2012 AFC Futsal Club Championship

The 2012 AFC Futsal Club Championship was the 3rd AFC Futsal Club Championship. It was held in Kuwait City, Kuwait between July 1 and July 6, 2012.

2012 AFC Futsal Club Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Kuwait
City	Kuwait City
Dates	July 1–6
Teams	8
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Giti Pasand (1st title)
Runners-up	Ardus
Third place	Nagoya Oceans
Fourth place	Al-Rayyan
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	106 (6.63 per match)
Attendance	2,185 (137 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ahmad Esmaeilpour (9)
Best player(s)	Mohammad Keshavarz
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On 21 November 2011 the AFC Futsal Committee, under the chairmanship of Guam's Richard Lai, proposed to award the hosting rights of the 2012 AFC Futsal Club Championship to Kuwait^[1] The draw for the tournament was held on 26 April 2012 in Movenpick Hotel, Kuwait City.^[2]

Qualification

Main article: 2012 AFC Futsal Club Championship qualification

The national league champions of the three best placed teams in the 2011 Championship received a bye to the final as well as the host nation's champion. The remaining four spots were decided in two Asian qualifying tournaments.

Team	Qualified as
Giti Pasand Isfahan[3]	Iranian Super League 2011–12 Second
Nagoya Oceans	F. League 2011–12 Winner
All Sports	Lebanon Futsal League 2011–12 Winner
Yarmouk	Kuwait Futsal 2011–12 Winner (host)
Government Housing Bank RBAC[4]	East and Southeast 1st
Thái Sơn Nam[4]	East and Southeast 2nd
Ardus Tashkent[5]	South and Central 1st
Al-Rayyan[5]	South and Central 2nd

Venues

Kuwait City
Al-Yarmouk Futsal Stadium	Al-Arabi SC Futsal Stadium
Capacity:	Capacity:

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Giti Pasand	3	3	0	0	20	1	+19	9
Al-Rayyan	3	1	1	1	7	12	−5	4
Yarmouk	3	1	0	2	10	10	0	3
Thái Sơn Nam	3	0	1	2	2	16	−14	1

Giti Pasand	8 – 0	Thái Sơn Nam
Kazemi 3', 35' Xapa 18', 34' Esmaeilpour 29', 36' Sharifzadeh 37' Yousefi 39'	Report

July 1

17:30

Al-Yarmouk Futsal Stadium, Kuwait City

Attendance: 120

Referee: Naoki Miyatani (Japan)

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Yarmouk	3 – 5	Al-Rayyan
Thiago 1', 37' Al-Awadhi 12'	Report	Shamari 5', 14' Vadillo 15' Minamoto 31' Al-Sabah 40'

July 1

20:00

Al-Yarmouk Futsal Stadium, Kuwait City

Attendance: 150

Referee: Scott Kidson (Australia)

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Al-Rayyan	0 – 7	Giti Pasand
	Report	Esmaeilpour 5' Yousefi 7' Yousuf 7' (o.g.) Kazemi 10', 18' Johar 37' (o.g.) Bandi 40'

July 2

17:30

Al-Yarmouk Futsal Stadium, Kuwait City

Attendance: 100

Referee: Nurdin Bukuev (Kyrgyzstan)

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Thái Sơn Nam	0 – 6	Yarmouk
	Report	Nguyễn Bảo Quân 19' (o.g.) Mollaali 24' Al-Taweel 29' Hayat 31', 38'

July 2

20:00

Al-Yarmouk Futsal Stadium, Kuwait City

Attendance: 180

Referee: Mohamad Chami (Lebanon)

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Yarmouk	1 – 5	Giti Pasand
Thiago 22'	Report	Esmaeilpour 10', 24', 25' Bandi 23' Taghizadeh 34'

July 3

19:30

Al-Yarmouk Futsal Stadium, Kuwait City

Attendance: 280

Referee: Shukhrat Pulatov (Uzbekistan)

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Thái Sơn Nam	2 – 2	Al-Rayyan
Phùng Trọng Luân 14' Lê Quốc Nam 30'	Report	Mohssein 7' Al-Sabah 24'

July 3

19:30

Al-Arabi SC Futsal Stadium, Kuwait City

Attendance: 90

Referee: Tomohiro Kozaki (Japan)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Ardus	3	2	0	1	15	11	+4	6
Nagoya Oceans	3	2	0	1	13	8	+5	6
All Sports	3	1	1	1	11	10	+1	4
GH Bank RBAC	3	0	1	2	7	17	−10	1

All Sports	3 – 3	GH Bank RBAC
Willian 18' Kawsan 24' El Homsi 39'	Report	Saisorn 7' Wongkaeo 29' (pen.) Janta 39'

July 1

12:30

Al-Yarmouk Futsal Stadium, Kuwait City

Attendance: 115

Referee: Alireza Sohrabi (Iran)

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Nagoya Oceans	3 – 4	Ardus
Morioka 1' Yoshikawa 29' Henmi 36'	Report	Shlema 16' Irsaliev 31', 36' Hernández 32'

July 1

15:00

Al-Yarmouk Futsal Stadium, Kuwait City

Attendance: 100

Referee: Abdulrahman Abdulqader (Bahrain)

