2016_AFC_Futsal_Championship
2016 AFC Futsal Championship
International football competition
The 2016 AFC Futsal Championship was the 14th 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 tournament was held in Uzbekistan between 10–21 February 2016.[1] A total of 16 teams played in the tournament.
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| Futzal Bo'yicha 2016 Yilgi Osiyo Chempionati | |
|---|---|
| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Uzbekistan |
| Dates | 10–21 February |
| Teams | 16 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue(s) | 2 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Iran (11th title) |
| Runners-up |  Uzbekistan |
| Third place |  Thailand |
| Fourth place |  Vietnam |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 35 |
| Goals scored | 234 (6.69 per match) |
| Attendance | 33,275 (951 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Suphawut Thueanklang (14 goals) |
| Best player(s) | Ali Asghar Hassanzadeh |
| Fair play award | Iran |
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The tournament was originally meant to be held in Taiwan (i.e. the Republic of China).[2] It was originally scheduled for 12–27 March 2016, but this was changed following the adoption of the FIFA futsal international match calendar.[3][4]
Same as previous editions held on the same year as the FIFA Futsal World Cup, the tournament acted as the AFC qualifiers for the World Cup. The top five teams of the tournament qualified for the 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup in Colombia as the AFC representatives.[5]
Champions Iran, runners-up Uzbekistan, third-placed Thailand, fourth-placed Vietnam and fifth place's play-off winners Australia qualified for the 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup as the AFC representatives.[6]
Main article: 2016 AFC Futsal Championship qualification
The draw for the qualifiers was held on 2 September 2015. Four teams qualified directly for the final tournament by their 2014 performance, while the other entrants competed in the qualifying stage for the remaining 12 spots.[7] The qualifiers were played between 1 October and 19 November 2015.[8]
Qualified teams
The following 16 teams qualified for the final tournament. Kuwait were replaced by Saudi Arabia due to FIFA's suspension of the Kuwait Football Association.[9]
More information Team, Qualified as ...
| Team | Qualified as | Appearance | Previous best performance |
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| Uzbekistan | Hosts and 2014 third place | 14th | Runners-up (2001, 2006, 2010) |
 Japan | 2014 winners | 14th | Champions (2006, 2012, 2014) |
| Iran | 2014 runners-up | 14th | Champions (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010) |
 Lebanon | West Zone Group A winners | 10th | Quarter-finals (2004, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014) |
 Jordan | West Zone Group A runners-up | 1st | Debut |
 Saudi Arabia | West Zone Group A third place | 1st | Debut |
 Qatar | West Zone Group B winners | 3rd | Group stage (2005, 2012) |
 Iraq | West Zone Group B runners-up | 10th | Quarter-finals (2002) |
 Kyrgyzstan | Central Zone winners | 14th | Fourth place (2005, 2006, 2007) |
 Tajikistan | Central Zone runners-up | 9th | Quarter-finals (2007) |
| Thailand | ASEAN Zone Group A winners | 14th | Runners-up (2008, 2012) |
 Malaysia | ASEAN Zone Group A runners-up | 11th | Group stage (1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2014) |
 Australia | ASEAN Zone Group B winners | 7th | Fourth place (2012) |
| Vietnam | ASEAN Zone Group B runners-up | 4th | Quarter-finals (2014) |
 China | East Zone winners | 11th | Fourth place (2008, 2010) |
 Chinese Taipei | East Zone runners-up | 11th | Quarter-finals (2003) |
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More information Tashkent ...
| Tashkent | |
|---|---|
| Uzbekistan Stadium | Universal Stadium |
| Capacity: Unknown | Capacity: Unknown |
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Main article: 2016 AFC Futsal Championship squads
Each team had to submit a squad of 14 players, including a minimum of two goalkeepers.[10]
The draw for the final tournament was held on 2 December 2015, 18:00 UZT (UTC+5), at the Zafarshan Hall in Tashkent.[11] The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four teams. The teams were seeded according to their performance in the previous season in 2014.[12]
More information Pot 1, Pot 2 ...
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
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The following referees were chosen for the 2016 AFC Futsal Championship.[13]
- Referees
Chris Colley
An Ran- Liu Jianqiao
Lee Po-fu
Vahid Arzpeyma Mohammreh
Hasan Mousa Al-Gburi- Hawkar Salar Ahmed
Tomohiro Kozaki- Hiroyuki Kobayashi
Husein Mahmoud Khalaileh
Nurdin Bukuev
Helday Idang
Rey Ritaga Martinez
Yuttakon Maiket
Khamis Hassan Al Shamsi
Trương Quốc Dũng
The top two teams of each group advanced to the quarter-finals.
