2020 AFC Futsal Championship qualification Tournament details Host countries Vietnam (ASEAN) Iran (Central & South) China (East) Bahrain (West) Dates 16–27 October 2019 [1] Teams 31 (from 1 confederation) Tournament statistics Matches played 52 Goals scored 371 (7.13 per match) Attendance 28,992 (558 per match) Top scorer(s) Muhammad Osamanmusa (7 goals) 2022 →
International football competition
The 2020 AFC Futsal Championship qualification was the qualification process organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) to determine the participating teams for the 2020 AFC Futsal Championship, the 16th edition of the international men's futsal championship of Asia.[2]
A total of 16 teams qualified to play in the final tournament, including Turkmenistan who automatically qualified as original hosts (tournament was later relocated to Kuwait before being cancelled).[3]
The qualification process was divided into four zones: ASEAN Zone, where the 2019 AFF Futsal Championship served as the qualifying competition, Central & South Zone (Nepal being the only team from South Zone entering), East Zone , and West Zone .
Qualification process Of the 47 AFC member associations, a total of 31 teams entered the competition. Based on the teams’ performance of 2018 AFC Futsal Championship, the 16 spots in the final tournament were distributed as follows:
Host: 1 spot ASEAN Zone: 3 spots Central & South Zone: 4 spots East Zone: 3 spots West Zone: 5 spots Draw In each zone, the teams were seeded according to their performance in the 2018 AFC Futsal Championship final tournament and qualification (overall ranking shown in parentheses; NR stands for non-ranked teams).
The draw for the 2019 AFF Futsal Championship, which served as the ASEAN Zone qualifying competition, was held by the AFF in July 2019.[4] The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams.
ASEAN Zone Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
The draw for the Central & South Zone, East Zone and West Zone, was held on 25 July 2019, 15:00 MYT (UTC+8), at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia .[5] [6] [7]
In the Central & South Zone, the seven teams were drawn into two groups: one group of four teams and one group of three teams. Turkmenistan also entered the qualifying competition despite having automatically qualified for the final tournament. Central & South Zone Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3
In the East Zone, the seven teams were drawn into two groups: one group of four teams and one group of three teams. East Zone Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3
In the West Zone, the nine teams were drawn into two groups: one group of five teams and one group of four teams. West Zone Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
Notes Teams in bold qualified for the final tournament. Did not enter ASEAN Zone East Zone Guam Northern Mariana Islands North Korea South Zone West Zone
Format In each group, teams played each other once at a centralised venue.
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 10.5):[2]
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. ASEAN Zone Top three teams of the tournament qualified for 2020 AFC Futsal Championship .
The matches were played between 21 and 27 October 2019. All matches were held in Vietnam . Times listed are UTC+7. Schedule Matchday Dates Matches Matchday 1 21 October 2019 1 v 4, 2 v 3 Matchday 2 22 October 2019 4 v 2, 3 v 1 Matchday 3 23 October 2019 1 v 2, 3 v 4 Matchday 4 25 October 2019 Semi-finals Matchday 5 27 October 2019 Third place match & Final
Group A Source: AFF AFC
21 October 2019 (2019-10-21 )
11:00
Attendance: 120
Referee: Hawkar Salar Ahmed (
Iraq )
22 October 2019 (2019-10-22 )
14:00
Attendance: 100
Referee: Tsubasa Oya (
Japan )
23 October 2019 (2019-10-23 )
11:30
Group B Source: AFF AFC(H) Hosts
21 October 2019 (2019-10-21 )
19:00
Attendance: 1,400
Referee: Takeshi Fujita (
Japan )
22 October 2019 (2019-10-22 )
16:30
Attendance: 1,922
Referee: Ebrahim Mehrabi Afshar (
Iran )
Semi-finals The winners qualified for 2020 AFC Futsal Championship .
25 October 2019 (2019-10-25 )
14:00
Third place match The winner qualified for 2020 AFC Futsal Championship .
Final 27 October 2019 (2019-10-27 )
17:00
Attendance: 536
Referee: Ebrahim Mehrabi Afshar (
Iran )
Central & South Zone Top two teams of each group qualified for 2020 AFC Futsal Championship . Had Turkmenistan occupied one of the qualifying spots, the best third-placed team from the two groups would also have qualified.
The matches were played between 23 and 25 October 2019. All matches were held in Iran . Times listed are UTC+3:30. Schedule[8] Matchday Dates Matches Group A Group B Matchday 1 23 October 2019 1 v 4, 2 v 3 3 v 1 Matchday 2 24 October 2019 4 v 2, 3 v 1 2 v 3 Matchday 3 25 October 2019 1 v 2, 3 v 4 1 v 2
Group A Group B ^ Turkmenistan, as original final tournament hosts, automatically qualified regardless of qualification results. 23 October 2019 (2019-10-23 )
18:00
24 October 2019 (2019-10-24 )
18:00
Referee: Osama Saeed Idrees Sedaif (
Bahrain )
25 October 2019 (2019-10-25 )
18:00
East Zone Winners of each group, and the winner of the play-off between the group runners-up, qualified for 2020 AFC Futsal Championship .
