Saudi Arabia at the 2018 Asian Games

Saudi Arabia at the
2018 Asian Games
Saudi Arabia at the; 2018 Asian Games
IOC code	KSA
NOC	Saudi Arabian Olympic Committee
Website	www.olympic.sa
in Jakarta and Palembang ; August 18 – September 2
Flag bearer	Ali Yousef Alothman
Medals ; Ranked 25th	Gold1Silver2Bronze3Total6
Asian Games appearances (overview)
	1978 ; 1982 ; 1986 ; 1990 ; 1994 ; 1998; 2002 ; 2006 ; 2010 ; 2014 ; 2018 ;

Last updated May 28, 2023

Saudi Arabia competed at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia, from 18 August to 2 September 2018.^[2]

Medalists

The following Saudi Arabia competitors won medals at the Games.

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Ramzy Al-Duhami Khaled Al-Mobty Khaled Al-Eid Abdullah Al-Sharbatly	Equestrian	Team jumping	28 Aug
Silver	Hussain Ghuwayli Al-Harbi	Shooting	Men's 300 metre standard rifle	24 Aug
Silver	Raef Adel Al-Turkistani	Karate	Men's kumite 75 kg	27 Aug
Bronze	Tareg Hamedi	Karate	Men's kumite +84 kg	25 Aug
Bronze	Ramzy Al-Duhami	Equestrian	Individual jumping	30 Aug
Bronze	Tariq Ahmed Al-Amri	Athletics	Men's 5000 metres	30 Aug

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Athletics	0	0	1	1
Equestrian	1	0	1	2
Karate	0	1	1	2
Shooting	0	1	0	1
Total	1	2	3	6

Medals by day
Day	Date				Total
1	August 19	0	0	0	0
2	August 20	0	0	0	0
3	August 21	0	0	0	0
4	August 22	0	0	0	0
5	August 23	0	0	0	0
6	August 24	0	1	0	1
7	August 25	0	0	1	1
8	August 26	0	0	0	0
9	August 27	0	1	0	1
10	August 28	1	0	0	1
11	August 29	0	0	0	0
12	August 30	0	0	2	2
13	August 31	0	0	0	0
14	September 1	0	0	0	0
15	September 2	0	0	0	0
Total		1	2	3	6

Competitors

The following is a list of the number of competitors representing Saudi Arabia that participated at the Games:

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Archery	3	0	3
Athletics	11	3	14
Badminton	0	2	2
Bowling	6	0	6
Contract bridge	4	0	4
Equestrian	4	0	4
Football	20	0	20
Gymnastics	2	0	2
Handball	16	0	16
Jet ski	3	0	3
Ju-jitsu	2	1	3
Judo	1	0	1
Karate	4	0	4
Paragliding	5	0	5
Rowing	1	0	1
Shooting	6	0	6
Swimming	1	0	1
Taekwondo	7	1	8
Volleyball	12	0	12
Water polo	13	0	13
Weightlifting	7	0	7
Total	128	7	135

Demonstration events

Sport	Men	Women	Total
eSports	7	0	7

Archery

Recurve

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank
Abdalelah Ali Binali	Men's individual	613	62	did not advance
Fahd Alwi Mansour		621	35	Thamwong (THA) L 5–6	did not advance
Fares Mater Alotaibi		620	36	Najafabadi (IRI) W 6–0	Abdullin (KAZ) L 0–6	did not advance
Abdalelah Binali Fahd Alwi Mansour Fares Mater Alotaibi	Men's team	1854	16	Hong Kong W 5–1	South Korea L 0–6	did not advance

Athletics

Saudi Arabia entered fourteen athletes (ahmed saud 11 men's and 3 women's) to participate in the athletics competition at the Games.^[3]

Badminton

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank
Rana Abu Harbesh	Singles	Cheung N Y (HKG) L 2–21, 5–21	did not advance
Shatha Almutairi	Singles	K Sirimannage (SRI) L 4–21, 4–21	did not advance
Rana Abu Harbesh Shatha Almutairi	Doubles	Bye	Lee S-h / Shin S-c (KOR) L 4–21, 7–21	did not advance

Bowling

Men

Athlete	Event	Block 1	Block 2	Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Result	Total	Rank
Adel Al-Bariqi Sultan Al-Masri Ammar Tarrad	Trios	2000	1851	3851	23
Yousef Akbar Abdulrahman Al-Kheliwi Hassan Al-Shaikh	Trios	1971	2000	3971	17
Yousef Akbar Abdulrahman Al-Kheliwi Hassan Al-Shaikh Adel Al-Bariqi Sultan Al-Masri Ammar Tarrad	Team of six	4017	3908	7925	10

