2019 AFC U-20 Futsal Championship

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2019 AFC U-20 Futsal Championship
2019 مسابقات قهرمانی فوتسال زیر ۲۰ سال آسیا
Japan became 2019 AFC U-20 Futsal Championship.jpg
Tournament details
Host countryIran
CityTabriz
Dates14–22 June[1]
Teams12 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1
Final positions
Champions Japan (1st title)
Runners-up 
Third place 
Fourth place Indonesia
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored128 (6.4 per match)
Attendance14,031 (702 per match)
Top scorer(s)Iran Salar Aghapour (8 goals)
Best player(s)Japan Masashi Osawa
Fair play award Japan
← 2017
2021 →

The 2019 was AFC U-20 Futsal Championship the biennial international the championships organised Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for men's youth national futsal teams off Asia.

The tournament was hosted by Iran between 14 and 22 June 2019.[2] A total the of 12 teams participated of tournament.[3] were the defending champion but failed to defend the title after losing to Japanese in the semi-final. Japanese became the champions after beating in the final.

Qualification[]

Main article: 2019 AFC U-20 Futsal Championship qualification

Unlike the previous tournament where all teams entered the final tournament, qualifiers were held from 1 to 10 December 2018.[4] The draw for the qualifiers was held on 30 August 2018.[5]

Qualified teams[]

The following 12 teams qualified for the final tournament.[6]

Team Qualified as Appearance Previous best performance
 Thailand ASEAN Zone winners 2nd Third place (2017)
 Vietnam ASEAN Zone runners-up 2nd Group stage (2017)
 Indonesia ASEAN Zone third place 2nd Quarter-finals (2017)
  Central Zone Group A winners and Hosts 2nd Champions (2017)
  Central Zone Group B winners 2nd Group stage (2017)
  Central Zone play-off winners 2nd Group stage (2017)
  Central Zone play-off losers 2nd Group stage (2017)
 Japan East Zone Group A winners 2nd Quarter-finals (2017)
  East Zone Group B winners 2nd Group stage (2017)
 [note 1] East Zone best runners-up 2nd Group Stage (2017)
  West Zone Group A winners 2nd Quarter-finals (2017)
  West Zone Group B winners 2nd Runners-up (2017)

Notes:

  1. ^ Hong Kong replaced Saudi Arabia (West Zone play-off winners) after they withdrew.[7]

Venue[]

The matches were played at the Shahid Poursharifi Arena in Tabriz.[2]

Tabriz
Shahid Poursharifi Arena
Capacity: 6,000
Shahid Pour Sharifi Arena.jpg

Draw[]

The final draw was held on 11 April 2019, 15:30 MYT (UTC+8), at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur.[7][8] The 12 teams were drawn into four groups of three teams. The teams were seeded according to their performance in the 2017 AFC U-20 Futsal Championship final tournament, with the hosts automatically seeded and assigned to Position A1 in the draw.

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3
  1.   (hosts)
  2.  
  3.  Thailand
  4.  Japan
  1.  
  2.  
  3.  
  4.  

Squads[]

Main article:

Players born after 1 January 1999 were eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team must register a squad of 14 players, minimum two of whom must be goalkeepers (Regulations Articles 27.1 and 27.2).[3]

Group stage[]

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

Tiebreakers

Teams were 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 were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Article 11.5):[3]

  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, IRDT (UTC+4:30).

Schedule
Matchday Dates Matches
Matchday 1 14 June 2019 3 v 1
Matchday 2 15 June 2019 2 v 3
Matchday 3 16 June 2019 1 v 2

