There is bad news for Indian football lovers. In fact, after not being able to participate in the Asian Games in the year 2018, it seems impossible for the Indian Furrine football team to participate in the next year’s Asian Games. Let us know that the Indian men’s football team will then depend on the mercy of the government to participate in the Asian Games.

At the same time, the 20th Asian Games are to be held in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan. This very play competition is to be held from 19 September to 4 October 2026. Nagoya will be the third Japanese city to host the Asian Games in 1958 and Hiroshima in Hiroshima after 1994.

The Sports Ministry issued detailed guidelines for the eligibility of individual athletes and teams for the Aichi-Nagya Asiad on Wednesday 24 September 2025. According to the latest position, the football team, ranked 24th in Asia, does not meet the strict norms according to which only teams and athletes who have the ability to win medals will be chosen to represent the country in this Maha Jeeta.

Let us tell you that in the circular released by the Sports Ministry, it has been said that there will be a top 8 ranking in the top eight or continent in the top eight in the standard Asian Championships for team games like football and hockey, doubles and mixed doubles.