Eom Ji-sung scored the decisive goal as South Korea defeated Japan 1-0 in the men's football final at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on October 3. The Swansea City forward struck with his left foot to give South Korea the gold medal in the Korea-Japan final.
The victory secured South Korea's fourth consecutive Asian Games football title and its seventh overall, extending the tournament record. Japan's under-21 squad pressured South Korea with quick attacks and dangerous play from the flanks, but could not find an equalizer.