Contract bridge

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Point	Rank	Point	Rank	Point	Rank
Omar Bajunaid Abdelhakim Sahab	Pair	1404.1	24 Q	1015.4	15	did not advance
Ibrahim Al-Ahdal Hussamuddin Sallout	Pair	1218.4	33	did not advance
Abdelhakim Sahab Ibrahim Al-Ahdal Omar Bajunaid Hussamuddin Sallout	Team	56.29	14	did not advance

Equestrian

Saudi Arabia clinched its first gold medal when the equestrian team came first in the jumping event represented by Ramzy Al-Duhami, Khaled Al-Mobty, Khaled Al-Eid, and Abdullah Al-Sharbatly. The team outsmarted equestrian contestants from 17 countries.^[4]

Jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification		Qualifier 1			Qualifier 2 Team Final			Final round A			Final round B
Athlete	Horse	Event	Points	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank
Ramzy Al-Duhami	TED	Individual	0.00	1	0	0.00	1 Q	1	1.00	1 Q	0	1.00	1 Q	4	5.00
Khaled Al-Eid	Kayenne of de Rocky Mounten		1.50	5	4	5.50	11 Q	0	5.50	8 Q	8	13.50	11	did not advance
Khaled Al-Mobty	Dessert Storm II		0.40	2	0	0.40	2 Q	4	4.40	7 Q	5	9.40	8 Q	6	15.40	8
Abdullah Al-Sharbatly	Carrera		4.19 #	14	Eliminated			did not advance
Abdullah Al-Sharbatly Khaled Al-Eid Khaled Al-Mobty Ramzy Al-Duhami	See above	Team	1.90	1	4	5.90	1 Q	5	10.90		—

# – indicates that the score of this rider does not count in the team competition, since only the best three results of a team are counted.

Esports (demonstration)

Clash Royale^[5]

Athlete	ID	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Loser round 1	Loser round 2	Loser round 3	Semifinal	Final
Athlete	ID	Event	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank
Solaiman Almbrek	Scorep10	Clash Royale	India L 0–3	did not advance		Uzbekistan W 3–0	India L 0–3	did not advance

Hearthstone^[6]

Athlete	ID	Event	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	ID	Event	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank
Mosa Fouad H Alkaltham	Abu11ibrahim	Hearthstone	Vietnam L 1–3	did not advance

League of Legends^[7]

Athlete	ID	Event	Group stage		Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	ID	Event	Oppositions scores	Rank	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank
Hamza Wazzan Ajwad Wazzan Maan Arshad Nawaf Alsalem Meshal Albarrak	Wickychi Ajwad Fear Mimic Mishal	League of Legends	Chinese Taipei: L 0–2 Pakistan: W 2–0 Indonesia: W 2–0	2 Q	South Korea L 0–2	Chinese Taipei L 1–3	4

Football

Saudi Arabia drawn in group F at the Games.^[8]^[9]

Summary

Team	Event	Group Stage				Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Saudi Arabia men's	Men's tournament	Iran D 0–0	Myanmar W 3–0	North Korea L 0–3	3 Q	China W 4–3	Japan L 1–2	did not advance		8

Men's tournament

Roster

The following is the Saudi Arabia squad in the men's football tournament of the 2018 Asian Games.^[10]

Head coach: Saad Al-Shehri

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1 GK	Amin Al Bukhari	(1997-05-02)2 May 1997 (aged 21)	Al-Ittihad
21	1 GK	Saleh Al Ohaymid	(1998-05-21)21 May 1998 (aged 20)	Al-Nassr
22	1 GK	Mohammed Al Rubaie	(1997-08-14)14 August 1997 (aged 20)	Al-Batin

2	2 DF	Abdullah Hassoun	(1997-03-19)19 March 1997 (aged 21)	Al-Ahli
3	2 DF	Mohammed Bassas	(1998-08-31)31 August 1998 (aged 19)	Al-Ahli
4	2 DF	Abdullah Al-Yousef	(1997-10-29)29 October 1997 (aged 20)	Al-Fateh
5	2 DF	Abdulelah Al-Amri	(1997-01-15)15 January 1997 (aged 21)	Al-Wehda
12	2 DF	Mohammed Al-Zubaidi	(1997-08-25)25 August 1997 (aged 20)	Al-Ahli
13	2 DF	Awn Al-Saluli (captain)	(1998-09-02)2 September 1998 (aged 19)	Al-Ittihad

