Asian Games Football Rules

The Asian Games football rules are as follows

1. Asian Games football rules

The competition venue must be rectangular. The size of the international competition venue is 100-110 meters in length and 110 meters in width. 64-75 meters. Football matches are played by two teams, each team can have up to 11 players, one of whom must be a goalkeeper. If any team has fewer than 7 players on the field, the game may not start or continue.

Football matches are divided into upper and lower halves, each half is 45 minutes, and the half-time break shall not exceed 15 minutes. The referee can make up for the lost time based on situations such as substitution of players, treatment of injuries, or departure of injured players.

A goal in a football match is determined when the ball as a whole crosses the goal line. The side with more goals wins. If the number of goals is the same, it is a draw.

2. The origin of football

The predecessor of modern football originated from the ball game "Cuju" in Zizhou, Shandong (now Zibo City) in ancient China. The original name of Cuju was "Taju" ", the word Cuju first appeared in "Historical Records: Biography of Bian Quecang Gong", and Cuju was called football in ancient China.

During the Western Han Dynasty, the writers Liu Xiang and Liu Xin, their father and son, recorded in their personal works "Bielu" and "Qilue": "Cuju is said to have been written by the Yellow Emperor." In the Tang and Song Dynasties, Cuju was The event has become very popular and has become an elegant event in the palace.

In 1985, Jo?o Havelange, the seventh president of FIFA, said in a speech in China: "Football originated here and has a history of more than 2,000 years. This is undisputed. "

In 2001, Joseph Blatter, the eighth president of FIFA, once again emphasized in his "Report on the Development History of International Football" at the coaches training class held by the Asian Football Confederation. : "Football originated in China."

In 2005, at the closing ceremony of FIFA’s centenary celebration, Linzi, Shandong, China, was officially declared the birthplace of world football.

The ball game Cuju was spread from China to Europe by the Arabs, and gradually evolved into modern football.