Football at the 2018 Asian Games – Men
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Indonesia |
| Dates | 10 August – 1 September |
| Teams | 25 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue(s) | 4 (in 4 host cities) |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 25 |
| Goals scored | 77 (3.08 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |
 Tan Chun Lok (HKG) Hwang Ui-jo (KOR)(3 goals) |
The men's football tournament at the 2018 Asian Games is held from 10 August to 1 September 2018. It is the 17th edition of the men's tournament. In this tournament, 25 teams played in the men's competition. South Korea are the defending champions.
The match schedule of the men's tournament was unveiled on 15 February 2018.
The tournament is held in four venues across four cities.Pakansari Stadium in Cibinong will host the final at 1 September 2018.
The draw for the tournament was held on 5 July 2018 with initially 24 teams involved. The teams were seeded into four pots based on their performances in the previous Asian Games in 2014. The hosts Indonesia were automatically assigned into position A1.
However, the initial draw result was scratched because the UAE and Palestine were omitted, so the draw result had to be reconfirmed on 25 July 2018, and the ceremony reopened in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia at 3:00 p.m. local time (7:00 a.m. GMT). Palestine were added to Group A and the UAE were added to Group E.
Iraq, which were initially placed in Group C, later withdrew from the tournament. To re-balance the groups so that every group has at least four teams, another re-draw was held on 3 August 2018 to determine which of Palestine or UAE would be moved to Group C to replace Iraq. The UAE were drawn.
The top two teams of each group and four best third-placed teams advance to round of 16.
All times are local, WIB (UTC+7).
Teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings.
In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary, except for the third place match where penalty shoot-out (no extra time) is used to decide the winner if necessary.
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