2020_AFC_Futsal_Championship_qualification

2020 AFC Futsal Championship qualification

2020 AFC Futsal Championship qualification

International football competition


The 2020 AFC Futsal Championship qualification was the qualification process organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) to determine the participating teams for the 2020 AFC Futsal Championship, the 16th edition of the international men's futsal championship of Asia.[2]

Quick Facts Tournament details, Host countries ...

A total of 16 teams qualified to play in the final tournament, including Turkmenistan who automatically qualified as original hosts (tournament was later relocated to Kuwait before being cancelled).[3]

The qualification process was divided into four zones: ASEAN Zone, where the 2019 AFF Futsal Championship served as the qualifying competition, Central & South Zone (Nepal being the only team from South Zone entering), East Zone, and West Zone.

Qualification process

Of the 47 AFC member associations, a total of 31 teams entered the competition. Based on the teams’ performance of 2018 AFC Futsal Championship, the 16 spots in the final tournament were distributed as follows:

  • Host: 1 spot
  • ASEAN Zone: 3 spots
  • Central & South Zone: 4 spots
  • East Zone: 3 spots
  • West Zone: 5 spots

Draw

In each zone, the teams were seeded according to their performance in the 2018 AFC Futsal Championship final tournament and qualification (overall ranking shown in parentheses; NR stands for non-ranked teams).

The draw for the 2019 AFF Futsal Championship, which served as the ASEAN Zone qualifying competition, was held by the AFF in July 2019.[4] The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams.

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The draw for the Central & South Zone, East Zone and West Zone, was held on 25 July 2019, 15:00 MYT (UTC+8), at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[5][6][7]

  • In the Central & South Zone, the seven teams were drawn into two groups: one group of four teams and one group of three teams. Turkmenistan also entered the qualifying competition despite having automatically qualified for the final tournament.
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  • In the East Zone, the seven teams were drawn into two groups: one group of four teams and one group of three teams.
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  • In the West Zone, the nine teams were drawn into two groups: one group of five teams and one group of four teams.
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Notes
  • Teams in bold qualified for the final tournament.
More information ASEAN Zone, East Zone ...

Format

In each group, teams played each other once at a centralised venue.

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):[2]

  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.

ASEAN Zone

Top three teams of the tournament qualified for 2020 AFC Futsal Championship.

  • The matches were played between 21 and 27 October 2019.
  • All matches were held in Vietnam.
  • Times listed are UTC+7.
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Group A

More information Pos, Team ...
Source: AFF AFC
More information Thailand, 12–0 ...
Attendance: 120
Referee: Hawkar Salar Ahmed (Iraq)
More information Myanmar, 6–1 ...
Attendance: 82
Referee: Lee Po-fu (Chinese Taipei)

More information Cambodia, 3–13 ...
Attendance: 68
Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Doseri (Bahrain)
More information East Timor, 1–12 ...
Attendance: 100
Referee: Tsubasa Oya (Japan)

More information Thailand, 9–0 ...
Attendance: 112
Referee: Tamim Hussaini (Afghanistan)
More information East Timor, 4–4 ...
Attendance: 145
Referee: Eisa Abdulhoussain (Kuwait)

Group B

More information Pos, Team ...
Source: AFF AFC
(H) Hosts
More information Malaysia, 2–3 ...
Attendance: 160
Referee: Fahad Al-Hosani (United Arab Emirates)
More information Vietnam, 2–0 ...
Attendance: 1,400
Referee: Takeshi Fujita (Japan)

More information Indonesia, 0–0 ...
Attendance: 1,922
Referee: Ebrahim Mehrabi Afshar (Iran)
More information Australia, 6–4 ...
Attendance: 145
Referee: Khalil Balhawan (Lebanon)

More information Indonesia, 8–3 ...
Attendance: 562
Referee: Timur Ramzanov (Turkmenistan)
More information Vietnam, 4–2 ...
Attendance: 1,800
Referee: Takeshi Fujita (Japan)

Semi-finals

The winners qualified for 2020 AFC Futsal Championship.

