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Nepal at the 2018 Asian Games

Sporting event delegation

Nepal at the 2018 Asian Games
IOC code	NEP
NOC	Nepal Olympic Committee
Website	www.nocnepal.org.np
inJakarta and Palembang August 18 (18-08) – September 2 (2-09)
Competitors	186 in 29 sports
Flag bearer	Kamal Bahadur Adhikari[1]
Medals Ranked 33rd	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 0 Total 1
Asian Games appearances (overview)
1951 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022

Nepal competed at the 2018 Asian GamesinJakarta and Palembang, Indonesia, from 18 August to 2 September 2018.^[2]

The following Nepal competitors won medals at the Games.

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Silver	Bimal Adhikari Bijay Gautam Sushil Gurung Yukesh Chaudhary Bishal Thapa	Paragliding	Men's team cross-country	29 August

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

Recurve

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Ashim Sherchan	Men's individual	608	68	did not advance
Min Prasad Gauchan		597	71	did not advance
Roshan Nagarkoti		637	25	Bye	Da Silva (SRI) L 0–6	did not advance
Tilak Pun Magar		641	24	Wangdi (BHU) W 6–0	Xu (CHN) L 4–6	did not advance
Ashim Sherchan Roshan Nagarkoti Tilak Pun Magar	Men's team	1886	14	—	Qatar W 6–0	Chinese Taipei L 0–6	did not advance
Gyanu Awale	Women's individual	586	36	Lam (HKG) L 2–6	did not advance
Tilak Pun Magar Gyanu Awale	Mixed team	1227	17	—	Kyrgyzstan L 4–5	did not advance

Nepal put-up six athletes (4 men's and 2 women's) to participate in the athletics competition at the Games.^[3]

Nepal entered the Games with 8 badminton players (4 men's and 4 women's). The men's team made an history by advance to the quarter-finals after beat Pakistan 3–1.^[4][5]

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Ratnajit Tamang	Singles	Bye	Son W-h (KOR) L (8–21, 9–21)	did not advance
Bikash Shrestha		Bye	K Momota (JPN) L (9–21, 10–21)	did not advance
Dipesh Dhami Ratnajit Tamang	Doubles	—	R Azam / S K Ali (PAK) L (19–21, 20–22)	did not advance
Bikash Shrestha Nabin Shrestha		—	S Enkhbat / T Gombodorj (MGL) W (21–12, 21–7)	Goh V S / Tan W K (MAS) L (9–21, 12–21)	did not advance
Bikash Shrestha Dipesh Dhami Nabin Shrestha Ratnajit Tamang	Team	—		Pakistan W 3–1	Chinese Taipei L 0–3	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Nangsal Tamang	Singles	F N Abdul Razzaq (MDV) W (21–19, 21–15)	A Yamaguchi (JPN) L (7–21, 12–21)	did not advance
Jessica Gurung		R Intanon (THA) L (7–21, 4–21)	did not advance
Jessica Gurung Nangsal Tamang	Doubles	J Kititharakul / R Prajongjai (THA) L (7–21, 5–21)	did not advance
Amita Giri Rasila Maharjan		Bye	Kim H-r / Kong H-y (KOR) L (7–21, 1–21)	did not advance
Amita Giri Jessica Gurung Nangsal Tamang Rasila Maharjan	Team	—	Maldives L 2–3	Did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Ratnajit Tamang Nangsal Tamang	Mixed	R Karanda Suwardi / D Susanto (INA) L (13–21, 7–21)	did not advance
Dipesh Dhami Jessica Gurung		Lee C H / Chau H W (HKG) L (11–21, 11–21)	did not advance

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinals / Pl.	Final / BM / Pl.
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Nepal men's	Men's 3x3 tournament	Japan L 11−21	Qatar L 8−21	Maldives W Disq.	Syria L 19−21	Jordan W 21−10	4	did not advance
Nepal women's	Women's 3x3 tournament	—		Chinese Taipei L 8−19	Mongolia L 11−21	Japan L 4−21	4	did not advance

