2018 AFC Futsal Championship

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 Chinese Taipei as hosts on 29 July 2017;[1] the tournament took place between 1 and 11 February 2018.[2] A total of 16 teams played in the tournament.

2018 AFC Futsal Championship
2018亞足聯室內五人制足球錦標賽
Tournament details
Host countryChinese Taipei
Dates1–11 February 2018
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) Hossein Tayyebi (14 goals)
Best player(s) Ali Hassanzadeh
Fair play award Iraq

Defending champions Iran defeated Japan in the final to win their 12th title.

Qualification
Main article: 2018 AFC Futsal Championship qualification

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

Qualified teams

The following 16 teams qualified for the final tournament.[4]

Team Qualified as Appearance Previous best performance
 Chinese TaipeiHosts12thQuarter-finals (2003)
 VietnamASEAN Zone Group A winners5thFourth place (2016)
 MyanmarASEAN Zone Group A runners-up1stDebut
 ThailandASEAN Zone Group B winners15thRunners-up (2008, 2012)
 MalaysiaASEAN Zone Group B runners-up12thGroup stage (1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2014, 2016)
 JapanEast Zone Group A winners15thChampions (2006, 2012, 2014)
 South KoreaEast Zone Group B winners13thRunners-up (1999)
 ChinaEast Zone play-off winners12thFourth place (2008, 2010)
 UzbekistanSouth & Central Zone Group A winners15thRunners-up (2001, 2006, 2010, 2016)
 KyrgyzstanSouth & Central Zone Group A runners-up15thSemi-finals (2005), Fourth place (2006, 2007)
 IranSouth & Central Zone Group B winners15thChampions (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2016)
 TajikistanSouth & Central Zone Group B runners-up10thQuarter-finals (2007)
 BahrainWest Zone Group A winners2ndGroup stage (2002)
 IraqWest Zone Group A runners-up11thQuarter-finals (2002, 2016)
 LebanonWest Zone Group B winners11thQuarter-finals (2004, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
 JordanWest Zone Group B runners-up2ndGroup stage (2016)

Venues

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

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

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
Main article: 2018 AFC Futsal Championship squads

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

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

Referees

Group stage

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
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) Host.
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 Hoa  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'
University of Taipei Gymnasium, Taipei
Attendance: 100
Referee: An Ran (China)

Group B
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'
University of Taipei Gymnasium, Taipei
Attendance: 100
Referee: Fahad Al-Hosani (United Arab Emirates)
Japan 4–2 Tajikistan
 Report
  • Sardorov  6'
  • Alimakhmadov  13'
University of Taipei Gymnasium, Taipei
Attendance: 100
Referee: Yuttakon Maiket (Thailand)
Tajikistan 2–4 Uzbekistan
  • Kuziev  18'
  • Salomov  39' (pen.)
 Report
  • D. Rakhmatov  9'
  • Choriev  12', 37'
  • Adilov  26'
University of Taipei Gymnasium, Taipei
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'
University of Taipei Gymnasium, Taipei
Attendance: 683
Referee: Liu Jianqiao (China)
Uzbekistan 2–4 Japan
  • Abdumavlyanov  3'
  • Yunusov  26'
 Report
University of Taipei Gymnasium, Taipei
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
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'
University of Taipei Gymnasium, Taipei
Attendance: 100
Referee: Anatoliy Rubakov (Uzbekistan)
Iran 14–0 Myanmar
 Report
University of Taipei Gymnasium, Taipei
Attendance: 150
Referee: Lee Po-fu (Chinese Taipei)
Myanmar 2–3 Iraq
  • Khin Zaw Lin  18'
  • Pyae Phyo Maung I  36'
 Report
  • Khalid  15' (pen.), 36'
  • Jabar  22'
University of Taipei Gymnasium, Taipei
Attendance: 150
Referee: Yuttakon Maiket (Thailand)
China 1–11 Iran
  • Xu Yang  20'
 Report
University of Taipei Gymnasium, Taipei
Attendance: 216
Referee: Anatoliy Rubakov (Uzbekistan)
Iran 5–3 Iraq
 Report
  • Khalid  8'
  • Mohammed  29', 34'
University of Taipei Gymnasium, Taipei
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 I  35', 38'
Attendance: 30
Referee: Darius Turner (Australia)

Group D
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'
University of Taipei Gymnasium, Taipei
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

