2016 AFC Futsal Championship

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2016 AFC Futsal Championship
Futzal Bo'yicha 2016 Yilgi Osiyo Chempionati
Tournament details
Host countryUzbekistan
Dates10–21 February 2016
Teams16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Iran (11th title)
Runners-up Uzbekistan
Third place Thailand
Fourth place Vietnam
Tournament statistics
Matches played35
Goals scored234 (6.69 per match)
Attendance33,275 (951 per match)
Top scorer(s)Thailand Suphawut Thueanklang (14 goals)
Best player(s)Iran Ali Asghar Hassanzadeh
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The 2016 AFC Futsal Championship was the 14th edition of the AFC Futsal Championship, the biennial international futsal championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the men's national teams of Asia. The tournament was held in Uzbekistan between 10–21 February 2016.[1] A total of 16 teams played in the tournament.

The tournament was originally meant to be held in Taiwan (i.e. the Republic of China).[2] It was originally scheduled for 12–27 March 2016, but this was changed following the adoption of the FIFA futsal international match calendar.[3][4]

Same as previous editions held on the same year as the FIFA Futsal World Cup, the tournament acted as the AFC qualifiers for the World Cup. The top five teams of the tournament qualified for the 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup in Colombia as the AFC representatives.[5]

Champions Iran, runners-up Uzbekistan, third-placed Thailand, fourth-placed Vietnam and fifth place's play-off winners Australia qualified for the 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup as the AFC representatives.[6]

Qualification[]

Main article: 2016 AFC Futsal Championship qualification

The draw for the qualifiers was held on 2 September 2015. Four teams qualified directly for the final tournament by their 2014 performance, while the other entrants competed in the qualifying stage for the remaining 12 spots.[7] The qualifiers were played between 1 October and 19 November 2015.[8]

Qualified teams[]

The following 16 teams qualified for the final tournament. Kuwait were replaced by Saudi Arabia due to FIFA's suspension of the Kuwait Football Association.[9]

Team Qualified as Appearance Previous best performance
 Uzbekistan Hosts and 2014 third place 14th Runners-up (2001, 2006, 2010)
 Japan 2014 winners 14th Champions (2006, 2012, 2014)
 Iran 2014 runners-up 14th Champions (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010)
 Lebanon West Zone Group A winners 10th Quarter-finals (2004, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
 Jordan West Zone Group A runners-up 1st Debut
 Saudi Arabia West Zone Group A third place 1st Debut
 Qatar West Zone Group B winners 3rd Group stage (2005, 2012)
 Iraq West Zone Group B runners-up 10th Quarter-finals (2002)
 Kyrgyzstan Central Zone winners 14th Fourth place (2005, 2006, 2007)
 Tajikistan Central Zone runners-up 9th Quarter-finals (2007)
 Thailand ASEAN Zone Group A winners 14th Runners-up (2008, 2012)
 Malaysia ASEAN Zone Group A runners-up 11th Group stage (1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2014)
 Australia ASEAN Zone Group B winners 7th Fourth place (2012)
 Vietnam ASEAN Zone Group B runners-up 4th Quarter-finals (2014)
 China East Zone winners 11th Fourth place (2008, 2010)
 Chinese Taipei East Zone runners-up 11th Quarter-finals (2003)

Venues[]

Tashkent

Squads[]

Main article: 2016 AFC Futsal Championship squads

Each team had to submit a squad of 14 players, including a minimum of two goalkeepers.[10]

Draw[]

The draw for the final tournament was held on 2 December 2015, 18:00 UZT (UTC+5), at the Zafarshan Hall in Tashkent.[11] The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four teams. The teams were seeded according to their performance in the previous season in 2014.[12]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

Match officials[]

The following referees were chosen for the 2016 AFC Futsal Championship.[13]

Referees
  • Australia Chris Colley
  • China An Ran
  • China Liu Jianqiao
  • Chinese Taipei Lee Po-fu
  • Iran Vahid Arzpeyma Mohammreh
  • Iraq Hasan Mousa Al-Gburi
  • Iraq Hawkar Salar Ahmed
  • Japan Tomohiro Kozaki
  • Japan Hiroyuki Kobayashi
  • Jordan Husein Mahmoud Khalaileh
  • Kyrgyzstan Nurdin Bukuev
  • Malaysia Helday Idang
  • Philippines Rey Ritaga Martinez
  • Thailand Yuttakon Maiket
  • United Arab Emirates Khamis Hassan Al Shamsi
  • Vietnam Trương Quốc Dũng

Group stage[]

The top two teams of each group advanced to the quarter-finals.

