Pakistan Ends Campaign with 10 Medals in Asian Games 2026
Pakistan ended their Aichi-Nagoya 2026 Asian Games campaign with 10 medals, including two silver and eight bronze, making it the country’s biggest medal haul at the continental event since 2002.
The result also makes the campaign Pakistan’s strongest Asian games campaign since 2022, with the country’s medal count rising sharply from three in 2023, four in 2018 and five in 2014. Pakistan last won more than 10 medals in 2002, when they collected 13, including one gold, six silver and six bronze.
Pakistan did not win a gold medal in Nagoya. Men’s cricket and the men’s squash team won silver, while women’s cricket, men’s hockey, men’s volleyball, men’s singles squash, shooting, modern MMA and esports contributed bronze medals.
Cricket Delivers Two Medals
Cricket produced two of Pakistan’s 10 medals, with the men’s team taking silver and the women’s side winning bronze.
The men’s side advanced to the semi-finals after their quarter-final against Hong Kong was abandoned because of rain, with Pakistan progressing on their higher ranking. They then beat Bangladesh by six wickets in a 13-over semi-final, chasing 111-7 in 11.3 overs.
India proved too strong in the final at Korogi Sports Park. After India made 211-6, Pakistan finished on 192-6 despite Hasan Nawaz’s 96 from 51 balls, which included five fours and seven sixes, leaving them 19 runs short.
The silver was Pakistan’s first Asian Games cricket medal since 2014. The women’s team beat Bangladesh by 31 runs in the bronze-medal match, defending 145-8 after Fatima Sana’s unbeaten 45 and Umm-e-Hani’s 3-10.
Squash Leads Pakistan’s Medal Tally
Squash was Pakistan’s most successful sport in Nagoya, producing three medals.
Noor Zaman and Mohammad Ashab Irfan both took bronze in the men’s singles after reaching the semi-finals. Pakistan’s men’s team then claimed silver, losing 2-0 to Malaysia in the final after Nasir Iqbal and Noor Zaman were beaten by Ameeshenraj Chandaran and Eain Yow Ng respectively.
The three medals continued squash’s status as one of Pakistan’s most reliable medal-producing sports at the Asian Games.
Volleyball Ends 64-Year Wait
Pakistan’s men’s volleyball team won bronze to claim the country’s first Asian Games volleyball medal since the 1962 Jakarta Games.
Pakistan defeated India 3-0 in the quarter-final before losing to defending champions Iran in the semi-final. They responded with another 3-0 victory, beating China 25-18, 25-16 and 25-18 in the bronze-medal match.
Murad Khan scored 18 points, while Afaq Khan and Ali Usman Faryad added 14 each.
Hockey Returns to Podium
Pakistan’s men’s hockey team also ended a 12-year wait for an Asian Games medal by beating South Korea 5-3 in the bronze-medal match.
South Korea led 3-1 after the teams were level at 1-1, but Pakistan turned the match around in the second half. Abdul Rehman scored once, Rana Waheed struck twice and Hannan Shahid added the fifth goal in the 59th minute.
Pakistan had lost 4-3 to India in the semi-final after falling three goals behind before mounting a late fightback.
Medals Across Shooting, MMA and Esports
Veteran shooter Ghulam Mustafa Bashir won bronze in the men’s 25m rapid-fire pistol. He qualified sixth for the eight-man final with 578 points and 19 inner tens before finishing third.
Asim Khan added another bronze in men’s modern MMA in the 60kg category. He reached the semi-final but lost 3-0 to Tajikistan’s Mirzobek Umarov.
Pakistan’s 4thrives PUBG Mobile team completed the medal tally with bronze in esports. The team scored 100 points across 12 matches, finishing behind Thailand on 128 and China on 114.
The Nagoya campaign therefore gave Pakistan medals across eight sports and ended several long medal droughts. Despite the absence of a gold, cricket, hockey, volleyball and women’s cricket all returned to or strengthened their presence on the Asian Games podium, while squash remained the country’s leading medal source.
