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Football at the 1982 Asian Games

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

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Draw

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

* 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.

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    Football at the 1982 Asian Games Wikipedia
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