2012 AFC Futsal Championship

The 2012 AFC Futsal Championship was held in United Arab Emirates from 25 May to 1 June 2012. 16 countries took part in the 12th edition of the tournament. It was also be the qualification event for the 2012 FIFA Futsal World Cup to be held in Thailand. The AFC Futsal Committee pushed the dates for the event forward from the original May 18 to May 25.[1]

2012 AFC Futsal Championship
بطولة آسيا لكرة الصالات 2012
Tournament details
Host countryUnited Arab Emirates
DatesMay 25 – June 1
Teams16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Japan (2nd title)
Runners-up Thailand
Third place Iran
Fourth place Australia
Tournament statistics
Matches played32
Goals scored198 (6.19 per match)
Attendance9,077 (284 per match)
Top scorer(s) Vahid Shamsaei (7)
Best player(s) Rafael Henmi

In its first meeting for the 2011-2015 term under the chairmanship of Guam's Richard Lai, the AFC Futsal Committee decided to award the championship to United Arab Emirates.[2]

Qualification
Main article: 2012 AFC Futsal Championship qualification

Venues
Dubai
Al-Wasl Stadium Al-Shabab Stadium

Draw

The draw for the tournament was held on 11 March 2012 in United Arab Emirates.[3]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

 United Arab Emirates
 Iran
 Uzbekistan
 Japan

 China
 Thailand
 Lebanon
 Australia

 Kyrgyzstan
 Indonesia
 Tajikistan
 South Korea

 Turkmenistan
 Chinese Taipei
 Kuwait
 Qatar

Group stage

Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Thailand 3 3 0 0 11 3 +8 9
 Kyrgyzstan 3 2 0 1 5 4 +1 6
 United Arab Emirates 3 1 0 2 6 8 −2 3
 Turkmenistan 3 0 0 3 3 10 −7 0
Source:
United Arab Emirates 3 – 1 Turkmenistan
Y. Mohamed  5'
Ibrahim  35'
Jamil  40'		 Report M. Atayev  20'
Attendance: 150
Referee: Alireza Sohrabi (Iran)
Thailand 2 – 0 Kyrgyzstan
Chaemcharoen  33'
Ahamah  39'		 Report
Attendance: 150
Referee: Kim Jang-kwan (South Korea)
Turkmenistan 1 – 5 Thailand
V. Atayev  4' Report Thueanklang  3', 9'
Chaemcharoen  6'
Lakka  36'
Wongkaeo  39'
Attendance: 160
Referee: Scott Kidson (Australia)
Kyrgyzstan 3 – 1 United Arab Emirates
Ermekov  22'
A. Abdulla  32' (o.g.)
Kanetov  35'		 Report T. Abdulla  37'
Attendance: 100
Referee: Timo Onatsu (Finland)
United Arab Emirates 2 – 4 Thailand
Jamil  1', 40' Report Chaemcharoen  5'
Sornwichian  10'
Wongkaeo  17'
Thueanklang  38'
Attendance: 250
Referee: Husein Khalaileh (Jordan)
Kyrgyzstan 2 – 1 Turkmenistan
Djetybaev  15'
Kondratkov  17'		 Report Rahimov  37'
Al-Shabab Stadium, Dubai
Attendance: 150
Referee: Naoki Miyatani (Japan)

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Japan 3 3 0 0 15 4 +11 9
 Lebanon 3 2 0 1 7 6 +1 6
 Tajikistan 3 1 0 2 8 12 −4 3
 Chinese Taipei 3 0 0 3 7 15 −8 0
Source:
Japan 3 – 2 Lebanon
Kitahara  4'
Hoshi  4'
Henmi  40'		 Report Abou-Zeid  5'
Kawsan  34'
Attendance: 200
Referee: Christopher Colley (Australia)
Chinese Taipei 4 – 6 Tajikistan
Liu Chi-chao  4'
Chen Po-hao  11'
Chang Han  17', 23'		 Report Nazarov  22'
Jumaev  25'
Dodkhudoev  34'
Yang Chao-hsun  35' (o.g.)
Ulmasov  40', 40'
Attendance: 96
Referee: Nurdin Bukuev (Kyrgyzstan)
Lebanon 3 – 2 Chinese Taipei
Takaji  3', 25'
Kawsan  6'		 Report Pan Wen-chieh  15'
Liu Chi-chao  17'
Attendance: 150
Referee: Mohammad Al-Haddad (Kuwait)
Tajikistan 1 – 6 Japan
Mamedbabaev  5' Report Komiyama  1'
Murakami  4', 11'
Inaba  9', 25'
Henmi  37'
Attendance: 100
Referee: Vahid Arzpeima (Iran)
Japan 6 – 1 Chinese Taipei
Henmi  11', 21'
Komiyama  28'
Kogure  31', 33'
Murakami  35'		 Report Lo Chih-an  6'
Attendance: 80
Referee: Kim Jang-kwan (South Korea)
Tajikistan 1 – 2 Lebanon
Mamedbabaev  9' Report Takaji  1'
Atwi  30'
Al-Shabab Stadium, Dubai
Attendance: 91
Referee: Rey Ritaga (Philippines)

