2024_AFC_Futsal_Asian_Cup
2024 AFC Futsal Asian Cup
International futsal competition
The 2024 AFC Futsal Asian Cup is the 17th edition of the AFC Futsal Asian Cup, 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 Thailand between 17–28 April.[1]
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| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Thailand |
| Dates | 17–28 April |
| Teams | 16 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue(s) | 2 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | TBA |
| Runners-up | TBA |
| Third place | TBA |
| Fourth place | TBA |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 32 |
| Goals scored | 154 (4.81 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |  Saeid Ahmadabbasi(7 goals) |
| Best player(s) | TBA |
| Best goalkeeper | TBA |
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A total of 16 teams competed in the tournament. Afghanistan made their debut at the tournament. Japan, the defending champions, were eliminated in the group stage for the first time.
Semi-finalists including Iran, Tajikistan and Thailand qualified for the 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup besides Uzbekistan who automatically qualified as host. As Uzbekistan reached the semi-finals, a play-off round was held to determine the last Asian spot at the 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup.[2]
India and Thailand expressed interest to host the tournament.[3][4] Later, Thailand was selected as hosts by the AFC Futsal and Beach Soccer Committee on 5 September 2023.[5]
The draw for the qualifiers was held on 22 June 2023.[6] The host Thailand qualified directly for the final tournament, while the other teams competed in the qualifying stage for the remaining 15 spots. The qualifiers were played between 7 to 13 October 2023.
Qualified teams
Of the 16 teams appearing, 11 teams were returning after appearing in the 2022 edition.
Afghanistan were the only debutant in the competition, while Australia marked their return for the first time in 8 years. China, Kyrgyzstan and Myanmar also qualified for the first time in 6 years. Iran, Japan, Thailand and Uzbekistan were the only four teams to qualify for every edition.
Three nations from the previous edition failed to qualify (Chinese Taipei, Indonesia and Lebanon) and other two nations from the previous edition did not enter to qualifiers (Oman and Turkmenistan).
| Team | Method of qualification | Date of qualification | Finals appearances | Last appearance | Previous best performance |
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 Thailand |
Hosts | 5 September 2023[5] | 17th | 2022 | Runners-up (2008, 2012) |
 China |
Group A winners | 13 October 2023 | 13th | 2018 | Fourth place (2008, 2010) |
 Afghanistan |
Group B winners | 11 October 2023 | 1st | Debut | None |
 Saudi Arabia |
Group B runners-up | 11 October 2023 | 3rd | 2022 | Group stage (2016, 2022) |
| Iran |
Group C winners | 11 October 2023 | 17th | 2022 | Champions (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2016, 2018) |
 Kyrgyzstan |
Group C runners-up | 11 October 2023 | 16th | 2018 | Fourth place (2006, 2007), Semi-finals (2005) |
 Vietnam |
Group D winners | 9 October 2023 | 7th | 2022 | Fourth place (2016) |
 South Korea |
Group D runners-up | 9 October 2023 | 15th | 2022 | Runners-up (1999) |
 Tajikistan |
Group E winners | 9 October 2023 | 12th | 2022 | Quarter-finals (2007, 2022) |
 Myanmar |
Group E runners-up | 9 October 2023 | 2nd | 2018 | Group stage (2018) |
 Kuwait |
Group F winners | 9 October 2023 | 13th | 2022 | Fourth place (2003, 2014) |
 Bahrain |
Group F runners-up | 9 October 2023 | 4th | 2022 | Quarter-finals (2018) |
 Uzbekistan |
Group G winners | 9 October 2023 | 17th | 2022 | Runners-up (2001, 2006, 2010, 2016) |
 Iraq |
Group G runners-up | 9 October 2023 | 13th | 2022 | Fourth place (2018) |
 Japan |
Group H winners | 11 October 2023 | 17th | 2022 | Champions (2006, 2012, 2014, 2022) |
 Australia |
Group H runners-up | 11 October 2023 | 8th | 2016 | Fourth place (2012) |
Draw
The draw was held on 14 December 2023 at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[2][7]
The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four teams, with seeding based on their performance at the qualification and the final of the previous edition.[8] Seeding was shown in parentheses except the team who previously did not participate, which were denoted by (–).
