2018 AFC Women's Futsal Championship

Summary

The 2018 AFC Women's Futsal Championship was the second edition of the AFC Women's Futsal Championship, the biennial international futsal championship organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the women's national teams of Asia. It took place in Thailand, which was appointed as hosts by the AFC on 29 July 2017,[1] between 2 and 12 May 2018.[2] The tournament was originally to be held between 15–26 August 2017, two years after the inaugural edition in 2015, but was postponed to the following year.

2018 AFC Women's Futsal Championship
Tournament details
Host countryThailand
CityBangkok
Dates2–12 May
Teams15 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Iran (2nd title)
Runners-up Japan
Third place Thailand
Fourth place Vietnam
Tournament statistics
Matches played29
Goals scored189 (6.52 per match)
Attendance9,105 (314 per match)
Top scorer(s)Iran Fatemeh Etedadi
Iran Sara Shirbeigi
Japan Anna Amishiro
Thailand Sasicha Phothiwong (9 goals each)
Best player(s)Iran Fereshteh Karimi
Fair play award Iran
2015
2020

A total of 15 teams participated in the tournament. The 15 teams were divided into four groups (one with three teams and three with four teams), with the group winners and the best runner-up advancing to the quarter-finals.[3]

The tournament served as qualifying for the futsal tournament at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, with the winner and the runner-up qualifying for the girls' tournament, to be represented by their under-18 representative teams.[4][5]

Iran, the defending champions, won their second title in a row.

Qualified teams edit

Of the 47 AFC member associations, a total of 15 teams entered the competition. There was no qualification, and all entrants advanced to the final tournament.

Team Appearance Previous best performance
  Thailand (hosts) 2nd Third place (2015)
  Iran 2nd Champions (2015)
  Japan 2nd Runners-up (2015)
  Malaysia 2nd Fourth place (2015)
  China 2nd Group stage (2015)
  Hong Kong 2nd Group stage (2015)
  Uzbekistan 2nd Group stage (2015)
  Vietnam 2nd Group stage (2015)
  Bahrain 1st Debut
  Chinese Taipei 1st Debut
  Lebanon 1st Debut
  Macau 1st Debut
  Turkmenistan 1st Debut
  Bangladesh 1st Debut
  Indonesia 1st Debut

Venues edit

The matches are played at the Bangkok Arena and Indoor Stadium Huamark in Bangkok.

Nong Chok Bangkok Metropolis Bang Kapi
Bangkok Arena Indoor Stadium Huamark
Capacity: 12,000 Capacity: 10,000
 
2018 AFC Women's Futsal Championship (Bangkok)
 

Draw edit

The final draw was held on 5 March 2018, 15:30 MYT (UTC+8), at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur.[6] The 15 teams were drawn into three group of four teams (Groups A, B and C) and one group of three teams (Group D).[7] The teams were seeded according to their performance in the 2015 AFC Women's Futsal Championship tournament, with the hosts Thailand automatically seeded and assigned to Position A1 in the draw.[8]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 (debutants)
  1.   Thailand (hosts)
  2.   Iran
  3.   Japan
  4.   Malaysia
  1.   China
  2.   Hong Kong
  3.   Uzbekistan
  4.   Vietnam
  1.   Bahrain
  2.   Chinese Taipei
  3.   Lebanon
  4.   Macau
  5.   Turkmenistan
  6.   Bangladesh
  7.   Indonesia

Squads edit

Each team must register a squad of 14 players, minimum two of whom must be goalkeepers (Regulations Articles 27.1 and 27.2).[4]

Group stage edit

The winner of each group and the best runner-up advance to the semi-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 10.5):[4]

  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, ICT (UTC+7).

Schedule
Matchday Dates Matches
Groups A–C Group D
Matchday 1 2–3 May 2018 1 v 4, 2 v 3 3 v 1
Matchday 2 4–5 May 2018 4 v 2, 3 v 1 2 v 3
Matchday 3 6–7 May 2018 1 v 2, 3 v 4 1 v 2

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Thailand (H) 3 2 1 0 24 1 +23 7 Knockout stage
2   Indonesia 3 2 1 0 12 1 +11 7
3   Hong Kong 3 1 0 2 7 10 −3 3
4   Macau 3 0 0 3 0 31 −31 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Hong Kong  0–2  Indonesia
Report
  • Febriana   33'
  • Fitri   38'
Attendance: 150
Referee: Kumi Hiruma (Japan)
Thailand  15–0  Macau
  • Sasicha   2', 3', 19', 30', 31'
  • Jiraprapa N.   5'
  • Darika   6', 14', 16'
  • Jenjira   8'
  • Mutita   20'
  • Pacharaporn   32'
  • Orapin   35'
  • Jiraprapa T.   37'
  • Kuan Chi Kio   37' (o.g.)
Report
Attendance: 510
Referee: Gelareh Nazemideylami (Iran)

