Asian Games 2026

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Medal table

#	Nation				Total
1	China	169	89	83	341
2	JapanHost	83	95	91	269
3	South Korea	39	43	68	150
4	India	21	27	37	85
5	Uzbekistan	21	25	24	70
6	Iran	19	18	15	52
7	Thailand	18	13	21	52
8	Kazakhstan	12	24	48	84
9	Hong Kong	11	19	24	54
10	Bahrain	11	5	6	22
11	Malaysia	9	7	16	32
12	North Korea	7	13	9	29
13	United Arab Emirates	7	5	1	13
14	Qatar	6	6	6	18
15	Chinese Taipei	5	17	33	55
16	Indonesia	5	11	23	39
17	Philippines	4	9	16	29
18	Saudi Arabia	4	3	10	17
19	Kuwait	4	1	4	9
20	Vietnam	3	3	19	25
21	Singapore	2	9	7	18
22	Tajikistan	2	5	9	16
23	Jordan	2	3	6	11
24	Myanmar	2	1	2	5
25	Macau	1	4	1	6
26	Kyrgyzstan	1	3	10	14
27	Mongolia	1	1	13	15
28	Sri Lanka	1	1	1	3
29	Pakistan	0	2	8	10
30	Iraq	0	2	3	5
31	Turkmenistan	0	2	0	2
32	Afghanistan	0	1	2	3
32	Lebanon	0	1	2	3
34	Oman	0	1	1	2
35	Cambodia	0	0	4	4
36	Nepal	0	0	2	2
37	Bangladesh	0	0	1	1
37	Brunei	0	0	1	1
37	Laos	0	0	1	1
37	Syria	0	0	1	1

Source: Wikipedia ·

Men's cricket · Group A

#	Team	M	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR
1	Nepal	2	1	0	1	3	0.842
2	Afghanistan	2	1	1	0	2	0.846
3	Japan	2	0	1	1	1	-2.4

Men's cricket · Group B

#	Team	M	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR
1	Malaysia	2	1	0	1	3	2.95
2	Hong Kong	2	1	1	0	2	-0.075
3	Oman	2	0	1	1	1	-2.05

Matches and results

Final

India

211/6

Pakistan

192/6

20 ov, target 212

India won by 19 runs

Final

Bangladesh

102

17.3/20 ov, target 166

Sri Lanka

165/9

Sri Lanka won by 63 runs

Final

India

169/7

Sri Lanka

45

9.5/20 ov, target 170

India won by 124 runs

Final

Bangladesh

111/7

13/13 ov

Pakistan

112/4

11.3/13 ov, target 112

Pakistan won by 6 wickets (with 9 balls remaining)

Final

Afghanistan

India

Match abandoned without a ball bowled

Final

Bangladesh

Malaysia

Match abandoned without a ball bowled

Final

Nepal

Sri Lanka

Match abandoned without a ball bowled

Final

Hong Kong

Pakistan

Match abandoned without a ball bowled

Final

Afghanistan

102/7

20

Nepal

103/5

17.2

Nepal won by 5 wkts

Final

Japan

81

Afghanistan

129/6

20

Afghanistan won by 48 runs

Final

Malaysia

Oman

Match abandoned without a ball bowled

Final

Japan

Nepal

149/4

15 ov

No result

Final

HC

Hong Kong, China

O

Oman

Hong Kong, China won by 41 runs

Final

HC

Hong Kong, China

M

Malaysia

Malaysia won by 8 wkts

Final

IW

India Women

216/3

20

SW

Sri Lanka Women

69

India Women won by 147 runs

Final

PW

Pakistan Women

145/8

20

BW

Bangladesh Women

114/7

20

Pakistan Women won by 31 runs

Final

PW

Pakistan Women

177/4

20

SW

Sri Lanka Women

178/2

17.5

Sri Lanka Women won by 8 wkts

Final

IW

India Women

195/4

20

BW

Bangladesh Women

81

India Women won by 114 runs

Final

MW

Malaysia Women

74/7

20

SW

Sri Lanka Women

160/4

20

Sri Lanka Women won by 86 runs

Final

JW

Japan Women

57

IW

India Women

59/2

5

India Women won by 8 wkts

Final

PW

Pakistan Women

92/7

10.4

TW

Thailand Women

91/4

11

Pakistan Women won by 3 wkts (11 Overs game due to wet outfield)

Source: ESPN, CricketData.org

Photo by Government of Odisha (CC BY 4.0), via Wikimedia Commons

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