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The 2018 AFC Futsal Championship was the 15th edition of the AFC Futsal Championship, the biennial international futsal championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the men's national teams of Asia. The AFC appointed Taipei and New Taipei City, Taiwan (designated as Chinese Taipei by FIFA) as hosts on 29 July 2017;[1] the tournament took place between 1 and 11 February 2018 at Xinzhuang Gymnasium and University of Taipei Gymnasium.[2] A total of 16 teams played in the tournament.
| 2018亞足聯室內五人制足球錦標賽 | |
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| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Taiwan |
| Dates | 1–11 February |
| Teams | 16 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue(s) | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Iran (12th title) |
| Runners-up |  Japan |
| Third place |  Uzbekistan |
| Fourth place |  Iraq |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 32 |
| Goals scored | 203 (6.34 per match) |
| Attendance | 14,418 (451 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Hossein Tayyebi (14 goals) |
| Best player(s) | Ali Hassanzadeh |
| Fair play award | Iraq |
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Defending champions Iran defeated Japan in the final to win their 12th title.
Qualifying was played on 15 October – 12 November 2017.[3]
Qualified teams
The following 16 teams qualified for the final tournament.[4]
| Team | Qualified as | Appearance | Previous best performance |
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 Chinese Taipei | Hosts | 12th | Quarter-finals (2003) |
 Vietnam | ASEAN Zone Group A winners | 5th | Fourth place (2016) |
 Myanmar | ASEAN Zone Group A runners-up | 1st | Debut |
 Thailand | ASEAN Zone Group B winners | 15th | Runners-up (2008, 2012) |
 Malaysia | ASEAN Zone Group B runners-up | 12th | Group stage (1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2014, 2016) |
| Japan | East Zone Group A winners | 15th | Champions (2006, 2012, 2014) |
 South Korea | East Zone Group B winners | 13th | Runners-up (1999) |
 China | East Zone play-off winners | 12th | Fourth place (2008, 2010) |
| Uzbekistan | South & Central Zone Group A winners | 15th | Runners-up (2001, 2006, 2010, 2016) |
 Kyrgyzstan | South & Central Zone Group A runners-up | 15th | Semi-finals (2005), Fourth place (2006, 2007) |
| Iran | South & Central Zone Group B winners | 15th | Champions (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2016) |
 Tajikistan | South & Central Zone Group B runners-up | 10th | Quarter-finals (2007) |
 Bahrain | West Zone Group A winners | 2nd | Group stage (2002) |
| Iraq | West Zone Group A runners-up | 11th | Quarter-finals (2002, 2016) |
 Lebanon | West Zone Group B winners | 11th | Quarter-finals (2004, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014) |
 Jordan | West Zone Group B runners-up | 2nd | Group stage (2016) |
The competition was played in two venues in two cities.[5]
| New Taipei City | Taipei |
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| Xinzhuang Gymnasium | Taipei Gymnasium |
| Capacity: 7,125 | Capacity: 1,000 |
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The final draw was held on 12 December 2017, 11:00 TWT (UTC+8), at the Sherwood Taipei in Taipei.[6] The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four teams.[7] The teams were seeded according to their performance in the 2016 AFC Futsal Championship final tournament and qualification, with the hosts Chinese Taipei automatically seeded and assigned to Position A1 in the draw.[8]
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
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Each team must register a squad of 14 players, minimum two of whom must be goalkeepers (Regulations Articles 29.4 and 29.5).[9]
The following referees were chosen for the 2018 AFC Futsal Championship.
- Referees
Darius Turner
Hussain Ali Al-Bahhar
An Ran- Liu Jianqiao
Lee Po-fu
Mahmoudreza Nasirloo
Hasan Mousa Al-Gburi
Tomohiro Kozaki
Kim Jong-hee
Nurdin Bukuev
Mohamad Chami
Helday Idang
Rey Ritaga
Yuttakon Maiket
Azat Hajypolatov
Fahad Al-Hosani
Anatoliy Rubakov
Trương Quốc Dũng
The top two teams of each group advance to the quarter-finals.