Nepal national 3x3 team participated in the Games, the men's team placed in the pool C while the women's team in the pool B based on the FIBA 3x3 federation ranking.^[6]

Roster

The following is the Nepal roster in the men's 3x3 basketball tournament of the 2018 Asian Games.^[7]

• Nischal Maharjan (4)
• Mabindra Bhandari (5)
• Ajay Kushwaha (6)
• Aashish Basnet (7)

Pool C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	Japan	5	5	0	86	46	+40	Quarterfinals
2	Qatar	5	4	1	74	43	+31
3	Syria	5	3	2	62	76	−14
4	Nepal	5	2	3	59	74	−15
5	Jordan	5	1	4	43	85	−42
—	Maldives	5	0	5	0	0	0

Japan	22–11	Nepal
Pts: Matsuwaki11		Pts: Maharjan, Bhandari4

Nepal	8–21	Qatar
Pts: Maharjan4		Pts: Dieng, Muslić8

Maldives	vs.	Nepal
Forfeit

Syria	21–19	Nepal
Pts: Khouri7		Pts: Basnet9

Nepal	21–10	Jordan
Pts: Basnet13		Pts: Jarrad4

Roster

The following is the Nepal roster in the women's 3x3 basketball tournament of the 2018 Asian Games.^[8]

• Anusha Malla (4)
• Alina Gurung (5)
• Bhawana Lama (6)
• Shreya Khadka (7)

Pool B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	Japan	3	3	0	57	15	+42	Quarterfinals
2	Chinese Taipei	3	2	1	50	32	+18
3	Mongolia	3	1	2	23	54	−31
4	Nepal	3	0	3	23	52	−29

Nepal	8–19	Chinese Taipei
Pts: Malla, Lama3		Pts: Lo P.C.9

Mongolia	12–11	Nepal
Pts: Tserenlkham, Minjin5		Pts: Khadka4

Japan	21–4	Nepal
Pts: Konno8		Pts: Malla3

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Teja Bahadur Deuba	–49 kg	K Khamsathone (LAO) L 1–3	did not advance
Prem Chaudhary	–52 kg	Bye	R Ladon (PHI) L 0–5	did not advance
Bhupendra Thapa	–64 kg	O Al-Kasbeh (JOR) L 0–4	did not advance
Bishnu Prasad Ghale Gurung	–69 kg	Bye	T Tharumalingam (QAT) L 0–5	did not advance
Deepak Shrestha	–75 kg	Bye	Kan C-w (TPE) L 0–5	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Bimala Shrestha	–51 kg	Bye	O Jargalan (MGL) L 1–4	did not advance
Sangita Sunar	–57 kg	—	N Techasuep (THA) L 0–5	did not advance
Punam Rawal	–60 kg	—	Yang WL (CHN) L 0–5	did not advance

Individual

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Mahesh Prasad Bhatt	Men's foil	JI Lim (SGP): L 1–5  T Shikine (JPN): L 0–5  C Theara (CAM): L 3–5  Hoàng NH (VIE): L 1–5  Huang MK (CHN): L 1–5	6	did not advance					28
Sanjeep Lama		A Owaida (QAT): L 1–5  T Saito (JPN): L 2–5  S Son Y-k (KOR): L 1–5  H Yoong (MAS): L 0–5  M Zulfikar (INA): L 0–5	6	did not advance					29
Kamala Shreshta	Women's sabre	N Tamura (JPN): L 0–5  Y Ariunzayaa (MGL): W 5–0  Au SY (HKG): L 0–5  Qian JR (CHN): L 1–5  Bùi TTH (VIE): L 4–5	5	did not advance					20
Rabina Thapa		D Permatasari (INA): L 0–5  S Fukushima (JPN): L 0–5  Yoon J-s (KOR): L 0–5  C Linly (CAM): L 1–5  FR Delcheh (IRI): L 0–5	6	did not advance					22