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
 
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
Lebanon 2–2 (a.e.t.) Iraq
  • Koussan  11'
  • Tneich  22'
 Report
  • Faisal  7', 26'
Penalties
  • El-Dine
  • K. Zeid
  • Tneich
  • Zeitoun
  • El-Homsi
  • Kobeissy
  • Hamadani
  • Hammoud
  • M. Zeid
  • Rhyem
8–9
  • Khalid
  • Abdeen
  • Dakheel
  • Bachay
  • Ali
  • Mahdi
  • Riyadh
  • Al-Zubiaidi
  • Mohammed
  • Zeyad
University of Taipei Gymnasium, Taipei
Attendance: 200
Referee: Nurdin Bukuev (Kyrgyzstan)
Iran 9–1 Thailand
 Report
Attendance: 300
Referee: Tomohiro Kozaki (Japan)
Japan 2–0 Bahrain
 Report
University of Taipei Gymnasium, Taipei
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
Iraq 0–3 Japan
Report
  • Morioka  1'
  • Nishitani  6'
  • Murota  19'
Attendance: 450
Referee: Rey Ritaga (Philippines)
Iran 7–1 Uzbekistan
 Report
  • A. Rakhmatov  39'
Attendance: 740
Referee: An Ran (China)

Third place match
Iraq 4–4 Uzbekistan
  • Ali  14'
  • Khalid  20'
  • Faisal  22'
  • Dakheel  34'
 Report
  • Choriev  2'
  • Yunusov  25', 39'
  • Hamroev  27'
Penalties
  • Khalid
  • Dakheel
  • Abdeen
1–2
  • Abdurakhmanov
  • Nishonov
  • Sviridov
Attendance: 889
Referee: Helday Idang (Malaysia)

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

Winners
2018 AFC Futsal Championship

Iran
Twelfth title

Awards

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

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

Goalscorers

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

  • Ahmed Abdulnabi
  • Mohamed Al-Sandi
  • Gu Haitao
  • Xu Yang
  • Zhang Yameng
  • Lai Ming-hui
  • Moslem Oladghobad
  • Hasan Dakheel
  • Firas Mohammed
  • Ryosuke Nishitani
  • Kazuya Shimizu
  • Maksat Alimov
  • Adilet Imanbekov
  • Ali El-Homsi
  • Jang Yeong-cheol
  • Umed Kuziev
  • Dilshod Salomov
  • Jirawat Sornwichian
  • Farkhod Abdumavlyanov
  • Anaskhon Rakhmatov
  • Dilshod Rakhmatov
  • Nguyễn Đắc Huy
  • Phùng Trọng Luân
  • Vũ Đức Tùng

1 goal

  • Mohamed Abdulla
  • Ali Saleh
  • Shen Siming
  • Zhao Liang
  • Chi Sheng-fa
  • Huang Po-chun
  • Huang Tai-hsiang
  • Saeid Ahmadabbasi
  • Mehran Alighadr
  • Zaid Ali
  • Rafid Hameed
  • Yuki Murota
  • Kazuhiro Nibuya
  • Koichi Saito
  • Manabu Takita
  • Qais Shabib
  • Abdel Samara
  • Musa Abu Shaikha
  • Iuldashbai Salimbaev
  • Manas Abdrasul Uulu
  • Mohamad Kobeissy
  • Kassem Koussan
  • Hassan Zeitoun
  • Aizad Daniel
  • Khairul Effendy
  • Azwann Ismail
  • Khin Zaw Lin
  • Nyein Min Soe
  • Chun Jin-woo
  • Park Young-jae
  • Shavqat Halimov
  • Rustam Hamidov
  • Bahodur Khojaev
  • Nekruz Alimakhmadov
  • Fayzali Sardorov
  • Rahmonali Sharipov
  • Iqboli Vositzoda
  • Nattawut Madyalan
  • Kritsada Wongkaeo
  • Khusniddin Nishonov
  • Ikhtiyor Ropiev
  • Dilmurod Shavkatov
  • Phạm Đức Hoa

1 own goal

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

Tournament team rankings

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 result
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 17 17 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 3 1 1 1 8 9 −1 4 Eliminated in
group stage
10  Kyrgyzstan 3 1 1 1 6 11 −5 4
11  Tajikistan 3 1 0 2 11 8 +3 3
12  Malaysia 3 1 0 2 7 9 −2 3
13  China 3 1 0 2 8 18 −10 3
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

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