- 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 11.5):[9]
- 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.
All times are local, TWT (UTC+8).[10]
| Matchday | Dates | Matches |
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| Matchday 1 | 1–2 February 2018 | 1 v 4, 2 v 3 |
| Matchday 2 | 3–4 February 2018 | 4 v 2, 3 v 1 |
| Matchday 3 | 5–6 February 2018 | 1 v 2, 3 v 4 |
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Vietnam |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 6 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Bahrain |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 4 | |
| 3 | Chinese Taipei (H) |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 4 | |
| 4 | Malaysia |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 3 |
| Chinese Taipei | 2–2 | Bahrain |
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| Malaysia | 4–5 | Chinese Taipei |
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| Chinese Taipei | 1–3 | Vietnam |
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Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Japan |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 6 | +7 | 9 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Uzbekistan |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 8 | +11 | 6 | |
| 3 | Tajikistan |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 3 | |
| 4 | South Korea |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 25 | −21 | 0 |
| Uzbekistan | 13–2 | South Korea |
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University of Taipei Gymnasium, Taipei
Attendance: 100
Referee: Fahad Al-Hosani (United Arab Emirates)
| Tajikistan | 2–4 | Uzbekistan |
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| South Korea | 2–5 | Japan |
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| Uzbekistan | 2–4 | Japan |
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| Tajikistan | 7–0 | South Korea |
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Group C
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Iran |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 4 | +26 | 9 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Iraq |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 9 | +1 | 6 | |
| 3 | China |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 18 | −10 | 3 | |
| 4 | Myanmar |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 22 | −17 | 0 |
| Iran | 14–0 | Myanmar |
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| China | 1–11 | Iran |
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| Iran | 5–3 | Iraq |
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Group D
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Lebanon |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 7 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Thailand |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 7 | +8 | 6 | |
| 3 | Kyrgyzstan |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 11 | −5 | 4 | |
| 4 | Jordan |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 0 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 2–2 | Lebanon |
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| Jordan | 1–3 | Kyrgyzstan |
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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 (no extra time) is used to decide the winner if necessary (Regulations Article 15.1).[9]
Bracket
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 8 February – U. of Taipei Gym. | ||||||||||
| Lebanon | 2 (8) | |||||||||
| 9 February – Xinzhuang Gym. | ||||||||||
| Iraq (p) | 2 (9) | |||||||||
| Iraq | 0 | |||||||||
| 8 February – U. of Taipei Gym. | ||||||||||
| Japan | 3 | |||||||||
| Japan | 2 | |||||||||
| 11 February – Xinzhuang Gym. | ||||||||||
| Bahrain | 0 | |||||||||
| Japan | 0 | |||||||||
| 8 February – Xinzhuang Gym. | ||||||||||
| Iran | 4 | |||||||||
| Iran | 9 | |||||||||
| 9 February – Xinzhuang Gym. | ||||||||||
| Thailand | 1 | |||||||||
| Iran | 7 | |||||||||
| 8 February – Xinzhuang Gym. | ||||||||||
| Uzbekistan | 1 | Third place | ||||||||
| Vietnam | 1 | |||||||||
| 11 February – Xinzhuang Gym. | ||||||||||
| Uzbekistan | 3 | |||||||||
| Iraq | 4 (1) | |||||||||
| Uzbekistan (p) | 4 (2) | |||||||||
Quarter-finals
| Iran | 9–1 | Thailand |
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| Vietnam | 1–3 | Uzbekistan |
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Semi-finals
| Iran | 7–1 | Uzbekistan |
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Third place match
| Iraq | 4–4 | Uzbekistan |
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Final
The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:
| Top Goalscorer[11] | Most Valuable Player[12] | Fair Play award |
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| Hossein Tayyebi |
Ali Asghar Hassanzadeh |
Iraq |
There were 203 goals scored in 32 matches, for an average of 6.34 goals per match.
