Nepal at the
2022 Asian Games
IOC codeNEP
NOCNepal Olympic Committee
in Hangzhou, China
23 September 2023 (2023-09-23) – 8 October 2023 (2023-10-08)
Medals
Ranked 36th
Gold
0
Silver
1
Bronze
1
Total
2
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

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
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
Total104125234

Medalists

Medals by sport

Medals by sport
Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total
Kabaddi 0 0 1 1
Karate 0 1 0 1
Total 0 1 1 2

Cricket

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
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Nepal men's Men's tournament  Mongolia
W 273 runs		  Maldives
W 138 runs		 1 Q  India
L 23 runs		 Did not Advance 5th

Men's tournament

Coach
India Monty Desai
Squads
  1. Rohit Paudel (c)
  2. Dipendra Singh Airee
  3. Binod Bhandari (wk)
  4. Avinash Bohara
  5. Kushal Bhurtel
  6. Sundeep Jora
  7. Kushal Malla
  8. Aasif Sheikh (wk)
  9. Pratis GC
  10. Gulsan Jha
  11. Sompal Kami
  12. Karan KC
  13. Sandeep Lamichhane
  14. Lalit Rajbanshi
  15. Bibek Yadav

Group Stage

27 September 2023
09:00
Scorecard
Nepal   
314/3 (20 overs)
v
 Mongolia
41 (13.1 overs)
Kushal Malla 137* (50)
Luvsanzundui Erdenebulgan 1/47 (4 overs)
Davaasuren Jamyansuren 10 (23)
Karan KC 2/1 (2 overs)
Nepal won by 273 runs
Zhejiang University of Technology Cricket Field, Hangzhou
Umpires: Arif Ansari (THA) and Chris Thurgate (JPN)
  • 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]
1 October 2023
09:00
Scorecard
Nepal   
212/7 (20 overs)
v
 Maldives
74 (19.4 overs)
Rohit Paudel 52 (27)
Nazwan Ismail 3/17 (4 overs)
Muawiyath Ghanee 36 (34)
Abinash Bohara 6/11 (3.4 overs)
Nepal won by 138 runs
Zhejiang University of Technology Cricket Field, Hangzhou
Umpires: Mahmood Kharoti (AFG) and Ramasamy Venkatesh (HKG)
Quarter-final
3 October 2023
09:00
Scorecard
India 
202/4 (20 overs)
v
   Nepal
179/9 (20 overs)
Yashasvi Jaiswal 100 (49)
Dipendra Singh Airee 2/31 (4 overs)
Dipendra Singh Airee 32 (15)
Ravi Bishnoi 3/24 (4 overs)
India won by 23 runs
Zhejiang University of Technology Cricket Field, Hangzhou
Umpires: Mahmood Kharoti (AFG) and Asif Yaqoob (PAK)

Kabaddi

Team Event Group stage Semifinal Final
Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank
Nepal women Women's tournament  Bangladesh
W 37–24		  Iran
L 19–43		 2 Q  India
L 17–61		 Did not Advance 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Women's tournament

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Iran 2 2 0 0 97 35 +62 4 Semifinals
2    Nepal 2 1 0 1 56 67 −11 2
3  Bangladesh 2 0 0 2 40 91 −51 0
2 October
10:30		 Bangladesh  24–37    Nepal Xiaoshan Guali Sports Centre, Hangzhou
(16–21)
3 October
11:00		 Nepal    19–43  Iran Xiaoshan Guali Sports Centre, Hangzhou
(11–19)
Semi–Final
6 October
9:30		 India  61–17    Nepal Xiaoshan Guali Sports Centre, Hangzhou
(29–10)

References

  1. ↑ "Nepal to participate in 23 games in Asian Games". Nepal News. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
  2. ↑ "Nepal to take part in 23 sports in Asiad". The Himalayan Times. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
  3. ↑ "Asian Games postponed". ocasia.org. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
  4. ↑ "Nepal to send 253 athletes for Hangzhou Asian Games". ocasia.org. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
  5. ↑ "Nepal to send 253 athletes to take part in Asian Games". Onlinekhabar English. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
  6. ↑ "CAN announces Nepali Cricket Team for Asian Games, Abhinash and Binod's comeback". Khabarhub. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
  7. ↑ "Nepal smash T20 cricket records in Asian Games win over Mongolia". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
  8. ↑ "Rampant Nepal rewrite cricket record books in Asian Games mismatch". France 24. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
  9. ↑ "Records galore as Nepal beat Mongolia by 273 runs in Asiad". The Kathmandu Post. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
  10. ↑ "Asian Games: Yuvraj Singh's record broken as Nepal create history against Mongolia". The Times of India. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
  11. ↑ "Asian Games T20: Nepal crushes Mongolia by 273 runs". Khabarhub. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
  12. ↑ "Asian Games: Nepal hit record 314-3, fastest century and fifty". BBC Sport. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
  13. ↑ "Abinash Bohara's remarkable bowling performance sets new T20I record for Nepal". Cricnepal. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
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