More information Thailand, 2–0 ...
Attendance: 1,692
Referee: Lee Po-fu (Chinese Taipei)
More information Indonesia, 4–3 ...
Attendance: 384
Referee: Takeshi Fujita (Japan)

Third place match

The winner qualified for 2020 AFC Futsal Championship.

More information Vietnam, 7–3 ...
Attendance: 1,655
Referee: Hawkar Salar Ahmed (Iraq)

Final

More information Thailand, 5–0 ...
Attendance: 536
Referee: Ebrahim Mehrabi Afshar (Iran)

Central & South Zone

Top two teams of each group qualified for 2020 AFC Futsal Championship. Had Turkmenistan occupied one of the qualifying spots, the best third-placed team from the two groups would also have qualified.

  • The matches were played between 23 and 25 October 2019.
  • All matches were held in Iran.
  • Times listed are UTC+3:30.
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Group A

More information Pos, Team ...
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
More information Tajikistan, 6–0 ...
Attendance: 200
Referee: Helday Idang (Malaysia)
More information Uzbekistan, 6–2 ...
Attendance: 523
Referee: Husain Ali Al-Bahhar (Bahrain)

More information Afghanistan, 2–5 ...
Attendance: 123
Referee: Yuttakon Maiket (Thailand)
More information Nepal, 1–4 ...
Attendance: 343
Referee: Jo Young-ha (South Korea)

More information Nepal, 2–6 ...
Attendance: 105
Referee: Wahyu Wicaksono (Indonesia)
More information Uzbekistan, 9–3 ...
Attendance: 1,106
Referee: Trương Quốc Dũng (Vietnam)

Group B

More information Pos, Team ...
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. Turkmenistan, as original final tournament hosts, automatically qualified regardless of qualification results.
More information Turkmenistan, 0–4 ...
Attendance: 3,590
Referee: Mohamad Chami (Lebanon)

More information Kyrgyzstan, 3–2 ...
Referee: Osama Saeed Idrees Sedaif (Bahrain)

More information Iran, 8–3 ...
Attendance: 5,004
Referee: Kim Jong-hee (South Korea)

East Zone

Winners of each group, and the winner of the play-off between the group runners-up, qualified for 2020 AFC Futsal Championship.

  • The matches were played between 22 and 26 October 2019.
  • All matches were held in China.
  • Times listed are UTC+8.
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Group A

More information Pos, Team ...
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
More information China, 3–0 ...
Ordos Sports Centre, Ordos
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Vahid Arzpeyma Mohammreh (Iran)
More information Chinese Taipei, 4–1 ...
Ordos Sports Centre, Ordos
Attendance: 70
Referee: Benjapol Mucharoensap (Thailand)

More information Hong Kong, 0–5 ...
Ordos Sports Centre, Ordos
Attendance: 1,400
Referee: Azat Hajypolatov (Turkmenistan)
More information Mongolia, 4–4 ...
Ordos Sports Centre, Ordos
Attendance: 100
Referee: Pornnarong Grairod (Thailand)

More information Mongolia, 6–3 ...
Ordos Sports Centre, Ordos
Attendance: 100
Referee: Ali Hafizi (Iran)
More information Chinese Taipei, 2–8 ...
Ordos Sports Centre, Ordos
Attendance: 1,700
Referee: Anatoliy Rubakov (Uzbekistan)

Group B

More information Pos, Team ...
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
More information Macau, 2–17 ...
Ordos Sports Centre, Ordos
Attendance: 100
Referee: Nurdin Bukuev (Kyrgyzstan)

More information South Korea, 6–1 ...
Ordos Sports Centre, Ordos
Attendance: 100
Referee: Hasan Mousa Al-Gburi (Iraq)

More information Japan, 4–2 ...
Ordos Sports Centre, Ordos
Attendance: 200
Referee: Abdallah Ghaith (Lebanon)

Play-off

The winner qualified for 2020 AFC Futsal Championship.

More information Mongolia, 0–5 ...
Ordos Sports Centre, Ordos
Attendance: 400
Referee: Rey Ritaga (Philippines)

West Zone

Top two teams of each group, and the winner of the play-off between the group third-placed team, qualified for 2020 AFC Futsal Championship.