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Ardus	2 – 6	All Sports
Shlema 14' Hernández 32'	Report	Tneich 24' Takaji 29', 40' El Homsi 31', 40' Marques 40'

July 2

12:30

Al-Yarmouk Futsal Stadium, Kuwait City

Attendance: 100

Referee: Kim Jang-Kwan (South Korea)

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GH Bank RBAC	2 – 5	Nagoya Oceans
Saisorn 5' Thueanklang 18'	Report	Morioka 2', 5' Yoshikawa 15' Watanabe 38' Kitahara 39'

July 2

15:00

Al-Yarmouk Futsal Stadium, Kuwait City

Attendance: 100

Referee: Mohammad Al-Haddad (Kuwait)

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Nagoya Oceans	5 – 2	All Sports
Henmi 3', 26' Kogure 17' Yoshikawa 30', 35'	Report	Katakeyama 25' Kawahara 27' (o.g.)

July 3

16:00

Al-Yarmouk Futsal Stadium, Kuwait City

Attendance: 120

Referee: Samsudin Bin Ibrahim (Malaysia)

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GH Bank RBAC	2 – 9	Ardus
Saisorn 10' Oliveira 38'	Report	Irsaliev 11', 22', 23', 37' Hernández 12' (pen.), 40' Sharipov 31', 39' Umarov 39'

July 3

16:00

Al-Arabi SC Futsal Stadium, Kuwait City

Attendance: 70

Referee: Mahmoud Nassirloo (Iran)

Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	July 5 – Kuwait City
	Giti Pasand	6
					July 6 – Kuwait City
	Nagoya Oceans	3
					Giti Pasand	2
	July 5 – Kuwait City
					Ardus	1
	Ardus	3
	Al-Rayyan	1
					Third place
					July 6 – Kuwait City
					Nagoya Oceans	4
					Al-Rayyan	1

Semi-finals

Giti Pasand	6 – 3	Nagoya Oceans
Esmaeilpour 14', 39', 40' Kazemi 19' Keshavarz 37' Samimi 38'	Report	Mori 7' Yoshikawa 25' Morioka 40'

July 5

16:00

Al-Yarmouk Futsal Stadium, Kuwait City

Attendance: 140

Referee: Nurdin Bukuev (Kyrgyzstan)

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Ardus	3 – 1	Al-Rayyan
Yunusov 9' Irsaliev 31' Tojiboev 39'	Report	Bilal 32'

July 5

19:30

Al-Yarmouk Futsal Stadium, Kuwait City

Attendance: 130

Referee: Kim Jang-Kwan (South Korea)

Third place play-off

Nagoya Oceans	4 – 1	Al-Rayyan
Henmi 9', 36' Kitahara 14' Mori 31'	Report	Vadillo 13'

July 6

16:00

Al-Yarmouk Futsal Stadium, Kuwait City

Attendance: 120

Referee: Shukhrat Pulatov (Uzbekistan)

Final

Giti Pasand	2 – 1	Ardus
Kazemi 3' Xapa 24'	Report	Yunusov 21'

July 6

19:30

Al-Yarmouk Futsal Stadium, Kuwait City

Attendance: 270

Referee: Naoki Miyatani (Japan)

Awards

AFC Futsal Club Championship 2012 Champions
Giti Pasand First Title

• Most Valuable Player
  • Mohammad Keshavarz
• Top Scorer
  • Ahmad Esmaeilpour (9 goals)
• Fair-Play Award
  • Nagoya Oceans^[6]
• All-Star Team
  • Rustam Umarov (Ardus) (GK)
  • Mohammad Keshavarz (Giti Pasand)
  • Rafael Henmi (Nagoya Oceans)
  • Ahmad Esmaeilpour (Giti Pasand)
  • Kaoru Morioka (Nagoya Oceans)
• Reserve All-Star Team
  • Alireza Samimi (Giti Pasand) (GK)
  • Amro Mohssein (Al-Rayyan)
  • Afshin Kazemi (Giti Pasand)
  • Dilshod Irsaliev (Ardus)
  • Khaled Takaji (All Sports)
  • Coach: Alireza Afzal (Giti Pasand)

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Giti Pasand Isfahan
	Ardus Tashkent
	Nagoya Oceans
4	Al-Rayyan
5	All Sports
6	Yarmouk
7	Government Housing Bank RBAC
8	Thái Sơn Nam

Top scorers

SGP

Nagoya

All Sports

Yarmouk

RBAC

Sơn Nam

Ardus

Al-Rayyan

Locations of clubs in 2012 AFC Futsal Club Championship

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Ahmad Esmaeilpour	Giti Pasand	9
2	Dilshod Irsaliev	Ardus	7
3	Afshin Kazemi	Giti Pasand	6
4	Rafael Henmi	Nagoya Oceans	5
	Tomoki Yoshikawa	Nagoya Oceans
6	Carmelo Hernández	Ardus	4
	Kaoru Morioka	Nagoya Oceans
8	Ali El Homsi	All Sports	3
	Xapa	Giti Pasand
	Panomkorn Saisorn	GH Bank RBAC
	Thiago	Yarmouk