The matches were played between 22 and 26 October 2019. All matches were held in China . Times listed are UTC+8. Schedule[8] Matchday Dates Matches Group A Group B Matchday 1 22 October 2019 1 v 4, 2 v 3 3 v 1 Matchday 2 23 October 2019 4 v 2, 3 v 1 2 v 3 Matchday 3 24 October 2019 1 v 2, 3 v 4 1 v 2 Matchday 4 26 October 2019 Play-off
Group A 22 October 2019 (2019-10-22 )
15:30
Ordos Sports Centre, Ordos Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Vahid Arzpeyma Mohammreh (
Iran )
22 October 2019 (2019-10-22 )
18:00
Ordos Sports Centre, Ordos Attendance: 70
Referee: Benjapol Mucharoensap (
Thailand )
24 October 2019 (2019-10-24 )
15:30
Ordos Sports Centre, Ordos Attendance: 100
Referee: Ali Hafizi (
Iran )
Group B Play-off The winner qualified for 2020 AFC Futsal Championship .
West Zone Top two teams of each group, and the winner of the play-off between the group third-placed team, qualified for 2020 AFC Futsal Championship .
The matches were played between 16 and 22 October 2019. All matches were held in Bahrain . Times listed are UTC+3. Schedule[8] Matchday Dates Matches Group A Group B Matchday 1 16 October 2019 3 v 2, 5 v 4 1 v 4, 2 v 3 Matchday 2 17 October 2019 4 v 1, 5 v 3 — Matchday 3 18 October 2019 1 v 5, 2 v 4 4 v 2, 3 v 1 Matchday 4 19 October 2019 2 v 5, 3 v 1 — Matchday 5 20 October 2019 4 v 3, 1 v 2 1 v 2, 3 v 4 Matchday 6 22 October 2019 Play-off
Group A 16 October 2019 (2019-10-16 )
19:00
Attendance: 100
Referee: Tomohiro Kozaki (
Japan )
17 October 2019 (2019-10-17 )
17:00
Palestine 3–6 Iraq Shawahna 4' , 24' Hamada 28' Report Zeyad 11' Khalid 22' , 23' , 37' Riyadh 28' , 31'
Attendance: 20
Referee: Trương Quốc Dũng (
Vietnam )
17 October 2019 (2019-10-17 )
19:00
18 October 2019 (2019-10-18 )
19:00
Bahrain 4–1 Palestine Al-Sandi 12' Ahmed 20' Abdulnabi 33' Al-Malki 33' Report Shawahna 15'
Attendance: 200
Referee: Jargalsaikhan Rentsenkhand (
Mongolia )
19 October 2019 (2019-10-19 )
17:00
19 October 2019 (2019-10-19 )
19:00
20 October 2019 (2019-10-20 )
17:00
Attendance: 40
Referee: Trương Quốc Dũng (
Vietnam )
20 October 2019 (2019-10-20 )
19:00
Iraq 2–1 Bahrain Khalid 13' Methaq 37' Report Al-Naar 18'
Attendance: 200
Referee: Jargalsaikhan Rentsenkhand (
Mongolia )
Group B 18 October 2019 (2019-10-18 )
15:00
Attendance: 150
Referee: Liu Jianqiao (
China )
Play-off The winner qualified for 2020 AFC Futsal Championship .