Macau  0–7  Hong Kong
Report
Attendance: 150
Referee: Maryam Poor Jafarian (Iran)
Indonesia  1–1  Thailand
  • Febriana   24'
Report
  • Darika   25'
Attendance: 700
Referee: Irina Velikanova (Russia)

Thailand  8–0  Hong Kong
  • Jenjira   1', 26'
  • Mutita   2'
  • Sasicha   8', 19', 30'
  • Darika   33'
  • Natthamon   40'
Report
Attendance: 871
Referee: Abdallah Ghaith (Lebanon)
Indonesia  9–0  Macau
  • Kuan Chi Kio   2' (o.g.)
  • Fitri   3', 15', 28'
  • Rani   11', 21'
  • Fitriya   25', 26'
  • Anggi   33'
Report
Attendance: 50
Referee: Mari Miyazaki (Japan)

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Vietnam 3 3 0 0 11 1 +10 9 Knockout stage
2   Chinese Taipei 3 2 0 1 10 4 +6 6
3   Malaysia 3 1 0 2 10 8 +2 3
4   Bangladesh 3 0 0 3 2 20 −18 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Vietnam  1–0  Chinese Taipei
  • Nguyễn Thị Thành   30'
Report
Attendance: 50
Referee: Chiara Perona (Italy)
Malaysia  7–1  Bangladesh
  • Hanis Farhana   3'
  • Zurain   4'
  • Asnidah   18'
  • Shazreen   19', 40'
  • Atiqah   20'
  • Intan   22'
Report
Attendance: 50
Referee: Liang Qingyun (China)

Bangladesh  0–7  Vietnam
Report
  • Đỗ Thị Nguyên   3', 31', 39'
  • Võ Thị Thùy Trinh   11', 12'
  • Nguyễn Thị Thành   21'
  • Lê Thị Thùy Linh   24'
Attendance: 56
Referee: Mari Miyazaki (Japan)
Chinese Taipei  4–2  Malaysia
  • Chen Ya-chun   18' (pen.)
  • Wang Shu-wen   26'
  • Hsieh Pei-fen   29'
  • Kuo Tsu-erh   32'
Report
  • Asnidah   5'
  • Zurain   35'
Attendance: 100
Referee: Kumiko Matsuo (Japan)

Malaysia  1–3  Vietnam
  • Zurain   19'
Report
  • Đỗ Thị Nguyên   17'
  • Trịnh Nguyễn Thanh Hằng   18', 39'
Attendance: 50
Referee: Liang Qingyun (China)
Chinese Taipei  6–1  Bangladesh
  • A. Khatun   1' (o.g.)
  • Lin Ya-hui   3', 29'
  • Tang Yung-ching   9'
  • Wang Shu-wen   18'
  • Kuo Tsu-erh   25'
Report
Attendance: 156
Referee: Kumi Hiruma (Japan)

Group C edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Japan 3 3 0 0 24 5 +19 9 Knockout stage
2   China 3 2 0 1 15 8 +7 6
3   Lebanon 3 1 0 2 4 13 −9 3
4   Bahrain 3 0 0 3 4 21 −17 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
China  5–2  Bahrain
  • Li Jingjing   3'
  • Tian Jiao   11'
  • Zhan Huimin   14'
  • Li Yingqing   16'
  • Shen Nan   18'
Report
  • Al Isa   1'
  • Yaqoob   15'
Attendance: 50
Referee: Maryam Poor Jafarian (Iran)
Japan  5–1  Lebanon
  • Eguchi   2'
  • Kato   8'
  • Amishiro   13'
  • Egawa   25'
  • Katsumata   31'
Report
  • Rachid   15'
Attendance: 50
Referee: Fathi Zari (Iran)

Lebanon  0–6  China
Report
  • Li Jingjing   2', 20'
  • Shen Nan   28', 38'
  • Zhan Huimin   33'
  • Tian Jiao   39'
Attendance: 60
Referee: Ridzuan Rozali (Malaysia)
Bahrain  0–13  Japan
Report
  • Wakabayashi   7', 17', 34'
  • Amishiro   10', 28', 37'
  • Egawa   18', 36'
  • Katsumata   20'
  • Fujita   29'
  • Eguchi   35'
  • Chida   38', 39'
Attendance: 95
Referee: Chiara Perona (Italy)

Japan  6–4  China
  • Amishiro   4', 32', 40'
  • Egawa   7'
  • Nakajima   38'
  • Komura   40'
Report
  • Li Yingqing   20'
  • Tian Jiao   24'
  • Wang Ting   39'
  • Li Jingjing   40'
Attendance: 80
Referee: Maryam Poor Jafarian (Iran)
Bahrain  2–3  Lebanon
  • Mubarak   12'
  • Al Khattal   15'
Report
  • Rachid   3', 10'
  • Hosry   23'
Attendance: 102
Referee: Fathi Zari (Iran)