6	3 MF	Yousef Al-Harbi	(1997-03-16)16 March 1997 (aged 21)	Al-Ahli
7	3 MF	Abdulrahman Ghareeb	(1997-03-31)31 March 1997 (aged 21)	Al-Ahli
8	3 MF	Abdullah Majrashi	(1997-08-24)24 August 1997 (aged 20)	Al-Ahli
10	3 MF	Ayman Al-Khulaif	(1997-05-22)22 May 1997 (aged 21)	Al-Ahli
11	3 MF	Saad Al-Selouli	(1998-05-25)25 May 1998 (aged 20)	Al-Ettifaq
14	3 MF	Ali Al-Asmari	(1997-01-12)12 January 1997 (aged 21)	Ohod
16	3 MF	Abdurahman Al-Dossari	(1997-09-25)25 September 1997 (aged 20)	Al-Nassr
17	3 MF	Nasser Al Omran	(1997-07-13)13 July 1997 (aged 21)	Al-Shabab
18	3 MF	Nawaf Al Habashi	(1998-06-23)23 June 1998 (aged 20)	Al-Shabab

9	4 FW	Haroune Camara	(1998-01-01)1 January 1998 (aged 20)	Al-Qadsiah
20	4 FW	Muteb Al-Hammad	(1998-08-13)13 August 1998 (aged 19)	Al-Batin

* Over-aged player.

Group F

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Iran	3	1	1	1	3	2	+1	4	Advance to knockout stage
2	North Korea	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
3	Saudi Arabia	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
4	Myanmar	3	1	1	1	3	4	−1	4

Source: Asian Games 2018
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

15 August 2018

16:00 UTC+7

Saudi Arabia	0–0	Iran
	Report

Wibawa Mukti Stadium, Cikarang

Referee: Jansen Foo Chuan Hui (Singapore)

17 August 2018

19:00 UTC+7

Myanmar	0–3	Saudi Arabia
	Report	Gharib 15' (pen.), 59' (pen.) Al-Banaqi 89'

Wibawa Mukti Stadium, Cikarang

Referee: Çarymyrat Kurbanow (Turkmenistan)

20 August 2018

16:00 UTC+7

North Korea	3–0	Saudi Arabia
Kim Yong-il 2' Kim Yu-song 25', 51'	Report

Wibawa Mukti Stadium, Cikarang

Referee: Nasrullo Kabirov (Tajikistan)

Round of 16

24 August 2018

16:00 UTC+7

China	3–4	Saudi Arabia
Yao Junsheng 80' Huang Zichang 88' Wei Shihao 90+5'	Report	Camara 16', 33', 60' Al-Selouli 29'

Patriot Candrabhaga Stadium, Bekasi

Referee: Kim Dae-yong (South Korea)

Quarter-finals

27 August 2018

16:00 UTC+7

Saudi Arabia	1–2	Japan
Tatsuta 39' (o.g.)	Report	Iwasaki 31', 73'

Pakansari Stadium, Cibinong

Referee: Timur Faizullin (Kyrgyzstan)

Gymnastics

Handball

Saudi Arabia men's team will compete in group C at the Games.^[9]^[11]

Summary

Team	Event	Preliminary	Standing	Main / Class.	Rank / standing	Semifinals / Pl.	Final / BM / Pl.
Team	Event	Opposition score	Standing	Opposition score	Rank / standing	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank
Saudi Arabia men's	Men's tournament	Group C Hong Kong: W 42–24 Indonesia: W 47–13	1 Q	Group I Japan: D 26–26 Qatar: L 23–28 Iraq: D 20–20	3	Did not advance	Iran L 23–30	6

Men's tournament

Roster

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Saudi Arabia	2	2	0	89	37	+52	4	Main round – Group 1–2
2	Hong Kong	2	1	1	64	59	+5	2	Main round – Group 1–2
3	Indonesia	2	0	2	30	87	−57	0	Main round – Group 3

Source: AHF

15 August 16:00	Saudi Arabia	42–24	Hong Kong	POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Lee, Koo (KOR)
	Saeed, Moj. Al-Salem 5	(21–12)	Ip S.Y. 6
	3×		2× 2×

17 August 14:00	Indonesia	13–47	Saudi Arabia	POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Shakir, Kadhim (IRQ)
	Bagas, Tolang 5	(4–21)	Al-Saffar 8
	2×		2×

Main round (Group I)

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Qatar	3	3	0	0	78	60	+18	6	Semifinals
2	Japan	3	1	1	1	70	74	−4	3	Semifinals
3	Saudi Arabia	3	0	2	1	69	74	−5	2	Classification 5th–6th
4	Iraq	3	0	1	2	64	73	−9	1	Classification 7th–8th

Source: AHF

20 August 20:00	Saudi Arabia	26–26	Japan	POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Al-Marhoon, Al-Mawt (BHR)
	Al-Abbas 8	(15–11)	Agarie 7
	3× 3× 1×		3× 4×

22 August 20:00	Qatar	28–23	Saudi Arabia	POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Lee, Koo (KOR)
	Capote 6	(16–10)	Al-Hammad 6
	3× 3×		3× 4× 1×