  • The matches were played between 16 and 22 October 2019.
  • All matches were held in Bahrain.
  • Times listed are UTC+3.
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Group A

More information Pos, Team ...
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
More information Kuwait, 7–1 ...
Khalifa Sports City Arena, Isa Town
Attendance: 200
Referee: Mahmoudreza Nasirloo (Iran)
More information United Arab Emirates, 3–3 ...
Khalifa Sports City Arena, Isa Town
Attendance: 100
Referee: Tomohiro Kozaki (Japan)

More information Palestine, 3–6 ...
Khalifa Sports City Arena, Isa Town
Attendance: 20
Referee: Trương Quốc Dũng (Vietnam)
More information Kuwait, 4–1 ...
Khalifa Sports City Arena, Isa Town
Attendance: 200
Referee: Yuttakon Maiket (Thailand)

More information Iraq, 1–4 ...
Khalifa Sports City Arena, Isa Town
Attendance: 200
Referee: Andrew Best (Australia)
More information Bahrain, 4–1 ...
Khalifa Sports City Arena, Isa Town
Attendance: 200
Referee: Jargalsaikhan Rentsenkhand (Mongolia)

More information United Arab Emirates, 3–2 ...
Khalifa Sports City Arena, Isa Town
Attendance: 50
Referee: Anatoliy Rubakov (Uzbekistan)
More information Bahrain, 2–0 ...
Khalifa Sports City Arena, Isa Town
Attendance: 400
Referee: Azat Hajypolatov (Turkmenistan)

More information Palestine, 4–5 ...
Khalifa Sports City Arena, Isa Town
Attendance: 40
Referee: Trương Quốc Dũng (Vietnam)
More information Iraq, 2–1 ...
Khalifa Sports City Arena, Isa Town
Attendance: 200
Referee: Jargalsaikhan Rentsenkhand (Mongolia)

Group B

More information Pos, Team ...
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
More information Lebanon, 10–2 ...
Khalifa Sports City Arena, Isa Town
Attendance: 50
Referee: An Ran (China)
More information Qatar, 2–5 ...
Khalifa Sports City Arena, Isa Town
Attendance: 20
Referee: Anatoliy Rubakov (Uzbekistan)

More information Oman, 3–0 ...
Khalifa Sports City Arena, Isa Town
Attendance: 25
Referee: Leung Chung Yin (Hong Kong)
More information Saudi Arabia, 1–2 ...
Khalifa Sports City Arena, Isa Town
Attendance: 150
Referee: Liu Jianqiao (China)

More information Lebanon, 8–1 ...
Khalifa Sports City Arena, Isa Town
Attendance: 20
Referee: Mahmoudreza Nasirloo (Iran)
More information Saudi Arabia, 4–4 ...
Khalifa Sports City Arena, Isa Town
Attendance: 20
Referee: Tomohiro Kozaki (Japan)

Play-off

The winner qualified for 2020 AFC Futsal Championship.

More information United Arab Emirates, 1–5 ...
Khalifa Sports City Arena, Isa Town
Attendance: 50
Referee: Leung Chung Yin (Hong Kong)

Qualified teams

The following 16 teams qualified for the final tournament.[9]

More information Team, Qualified as ...
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Goalscorers

There were 371 goals scored in 52 matches, for an average of 7.13 goals per match.

7 goals

6 goals

5 goals

  • Iraq Waleed Khalid
  • Lebanon Karim Abou Zeid
  • Lebanon Ali Tneich
  • Thailand Ronnachai Jungwongsuk

