2018 AFC Futsal Championship

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2018 AFC Futsal Championship
2018亞足聯室內五人制足球錦標賽
Tournament details
Host countryTaiwan
Dates1–11 February
Teams16 (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 played32
Goals scored203 (6.34 per match)
Attendance14,418 (451 per match)
Top scorer(s)Iran Hossein Tayyebi (14 goals)
Best player(s)Iran Ali Hassanzadeh
Fair play award Iraq
2016

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[edit]

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

Qualified teams[edit]

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[edit]

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

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

Draw[edit]

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

Squads[edit]

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[edit]

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

Referees
  • Australia Darius Turner
  • Bahrain Hussain Ali Al-Bahhar
  • China An Ran
  • China Liu Jianqiao
  • Chinese Taipei Lee Po-fu
  • Iran Mahmoudreza Nasirloo
  • Iraq Hasan Mousa Al-Gburi
  • Japan Tomohiro Kozaki
  • South Korea Kim Jong-hee
  • Kyrgyzstan Nurdin Bukuev
  • Lebanon Mohamad Chami
  • Malaysia Helday Idang
  • Philippines Rey Ritaga
  • Thailand Yuttakon Maiket
  • Turkmenistan Azat Hajypolatov
  • United Arab Emirates Fahad Al-Hosani
  • Uzbekistan Anatoliy Rubakov
  • Vietnam Trương Quốc Dũng

Group stage[edit]

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[edit]

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
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Vietnam 1–2 Malaysia
  • Vũ Đức Tùng 19'
Report
  • Awalluddin 36', 40'
Attendance: 182
Referee: Azat Hajypolatov (Turkmenistan)
Chinese Taipei 2–2 Bahrain
  • Huang Tai-hsiang 30'
  • Lin Chih-hung 36'
Report
  • M. Abdulla 27'
  • Saleh 39'
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Hasan Mousa Al-Gburi (Iraq)

Bahrain 1–2 Vietnam
  • Al-Sandi 28'
Report
  • Nguyễn Đắc Huy 18'
  • Phùng Trọng Luân 18'
Attendance: 538
Referee: Tomohiro Kozaki (Japan)
Malaysia 4–5 Chinese Taipei
  • Azwann 27'
  • Awalluddin 33'
  • Huang Tai-hsiang 35' (o.g.)
  • Khairul 38'
Report
  • Lai Ming-hui 8', 32'
  • Lin Chih-hung 13', 39'
  • Chi Sheng-fa 21'
Attendance: 2,477
Referee: Rey Ritaga (Philippines)

Chinese Taipei 1–3 Vietnam
  • Huang Po-chun 19'
Report
  • Vũ Đức Tùng 29'
  • Phạm Đức Hòa 30'
  • Nguyễn Đắc Huy 39'
Attendance: 2,200
Referee: Mohamad Chami (Lebanon)
Malaysia 1–3 Bahrain
  • Aizad 33'
Report
  • Abdulnabi 3', 7'
  • Al-Sandi 40'
Attendance: 100
Referee: An Ran (China)

Group B[edit]

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
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Uzbekistan 13–2 South Korea
  • Yunusov 3'
  • Choriev 7', 8', 13'
  • Abdumavlyanov 11'
  • Ropiev 16'
  • Nishonov 22'
  • Shavkatov 22'
  • Hamroev 26'
  • D. Rakhmatov 31'
  • A. Rakhmatov 37'
  • Adilov 40', 40'
Report
  • Jang Yeong-cheol 25', 38'
Attendance: 100
Referee: Fahad Al-Hosani (United Arab Emirates)
Japan 4–2 Tajikistan
Report
  • Sardorov 6'
  • Alimakhmadov 13'
Attendance: 100
Referee: Yuttakon Maiket (Thailand)

Tajikistan 2–4 Uzbekistan
  • Kuziev 18'
  • Salomov 39' (pen.)
Report
  • D. Rakhmatov 9'
  • Choriev 12', 37'
  • Adilov 26'
Attendance: 150
Referee: Nurdin Bukuev (Kyrgyzstan)
South Korea 2–5 Japan
  • Park Young-jae 14'
  • Chun Jin-woo 29'
Report
  • Morioka 11', 29', 30', 39'
  • Takita 37'
Attendance: 683
Referee: Liu Jianqiao (China)

Uzbekistan 2–4 Japan
  • Abdumavlyanov 3'
  • Yunusov 26'
Report
Attendance: 96
Referee: Mahmoudreza Nasirloo (Iran)
Tajikistan 7–0 South Korea
  • Halimov 11'
  • Khojaev 12'
  • Salomov 20'
  • R. Sharipov 23'
  • Hamidov 25'
  • Vositzoda 27'
  • Kuziev 39'
Report
Attendance: 138
Referee: Darius Turner (Australia)