- Tiebreakers
The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers would be applied in the following order:[10]
- Greater number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
- Goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned;
- Greater number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned;
- If, after applying criteria 1 to 3, teams still have an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 3 are reapplied exclusively to the matches between the teams in question to determine their final rankings. If this procedure does not lead to a decision, criteria 5 to 9 apply;
- Goal difference in all the group matches;
- Greater number of goals scored in all the group matches;
- Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are involved and they are both on the field of play;
- Fewer score calculated according to the number of yellow and red cards received in the group matches (1 point for a single yellow card, 3 points for a red card as a consequence of two yellow cards, 3 points for a direct red card, 4 points for a yellow card followed by a direct red card);
- Drawing of lots.
All times were local, UZT (UTC+5).
Group A
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Uzbekistan (H) |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 9 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Kyrgyzstan |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 4 | |
| 3 | Lebanon |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 2 | |
| 4 | Saudi Arabia |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 11 | −4 | 1 |
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More information Lebanon, 4–4 ...
| Lebanon | 4–4 | Kyrgyzstan |
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Kobeissy  23', 32'Tneich 24'Zeitoun 28' |
Report | Rusl. Ermekov 3' Baigazy 9'Alimov 25', 40' |
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More information Uzbekistan, 5–2 ...
| Uzbekistan | 5–2 | Saudi Arabia |
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| Choriev 17', 26' Shalipov 25'Yunusov 30'Sviridov 33' |
Report | Atiah 24' Zafer 26' |
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More information Saudi Arabia, 3–3 ...
| Saudi Arabia | 3–3 | Lebanon |
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| Azmi 13' Atiah 14'Nawaf 33' |
Report | Azmi 2' (o.g.) El Dine 14'Tneich 24' |
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More information Kyrgyzstan, 1–2 ...
| Kyrgyzstan | 1–2 | Uzbekistan |
|---|---|---|
| Alimov 40' |
Report | Rakhmatov 20', 23' |
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More information Uzbekistan, 2–0 ...
| Uzbekistan | 2–0 | Lebanon |
|---|---|---|
| Anorov 11' Abdumavlyanov 16' |
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More information Kyrgyzstan, 3–2 ...
| Kyrgyzstan | 3–2 | Saudi Arabia |
|---|---|---|
| Rust. Ermekov 4' Chotbaev 16'Alimov 38' |
Report | Atiah 1' Nasser 40' |
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Group B
More information Pos, Team ...
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Iran |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 2 | +24 | 9 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Iraq |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 17 | −5 | 6 | |
| 3 | China |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 14 | −8 | 3 | |
| 4 | Jordan |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 15 | −11 | 0 |
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More information Iraq, 6–1 ...
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More information Iran, 6–0 ...
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More information Jordan, 3–4 ...
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More information Iran, 13–2 ...
| Iran | 13–2 | Iraq |
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| Taheri 1', 10' Tayyebi 3', 11', 18', 28'Hassanzadeh 5', 40'Ahmadi 6'Javid 6', 15', 34'Tavakoli 20' |
Report | Waleed 17' Amjad 38' |
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Group C
More information Pos, Team ...
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Thailand |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 7 | +8 | 9 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Vietnam |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 8 | +6 | 6 | |
| 3 | Chinese Taipei |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 15 | −6 | 1 | |
| 4 | Tajikistan |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 16 | −8 | 1 |
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More information Thailand, 5–4 ...
| Thailand | 5–4 | Tajikistan |
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| Suphawut 7', 30', 32' Apiwat 25'Wiwat 40' |
Report | Alimakhmadov 11' Mamedbabaev 21'Sharipov 35', 39' |
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More information Vietnam, 5–4 ...
| Vietnam | 5–4 | Chinese Taipei |
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| Nguyễn Bảo Quân 4' (pen.) Phùng Trọng Luân 6'Lê Quốc Nam 28'Trần Long Vũ 31'Ngô Ngọc Sơn 37' |
Report | Lin Chih-hung 4', 31' Chi Sheng-fa 26'Huang Po-chun 39' |
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More information Chinese Taipei, 2–7 ...
| Chinese Taipei | 2–7 | Thailand |
|---|---|---|
| Chu Chia-wei 14' Lai Ming-hui 36' |
Report | Suphawut 2', 33' Konghla 4'Chang Chien-ying 22' (o.g.)Jetsada 28', 37'Wiwat 37' |
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More information Tajikistan, 1–8 ...
| Tajikistan | 1–8 | Vietnam |
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| Sardorov 9' |
Report | Dương Anh Tùng 1', 22' Trần Văn Vũ 14', 37'Nguyễn Bảo Quân 20'Lê Quốc Nam 27'Trần Long Vũ 34'Phùng Trọng Luân 35' |
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More information Thailand, 3–1 ...
