Football at the 2010 Asian Games | |||||||
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Venue | Huadu Stadium Ying Tung Stadium Guangdong People's Stadium Huangpu Sports Center Yuexiushan Stadium Guangdong Olympic Stadium Tianhe Stadium Guangzhou University Town Stadium | ||||||
Date | 7–25 November | ||||||
Competitors | 602 from 24 nations | ||||||
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Football at the 2010 Asian Games was held in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China from 7 to 25 November 2010. The opening match was played 5 days prior to the opening ceremony. In this tournament, 24 teams played in the men's competition, and 7 teams participated in women's competition.
Age limit for the men teams was under-23, same as the age limit in football competitions in Olympic Games, while three overage players are allowed among each squad.
Japan became the first ever nation that won both Gold medals of Men's and Women's tournament in an Asian Games.