AFC Futsal Asian Cup

Founded	1999; 23 years ago (1999)
Region	Asia (AFC)
Number of teams	16
Current champions	Iran (12th title)
Most successful team(s)	Iran (12 titles)
2022 AFC Futsal Asian Cup

The AFC Futsal Asian Cup, previously the AFC Futsal Championship, is the premier international futsal competition for the Asian Football Confederation national teams. It was first held in 1999 and was played annually until 2008; since then it has been played biennially. From 2021, the tournament will be rebranded from the "AFC Futsal Championship" to the "AFC Futsal Asian Cup".^[1]

Iran and Japan are the dominant nations being the only two nations to have won the tournament and Iran is the only nation to have never finished outside the top four. Iran, champions of 12 of the 15 editions of the competition, won 7 straight editions before their streak was broken by Japan. Japan have won the other 3 editions of the competition. It is a qualification for the FIFA Futsal World Cup. Kazakhstan switched to UEFA since 2002.

Format

History

Results

#	Year	Hosts		Final				Third place match				Number of teams
				Winners	Score	Runners-up		Third place	Score	Fourth place
AFC Futsal Championship
1	1999 Details	Malaysia		Iran	9–1	South Korea		Kazakhstan	2–2 aet (5–3) pen	Japan		9
2	2000 Details	Thailand		Iran	4–1	Kazakhstan		Thailand	8–6	Japan		9
3	2001 Details	Iran		Iran	9–0	Uzbekistan		South Korea	2–1	Japan		14
4	2002 Details	Indonesia		Iran	6–0	Japan		Thailand	4–2	South Korea		14
5	2003 Details	Iran		Iran	6–4	Japan		Thailand	8–2	Kuwait		16
6	2004 Details	Macau		Iran	5–3	Japan		Thailand	3–1	Uzbekistan		18
7	2005 Details	Vietnam		Iran	2–0	Japan		Uzbekistan and  Kyrgyzstan				24
8	2006 Details	Uzbekistan		Japan	5–1	Uzbekistan		Iran	5–3	Kyrgyzstan		16
9	2007 Details	Japan		Iran	4–1	Japan		Uzbekistan	5–3	Kyrgyzstan		16
10	2008 Details	Thailand		Iran	4–0	Thailand		Japan	5–3	China		16
11	2010 Details	Uzbekistan		Iran	8–3	Uzbekistan		Japan	6–1	China		16
12	2012 Details	United Arab Emirates		Japan	6–1	Thailand		Iran	4–0	Australia		16
13	2014 Details	Vietnam		Japan	2–2 aet (3–0) pen	Iran		Uzbekistan	2–1	Kuwait		16
14	2016 Details	Uzbekistan		Iran	2–1	Uzbekistan		Thailand	8–0	Vietnam		16
15	2018 Details	Taiwan		Iran	4–0	Japan		Uzbekistan	4–4 (2–1) pen	Iraq		16
16	2020 Details	Turkmenistan[a]		Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic [2]								16
AFC Futsal Asian Cup
17	2022 Details	Kuwait										16

Performance by nations

Team	Champions	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place	Total (Top 4)
Iran	12 (1999, 2000, 2001*, 2002, 2003*, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2016, 2018)	1 (2014)	2 (2006, 2012)		15
Japan	3 (2006, 2012, 2014)	6 (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007*, 2018)	2 (2008, 2010)	3 (1999, 2000, 2001)	14
Uzbekistan		4 (2001, 2006*, 2010*, 2016*)	4 (2005, 2007, 2014, 2018)	1 (2004)	9
Thailand		2 (2008*, 2012)	5 (2000*, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2016)		7
South Korea		1 (1999)	1 (2001)	1 (2002)	3
Kazakhstan		1 (2000)	1 (1999)		2
Kyrgyzstan			1 (2005)	2 (2006, 2007)	3
China				2 (2008, 2010)	2
Kuwait				2 (2003, 2014)	2
Australia				1 (2012)	1
Vietnam				1 (2016)	1
Iraq				1 (2018)	1

* = hosts

Medal summary

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Iran	12	1	2	15
2	Japan	3	6	2	11
3	Uzbekistan	0	4	4	8
4	Thailand	0	2	5	7
5	Kazakhstan	0	1	1	2
	South Korea	0	1	1	2
7	Kyrgyzstan	0	0	1	1
Totals (7 entries)		15	15	16	46