Tiebreakers

The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers would be applied in the following order:[10]

  1. Greater number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
  2. Goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned;
  3. Greater number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned;
  4. If, after applying criteria 1 to 3, teams still have an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 3 are reapplied exclusively to the matches between the teams in question to determine their final rankings. If this procedure does not lead to a decision, criteria 5 to 9 apply;
  5. Goal difference in all the group matches;
  6. Greater number of goals scored in all the group matches;
  7. Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are involved and they are both on the field of play;
  8. Fewer score calculated according to the number of yellow and red cards received in the group matches (1 point for a single yellow card, 3 points for a red card as a consequence of two yellow cards, 3 points for a direct red card, 4 points for a yellow card followed by a direct red card);
  9. Drawing of lots.

All times were local, UZT (UTC+5).

Group A[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Uzbekistan (H) 3 3 0 0 9 3 +6 9 Knockout stage
2  Kyrgyzstan 3 1 1 1 8 8 0 4
3  Lebanon 3 0 2 1 7 9 −2 2
4  Saudi Arabia 3 0 1 2 7 11 −4 1
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Host
Lebanon 4–4 Kyrgyzstan
23', 32'
24'
28'		 Report 3'
9'
25', 40'
Attendance: 1,800
Referee: Tomohiro Kozaki (Japan)
Uzbekistan 5–2 Saudi Arabia
17', 26'
25'
30'
33'		 Report 24'
26'
Attendance: 2,600
Referee: Chris Colley (Australia)
Saudi Arabia 3–3 Lebanon
13'
14'
33'		 Report 2' (o.g.)
14'
24'
Attendance: 1,800
Referee: Yuttakon Maiket (Thailand)
Kyrgyzstan 1–2 Uzbekistan
40' Report 20', 23'
Attendance: 2,600
Referee: Rey Ritaga (Philippines)
Uzbekistan 2–0 Lebanon
11'
16'		 Report
Attendance: 2,600
Referee: Chris Colley (Australia)
Kyrgyzstan 3–2 Saudi Arabia
4'
16'
38'		 Report 1'
40'
Attendance: 250
Referee: Tomohiro Kozaki (Japan)

Group B[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Iran 3 3 0 0 26 2 +24 9 Knockout stage
2  Iraq 3 2 0 1 12 17 −5 6
3  China 3 1 0 2 6 14 −8 3
4  Jordan 3 0 0 3 4 15 −11 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Iraq 6–1 China
13', 30'
18'
26'
35', 38'		 Report 20'
Attendance: 50
Referee: Trương Quốc Dũng (Vietnam)
Iran 6–0 Jordan
Hassanzadeh 2', 27'
Tayyebi 10'
Bahadori 31'
Javid 34', 36'		 Report
Attendance: 500
Referee: Lee Po-fu (Chinese Taipei)
China 0–7 Iran
Report Taheri 1'
Hassanzadeh 6'
Ahmadi 17'
Keshavarz 26', 28'
Tayyebi 27'
Bahadori 32'
Attendance: 350
Referee: Hiroyuki Kobayashi (Japan)
Jordan 3–4 Iraq
5', 29'
26'		 Report 21'
29'
36'
37'
Attendance: 300
Referee: Helday Idang (Malaysia)
Iran 13–2 Iraq
Taheri 1', 10'
Tayyebi 3', 11', 18', 28'
Hassanzadeh 5', 40'
Ahmadi 6'
Javid 6', 15', 34'
Tavakoli 20'		 Report 17'
38'
Attendance: 1,700
Referee: Trương Quốc Dũng (Vietnam)
China 5–1 Jordan
25'
31'
33'
36'
37'		 Report 39'
Attendance: 400
Referee: Yuttakon Maiket (Thailand)

