AFC Women's Futsal Asian Cup

The AFC Women's Futsal Asian Cup, previously the AFC Women's Futsal Championship, is the premier national women's futsal competition of the Asian Football Confederation nations. Iran have won both editions held to date.

AFC Women's Futsal Asian Cup
FoundedSeptember 2015 (September 2015)
RegionAsia (AFC)
Number of teams16
Current champions Iran (2nd title)
Most successful team(s) Iran (2 titles)
2020 AFC Women's Futsal Championship

The first edition was held in Malaysia from 17 to 26 September 2015.[1][2] The second edition was held in Thailand from 2 to 12 May 2018.[3] The third edition was scheduled to be held in Kuwait in 2020 but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4] From 2021, the tournament will be rebranded from the "AFC Women's Futsal Championship" to the "AFC Women's Futsal Asian Cup".[5]

Results

Iran won in the 2015 final over Japan.[6]

Summaries
Edition Year Host Final Third Place Number of teams
Champions Score Runner-up Third Place Score Fourth Place
1 2015
Malaysia
Iran		 1–0
Japan
Thailand		 4–1
Malaysia		 8[note 1]
2 2018
Thailand
Iran		 5–2
Japan
Thailand		 0–0
(3–2 PSO)
Vietnam		 15
3 2020
Kuwait[8]		 Postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic — 16
4 2022
  • a.e.t.: after extra time
  • pen.: after penalty shoot-out

Notes:

  1. Indonesia was removed from the competition due to a FIFA suspension[1] and Jordan withdrew.[7]

Teams reaching the top four
Team Winners Runners-up Third place Fourth place
 Iran 2 (2015, 2018)
 Japan 2 (2015, 2018)
 Thailand 2 (2015, 2018*)
 Malaysia 1 (2015*)
 Vietnam 1 (2018)
* as hosts

General Statistics

As 2018

Rank Team Part. Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Iran 2101000589+4930
2  Japan 2119025512+4327
3  Thailand 2116234211+3120
4  Vietnam 294141816+213
5  Malaysia 283052729-29
6  China 273042224-29
7  Indonesia 14211133+107
8  Chinese Taipei 142021110+16
9  Hong Kong 261141123-124
10  Uzbekistan 261141436-224
11  Lebanon 13102413-93
12  Turkmenistan 12002117-160
13  Bahrain 13003421-170
14  Bangladesh 13003220-180
15  Macau 13003031-310

Participating nations

Legend:

  • 1st — Champions
  • 2nd — Runners-up
  • 3rd — Third place
  • 4th — Fourth place
  • QF — Quarter-finalists
  • GS — Group stage
  • q — Qualified for upcoming tournament
  •  ••  — Qualified but withdrew
  •  •  — Did not qualify
  •   ×   — Did not enter
  •   ×   — Withdrew / Banned / Entry not accepted by FIFA
  •      — Hosts
  •      — Not affiliated to FIFA

For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown:

Team
2015
2018
2020		 Total
 Bahrain × GS 1
 Bangladesh × GS 1
 China GS QF 2
 Chinese Taipei × QF 1
 Hong Kong GS GS 2
 Indonesia × QF 1
 Iran 1st 1st 2
 Japan 2nd 2nd 2
 Jordan •• × 0
 Kuwait × × q 1
 Lebanon × GS 1
 Macau × GS 1
 Malaysia 4th GS 2
 Thailand 3rd 3rd 2
 Turkmenistan × GS 1
 Uzbekistan GS QF 2
 Vietnam GS 4th 2
Total815

Awards

Most Valuable Players
Year Player
2015 Fereshteh Karimi
2018 Fereshteh Karimi

Top scorers
Year Player Goals
2015 Chikage Kichibayashi
Farahiyah Ridzuan		 7
2018 Fatemeh Etedadi
Sara Shirbeigi
Anna Amishiro
Sasicha Phothiwong		 9

See also

References
  1. "Impact of Football Association of Indonesia Suspension". Asian Football Confederation. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
  2. "AFC Calendar of Competitions 2015" (PDF). Asian Football Confederation.
  3. "AFC Calendar of Competitions 2017" (PDF). AFC.
  4. "VFF - AFC postpones AFC Women's Futsal Championship 2020 and AFC U-20 Futsal Championship 2021". VFF. 2020-04-24. Retrieved 2020-09-06.
  5. "AFC rebrands age group championships to AFC Asian Cups". AFC. 2 October 2020.
  6. "Iran was crowned inaugural champion of the AFC Women's Futsal Championship as it beat Japan 1-0 in a thrilling final on Saturday". Iran Daily. 26 September 2015. Archived from the original on 26 September 2015.
  7. "Stage set for AFC Women's Futsal Championship 2015 draw". AFC. 13 July 2015.
  8. "Bumper 2020 beckons for Asian football". AFC. 1 January 2020.
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