Nepal at the
2018 Asian Games
IOC codeNEP
NOCNepal Olympic Committee
Websitewww.nocnepal.org.np
in Jakarta and Palembang
August 18 (18-08) – September 2 (2-09)
Competitors186 in 29 sports
Flag bearer Kamal Bahadur Adhikari[1]
Medals
Ranked 33rd
Gold
0
Silver
1
Bronze
0
Total
1
Asian Games appearances (overview)

Nepal competed at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia, from 18 August to 2 September 2018.[2]

Medalists

Further information: 2018 Asian Games medal table

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

Competitors

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

Sport Men Women Total
Archery 4 1 5
Athletics 4 2 6
Badminton 4 4 8
Basketball 3X3 4 4 8
Boxing 5 3 8
Cycling 2 1 3
Fencing 4 4 8
Football 21 0 21
Golf 4 0 4
Judo 4 4 8
Kabaddi 12 0 12
Karate 4 4 8
Kurash 1 1 2
Paragliding 5 3 8
Pencak silat 1 0 1
Sepak takraw 5 0 5
Shooting 1 2 3
Roller sports 1 0 1
Sport climbing 2 0 2
Squash 4 0 4
Swimming 2 2 4
Table tennis 3 3 6
Taekwondo 6 8 14
Tennis 3 3 6
Triathlon 2 2 4
Volleyball 12 0 12
Weightlifting 2 2 4
Wrestling 3 0 3
Wushu 6 4 10
Total 131 57 188

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 2018 Asian 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

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2018 Asian Games

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

Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the 2018 Asian Games

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

Basketball

Main article: Basketball at the 2018 Asian Games
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

3x3 basketball

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]

Men's tournament

Main article: 3x3 basketball at the 2018 Asian Games – Men
Roster

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

Pool C
Pos Team
 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
Source: OCA
21 August
17:10
Japan  22–11    Nepal
Pts: Matsuwaki 11 Pts: Maharjan, Bhandari 4
Gelora Bung Karno Tennis Center Court, Jakarta
Referees: Rulyov (KAZ), Al-Harthi (OMA)
21 August
18:40
Nepal    8–21  Qatar
Pts: Maharjan 4 Pts: Dieng, Muslić 8
Gelora Bung Karno Tennis Center Court, Jakarta
Referees: Quinn (INA), Shi (CHN)
24 August
15:20
Maldives  vs.    Nepal
Forfeit
24 August
15:40
Syria  21–19    Nepal
Pts: Khouri 7 Pts: Basnet 9
Gelora Bung Karno Tennis Center Court, Jakarta
Referees: Liu (MAS), Quinn (INA)
24 August
16:50
Nepal    21–10  Jordan
Pts: Basnet 13 Pts: Jarrad 4
Gelora Bung Karno Tennis Center Court, Jakarta
Referees: Quinn (INA), Liu (MAS)

Women's tournament

Main article: 3x3 basketball at the 2018 Asian Games – Women
Roster

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

Pool B
Pos Team
 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
Source: OCA
22 August
16:50
Nepal    8–19  Chinese Taipei
Pts: Malla, Lama 3 Pts: Lo P.C. 9
Gelora Bung Karno Tennis Center Court, Jakarta
Referees: Lim (MAS), Rulyov (KAZ)
25 August
19:40
Mongolia  12–11    Nepal
Pts: Tserenlkham, Minjin 5 Pts: Khadka 4
Gelora Bung Karno Tennis Center Court, Jakarta
Referees: Lim (MAS), Al-Harthi (OMA)
25 August
20:50
Japan  21–4    Nepal
Pts: Konno 8 Pts: Malla 3
Gelora Bung Karno Tennis Center Court, Jakarta
Referees: Al-Harthi (OMA), Ibragimow (TKM)

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2018 Asian Games
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

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2018 Asian Games

Mountain biking

Athlete Event Seeding run Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Buddhi Bahadur Tamang Men's cross-country — −4 laps 17
Laxmi Magar Women's cross-country — −2 laps 10
Rajesh Magar Men's downhill 3:12.816 8 2:28.538 7

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 2018 Asian Games
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

Football

Main article: Football at the 2018 Asian Games

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

Men's tournament

Main article: Football at the 2018 Asian Games – Men's tournament
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: Japan Koji Gyotoku

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

* Over-aged player.

