AFC Futsal Club Championship

Organising body	AFC
Founded	2010; 14 years ago (2010)
Region	Asia
Number of teams	16
Current champions	Nagoya Oceans (4th title)
Most successful club(s)	Nagoya Oceans (4 titles)
Television broadcasters	YouTube (live streaming)
Website	Official website
2023 AFC Futsal Club Championship

The AFC Futsal Club Championship is the current highest Asian futsal club competition, hosted by the Asian Football Confederation. It is futsal equivalent to AFC Champions League.

For the inaugural edition, AFC Futsal Committee decided to make it an invitational event, and each member association was asked to nominate their national league champions for the tournament.

History and format

A trial edition, named 2006 Asia Futsal Cup, was run in 2006 with six teams participating. Iranian team Shensa Saveh beat Uzbek Ardus FC 5–1 in the final.^[1] The first recognised edition by the AFC was held in 2010 and ran with ten teams, forming two groups of five teams. The top two finishers then proceeded to the semi-finals. Since 2015 the final tournament is played with 12 teams. If more national league champions wish to enter a team, all but the top three finishers of the last tournament and the host nation, have to enter a qualification stage.

Summaries

Edition	Year	Host		Final				Third Place				Number of teams
				Winner	Score	Runner-up		Third Place	Score	Fourth Place
1	2010[2] Details	Isfahan		Foolad Mahan	5–2[3]	Al-Sadd		Nagoya Oceans	6–6 aet (6–5) pen	Thai Port		10
2	2011[4] Details	Doha		Nagoya Oceans	3–2 aet[5]	Shahid Mansouri		Al-Sadaka	4–4 aet (4–3) pen	Al-Rayyan		8
3	2012 Details	Kuwait City		Giti Pasand	2–1[6]	Ardus Tashkent		Nagoya Oceans	4–1[7]	Al-Rayyan		8
4	2013 Details	Nagoya / Komaki		Chonburi Bluewave	1–1 aet (4–1) pen[8]	Giti Pasand		Nagoya Oceans	6–4[9]	Shenzhen Nanling		8
5	2014 Details	Chengdu[10]		Nagoya Oceans	5–4 aet	Chonburi Bluewave		Dabiri	5–5 aet (7–6) pen	Shenzhen Nanling		8
6	2015 Details	Isfahan[11]		Tasisat Daryaei	5–4[12]	Al-Qadsia		Thái Sơn Nam	7–3	Naft Al-Wasat		12
7	2016 Details	Bangkok		Nagoya Oceans	4–4 aet (6–5) pen[13]	Naft Al-Wasat		Chonburi Bluewave	6–1	Dibba Al-Hisn		12
8	2017 Details	Ho Chi Minh City		Chonburi Bluewave	3–2	Giti Pasand		Thái Sơn Nam	6–1[14]	Al Rayyan		14
9	2018 Details	Yogyakarta		Mes Sungun	4–2[15]	Thái Sơn Nam		Bank of Beirut	5-3[16]	Naft Al-Wasat		16
10	2019 Details	Bangkok		Nagoya Oceans	2–0	Mes Sungun		Thái Sơn Nam	6–4	AGMK		16
(2020–2022)		Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic[17]

Participating associations by debut

Year	New Entry Team(s)
2010	Australia,  China,  Iran,  Iraq,  Japan,  Kyrgyzstan,  Lebanon,  Qatar,  Thailand,  Uzbekistan
2011	Indonesia
2012	Kuwait,  Myanmar,  United Arab Emirates,  Vietnam
2013	Chinese Taipei,  Philippines
2014–2016	None
2017	Tajikistan
2018	South Korea
2019	None
2020–2022	Not held

Records and statistics

Medals by nation

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Iran	4	4	1	9
2	Japan	4	0	3	7
3	Thailand	2	1	1	4
4	Vietnam	0	1	3	4
5	Iraq	0	1	0	1
	Kuwait	0	1	0	1
	Qatar	0	1	0	1
	Uzbekistan	0	1	0	1
9	Lebanon	0	0	2	2
Totals (9 entries)		10	10	10	30

Winners by club

Club	Winner	Runner-up	Years won	Years runner-up
Nagoya Oceans	4	0	2011, 2014, 2016, 2019
Chonburi Bluewave	2	1	2013, 2017	2014
Giti Pasand	1	2	2012	2013, 2017
Mes Sungun	1	1	2018	2019
Foolad Mahan	1	0	2010
Tasisat Daryaei	1	0	2015
Al-Sadd	0	1		2010
Shahid Mansouri	0	1		2011
Ardus Tashkent	0	1		2012
Al-Qadsia	0	1		2015
Naft Al-Wasat	0	1		2016
Thái Sơn Nam	0	1		2018

Performance by country

Rank	Country	Winners	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place	Total
1	Iran	4	4	1	0	9
2	Japan	4	0	3	0	7
3	Thailand	2	1	1	1	5
4	Vietnam	0	1	3	0	4
5	Qatar	0	1	0	3	4
6	Iraq	0	1	0	2	3
7	Uzbekistan	0	1	0	1	2
8	Kuwait	0	1	0	0	1
9	Lebanon	0	0	2	0	2
10	China	0	0	0	2	2
11	United Arab Emirates	0	0	0	1	1
Total		10	10	10	10	40

Awards

Most Valuable Players

Year	Footballer	Club
2010	Vahid Shamsaei[18]	Foolad Mahan
2011	Mohammad Keshavarz[19]	Shahid Mansouri
2012	Mohammad Keshavarz[20]	Giti Pasand
2013	Suphawut Thueanklang[21]	Chonburi Bluewave
2014	Kaoru Morioka	Nagoya Oceans
2015	Vahid Shamsaei[22]	Tasisat Daryaei
2016	Farhad Tavakoli[23]	Naft Al-Wasat
2017	Ali Asghar Hassanzadeh[24]	Giti Pasand
2018	Mahdi Javid[25]	Bank of Beirut
2019	Tomoki Yoshikawa[26]	Nagoya Oceans

Top scorers

Year	Footballer	Club	Goals
2010	Vahid Shamsaei[18]	Foolad Mahan	17
2011	Ali Asghar Hassanzadeh[19]	Al Rayyan	10
2012	Ahmad Esmaeilpour[20]	Giti Pasand	9
2013	Kaoru Morioka	Nagoya Oceans	8
2014	Kaoru Morioka	Nagoya Oceans	5
2015	Vahid Shamsaei	Tasisat Daryaei	10
2016	Jirawat Sornwichian[23]	Chonburi Bluewave	7
2017	Jirawat Sornwichian[24]	Chonburi Bluewave	9
2018	Mahdi Javid[25]	Bank of Beirut	12
2019	Kazuya Shimizu	Thái Sơn Nam	10

AFC Fair Play Award

Year	AFC Fair Play Award
2010	Foolad Mahan
2011	Al-Rayyan
2012	Nagoya Oceans
2013	Shenzhen Nanling
2014	Nagoya Oceans
2015	Thái Sơn Nam
2016	Dibba Al-Hisn
2017	Thái Sơn Nam
2018	Naft Al-Wasat
2019	Mes Sungun