The 2020 AFC Women's Futsal Championship was to be the third edition of the

AFC Women's Futsal Championship The AFC Women's Futsal Asian Cup, previously the AFC Women's Futsal Championship, is the premier national women's futsal competition of the Asian Football Confederation nations. Iran have won both editions held to date. The first edition was held ...

, the biennial international

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championship organized by the

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(AFC) for the women's national teams of Asia.

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was confirmed by the AFC as tournament hosts on 18 March 2020. The tournament was originally scheduled between 2–12 July 2020, but had been postponed due to the

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. Kuwait had expressed an interest to host the tournament in September 2021. A total of 16 teams were expected to take part in the tournament.

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are the defending champions, having won both previous editions.

Squads

Each team had to submit a squad of 14 players, including a minimum of two goalkeepers.

References

External links

*, the-AFC.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Afc Women's Futsal Championship 2020

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