| Organiser(s) | SAOC |
|---|---|
| Founded | Men: 1985 Women: 2010 |
| Region | South Asia |
| Current champions | M: NepalW:  India(2019) |
| Most championships | M: Nepal & Pakistan(4 titles each) W: India (3 titles) |
 2019 (M),2019 (W) | |
Football has been a sport at theSouth Asian Games since it commenced in1984. Since the2004 South Asian Games, the age limit for men's teams is under 23, plus up to three overaged players for each squad, which is the same as the age limit in football competitions at theSummer Olympics andAsian Games. Nepal and Pakistan are currently the most successful countries in the Men's event with 4 Gold Medals each while India is the most successful in Women's event with 3 Gold Medals.[1][2]
Women's football tournaments were introduced in2010.[3][4]
Accurate as of 10 December 2019.[5]
| Year | Host | Final | Third Place Match | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Gold | Score |  Silver |  Bronze | Score | Fourth Place | ||||
| 1984 details | Kathmandu,Nepal |  Nepal | 4−2 |  Bangladesh |  Maldives | unclear whether a match for third place was held; Maldives were awarded bronze, possibly because of the group record | |||
| 1985 details | Dhaka,Bangladesh | India | 1−1 (4–1p) | Bangladesh | Nepal | 2–2 (3–2p) | Pakistan | ||
| 1987 details | Calcutta,India | India | 1−0 | Nepal | Pakistan | 1–0 | Bangladesh | ||
| 1989 details | Islamabad,Pakistan | Pakistan | 1−0 | Bangladesh | India | 2–1 | Nepal | ||
| 1991 details | Colombo,Sri Lanka | Pakistan | 2−0 | Maldives | Bangladesh | 2–0 | Nepal | ||
| 1993 details | Dhaka,Bangladesh | Nepal | 2−2 (4–3p) | India |  Sri Lanka | 3–1 | Maldives | ||
| 1995 details | Madras,India | India | 1−0 | Bangladesh | Sri Lanka | 0–0 (5–3p) | Nepal | ||
| 1999 details | Kathmandu,Nepal | Bangladesh | 1−0 | Nepal | India | 3–1 | Maldives | ||
Since2004 the tournament has been held for U-23 teams.
| Year | Host | Final | Third Place Match | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Score | Silver | Bronze | Score | Fourth Place | ||||
| 2004 details | Islamabad,Pakistan | Pakistan | 1−0 | India U-20 | Sri Lanka | 0–0 (3–2p) |  Bhutan | ||
| 2006 details | Colombo,Sri Lanka | Pakistan | 1−0 | Sri Lanka | Nepal | 2–0 | India U-20 | ||
| 2010 details | Dhaka &Chattogram,Bangladesh | Bangladesh | 4−0 |  Afghanistan | Maldives | 0–0 (3–1p) | India U-20 | ||
| 2016 details | Guwahati &Shillong,India | Nepal | 2−1 | India | Bangladesh | 2–2 (5–4p) | Maldives | ||
| 2019 details | Kathmandu &Pokhara,Nepal | Nepal | 2−1 | Bhutan | As a result ofRound-robin | Maldives | |||
Accurate as of 9 December 2019.[5]
| Year | Host | Final | Third Place Match | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Score | Silver | Bronze | Score | Fourth Place | ||||
| 2010 details | Dhaka,Bangladesh | India | 3−1 | Nepal | Bangladesh | As a result ofRound-robin | Pakistan | ||
| 2016 details | Guwahati &Shillong,India | India | 2−1 | Nepal | Bangladesh | As a result ofRound-robin | Maldives | ||
| 2019 details | Kathmandu &Pokhara,Nepal | India | 2−0 | Nepal | Maldives | As a result ofRound-robin | Sri Lanka | ||
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nepal/ Nepal U-23 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 2 | Pakistan/ Pakistan U-23 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | India/ India U-23/ India U-20 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| 4 | Bangladesh/ Bangladesh U-23 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
| 5 | Sri Lanka/ Sri Lanka U-23 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | Maldives/ Maldives U-23 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 |  Afghanistan U-23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Bhutan/ Bhutan U-23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Totals (8 entries) | 13 | 13 | 13 | 39 | |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Nepal | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Bangladesh | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | Maldives | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (4 entries) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India (IND) | 6 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| 2 | Nepal (NEP) | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 |
| 3 | Pakistan (PAK) | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | Bangladesh (BAN) | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 |
| 5 | Maldives (MDV) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Sri Lanka (SRI) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| 7 | Afghanistan (AFG) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Bhutan (BHU) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Totals (8 entries) | 16 | 16 | 16 | 48 | |
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