The host Thailand automatically seeded to Pot 1 and placed into the first position of Group A.
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
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| Thailand (4) (hosts) Japan (1) Iran (2) Uzbekistan (3) |
Tajikistan (5) Kuwait (7) Vietnam (8) Saudi Arabia (9) |
Iraq (10) Bahrain (11) South Korea (15) Myanmar (16) |
Afghanistan (17) Kyrgyzstan (18) Australia (20) China (–) |
The tournament was held at two venues in Bangkok.
| Bangkok | |
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| Bangkok Arena | Indoor Stadium Huamark |
| Capacity: 12,000 | Capacity: 8,000 |
Each team was required to registered a squad with a minimum of 14 players and a maximum of 25 players, at least two of whom had to be goalkeepers (Regulations Article 23).[1]
Tiebreakers
Teams were 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 were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Article 7.3):[1]
- Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- 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;
- Goal difference in all group matches;
- Goals scored in all group matches;
- Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are tied and they met in the last round of the group;
- 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);
- Drawing of lots.
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Thailand (H) |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 9 | Advance to the knockout stage |
| 2 | Vietnam |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
| 3 | Myanmar |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 4 | |
| 4 | China |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 0 |
| Myanmar | 3–1 | China |
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Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Uzbekistan |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 9 | Advance to the knockout stage |
| 2 | Iraq |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 6 | |
| 3 | Saudi Arabia |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 3 | |
| 4 | Australia |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 13 | −7 | 0 |
| Uzbekistan | 3–2 | Australia |
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| Saudi Arabia | 1–5 | Iraq |
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| Australia | 2–4 | Saudi Arabia |
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| Iraq | 1–4 | Uzbekistan |
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| Uzbekistan | 3–1 | Saudi Arabia |
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| Iraq | 6–2 | Australia |
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Group C
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Tajikistan |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 5 | Advance to the knockout stage |
| 2 | Kyrgyzstan |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 9 | +1 | 5 | |
| 3 | Japan |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 4 | |
| 4 | South Korea |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 12 | −7 | 1 |
| Tajikistan | 2–0 | South Korea |
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| Japan | 2–3 | Kyrgyzstan |
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| Kyrgyzstan | 2–2 | Tajikistan |
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| South Korea | 0–5 | Japan |
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| South Korea | 5–5 | Kyrgyzstan |
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Group D
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Iran |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 9 | Advance to the knockout stage |
| 2 | Afghanistan |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 4 | |
| 3 | Kuwait |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 4 | |
| 4 | Bahrain |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 0 |
| Iran | 3–1 | Afghanistan |
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| Afghanistan | 3–3 | Kuwait |
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| Bahrain | 3–5 | Iran |
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| Bahrain | 2–3 | Afghanistan |
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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 without extra time is used to decide the winner if necessary (Regulations Article 10).[1]
Bracket
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
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| Thailand | 3 | |||||||||
| 26 April – Indoor Stadium Huamark | ||||||||||
| Iraq | 2 | |||||||||
| Thailand (p) | 3 (6) | |||||||||
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| Tajikistan | 3 (5) | |||||||||
| Tajikistan (a.e.t.) | 2 | |||||||||
| 28 April – Bangkok Arena | ||||||||||
| Afghanistan | 1 | |||||||||
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| Uzbekistan | 2 | |||||||||
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| Vietnam | 1 | |||||||||
| Uzbekistan | 3 (4) | |||||||||
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| Iran (p) | 3 (5) | Third place play-off | ||||||||
| Iran | 6 | |||||||||
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| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | |||||||||
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Quarter-finals
Winners qualified for the 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup. Losers advanced to the play-offs.
| Tajikistan | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | Afghanistan |
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| Iran | 6–1 | Kyrgyzstan |
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| Uzbekistan | 2–1 | Vietnam |
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| Thailand | 3–3 (a.e.t.) | Tajikistan |
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| Uzbekistan | 3–3 (a.e.t.) | Iran |
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Third place play-off
Final
| 2024 AFC Futsal Asian Cup |
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| title |
The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:
| Top scorer | Best player | Best goalkeeper | Fair-play award |
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| TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
The competition of the play-offs depended on the performance of Uzbekistan, who qualified automatically for the 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup as hosts. Uzbekistan advanced to the semi-finals, therefore the play-offs format was held for the remaining four quarter-final losers to play a single elimination play-off. The winner of the play-off 3 will qualify the 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup.
