Football at the 2010 Asian Games was held in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China from 7 to 25 November 2010.

Japan became the first ever nation that won both Gold medals of Men's and Women's tournament in an Asian Games.

The draw ceremony for the team sports was held on 7 October 2010 in China.

The teams were seeded based on their final ranking at the 2006 Asian Games.

* Iraq withdrew from the competition shortly after the draw and was replaced by Pakistan.