Group C[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Thailand 3 3 0 0 15 7 +8 9 Knockout stage
2  Vietnam 3 2 0 1 14 8 +6 6
3  Chinese Taipei 3 0 1 2 9 15 −6 1
4  Tajikistan 3 0 1 2 8 16 −8 1
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Thailand 5–4 Tajikistan
Suphawut 7', 30', 32'
Apiwat 25'
40'		 Report 11'
21'
35', 39'
Attendance: 100
Referee: Hasan Mousa Al-Gburi (Iraq)
Vietnam 5–4 Chinese Taipei
Nguyễn Bảo Quân 4' (pen.)
6'
28'
31'
37'		 Report 4', 31'
26'
39'
Attendance: 100
Referee: Husein Mahmoud Khalaileh (Jordan)
Chinese Taipei 2–7 Thailand
14'
36'		 Report Suphawut 2', 33'
4'
Chang Chien-ying 22' (o.g.)
Jetsada 28', 37'
37'
Attendance: 100
Referee: Hawkar Salar Ahmed (Iraq)
Tajikistan 1–8 Vietnam
9' Report 1', 22'
Trần Văn Vũ 14', 37'
Nguyễn Bảo Quân 20'
27'
34'
35'
Attendance: 300
Referee: Khamis Hassan Al Shamsi (United Arab Emirates)
Thailand 3–1 Vietnam
Suphawut 32', 40', 40' Report 38'
Attendance: 700
Referee: Hasan Mousa Al-Gburi (Iraq)
Chinese Taipei 3–3 Tajikistan
26'
Lin Chien-hsun 36'
Chang Chien-ying 39'		 Report 2'
29'
40'
Attendance: 100
Referee: Mahmoud Husein Khalaileh (Jordan)

Group D[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Japan 3 3 0 0 15 2 +13 9 Knockout stage
2  Australia 3 2 0 1 8 6 +2 6
3  Qatar 3 1 0 2 8 8 0 3
4  Malaysia 3 0 0 3 4 19 −15 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Japan 1–0 Qatar
16' Report
Attendance: 430
Referee: Nurdin Bukuev (Kyrgyzstan)
Australia 2–1 Malaysia
24'
26'		 Report 19'
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Vahid Arzpeyma Mohammreh (Iran)
Malaysia 1–11 Japan
Afif 14' Report Yoshikawa 3'
3', 7'
Morioka 13'
Osodo 13'
15'
Henmi 15'
16', 19'
19'
40'
Attendance: 430
Referee: Liu Jianqiao (China)
Qatar 2–5 Australia
3'
Oliveira 27'		 Report 2'
3', 26'
4', 37'
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: An Ran (China)
Japan 3–1 Australia
Henmi 8'
Morioka 19'
34'		 Report 12'
Attendance: 435
Referee: Nurdin Bukuev (Kyrgyzstan)
Malaysia 2–6 Qatar
2'
Afif 18'		 Report 2'
5'
9', 26'
Oliveira 39', 40'
Attendance: 50
Referee: Vahid Arzpeyma (Iran)

Knockout stage[]

In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out would be used to decide the winner if necessary (no extra time would be used in the third place match).[10]

Bracket[]

  5th place match 5th–8th place playoffs Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
                                               
     A1   Uzbekistan  3  
     B2   Iraq  0  
   B2   Iraq  3        A1   Uzbekistan (p)  2 (3)  
   D2   Australia  5        C1   Thailand  2 (1)  
   C1   Thailand  6
     D2   Australia  1  
   D2   Australia  3        A1   Uzbekistan  1
   A2   Kyrgyzstan  1        B1   Iran  2
     B1   Iran  7  
       A2   Kyrgyzstan  0  
 A2   Kyrgyzstan  6        B1   Iran  13
  7th place match      D1   Japan  2        C2   Vietnam  1     3rd place match
   B2   Iraq  8th    D1   Japan  4 (1)    C1   Thailand  8
   D1   Japan  7th      C2   Vietnam (p)  4 (2)      C2   Vietnam  0

Quarter-finals[]

Winners qualified for 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup. Losers enter fifth place play-offs.