24 August 16:00	Iraq	20–20	Saudi Arabia	POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Tavakkoli, Valadkhanian (IRI)
	Adnan 9	(11–12)	Al-Abbas, Al-Abdulali 5
	1× 4×		2× 3× 2×

Fifth place game

26 August 18:00	Saudi Arabia	23–30	Iran	POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Hizaki, Ikebuchi (JPN)
	Saeed, Moj. Al-Salem 5	(9–16)	Samsami 6
	1× 4× 1×		3× 3×

Jet ski

Athlete	Event	Moto Points				Ded.	Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	Ded.	Total	Rank
Hesham Bakhsh	Runabout limited	27	33	DNF		—	60	10
Saud Ahmad	Runabout 1100 stock	DNF				—	0	–
Saud Ahmad	Runabout endurance open	348	344	352	—	–5	1039	7
Khalid Al-Otaibi	Runabout endurance open	328	DNF		—	–5	323	13

Ju-jitsu

Saudi Arabia entered the ju-jitsu competition with 3 athletes (2 men's and 1 women's).^[12]

Key:

ADV – Won by advantages.
RDC – Won by referee decision.
SUB – Won by submission.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Abdulmalik Al-Murdhi	–69 kg	M Wakili (AFG) W 100^SUB–0	T Al-Kirbi (UAE) L 0–0^ADV	did not advance
Ahmed Saud	–85 kg	J Andishmand (AFG) W 2^RDC–2	K Balhol (UAE) L 0–100^SUB	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Farah Al-Zahrani	–62 kg	Bye	B Al-Matrooshi (UAE) DSQ	did not advance

Judo

Saudi Arabia sent one judoka to compete at the Games.^[13]

Key:

1st number — Ippon
2nd number — Waza-ari
s — Shido

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Sulaiman Hamad	–73 kg	S Dangol (NEP) W 10s1–00	V Scvortov (UAE) L 00–11	did not advance

Karate

Paragliding

Men

Athlete	Event	Round										Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Rank
Abdulmotaaly Ahmed	Individual accuracy	7	175	35	352	13	51	~~500~~	17	73	81	804	15
Ali Al-Nujaimi	Individual accuracy	5	22	34	~~500~~	87	500	7	132	154	88	1029	21
Abdulmotaaly Ahmed Aali Al-Maymuni Ali Al-Nujaimi Ali Al-Shamrani Ibrahim Bahri	Team accuracy	728	784	115	874	279	1189	—				3969	7

Rowing

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Husein Alireza	Single sculls	8:58.16	5 R	8:18.83	4 FB	7:59.18	9

Shooting

Hussain Ghuwayli Al-Harbi claimed the first medal for the Saudi Arabia contingent by winning the silver in the 300 metre standard rifle men's competition.^[14]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Atallah Al-Anazi	10 m air pistol	573	17	did not advance
Safar Al-Dosari	10 m air pistol	560	32	did not advance
Mesfer Al-Ammari	10 m air rifle	617.3	21	did not advance
Hussain Al-Harbi	10 m air rifle	616.8	24	did not advance
Hussain Al-Harbi	300 m standard rifle	—		568
Abdulrahman Al-Juhaydili	300 m standard rifle	—		557	9
Saeed Al-Mutairi	Skeet	122	4 Q	31	4

Swimming

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Yousif Habib Bu Arish	50 m freestyle	24.39	33	did not advance
	50 m butterfly	25.74	30	did not advance
	100 m butterfly	57.84	27	did not advance

Taekwondo

Poomsae

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Wahid Moghis	Men's individual	Hu Mingda (CHN) L 7.86–8.34	did not advance
Wahid Moghis Essa Al-Shaikh Mohammed Al-Mustafa	Men's team	Philippines L 7.64–8.18	did not advance

Kyorugi

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Ali Asiri	Men's −58 kg	Bye
Hamad Al-Mabrouk	Men's −63 kg	Tawin Hanprab (THA)
Ghazi Al-Asmari	Men's −68 kg	Sonexay Mangkheua (LAO)
Saud Al-Muwallad	Men's −80 kg	Nurlan Myrzabayev (KAZ)
Norah Al-Marri	Women's −57 kg	Bye	Permata Cinta Nadya (INA)

Volleyball

Saudi Arabia men's team has placed in pool A at the Games.^[9]

Indoor volleyball

Team	Event	Group Stage		Playoffs	Quarterfinals / Pl.	Semifinals / Pl.	Final / BM / Pl.
Team	Event	Oppositions scores	Rank	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank
Saudi Arabia men's	Men's tournament	Kyrgyzstan: W 3–1 Indonesia: W 3–1	1 Q	Bye	Chinese Taipei L 1–3	Thailand L 0–3	China L 0–3	10

