AFC Futsal Asian Cup
Founded | 1999 |
---|---|
Region | Asia (AFC) |
Number of teams | 16 |
Current champions | Iran (12th title) |
Most successful team(s) | Iran (12 titles) |
2022 AFC Futsal Asian Cup |
The AFC Futsal Asian Cup, previously the AFC Futsal Championship, is the premier international futsal competition for the Asian Football Confederation national teams. It was first held in 1999 and was played annually until 2008; since then it has been played biennially. From 2021, the tournament will be rebranded from the "AFC Futsal Championship" to the "AFC Futsal Asian Cup".[1]
Iran and Japan are the dominant nations being the only two nations to have won the tournament and Iran is the only nation to have never finished outside the top four. Iran, champions of 12 of the 15 editions of the competition, won 7 straight editions before their streak was broken by Japan. Japan have won the other 3 editions of the competition. It is a qualification for the FIFA Futsal World Cup. Kazakhstan switched to UEFA since 2002.
Format[]
History[]
Results[]
# | Year | Hosts | Final | Third place match | Number of teams | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Winners | Score | Runners-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | |||||||
1 | 1999 Details |
Malaysia |
Iran |
9–1 | South Korea |
Kazakhstan |
2–2 aet (5–3) pen |
Japan |
9 | |||
2 | 2000 Details |
Thailand |
Iran |
4–1 | Kazakhstan |
Thailand |
8–6 | Japan |
9 | |||
3 | 2001 Details |
Iran |
Iran |
9–0 | Uzbekistan |
South Korea |
2–1 | Japan |
14 | |||
4 | 2002 Details |
Indonesia |
Iran |
6–0 | Japan |
Thailand |
4–2 | South Korea |
14 | |||
5 | 2003 Details |
Iran |
Iran |
6–4 | Japan |
Thailand |
8–2 | Kuwait |
16 | |||
6 | 2004 Details |
Macau |
Iran |
5–3 | Japan |
Thailand |
3–1 | Uzbekistan |
18 | |||
7 | 2005 Details |
Vietnam |
Iran |
2–0 | Japan |
Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan | 24 | |||||
8 | 2006 Details |
Uzbekistan |
Japan |
5–1 | Uzbekistan |
Iran |
5–3 | Kyrgyzstan |
16 | |||
9 | 2007 Details |
Japan |
Iran |
4–1 | Japan |
Uzbekistan |
5–3 | Kyrgyzstan |
16 | |||
10 | 2008 Details |
Thailand |
Iran |
4–0 | Thailand |
Japan |
5–3 | China |
16 | |||
11 | 2010 Details |
Uzbekistan |
Iran |
8–3 | Uzbekistan |
Japan |
6–1 | China |
16 | |||
12 | 2012 Details |
United Arab Emirates |
Japan |
6–1 | Thailand |
Iran |
4–0 | Australia |
16 | |||
13 | 2014 Details |
Vietnam |
Japan |
2–2 aet (3–0) pen |
Iran |
Uzbekistan |
2–1 | Kuwait |
16 | |||
14 | 2016 Details |
Uzbekistan |
Iran |
2–1 | Uzbekistan |
Thailand |
8–0 | Vietnam |
16 | |||
15 | 2018 Details |
Taiwan |
Iran |
4–0 | Japan |
Uzbekistan |
4–4 (2–1) pen |
Iraq |
16 | |||
Details |
Kuwait |
Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic [2] | ||||||||||
17 | 2022 Details |
Kuwait |
16 |
Performance by nations[]
Team | Champions | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place | Total (Top 4) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Iran | 12 (1999, 2000, 2001*, 2002, 2003*, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2016, 2018) | 1 (2014) | 2 (2006, 2012) | 15 | |
Japan | 3 (2006, 2012, 2014) | 6 (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007*, 2018) | 2 (2008, 2010) | 3 (1999, 2000, 2001) | 14 |
Uzbekistan | 4 (2001, 2006*, 2010*, 2016*) | 4 (2005, 2007, 2014, 2018) | 1 (2004) | 9 | |
Thailand | 2 (2008*, 2012) | 5 (2000*, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2016) | 7 | ||
South Korea | 1 (1999) | 1 (2001) | 1 (2002) | 3 | |
Kazakhstan | 1 (2000) | 1 (1999) | 2 | ||
