2024 AFC Futsal Asian Cup

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2024 AFC Futsal Asian Cup
ฟุตซอลชิงแชมป์เอเชีย 2024
Tournament details
Host countryThailand
Dates17–28 April 2024
Teams16 (from 1 confederation)
2022
2026

The 2024 AFC Futsal Asian Cup is the 17th edition of the AFC Futsal Asian Cup (previously known as the AFC Futsal Championship),[1] the biennial international futsal championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the men's national teams of Asia. A total of 16 teams compete in the tournament.[2] The top four teams will qualify for the 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup in Uzbekistan besides Uzbekistan who automatically qualified as host. If Uzbekistan reach the semi-finals, a play-off round will be held to determine the last Asian representatives at the Futsal World Cup.[3]

Japan are the defending champion.

Host selection[edit]

There were five nations that were confirmed for bidding.

Thailand was selected as hosts by the AFC Futsal & Beach Soccer Committee on 5 September 2023.[4]

Qualification[edit]

Qualified teams[edit]

The following 16 teams qualified for the final tournament.

Team Qualified on Qualified as Appearances Last appearance Previous best performance
 Thailand 5 September 2023[4] Hosts 17th 2022 Runners-up (2008, 2012)
 China 13 October 2023 Group A winners 13th 2018 Fourth place (2008, 2010)
 Afghanistan 11 October 2023 Group B winners 1st Debut None
 Saudi Arabia 11 October 2023 Group B runners-up 3rd 2022 Group stage (2016, 2022)
 Iran 11 October 2023 Group C winners 17th 2022 Champions (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2016, 2018)
 Kyrgyzstan 11 October 2023 Group C runners-up 16th 2018 Third place (2005)
 Vietnam 9 October 2023 Group D winners 7th 2022 Fourth place (2016)
 South Korea 9 October 2023 Group D runners-up 15th 2022 Runners-up (1999)
 Tajikistan 9 October 2023 Group E winners 12th 2022 Quarter-finals (2007)
 Myanmar 9 October 2023 Group E runners-up 2nd 2018 Group stage (2018)
 Kuwait 9 October 2023 Group F winners 13th 2022 Fourth place (2003, 2014)
 Bahrain 9 October 2023 Group F runners-up 4th 2022 Quarter-finals (2018)
 Uzbekistan 9 October 2023 Group G winners 17th 2022 Runners-up (2001, 2006, 2010, 2016)
 Iraq 9 October 2023 Group G runners-up 13th 2022 Fourth place (2018)
 Japan 11 October 2023 Group H winners 17th 2022 Champions (2006, 2012, 2014, 2022)
 Australia 11 October 2023 Group H runners-up 8th 2016 Fourth place (2012)
1 Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Venues[edit]

Bangkok
Bangkok Arena
Capacity: 12,000
Indoor Stadium Huamark
Capacity: 8,000

Squads[edit]

Draw[edit]

The draw was held on 14 December 2023 at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[5][3]

The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four teams, with seeding based on their performance at the 2022 AFC Futsal Asian Cup.

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

Group stage[edit]

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 7.3):[2]

  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.

Group A[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Thailand (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2  Vietnam 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Myanmar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  China 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source:[citation needed]
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Vietnam v Myanmar
Thailand v China

China v Vietnam
Myanmar v Thailand

Thailand v Vietnam
Myanmar v China
Bangkok Arena, Bangkok

Group B[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Uzbekistan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2  Saudi Arabia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Iraq 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Australia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source:[citation needed]
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Uzbekistan v Australia
Bangkok Arena, Bangkok
Saudi Arabia v Iraq
Bangkok Arena, Bangkok

Australia v Saudi Arabia
Bangkok Arena, Bangkok
Iraq v Uzbekistan
Bangkok Arena, Bangkok

Uzbekistan v Saudi Arabia
Bangkok Arena, Bangkok
Iraq v Australia

Group C[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Japan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2  Tajikistan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  South Korea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Kyrgyzstan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source:[citation needed]
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Tajikistan v South Korea
Bangkok Arena, Bangkok
Japan v Kyrgyzstan
Bangkok Arena, Bangkok

Kyrgyzstan v Tajikistan
Bangkok Arena, Bangkok
South Korea v Japan
Bangkok Arena, Bangkok

Japan v Tajikistan
Bangkok Arena, Bangkok
South Korea v Kyrgyzstan

Group D[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Iran 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2  Kuwait 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Bahrain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Afghanistan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source:[citation needed]
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Iran v Afghanistan
Kuwait v Bahrain

Afghanistan v Kuwait
Bahrain v Iran

Iran v Kuwait
Bahrain v Afghanistan
Bangkok Arena, Bangkok

Knockout stage[edit]

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).[2]

Bracket[edit]

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
24 April – Huamark
 
 
Winner Group A
 
26 April – Huamark
 
Runner-up Group B
 
 
 
24 April – Huamark
 
 
 
Winner Group C
 
28 April – Arena
 
Runner-up Group D
 
 
 
24 April – Arena
 
 
 
Winner Group B
 
26 April – Arena
 
Runner-up Group A
 
 
 
24 April – Arena
 
 Third place
 
Winner Group D
 
28 April – Arena
 
Runner-up Group C
 
 
 
 
 
 

Qualified teams for FIFA Futsal World Cup[edit]

The following five teams from AFC qualified for the 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup, including host Uzbekistan.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament1
 Uzbekistan 23 June 2023[7] 2016, 2021
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD

References[edit]

  1. ^ "AFC rebrands age group championships to AFC Asian Cups". AFC. 2 October 2020.
  2. ^ a b c "AFC Futsal Asian Cup 2024 Competition Regulations" (PDF). Asian Football Confederation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 September 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Thailand 2024 cast to discover Group Stage contenders". the-afc.com. Asian Football Confederation. 11 December 2023. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
  4. ^ a b "Thailand recommended as host for the AFC Futsal Asian Cup 2024". the-AFC. Asian Football Confederation. 5 September 2023. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  5. ^ "Asian Football Calendar (Oct 2023 – Sep 2024)". the-afc. Asian Football Confederation. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
  6. ^ "AFC Futsal Asian Cup Thailand 2024 Match Schedule" (PDF). Asian Football Confederation. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
  7. ^ "Uzbekistan to host the FIFA Futsal World Cup 2024". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 23 June 2023. Retrieved 23 June 2023.

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