2003 AFC Futsal Championship

The 2003 AFC Futsal Championship was held in Tehran and Karaj, Iran from 27 July to 5 August 2003.

2003 AFC Futsal Championship

فوتسال قهرمانی ۲۰۰۳ آسیا
Tournament details
Host country	Iran
Dates	27 July – 5 August
Teams	16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Iran (5th title)
Runners-up	Japan
Third place	Thailand
Fourth place	Kuwait
Tournament statistics
Matches played	32
Goals scored	286 (8.94 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Vahid Shamsaei (24 goals)
Best player(s)	Vahid Shamsaei
← 2002 2004 →

Venues

Tehran	Karaj
Azadi Indoor Stadium	Enghelab Indoor Stadium
Capacity: 12,000	Capacity: 2,500

Draw

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
Japan  Kuwait  Macau  Palestine	South Korea  Indonesia  Chinese Taipei  Hong Kong  Brunei	Iran  Kyrgyzstan  China  Lebanon	Thailand  Uzbekistan  Iraq  Malaysia  Turkmenistan

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Japan	3	3	0	0	23	1	+22	9
Kuwait	3	2	0	1	23	13	+10	6
Palestine	3	1	0	2	16	15	+1	3
Macau	3	0	0	3	2	35	−33	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Japan	4–0	Palestine

28 July 2003

14:30

Azadi Indoor Stadium, Tehran

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Kuwait	12–1	Macau

28 July 2003

19:45

Azadi Indoor Stadium, Tehran

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Kuwait	11–7	Palestine

29 July 2003

19:45

Azadi Indoor Stadium, Tehran

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Japan	14–1	Macau

30 July 2003

18:00

Azadi Indoor Stadium, Tehran

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Japan	5–0	Kuwait

31 July 2003

14:30

Azadi Indoor Stadium, Tehran

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Macau	0–9	Palestine

31 July 2003

16:00

Enghelab Indoor Stadium, Karaj

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
South Korea	3	3	0	0	18	10	+8	9
Chinese Taipei	3	2	0	1	14	14	0	6
Hong Kong	3	1	0	2	13	15	−2	3
Indonesia	3	0	0	3	14	20	−6	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

South Korea	5–2	Hong Kong

27 July 2003

16:45

Azadi Indoor Stadium, Tehran

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South Korea	6–4	Indonesia

28 July 2003

16:00

Enghelab Indoor Stadium, Karaj

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Chinese Taipei	4–3	Hong Kong

28 July 2003

18:00

Azadi Indoor Stadium, Tehran

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Chinese Taipei	6–4	Indonesia

29 July 2003

16:00

Enghelab Indoor Stadium, Karaj

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Hong Kong	8–6	Indonesia

30 July 2003

16:00

Enghelab Indoor Stadium, Karaj

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South Korea	7–4	Chinese Taipei

31 July 2003

17:45

Enghelab Indoor Stadium, Karaj

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Iran	3	3	0	0	37	5	+32	9
Kyrgyzstan	3	2	0	1	15	16	−1	6
Lebanon	3	1	0	2	8	23	−15	3
China	3	0	0	3	9	25	−16	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Iran	15–2	Lebanon

27 July 2003

19:00

Azadi Indoor Stadium, Tehran

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China	4–9	Kyrgyzstan

29 July 2003

16:15

Azadi Indoor Stadium, Tehran

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China	3–4	Lebanon

30 July 2003

16:15

Azadi Indoor Stadium, Tehran

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Iran	10–1	Kyrgyzstan

31 July 2003

19:45

Azadi Indoor Stadium, Tehran

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Kyrgyzstan	5–2	Lebanon

1 August 2003

16:45

Azadi Indoor Stadium, Tehran

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Iran	12–2	China

1 August 2003

18:00

Azadi Indoor Stadium, Tehran

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Thailand	3	3	0	0	11	1	+10	9
Uzbekistan	3	2	0	1	10	5	+5	6
Iraq	3	1	0	2	12	10	+2	3
Malaysia	3	0	0	3	3	20	−17	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Thailand	3–1	Iraq

