2018 AFC Futsal Championship

2018 AFC Futsal Championship

2018亞足聯室內五人制足球錦標賽
Tournament details
Host country	Taiwan
Dates	1–11 February 2018
Teams	16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Iran (12th title)
Runners-up	Japan
Third place	Uzbekistan
Fourth place	Iraq
Tournament statistics
Matches played	32
Goals scored	203 (6.34 per match)
Attendance	14,418 (451 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Hossein Tayyebi (14 goals)
Best player(s)	Ali Hassanzadeh
Fair play award	Iraq
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The 2018 AFC Futsal Championship was the 15th 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 AFC appointed Taipei and New Taipei City, Taiwan (designated as Chinese Taipei by FIFA) as hosts on 29 July 2017;^[1] the tournament took place between 1 and 11 February 2018 at Xinzhuang Gymnasium and University of Taipei Gymnasium.^[2] A total of 16 teams played in the tournament.

Defending champions Iran defeated Japan in the final to win their 12th title.

Qualification[]

Qualifying was played on 15 October – 12 November 2017.^[3]

Qualified teams[]

The following 16 teams qualified for the final tournament.^[4]

Team	Qualified as	Appearance	Previous best performance
Chinese Taipei	Hosts	12th	Quarter-finals (2003)
Vietnam	ASEAN Zone Group A winners	5th	Fourth place (2016)
Myanmar	ASEAN Zone Group A runners-up	1st	Debut
Thailand	ASEAN Zone Group B winners	15th	Runners-up (2008, 2012)
Malaysia	ASEAN Zone Group B runners-up	12th	Group stage (1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2014, 2016)
Japan	East Zone Group A winners	15th	Champions (2006, 2012, 2014)
South Korea	East Zone Group B winners	13th	Runners-up (1999)
China	East Zone play-off winners	12th	Fourth place (2008, 2010)
Uzbekistan	South & Central Zone Group A winners	15th	Runners-up (2001, 2006, 2010, 2016)
Kyrgyzstan	South & Central Zone Group A runners-up	15th	Semi-finals (2005), Fourth place (2006, 2007)
Iran	South & Central Zone Group B winners	15th	Champions (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2016)
Tajikistan	South & Central Zone Group B runners-up	10th	Quarter-finals (2007)
Bahrain	West Zone Group A winners	2nd	Group stage (2002)
Iraq	West Zone Group A runners-up	11th	Quarter-finals (2002, 2016)
Lebanon	West Zone Group B winners	11th	Quarter-finals (2004, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
Jordan	West Zone Group B runners-up	2nd	Group stage (2016)

Venues[]

The competition was played in two venues in two cities.^[5]

New Taipei City	New Taipei Taipei	Taipei
Xinzhuang Gymnasium
Capacity: 7,125		Capacity: 1,000
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Draw[]

The final draw was held on 12 December 2017, 11:00 TWT (UTC+8), at the Sherwood Taipei in Taipei.^[6] The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four teams.^[7] The teams were seeded according to their performance in the 2016 AFC Futsal Championship final tournament and qualification, with the hosts Chinese Taipei automatically seeded and assigned to Position A1 in the draw.^[8]

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Chinese Taipei (hosts)  Iran  Uzbekistan  Thailand	Vietnam  Japan  Iraq  Kyrgyzstan	China  Malaysia  Lebanon  Tajikistan	Jordan  South Korea  Bahrain  Myanmar

Squads[]

Each team must register a squad of 14 players, minimum two of whom must be goalkeepers (Regulations Articles 29.4 and 29.5).^[9]

Match officials[]

The following referees were chosen for the 2018 AFC Futsal Championship.

Referees

Group stage[]

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

Tiebreakers

Teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Article 11.5):^[9]

1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
4. If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
5. Goal difference in all group matches;
6. Goals scored in all group matches;
7. Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are tied and they met in the last round of the group;
8. Disciplinary points (yellow card = 1 point, red card as a result of two yellow cards = 3 points, direct red card = 3 points, yellow card followed by direct red card = 4 points);
9. Drawing of lots.