4 goals

3 goals

  • Afghanistan Akbar Kazemi
  • Afghanistan Seyed Mousavi
  • Bahrain Ahmed Abdulnabi
  • Bahrain Mohamed Al-Sandi
  • Chinese Taipei Chi Sheng-fa
  • Indonesia Iqbal Rahmatullah
  • Indonesia Subhan Faidasa
  • Iran Mahdi Karimi
  • Japan Tomoki Yoshikawa
  • Kuwait Abdulrahman Al-Tawail
  • Lebanon Georgio El-Khoury
  • Myanmar Aung Zin Oo
  • Myanmar Hlaing Min Tun
  • Myanmar Pyae Phyo Maung II
  • Oman Muhannad Al-Shibli
  • Saudi Arabia Jwher Jmah
  • South Korea Kim Min-kuk
  • Tajikistan Rustam Hamidov
  • Thailand Jetsada Chudech
  • Thailand Watchara Laisri
  • Thailand Warut Wangsama-aeo
  • United Arab Emirates Abdulkarim Jamil
  • Uzbekistan Davron Choriev
  • Uzbekistan Akbar Usmonov
  • Vietnam Nguyễn Minh Trí

2 goals

  • Australia Jarrod Basger
  • Australia Daniel Fogarty
  • Australia Grant Lynch
  • Cambodia Keo Cheatuo
  • Cambodia Orkchan Sereyvong
  • China Geng Deyang
  • China Wang Jiahao
  • Chinese Taipei Chang Chien-ying
  • Chinese Taipei Huang Po-chun
  • Iran Ali Asghar Hassanzadeh
  • Iraq Fahad Methaq
  • Iraq Ghaith Riyadh
  • Japan Shota Hoshi
  • Kuwait Ahmad Al-Farsi
  • Kuwait Yousef Al-Khalifah
  • Kyrgyzstan Arstanbek Tursunov
  • Lebanon Steve Koukezian
  • Macau Fong Chi Wa
  • Mongolia Purevdorj Erdenebat
  • Mongolia Altantulga Pagamsuren
  • Myanmar Ko Ko Lwin
  • Myanmar Pyae Phyo Maung I
  • Nepal Mani Lama
  • Oman Khalfan Al-Maawali
  • Oman Loay Al-Wahaibi
  • State of Palestine Adnan Salloum
  • Saudi Arabia Aroan Mubarak
  • South Korea Park Jeong-jin
  • Tajikistan Shavqat Halimov
  • Tajikistan Bahodur Khojaev
  • Tajikistan Parviz Rakhmatov
  • Tajikistan Fayzali Sardorov
  • Thailand Nattawut Madyalan
  • East Timor Mario Moniz
  • United Arab Emirates Tariq Abdulla
  • United Arab Emirates Abdalla Al-Hosani
  • Uzbekistan Mashrab Adilov
  • Vietnam Trần Thái Huy
  • Vietnam Trần Văn Vũ