All-time table

As 2018

Rank	Team	Part	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Dif	Pts
1	Iran	15	93	88	2	3	899	136	+763	266
2	Japan	15	92	68	6	18	452	184	+268	210
3	Uzbekistan	15	79	51	6	22	330	206	+124	159
4	Thailand	15	75	51	5	19	443	211	+232	158
5	Kyrgyzstan	15	66	28	10	28	207	242	–35	94
6	South Korea	13	54	20	6	28	237	258	–21	66
7	Lebanon	11	46	19	8	19	179	183	–4	65
8	Kuwait	11	48	17	4	27	184	205	–21	55
9	Iraq	11	45	17	3	25	161	172	–11	54
10	China	12	47	16	2	29	185	213	–28	50
11	Australia	7	31	16	1	14	87	105	–18	49
12	Tajikistan	10	35	11	2	22	116	197	–81	35
13	Chinese Taipei	12	41	10	2	29	125	203	–78	32
14	Vietnam	5	23	9	2	12	67	93	–26	29
15	Kazakhstan	3	15	8	4	3	77	42	+35	28
16	Palestine	3	15	9	0	6	101	70	+31	27
17	Indonesia	9	32	8	2	22	105	176	–71	26
18	Malaysia	12	40	8	2	30	112	236	–124	26
19	Hong Kong	5	20	7	1	12	58	100	–42	22
20	Turkmenistan	6	21	6	0	15	59	121	–62	18
21	Qatar	3	12	3	0	9	47	70	–23	9
22	Bahrain	2	8	2	2	4	24	36	–12	8
23	Philippines	3	13	1	2	10	21	85	–64	5
24	Macau	4	17	1	1	15	23	167	–144	4
25	United Arab Emirates	1	3	1	0	2	6	8	–2	3
26	Cambodia	1	4	1	0	3	12	46	–34	3
27	Saudi Arabia	1	3	0	1	2	7	11	–4	1
28	Myanmar	1	3	0	0	3	5	22	–17	0
29	Jordan	2	6	0	0	6	7	25	–18	0
30	Brunei	1	4	0	0	4	7	53	–46	0
31	Bhutan	1	6	0	0	6	13	73	–60	0
32	Maldives	2	9	0	0	9	10	128	–118	0
33	Guam	2	9	0	0	9	8	142	–134	0
34	Singapore	3	11	0	0	11	15	170	–155	0

Participating nations

Comprehensive team results by tournament

Legend

Team	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2010	2012	2014	2016	2018	2022	Years
Afghanistan	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	×	•	•	•	—
Australia								R1	QF	QF	QF	4th	QF	QF	×	•	7
Bahrain	×	×	×	R1	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	×	•	QF	q	3
Bhutan	×	×	×	×	×	×	R1	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	1
Brunei	×	×	×	R1	••	×	×	×	×	•	×	×	•	•	•	x	1
Cambodia	×	×	×	×	×	R1	×	•	×	×	•	•	×	×	×	•	1
China	×	×	×	R1	R1	QF	R2	R1	R1	4th	4th	R1	R1	R1	R1	×	12
Chinese Taipei	×	×	R1	R1	QF	R1	R1	R1	•	R1	R1	R1	R1	R1	R1	q	13
Guam	×	×	×	×	×	R1	R1	×	•	×	•	×	×	×	×	x	2
Hong Kong	×	×	×	×	R1	R1	R1	R1	R1	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	5
Indonesia	×	×	×	R1	R1	R1	R1	R1	•	R1	R1	R1	R1	×	•	q	10
Iran	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	3rd	1st	1st	1st	3rd	2nd	1st	1st	q	16
Iraq	×	×	R1	QF	R1	×	R1	R1	R1	R1	R1	•	R1	QF	4th	q	12
Japan	4th	4th	4th	2nd	2nd	2nd	2nd	1st	2nd	3rd	3rd	1st	1st	QF	2nd	q	16
Jordan	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	×	R1	R1	x	2
Kazakhstan	3rd	2nd	QF														3
Kuwait	×	×	QF	QF	4th	QF	R2	R1	R1	R1	R1	QF	4th	×	×	q	12
Kyrgyzstan	R1	R1	R1	QF	QF	R1	SF	4th	4th	QF	QF	QF	R1	QF	R1	•	15
Laos	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	x	—
Lebanon	×	×	×	×	R1	QF	R1	R1	QF	QF	QF	QF	QF	R1	QF	q	12
Macau	×	R1	×	×	R1	R1	R1	•	×	•	•	•	•	×	•	•	4
Malaysia	R1	×	R1	R1	R1	R1	R1	R1	R1	R1	•	•	R1	R1	R1	•	12
Maldives	×	×	×	×	×	R1	R1	•	•	•	×	×	×	×	×	x	2
Mongolia	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	•	•	•	—
Myanmar	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	R1	•	1
Oman	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	x	×	×	x	q	1
Palestine	×	×	QF	×	R1	×	R1	×	×	×	×	•	×	×	×	•	3
Philippines	×	×	×	×	×	R1	R1	×	R1	×	•	•	•	•	×	x	3
Qatar	×	×	×	×	×	×	R1	×	×	•	•	R1	•	R1	•	•	3
Saudi Arabia	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	R1	•	q	2
Singapore	R1	R1	R1	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	x	3
South Korea	2nd	R1	3rd	4th	QF	QF	R1	•	R1	R1	R1	R1	R1	•	R1	q	14
Syria	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	×	×	x	—
Tajikistan	×	×	R1	×	×	×	R2	R1	QF	R1	R1	R1	R1	R1	R1	q	11
Thailand	R1	3rd	QF	3rd	3rd	3rd	R2	R1	QF	2nd	QF	2nd	QF	3rd	QF	q	16
East Timor							×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	×	•	—
Turkmenistan	×	×	×	••	••	×	R1	R1	R1	R1	R1	R1	•	•	•	q	7
United Arab Emirates	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	R1	×	•	•	•	1
Uzbekistan	R1	R1	2nd	QF	QF	4th	SF	2nd	3rd	QF	2nd	QF	3rd	2nd	3rd	q	16
Vietnam	×	×	×	×	×	×	R1	•	×	•	R1	•	QF	4th	QF	q	6
Total	9	9	14	14	16	18	24	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16