22 October 2019 (2019-10-22 )
18:00
Qualified teams The following 16 teams qualified for the final tournament.[9]
Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in AFC Futsal Championship 1 Turkmenistan Original hosts 15 April 2019 [3] 6 (2005 , 2006 , 2007 , 2008 , 2010 , 2012 ) Thailand ASEAN Zone winners 25 October 2019 15 (1999 , 2000 , 2001 , 2002 , 2003 , 2004 , 2005 , 2006 , 2007 , 2008 , 2010 , 2012 , 2014 , 2016 , 2018 ) Indonesia ASEAN Zone runners-up 25 October 2019 9 (2002 , 2003 , 2004 , 2005 , 2006 , 2008 , 2010 , 2012 , 2014 ) Vietnam ASEAN Zone third place 27 October 2019 5 (2005 , 2010 , 2014 , 2016 , 2018 ) Uzbekistan Central & South Zone Group A winners 24 October 2019 15 (1999 , 2000 , 2001 , 2002 , 2003 , 2004 , 2005 , 2006 , 2007 , 2008 , 2010 , 2012 , 2014 , 2016 , 2018 ) Tajikistan Central & South Zone Group A runners-up 24 October 2019 10 (2001 , 2005 , 2006 , 2007 , 2008 , 2010 , 2012 , 2014 , 2016 , 2018 ) Iran Central & South Zone Group B winners 24 October 2019 15 (1999 , 2000 , 2001 , 2002 , 2003 , 2004 , 2005 , 2006 , 2007 , 2008 , 2010 , 2012 , 2014 , 2016 , 2018 ) Kyrgyzstan Central & South Zone Group B runners-up 24 October 2019 15 (1999 , 2000 , 2001 , 2002 , 2003 , 2004 , 2005 , 2006 , 2007 , 2008 , 2010 , 2012 , 2014 , 2016 , 2018 ) China East Zone Group A winners 24 October 2019 12 (2002 , 2003 , 2004 , 2005 , 2006 , 2007 , 2008 , 2010 , 2012 , 2014 , 2016 , 2018 ) Japan East Zone Group B winners 24 October 2019 15 (1999 , 2000 , 2001 , 2002 , 2003 , 2004 , 2005 , 2006 , 2007 , 2008 , 2010 , 2012 , 2014 , 2016 , 2018 ) South Korea East Zone Play-off winners 26 October 2019 13 (1999 , 2000 , 2001 , 2002 , 2003 , 2004 , 2005 , 2007 , 2008 , 2010 , 2012 , 2014 , 2018 ) Kuwait West Zone Group A winners 18 October 2019 11 (2001 , 2002 , 2003 , 2004 , 2005 , 2006 , 2007 , 2008 , 2010 , 2012 , 2014 ) Bahrain West Zone Group A runners-up 20 October 2019 2 (2002 , 2018 ) Lebanon West Zone Group B winners 18 October 2019 11 (2003 , 2004 , 2005 , 2006 , 2007 , 2008 , 2010 , 2012 , 2014 , 2016 , 2018 ) Saudi Arabia West Zone Group B runners-up 20 October 2019 1 (2016 ) Oman West Zone Play-off winners 22 October 2019 0 (debut)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
Goalscorers There were 371 goals scored in 52 matches, for an average of 7.13 goals per match.
7 goals
6 goals
5 goals
Waleed Khalid Karim Abou Zeid Ali Tneich Ronnachai Jungwongsuk 4 goals
3 goals
Akbar Kazemi Seyed Mousavi Ahmed Abdulnabi Mohamed Al-Sandi Chi Sheng-fa Iqbal Rahmatullah Subhan Faidasa Mahdi Karimi Tomoki Yoshikawa Abdulrahman Al-Tawail Georgio El-Khoury Aung Zin Oo Hlaing Min Tun Pyae Phyo Maung II Muhannad Al-Shibli Jwher Jmah Kim Min-kuk Rustam Hamidov Jetsada Chudech Watchara Laisri Warut Wangsama-aeo Abdulkarim Jamil Davron Choriev Akbar Usmonov Nguyễn Minh Trí 2 goals
Jarrod Basger Daniel Fogarty Grant Lynch Keo Cheatuo Orkchan Sereyvong Geng Deyang Wang Jiahao Chang Chien-ying Huang Po-chun Ali Asghar Hassanzadeh Fahad Methaq Ghaith Riyadh Shota Hoshi Ahmad Al-Farsi Yousef Al-Khalifah Arstanbek Tursunov Steve Koukezian Fong Chi Wa Purevdorj Erdenebat Altantulga Pagamsuren Ko Ko Lwin Pyae Phyo Maung I Mani Lama Khalfan Al-Maawali Loay Al-Wahaibi Adnan Salloum Aroan Mubarak Park Jeong-jin Shavqat Halimov Bahodur Khojaev Parviz Rakhmatov Fayzali Sardorov Nattawut Madyalan Mario Moniz Tariq Abdulla Abdalla Al-Hosani Mashrab Adilov Trần Thái Huy Trần Văn Vũ 1 goal
1 own goal
Akbar Kazemi (against Uzbekistan) Gregory Giovenali (against Malaysia) Chang Chien-ying (against China) Leung Chong Yip (against Mongolia) Li Ka Chun (against Mongolia) Husam Hamed (against Kuwait) Remigio Duarte (against Cambodia) Eufrasio Soares (against Thailand) Gurbangeldi Sähedow (against Iran) References ^ "AFC Competitions Calendar 2019". AFC. 28 February 2018. ^ a b "AFC Futsal Championship 2020 Competition Regulations". AFC. ^ a b "AFC Futsal Championship 2020 will be held in Ashgabat". turkmenportal.com. 15 April 2019. ^ "Champs Thailand in easier group for AFF Futsal". ASEAN Football Federation. 19 July 2019. ^ "Stage set for 2020 qualifiers". AFC. 24 July 2019. ^ "Draw reveals path to Finals for teams". AFC. 25 July 2019. ^ "AFC Futsal Championship 2020 Qualifiers Draw". YouTube. 25 July 2019. ^ a b c "Official Match Schedule". AFC. ^ "Turkmenistan 2020 cast finalised". AFC. 27 October 2019. External links AFC Futsal Championship , the-AFC.com AFC Futsal Championship 2020, stats.the-AFC.com
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