Football at the 1982 Asian Games

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

Draw

The teams were seeded based on their final ranking at the 1978 Asian Games.
;Group A*
;Group B

;Group C
;Group D*
* Oman and North Yemen withdrew, South Yemen was moved to group D to balance the number of teams in each group.

Results

Preliminary round

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Knockout round

Quarterfinals

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Semifinals

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Bronze medal match

The match was scratched and Saudi Arabia were awarded the bronze medal 2–0 after the North Korean team 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.