FIFA Futsal World Cup

Legends

• 1st – Champions
• 2nd – Runners-up
• 3rd – Third place
• 4th – Fourth place
• QF – Quarterfinals
• R2 – Round 2 (1989–2008, second group stage, top 8; 2012–present: knockout round of 16)
• R1 – Round 1
•      – Hosts
•    – Not an AFC member
• Q – Qualified for upcoming tournament

Team	1989	1992	1996	2000	2004	2008	2012	2016	2020	Total
Australia							R1	R1		2
China		R1	R1			R1				3
Chinese Taipei					R1					1
Hong Kong		R1								1
Iran		4th	R1	R1	R1	R2	R2	3rd	QF	8
Japan	R1				R1	R1	R2		R2	5
Kazakhstan				R1						1
Kuwait							R1			1
Malaysia			R1							1
Saudi Arabia	R1									1
Thailand				R1	R1	R1	R2	R2	R2	6
Uzbekistan								R1	R2	2
Vietnam								R2	R2	2

Awards

Most Valuable Players

Year	Player
1999	No Award
2000	No Award
2001	No Award
2002	Anucha Munjarern
2003	Vahid Shamsaei
2004	Mohammad Reza Heidarian
2005	Kenichiro Kogure
2006	Kenichiro Kogure
2007	Vahid Shamsaei
2008	Vahid Shamsaei
2010	Mohammad Taheri
2012	Rafael Henmi
2014	Ali Asghar Hassanzadeh
2016	Ali Asghar Hassanzadeh
2018	Ali Asghar Hassanzadeh

Top scorers

Year	Player	Goals
1999	Kazem Mohammadi Reza Rezaei Kamal	18
2000	Therdsak Chaiman	11
2001	Vahid Shamsaei	31
2002	Vahid Shamsaei	26
2003	Vahid Shamsaei	24
2004	Vahid Shamsaei	33
2005	Vahid Shamsaei	23
2006	Vahid Shamsaei	16
2007	Kenichiro Kogure	12
2008	Vahid Shamsaei	13
2010	Mohammad Taheri	13
2012	Vahid Shamsaei	7
2014	Hossein Tayyebi	15
2016	Suphawut Thueanklang	14
2018	Hossein Tayyebi	14

Fair play award

Year	Team
1999	Not awarded
2000
2001
2002	Thailand
2003	Iran
2004	Iran
2005	Not awarded
2006	Uzbekistan
2007	Iran
2008	Japan
2010	Iran
2012	Iran
2014
2016
2018	Iraq