Group D
Pos Team
 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
Source: Asian Games 2018
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Japan 1–0   Nepal
  • Mitoma 7'
 Report
Wibawa Mukti Stadium, Cikarang
Referee: Sultan Al-Marzooqi (United Arab Emirates)
Nepal   0–2 Vietnam
Report
Wibawa Mukti Stadium, Cikarang
Referee: Zhang Lei (China)
Pakistan 2–1   Nepal
 Report
Patriot Candrabhaga Stadium, Bekasi
Referee: Baraa Aisha (Palestine)

Golf

Main article: Golf at the 2018 Asian Games
Men
Athlete Event Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Total
Score Score Score Score Score Par Rank
Prithvi Malla Individual 88 80 79 77 324 +36 74
Sukra Bahadur Rai 81 76 77 81 315 +27 58
Tanka Bahadur Karki 82 77 81 77 317 +29 60
Ajit B. K. 83 80 81 83 327 +39 78
Prithvi Malla
Sukra Bahadur Rai
Tanka Bahadur Karki
Ajit B. K. 		Team 246 233 237 235 951 +87 17

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2018 Asian Games

Key:

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

Kabaddi

Main article: Kabaddi at the 2018 Asian Games

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

Men's tournament

Main article: Kabaddi at the 2018 Asian Games – Men
Team roster
Group B
Pos Team
 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
Source: OCA


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)

Karate

Main article: Karate at the 2018 Asian Games

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

Kurash

Main article: Kurash at the 2018 Asian Games
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

Paragliding

Main article: Paragliding at the 2018 Asian Games
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 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Women
Athlete Event Round Total Rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Prativa Bhujel Individual accuracy 500 117 500 500 359 500 500 9 500 252 3237 15
Trisha Shrestha Bomjan 151 129 395 500 330 161 500 500 500 312 2978 14
Prativa Bhujel
Trisha Shrestha Bomjan
Sabita Tamang 		Team accuracy 912 336 1395 1500 1189 1161 — 6493 7
Cross-country 285 353 308 216 248 — 1410 6

Pencak silat

Main article: Pencak silat at the 2018 Asian Games
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

Roller sports

Main article: Roller sports at the 2018 Asian Games

Skateboarding

Athlete Event Preliminary Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Neris Thapa Men's street 14.3 15 did not advance

Sepak takraw

Main article: Sepak takraw at the 2018 Asian Games
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

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2018 Asian Games
Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Sushe Chaudhary 10 m air rifle 581.0 42 did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Sushmita Nepa 10 m air rifle 587.1 46 did not advance
Kalpana Pariyar 594.8 45 did not advance
Mixed team
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Sushe Chaudhary
Sushmita Nepa 		10 m air rifle 776.4 22 did not advance

Sport climbing

Main article: Sport climbing at the 2018 Asian Games
Speed
Athlete Event Qualification Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Best Rank Opposition
Time 		Opposition
Time 		Opposition
Time 		Opposition
Time 		Rank
Pemba Sherpa Men's 12.000 26 did not advance
Pranil Man Shrestha 12.269 27 did not advance
Combined
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Speed
Point 		Boulder
Point 		Lead
Point 		Total Rank Speed
Point 		Boulder
Point 		Lead
Point 		Total Rank
Pemba Sherpa Men's 22 22 19 9196 21 did not advance
Pranil Man Shrestha 21 22 20 9240 22 did not advance

Squash

Main article: Squash at the 2018 Asian Games

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

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2018 Asian Games

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
Athlete Event Heats Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Sirish Gurung 50 m freestyle 26.33 46 did not advance
100 m freestyle 57.92 40 did not advance
Shuvam Shrestha 50 m breaststroke 32.45 32 did not advance
100 m breaststroke 1:11.37 27 did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Heats Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Tisa Shakya 50 m freestyle 29.61 23 did not advance
100 m freestyle 1:03.96 22 did not advance
50 m breaststroke 39.46 26 did not advance
Gaurika Singh 50 m freestyle 28.50 21 did not advance
100 m freestyle 1:00.82 18 did not advance
200 m freestyle 2:12.53 19 did not advance

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2018 Asian Games
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

Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2018 Asian Games

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

Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the 2018 Asian Games
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
Abhishek Bastola Singles  Trịnh LG (VIE)
L 6–1, 3–6, 3–6 		did not advance
Samrakshak Bajracharya  MR Fitriadi (INA)
L 2–6, 2–6 		did not advance
Samrakshak Bajracharya
Abhishek Bastola 		Doubles Bye  S Nagal /
R Ramanathan (IND)
L 1–6, 1–6 		did not advance
Women
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
Mahika Rana Singles  C Fodor (VIE)
L 0–6, 1–6 		did not advance
Mayanka Rana  E Chong (HKG)
L 0–6, 1–6 		did not advance
Mahika Rana
Mayanka Rana 		Doubles —  Z Abdul Rasheed /
AI Mahir (MDV)
W 6–4, 6–1 		 E Hayashi /
M Uchijima (JPN)
L 0–6, 0–6 		did not advance
Mixed
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
Anne Mathema
Samrakshak Bajracharya 		Doubles Bye  E Chong /
Wong C-h (HKG)
L 1–6, 0–6 		did not advance
Mahika Rana
Pranav Khanal 		Bye  Zhang L /
Yeung P-l (HKG)
L 0–6, 1–6 		did not advance

Triathlon

Main article: Triathlon at the 2018 Asian Games
Individual
Athlete Event Swim (1.5 km) Trans 1 Bike (39.6 km) Trans 2 Run (10 km) Total Time Rank
Dipesh Chaudhary Men's DSQ –
Mixed relay
Athletes Event Total Times per Athlete
(Swim 300 m, Bike 6.3 km,
Run 2.1 km) 		Total Group Time Rank
Basanta Tharu
Dipesh Chaudhary
Roja K C
Sony Gurung 		Mixed relay 25:13
25:46
30:22
31:34 		1:52:55 12

Volleyball

Main article: Volleyball at the 2018 Asian Games

Indoor volleyball

Team Event Group stage Playoffs Quarterfinals / Pl. Semifinals / Pl. Final / BM / Pl.
Oppositions
Scores 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Nepal men's Men's tournament  Chinese Taipei: L 0–3
 South Korea: L 0–3 		3 Did not advance  Mongolia
W 3–1 		 Sri Lanka
L 1–3 		 Kyrgyzstan
W 3–0 		15

Men's tournament

Main article: Volleyball at the 2018 Asian Games – Men
Team roster

The following is the Nepal roster in the men's volleyball tournament of the 2018 Asian Games.[14]

Head coach: Netherlands Björn Lesley

No. Name Date of birth Height Weight Spike Block Club
1 Bishal Bahadur BK 13 August 1995 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 75 kg (165 lb) 340 cm (130 in) 325 cm (128 in) Nepal Police
2 Deepak Raj Joshi 18 July 1994 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 74 kg (163 lb) 329 cm (130 in) 315 cm (124 in) Nepal Police
3 Hari Bahadur Adhikari 24 July 1991 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 75 kg (165 lb) 330 cm (130 in) 310 cm (120 in) Nepal Army
4 Man Bahadur Shrestha 11 March 1996 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 75 kg (165 lb) 332 cm (131 in) 305 cm (120 in) Nepal Army
5 Bhairab Bahadur BAM 23 August 1990 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 75 kg (165 lb) 330 cm (130 in) 320 cm (130 in) Nepal Army
6 Dhan Bahadur Bhatta 25 April 1991 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 75 kg (165 lb) 335 cm (132 in) 312 cm (123 in) Nepal Army
7 Durga Prasad Mahato 7 July 1994 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 76 kg (168 lb) 325 cm (128 in) 320 cm (130 in) Nepal Army
8 Narendra Giri 16 April 1990 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 80 kg (180 lb) 325 cm (128 in) 308 cm (121 in) Nepal Army
9 Em Bahadur Magar (c) 20 June 1982 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 75 kg (165 lb) 325 cm (128 in) 310 cm (120 in) Nepal Police
10 Raju sherchan 11 May 1993 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 333 cm (131 in) 312 cm (123 in) Nepal Police
11 Kul Bahadur Thapa 26 March 1988 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 78 kg (172 lb) 322 cm (127 in) 305 cm (120 in) Nepal Police
12 Ishwor Thapa 28 May 1986 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in) 62 kg (137 lb) 285 cm (112 in) 270 cm (110 in) Nepal Army
Pool D
Pos Team
 Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR
1  South Korea 2 2 0 5 6 2 3.000 184 147 1.252
2  Chinese Taipei 2 1 1 4 5 3 1.667 179 166 1.078
3    Nepal 2 0 2 0 0 6 0.000 100 150 0.667
Source: OCA