In the play-offs, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary (Regulations Article 10).[1]
Bracket
| Play-off 1 and 2 | Play-off 3 | |||||
| 26 April – Indoor Stadium Huamark | ||||||
| Iraq | 3 | |||||
| 28 April – Bangkok Arena | ||||||
| Afghanistan | 5 | |||||
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| Vietnam | 2 | |||||
| Kyrgyzstan | 3 | |||||
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| Iraq | 3–5 | Afghanistan |
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| Vietnam | 2–3 | Kyrgyzstan |
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Play-off 3
The winner will qualify for the 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup.
There have been 154 goals scored in 32 matches, for an average of 4.81 goals per match (as of 26 April 2024). Players highlighted in bold are still active in the competition. Scores in play-off matches for the 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup were included but not considered for the top goalscorer.
7 goals
5 goals
Salim Faisal Al-Husaynat
4 goals
Mahdi Karimi- Tareq Zeyad
3 goals
Mehran Gholami- Farzad Mahmoodi
- Behrouz Azimi
Yūsei Arai
Maksat Alimov- Kairat Kubanychov
- Shokhrukh Makhmadaminov
Bahodur Khojaev
Alongkorn Janphon- Muhammad Osamanmusa
- Suphawut Thueanklang
Abror Akhmetzyanov- Sunatulla Juraev
2 goals
- Reza Hosseinpour
Ali Al-Araibi- Saleh Sanjar
- Mustafa Ihsan Al-Bayati
- Harith Al-Obaidi
- Haedr Majed Al-Ogaili
- António Hirata
- Donierbek Amanbaev
- Samat Dzhanat uulu
Ko Ko Lwin
Nawaf Mubarak Aroan- Komron Aliev
- Fayzali Sardorov
- Therdsak Charoenphong
- Worasak Srirangpirot
- Mashrab Adilov
- Dilshod Rakhmatov
- Elbek Tulkinov
- Akbar Usmonov
Nguyễn Mạnh Dũng
1 goal
- Akbar Kazemi
- Mahdi Norowzi
- Mohammad Javad Safari
Shervin Adeli- Ethan De Melo
- Jamie Dib
- Tyler Garner
- Wade Giovenali
- Michael Kouta
- Ammar Hasan Ali
- Mirza Al-Noaimi
Yakepujiang Maimaiti- Xu Yang
- Salar Aghapour
- Ali Akrami
- Salar Aghapour
- Ali Asghar Hassanzadeh
- Mohanad Abdulhadi Albu-Mohammed
- Muheb Al-Deen Al-Taiel
- Kentaro Ishida
- Kazuhiro Nibuya
- Yuta Tsutsumi
Naser Al-Alban- Sulman Al-Baeijan
- Saleh Al-Fadhel
- Ahmad Al-Farsi
- Omar Al-Mansour
- Daniiar Talaibekov
- Hlaing Min Tun
- Abdullah Al-Maghrabi
- Fares Fahad Al-Maleh
- Abdulilah Al-Otaibi
- Eihab Saied Mohamed
Kim Seung-hyun- Kyoung Jeong-soo
- Lee Han-wool
- Lim Seung-ju
- Yoo Kyung-dong
- Dilshod Salomov
- Muhamadjon Sharipov
- Apiwat Chaemcharoen
- Panat Kittipanuwong
- Itticha Praphaphan
- Abbos Elmurodov
- Đào Minh Quảng
- Nguyễn Thịnh Phát
- Nhan Gia Hưng
- Từ Minh Quang
1 own goal
- Reza Hosseinpour (against Tajikistan)
- Shen Siming (against Myanmar)
- Ahmad Al-Farsi (against Iran)
- Mashrab Adilov (against Iran)
- Abror Akhmetzyanov (against Iran)
As per statistical convention in futsal, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws. Statistics in play-off matches for the 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup are included, but will not be considered for team rankings. The team rankings will be used for seeding in the qualification draw and the final draw of the next edition.[10]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
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| 1 | TXX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Champions |
| 2 | TXX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Runners-up |
| 3 | TXX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Third place |
| 4 | TXX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Fourth place |
| 5 | Iraq |
5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 15 | +2 | 6 | Eliminated in quarter-finals[lower-alpha 1] |
| 6 | Vietnam |
5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 4 | |
| 7 | Afghanistan |
5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 7 | |
| 8 | Kyrgyzstan |
5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 17 | −3 | 8 | |