Team

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Sher Singh Airy Mahesh Prasad Bhatt Rajan Raj Khadka Sanjeep Lama	Men's foil	Philippines (PHI) L 3–45	did not advance			10
Meena Devi Poudel Kamala Shreshta Rabina Thapa Asmita Basnet	Women's sabre	Thailand (THA) L 10–45	did not advance			9

Nepal competed in the group D at the men's football event.^[9]

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage				Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Nepal men's	Men's tournament	Japan L 0–1	Vietnam L 0–2	Pakistan L 1–2	4	did not advance				22

Roster

The following is the Nepal squad in the men's football tournament of the 2018 Asian Games. The team of 20 players was officially named on 24 June.^[10]

Head coach: Koji Gyotoku

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
4	2DF	Ananta Tamang	(1998-01-14)14 January 1998 (aged 20)	Three Star
6	2DF	Aditya Chaudhary	(1996-04-19)19 April 1996 (aged 22)	Armed Police Force
8	3MF	Bishal Rai*	(1993-06-06)6 June 1993 (aged 25)	Manang Marshyangdi
9	4FW	Suman Lama	(1996-03-09)9 March 1996 (aged 22)	Nepal Police
10	4FW	Bimal Gharti Magar	(1998-01-26)26 January 1998 (aged 20)	Three Star
11	3MF	Heman Gurung	(1996-02-27)27 February 1996 (aged 22)	Manang Marshyangdi
12	3MF	Tej Tamang	(1998-02-14)14 February 1998 (aged 20)	Nepal Police
13	2DF	Kamal Shrestha	(1997-07-10)10 July 1997 (aged 21)	Manang Marshyangdi
14	4FW	Anjan Bista	(1998-05-15)15 May 1998 (aged 20)	Armed Police Force
16	1GK	Kiran Chemjong* (captain)	(1990-03-24)24 March 1990 (aged 28)	TC Sports Club
19	1GK	Alan Neupane	(1996-06-24)24 June 1996 (aged 22)	Three Star
22	2DF	Dinesh Rajbanshi	(1998-04-04)4 April 1998 (aged 20)	Nepal Police
23	3MF	Sunil Bal	(1998-01-01)1 January 1998 (aged 20)	Three Star
24	2DF	Tshring Gurung	(1998-02-21)21 February 1998 (aged 20)	Chyasal Youth
25	2DF	Suman Aryal	(1996-03-09)9 March 1996 (aged 22)	Nepal Police
27	4FW	Abhishek Rijal	(2000-01-29)29 January 2000 (aged 18)	Nepal Police
30	3MF	Hemant Thapa Magar	(1998-01-07)7 January 1998 (aged 20)	Chyasal Youth
32	2DF	Rohit Chand*	(1992-02-28)28 February 1992 (aged 26)	Persija Jakarta
33	1GK	Sojit Gurung	(2000-01-28)28 January 2000 (aged 18)	Mai Valley
35	3MF	Gaurab Budhathoki	(1998-02-14)14 February 1998 (aged 20)	Chyasal Youth

* Over-aged player.

Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Vietnam	3	3	0	0	6	0	+6	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Japan	3	2	0	1	5	1	+4	6
3	Pakistan	3	1	0	2	2	8	−6	3
4	Nepal	3	0	0	3	1	5	−4	0

Japan	1–0	Nepal
Mitoma 7'	Report

Referee: Sultan Al-Marzooqi (United Arab Emirates)

Nepal	0–2	Vietnam
	Report	Nguyễn Anh Đức 31' Phan Văn Đức 63'

Referee: Zhang Lei (China)

Pakistan	2–1	Nepal
Bilal 54' Hussain 72' (pen.)	Report	Younas 12' (o.g.)