Group C[edit]

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
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Iraq 4–2 China
  • Jabar 23', 28'
  • Dakheel 39' (pen.)
  • Hameed 40'
Report
  • Gu Haitao 6'
  • Zhao Liang 11'
Attendance: 100
Referee: Anatoliy Rubakov (Uzbekistan)
Iran 14–0 Myanmar
Report
Attendance: 150
Referee: Lee Po-fu (Chinese Taipei)

Myanmar 2–3 Iraq
  • Khin Zaw Lin 18'
  • Pyae Phyo Maung (2) 36'
Report
  • Khalid 15' (pen.), 36'
  • Jabar 22'
Attendance: 150
Referee: Yuttakon Maiket (Thailand)
China 1–11 Iran
  • Xu Yang 20'
Report
Attendance: 216
Referee: Anatoliy Rubakov (Uzbekistan)

Iran 5–3 Iraq
Report
  • Khalid 8'
  • Mohammed 29', 34'
Attendance: 150
Referee: Hussain Ali Al-Bahhar (Bahrain)
China 5–3 Myanmar
  • Shen Siming 10'
  • Zhang Yameng 14', 33'
  • Gu Haitao 19'
  • Xu Yang 21'
Report
  • Nyein Min Soe 1'
  • Pyae Phyo Maung (2) 35', 38'
Attendance: 30
Referee: Darius Turner (Australia)

Group D[edit]

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
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Kyrgyzstan 2–2 Lebanon
  • Alimov 16'
  • Imanbekov 34'
Report
  • El-Dine 21', 28'
Attendance: 50
Referee: Helday Idang (Malaysia)
Thailand 5–1 Jordan
Report
  • Abu Shaikha 20'
Attendance: 150
Referee: Kim Jong-hee (South Korea)

Jordan 1–3 Kyrgyzstan
  • Shabib 27'
Report
  • Alimov 8'
  • Abdrasul Uulu 11'
  • Imanbekov 34'
Attendance: 150
Referee: Hasan Mousa Al-Gburi (Iraq)
Lebanon 5–2 Thailand
  • Kobeissy 3'
  • El-Dine 5'
  • Tneich 22'
  • Zeitoun 25'
  • El-Homsi 39'
Report
Attendance: 280
Referee: Hussain Ali Al-Bahhar (Bahrain)

Thailand 8–1 Kyrgyzstan
Report
  • Salimbaev 37'
Attendance: 268
Referee: Rey Ritaga (Philippines)
Lebanon 2–1 Jordan
  • El-Homsi 15'
  • Tneich 26'
Report
  • Samara 12'
Attendance: 15
Referee: Trương Quốc Dũng (Vietnam)

Knockout stage[edit]

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[edit]

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
8 February – U. of Taipei Gym.
 
 
 Lebanon2 (8)
 
9 February – Xinzhuang Gym.
 
 Iraq (p)2 (9)
 
 Iraq0
 
8 February – U. of Taipei Gym.
 
 Japan3
 
 Japan2
 
11 February – Xinzhuang Gym.
 
 Bahrain0
 
 Japan0
 
8 February – Xinzhuang Gym.
 
 Iran4
 
 Iran9
 
9 February – Xinzhuang Gym.
 
 Thailand1
 
 Iran7
 
8 February – Xinzhuang Gym.
 
 Uzbekistan1 Third place
 
 Vietnam1
 
11 February – Xinzhuang Gym.
 
 Uzbekistan3
 
 Iraq4 (1)
 
 
 Uzbekistan (p)4 (2)
 

Quarter-finals[edit]

Lebanon 2–2 (a.e.t.) Iraq
  • Koussan 11'
  • Tneich 22'
Report
  • Faisal 7', 26'
Penalties
  • El-Dine soccer ball with red X
  • K. Zeid soccer ball with check mark
  • Tneich soccer ball with check mark
  • Zeitoun soccer ball with check mark
  • El-Homsi soccer ball with check mark
  • Kobeissy soccer ball with check mark
  • Hamadani soccer ball with check mark
  • Hammoud soccer ball with check mark
  • M. Zeid soccer ball with check mark
  • Rhyem soccer ball with red X
8–9
  • soccer ball with check mark Khalid
  • soccer ball with check mark Abdeen
  • soccer ball with red X Dakheel
  • soccer ball with check mark Bachay
  • soccer ball with check mark Ali
  • soccer ball with check mark Mahdi
  • soccer ball with check mark Riyadh
  • soccer ball with check mark Al-Zubiaidi
  • soccer ball with check mark Mohammed
  • soccer ball with check mark Zeyad
Attendance: 200
Referee: Nurdin Bukuev (Kyrgyzstan)

