AFC Futsal Championship

AFC Futsal Championship

Founded	1999
Region	Asia (AFC)
Number of teams	16
Current champions	Iran (11th title)
Most successful team(s)	Iran (11 titles)
2016 AFC Futsal Championship

The AFC Futsal Championship is the premier national futsal competition of the Asian Football Confederation nations. It was first held in 1999 and was played annually until 2008; since then it has been played biennially.

Iran and Japan are the dominant nations being the only two nations to have won the tournament and Iran is the only nation never finishing outside the top four. Iran, champions of 11 of the 14 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.

Summaries

Year	Host		Final				Third Place Match
			Winners	Score	Runners-Up		3rd Place	Score	4th Place
1999 Details	Malaysia		Iran	9–1	South Korea		Kazakhstan	2–2 aet (5–3) pen	Japan
2000 Details	Thailand		Iran	4–1	Kazakhstan		Thailand	8–6	Japan
2001 Details	Iran		Iran	9–0	Uzbekistan		South Korea	2–1	Japan
2002 Details	Indonesia		Iran	6–0	Japan		Thailand	4–2	South Korea
2003 Details	Iran		Iran	6–4	Japan		Thailand	8–2	Kuwait
2004 Details	Macau		Iran	5–3	Japan		Thailand	3–1	Uzbekistan
2005 Details	Vietnam		Iran	2–0	Japan		Uzbekistan	and	Kyrgyzstan
2006 Details	Uzbekistan		Japan	5–1	Uzbekistan		Iran	5–3	Kyrgyzstan
2007 Details	Japan		Iran	4–1	Japan		Uzbekistan	5–3	Kyrgyzstan
2008 Details	Thailand		Iran	4–0	Thailand		Japan	5–3	China
2010 Details	Uzbekistan		Iran	8–3	Uzbekistan		Japan	6–1	China
2012 Details	United Arab Emirates		Japan	6–1	Thailand		Iran	4–0	Australia
2014 Details	Vietnam		Japan	2–2 aet (3–0) pen	Iran		Uzbekistan	2–1	Kuwait
2016 Details	Uzbekistan		Iran	2–1	Uzbekistan		Thailand	8–0	Vietnam
2018 Details

Performance by nations

Pos.	Team	Winners	Runners-Up	Third	Fourth	Top 4
1st	Iran	11 (1999, 2000, 2001*, 2002, 2003*, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2016)	1 (2014)	2 (2006, 2012)		14
2nd	Japan	3 (2006, 2012, 2014)	5 (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007*)	2 (2008, 2010)	3 (1999, 2000, 2001)	13
3rd	Uzbekistan		4 (2001, 2006*, 2010*, 2016*)	3 (2005, 2007, 2014)	1 (2004)	8
4th	Thailand		2 (2008*, 2012)	5 (2000*, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2016)		7
5th	South Korea		1 (1999)	1 (2001)	1 (2002)	3
6th	Kazakhstan		1 (2000)	1 (1999)		2
7th	Kyrgyzstan			1 (2005)	2 (2006, 2007)	3
8th	China				2 (2008, 2010)	2
	Kuwait				2 (2003, 2014)	2
10th	Australia				1 (2012)	1
	Vietnam				1 (2016)	1

* as hosts

General Statistics

Team	Part	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Dif	Pts
Iran	14	87	82	2	3	849	130	+719	248
Japan	14	86	63	6	17	434	174	+260	195
Thailand	14	71	49	5	17	427	195	+222	152
Uzbekistan	14	73	48	5	20	303	186	+117	149
Kyrgyzstan	14	62	26	10	26	199	228	-29	88
South Korea	12	51	20	6	25	233	233	0	66
Lebanon	10	42	17	7	18	169	175	-6	58
Kuwait	11	48	17	4	27	184	203	-19	55
Australia	7	31	16	1	14	87	105	-18	49
China	11	44	15	2	27	176	195	-19	47
Iraq	10	39	15	1	23	145	154	-9	40
Tajikistan	9	32	10	2	20	105	189	-84	32
Kazakhstan	3	15	8	4	3	77	42	+35	28
Chinese Taipei	11	36	9	1	28	117	194	-77	28
Palestine	3	15	9	0	6	101	70	+31	27
Indonesia	9	32	8	2	22	105	176	-71	26
Vietnam	4	19	7	2	10	60	86	-26	23
Hong Kong	5	20	7	1	12	58	100	-42	22
Malaysia	11	30	7	1	22	83	176	-93	22
Turkmenistan	6	21	6	0	15	59	121	-62	18
Qatar	3	12	3	0	9	48	70	-22	9
Philippines	3	13	1	2	10	21	85	-64	5
Bahrain	1	4	1	1	2	18	29	-11	4
Macau	4	17	1	1	15	23	167	-144	4
United Arab Emirates	1	3	1	0	2	6	8	-2	3
Cambodia	1	4	1	0	3	12	46	-34	3
Saudi Arabia	1	3	0	1	2	7	11	-4	1
Jordan	1	3	0	0	3	4	15	-11	0
Brunei	1	4	0	0	4	7	53	-46	0
Bhutan	1	6	0	0	6	13	73	-60	0
Maldives	2	9	0	0	9	10	128	-118	0
Guam	2	9	0	0	9	8	142	-134	0
Singapore	3	11	0	0	11	15	170	-155	0