Uzbekistan 3–0 Iraq
18', 39'
31'		 Report
Attendance: 2,600
Referee: Liu Jianqiao (China)
Thailand 6–1 Australia
Jirawat 5', 39'
Suphawut 10', 39'
Jetsada 27'
33'		 Report 20'
Attendance: 500
Referee: Tomohiro Kozaki (Japan)
Iran 7–0 Kyrgyzstan
Tayyebi 7', 15', 32'
Taheri 8'
Bahadori 26'
Hassanzadeh 26'
Alighadr 29'		 Report
Attendance: 700
Referee: Trương Quốc Dũng (Vietnam)
Japan 4–4 (a.e.t.) Vietnam
8', 26'
Morioka 13', 42'		 Report Trần Văn Vũ 14', 39'
35'
49'
Penalties
Morioka soccer ball with red X
Henmi soccer ball with check mark
soccer ball with red X		 1–2 soccer ball with check mark Nguyễn Bảo Quân
soccer ball with red X
soccer ball with check mark
Attendance: 150
Referee: Nurdin Bukuev (Kyrgyzstan)

Fifth place play-offs[]

Iraq 3–5 Australia
8'
38'
39'		 Report 6', 20'
11', 37'
35'
Attendance: 230
Referee: Trương Quốc Dũng (Vietnam)
Kyrgyzstan 6–2 Japan
10', 30'
13'
24', 36', 40'		 Report Henmi 26'
Hoshi 39'
Attendance: 100
Referee: Vahid Arzpeyma Mohamareh (Iran)

Fifth place match[]

Australia qualified for 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup.

Australia 3–1 Kyrgyzstan
6'
20'
32'		 Report 37'
Attendance: 100
Referee: Trương Quốc Dũng (Vietnam)

Semi-finals[]

Uzbekistan 2–2 (a.e.t.) Thailand
Jirawat 23' (o.g.)
48'		 Report Jetsada 24'
Apiwat 41'
Penalties
soccer ball with check mark
soccer ball with check mark
soccer ball with check mark		 3–1 soccer ball with check mark Suphawut
soccer ball with red X Jirawat
Attendance: 2,600
Referee: Chris Colley (Australia)
Iran 13–1 Vietnam
Javid 2', 20', 32'
Tavakoli 8', 8', 20', 22'
Ahmadi 13'
Tayyebi 16', 27'
Vafaei 26'
Keshavarz 37', 39'		 Report 17'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Nurdin Bukuev (Kyrgyzstan)

Third place match[]

Thailand 8–0 Vietnam
Jetsada 6'
Apiwat 11', 12'
Suphawut 18' (pen.), 18' (pen.), 36', 40'
Jirawat 34'		 Report
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: An Ran (China)

Final[]

Uzbekistan 1–2 Iran
6' Report Bahadori 9'
Keshavarz 14'
Attendance: 2,600
Referee: Tomohiro Kozaki (Japan)

Goalscorers[]

There were 234 goals scored in 35 matches, for an average of 6.69 goals per match.

14 goals

11 goals

8 goals

7 goals

  • Kyrgyzstan Maksadbek Alimov

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

  • Australia Tobias Seeto
  • China Wang Hongwei
  • Chinese Taipei Chu Chia-wei
  • Chinese Taipei Lin Chih-hung
  • Iraq Rafid Hameed
  • Iraq Salim Faisal
  • Japan Ryosuke Nishitani
  • Japan Manabu Takita
  • Japan Tomoaki Watanabe
  • Jordan Samer Samih
  • Kyrgyzstan Ilias Chotbaev
  • Lebanon Mohamad Kobeissy
  • Lebanon Ali Tneich
  • Malaysia Afif Asyraf
  • Tajikistan Nekruz Alimakhmadov
  • Tajikistan Rahmonali Sharipov
  • Uzbekistan Davron Choriev
  • Uzbekistan Artur Yunusov
  • Vietnam Dương Anh Tùng
  • Vietnam Lê Quốc Nam
  • Vietnam Nguyễn Bảo Quân
  • Vietnam Trần Long Vũ