Group A[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   (H) 2 2 0 0 10 5 +5 6 Knockout stage
2   2 1 0 1 8 4 +4 3
3   2 0 0 2 4 13 −9 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Host
 3–7 
  • Wong Wai Kwok Goal 15', 17', 36'
 Report
  • Aghapour Goal 3', 22', 40'
  • Akrami Goal 4', 5'
  • Esmaeili Goal 29'
  • Yousef Goal 31'
Attendance: 600
Referee: Benjapol Mucharoensap (Thailand)
 6–1 
  • Mohammadi Goal 6'
  • Zaheri Goal 20'
  • Zada Goal 22'
  • Yousufi Goal 34'
  • Mousavi Goal 36', 37'
 Report
  • Chow Ka Lok Leo Goal 28'
Attendance: 100
Referee: Kim Jong-hee (South Korea)
 3–2 
  • Yousef Goal 3', 31'
  • Ghanbari Goal 30'
 Report
  • Zada Goal 18'
  • Mohammadi Goal 38'
Attendance: 1,507
Referee: Azat Hajypolatov (Turkmenistan)

Group B[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Thailand 2 2 0 0 12 3 +9 6 Knockout stage
2   2 1 0 1 4 10 −6 3
3   2 0 0 2 4 7 −3 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
 2–4 Thailand
  • Zholdoshov Goal 7'
  • Isakov Goal 8'
 Report
  • Thawatchai Goal 5', 17'
  • Siksaka Goal 17'
  • Krit Goal 27'
Attendance: 500
Referee: Leung Chung Yin (Hong Kong)
 3–2 
  • Ghattas Goal 18'
  • Koukezian Goal 18'
  • Selwan Goal 38'
 Report
  • Zholdoshov Goal 1'
  • Isakov Goal 26'
Attendance: 120
Referee: Takeshi Fujita (Japan)
Thailand 8–1 
  • Thanawat Goal 6'
  • Nattasak Goal 8'
  • Siksaka Goal 16'
  • Hamieh Goal 25' (o.g.)
  • Sivakorn Goal 30', 39'
  • Chutipong Goal 30'
  • Krit Goal 34'
 Report
  • Shehab Goal 36'
Attendance: 300
Referee: Kim Jong-hee (South Korea)

Group C[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Japan 2 2 0 0 5 2 +3 6 Knockout stage
2  Vietnam 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 3
3   2 0 0 2 2 5 −3 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
 1–3 Japan
  • Sharipov Goal 38'
 Report
  • Osawa Goal 14'
  • Takahashi Goal 16'
  • Otsuka Goal 16'
Attendance: 75
Referee: Osama Saeed Idrees Sedaif (Bahrain)
Vietnam 2–1 
  • Triệu Xuân Linh Goal 13'
  • Hà Đức Ngọc Goal 15'
 Report
  • Yorov Goal 11'
Attendance: 100
Referee: Ridzuan Rozali (Malaysia)
Japan 2–1 Vietnam
  • K. Yamada Goal 14'
  • Motoishi Goal 18'
 Report
  • An Lâm Tới Goal 14'
Attendance: 80
Referee: Ali Hafizi (Iran)

Group D[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Indonesia 2 2 0 0 8 4 +4 6 Knockout stage
2   2 1 0 1 6 4 +2 3
3   2 0 0 2 5 11 −6 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
 2–5 
  • Huang Yu-wei Goal 3'
  • Chen Ching-hang Goal 28'
 Report
  • Hussein Goal 10', 10'
  • Muwafaq Goal 11' (pen.)
  • Zamil Goal 34'
  • Haitham Goal 39'
Attendance: 500
Referee: Ali Hafizi (Iran)
Indonesia 6–3 
  • Afif Goal 2'
  • Abdussalam Goal 6'
  • Inzaghi Goal 9' (pen.)
  • Sanjaya Goal 16', 27', 28'
 Report
  • Fu Wei-da Goal 5'
  • Huang Yu-wei Goal 12'
  • Chen Ching-hang Goal 28'
Attendance: 150
Referee: Andrew Best (Australia)
 1–2 Indonesia
  • Hamid Goal 21'
 Report
  • Firman Goal 9'
  • Ari Goal 17'
Attendance: 100
Referee: Benjapol Mucharoensap (Thailand)

Knockout stage[]

In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary, except for the third place match where penalty shoot-out (no extra time) was used to decide the winner if necessary (Regulations Articles 15.1 and 16.1).[3]

Bracket[]

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
18 June – Shahid Poursharifi Arena
 
