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2018 AFC Futsal Championship

Summary

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 Taipei and New Taipei City, Taiwan (designated as Chinese Taipei by FIFA) as hosts on 29 July 2017;[1] the tournament took place between 1 and 11 February 2018 at Xinzhuang Gymnasium and University of Taipei Gymnasium.[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 countryTaiwan
Dates1–11 February
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)Iran Hossein Tayyebi (14 goals)
Best player(s)Iran Ali Hassanzadeh
Fair play award Iraq
← 2016

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

Qualification edit

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

Qualified teams edit

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

Team Qualified as Appearance Previous best performance
  Chinese Taipei Hosts 12th Quarter-finals (2003)
  Vietnam ASEAN Zone Group A winners 5th Fourth place (2016)
  Myanmar ASEAN Zone Group A runners-up 1st Debut
  Thailand ASEAN Zone Group B winners 15th Runners-up (2008, 2012)
  Malaysia ASEAN Zone Group B runners-up 12th Group stage (1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2014, 2016)
  Japan East Zone Group A winners 15th Champions (2006, 2012, 2014)
  South Korea East Zone Group B winners 13th Runners-up (1999)
  China East Zone play-off winners 12th Fourth place (2008, 2010)
  Uzbekistan South & Central Zone Group A winners 15th Runners-up (2001, 2006, 2010, 2016)
  Kyrgyzstan South & Central Zone Group A runners-up 15th Semi-finals (2005), Fourth place (2006, 2007)
  Iran South & Central Zone Group B winners 15th Champions (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2016)
  Tajikistan South & Central Zone Group B runners-up 10th Quarter-finals (2007)
  Bahrain West Zone Group A winners 2nd Group stage (2002)
  Iraq West Zone Group A runners-up 11th Quarter-finals (2002, 2016)
  Lebanon West Zone Group B winners 11th Quarter-finals (2004, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
  Jordan West Zone Group B runners-up 2nd Group stage (2016)

Venues edit

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

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

Draw edit

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
  1.   Chinese Taipei (hosts)
  2.   Iran
  3.   Uzbekistan
  4.   Thailand

Squads edit

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 edit

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

Referees
  •   Darius Turner
  •   Hussain Ali Al-Bahhar
  •   An Ran
  •   Liu Jianqiao
  •   Lee Po-fu
  •   Mahmoudreza Nasirloo
  •   Hasan Mousa Al-Gburi
  •   Tomohiro Kozaki
  •   Kim Jong-hee
  •   Nurdin Bukuev
  •   Mohamad Chami
  •   Helday Idang
  •   Rey Ritaga
  •   Yuttakon Maiket
  •   Azat Hajypolatov
  •   Fahad Al-Hosani
  •   Anatoliy Rubakov
  •   Trương Quốc Dũng

Group stage edit

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 edit

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) Hosts
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 Hòa   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 edit

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 edit

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 (2)   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 (2)   35', 38'
Attendance: 30
Referee: Darius Turner (Australia)

Group D edit

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 edit

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 edit

 
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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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

Awards edit

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 edit

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

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
  •   Abdel Samara
  •   Qais Shabib
  •   Musa Abu Shaikha
  •   Iuldashbai Salimbaev
  •   Manas Abdrasul Uulu
  •   Mohamad Kobeissy
  •   Kassem Koussan
  •   Hassan Zeitoun
  •   Aizad Daniel
  •   Azwann Ismail
  •   Khairul Effendy
  •   Khin Zaw Lin
  •   Nyein Min Soe
  •   Chun Jin-woo
  •   Park Young-jae
  •   Nekruz Alimakhmadov
  •   Shavqat Halimov
  •   Rustam Hamidov
  •   Bahodur Khojaev
  •   Fayzali Sardorov
  •   Rahmonali Sharipov
  •   Iqboli Vositzoda
  •   Nattawut Madyalan
  •   Kritsada Wongkaeo
  •   Khusniddin Nishonov
  •   Ikhtiyor Ropiev
  •   Dilmurod Shavkatov
  •   Phạm Đức Hòa

1 own goal

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

Tournament team rankings edit

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 results
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 16 16 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 (H) 3 1 1 1 8 9 −1 4 Third place in group stage
10   Kyrgyzstan 3 1 1 1 6 11 −5 4
11   Tajikistan 3 1 0 2 11 8 +3 3
12   China 3 1 0 2 8 18 −10 3
13   Malaysia 3 1 0 2 7 9 −2 3 Fourth place in group stage
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

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "AFC Futsal Club Licensing Regulations to strengthen professionalism in Asia". AFC. 29 July 2017.
  2. ^ "AFC Competitions Calendar 2018". AFC. 11 January 2018. Archived from the original on 14 February 2018.
  3. ^ "AFC Competitions Calendar 2017" (PDF). AFC. 12 April 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 April 2017.
  4. ^ "Asia's best to converge in Chinese Taipei for AFC Futsal Championship 2018". AFC. 13 November 2017.
  5. ^ "2018亞足聯五人制足球錦標賽決賽16強抽籤結果出爐". Chinese Taipei Football Association. 12 December 2017.
  6. ^ "Enticing draw awaits Asia's finest futsal sides". AFC. 10 December 2017.
  7. ^ "AFC Futsal Championship 2018 draw results". AFC. 12 December 2017.
  8. ^ "AFC Futsal Championship 2018 Official Draw". YouTube. 12 December 2017.
  9. ^ a b c "AFC Futsal Championship 2018 Competition Regulations". AFC. Archived from the original on 16 February 2018.
  10. ^ "2018AFC五人制足球錦標賽決賽賽程_中英版 (Official Match Schedule)" (PDF). Chinese Taipie Football Association. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 January 2018.
  11. ^ "IR Iran's Tayebi takes top scorer award". AFC. 11 February 2018.
  12. ^ "IR Iran's Ali Asghar Hassanzadeh named Most Valuable Player". AFC. 11 February 2018.

External links edit

  • AFC Futsal Championship, the-AFC.com
  • AFC Futsal Championship 2018, stats.the-AFC.com

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