Referee: Baraa Aisha (Palestine)

Men

Key:

• 1st number — Ippon
• 2nd number — Waza-ari
• s — Shido

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Indra Shresta	–66 kg	Kim H-u (PRK) L 00–10	did not advance
Sanjit Dangol	–73 kg	S Hamad (KSA) L 00–10s1	did not advance
Shree Ram Makaju	–90 kg	Bye	K Ustopiriyon (TJK) L 00s2–11	did not advance
Ravin Shrestha	–100 kg	Bye	S Juraev (UZB) L 00s2–10	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Devika Khadka	–52 kg	Bye	N Tsunoda (JPN) L 00s3–10	did not advance
Manita Shrestha Pradhan	–57 kg	Nguyễn TBN (VIE) L 01s2–10s1	did not advance
Phupu Lhamu Khatri	–63 kg	—	AY Fradivtha (INA) L 00–01s1	did not advance
Punam Shrestha	–78 kg	—	Bye	Park Y-j (KOR) L 00s2–10	Did not advance	Z Raifova (KAZ) L 00s3–10s1	did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Sanjit Dangol Shree Ram Makaju Indra Shresta Ravin Shrestha Devika Khadka Phupu Lhamu Khatri Punam Shrestha Manita Shrestha Pradhan	Team	India (IND) L 1–4	did not advance

Nepal men's team competed at the Games with 12 member squad.^[11] The team did not advance to the knockout stage after finished fifth in the group stage.^[5]

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage						Semifinal	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Nepal men's	Men	Indonesia L 29−33	Japan L 28−31	Iran L 21−75	Malaysia W 29−17	Pakistan L 20−38	5	did not advance		9

Team roster

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Iran	5	5	0	0	289	109	+180	10	Semifinals
2	Pakistan	5	4	0	1	185	98	+87	8
3	Indonesia	5	3	0	2	132	182	−50	6
4	Japan	5	2	0	3	121	162	−41	4
5	Nepal	5	1	0	4	127	194	−67	2
6	Malaysia	5	0	0	5	100	209	−109	0

19 August 18:00	Indonesia	33–29	Nepal	Garuda Theatre, Jakarta
		(20–14)

21 August 16:00	Japan	31–28	Nepal	Garuda Theatre, Jakarta
		(12–17)

22 August 14:00	Iran	75–21	Nepal	Garuda Theatre, Jakarta
		(38–6)

22 August 17:00	Malaysia	17–29	Nepal	Garuda Theatre, Jakarta
		(10–12)

23 August 10:00	Nepal	20–38	Pakistan	Garuda Theatre, Jakarta
		(12–15)

Nepal participated in the karate competition at the Games with eight athletes (4 men's and 4 women's).^[12]

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Upendra Thapa	–66 kg	S Samiullah (PAK) W 001−001	R Buriev (UZB) L 000−112	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Bhagawati Majhi	–52 kg	Tsou C-w (TPE) L 000−100	did not advance

Men

Athlete	Event	Round										Total	Rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Bijay Gautam	Individual accuracy	9	13	28	238	122	78	21	4	22	86	383	8
Sushil Gurung		500	113	83	500	40	277	125	1	500	2	1641	24
Bimal Adhikari Bijay Gautam Sushil Gurung Yukesh Gurung Bishal Thapa	Team accuracy	734	937	347	1259	370	1007	—				4654	8
	Cross-country	2255	694	2844	2774	2797	—					11364

Women

Tanding

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
B. K. Vivek Kumar	Men's –65 kg	M Rahimi (IRI) L 0–5	did not advance

Men

Athlete	Event	Group stage					Semifinal	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Dipesh Jung Thapa Sanjeet Dhimal Rupesh Sunar Govinda Magar Rabin Bhattarai	Regu	Malaysia (MAS) L 0–2	South Korea (KOR) L 0–2	China (CHN) L 0–2	India (IND) L 0–2	5	did not advance
	Quadrant	Vietnam (VIE) L 0–2	Singapore (SGP) L 0–2	Pakistan (PAK) W 2–0	Iran (IRI) L 0–2	4	did not advance

Men

Women

Mixed team

Speed

Combined

Nepal competed in squash competition with 4 athletes. The athletes ended their journey by finished in the first round.^[5]

