AFC Futsal Championship

AFC Futsal Championship

Founded	1999 (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.

Results

Year	Host	Winners	Score	Runners-Up	3rd Place	Score	4th Place
Year	Host	Final			Third Place Match
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

Medal Summary

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Iran	11	1	2	14
2	Japan	3	5	2	10
3	Uzbekistan	0	4	3	7
4	Thailand	0	2	5	7
5	South Korea	0	1	1	2
5	Kazakhstan	0	1	1	2
Total		14	14	14	42

Participating nations

All-time table

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

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
– Hosts
– Not an AFC member

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	q	15
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	q	15
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	q	15
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

External links

AFC competitions

Men's football

Senior national team	Asian Cup Solidarity Cup Gulf Cup of Nations AFF Championship EAFF East Asian Championship SAFF Championship WAFF Championship

Age-restricted	U-23 Championship Asian Games U-19 Championship U-16 Championship U-14 Championship

Futsal and Beach competitions	Futsal Championship GCC Futsal Cup U-20 Futsal Championship Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games Beach Soccer Championship Asian Beach Games

Defunct	Challenge Cup (defunct)

Men's club competitions

Active competitions	Champions League AFC Cup

Defunct competitions	President's Cup (defunct) Cup Winners' Cup (defunct) Super Cup (defunct) Afro-Asian Championship (defunct)

Futsal and Beach competitions	Futsal Club Championship

Women's football

Senior national team	Asian Cup Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament Asian Games

Age-restricted	U-19 Championship U-16 Championship U-14 Girls' Regional Championship

Futsal and Beach competitions	Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games Futsal Championship

International futsal

AMF AMF Futsal World Cup FIFA FIFA Futsal World Cup Women's Futsal World Tournament Grand Prix Confederations Cup Pan American Games South American Games Futsal Mundialito Mediterranean Cup Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games Lusophony Games Southeast Asian Games Futsal Awards Teams

Asia	AFC – Futsal Championship – Women's Futsal Championship

Africa	CAF – Futsal Cup of Nations

North America Central America and Caribbean	CONCACAF – Futsal Championship

South America	CONMEBOL – Copa América – Copa América Femenina

Oceania	OFC – Futsal Championship

Europe	UEFS – UEFS Futsal Men's Championship – UEFS Futsal Women's Championship; UEFA – Futsal Championship

AFC Futsal Championship

Tournaments	Malaysia 1999 Thailand 2000 Iran 2001 Indonesia 2002 Iran 2003 Macau 2004 Vietnam 2005 Uzbekistan 2006 Japan 2007 Thailand 2008 Uzbekistan 2010 United Arab Emirates 2012 Vietnam 2014 Uzbekistan 2016 2018

Qualification	2006 2007 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018

National futsal teams of Asia (AFC)

Asian Championships

Olympic sports

Team sports	Beach volleyball Basketball Men Women Curling Field hockey Football Men Women Handball Men Women Ice hockey Rugby sevens Volleyball Men Women Water polo

Individual sports	Archery Athletics Outdoor Indoor Cross Country Marathon Race Walking Badminton Boxing Canoeing Cycling Fencing Figure Skating Gymnastics Judo Shooting Speed Skating Swimming Table Tennis Taekwondo Weightlifting Wrestling

Non-Olympic sports

Team sports	Beach handball Beach soccer Cricket Fistball Floorball Futsal Men Women Indoor Field Hockey Korfball Netball Paintball Roller Hockey Rugby Union Softball Tchoukball

Individual sports	Air sports Chess Darts Hapkido Karate Ski mountaineering Snooker Squash Individual Team Surfing

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