Nepal at the 2022 Asian Games | |
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IOC code | NEP |
NOC | Nepal Olympic Committee |
in Hangzhou, China 23 September 2023 – 8 October 2023 | |
Medals Ranked 36th |
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Asian Games appearances (overview) | |
Nepal participated at the 2022 Asian Games, which was held in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China, from 23 September 2023 to 8 October 2023.[1][2] The event was originally scheduled from 10 to 25 September 2022 but due to COVID-19 pandemic cases rising in China the event has been postponed and rescheduled to September-October 2023.[3]
Competitors
[edit]The following is the list of sports and numbers of athletes which are scheduled to participate at the 2022 Asian Games:[4][5]
Sport | Men | Women | Total |
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Archery | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Athletics | 4 | 4 | 8 |
Badminton | 4 | 4 | 8 |
Basketball | — | TBA | 13 |
Boxing | TBA | TBA | 4 |
Canoeing | 1 | — | 1 |
Cricket | 15 | — | 15 |
Cycling | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Dancesport | 1 | — | 1 |
Esports | TBA | TBA | 23 |
Fencing | 3 | 3 | 6 |
Football | — | 22 | 22 |
Golf | 4 | 2 | 6 |
Handball | — | 16 | 16 |
Judo | 4 | 4 | 8 |
Kabaddi | — | 12 | 12 |
Karate | 4 | 4 | 8 |
Rugby | 12 | — | 12 |
Shooting | — | 2 | 2 |
Squash | 3 | 3 | 6 |
Swimming | TBA | TBA | 6 |
Table Tennis | 3 | 3 | 6 |
Tennis | 3 | 3 | 6 |
Taekwondo | 6 | 5 | 11 |
Triathlon | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Volleyball | 12 | 12 | 24 |
Weightlifting | 3 | 2 | 5 |
Wrestling | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Wushu | 7 | 5 | 12 |
Total | 104 | 125 | 234 |
Medalists
[edit]Medals by sport
[edit]Medals by sport | ||||
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Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Total | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Cricket
[edit]On 28 July 2023, Cricket Association of Nepal announced the men's squads for 2022 Asian Games.[6]
Team | Event | Group Stage | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | |||
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Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Rank | Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Rank | ||
Nepal men's | Men's tournament | ![]() W 273 runs |
![]() W 138 runs |
1 Q | ![]() L 23 runs |
Did not Advance | 5th |
Men's tournament
[edit]- Coach
Monty Desai
- Squads
- Rohit Paudel (c)
- Dipendra Singh Airee
- Binod Bhandari (wk)
- Avinash Bohara
- Kushal Bhurtel
- Sundeep Jora
- Kushal Malla
- Aasif Sheikh (wk)
- Pratis GC
- Gulsan Jha
- Sompal Kami
- Karan KC
- Sandeep Lamichhane
Lalit Rajbanshi- Bibek Yadav
Group Stage
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Davaasuren Jamyansuren 10 (23)
Karan KC 2/1 (2 overs) |
- Mongolia won the toss and elected to field.
- Mungun Altankhuyag, Namsrai Bat-yalalt, Luvsanzundui Erdenebulgan, Davaasuren Jamyansuren, Od Lutbayar, Enkhtuvshin Munkhbat, Nyambaatar Naranbaatar, Enkh-erdene Otgonbayar, Tur-erdene Sumiya, Buyantushig Terbish and Tumursukh Turmunkh (MGL) all made their T20I debuts.
- Nepal's total was the highest team total in men's T20Is.[7]
- Kushal Malla (NEP) scored his first century in T20Is.[8]
- Kushal Malla also scored the quickest century in men's T20Is, in terms of deliveries faced (34).[9]
- Dipendra Singh Airee (NEP) scored the quickest half-century in men's T20Is, in terms of deliveries faced (9).[10]
- Nepal's margin of victory (273 runs) was the biggest in men's T20Is.[11]
- Nepal scored a record number of sixes (26) in a men's T20I innings.[12]
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Rohit Paudel 52 (27)
Nazwan Ismail 3/17 (4 overs) |
Muawiyath Ghanee 36 (34)
Abinash Bohara 6/11 (3.4 overs) |
- Nepal won the toss and elected to bat.
- Abinash Bohara (Nep) took his first five-wicket haul in T20Is.[13]
- Nepal qualified for the knockout stage as a result of this match.
- Quarter-final
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- India won the toss and elected to bat.
- Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore and Jitesh Sharma (IND) both made their T20I debuts.
- Yashasvi Jaiswal (IND) scored his first century in T20Is.
Kabaddi
[edit]Team | Event | Group stage | Semifinal | Final | |||
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Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Rank | Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Rank | ||
Nepal women | Women's tournament | ![]() W 37–24 |
![]() L 19–43 |
2 Q | ![]() L 17–61 |
Did not Advance | ![]() |
Women's tournament
[edit]- Group B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 97 | 35 | +62 | 4 | Semifinals |
2 | ![]() |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 56 | 67 | −11 | 2 | |
3 | ![]() |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 91 | −51 | 0 |
Source: Official website
2 October 10:30 |
Bangladesh ![]() |
24–37 | ![]() |
Xiaoshan Guali Sports Centre, Hangzhou |
(16–21) | ||||
3 October 11:00 |
Nepal ![]() |
19–43 | ![]() |
Xiaoshan Guali Sports Centre, Hangzhou |
(11–19) | ||||
- Semi–Final
6 October 9:30 |
India ![]() |
61–17 | ![]() |
Xiaoshan Guali Sports Centre, Hangzhou |
(29–10) | ||||
References
[edit]- ^ "Nepal to participate in 23 games in Asian Games". Nepal News. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
- ^ "Nepal to take part in 23 sports in Asiad". The Himalayan Times. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
- ^ "Asian Games postponed". ocasia.org. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
- ^ "Nepal to send 253 athletes for Hangzhou Asian Games". ocasia.org. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
- ^ "Nepal to send 253 athletes to take part in Asian Games". Onlinekhabar English. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
- ^ "CAN announces Nepali Cricket Team for Asian Games, Abhinash and Binod's comeback". Khabarhub. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
- ^ "Nepal smash T20 cricket records in Asian Games win over Mongolia". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
- ^ "Rampant Nepal rewrite cricket record books in Asian Games mismatch". France 24. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
- ^ "Records galore as Nepal beat Mongolia by 273 runs in Asiad". The Kathmandu Post. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
- ^ "Asian Games: Yuvraj Singh's record broken as Nepal create history against Mongolia". The Times of India. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
- ^ "Asian Games T20: Nepal crushes Mongolia by 273 runs". Khabarhub. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
- ^ "Asian Games: Nepal hit record 314-3, fastest century and fifty". BBC Sport. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
- ^ "Abinash Bohara's remarkable bowling performance sets new T20I record for Nepal". Cricnepal. Retrieved 1 October 2023.