Group C
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Iran 3 3 0 0 31 1 +30 9
 Australia 3 2 0 1 9 10 −1 6
 Qatar 3 1 0 2 7 14 −7 3
 South Korea 3 0 0 3 4 26 −22 0
Source:
Australia 3 – 1 Qatar
Zeballos  4', 29'
Gomez  39'		 Report Yousuf  38'
Al-Shabab Stadium, Dubai
Attendance: 250
Referee: Marc Birkett (England)
Iran 14 – 1 South Korea
Esmaeilpour  7'
Taheri  11'
Hassanzadeh  11', 12', 33'
Javid  15', 17', 27'
Keshavarz  23', 29'
Asghari  29', 39'
Tayyebi  31'
Jeong Eui-hyun  36' (o.g.)		 Report Seo Dae-yun  30'
Al-Shabab Stadium, Dubai
Attendance: 728
Referee: Mohammad Al-Haddad (Kuwait)
South Korea 0 – 6 Australia
Report Fernando  15', 19'
Seeto  22'
Fogarty  25'
Giovenali  33'
Spathis  40'
Al-Shabab Stadium, Dubai
Attendance: 54
Referee: Zhang Youze (China)
Qatar 0 – 8 Iran
Report Taheri  1'
Keshavarz  2'
Tayyebi  15', 37'
Ahmadi  18'
Shamsaei  23', 31'
Hassanzadeh  29'
Al-Shabab Stadium, Dubai
Attendance: 300
Referee: Yasukazu Nobumoto (Japan)
Iran 9 – 0 Australia
Taheri  11', 22'
Shamsaei  13', 40'
Hassanzadeh  14', 33'
Bahadori  16'
Tayyebi  29'
Asghari  37'		 Report
Attendance: 600
Referee: Marc Birkett (England)
Qatar 6 – 3 South Korea
Khalifa  7'
Mohssein  21'
Bilal  24'
Yousuf  29'
Al-Sabah  33'
Mohammed  40'		 Report Mohammed  12' (o.g.)
Kim Min-kuk  36'
Kim Jeong-nam  38'
Al-Shabab Stadium, Dubai
Attendance: 56
Referee: Mohamad Chami (Lebanon)

Group D
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Kuwait 3 2 1 0 15 4 +11 7
 Uzbekistan 3 2 1 0 12 3 +9 7
 China 3 1 0 2 6 9 −3 3
 Indonesia 3 0 0 3 6 23 −17 0
Source:
Uzbekistan 1 – 1 Kuwait
Irsaliev  9' Report Sviridov  6' (o.g.)
Al-Shabab Stadium, Dubai
Attendance: 250
Referee: Naoki Miyatani (Japan)
Indonesia 2 – 5 China
Tamimy  20'
Handoyo  35'		 Report Hu Jie  18', 40'
Zhao Liang  26'
Deng Tao  29'
Cong Lin  32'
Al-Shabab Stadium, Dubai
Attendance: 91
Referee: Husein Khalaileh (Jordan)
Kuwait 9 – 3 Indonesia
Al-Wadi  6', 26', 35'
Al-Taweel  10', 13', 24', 33'
S. Al-Mutairi  12'
F. Haidar  36'		 Report Handoyo  3'
Saptaji  28'
Balfas  38'
Al-Shabab Stadium, Dubai
Attendance: 104
Referee: Rey Ritaga (Philippines)
China 1 – 2 Uzbekistan
Hu Jie  4' Report Sviridov  19'
Irsaliev  36'
Al-Shabab Stadium, Dubai
Attendance: 200
Referee: Nurdin Bukuev (Kyrgyzstan)
Uzbekistan 9 – 1 Indonesia
Irsaliev  4', 13'
Elibaev  8'
Tajibaev  17', 31'
Abdumavlyanov  21', 37'
Khalmukhamedov  25'
Rakhmatov  40'		 Report Wardhana  13'
Attendance: 230
Referee: Alireza Sohrabi (Iran)
China 0 – 5 Kuwait
Report Al-Farsi  10', 16', 28'
S. Al-Mutairi  30'
Al-Mosabehi  40'
Al-Shabab Stadium, Dubai
Attendance: 200
Referee: Christopher Colley (Australia)

Knockout stage
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
May 29 – Dubai
 