Kyrgyzstan | 1 (2005) | 2 (2006, 2007) | 3 | ||
China | 2 (2008, 2010) | 2 | |||
Kuwait | 2 (2003, 2014) | 2 | |||
Australia | 1 (2012) | 1 | |||
Vietnam | 1 (2016) | 1 | |||
Iraq | 1 (2018) | 1 |
- * = hosts
Medal summary[]
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Iran | 12 | 1 | 2 | 15 |
2 | Japan | 3 | 6 | 2 | 11 |
3 | Uzbekistan | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
4 | Thailand | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
5 | Kazakhstan | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
South Korea | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
7 | Kyrgyzstan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (7 nations) | 15 | 15 | 16 | 46 |
All-time table[]
As 2018
Rank | Team | Part | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Dif | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Iran | 15 | 93 | 88 | 2 | 3 | 899 | 136 | +763 | 266 |
2 | Japan | 15 | 92 | 68 | 6 | 18 | 452 | 184 | +268 | 210 |
3 | Uzbekistan | 15 | 79 | 51 | 6 | 22 | 330 | 206 | +124 | 159 |
4 | Thailand | 15 | 75 | 51 | 5 | 19 | 443 | 211 | +232 | 158 |
5 | Kyrgyzstan | 15 | 66 | 28 | 10 | 28 | 207 | 242 | –35 | 94 |
6 | South Korea | 13 | 54 | 20 | 6 | 28 | 237 | 258 | –21 | 66 |
7 | Lebanon | 11 | 46 | 19 | 8 | 19 | 179 | 183 | –4 | 65 |
8 | Kuwait | 11 | 48 | 17 | 4 | 27 | 184 | 205 | –21 | 55 |
9 | Iraq | 11 | 45 | 17 | 3 | 25 | 161 | 172 | –11 | 54 |
10 | China | 12 | 47 | 16 | 2 | 29 | 185 | 213 | –28 | 50 |
11 | Australia | 7 | 31 | 16 | 1 | 14 | 87 | 105 | –18 | 49 |
12 | Tajikistan | 10 | 35 | 11 | 2 | 22 | 116 | 197 | –81 | 35 |
13 | Chinese Taipei | 12 | 41 | 10 | 2 | 29 | 125 | 203 | –78 | 32 |
14 | Vietnam | 5 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 12 | 67 | 93 | –26 | 29 |
15 | Kazakhstan | 3 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 77 | 42 | +35 | 28 |
16 | Palestine | 3 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 101 | 70 | +31 | 27 |
17 | Indonesia | 9 | 32 | 8 | 2 | 22 | 105 | 176 | –71 | 26 |
18 | Malaysia | 12 | 40 | 8 | 2 | 30 | 112 | 236 | –124 | 26 |
19 | Hong Kong | 5 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 58 | 100 | –42 | 22 |
20 | Turkmenistan | 6 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 15 | 59 | 121 | –62 | 18 |
21 | Qatar | 3 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 47 | 70 | –23 | 9 |
22 | Bahrain | 2 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 36 | –12 | 8 |
23 | Philippines | 3 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 21 | 85 | –64 | 5 |
24 | Macau | 4 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 23 | 167 | –144 | 4 |
25 | United Arab Emirates | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | –2 | 3 |
26 | Cambodia | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 46 | –34 | 3 |
27 | Saudi Arabia | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 11 | –4 | 1 |
28 | Myanmar | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 22 | –17 | 0 |
29 | Jordan | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 25 | –18 | 0 |
30 | Brunei | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 53 | –46 | 0 |
31 | Bhutan | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 73 | –60 | 0 |
32 | Maldives | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 128 | –118 | 0 |
33 | Guam | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 142 | –134 | 0 |
34 | Singapore | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 15 | 170 | –155 | 0 |
Participating nations[]
- Comprehensive team results by tournament
- Legend
- 1st – Champions