Participating nations

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
•      – Hosts

Team	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2010	2012	2014	2016	2018	Years
Afghanistan											•			•		—
Australia								R1	QF	QF	QF	4th	QF	QF		7
Bahrain				R1							•	•		•		1
Bhutan							R1									1
Brunei				R1						•			•	•		1
Cambodia						R1		•			•	•				1
China				R1	R1	QF	R2	R1	R1	4th	4th	R1	R1	R1		11
Chinese Taipei			R1	R1	QF	R1	R1	R1	•	R1	R1	R1	R1	R1		11
Guam						R1	R1		•		•					2
Hong Kong					R1	R1	R1	R1	R1		•	•	•	•		5
Indonesia				R1	R1	R1	R1	R1	•	R1	R1	R1	R1			9
Iran	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	3rd	1st	1st	1st	3rd	2nd	1st		14
Iraq			R1	QF	R1		R1	R1	R1	R1	R1	•	R1	QF		10
Japan	4th	4th	4th	2nd	2nd	2nd	2nd	1st	2nd	3rd	3rd	1st	1st	QF		14
Jordan											•			R1		1
Kazakhstan	3rd	2nd	QF													3
Kuwait			QF	QF	4th	QF	R2	R1	R1	R1	R1	QF	4th			11
Kyrgyzstan	R1	R1	R1	QF	QF	R1	SF	4th	4th	QF	QF	QF	R1	QF		14
Laos													•	•		—
Lebanon					R1	QF	R1	R1	QF	QF	QF	QF	QF	R1		10
Macau		R1			R1	R1	R1	•		•	•	•	•			4
Malaysia	R1		R1	R1	R1	R1	R1	R1	R1	R1	•	•	R1	R1		11
Maldives						R1	R1	•	•	•						2
Mongolia												•		•		—
Myanmar											•	•	•	•		—
Palestine			QF		R1		R1					•				3
Philippines						R1	R1		R1		•	•	•	•		3
Qatar							R1			•	•	R1	•	R1		3
Saudi Arabia												•	•	R1		1
Singapore	R1	R1	R1											•		3
South Korea	2nd	R1	3rd	4th	QF	QF	R1	•	R1	R1	R1	R1	R1	•		12
Syria												•				—
Tajikistan			R1				R2	R1	QF	R1	R1	R1	R1	R1		9
Thailand	R1	3rd	QF	3rd	3rd	3rd	R2	R1	QF	2nd	QF	2nd	QF	3rd		14
Timor-Leste													•	•		—
Turkmenistan							R1	R1	R1	R1	R1	R1	•	•		6
United Arab Emirates												R1		•		1
Uzbekistan	R1	R1	2nd	QF	QF	4th	SF	2nd	3rd	QF	2nd	QF	3rd	2nd		14
Vietnam							R1	•		•	R1	•	QF	4th		4
Total	9	9	14	14	16	18	24	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16

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

Top Scorers

Year	Player	Goals
1999	Kazem Mohammadi Reza Rezaei Kamal	18
2000	Therdsak Chaiman	11
2001	Vahid Shamsaei	31
2002	Vahid Shamsaei	26
2003	Vahid Shamsaei	24
2004	Vahid Shamsaei	32
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

See also

• AFC Futsal Club Championship
• AFC Women's Futsal Championship

External links

• AFC Futsal Championship
• RSSSF – AFC Futsal Championship