 
  (a.e.t.)3
 
20 June – Shahid Poursharifi Arena
 
 2
 
 4
 
18 June – Shahid Poursharifi Arena
 
 Japan (a.e.t.)8
 
 Japan2
 
22 June – Shahid Poursharifi Arena
 
 0
 
 Japan3
 
18 June – Shahid Poursharifi Arena
 
 1
 
 Thailand2
 
20 June – Shahid Poursharifi Arena
 
 3
 
  (a.e.t.)4
 
18 June – Shahid Poursharifi Arena
 
 Indonesia3 Third place match
 
 Indonesia7
 
22 June – Shahid Poursharifi Arena
 
 Vietnam5
 
 9
 
 
 Indonesia1
 

Quarter-finals[]

Indonesia 7–5 Vietnam
  • Abdussalam Goal 10'
  • Syaifullah Goal 15', 22'
  • Sanjaya Goal 25'
  • Agung Goal 27', 32', 35'
 Report
  • Nhận Gia Hưng Goal 29'
  • Nguyễn Huỳnh Thanh Huy Goal 34', 38'
  • An Lâm Tới Goal 38'
  • Huỳnh Mi Woen Goal 40'
Attendance: 100
Referee: Mahmoudreza Nasirloo (Iran)
Japan 2–0 
  • Hagiwara Goal 5'
  • Matsukawa Goal 38'
 Report
Attendance: 110
Referee: Darius Turner (Australia)
Thailand 2–3 
  • Thanawat Goal 22'
  • Haidari Goal 39' (o.g.)
 Report
  • Mousavi Goal 2', 13'
  • Mahmoodi Goal 18'
Attendance: 200
Referee: Tomohiro Kozaki (Japan)
 3–2 (a.e.t.) 
  • Aghapour Goal 8', 45'
  • Ghanbari Goal 48'
 Report
  • Selwan Goal 39'
  • Koukezian Goal 49'
Attendance: 1,956
Referee: Liu Jianqiao (China)

Semi-finals[]

 4–3 (a.e.t.) Indonesia
  • Mousavi Goal 8', 43'
  • Zada Goal 29'
  • Yousufi Goal 45'
 Report
  • Xavier Goal 22'
  • Agung Goal 30'
  • Sanjaya Goal 50'
Attendance: 300
Referee: Osama Saeed Idrees Sedaif (Bahrain)
 4–8 (a.e.t.) Japan
  • Yousef Goal 10'
  • Sarbaz Goal 17'
  • Dehghan Goal 24', 30'
 Report
  • Hashimoto Goal 4'
  • Otsuka Goal 18'
  • Osawa Goal 23'
  • Motoishi Goal 40' (pen.)
  • Iguchi Goal 43'
  • J. Yamada Goal 46'
  • Hatakeyama Goal 47'
  • Kimura Goal 49'
Attendance: 2,105
Referee: Mohamad Chami (Lebanon)

Third place match[]

 9–1 Indonesia
  • Aghapour Goal 3', 6', 25' (pen.)
  • Akrami Goal 4'
  • Sarbaz Goal 11'
  • Ghanbari Goal 16'
  • Hosseinzadeh Goal 17'
  • Esmaeili Goal 29'
  • Dehghan Goal 40'
 Report
  • Firman Goal 39'
Attendance: 2,254
Referee: Liu Jianqiao (China)

Final[]

Japan 3–1 
  • Takahashi Goal 9'
  • Osawa Goal 16'
  • Tabuchi Goal 38'
 Report
  • Hossaini Goal 34'
Attendance: 2,874
Referee: Ridzuan Rozali (Malaysia)

Winners[]

2019 AFC U-20 Futsal Championship
Japan
Japan
First title

Awards[]

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

Top Goalscorer[9] Most Valuable Player[9] Fair Play award[9]
Iran Salar Aghapour Japan Masashi Osawa  Japan

Goalscorers[]

There were 128 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 6.4 goals per match.