Group D edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Iran 2 2 0 0 23 2 +21 6 Knockout stage
2   Uzbekistan 2 1 0 1 5 10 −5 3
3   Turkmenistan 2 0 0 2 1 17 −16 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Turkmenistan  0–14  Iran
Report
  • Etedadi   1', 12', 35', 38'
  • Zarei   5', 6', 40'
  • Karimi   8', 16', 23'
  • Papi   16'
  • Moghimi   18'
  • Sadaghiani   24'
  • Shirbeigi   32'
Attendance: 105
Referee: Mari Miyazaki (Japan)

Uzbekistan  3–1  Turkmenistan
  • Nazarova   17'
  • Safina   19'
  • Burkhonova   23'
Report
  • Eşnyýazowa   40'
Attendance: 100
Referee: Ji Shuang (China)

Iran  9–2  Uzbekistan
  • Zarbieva   1' (o.g.)
  • Shirbeigi   2', 24', 32'
  • Karimi   3'
  • Etedadi   10', 34'
  • Arzhangi   25'
  • Khosravi   40'
Report
  • Safina   30'
  • Shoyimova   38' (pen.)
Attendance: 168
Referee: Kumiko Matsuo (Japan)

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 Articles 14.1 and 15.1).[4]

Bracket edit

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
9 May – Indoor Stadium Huamark
 
 
  Thailand6
 
10 May – Indoor Stadium Huamark
 
  Chinese Taipei1
 
  Thailand1
 
9 May – Indoor Stadium Huamark
 
  Japan2
 
  Japan5
 
12 May – Indoor Stadium Huamark
 
  Uzbekistan1
 
  Japan2
 
9 May – Bangkok Arena
 
  Iran5
 
  Vietnam2
 
10 May – Indoor Stadium Huamark
 
  Indonesia1
 
  Vietnam0
 
9 May – Bangkok Arena
 
  Iran5 Third place
 
  Iran4
 
12 May – Indoor Stadium Huamark
 
  China2
 
  Thailand (p)0 (3)
 
 
  Vietnam0 (2)
 

Quarter-finals edit

Iran  4–2  China
Report
  • Tian Jiao   3'
  • Zhang Yue   9'
Attendance: 80
Referee: Irina Velikanova (Russia)

Japan  5–1  Uzbekistan
  • Amishiro   15'
  • Egawa   21'
  • Yokoyama   26'
  • Nakajima   28'
  • Yotsui   33'
Report
  • Safina   36'
Attendance: 167
Referee: Liang Qingyun (China)

Vietnam  2–1  Indonesia
  • Bùi Thị Trang   13'
  • Nguyễn Thị Huế   37'
Report
  • Febriana   25'
Attendance: 80
Referee: Kumiko Matsuo (Japan)

Thailand  6–1  Chinese Taipei
  • Darika   17'
  • Sasicha   23'
  • Jiraprapa T.   23'
  • Mutita   32', 34', 39'
Report
  • Chen Pin-hui   19'
Attendance: 1,133
Referee: Fathi Zari (Iran)

Semi-finals edit

Winners qualify for 2018 Summer Youth Olympics girls' futsal tournament, to be represented by their under-18 representative teams.

Vietnam  0–5  Iran
Report
  • Sadaghiani   5'
  • Etedadi   10', 37'
  • Shirbeigi   14'
  • Zarei   16'
Attendance: 207
Referee: Abdallah Ghaith (Lebanon)

Thailand  1–2  Japan
  • Jenjira   30'
Report
  • Egawa   5'
  • Kato   33'
Attendance: 1,578
Referee: Osama Saeed Idrees Sedaif (Bahrain)

Third place match edit

Thailand  0–0  Vietnam
Report
Penalties
  • Darika  
  • Jenjira  
  • Hataichanok  
3–2
  •   Nguyễn Thị Huế
  •   Lê Thị Thùy Linh
  •   Nguyễn Thị Thành
Attendance: 818
Referee: Kumiko Matsuo (Japan)

Final edit

Japan  2–5  Iran
  • Eguchi   31'
  • Amishiro   40'
Report
  • Shirbeigi   27', 30', 31'
  • Komura   30' (o.g.)
  • Zarei   36'
Attendance: 1,339
Referee: Liang Qingyun (China)

Winners edit

 2018 AFC Women's Futsal Championship winners 
 
Iran
2nd title

Qualified teams for Youth Olympics edit

The following two teams from AFC qualified for the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics girls' futsal tournament. Since Iran also qualified for the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics boys' futsal tournament and chose the boys' tournament over the girls' tournament, they were replaced by Thailand.[9]