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More information Chinese Taipei, 3–3 ...
| Chinese Taipei | 3–3 | Tajikistan |
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| Chu Chia-wei 26' Lin Chien-hsun 36'Chang Chien-ying 39' |
Report | Alimakhmadov 2' Halimov 29'Tillozoda 40' |
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Group D
More information Pos, Team ...
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Japan |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 | +13 | 9 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Australia |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 6 | |
| 3 | Qatar |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 3 | |
| 4 | Malaysia |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 19 | −15 | 0 |
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More information Australia, 2–1 ...
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More information Malaysia, 1–11 ...
| Malaysia | 1–11 | Japan |
|---|---|---|
| Afif 14' |
Report | Yoshikawa 3' Takita 3', 7'Morioka 13'Osodo 13'Watanabe 15'Henmi 15'Nishitani 16', 19'Nibuya 19'Murota 40' |
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More information Qatar, 2–5 ...
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More information Malaysia, 2–6 ...
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In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out would be used to decide the winner if necessary (no extra time would be used in the third place match).[10]
Bracket
| Fifth place | Consolation semifinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||||||||||||||||
| A1 | Uzbekistan | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| B2 | Iraq | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| B2 | Iraq | 3 | A1 | Uzbekistan (p) | 2 (3) | ||||||||||||||||||
| D2 | Australia | 5 | C1 | Thailand | 2 (1) | ||||||||||||||||||
| C1 | Thailand | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| D2 | Australia | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| D2 | Australia | 3 | A1 | Uzbekistan | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| A2 | Kyrgyzstan | 1 | B1 | Iran | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| B1 | Iran | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| A2 | Kyrgyzstan | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Seventh place | A2 | Kyrgyzstan | 6 | B1 | Iran | 13 | Third place | ||||||||||||||||
| D1 | Japan | 2 | C2 | Vietnam | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| B2 | Iraq | 8th | D1 | Japan | 4 (1) | C1 | Thailand | 8 | |||||||||||||||
| D1 | Japan | 7th | C2 | Vietnam (p) | 4 (2) | C2 | Vietnam | 0 | |||||||||||||||
Quarter-finals
Winners qualified for 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup. Losers enter fifth place play-offs.
More information Thailand, 6–1 ...
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More information Iran, 7–0 ...
| Iran | 7–0 | Kyrgyzstan |
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| Tayyebi 7', 15', 32' Taheri 8'Bahadori 26'Hassanzadeh 26'Alighadr 29' |
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More information Japan, 4–4 (a.e.t.) ...
| Japan | 4–4 (a.e.t.) | Vietnam |
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| Nibuya 8', 26' Morioka 13', 42' |
Report | Trần Văn Vũ 14', 39' Danh Phát 35'Trần Thái Huy 49' |
| Penalties | ||
Morioka  Henmi  Nibuya |
1–2 | Nguyễn Bảo Quân Dương Anh Tùng Phùng Trọng Luân |
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Fifth place play-offs
More information Iraq, 3–5 ...
| Iraq | 3–5 | Australia |
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| Mustafa 8' Saif 38'Salim 39' |
Report | Basger 6', 20' Fogarty 11', 37'W. Giovenali 35' |
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More information Kyrgyzstan, 6–2 ...
| Kyrgyzstan | 6–2 | Japan |
|---|---|---|
| Baigazy 10', 30' Chotbaev 13'Alimov 24', 36', 40' |
Report | Henmi 26' Hoshi 39' |
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Fifth place match
Australia qualified for 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup.
More information Australia, 3–1 ...
| Australia | 3–1 | Kyrgyzstan |
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| Merrin 6' Lynch 20'G. Giovenali 32' |
Report | Kanetov 37' |
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Semi-finals
More information Uzbekistan, 2–2 (a.e.t.) ...
| Uzbekistan | 2–2 (a.e.t.) | Thailand |
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| Jirawat 23' (o.g.) Yunusov 48' |
Report | Jetsada 24' Apiwat 41' |
| Penalties | ||
| Sviridov Irsaliev Fakhriddinov |
3–1 | Suphawut Jirawat |
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More information Iran, 13–1 ...
| Iran | 13–1 | Vietnam |
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| Javid 2', 20', 32' Tavakoli 8', 8', 20', 22'Ahmadi 13'Tayyebi 16', 27'Vafaei 26'Keshavarz 37', 39' |
Report | Phùng Trọng Luân 17' |
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Third place match
Final
More information Uzbekistan, 1–2 ...
| Uzbekistan | 1–2 | Iran |
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| Irsaliev 6' |
Report | Bahadori 9' Keshavarz 14' |
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There were 234 goals scored in 35 matches, for an average of 6.69 goals per match.