1 goal

  • Afghanistan Mohammad Ali Fayazi
  • Afghanistan Sayed Hashemi
  • Afghanistan Farzad Mahmoodi
  • Afghanistan Mohsen Rezayi
  • Australia Adam Cooper
  • Australia Wade Giovenali
  • Australia Nathan Niski
  • Bahrain Saleh Ahmed
  • Bahrain Ali Al-Malki
  • Bahrain Salman Maula
  • Bahrain Talal Al-Naar
  • Cambodia Heng Sokly
  • Cambodia Ros Sirotha
  • China Chen Zhiheng
  • China Deng Tao
  • China Li Jianjia
  • China Li Shunying
  • China Shen Siming
  • Chinese Taipei Chu Chia-wei
  • Chinese Taipei Fu Li-wei
  • Chinese Taipei Tang Wei-tai
  • Hong Kong Chow Ka Wa
  • Hong Kong Li Ka Chun
  • Hong Kong Liu Yik Shing
  • Hong Kong Wong Chin Hung
  • Indonesia Ardiansyah Nur
  • Indonesia Firman Adriansyah
  • Indonesia Syahidansyah Lubis
  • Indonesia Bayu Saptaji
  • Indonesia Marvin Wossiry
  • Iran Hamid Ahmadi
  • Iran Taha Nematian
  • Iraq Salim Faisal
  • Iraq Tareq Zeyad
  • Japan Ryohei Ando
  • Japan Takashi Morimura
  • Japan Kaoru Morioka
  • Japan Kazuhiro Nibuya
  • Japan Ryosuke Nishitani
  • Japan Kazuya Shimizu
  • Kuwait Naser Al-Alban
  • Kuwait Abdulaziz Al-Basam
  • Kuwait Abdulrahman Al-Mosabehi
  • Kyrgyzstan Nursultan Abdyldaev
  • Kyrgyzstan Maksat Alimov
  • Kyrgyzstan Shokhrukh Makhmadaminov
  • Kyrgyzstan Iuldashbai Salimbaev
  • Lebanon Ahmad Kheir El-Dine
  • Lebanon Ali El-Homsi
  • Lebanon Mohamad Kobeissy
  • Lebanon Jamal Selwan
  • Lebanon Hassan Zeitoun
  • Macau Ho Wai Tong
  • Malaysia Azwann Ismail
  • Malaysia Haniffa Hasan
  • Malaysia Saiful Nizam
  • Mongolia Batbaatar Battulga
  • Mongolia Chantsal Mandakh
  • Mongolia Ankhbayar Tumurbaatar
  • Mongolia Altansukh Yalalt
  • Myanmar Kaung Chit Thu
  • Myanmar Khin Zaw Lin
  • Myanmar Kyaw Soe Moe
  • Myanmar Wai Zin Oo
  • Nepal Aadil Hamid
  • Oman Issa Al-Balushi
  • Oman Samer Al-Balushi
  • Oman Zamel Al-Balushi
  • State of Palestine Mohammad Hamada
  • State of Palestine Adham Khwailed
  • State of Palestine Ahmed Mohammed
  • Qatar Tamim Al-Awlaqi
  • Qatar Saif Al-Mosallam
  • Qatar Abdulrahman Al-Yafei
  • Saudi Arabia Mohsen Fqihe
  • South Korea Cho Byung-geol
  • South Korea Lee Doo-yong
  • South Korea Park Han-ul
  • South Korea Seo Won-geon
  • Tajikistan Umed Kuziev
  • Tajikistan Dilshod Salomov
  • Tajikistan Rahmonali Sharipov
  • Thailand Apiwat Chaemcharoen
  • Thailand Jirawat Sornwichian
  • East Timor Remigio Duarte
  • East Timor Ilidio Nunes
  • East Timor Eufrasio Soares
  • East Timor Bendito Ximenes
  • Turkmenistan Mülkaman Annagulyýew
  • Turkmenistan Gurbangeldi Sähedow
  • United Arab Emirates Wael Al-Dhanhani
  • United Arab Emirates Ahmad Hussain
  • United Arab Emirates Abdulla Juma
  • United Arab Emirates Hamdan Al-Katheeri
  • United Arab Emirates Ahmed Khalil
  • United Arab Emirates Mohammed Obaid
  • Uzbekistan Ravshan Elibaev
  • Uzbekistan Khushnur Erkinov
  • Uzbekistan Ilkhomjon Khamroev
  • Uzbekistan Dilshod Rakhmatov
  • Uzbekistan Ikhtiyor Ropiev
  • Uzbekistan Dilmurod Shavkatov
  • Vietnam Nguyễn Mạnh Dũng
  • Vietnam Châu Đoàn Phát
  • Vietnam Nguyễn Thành Tín
  • Vietnam Nhận Gia Hưng
  • Vietnam Phạm Đức Hòa
  • Vietnam Vũ Đức Tùng

1 own goal

  • Afghanistan Akbar Kazemi (against Uzbekistan)
  • Australia Gregory Giovenali (against Malaysia)
  • Chinese Taipei Chang Chien-ying (against China)
  • Hong Kong Leung Chong Yip (against Mongolia)
  • Hong Kong Li Ka Chun (against Mongolia)
  • State of Palestine Husam Hamed (against Kuwait)
  • East Timor Remigio Duarte (against Cambodia)
  • East Timor Eufrasio Soares (against Thailand)
  • Turkmenistan Gurbangeldi Sähedow (against Iran)

References

  1. "AFC Competitions Calendar 2019". AFC. 28 February 2018.
  2. "Champs Thailand in easier group for AFF Futsal". ASEAN Football Federation. 19 July 2019.

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