Men's tournament

Roster

The following is the Saudi Arabia roster in the men's volleyball tournament of the 2018 Asian Games.^[15]

Head coach: Zharko Ristoski

No.	Name	Date of birth	Height	Weight	Spike	Block	Club
1	Ibrahim Salman Al-Moaiqel	7 April 1996	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	70 kg (150 lb)	343 cm (135 in)	302 cm (119 in)	Al-Hilal
2	Nawaf Al-Bakheet	31 August 1987	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	73 kg (161 lb)	335 cm (132 in)	318 cm (125 in)
3	Ahmed Al-Bakheet (c)	30 September 1982	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	82 kg (181 lb)	331 cm (130 in)	321 cm (126 in)	Al Arabi
4	Hassan Abdullah Wathlan	10 May 1995	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	68 kg (150 lb)	345 cm (136 in)	304 cm (120 in)	Al-Hilal
5	Meshari Saad Al-Gurashi	24 April 1997	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	69 kg (152 lb)	343 cm (135 in)	303 cm (119 in)
6	Sami Mohammed Samiti	15 February 1993	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	70 kg (150 lb)	344 cm (135 in)	305 cm (120 in)
8	Hassan Al-Abdulbaqi	20 June 1996	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	76 kg (168 lb)	338 cm (133 in)	310 cm (120 in)
10	Bandar Ali Al-Zahrani	14 May 1990	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)	80 kg (180 lb)	335 cm (132 in)	308 cm (121 in)
11	Abdullah Hassan Al-Zahrani	18 June 1995	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	66 kg (146 lb)			Al-Hilal
12	Muwaffaq Al-Mutairi	30 September 1990	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)	70 kg (150 lb)	335 cm (132 in)	320 cm (130 in)	Al-Hilal
13	Omar Mansour Al-Najrani	13 July 1990	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	71 kg (157 lb)	334 cm (131 in)	323 cm (127 in)	Al Ahly
17	Ibrahim Ali Majrashi	7 January 1998	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	71 kg (157 lb)	348 cm (137 in)	330 cm (130 in)	Al Ahly

Pool A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR
1	Saudi Arabia	2	2	0	6	6	2	3.000	186	167	1.114
2	Indonesia (H)	2	1	1	3	4	3	1.333	164	149	1.101
3	Kyrgyzstan	2	0	2	0	1	6	0.167	136	170	0.800

Source: OCA
(H) Host

20 August 2018 (2018-08-20) 10:00 UTC+7	Saudi Arabia	3–1	Kyrgyzstan	GBK Tennis Indoor, Jakarta Attendance: 500 Referees: Nathanon Sowapark (THA), Kanagaraj Karibeeran (IND)
	(25–18, 20–25, 25–18, 25–17) Report

22 August 2018 (2018-08-22) 19:00 UTC+7	Indonesia	1–3	Saudi Arabia	GBK Tennis Indoor, Jakarta Attendance: 2,800 Referees: Jun Sang-chun (KOR), Ebrahim Firouzi (IRI)
	(23–25, 25–16, 19–25, 22–25) Report

Quarterfinal

26 August 2018 (2018-08-26) 19:30 UTC+7	Saudi Arabia	1–3	Chinese Taipei	GBK Tennis Indoor, Jakarta Attendance: 550 Referees: Nathanon Sowapark (THA), Joseph Gerard (MAS)
	(25–22, 19–25, 8–25, 23–25) Report

7th–10th semifinal

30 August 2018 (2018-08-30) 10:00 UTC+7	Saudi Arabia	0–3	Thailand	GBK Tennis Indoor, Jakarta Attendance: 1,200 Referees: Jun Sang-chun (KOR), Ebrahim Firouzi (IRI)
	(23–25, 25–27, 22–25) Report

9th place game

31 August 2018 (2018-08-31) 14:30 UTC+7	Saudi Arabia	0–3	China	Bulungan Sport Hall, Jakarta Attendance: 200 Referees: Cedric Chung Sze-lai (HKG), Joseph Gerard (MAS)
	(15–25, 10–25, 17–25) Report

Water polo

Summary

Key:

FT – After full time.
P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Team	Event	Group Stage					Quarterfinal	Semifinal / Pl.	Final / BM / Pl.
Team	Event	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank
Saudi Arabia men's	Men's tournament	Indonesia D 12–12	Hong Kong W 12–6	China L 5–17	Japan L 4–20	3 Q	Iran L 7–15	Singapore L 5–6	Indonesia W 12–8	7