14 goals
12 goals
10 goals
7 goals
- Kaoru Morioka
- Davron Choriev
4 goals
- Farhad Tavakoli
- Waleed Khalid
- Apiwat Chaemcharoen
- Suphawut Thueanklang
- Mashrab Adilov
- Artur Yunusov
3 goals
- Lin Chih-hung
- Ahmad Esmaeilpour
- Mohammad Shajari
- Salim Faisal
- Hassan Ali Jabar
- Shota Hoshi
- Ahmad Kheir El-Dine
- Ali Tneich
- Awalluddin Nawi
Pyae Phyo Maung (2)- Jetsada Chudech
- Ilhomjon Hamroev
2 goals
- Ahmed Abdulnabi
- Mohamed Al-Sandi
- Gu Haitao
- Xu Yang
- Zhang Yameng
- Lai Ming-hui
- Moslem Oladghobad
- Hasan Dakheel
- Firas Mohammed
- Ryosuke Nishitani
- Kazuya Shimizu
- Maksat Alimov
- Adilet Imanbekov
- Ali El-Homsi
- Jang Yeong-cheol
Umed Kuziev- Dilshod Salomov
- Jirawat Sornwichian
- Farkhod Abdumavlyanov
- Anaskhon Rakhmatov
- Dilshod Rakhmatov
- Nguyễn Đắc Huy
- Phùng Trọng Luân
- Vũ Đức Tùng
1 goal
- Mohamed Abdulla
- Ali Saleh
- Shen Siming
- Zhao Liang
- Chi Sheng-fa
- Huang Po-chun
- Huang Tai-hsiang
- Saeid Ahmadabbasi
- Mehran Alighadr
- Zaid Ali
- Rafid Hameed
- Yuki Murota
- Kazuhiro Nibuya
- Koichi Saito
- Manabu Takita
Abdel Samara- Qais Shabib
- Musa Abu Shaikha
- Iuldashbai Salimbaev
- Manas Abdrasul Uulu
- Mohamad Kobeissy
- Kassem Koussan
- Hassan Zeitoun
- Aizad Daniel
- Azwann Ismail
- Khairul Effendy
- Khin Zaw Lin
- Nyein Min Soe
- Chun Jin-woo
- Park Young-jae
- Nekruz Alimakhmadov
- Shavqat Halimov
- Rustam Hamidov
- Bahodur Khojaev
- Fayzali Sardorov
- Rahmonali Sharipov
- Iqboli Vositzoda
- Nattawut Madyalan
- Kritsada Wongkaeo
- Khusniddin Nishonov
- Ikhtiyor Ropiev
- Dilmurod Shavkatov
- Phạm Đức Hòa
1 own goal
- Huang Tai-hsiang (against Malaysia)
- Mohammad Abou Zeid (against Thailand)
As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final results |
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| 1 | Iran |
6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 6 | +44 | 18 | Champions |
| 2 | Japan |
6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 10 | +8 | 15 | Runners-up |
| 3 | Uzbekistan |
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 20 | +7 | 10 | Third place |
| 4 | Iraq |
6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 18 | −2 | 8 | Fourth place |
| 5 | Lebanon |
4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 8 | Eliminated in quarter-finals |
| 6 | Thailand |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 6 | |
| 7 | Vietnam |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 6 | |
| 8 | Bahrain |
4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 4 | |
| 9 | Chinese Taipei (H) |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 4 | Third place in group stage |
| 10 | Kyrgyzstan |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 11 | −5 | 4 | |
| 11 | Tajikistan |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 3 | |
| 12 | China |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 18 | −10 | 3 | |
| 13 | Malaysia |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 3 | Fourth place in group stage |
| 14 | Jordan |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 0 | |
| 15 | Myanmar |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 22 | −17 | 0 | |
| 16 | South Korea |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 25 | −21 | 0 |
Source: AFC
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