 Tournament

 * Roster
 * Ho Ching Yee
 * Wong Sze Qian
 * Hiew Ky Lie
 * Ng Yu Feng


 * Group A


 * Quarter-finals

Canoe polo (demonstration)
For the first time in Asian Games history, canoe polo contested as demonstration sport, meaning medals won in this sport will not be counted in the official overall medal tally.

Esports (demonstration)
Esports is being featured at the 2018 Asian Games as a demonstration sport, meaning medals won in this sport will not be counted in the official overall medal tally. eSports will be a medal event at the 2022 Asian Games.It is being held from 26 August to 1 September 2018.Six video game titles are being featured in the demonstration event.

Field hockey
Malaysia men's team competed at the Games in pool B, while the women's team in pool A.


 * Summary

Men's tournament

 * Roster


 * Pool B


 * Semifinal


 * Gold medal game

Women's tournament

 * Roster


 * Pool A


 * Fifth place game

Football
Malaysia joined in the group E at the men's football event.


 * Summary

Men's tournament

 * Roster


 * Group E


 * Round of 16

Artistic
Team Final & Individual Qualification

Handball
Malaysia men's team will compete at the Games in group A, while the women's team in group B. It was the first time in Asian Games history Malaysia compete in the sport.

Key:
 * Summary
 * ET – After extra time
 * P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Men's tournament

 * Roster


 * Najhan Bohari
 * Mohammad Izzat Muhammad Abdul Karim
 * Dzulfiqar Ismail
 * Nabil Abdul Razak
 * Fazrin Jamaluddin
 * Ammar Safwan Nadzarudin
 * Koh Chan Seng
 * Faizan Damanhuri
 * Ridzuan Mohd Razali
 * Salman Sayyidi Hamzah
 * Mohd Uzair Zubli
 * Khairul Amirul Abdullah
 * Ahmad Zaidi Rosdi
 * Solihin Mustafa Kamal
 * Amirul Ikram Abdul Razak
 * Fikree Azman


 * Group A


 * Classification round (9–13)

Women's tournament

 * Roster


 * Nurul Hafizah Mispani
 * Norsyamimi Wan Mohd Nazri
 * Nur Alia Saimi
 * Nur Shaidatul Mohd Zubaidi
 * Noor Haninah Hasri
 * Nur Amira Wahid
 * Farah Atifah Ahmad Yusop
 * Aqilah Hasya Haris Fadzillah
 * Nurul irdina Yazid
 * Dharshiniy N Sivan
 * Nurfarahiyah Yusri
 * Siti Zubaidah Mohd Salleh
 * Nor Shuhada Zahari
 * Nur Atikah Azman
 * Nurshahira Abd Rahman
 * Nur Asyiqin Rasdi


 * Group B


 * Ninth place game

Judo
Malaysia will compete at the Games with one judoka.


 * Men

Kabaddi

 * Summary

Men's tournament

 * Team roster


 * Prabhakaran Mani
 * Dinesh Tamilselvam
 * Allexson Lian Sin
 * Ganga Tharen Thana Seelan
 * Thanaselan Nadarajan
 * Tavitaran Nedunjilan
 * Vimalanathan Pavadai
 * Devan Munisvaran
 * Prabakaran Maksvaran
 * Dinishwaran Markandan
 * Logean Ravindran
 * Sasikumar Manimaran


 * Group B

Rugby sevens
Malaysia men's team has been placed in group B at the Games.

Men's tournament
The following is the Malaysia squad in the men's rugby sevens tournament of the 2018 Asian Games.
 * Squad

Head coach: Mohd Saizul Hafifi Md Noor


 * Mohamad Safwan Abdullah
 * Zulkiflee Azmi
 * Muhammad Nasharuddin Ismail
 * Wan Izzuddin Ismail
 * Muhammad Siddiq Amir Jalil
 * Muhammad Azwan Zuwairi Mat Zizi
 * Muhammad Dzafran Asyraaf Muhamad Zainudin
 * Amalul Hazim Nasarrudin
 * Mohamad Khairul Abdillah Ramli
 * Muhammad Zulhisham Rasli
 * Muhamad Firdaus Tarmizi
 * Muhammad Ameer Nasrun Zulkeffli


 * Group B


 * Quarterfinal


 * Classification semifinal (5–8)


 * Fifth place game

Sepak takraw

 * Men


 * Women

Sport climbing

 * Speed


 * Speed relay


 * Combined

Squash

 * Individual

Men's team

 * Pool B


 * Semifinals


 * Gold medal match

Women's team

 * Pool A


 * Semifinals

Taekwondo

 * Poomsae


 * Kyorugi

Triathlon

 * Individual


 * Mixed relay

Wushu

 * Taolu