Afghanistan at the 2026 Asian Games

Afghanistan is scheduled to compete at the 2026 Asian Games in Aichi Prefecture and Nagoya, Japan from 19 September to 4 October 2026.

Medal summary

Medalists The following Afghanistan competitors won medals at the Games.

Medal Name Sport Event Date Fariba Hashimi Cycling Women's road race 22 Sep Hamid Ashrafi Wushu Men's sanda 65 kg 23 Sep Khalid Hotak Men's sanda 70 kg

Medals by sports Sport TotalCycling0101Wushu0022 Total 0 1 2 3

Medals by dayDayDate Total120 September 0 0 00221 September 0 0 00322 September 0 1 01423 September 0 0 22524 September 0 0 00625 September 0 0 00726 September 0 0 00827 September 0 0 00928 September 0 0 001029 September 0 0 001130 September 0 0 00121 October 0 0 00132 October 0 0 00143 October 154 October

Competitors

The following is a list of the number of competitors representing Afghanistan that will participate at the Asian Games:

SportMenWomenTotalArchery 0 1 1Athletics 2 1 3Boxing 3 1 4Cricket 15 0 15Cycling 0 3 3Judo 2 0 2Ju-jitsu 3 1 4Karate 1 0 1Kurash 3 0 3Mixed martial arts 2 0 2Swimming 2 0 2Taewondo 2 0 2Triathlon 1 0 1Wrestling 2 0 2Wushu 4 0 4 Total 43 7 50

Archery

Recurve AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 48Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / ScoreSeedOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankFatemeh Sadat SadrWomen's individual65735Bcolspan=6 46

Athletics

Track events AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankSM Noor ZahiMen's 100 mcolspan=6 Men's 200 mcolspan=6 Marwa SaleemWomen's 100 m13.487colspan=3 28Women's 200 m28.947colspan=3 25

Road events AthleteEventFinalResultRankMujtaba FaqirzadaMen's marathoncolspan=2

Boxing

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankEmal HamdamMen's 60 kgW 5–0W 4–1L 2–3colspan=2 Ibrahim FrootanMen's 70 kgL 1–4colspan=4 Silab NooriMen's 90 kgL 0–5 colspan=3 Lala KargarWomen's 54 kgL 0–5colspan=4 Source : OSA

Cricket

Summary TeamEventGroup stageQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankAfghanistan men'sMen's tournamentW by 48 runsL by 5 wickets2L colspan=2 7

Men's tournament

Head coach Richard Pybus Squad Darwish Rasooli (c) Abdullah Ahmadzai Mohammad Akram Ismat Alam Faridoon Dawoodzai Hassan Eisakhil Mohammad Ishaq (wk) Karim Janat Faisal Khan Nangyal Kharoti Imran Mir Arab Gul Momand Farmanullah Safi Khalid Taniwal Najibullah Zadran

Group Stage

Knockout stage

Cycling

Sisters Fariba and Yulduz Hashimi as well as Zahra Rezayee represented Afghanistan in cycling. The Hashimis were noted to be based in Italy. The sisters fled from Afghanistan after the Taliban took over in 2021 and restricted women's sports in the country. Faribi Hashimi won a silver medal in the women's road race. Road Women AthleteEventTimeRankFariba HashimiRoad race2:50:05Time trial38:27.007Yulduz HashimiRoad race3:02:0729Zahra RezayeeOTL

Ju-jitsu

AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankNoorullah ShafayeeMen's –62 kg  –   –   –   –   –   – Mohammad Sarwar HussainiMen's –69 kg  –   –   –   –   –   –   – Abdul Baset RahimiMen's –94 kg  –   –   –   –   –   – Madineh SharifiWomen's –63 kg  –   –   –   –   –   – 

Judo

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankHikmatullah RahmaniMen's –66 kg–    –   –   –   –   – Sayed Mohammad SayediMen's –73 kg  –   –   –   –   –   – 

Karate

AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankMohammad Moner RezayeeMen's kumite 55 kgcolspan=6

Kurash

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalRepechageFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankMerajuddin ChakmarMen's −66 kgL 0–3colspan=4 9Rahimullah NajmiW 10–0L 0–10colspan=3 5Zabihullah EhsaniMen's −81 kgW 10–0L 0–10colspan=3 5

Mixed martial arts

AthleteEventPreliminaryQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankSameallah ZaheriMen's modern −71 kgcolspan=5 Khalil ArsalaniMen's traditional −65 kgcolspan=5

Swimming

Men AthleteEventHeatFinalTimeRankTimeRankFahim Anwari50 m freestylecolspan=4 50 m breaststroke1931.8639100 m breaststroke141:11.063450 m butterfly2929.1342Mateen M. Sediq800 m freestylecolspan=2 rowspan=2 8:55.4661500 m freestyle16:58.4820

Taekwondo

AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankHikmatullah ZainMen's –68 kg  –   –   –   – Ali Akbar AmiriMen's +80 kg  –   –   –   – 

Triathlon

AthleteEventTimeRank Swim (0.75 km) Trans 1 Bike (20 km) Trans 2 Run (5 km) TotalWais KhairandeshMen's individual12:520:48Lapped

Wrestling

Afghanistan entered two wrestlers.

Freestyle AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalRepechageFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankAhmad Mansoor BaryalaiMen's −57 kgL 5–16 Did not advance  Sayed Omar ZazaiMen's −65 kgL 3–13VSU1 Did not advance  

Wushu

Sanda AthleteEventRound of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinalOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankShahzada SafiMen's –56 kgL 0–2colspan=4 Hamid AshrafiMen's –65 kgW 2–0W 2–0L rowspan=2 Khalid HotakMen's –70 kgW  2–0W 2–0LMohammad Jafar SultaniMen's –75 kgL 0–2colspan=4

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