AFC Futsal Championship
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 ...
was held in
United Arab Emirates
The United Arab Emirates (UAE; ar, اَلْإِمَارَات الْعَرَبِيَة الْمُتَحِدَة ), or simply the Emirates ( ar, الِْإمَارَات ), is a country in Western Asia (The Middle East). It is located at th ...
from 25 May to 1 June 2012. 16 countries took part in the 12th edition of the tournament. It was also be the qualification event for the
2012 FIFA Futsal World Cup
The 2012 FIFA Futsal World Cup was the seventh FIFA Futsal World Cup, the quadrennial international futsal championship contested by the men's national teams of the member associations of FIFA. It took place from 1 to 18 November 2012 in Thailand ...
to be held in Thailand. The AFC Futsal Committee pushed the dates for the event forward from the original May 18 to May 25.
In its first meeting for the 2011-2015 term under the chairmanship of Guam's Richard Lai, the AFC Futsal Committee decided to award the championship to United Arab Emirates.
Qualification
Venues
Draw
The draw for the tournament was held on 11 March 2012 in United Arab Emirates.
Group stage
Group A
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Group B
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Group C
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Group D
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Knockout stage
Quarter-finals
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Semi-finals
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Third place play-off
Final
Awards
* Most Valuable Player
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Rafael Henmi
Rafael Katsutoshi Henmi (born 30 July 1992) is a Japanese futsal player who last played as a winger for Portuguese club Benfica and the Japan national team.
Honours
Benfica
* Campeonato Nacional: 2014–15, 2018–19
*Taça de Portugal: 2014 ...
* Top Scorer
**
Vahid Shamsaei
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(7 goals and 6 assists)
* Fair-Play Award
**
Goalscorers
;7 goals
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Ali Asghar Hassanzadeh
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Vahid Shamsaei
Vahid Shamsaei ( fa, وحید شمسايی ; born 21 September 1975) is an Iranian professional futsal coach and former player. He was a Pivot and he scored 392 goals in international matches. He is currently head coach of Iran national futsal te ...
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Rafael Henmi
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Honours
Benfica
* Campeonato Nacional: 2014–15, 2018–19
*Taça de Portugal: 2014 ...
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Suphawut Thueanklang
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Honours Domestic
All with Chonburi Bluewave Futsal Club
*Thailand Futsal League
** ...
;6 goals
*
Javad Asghari Moghaddam
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Honours
Country
* ...
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Mohammad Taheri
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Honours
Country
* FIFA Futsal World Cup
** Third place (1): 2016
* AFC Futsal Championship
** Champion (5): 2005 - 2007 - 2008 - 2010 - ...
*
Hossein Tayyebi
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;5 goals
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Apiwat Chaemcharoen
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The Thailand national futsal team represents Thailand in international fu ...
;4 goals
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Kenichiro Kogure
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Clubs
* 2001–2005: FIRE FOX
* 2005–2008: :es:Clipeus Fútbol Sala Nazareno
* 2008–2009: Carnic ...
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Tetsuya Murakami
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Clubs
* 2005-2007 FIRE FOX
* 2008- Shriker Osaka
Titles
* All Japan Futsal Championship
JFA Japan Fut ...
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Club
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Shaker Al-Mutairi
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Khaled Takaji
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Takaji signed for Lebanese Premier League side Nejmeh' ...
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Jirawat Sornwichian
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International goals
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*Thailand Futsal League
**W ...
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Kritsada Wongkaeo
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;Nakhon Pathom United
* Thai League 2 ...
Fernando
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* Shuhrat Tojiboev
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Lo Chih-an
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Shota Hoshi
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Clubs
* 2004-2009 Fugador Sumida
* 2009-2010 Bardral Urayasu
* 2010-2011 UD Guadalajara FS
* 2011-2012 FS García
* 2012 Al-Rayyan SC
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Abdulrahman Al-Mosabehi
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Jetsada Chudech
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Royal decoration
* 2015 – Member (Fifth Class) of The Most Admirable Order of the Direkgunabhorn
Nattawut Madyalan
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Tariq Abdulla
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