8 goals

  • Iran Salar Aghapour

6 goals

  • Afghanistan Seyed Mousavi

5 goals

  • Indonesia Muhammad Sanjaya

4 goals

  • Indonesia Agung Pandega
  • Iran Masoud Yousef

3 goals

  • Afghanistan Ali Zada
  • Hong Kong Wong Wai Kwok
  • Iran Ali Akrami
  • Iran Mahdi Dehghan
  • Iran Reza Ghanbari
  • Japan Masashi Osawa

2 goals

  • Afghanistan Mojtaba Mohammadi
  • Afghanistan Dawood Yousufi
  • Chinese Taipei Chen Ching-hang
  • Chinese Taipei Huang Yu-wei
  • Indonesia Abdussalam
  • Indonesia Firman Adriansyah
  • Indonesia Muhammad Syaifullah
  • Iran Belal Esmaeili
  • Iran Sajjad Sarbaz
  • Iraq Yaseen Hussein
  • Japan Takehiro Motoishi
  • Japan Hiroto Otsuka
  • Japan Yudai Takahashi
  • Kyrgyzstan Damir Isakov
  • Kyrgyzstan Mamatziia Zholdoshov
  • Lebanon Steve Koukezian
  • Lebanon Jamal Selwan
  • Thailand Krit Aransanyalak
  • Thailand Sivakorn Jongkolthakorn
  • Thailand Thanawat Koedbangrachan
  • Thailand Siksaka Pramanong
  • Thailand Thawatchai Rairat
  • Vietnam An Lâm Tới
  • Vietnam Nguyễn Huỳnh Thanh Huy

1 goal

  • Afghanistan Hamid Reza Hossaini
  • Afghanistan Farzad Mahmoodi
  • Afghanistan Sadiq Zaheri
  • Chinese Taipei Fu Wei-da
  • Hong Kong Chow Ka Lok Leo
  • Indonesia Filippo Inzaghi
  • Indonesia Ari Ramdani
  • Indonesia Afif Rizky
  • Indonesia Rizki Xavier
  • Iran Erfan Hosseinzadeh
  • Iraq Sajjad Haitham
  • Iraq Hussein Hamid
  • Iraq Ali Muwafaq
  • Iraq Hussein Zamil
  • Japan Manatsu Hagiwara
  • Japan Reira Hashimoto
  • Japan Yuki Hatakeyama
  • Japan Rintaro Iguchi
  • Japan Yuta Kimura
  • Japan Kota Matsukawa
  • Japan Hiroshi Tabuchi
  • Japan Jiei Yamada
  • Japan Kaito Yamada
  • Lebanon Mouafac Ghattas
  • Lebanon Hassan Shehab
  • Tajikistan Nasim Sharipov
  • Tajikistan Idris Yorov
  • Thailand Nattasak Photi
  • Thailand Chutipong Suraditanunt
  • Vietnam Hà Đức Ngọc
  • Vietnam Huỳnh Mi Woen
  • Vietnam Nhận Gia Hưng
  • Vietnam Triệu Xuân Linh

1 own goal

  • Afghanistan Morteza Haidari (against Thailand)
  • Lebanon Hussein Hamieh (against Thailand)

References[]

  1. ^ "AFC Competitions Calendar 2019". AFC. 28 February 2018.
  2. ^ a b "با تایید کنفدراسیون فوتبال آسیا؛". Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran. 5 December 2018. Archived from the original on 13 December 2018. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
  3. ^ a b c d "AFC U-20 Futsal Championship 2019 Competition Regulations". AFC.
  4. ^ "AFC Competitions Calendar 2018". AFC. 11 January 2018.
  5. ^ "Asian hopefuls to identify opponents in official draw". AFC. 29 August 2018.
  6. ^ "Iran 2019 cast complete". AFC. 10 December 2018.
  7. ^ a b "IR Iran 2019 Finals draw: All you need to know". AFC. 10 April 2019.
  8. ^ "Draw sets stage for exciting IR Iran 2019 Finals". AFC. 11 April 2019.
  9. ^ a b c "Aghapour bags Top Scorer Award, Masashi clinches MVP Award". AFC. 22 June 2019.

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