22 August 2018 (2018-08-22)
12:30 UTC+7 		Nepal    0–3  Chinese Taipei Bulungan Sport Hall, Jakarta
Attendance: 350
Referees: Rameshwar Singh Chauhan (IND), Nurbek Kalykov (KGZ)
(23–25, 19–25, 15–25)
Report
24 August 2018 (2018-08-24)
16:30 UTC+7 		South Korea  3–0    Nepal Bulungan Sport Hall, Jakarta
Attendance: 350
Referees: Nominzul Kyu (MGL), Leung Yin-yan (TPE)
(25–16, 25–13, 25–14)
Report
13th–20th quarterfinal
28 August 2018 (2018-08-28)
12:30 UTC+7 		Nepal    3–1  Mongolia Bulungan Sport Hall, Jakarta
Attendance: 1,000
Referees: Komsun Gettaworn (THA), Nguyễn Viết Hòa (VIE)
(26–28, 25–16, 30–28, 25–19)
Report
13th–16th semifinal
30 August 2018 (2018-08-30)
16:30 UTC+7 		Sri Lanka  3–1    Nepal Bulungan Sport Hall, Jakarta
Attendance: 800
Referees: Choi Jae-hyo (KOR), Indra Muflih (INA)
(23–25, 25–16, 26–24, 25–21)
Report
15th place game
31 August 2018 (2018-08-31)
17:00 UTC+7 		Nepal    3–0 (w/o)  Kyrgyzstan Bulungan Sport Hall, Jakarta
Attendance: 0
Referees: Ubaid Ullah Shah (PAK), Ahmed Nasheed (MDV)
(25–0, 25–0, 25–0)
Report

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2018 Asian Games

Nepal participated in weightlifting competition with 4 weightlifters (2 men's and 2 women's). Kamal Bahadur Adhikari made the national record to his name lifting 122 kg in snatch, 162 in clean and jerk and 284 in total.[5]

Men
Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Kamal Bahadur Adhikari −69 kg 119 16 160 13 279 14
Bikash Thapa −77 kg 113 17 135 16 248 15
Women
Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Sanju Chaudhary −53 kg 72 12 86 12 158 12
Tara Pun −75 kg 74 8 101 8 175 8

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 2018 Asian Games

Nepal participated six times in the wrestling competition at the Games since 1998.[13]

Key:

Men's freestyle
Athlete Event Qualification Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Bhagawati Sah Teli −57 kg Bye  R Atri (IRI)
L 0–10 		did not advance 16
Saroj Yadav −65 kg Bye  Batmagnai (MGL)
L 0–10 		did not advance 19
Suresh Chunara −74 kg  Y Fujinami (JPN)
L 0–10 		did not advance 20

Wushu

Main article: Wushu at the 2018 Asian Games
Taolu
Athlete Event Event 1 Event 2 Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Bijay Sinjali Men's changquan 8.25 14 — 8.25 14
Yubaraj Thapa Men's nanquan and nangun 8.22 21 9.20 17 17.42 21
Sushmita Tamang Women's changquan 9.25 7 — 9.25 7
Nima Gharti Magar Women's nanquan and nandao 8.70 11 9.17 11 17.87 11
Sanda
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Padam Thakulla Men's –56 kg Bye  K Soukaphone (LAO)
L 0–2 		did not advance
Mangal Tharu Men's –60 kg  H Sofyan (INA)
L 0–0 TV 		did not advance
Birman Lama men's –65 kg —  D Khieosavath (LAO)
L 0–0 TV 		did not advance
Chitra Sing Thakuri Men's –70 kg —  Ham G-s (KOR)
L 0–2 		did not advance
Juni Rai Women's –52 kg —  Nguyễn T T T (VIE)
L 0–2 		did not advance
Lumanti Shrestha Women's –60 kg — Bye  S Bualuang (THA)
L 0–0 TV 		did not advance

Key: * TV – Technical victory.

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