- 2nd – Runners-up
- 3rd – Third place
- 4th – Fourth place
- SF – Semifinals
- QF – Quarterfinals
- R2 – Round 2
- R1 – Round 1
- q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
- •• – Qualified but withdrew
- • – Did not qualify
- × – Did not enter
- × – Withdrew / Banned / Entry not accepted by FIFA
- – To be determined
- – Hosts
- – Not an AFC member
Team | 1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2010 |
2012 |
2014 |
2016 |
2018 |
2020 |
Years |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Afghanistan | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | × | × | • | • | • | — |
Australia | R1 | QF | QF | QF | 4th | QF | QF | × | • | 7 | |||||||
Bahrain | × | × | × | R1 | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | • | × | • | QF | q | 3 |
Bhutan | × | × | × | × | × | × | R1 | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | 1 |
Brunei | × | × | × | R1 | •• | × | × | × | × | • | × | × | • | • | • | x | 1 |
Cambodia | × | × | × | × | × | R1 | × | • | × | × | • | • | × | × | × | • | 1 |
China | × | × | × | R1 | R1 | QF | R2 | R1 | R1 | 4th | 4th | R1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | q | 13 |
Chinese Taipei | × | × | R1 | R1 | QF | R1 | R1 | R1 | • | R1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | • | 12 |
Guam | × | × | × | × | × | R1 | R1 | × | • | × | • | × | × | × | × | x | 2 |
Hong Kong | × | × | × | × | R1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | 5 |
Indonesia | × | × | × | R1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | • | R1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | × | • | q | 10 |
Iran | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | q | 16 |
Iraq | × | × | R1 | QF | R1 | × | R1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | • | R1 | QF | 4th | • | 11 |
Japan | 4th | 4th | 4th | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | 1st | QF | 2nd | q | 16 |
Jordan | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | × | × | R1 | R1 | x | 2 |
Kazakhstan | 3rd | 2nd | QF | 3 | |||||||||||||
Kuwait | × | × | QF | QF | 4th | QF | R2 | R1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | QF | 4th | × | × | q | 12 |
Kyrgyzstan | R1 | R1 | R1 | QF | QF | R1 | SF | 4th | 4th | QF | QF | QF | R1 | QF | R1 | q | 16 |
Laos | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | • | • | x | — |
Lebanon | × | × | × | × | R1 | QF | R1 | R1 | QF | QF | QF | QF | QF | R1 | QF | q | 12 |
Macau | × | R1 | × | × | R1 | R1 | R1 | • | × | • | • | • | • | × | • | • | 4 |
Malaysia | R1 | × | R1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | • | • | R1 | R1 | R1 | • | 12 |
Maldives | × | × | × | × | × | R1 | R1 | • | • | • | × | × | × | × | × | x | 2 |
Mongolia | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | × | • | • | • | — |
Myanmar | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | • | • | • | R1 | • | 1 |
Oman | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | x | × | × | x | q | 1 |
Palestine | × | × | QF | × | R1 | × | R1 | × | × | × | × | • | × | × | × | • | 3 |
Philippines | × | × | × | × | × | R1 | R1 | × | R1 | × | • | • | • | • | × | x | 3 |
Qatar | × | × | × | × | × | × | R1 | × | × | • | • | R1 | • | R1 | • | • | 3 |
Saudi Arabia | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | • | R1 | • | q | 2 |
Singapore | R1 | R1 | R1 | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | × | x | 3 |
South Korea | 2nd | R1 | 3rd | 4th | QF | QF | R1 | • | R1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | • | R1 | q | 14 |
Syria | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | × | × | × | x | — |
