2015 AFC Women's Futsal Championship

The 2015 AFC Women's Futsal Championship was the first edition of the AFC Women's Futsal Championship, the biennial international futsal championship organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the women's national teams of Asia. The tournament was held in Nilai, Malaysia between September 21–26, 2015.[1]

2015 AFC Women's Futsal Championship
Tournament details
Host countryMalaysia
Dates21–26 September 2015
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Iran (1st title)
Runners-up Japan
Third place Thailand
Fourth place Malaysia
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored93 (5.81 per match)
Attendance2,880 (180 per match)
Top scorer(s) Chikage Kichibayashi
Farahiyah Ridzuan
(7 goals each)
Best player(s) Fereshteh Karimi

Qualified teams
Main article: 2013 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games

A total of eight AFC member national teams participated in the tournament.[2] The event invitations were based on participation in the previous two editions of the Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games (2009 and 2013).[3]

Team Qualified as Appearance
 MalaysiaHosts / 2013 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games participants1st
 China2013 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games participants1st
 Hong Kong2013 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games participants1st
 Iran2009 and 2013 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games participants1st
 Japan2009 and 2013 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games participants1st
 Thailand2009 and 2013 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games participants1st
 Uzbekistan2009 and 2013 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games participants1st
 Vietnam2009 and 2013 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games participants1st
Notes
  •  Indonesia were removed from the competition due to a FIFA suspension.[2]
  •  Jordan withdrew before the draw was held.[3]

Venues

All matches were played at the Nilai Indoor Stadium, Nilai.

Nilai
Nilai Indoor Stadium
Capacity:

Draw

The draw was held on 14 July 2015 at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams (one seeded team and three unseeded teams). Japan and Iran, the champions and runners-up at the 2013 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games, were seeded in Pot 1, while all other teams were unseeded in Pot 2.[4]

Pot 1 (Seeded) Pot 2 (Unseeded)

Group stage

The top two teams of each group advanced to the semi-finals.

Tiebreakers

The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers would be applied in the following order:[5]

  1. Greater number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
  2. Goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned;
  3. Greater number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned;
  4. If, after applying criteria 1 to 3, teams still have an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 3 are reapplied exclusively to the matches between the teams in question to determine their final rankings. If this procedure does not lead to a decision, criteria 5 to 9 apply;
  5. Goal difference in all the group matches;
  6. Greater number of goals scored in all the group matches;
  7. Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are involved and they are both on the field of play;
  8. Fewer score calculated according to the number of yellow and red cards received in the group matches (1 point for a single yellow card, 3 points for a red card as a consequence of two yellow cards, 3 points for a direct red card, 4 points for a yellow card followed by a direct red card);
  9. Drawing of lots.

All times are local, MYT (UTC+8).

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Iran 3 3 0 0 19 3 +16 9 Knockout stage
2  Malaysia (H) 3 2 0 1 15 9 +6 6
3  Hong Kong 3 0 1 2 4 13 −9 1
4  Uzbekistan 3 0 1 2 8 21 −13 1
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Host.
Uzbekistan 4–9 Malaysia
Sarikova  25', 32', 35'
Yusupova  32'		 Report Yasin  15', 27', 38'
Ridzuan  16', 35', 39'
Shazreen  24'
Usman  26'
Shahida  37'
Nilai Indoor Stadium, Nilai
Attendance: 80
Referee: Liang Qingyun (China)
Iran 6–0 Hong Kong
Zarei  5'
Shirbeigi  24', 29' (pen.), 34', 35'
Karimi  32'		 Report
Nilai Indoor Stadium, Nilai
Attendance: 50
Referee: Trương Quốc Dũng (Vietnam)
Malaysia 4–1 Hong Kong
Kwong Wing Yan  7' (o.g.)
Shahida  30'
Ridzuan  33', 35'		 Report Wong So Han  5'
Nilai Indoor Stadium, Nilai
Attendance: 300
Referee: Kumiko Matsuo (Japan)
Uzbekistan 1–9 Iran
Yusupova  9' Report Karimi  5', 37'
Zarrinrad  8'
Gholami  13'
Tarazi  18'
Sarikova  25' (o.g.), 26' (o.g.)
Shirbeigi  29'
Zarei  30'
Nilai Indoor Stadium, Nilai
Attendance: 40
Referee: Da Fuping (China)
Hong Kong 3–3 Uzbekistan
Kwong Wing Yan  14', 39'
Ng Wing Kum  31'		 Report Yusupova  22'
Turdiboeva  24'
Sarikova  24'
Nilai Indoor Stadium, Nilai
Attendance: 40
Referee: Maiket Yuttakon (Thailand)
Iran 4–2 Malaysia
Zarei  1'
Zarrinrad  23'
Karimi  27', 29'		 Report Ridzuan  16' (pen.), 39'
Nilai Indoor Stadium, Nilai
Attendance: 450
Referee: Da Fuping (China)

