AFC Futsal Asian Cup

The AFC Futsal Asian Cup, previously the AFC Futsal Championship, is the premier international futsal competition for the Asian Football Confederation national teams. It was first held in 1999 and was played annually until 2008; since then it has been played biennially. From 2021, the tournament will be rebranded from the "AFC Futsal Championship" to the "AFC Futsal Asian Cup".[1]

AFC Futsal Asian Cup
Founded1999 (1999)
RegionAsia (AFC)
Number of teams16
Current champions Iran (12th title)
Most successful team(s) Iran (12 titles)
2020 AFC Futsal Championship

Iran and Japan are the dominant nations being the only two nations to have won the tournament and Iran is the only nation to have never finished outside the top four. Iran, champions of 12 of the 15 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. It is a qualification for the FIFA Futsal World Cup. Kazakhstan switched to UEFA since 2002.

Results

# Year Hosts Final Third place match Number of teams
Winners Score Runners-up Third place Score Fourth place
1 1999
Details

Malaysia

Iran
9–1
South Korea

Kazakhstan
2–2 aet
(5–3) pen

Japan
9
2 2000
Details

Thailand

Iran
4–1
Kazakhstan

Thailand
8–6
Japan
9
3 2001
Details

Iran

Iran
9–0
Uzbekistan

South Korea
2–1
Japan
14
4 2002
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Indonesia

Iran
6–0
Japan

Thailand
4–2
South Korea
14
5 2003
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Iran

Iran
6–4
Japan

Thailand
8–2
Kuwait
16
6 2004
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Macau

Iran
5–3
Japan

Thailand
3–1
Uzbekistan
18
7 2005
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Vietnam

Iran
2–0
Japan
 Uzbekistan and  Kyrgyzstan 24
8 2006
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Uzbekistan

Japan
5–1
Uzbekistan

Iran
5–3
Kyrgyzstan
16
9 2007
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Japan

Iran
4–1
Japan

Uzbekistan
5–3
Kyrgyzstan
16
10 2008
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Thailand

Iran
4–0
Thailand

Japan
5–3
China
16
11 2010
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Uzbekistan

Iran
8–3
Uzbekistan

Japan
6–1
China
16
12 2012
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United Arab Emirates

Japan
6–1
Thailand

Iran
4–0
Australia
16
13 2014
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Vietnam

Japan
2–2 aet
(3–0) pen

Iran

Uzbekistan
2–1
Kuwait
16
14 2016
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Uzbekistan

Iran
2–1
Uzbekistan

Thailand
8–0
Vietnam
16
15 2018
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Chinese Taipei

Iran
4–0
Japan

Uzbekistan
4–4
(2–1) pen

Iraq
16
16 2020
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Kuwait
Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic [2] 16
17 2022
Details

Kuwait
16

Performance by nations

Team Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place Total (Top 4)
 Iran 12 (1999, 2000, 2001*, 2002, 2003*, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2016, 2018) 1 (2014) 2 (2006, 2012) 15
 Japan 3 (2006, 2012, 2014) 6 (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007*, 2018) 2 (2008, 2010) 3 (1999, 2000, 2001) 14
 Uzbekistan 4 (2001, 2006*, 2010*, 2016*) 4 (2005, 2007, 2014, 2018) 1 (2004) 9
 Thailand 2 (2008*, 2012) 5 (2000*, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2016) 7
 South Korea 1 (1999) 1 (2001) 1 (2002) 3
 Kazakhstan 1 (2000) 1 (1999) 2
 Kyrgyzstan 1 (2005) 2 (2006, 2007) 3
 China 2 (2008, 2010) 2
 Kuwait 2 (2003, 2014) 2
 Australia 1 (2012) 1
 Vietnam 1 (2016) 1
 Iraq 1 (2018) 1
* = hosts

Medal summary

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Iran121215
2 Japan36211
3 Uzbekistan0448
4 Thailand0257
5 Kazakhstan0112
 South Korea0112
7 Kyrgyzstan0011
Totals (7 nations)15151646

