With four teams across the men’s and women’s competitions reaching the knockout stage and two going all the way to the medal rounds, there was plenty for Asia to shout out about during this year’s Olympic football feast,

After a year without major international competitions, Asia’s chase for Olympic gold produced ecstasy, heartbreak, classic contests and exceptional individual performances.

Whether it was Sam Kerr’s record-breaking exploits for Australia, the emergence of Takefusa Kubo as the next Japanese superstar, the valiant efforts of Salem Al Dawsari and Wang Shuang or the new faces who emerged alongside them, the continent’s leading lights came to play.

Join the-AFC.com as we highlight and celebrate several of the continent’s standout individuals from the Tokyo Olympics football tournaments, and invite you to vote for the best performer of all.

To select the candidates for each position, we have reflected on match data from the group stage to draw up a statistics-based approach to present the outstanding performers.

We kick things off with five standout goalkeepers for the all-important number one jersey. Review the nominees and then choose who you think should take the position as the last line of defence in this all-star XI in the poll below.

After a campaign that saw plenty of highs and lows for the Asian Football Confederation's representatives, including famous wins and impressive goalscoring feats, the-AFC.com looks back at what those involved had to say.

Seven teams representing five countries flew the Asian Football Confederation flag at the Games, with Australia's women and Japan's men reaching the semi-finals. We look back at some of the numbers that caught the eye.

Hong Kong - initially placed in Group I during the draw on July 9, join Japan and Cambodia in Group K.

Group I now comprises of Vietnam, Myanmar and Chinese Taipei.

The reigning AFC Asian Cup champions will play Serbia, Portugal and Luxembourg during the FIFA international window.

Qatar meet Serbia on September 1 followed by Cristiano Ronaldo's Portugal three days later before concluding against Luxembourg on September 7.

Head coach Alexander Krestinin will look to introduce several new players to his national team pool in the home friendlies, with Palestine confirmed as the opponents for one of the matches.