All times are local, TWT (UTC+8).^[10]

Schedule

Matchday	Dates	Matches
Matchday 1	1–2 February 2018	1 v 4, 2 v 3
Matchday 2	3–4 February 2018	4 v 2, 3 v 1
Matchday 3	5–6 February 2018	1 v 2, 3 v 4

Group A[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Vietnam	3	2	0	1	6	4	+2	6	Knockout stage
2	Bahrain	3	1	1	1	6	5	+1	4
3	Chinese Taipei (H)	3	1	1	1	8	9	−1	4
4	Malaysia	3	1	0	2	7	9	−2	3

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Group B[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Japan	3	3	0	0	13	6	+7	9	Knockout stage
2	Uzbekistan	3	2	0	1	19	8	+11	6
3	Tajikistan	3	1	0	2	11	8	+3	3
4	South Korea	3	0	0	3	4	25	−21	0

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Group C[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Iran	3	3	0	0	30	4	+26	9	Knockout stage
2	Iraq	3	2	0	1	10	9	+1	6
3	China	3	1	0	2	8	18	−10	3
4	Myanmar	3	0	0	3	5	22	−17	0

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Group D[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Lebanon	3	2	1	0	9	5	+4	7	Knockout stage
2	Thailand	3	2	0	1	15	7	+8	6
3	Kyrgyzstan	3	1	1	1	6	11	−5	4
4	Jordan	3	0	0	3	3	10	−7	0

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Knockout stage[]

In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary, except for the third place match where penalty shoot-out (no extra time) is used to decide the winner if necessary (Regulations Article 15.1).^[9]

Bracket[]

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	8 February –
	Lebanon	2 (8)
					9 February – Xinzhuang Gym.
	Iraq (p)	2 (9)
					Iraq	0
	8 February –
					Japan	3
	Japan	2
									11 February – Xinzhuang Gym.
	Bahrain	0
									Japan	0
	8 February – Xinzhuang Gym.
									Iran	4
	Iran	9
					9 February – Xinzhuang Gym.
	Thailand	1
					Iran	7
	8 February – Xinzhuang Gym.
					Uzbekistan	1			Third place
	Vietnam	1
									11 February – Xinzhuang Gym.
	Uzbekistan	3
									Iraq	4 (1)
									Uzbekistan (p)	4 (2)

Quarter-finals[]

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Semi-finals[]

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Third place match[]

Final[]

Winners[]

2018 AFC Futsal Championship
Iran Twelfth title

Awards[]

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:

Top Goalscorer[11]	Most Valuable Player[12]	Fair Play award
Hossein Tayyebi	Ali Asghar Hassanzadeh	Iraq

Goalscorers[]

There were 203 goals scored in 32 matches, for an average of 6.34 goals per match.

14 goals

12 goals

10 goals

7 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Tournament team rankings[]

As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
1	Iran	6	6	0	0	50	6	+44	18	Champions
2	Japan	6	5	0	1	18	10	+8	15	Runners-up
3	Uzbekistan	6	3	1	2	27	20	+7	10	Third place
4	Iraq	6	2	2	2	16	18	−2	8	Fourth place
5	Lebanon	4	2	2	0	11	7	+4	8	Eliminated in quarter-finals
6	Thailand	4	2	0	2	16	16	0	6
7	Vietnam	4	2	0	2	7	7	0	6
8	Bahrain	4	1	1	2	6	7	−1	4
9	Chinese Taipei	3	1	1	1	8	9	−1	4	Eliminated in group stage
10	Kyrgyzstan	3	1	1	1	6	11	−5	4
11	Tajikistan	3	1	0	2	11	8	+3	3
12	Malaysia	3	1	0	2	7	9	−2	3
13	China	3	1	0	2	8	18	−10	3
14	Jordan	3	0	0	3	3	10	−7	0
15	Myanmar	3	0	0	3	5	22	−17	0
16	South Korea	3	0	0	3	4	25	−21	0

See also[]

• List of sporting events in Taiwan

References[]

External links[]

• AFC Futsal Championship, the-AFC.com
• AFC Futsal Championship 2018, stats.the-AFC.com