Singles

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Amrit Thapa Magar	Men's	M Lee (HKG) L 0–3	did not advance
Arhant Keshar Simha		T Aslam (PAK) L 0–3	did not advance

Team

Athlete	Event	Group stage						Semifinal	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Magar Amrit Thapa Arhant Keshar Simha Rajendra Shekya Gyanu Chaudhary	Men's	South Korea (KOR) L 0–3	Pakistan (PAK) L 0–3	Japan (JPN) L 0–3	Philippines (PHI) L 0–3	Hong Kong (HKG) L 0–3	6	did not advance

Nepal entered the Games with four swimmers (2 men's and 2 women's). All the swimmers did not advance to the final round.^[5]

Men

Women

Individual

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Amar Lal Malla	Men's singles	E Chinbat (MGL) L 3–4	did not advance
Santoo Shrestha		Cheong CC (MAC) L 2–4	did not advance
Nabita Shrestha	Women's singles	Tam SF (MAC) W 4–3	Doo HK (HKG) L 0–4	did not advance
Swechchha Nembang		D Batbayar (MGL) L 0–4	did not advance
Amar Lal Malla Swechchha Nembang	Mixed doubles	A Al-Naggar / M Faramarzi (QAT) W 3–2	Wong CT / Doo HK (HKG) L 0–3	did not advance
Santoo Shrestha Nabita Shrestha		T Myandal / U Munkhbat (MGL) W 3–0	Lin GY / Wang MY (CHN) L 1–3	did not advance

Team

Athlete	Event	Group stage					Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Amar Lal Malla Deep Saun Santoo Shrestha	Men's	China (CHN) L 0–3	Malaysia (MAS) L 0–3	North Korea (PRK) L 0–3	Laos (LAO) W 3–1	4	did not advance
Nabita Shrestha Swechchha Nembang Rabina Maharjan	Women's	Malaysia (MAS) L 0–3	Singapore (SGP) L 0–3	Hong Kong (HKG) L 0–3	Vietnam (VIE) L 0–3	5	did not advance

Nepal competed in taekwondo competition with 14 athletes (6 men's and 8 women's). In the individual poomsae event, the taekwondoan defeated in the first round, while the women's team advance to the quarter-finals after received walkover from the Uzbekistan team.^[13] In the kyorugi event, the athletes also defeated in the early round.^[5]

Poomsae

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Kamal Shrestha	Men's individual	Chen C (TPE) L 7.51–8.38	did not advance
Parbati Gurung	Women's individual	Liao W-h (TPE) L 7.54–8.10	did not advance
Sina Maden Nita Gurung Parbati Gurung	Women's team	Uzbekistan WO	Chinese Taipei L 7.42–8.19	did not advance

Kyorugi

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Sagar Guvaju	Men's −58 kg	T Dorji (BHU) W 54–40	Võ Q H (VIE) L 5–25	did not advance
Bir Bahadur Mahara	Men's −63 kg	A A Bakhshi (AFG) W 24–13	K Baktiyaruly (KAZ) L 19–30	did not advance
Gyanendra Hamal	Men's −68 kg	J Wangchuk (BHU) W 39–17	R Rozali (MAS) L 2–30	did not advance
Bhupen Shrestha	Men's −80 kg	Bye	R Hussaini (AFG) L 7–27	did not advance
Anoj Pujari	Men's +80 kg	—	R Zhaparov (UZB) L 0–21	did not advance
Ashmita Khadka	Women's −49 kg	Bye	N Kiani (IRI) L 4–43	did not advance
Neema Gurung	Women's −53 kg	Bye	L Aoun (LBN) L 10–23	did not advance
Gyani Chunara	Women's −57 kg	Bye	K Choden (BHU) W 28–6	P Lopez (PHI) L 0–20	did not advance
Sangita Basyel	Women's −67 kg	—	D Arpon (PHI) L 17–20	did not advance
Nisha Rawal	Women's +67 kg	—	Gao P (CHN) L 6–22	did not advance