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

References

1. "Futsal Club Championship in Kuwait". Asian Football Confederation. 21 November 2011.
2. "Draw set for April 26". Asian Football Confederation. 7 April 2012.
3. Sanaye Giti Pasand book Kuwait ticket
4. Thai Son Nam (VIE), GH Bank RBAC (THA) qualify for finals
5. AFC Futsal Club Championships Qualifiers
6. "Giti Pasand win Club Futsal Championship". Asian Football Confederation. 7 July 2012. Archived from the original on 5 January 2013. Retrieved 17 July 2012.

External links

• Official site
• AFC Technical Report