| 9 | Japan |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 4 | Eliminated in group stage[lower-alpha 2] |
| 10 | Kuwait |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 4 | |
| 11 | Myanmar |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 4 | |
| 12 | Saudi Arabia |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 3 | |
| 13 | South Korea |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 12 | −7 | 1 | |
| 14 | Bahrain |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 0 | |
| 15 | China |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 0 | |
| 16 | Australia |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 13 | −7 | 0 |
- For the 5th to 8th place, teams are ranked in descending order as follows: goal difference in the quarter-finals, goals scored in the quarter-finals and the procedure used same as the teams eliminated in the group stage.[10]
- For the 9th to 16th place, teams are ranked in descending order as follows: position in the group stage, points in all group matches, goal difference in all group matches, goals scored in all group matches, disciplinary points in all group matches and drawing of lots.[10]
The following five teams from AFC qualified for the 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup, including Uzbekistan which qualified as the hosts.
| Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in the FIFA Futsal World Cup |
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| Uzbekistan |
23 June 2023[11] | 2 (2016, 2021) |
| Tajikistan |
24 April 2024 | 0 (debut) |
| Iran |
24 April 2024 | 8 (1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2021) |
| Thailand |
24 April 2024 | 6 (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2021) |
| 28 April 2024 | 0 (debut) |
- 1 Italic indicates host for that year.
Official song
The official song of the tournament, "What a Goal" by Ford Trio and Chucky Factory Land, was released on 4 April 2024.[12]
Mascot
"Ramma Chana" was the mascot of the tournament. "Rama" refers to Phra Ram, main figures of Ramakien which is a Thai version of the ancient Indian epic Ramayana. "Chana" means win in Thai. It was formed by combining many types of animals such as onyx dragon, macchanu, elephants, tigers, cats and kirin, creating a new character similar to the animals of Himavanta.[13]
Sponsorship
- Official Global Partners
- Continental AG[14]
- Credit Saison[15]
- Neom[16]
- Qatar Airways[17]
- Visit Saudi[18]
- Yili Group[19] (Joyday, Cremo Thailand, Ambpoeial Yili, Inikin Yili)
- Official Global Supporters
The broadcasters around the world that acquired the rights to the tournament included[22]:
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- "เพลงประกอบการแข่งขัน Futsal Charity Match มีชื่อว่า ซัดตุง แต่งโดยวง Ford Trio และ Chucky Factory Land". Main Stand. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
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- "AFC and NEOM announce four-year global sponsorship rights deal". Asian Football Confederation. 30 March 2021. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
- "AFC and Qatar Airways announce global partnership". Asian Football Confederation. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
- "AFC and Visit Saudi announce global sponsorship rights deal". Asian Football Confederation. 13 October 2023. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
- "AFC and Yili announce global sponsorship rights deal". Asian Football Confederation. 3 July 2021. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
- "AFC and Kelme announce new global partnership deal". Asian Football Confederation. 25 August 2021. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
- "AFC and KONAMI sign new sponsorship and licensing deal". Asian Football Confederation. 26 January 2021. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
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