Iran 9–1 Thailand
Report
Attendance: 300
Referee: Tomohiro Kozaki (Japan)

Japan 2–0 Bahrain
Report
Attendance: 266
Referee: Mahmoudreza Nasirloo (Iran)

Vietnam 1–3 Uzbekistan
  • Phùng Trọng Luân 28'
Report
  • Adilov 8'
  • Choriev 28'
  • Hamroev 39'
Attendance: 350
Referee: Mohamad Chami (Lebanon)

Semi-finals[edit]

Iraq 0–3 Japan
Report
Attendance: 450
Referee: Rey Ritaga (Philippines)

Iran 7–1 Uzbekistan
Report
  • A. Rakhmatov 39'
Attendance: 740
Referee: An Ran (China)

Third place match[edit]

Iraq 4–4 Uzbekistan
  • Ali 14'
  • Khalid 20'
  • Faisal 22'
  • Dakheel 34'
Report
  • Choriev 2'
  • Yunusov 25', 39'
  • Hamroev 27'
Penalties
  • Khalid soccer ball with check mark
  • Dakheel soccer ball with red X
  • Abdeen soccer ball with red X
1–2
  • soccer ball with check mark Abdurakhmanov
  • soccer ball with red X Nishonov
  • soccer ball with check mark Sviridov
Attendance: 889
Referee: Helday Idang (Malaysia)

Final[edit]

Japan 0–4 Iran
Report
Attendance: 1,750
Referee: Mohamad Chami (Lebanon)

Awards[edit]

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

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

Goalscorers[edit]

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

  • Bahrain Ahmed Abdulnabi
  • Bahrain Mohamed Al-Sandi
  • China Gu Haitao
  • China Xu Yang
  • China Zhang Yameng
  • Chinese Taipei Lai Ming-hui
  • Iran Moslem Oladghobad
  • Iraq Hasan Dakheel
  • Iraq Firas Mohammed
  • Japan Ryosuke Nishitani
  • Japan Kazuya Shimizu
  • Kyrgyzstan Maksat Alimov
  • Kyrgyzstan Adilet Imanbekov
  • Lebanon Ali El-Homsi
  • South Korea Jang Yeong-cheol
  • Tajikistan Umed Kuziev
  • Tajikistan Dilshod Salomov
  • Thailand Jirawat Sornwichian
  • Uzbekistan Farkhod Abdumavlyanov
  • Uzbekistan Anaskhon Rakhmatov
  • Uzbekistan Dilshod Rakhmatov
  • Vietnam Nguyễn Đắc Huy
  • Vietnam Phùng Trọng Luân
  • Vietnam Vũ Đức Tùng

1 goal

1 own goal

  • Chinese Taipei Huang Tai-hsiang (against Malaysia)
  • Lebanon Mohammad Abou Zeid (against Thailand)

Tournament team rankings[edit]

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 results
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 (H) 3 1 1 1 8 9 −1 4 Third place in group stage
10  Kyrgyzstan 3 1 1 1 6 11 −5 4
11  Tajikistan 3 1 0 2 11 8 +3 3
12  China 3 1 0 2 8 18 −10 3
13  Malaysia 3 1 0 2 7 9 −2 3 Fourth place in group stage
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
Source: AFC

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "AFC Futsal Club Licensing Regulations to strengthen professionalism in Asia". AFC. 29 July 2017.
  2. ^ "AFC Competitions Calendar 2018". AFC. 11 January 2018. Archived from the original on 14 February 2018.
  3. ^ "AFC Competitions Calendar 2017" (PDF). AFC. 12 April 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 April 2017.
  4. ^ "Asia's best to converge in Chinese Taipei for AFC Futsal Championship 2018". AFC. 13 November 2017.
  5. ^ "2018亞足聯五人制足球錦標賽決賽16強抽籤結果出爐". Chinese Taipei Football Association. 12 December 2017.
  6. ^ "Enticing draw awaits Asia's finest futsal sides". AFC. 10 December 2017.
  7. ^ "AFC Futsal Championship 2018 draw results". AFC. 12 December 2017.
  8. ^ "AFC Futsal Championship 2018 Official Draw". YouTube. 12 December 2017.
  9. ^ a b c "AFC Futsal Championship 2018 Competition Regulations". AFC. Archived from the original on 16 February 2018.
  10. ^ "2018AFC五人制足球錦標賽決賽賽程_中英版 (Official Match Schedule)" (PDF). Chinese Taipie Football Association. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 January 2018.
  11. ^ "IR Iran's Tayebi takes top scorer award". AFC. 11 February 2018.
  12. ^ "IR Iran's Ali Asghar Hassanzadeh named Most Valuable Player". AFC. 11 February 2018.

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