1 goal

  • Australia Wade Giovenali
  • Australia Grant Lynch
  • Australia Daine Merrin
  • China He Yihui
  • China Li Jianjia
  • China Zeng Liang
  • China Zhao Liang
  • Chinese Taipei Chang Chien-ying
  • Chinese Taipei Chi Sheng-fa
  • Chinese Taipei Huang Po-chun
  • Chinese Taipei Lai Ming-hui
  • Chinese Taipei Lin Chien-hsun
  • Iran Mehran Alighadr
  • Iran Alireza Vafaei
  • Iraq Hussein Al-Zubaidi
  • Iraq Amjad Kareem
  • Iraq Firas Mohammed
  • Iraq Mustafa Bachay
  • Japan Shota Hoshi
  • Japan Yuki Murota
  • Japan Nobuya Osodo
  • Japan Tomoki Yoshikawa
  • Jordan Nooreddin Atef
  • Jordan Mutaz Mohammad
  • Kyrgyzstan Ruslan Ermekov
  • Kyrgyzstan Rustam Ermekov
  • Kyrgyzstan Emil Kanetov
  • Lebanon Ahmad Kheir El Dine
  • Lebanon Hassan Zeitoun
  • Malaysia Akmarulnizam Idris
  • Malaysia Khairul Effendy
  • Qatar Mohamed Ali
  • Qatar Saad Bilal
  • Saudi Arabia Abdulaziz Azmi
  • Saudi Arabia Eihab Nasser
  • Saudi Arabia Aroan Nawaf
  • Saudi Arabia Jwher Zafer
  • Tajikistan Shavqat Halimov
  • Tajikistan Mansur Mamedbabaev
  • Tajikistan Fayzali Sardorov
  • Tajikistan Mehruboni Tillozoda
  • Thailand Konghla Lakka
  • Uzbekistan Farkhod Abdumavlyanov
  • Uzbekistan Javlon Anorov
  • Uzbekistan Nodir Elibaev
  • Uzbekistan Dilshod Irsaliev
  • Uzbekistan Jamoliddin Shalipov
  • Uzbekistan Konstantin Sviridov
  • Vietnam Danh Phát
  • Vietnam Ngô Ngọc Sơn
  • Vietnam Trần Thái Huy
  • Vietnam Vũ Xuân Du

1 own goal

  • Chinese Taipei Chang Chien-ying (against Thailand)
  • Saudi Arabia Abdulaziz Azmi (against Lebanon)
  • Thailand Jirawat Sornwichian (against Uzbekistan)

Source: AFC[14]

Awards[]

Final ranking[]

Teams qualified for the 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup
Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Iran
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Uzbekistan
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Thailand
4  Vietnam
5  Australia
6  Kyrgyzstan
7  Japan
8  Iraq
9  Qatar
10  China
11  Lebanon
12  Saudi Arabia
13  Chinese Taipei
14  Tajikistan
15  Jordan
16  Malaysia

Qualified teams for FIFA Futsal World Cup[]

The following five teams from AFC qualified for the 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament1
 Iran 17 February 2016 6 (1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012)
 Uzbekistan 17 February 2016 0 (debut)
 Thailand 17 February 2016 4 (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012)
 Vietnam 17 February 2016 0 (debut)
 Australia 19 February 2016 6 (19892, 19922, 19962, 20002, 20042, 2012)
1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.
2 Australia qualified as a member of the OFC between 1989 and 2004.

Broadcasting[]

Territory Channel Ref
Asia-Pacific Fox Sports Asia [17]
 Australia Fox Sports Australia
 China Star Sports
 Iran IRIB 3
 Thailand Channel 7 (Thailand)
 Uzbekistan SPORT-UZ
 Kyrgyzstan

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