The men's football tournament at the 2018 Asian Games was held from 10 August to 1 September 2018.

South Korea were the gold medal holders when they won the tournament in 2014.

The teams were seeded into four pots based on their performances in the previous Asian Games in 2014.

[5] However, the initial draw result was scratched because the UAE and Palestine were omitted,[6][7] 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.

In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out would be used to decide the winner if necessary, except for the third place match where penalty shoot-out (no extra time) would be used to decide the winner if necessary.