Tajikistan | × | × | R1 | × | × | × | R2 | R1 | QF | R1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | q | 11 |
Thailand | R1 | 3rd | QF | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | R2 | R1 | QF | 2nd | QF | 2nd | QF | 3rd | QF | q | 16 |
East Timor | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | • | × | • | — | ||||||
Turkmenistan | × | × | × | •• | •• | × | R1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | • | • | • | q | 7 |
United Arab Emirates | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | R1 | × | • | • | • | 1 |
Uzbekistan | R1 | R1 | 2nd | QF | QF | 4th | SF | 2nd | 3rd | QF | 2nd | QF | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | q | 16 |
Vietnam | × | × | × | × | × | × | R1 | • | × | • | R1 | • | QF | 4th | QF | q | 6 |
Total | 9 | 9 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 24 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
FIFA Futsal World Cup qualifiers[]
- Legends
- 1st – Champions
- 2nd – Runners-up
- 3rd – Third place
- 4th – Fourth place
- QF – Quarterfinals
- R2 – Round 2 (1989–2008, second group stage, top 8; 2012–present: knockout round of 16)
- R1 – Round 1
- – Hosts
- – Not an AFC member
- Q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
Team | 1989 |
1992 |
1996 |
2000 |
2004 |
2008 |
2012 |
2016 |
2020 |
Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Australia | R1 | R1 | 2 | |||||||
China | R1 | R1 | R1 | 3 | ||||||
Chinese Taipei | R1 | 1 | ||||||||
Hong Kong | R1 | 1 | ||||||||
Iran | 4th | R1 | R1 | R1 | R2 | R2 | 3rd | QF | 8 | |
Japan | R1 | R1 | R1 | R2 | R2 | 5 | ||||
Kazakhstan | R1 | 1 | ||||||||
Kuwait | R1 | 1 | ||||||||
Malaysia | R1 | 1 | ||||||||
Saudi Arabia | R1 | 1 | ||||||||
Thailand | R1 | R1 | R1 | R2 | R2 | R2 | 6 | |||
Uzbekistan | R1 | R2 | 2 | |||||||
Vietnam | R2 | R2 | 2 |
Awards[]
Most Valuable Players[]
Year | Player |
---|---|
1999 | No Award |
2000 | No Award |
2001 | No Award |
2002 | Anucha Munjarern |
2003 | Vahid Shamsaei |
2004 | Mohammad Reza Heidarian |
2005 | Kenichiro Kogure |
2006 | Kenichiro Kogure |
2007 | Vahid Shamsaei |
2008 | Vahid Shamsaei |
2010 | Mohammad Taheri |
2012 | Rafael Henmi |
2014 | Ali Asghar Hassanzadeh |
2016 | Ali Asghar Hassanzadeh |
2018 | Ali Asghar Hassanzadeh |
Top scorers[]
Year | Player | Goals |
---|---|---|
1999 | Kazem Mohammadi |
18 |
2000 | Therdsak Chaiman | 11 |
2001 | Vahid Shamsaei | 31 |
2002 | Vahid Shamsaei | 26 |
2003 | Vahid Shamsaei | 24 |
2004 | Vahid Shamsaei | 33 |
2005 | Vahid Shamsaei | 23 |
2006 | Vahid Shamsaei | 16 |
2007 | Kenichiro Kogure | 12 |
2008 | Vahid Shamsaei | 13 |
2010 | Mohammad Taheri | 13 |
2012 | Vahid Shamsaei | 7 |
2014 | Hossein Tayyebi | 15 |
2016 | Suphawut Thueanklang | 14 |
2018 | Hossein Tayyebi | 14 |
Fair play award[]
Year | Team |
---|---|
1999 | Not awarded |
2000 | |
2001 | |
2002 | Thailand |
2003 | Iran |
2004 | Iran |
2005 | Not awarded |
2006 | Uzbekistan |
2007 | Iran |
2008 | Japan |
2010 | Iran |
2012 | Iran |
2014 | |
2016 | |
2018 | Iraq |
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "AFC rebrands age group championships to AFC Asian Cups". AFC. 2 October 2020.
- ^ Latest update on AFC Competitions in 2021, Asian Football Confederation official website, 25 January 2021
External links[]
- AFC Futsal Championship
- Asian Football Confederation competitions for national teams
- International futsal competitions
- Futsal competitions in Asia
- Asian championships
- 1999 establishments in Asia
- Recurring sporting events established in 1999