All-time table

As 2018

Rank Team Part Pld W D L GF GA Dif Pts
1  Iran 15938823899136+763266
2  Japan 159268618452184+268210
3  Uzbekistan 157951622330206+124159
4  Thailand 157551519443211+232158
5  Kyrgyzstan 1566281028207242–3594
6  South Korea 135420628237258–2166
7  Lebanon 114619819179183–465
8  Kuwait 114817427184205–2155
9  Iraq 114517325161172–1154
10  China 124716229185213–2850
11  Australia 7311611487105–1849
12  Tajikistan 103511222116197–8135
13  Chinese Taipei 124110229125203–7832
14  Vietnam 52392126793–2629
15  Kazakhstan 3158437742+3528
16  Palestine 31590610170+3127
17  Indonesia 9328222105176–7126
18  Malaysia 12408230112236–12426
19  Hong Kong 520711258100–4222
20  Turkmenistan 621601559121–6218
21  Qatar 3123094770–239
22  Bahrain 282242436–128
23  Philippines 31312102185–645
24  Macau 417111523167–1444
25  United Arab Emirates 1310268–23
26  Cambodia 141031246–343
27  Saudi Arabia 13012711–41
28  Myanmar 13003522–170
29  Jordan 26006725–180
30  Brunei 14004753–460
31  Bhutan 160061373–600
32  Maldives 2900910128–1180
33  Guam 290098142–1340
34  Singapore 311001115170–1550

Participating nations

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
  •      – To be determined
  •      – Hosts
  •    – Not an AFC member
Team
1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2010

2012

2014

2016

2018

2020
Years
 Afghanistan ××××××××××××
 Australia R1QFQFQF4thQFQF×7
 Bahrain ×××R1×××××××QFq3
 Bhutan ××××××R1×××××××××1
 Brunei ×××R1••××××××x1
 Cambodia ×××××R1××××××1
 China ×××R1R1QFR2R1R14th4thR1R1R1R1q13
 Chinese Taipei ××R1R1QFR1R1R1R1R1R1R1R1R112
 Guam ×××××R1R1××××××x2
 Hong Kong ××××R1R1R1R1R1×5
 Indonesia ×××R1R1R1R1R1R1R1R1R1×q10
 Iran 1st1st1st1st1st1st1st3rd1st1st1st3rd2nd1st1stq16
 Iraq ××R1QFR1×R1R1R1R1R1R1QF4th11
 Japan 4th4th4th2nd2nd2nd2nd1st2nd3rd3rd1st1stQF2ndq16
 Jordan ××××××××××××R1R1x2
 Kazakhstan 3rd2ndQF3
 Kuwait ××QFQF4thQFR2R1R1R1R1QF4th××q12
 Kyrgyzstan R1R1R1QFQFR1SF4th4thQFQFQFR1QFR1q16
 Laos ××××××××××××x
 Lebanon ××××R1QFR1R1QFQFQFQFQFR1QFq12
 Macau ×R1××R1R1R1××4
 Malaysia R1×R1R1R1R1R1R1R1R1R1R1R112
 Maldives ×××××R1R1×××××x2
 Mongolia ××××××××××××
 Myanmar ××××××××××R11
 Oman ×××××××××××x××xq1
 Palestine ××QF×R1×R1×××××××3
 Philippines ×××××R1R1×R1××x3
 Qatar ××××××R1××R1R13
 Saudi Arabia ×××××××××××R1q2
 Singapore R1R1R1×××××××××××x3
 South Korea 2ndR13rd4thQFQFR1R1R1R1R1R1R1q14
 Syria ××××××××××××××x
 Tajikistan ××R1×××R2R1QFR1R1R1R1R1R1q11
 Thailand R13rdQF3rd3rd3rdR2R1QF2ndQF2ndQF3rdQFq16
 East Timor ×××××××
 Turkmenistan ××ו•••×R1R1R1R1R1R1q7
 United Arab Emirates ×××××××××××R1×1
 Uzbekistan R1R12ndQFQF4thSF2nd3rdQF2ndQF3rd2nd3rdq16
 Vietnam ××××××R1×R1QF4thQFq6
Total991414161824161616161616161616

FIFA Futsal World Cup qualifiers

Legend
  • 1st – Champions
  • 2nd – Runners-up
  • 3rd – Third place
  • 4th – Fourth place
  • QF – Quarterfinals
  • R2 – Round 2 (19892008, second group stage, top 8; 2012–present: knockout round of 16)
  • R1 – Round 1
  •      – Hosts
  •    – Not an AFC member
  • Q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
Team
1989

1992

1996

2000

2004

2008

2012

2016

2020
Total
 AustraliaR1R12
 ChinaR1R1R13
 Chinese TaipeiR11
 Hong KongR11
 Iran4thR1R1R1R2R23rd7
 JapanR1R1R1R24
 KazakhstanR11
 KuwaitR11
 MalaysiaR11
 Saudi ArabiaR11
 ThailandR1R1R1R2R25
 UzbekistanR11
 VietnamR21

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
2018 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 33
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
2018 Hossein Tayyebi 14

See also

References

  1. "AFC rebrands age group championships to AFC Asian Cups". AFC. 2 October 2020.
  2. Latest update on AFC Competitions in 2021, Asian Football Confederation official website, 25 January 2021
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