Men's tournament

Team roster

Head coach: Bandar Al-Zahrani

Hussain Jaizany (GK)
Mohammed Al-Helal (CB)
Mohammed Gahal (D)
Saeed Taleb (CB)
Naif Al-Muntashiri (D)
Ayman Al-Aryani (CB)
Ahmed Al-Shammary (D)
Khaled Al-Harbi (CF) (C)
Hamed Al-Nefaiei (CF)
Bader Al-Dughther (D)
Adel Al-Malki (D)
Mohammed Al-Khawfi (D)
Omar Sharahili (GK)

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Japan	4	4	0	0	79	15	+64	8	Quarterfinals
2	China	4	3	0	1	63	22	+41	6
3	Saudi Arabia	4	1	1	2	33	55	−22	3^{[lower-alpha 1]}
4	Indonesia	4	1	1	2	32	63	−31	3^{[lower-alpha 1]}
5	Hong Kong	4	0	0	4	17	69	−52	0

Source: OCA
Notes:

1 2 Head-to-head result: KSA 12–12 INA. Goal difference against the highest placed team (JPN): KSA −16, INA −17.

25 August 15:00	Saudi Arabia	12–12	Indonesia	Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium, Jakarta Referees: Safabakhsh (IRI), Flahive (AUS)
	Score by quarters: 1–3, 4–4, 3–4, 4–1
	Al-Dughather 6	Goals	Harahap 4

26 August 15:50	Saudi Arabia	12–6	Hong Kong	Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium, Jakarta Referees: Han (KOR), Salnichenko (KAZ)
	Score by quarters: 2–1, 4–1, 4–2, 2–2
	Al-Nefaiei 3	Goals	Cheng H.M. 3

28 August 15:50	China	17–5	Saudi Arabia	Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium, Jakarta Referees: Safabakhsh (IRI), Salnichenko (KAZ)
	Score by quarters: 4–0, 2–1, 6–1, 5–3
	Liu X., Sha S., Zhang C.F. 3	Goals	Al-Dughather, Al-Malki 2

29 August 15:50	Japan	20–4	Saudi Arabia	Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium, Jakarta Referees: Ni (CHN), Jiathornwattana (THA)
	Score by quarters: 4–1, 5–1, 6–0, 5–2
	Adachi 5	Goals	Al-Dughather 2

Quarter-final

30 August 9:00	Iran	15–7	Saudi Arabia	Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium, Jakarta Referees: Alexandrescu (ROU), Štampalija (CRO)
	Score by quarters: 2–1, 4–1, 5–3, 4–2
	Malek-Khanbanan 4	Goals	Al-Dughather 3

Classification semifinal (5–8)

31 August 9:00	Saudi Arabia	5–6	Singapore	Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium, Jakarta Referees: Ni (CHN), Safabakhsh (IRI)
	Score by quarters: 3–1, 0–1, 2–0, 0–4
	Taleb, Al-Dughather 2	Goals	Koh J.Y. 2

Seventh place game

1 September 9:00	Saudi Arabia	12–8	Indonesia	Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium, Jakarta Referees: Han (KOR), Tahara (JPN)
	Score by quarters: 3–0, 2–3, 0–2, 7–3
	Al-Malki 4	Goals	Budiman, Arifin 2

Weightlifting

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Mansour Al-Saleem	−56 kg	122	4	142	6	264	6
Seraj Al-Saleem	−56 kg	108	8	141	7	249	8
Nawaf Mohammed S Almazaydi	−62 kg	~~115~~	DNF	—	—	—	—
Mahmoud Mohammed Al Humayd	−69 kg	142	7	177	8	319	6
Mohsen Hussain Al Duhaylib	−69 kg	131	13	166	11	297	12
Ali Yousef Alothman	−85 kg	130	9	161	9	291	9
Ali Ahmed Al Khazal	−94 kg	150	8	190	5	340	7

Related Research Articles

The 1st Arabian Gulf Cup was the first edition of the Arabian Gulf Cup. The first tournament was held in Bahrain. It was won by the Kuwait, who defeated the hosts in the final match to finish first in the round-robin group. The tournament took place between 27 March and 3 April 1970.

The 2018 AFC U-16 Championship qualification was an international men's under-16 football competition which decides the participating teams of the 2018 AFC U-16 Championship.

The men's football tournament at the 2018 Asian Games was held from 10 August to 1 September 2018. It was the 17th edition of the men's tournament. In this tournament, 25 teams played in the men's competition. South Korea were the gold medal holders when they won the tournament in 2014. They managed to retain their title.

South Korea participated in the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia from 18 August to 2 September 2018. It was the 18th appearance of the country at the Asian Games, except the first edition in Delhi. As one of the best competitors at the Games, South Korea's best achievement was in the 2002 Busan, with the acquisition of 96 gold, 80 silver and 84 bronze medals. At the latest edition in 2014 Incheon, the country had collected 79 gold, 71 silver, and 84 bronze medals.