28 July 2003

16:15

Azadi Indoor Stadium, Tehran

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Thailand	7–0	Malaysia

29 July 2003

18:00

Azadi Indoor Stadium, Tehran

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Iraq	3–5	Uzbekistan

30 July 2003

19:45

Azadi Indoor Stadium, Tehran

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Thailand	1–0	Uzbekistan

31 July 2003

16:15

Azadi Indoor Stadium, Tehran

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Iraq	8–2	Malaysia

31 July 2003

18:00

Azadi Indoor Stadium, Tehran

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Malaysia	1–5	Uzbekistan

1 August 2003

14:30

Azadi Indoor Stadium, Tehran

Knockout stage

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	August 3 – Tehran
	Japan	7
					August 4 – Tehran
	Chinese Taipei	0
					Japan (aet)	3
	August 3 – Tehran
					Thailand	2
	Thailand	2
									August 5 – Tehran
	Kyrgyzstan	1
									Japan	4
	August 3 – Tehran
									Iran	6
	Iran	7
					August 4 – Tehran
	Uzbekistan	2
					Iran	10
	August 3 – Tehran
					Kuwait	2			Third place
	South Korea	1 (5)
									August 5 – Tehran
	Kuwait (p)	1 (6)
									Thailand	8
									Kuwait	2

Quarter-finals

South Korea	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Kuwait
Kim Chul-ho 7'		Al-Othman 17'
Penalties
	5–6

3 August 2003

14:30

Azadi Indoor Stadium, Tehran

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Thailand	2–1	Kyrgyzstan
Polsak 14' Issarasuwipakorn 36'		Abdyraimov 37'

3 August 2003

16:15

Azadi Indoor Stadium, Tehran

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Japan	7–0	Chinese Taipei
Fujii Ichihara Watanabe Sagane Kogure

3 August 2003

18:00

Azadi Indoor Stadium, Tehran

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Iran	7–2	Uzbekistan
Shamsaei Dadashi Mohammadi Abdollahnejad Zareei

3 August 2003

19:45

Azadi Indoor Stadium, Tehran

Semi-finals

Japan	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Thailand
Kogure 10' Maeda 13' 50'		Issarasuwipakorn 5' Munjarern 35'

4 August 2003

16:00

Azadi Indoor Stadium, Tehran

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Iran	10–2	Kuwait
Mohammadi Shamsaei Shandizi Abdollahnejad Raeisi Zareei		Hussain Al-Mass

4 August 2003

18:00

Azadi Indoor Stadium, Tehran

Third place play-off

Thailand	8–2	Kuwait
Polsak 3' Piemkum 9', 22' Munjarern 13', 16', 19' Innui 37', 39'		Al-Othman 26' Al-Enezi 34'

5 August 2003

16:00

Azadi Indoor Stadium, Tehran

Final

Japan	4–6	Iran
Nambata 12' Suzumura 26' Maeda 28' Ichihara 33'		Heidarian 2', 31' Shamsaei 5', 6', 22', 38'

5 August 2003

18:00

Azadi Indoor Stadium, Tehran

Attendance: 12,000

Awards

AFC Futsal Championship 2003 winners
Iran 5th title

Vahid Shamsaei, Mohammad Hashemzadeh, Siamak Dadashi, Saeid Abdollahnejad, Mohammad Reza Heidarian, Reza Nasseri, Hamid Shandizi, Kazem Mohammadi, Mohsen Zareei, Ali Saneei, Ahmad Pariazar, Majid Raeisi, Hamid Neshatjoo, Hamid Reza Abrarinia

Coach: Mohammad Hassan Ansarifard

• Most Valuable Player
  • Vahid Shamsaei
• Top Scorer
  • Vahid Shamsaei (24 goals)
• Best Goalkeeper
  • Hisamitsu Kawahara
• Fair-Play Award
  •  Iran

References

• Futsal Planet
• RSSSF

External links

• Asian Football Confederation