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in Youth Olympics
  Japan 10 May 2018 0 (debut)
  Thailand 19 August 2018 (confirmed) 0 (debut)
Notes
  • Since teams from the same association cannot play in both the Youth Olympics boys' and girls' tournaments, if teams from the same association qualify for both tournaments, they must nominate their preferred qualification team, and the next best ranked team will qualify instead if one of the qualified teams are not nominated.
  • As participation in team sports (Futsal, Beach handball, Field hockey, and Rugby sevens) are limited to one team per gender for each National Olympic Committee (NOC), the participating teams of the 2018 Youth Olympics futsal tournament will be confirmed by mid-2018 after each qualified NOC confirms their participation and any unused qualification places are reallocated.[5]

Awards edit

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

Top Goalscorer[10][note 1] Most Valuable Player[10] Fair Play award[10]
  Sara Shirbeigi   Fereshteh Karimi   Iran

Notes:

  1. ^ Sara Shirbeigi finished ahead of other top scorers by virtue of contributing three assists, compared to her competitors’ two.

Goalscorers edit

There were 189 goals scored in 29 matches, for an average of 6.52 goals per match.

9 goals

  •   Fatemeh Etedadi
  •   Sara Shirbeigi
  •   Anna Amishiro
  •   Sasicha Phothiwong

6 goals

  •   Ryo Egawa
  •   Darika Peanpailun

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

  •   Shen Nan
  •   Febriana Kusumaningrum
  •   Mika Eguchi
  •   Eri Wakabayashi
  •   Rayane Rachid
  •   Zurain Kamarudin
  •   Rushaniya Safina

2 goals

  •   Li Yingqing
  •   Zhan Huimin
  •   Kuo Tsu-erh
  •   Lin Ya-hui
  •   Wang Shu-wen
  •   Cheung Wai Ki
  •   Heidi Yuen
  •   Fitriya Hilda
  •   Rani Mulyasari
  •   Arezoo Sadaghiani
  •   Hinako Chida
  •   Masami Kato
  •   Riho Katsumata
  •   Shiori Nakajima
  •   Shazreen Munazli
  •   Asnidah Zamri
  •   Jiraprapa Tupsuri
  •   Nguyễn Thị Thành
  •   Trịnh Nguyễn Thanh Hằng
  •   Võ Thị Thùy Trinh

1 goal

1 own goal

2 own goals

  •   Kuan Chi Kio (against Thailand, Indonesia)

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.[11]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1   Iran 5 5 0 0 37 6 +31 15 Champions
2   Japan 6 5 0 1 33 12 +21 15 Runners-up
3   Thailand (H) 6 3 2 1 31 4 +27 11 Third place
4   Vietnam 6 4 1 1 13 7 +6 13 Fourth place
5   Indonesia 4 2 1 1 13 3 +10 7 Eliminated in
quarter-finals
6   China 4 2 0 2 17 12 +5 6
7   Uzbekistan 3 1 0 2 6 15 −9 3
8   Chinese Taipei 4 2 0 2 11 10 +1 6
9   Malaysia 3 1 0 2 10 8 +2 3 Eliminated in
group stage
10   Hong Kong 3 1 0 2 7 10 −3 3
11   Lebanon 3 1 0 2 4 13 −9 3
12   Turkmenistan 2 0 0 2 1 17 −16 0
13   Bahrain 3 0 0 3 4 21 −17 0
14   Bangladesh 3 0 0 3 2 20 −18 0
15   Macau 3 0 0 3 0 31 −31 0
Source: AFC
(H) Hosts

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. ^ "Upcoming AFC Futsal & Beach Soccer competition formats approved". AFC. 23 July 2016.
  4. ^ a b c d "AFC Women's Futsal Championship 2018 Competition Regulations". AFC. Archived from the original on 16 February 2018.
  5. ^ a b "QUALIFICATION SYSTEM – YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES BUENOS AIRES 2018" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 August 2020. Retrieved 23 March 2017.
  6. ^ "Stage set for 2018 AFC Women's Futsal Championship Official Draw". AFC. 4 March 2018.
  7. ^ "AFC Women's Futsal Championship Thailand 2018 draw concluded". AFC. 5 March 2018.
  8. ^ "AFC Women's Futsal Championship - Official Draw". YouTube. 5 March 2018.
  9. ^ "Buenos Aires 2018: women's futsal tournament line-up taking shape". FIFA.com. 19 August 2018. Archived from the original on August 20, 2018.
  10. ^ a b c "Back to back tournament MVP honours for Asia's great Karimi". the-afc.com. 11 May 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
  11. ^ "TSG Report AFC Women's Futsal Championship". AFC. 18 November 2018. Archived from the original on 18 November 2018.

External links edit

  • AFC Women's Futsal Championship, the-AFC.com
  • AFC Women's Futsal Championship 2018, stats.the-AFC.com