Hong Kong competed at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia, from 18 August to 2 September 2018. Hong Kong made its debut at the Asian Games in 1954 Manila, and the best achievement for the territory was in 2010 Asian Games held in neighboring Guangzhou, finishing with 8 gold, 15 silver and 17 bronze medals totaling 40 medals. At the previous edition in held 4 years later in Incheon, the total number of medals increased to 42, but the number of gold medals fell to 6, In Indonesia the performance of local athletes was satisfactory, improving the results obtained in 2010 and 2014 with 46 medals achieving the best results at the games.

Iran competed in the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia from 18 August to 2 September 2018. Iran has competed at the Asian Games since the first event in 1951 Delhi, and the best achievement was in 1974, when the country hosted the event in Tehran, by ranked second with the acquisition of 36 gold, 28 silver and 17 bronze medals. At the latest edition in Incheon, the country wrapped up its campaign with 57 medals in all - 21 gold, 18 silver and 18 bronze.

Japan participated in the 2018 Asian Games as a competing nation, in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia, from 18 August to 2 September 2018.

Syria competed at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia, from 18 August to 2 September 2018.

The United Arab Emirates competed at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia, from 18 August to 2 September 2018. The United Arab Emirates National Olympic Committee announced a delegation of 217 members for the Games, with 138 athletes represented the country across 23 sports.

East Timor participated at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia, from 18 August to 2 September 2018. The country is planned to send 64 athletes who compete in 12 different sports.

Bangladesh competed at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia, from 18 August to 2 September 2018. A total of 117 athletes from Bangladesh participating in 14 sports.

Nepal competed at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia, from 18 August to 2 September 2018.

Myanmar competed at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia, from 18 August to 2 September 2018. Myanmar has participated in all the editions of the Asian Games except in the 1986 Games in Seoul. Volleyball player Zaw Lwin Tun, had been honored to be the flag-bearer for the country at the opening ceremony.

Korea DPR participated in the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia from 18 August to 2 September 2018. Korea DPR made its first appearance at the Asian Games in 1974 Tehran, and ranked at the top five in 1974, 1978, 1982, and 1990. At the latest games in Incheon, North Korea had collected 36 medals, and standing at the seventh position in medals tally.

Uzbekistan participated in the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia from 18 August to 2 September 2018. Uzbekistan made its debut at the Asian Games in 1994 Hiroshima, and the best achievement was in 2002 Busan, with the acquisition of 15 gold, 12 silver and 24 bronze medals. At the last edition in Incheon, the country wrapped up its campaign with 45 medals in all - nine gold, 14 silver and 22 bronze.

Vietnam competed at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia from 18 August to 2 September 2018. The country surpassed its target of winning 3 gold medals at the Games by concluding the competition with 5 gold medals, 15 silver medals, and 19 bronze medals, ranking 16th out of 46 participating members of the Olympic Council of Asia.

Malaysia participated in the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia from 18 August to 2 September 2018. At the last edition in Incheon, the country placed 14 in the medals tally, with 5 gold medals from squash, sailing, and karate. In 2018 edition, Malaysia was represented by 447 athletes and 140 officials at the Games. Abdul Azim Mohamad Zabidi, the Appeals Committee chairman of the Olympic Council of Malaysia was the chief of the delegation.

Bahrain participated in the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia from 18 August to 2 September 2018. Bahrain first competed at the Asian Games in 1982 Delhi, and has collected 58 medals in all - 25 gold, 17 silver, and 16 bronze until the last Games in 2014 Incheon.

The AFC second round of 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification, which also served as the second round of 2023 AFC Asian Cup qualification, was played from 5 September 2019 to 15 June 2021.

The 2021 WAFF U-23 Championship was the second edition of the WAFF U-23 Championship, an under-23 international tournament for member nations of the West Asian Football Federation (WAFF). It took place in Saudi Arabia from 4 to 12 October 2021, featuring 11 teams. Only players born on or after 1 January 1998 were eligible to participate. Iran were the defending champions; however, they couldn't defend the title after they joined CAFA.