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Japan 3 3 0 0 14 5 +9 9 Knockout stage
2  Thailand 3 2 0 1 7 5 +2 6
3  China 3 1 0 2 5 12 −7 3
4  Vietnam 3 0 0 3 5 9 −4 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Thailand 3–1 China
Sasicha  4'
Nipaporn  7'
Hataichanok  32'		 Report Mao Yifan  22'
Nilai Indoor Stadium, Nilai
Attendance: 50
Referee: Maryam Poor Jafarian (Iran)
Japan 4–2 Vietnam
Kichibayashi  5' (pen.), 24'
Higashiyama  10'
Takao  12'		 Report Nguyễn Thị Châu  34', 39'
Nilai Indoor Stadium, Nilai
Attendance: 50
Referee: Hawkar Salar Ahmed (Iraq)
China 3–2 Vietnam
Liu Jing  2'
Mao Yifan  30', 35'		 Report Phạm Thị Tươi  16'
Nguyễn Thị Mỹ Anh  21'
Nilai Indoor Stadium, Nilai
Attendance: 30
Referee: Rey Ritaga (Philippines)
Thailand 2–3 Japan
Mamyalee  36'
Siranya  38'		 Report Sakata  6'
Kichibayashi  20', 31'
Nilai Indoor Stadium, Nilai
Attendance: 50
Referee: Lee Po-fu (Chinese Taipei)
Vietnam 1–2 Thailand
Phạm Thị Tươi  2' Report Siranya  13'
Sasicha  38'
Nilai Indoor Stadium, Nilai
Attendance: 30
Referee: Ryan Shepheard (Australia)
Japan 7–1 China
Nakajima  3'
Kato  7', 8'
Sekinada  8'
Amishiro  20'
Higashiyama  37'
Wang Hui  40' (o.g.)		 Report Liu Jing  33'
Nilai Indoor Stadium, Nilai
Attendance: 30
Referee: Helday Idang (Malaysia)

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary (no extra time would be used in the third place match).[5]

Bracket
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
25 September – Nilai
 
 
 Iran1
 
26 September – Nilai
 
 Thailand0
 
 Iran1
 
25 September – Nilai
 
 Japan0
 
 Japan8
 
 
 Malaysia1
 
Third place
 
 
26 September – Nilai
 
 
 Thailand4
 
 
 Malaysia1

Semi-finals
Iran 1–0 Thailand
Meisami  32' Report
Nilai Indoor Stadium, Nilai
Attendance: 130
Referee: Trương Quốc Dũng (Vietnam)
Japan 8–1 Malaysia
Sakata  2', 35'
Amishiro  12'
Kitagawa  15'
Higashiyama  23'
Kichibayashi  39' (pen.), 40', 40'		 Report Norazizah  35'
Nilai Indoor Stadium, Nilai
Attendance: 600
Referee: Ryan Shepheard (Australia)

Third place play-off
Thailand 4–1 Malaysia
Sawitree  13'
Hataichanok  15'
Peanpailun  21'
Shazreen  34' (o.g.)		 Report Majid  11'
Nilai Indoor Stadium, Nilai
Attendance: 400
Referee: Kumi Niitsuma (Japan)

Final
Iran 1–0 Japan
Karimi  8' Report
Nilai Indoor Stadium, Nilai
Attendance: 550
Referee: Liang Qingyun (China)

Awards
AFC Women's Futsal Championship
2015 Champions
Iran
First Title
  • Most Valuable Player[6]
  • Top Scorer Award[7]
    • Farahiyah Ridzuan (7 goals, won tiebreaker over Chikage Kichibayashi)

Goalscorers
7 goals
  • Chikage Kichibayashi
  • Farahiyah Ridzuan
6 goals
5 goals
  • Sara Shirbeigi
4 goals
3 goals
  • Mao Yifan
  • Fahimeh Zarei
  • Maiko Higashiyama
  • Mutsumi Sakata
  • Norhawa Yasin
  • Mahliyo Yusupova
2 goals
  • Liu Jing
  • Kwong Wing Yan
  • Sepideh Zarrinrad
  • Anna Amishiro
  • Saori Kato
  • Fatin Shahida Azmi
  • Hataichanok Tappakun
  • Mamyalee Sawitree
  • Sasicha Phothiwong
  • Siranya Srimanee
  • Nguyễn Thị Châu
  • Phạm Thị Tươi
1 goal
  • Ng Wing Kum
  • Wong So Han
  • Nasimeh Gholami
  • Zohreh Meisami
  • Sohila Tarazi
  • Kana Kitagawa
  • Shiori Nakajima
  • Minako Sekinada
  • Akari Takao
  • Masturah Majid
  • Sity Norazizah Jamal
  • Nur Shazreen Munazli
  • Usliza Usman
  • Darika Peanpailun
  • Nipaporn Sriwarom
  • Feruza Turdiboeva
  • Nguyễn Thị Mỹ Anh
1 Own goal
  • Wang Hui (playing against Japan)
  • Kwong Wing Yan (playing against Malaysia)
  • Nur Shazreen Munazli (playing against Thailand)
2 Own goals

Source: the-AFC.com[8]

References
  1. "AFC Calendar of Competitions 2015" (PDF). Asian Football Confederation.
  2. "Impact of Football Association of Indonesia Suspension". Asian Football Confederation. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
  3. "Stage set for AFC Women's Futsal Championship 2015 draw". AFC. 13 July 2015.
  4. "Malaysia to face old foes Iran and Hong Kong". AFC. 14 July 2015.
  5. "Competition Regulations AFC Women's Futsal Championship 2015" (PDF).
  6. "Fereshteh Karimi attributes MVP accolade to team effort". AFC. 27 September 2015.
  7. "Malaysia's Farahiyah Ridzuan wins Top Scorer Award". AFC. 27 September 2015.
  8. "Top Goal Scorers – 2015 AFC Women's Futsal Championship". AFC.com.
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