Since the 2002 Asian Games, age limit for men teams is under-23 plus up to three overage players for each squad,[1] same as the age limit in football competitions at the Summer Olympics.

Although Kazakhstan is a member of the Olympic Council of Asia, they cannot participate in football due to their football federation KFF has been a member of the UEFA since 2002.

Japan is the only nation to have won both Gold medals of Men's and Women's tournament in an Asian Games in the same year (2010).

2 Saudi Arabia were awarded the third-place playoff by default after the Korea DPR team were handed a two-year suspension for assaulting officials at the end of their semi-final.

3 2022 Asian Games men's qualifying was postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic The first women's tournament was held in the 1990 Asian Games.