References

↑ "رياضي / الرئيس الإندونيسي يفتتح رسمياً دورة الألعاب الآسيوية الثامنة عشرة "جاكرتا 2018 "" [Indonesian President officially opens the 18th Asian Games "Jakarta 2018"]. www.spa.gov.sa/ (in Arabic). Saudi Press Agency. 18 August 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
↑ "Participants". 2018 Asian Games. Archived from the original on 11 July 2018. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
↑ "Official Result Book Athletics" (PDF). Olympic Council of Asia. 30 August 2018. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
↑ Meenaghan, Gary (28 August 2018). "Equestrian team brings home gold for Saudi Arabia at Asian Games". Arab News . Retrieved 29 August 2018.
↑ Sesotya, Ady (27 August 2018). "Esport - India Vs Arab Saudi" (in Indonesian). Antara . Retrieved 7 January 2019.
↑ Petrov, Nikola (11 July 2018). "Who are Asian Games' Hearthstone contenders?". esports.com. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
↑ "MIMIC and Ajwad to join KSA national team at Asian Games 2018". NASR eSports. 25 June 2018. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
↑ Affleck, Kevin (6 July 2018). "Saudi Arabia drawn in group with Iran and North Korea at Asian Games". Arab News . Retrieved 2 August 2018.
1 2 3 "السعودية في المجموعة السادسة بدورة الألعاب الآسيوية" (in Arabic). Kooora. 5 July 2018. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
↑ "Athletes Football Kingdom of Saudi Arabia". Asian Games 2018. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
↑ "18th Asian Games 2018 Men's Handball Event". Asian Handball Federation . Retrieved 2 August 2018.
↑ "Official Result Book Ju-jitsu" (PDF). Olympic Council of Asia. 26 August 2018. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
↑ "18th Asian Games Jakarta 2018". International Judo Federation . Retrieved 2 August 2018.
↑ "Sharpshooter Hussain Al-Harbi wins Asian Games silver for Saudi Arabia". Arab News. 24 August 2018. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
↑ "منتخب الطائرة يبدأ معسكر سلوفينيا" (in Arabic). Al Riyadiah. 27 July 2018. Retrieved 5 September 2018.

{{ |1=Key:

ET – After extra time
P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

}}

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.

[table_hth_KSA0.50760146393795-16] 1 2 Head-to-head result: KSA 12–12 INA. Goal difference against the highest placed team (JPN): KSA −16, INA −17.

[1] "رياضي / الرئيس الإندونيسي يفتتح رسمياً دورة الألعاب الآسيوية الثامنة عشرة "جاكرتا 2018 "" [Indonesian President officially opens the 18th Asian Games "Jakarta 2018"]. www.spa.gov.sa/ (in Arabic). Saudi Press Agency. 18 August 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2018.

[2] "Participants". 2018 Asian Games. Archived from the original on 11 July 2018. Retrieved 21 July 2018.

[3] "Official Result Book Athletics" (PDF). Olympic Council of Asia. 30 August 2018. Retrieved 30 December 2018.

[4] Meenaghan, Gary (28 August 2018). "Equestrian team brings home gold for Saudi Arabia at Asian Games". Arab News . Retrieved 29 August 2018.

[5] Sesotya, Ady (27 August 2018). "Esport - India Vs Arab Saudi" (in Indonesian). Antara . Retrieved 7 January 2019.

[6] Petrov, Nikola (11 July 2018). "Who are Asian Games' Hearthstone contenders?". esports.com. Retrieved 6 January 2019.

[7] "MIMIC and Ajwad to join KSA national team at Asian Games 2018". NASR eSports. 25 June 2018. Retrieved 7 January 2019.

[8] Affleck, Kevin (6 July 2018). "Saudi Arabia drawn in group with Iran and North Korea at Asian Games". Arab News . Retrieved 2 August 2018.

[drw-9] 1 2 3 "السعودية في المجموعة السادسة بدورة الألعاب الآسيوية" (in Arabic). Kooora. 5 July 2018. Retrieved 16 August 2018.

[10] "Athletes Football Kingdom of Saudi Arabia". Asian Games 2018. Retrieved 14 August 2018.

[11] "18th Asian Games 2018 Men's Handball Event". Asian Handball Federation . Retrieved 2 August 2018.

[12] "Official Result Book Ju-jitsu" (PDF). Olympic Council of Asia. 26 August 2018. Retrieved 23 October 2018.

[13] "18th Asian Games Jakarta 2018". International Judo Federation . Retrieved 2 August 2018.

[14] "Sharpshooter Hussain Al-Harbi wins Asian Games silver for Saudi Arabia". Arab News. 24 August 2018. Retrieved 29 August 2018.

[15] "منتخب الطائرة يبدأ معسكر سلوفينيا" (in Arabic). Al Riyadiah. 27 July 2018. Retrieved 5 September 2018.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

[7]

[8]

[9]

[10]

[11]

[12]

[13]

[14]

[15]

[lower-alpha 1]

Saudi Arabia at the 2018 Asian Games

Contents

Medalists

Competitors

Archery

Athletics

Badminton

Bowling

Contract bridge

Equestrian

Esports (demonstration)

Football

Men's tournament

Gymnastics

Handball

Men's tournament

Jet ski

Ju-jitsu

Judo

Karate

Paragliding

Rowing

Shooting

Swimming

Taekwondo

Volleyball

Indoor volleyball

Men's tournament

Water polo

Men's tournament

Weightlifting

Related Research Articles

References