 
 Thailand5
 
May 30 – Dubai
 
 Lebanon3
 
 Thailand (aet)5
 
May 29 – Dubai
 
 Iran4
 
 Iran6
 
June 1 – Dubai
 
 Uzbekistan3
 
 Thailand1
 
May 29 – Dubai
 
 Japan6
 
 Japan1
 
May 30 – Dubai
 
 Kyrgyzstan0
 
 Japan3
 
May 29 – Dubai
 
 Australia0 Third place
 
 Kuwait2
 
June 1 – Dubai
 
 Australia (aet)3
 
 Iran4
 
 
 Australia0
 

Quarter-finals
Thailand 5 – 3 Lebanon
Chudech  5'
Thueanklang  8'
Chaemcharoen  20'
Madyalan  30'
Sornwichian  36'		 Report Kawsan  1', 4'
El Homsi  38'
Attendance: 350
Referee: Scott Kidson (Australia)
Iran 6 – 3 Uzbekistan
Ahmadi  5', 39'
Esmaeilpour  7'
Hassanzadeh  20'
Taheri  22'
Tayyebi  32'		 Report Tojiboev  22', 28'
Rakhmatov  40'
Al-Shabab Stadium, Dubai
Attendance: 1,038
Referee: Yasukazu Nobumoto (Japan)
Japan 1 – 0 Kyrgyzstan
Henmi  12' Report
Attendance: 260
Referee: Timo Onatsu (Finland)
Kuwait 2 – 3 (a.e.t.) Australia
S. Al-Mutairi  15'
Al-Awadhi  28'		 Report Fogarty  3', 42'
Ngaluafe  16'
Al-Shabab Stadium, Dubai
Attendance: 250
Referee: Nurdin Bukuev (Kyrgyzstan)

Semi-finals
Thailand 5 – 4 (a.e.t.) Iran
Thueanklang  10', 30' (pen.), 50'
Sornwichian  32'
Chaemcharoen  43'		 Report Shamsaei  4', 49'
Tayyebi  7'
Asghari  30'
Attendance: 800
Referee: Timo Onatsu (Finland)
Japan 3 – 0 Australia
Kogure  29'
Kitahara  32'
Henmi  40'		 Report
Attendance: 113
Referee: Mohammad Al-Haddad (Kuwait)

Third place play-off
Iran 4 – 0 Australia
Asghari  36', 40'
Taheri  37'
Shamsaei  40'		 Report
Attendance: 600
Referee: Naoki Miyatani (Japan)

Final
Thailand 1 – 6 Japan
Wongkaeo  11' Report Kogure  4'
Kitahara  15'
Inaba  31'
Henmi  34'
Kawahara  37'
Murakami  38'
Attendance: 926
Referee: Nurdin Bukuev (Kyrgyzstan)

Awards
 AFC Futsal Championship 2012 Winners 

Japan
2nd title
Hisamitsu Kawahara, Wataru Kitahara, Yusuke Komiyama, Tetsuya Murakami, Nobuya Osodo, Shota Hoshi, Kenichiro Kogure, Kensuke Takahashi, Toru Fukimbara, Kazuhiro Nibuya, Jun Fujiwara, Rafael Henmi, Kotaro Inaba, Manabu Takita
Coach: Miguel Rodrigo

Goalscorers
7 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
  • Greg Giovenali
  • Andres Gomez
  • Danny Ngaluafe
  • Tobias Seeto
  • Peter Spathis
  • Cong Lin
  • Deng Tao
  • Zhao Liang
  • Chen Po-hao
  • Lo Chih-an
  • Pan Wen-chieh
  • Karami Balfas
  • Bambang Bayu Saptaji
  • Afif Tamimy
  • Gustian Sukima Wardhana
  • Ghodrat Bahadori
  • Shota Hoshi
  • Hisamitsu Kawahara
  • Hamad Al-Awadhi
  • Abdulrahman Al-Mosabehi
  • Fawaz Haidar
  • Nurjan Djetybaev
  • Rustam Ermekov
  • Emil Kanetov
  • Vadim Kondratkov
  • Karim Abou-Zeid
  • Hayssam Atwi
  • Ali El Homsi
  • Ali Al-Sabah
  • Saad Bilal
  • Salem Khalifa
  • Muneer Mohammed
  • Amro Mohssein
  • Kim Jeong-nam
  • Kim Min-kuk
  • Seo Dae-yun
  • Orzu Dodkhudoev
  • Sherzod Jumaev
  • Akhtam Nazarov
  • Aref Ahamah
  • Jetsada Chudech
  • Konghla Lakka
  • Nattawut Madyalan
  • Mergen Atayev
  • Vatan Atayev
  • Nazim Rahimov
  • Tariq Abdulla
  • Bader Ibrahim
  • Yousif Mohamed
  • Nodir Elibaev
  • Oleg Khalmukhamedov
  • Konstantin Sviridov
Own goals
  • Yang Chao-hsun (for Tajikistan)
  • Muneer Mohammed (for South Korea)
  • Jeong Eui-hyun (for Iran)
  • Abdulaziz Abdulla (for Kyrgyzstan)
  • Konstantin Sviridov (for Kuwait)

References
  1. "AFC Futsal Championship rescheduled". the-afc.com. 3 March 2012. Retrieved 3 March 2012.
  2. "UAE are next AFC futsal hosts". the-afc.com. 2 July 2011. Retrieved 2 July 2011.
  3. "UAE 2012 draw done". the-afc.com. 11 March 2012. Archived from the original on 4 January 2013. Retrieved 11 March 2012.
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