14 goals
11 goals
8 goals
7 goals
- Maksadbek Alimov
6 goals
- Gregory Giovenali
- Ali Asghar Hassanzadeh
5 goals
4 goals
- Ghodrat Bahadori
- Mohammad Taheri
- Waleed Khalid
- Kaoru Morioka
- Kazuhiro Nibuya
- Apiwat Chaemcharoen
Dilshod Rakhmatov- Trần Văn Vũ
3 goals
- Jarrod Basger
- Daniel Fogarty
- Hamid Ahmadi
- Saif Abdulmalek
- Rafael Henmi
- Ulanbek Baigazy
Hadi Jaber- Lucas Oliveira
Essam Atiah- Jirawat Sornwichian
- Wiwat Thaijaruen
- Phùng Trọng Luân
2 goals
- Tobias Seeto
- Wang Hongwei
- Chu Chia-wei
- Lin Chih-hung
- Rafid Hameed
- Salim Faisal
- Ryosuke Nishitani
- Manabu Takita
- Tomoaki Watanabe
- Samer Samih
- Ilias Chotbaev
Mohamad Kobeissy- Ali Tneich
- Afif Asyraf
Nekruz Alimakhmadov- Rahmonali Sharipov
- Davron Choriev
- Artur Yunusov
- Dương Anh Tùng
- Lê Quốc Nam
- Nguyễn Bảo Quân
- Trần Long Vũ
1 goal
- Wade Giovenali
- Grant Lynch
- Daine Merrin
- He Yihui
- Li Jianjia
- Zeng Liang
- Zhao Liang
- Chang Chien-ying
- Chi Sheng-fa
- Huang Po-chun
- Lai Ming-hui
- Lin Chien-hsun
- Mehran Alighadr
- Alireza Vafaei
- Hussein Al-Zubaidi
- Amjad Kareem
- Firas Mohammed
- Mustafa Bachay
- Shota Hoshi
- Yuki Murota
- Nobuya Osodo
- Tomoki Yoshikawa
- Nooreddin Atef
- Mutaz Mohammad
- Ruslan Ermekov
- Rustam Ermekov
- Emil Kanetov
- Ahmad Kheir El Dine
- Hassan Zeitoun
- Akmarulnizam Idris
- Khairul Effendy
- Mohamed Ali
- Saad Bilal
- Abdulaziz Azmi
- Eihab Nasser
- Aroan Nawaf
- Jwher Zafer
- Shavqat Halimov
- Mansur Mamedbabaev
- Fayzali Sardorov
- Mehruboni Tillozoda
- Konghla Lakka
- Farkhod Abdumavlyanov
- Javlon Anorov
- Nodir Elibaev
- Dilshod Irsaliev
- Jamoliddin Shalipov
- Konstantin Sviridov
- Danh Phát
- Ngô Ngọc Sơn
- Trần Thái Huy
- Vũ Xuân Du
1 own goal
- Chang Chien-ying (against Thailand)
- Abdulaziz Azmi (against Lebanon)
- Jirawat Sornwichian (against Uzbekistan)
Source: AFC[14]
- Most Valuable Player: Ali Asghar Hassanzadeh[15]
- Top Scorer: Suphawut Thueanklang[16]
- Fair Play Award: Iran[17]
| Teams qualified for the 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup |
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| Rank | Team |
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 | Iran |
 | Uzbekistan |
 | Thailand |
| 4 | Vietnam |
| 5 | Australia |
| 6 | Kyrgyzstan |
| 7 | Japan |
| 8 | Iraq |
| 9 | Qatar |
| 10 | China |
| 11 | Lebanon |
| 12 | Saudi Arabia |
| 13 | Chinese Taipei |
| 14 | Tajikistan |
| 15 | Jordan |
| 16 | Malaysia |
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Source: AFC[17]
Qualified teams for FIFA Futsal World Cup
The following five teams from AFC qualified for the 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup
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| Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in tournament1 |
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| Iran | 17 February 2016 | 6 (1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012) |
| Uzbekistan | 17 February 2016 | 0 (debut) |
| Thailand | 17 February 2016 | 4 (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012) |
| Vietnam | 17 February 2016 | 0 (debut) |
| Australia | 19 February 2016 | 6 (19892, 19922, 19962, 20002, 20042, 2012) |
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- 1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.
- 2 Australia qualified as a member of the OFC between 1989 and 2004.
More information Territory, Channel ...
| Territory | Channel | Ref |
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| Asia-Pacific | Fox Sports Asia | [18] |
| Australia |
Fox Sports Australia | |
| China |
Star Sports | |
| Iran |
IRIB 3 | |
| Thailand |
Channel 7 (Thailand) | |
| Uzbekistan |
SPORT-UZ | |
 Kyrgyzstan |
KTRK-Sport (Kyrgyzstan) | |
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