Football at the West Asian Games

At the West Asian Games, football is one of the sports that has been a regular feature of the Games since 1997. The tournament takes place at irregular intervals. Participants are the U-23 national football teams of the twelve associations in West Asia and, until 2014, also Iran. A tournament in women's football has not yet been played. Since 1997, an age limit of 23 years has been in effect, analogous to the regulation at the Olympic football tournament .

The tournaments at a glance

year	host	final			Bronze game
		gold	Result	silver	bronze	Result	4th Place
1997 details	Iran ( Tehran )	Iran		Syria	Kuwait		Tajikistan
2002 details	Kuwait ( Kuwait City )	Kuwait		Iran	Syria		Palestine
2005 details	Qatar ( Doha )	Iraq	2: 2 4: 3 i. E.	Syria	Iran	2: 1	Saudi Arabia
2016 details	Iran ( Kish )

Medal table

after 3 tournaments

rank	country				total
1	Iran	1	1	1	3
2	Kuwait	1	0	1	2
3	Iraq	1	0	0	1
4th	Syria	0	2	1	3

Web links

• Details about the tournaments on rsssf.com