2020 AFC Futsal Championship Qualification

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.

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).

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. The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams.

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.

*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.

*In the East Zone, the seven teams were drawn into two groups: one group of four teams and one group of three teams.

*In the West Zone, the nine teams were drawn into two groups: one group of five teams and one group of four teams.

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*Teams in bold qualified for the final tournament.

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):
#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.

Group A

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Group B

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Semi-finals

The winners qualified for 2020 AFC Futsal Championship.

Third place match

The winner qualified for 2020 AFC Futsal Championship.

Final

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.

Group A

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Group B

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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.

Group A

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Group B

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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.

Group A

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Group B

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Play-off

The winner qualified for 2020 AFC Futsal Championship.

Qualified teams

The following 16 teams qualified for the final tournament.

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¹ Bold indicates champions for that year. ''Italic'' indicates hosts for that year.

Goalscorers

{{Goalscorers
, goals=371 , matches=52
, 7 goals=
*{{flagicon, THA Muhammad Osamanmusa

, 6 goals=
*{{flagicon, CHN Xu Yang
*{{flagicon, JPN Minami Kato
*{{flagicon, THA Kritsada Wongkaeo

, 5 goals=
*{{flagicon, IRQ Waleed Khalid
*{{flagicon, LIB Karim Abou Zeid
*{{flagicon, LIB Ali Tneich
*{{flagicon, THA Ronnachai Jungwongsuk

, 4 goals=
*{{flagicon, IDN Andri Kustiawan
*{{flagicon, IRN Mahdi Javid
*{{flagicon, JPN Yuki Murota
*{{flagicon, KUW Abdulrahman Al-Wadi
*{{flagicon, MAS Ridzwan Bakri
*{{flagicon, MYA Naing Ye Kyaw
*{{flagicon, MYA Nyein Min Soe
*{{flagicon, OMA Muatasim Al-Shamsi
*{{flagicon, PLE Rashid Shawahna
*{{flagicon, KSA Abdullah Al-Otaibi
*{{flagicon, KOR Lee Min-yong
*{{flagicon, THA Pornmongkol Srisubseang
*{{flagicon, THA Suphawut Thueanklang
*{{flagicon, UZB Khusniddin Nishonov

, 3 goals=
*{{flagicon, AFG, 2013 Akbar Kazemi
*{{flagicon, AFG, 2013 Seyed Mousavi
*{{flagicon, BHR Ahmed Abdulnabi
*{{flagicon, BHR Mohamed Al-Sandi
*{{flagicon, TPE Chi Sheng-fa
*{{flagicon, IDN Iqbal Rahmatullah
*{{flagicon, IDN Subhan Faidasa
*{{flagicon, IRN Mahdi Karimi
*{{flagicon, JPN Tomoki Yoshikawa
*{{flagicon, KUW Abdulrahman Al-Tawail
*{{flagicon, LIB Georgio El-Khoury
*{{flagicon, MYA Aung Zin Oo
*{{flagicon, MYA Hlaing Min Tun
*{{flagicon, MYA Pyae Phyo Maung II
*{{flagicon, OMA Muhannad Al-Shibli
*{{flagicon, KSA Jwher Jmah
*{{flagicon, KOR Kim Min-kuk
*{{flagicon, TJK Rustam Hamidov
*{{flagicon, THA Jetsada Chudech
*{{flagicon, THA Watchara Laisri
*{{flagicon, THA Warut Wangsama-aeo
*{{flagicon, UAE Abdulkarim Jamil
*{{flagicon, UZB Davron Choriev
*{{flagicon, UZB Akbar Usmonov
*{{flagicon, VIE Nguyễn Minh Trí

, 2 goals=
*{{flagicon, AUS Jarrod Basger
*{{flagicon, AUS Daniel Fogarty
*{{flagicon, AUS Grant Lynch
*{{flagicon, CAM Keo Cheatuo
*{{flagicon, CAM Orkchan Sereyvong
*{{flagicon, CHN Geng Deyang
*{{flagicon, CHN Wang Jiahao
*{{flagicon, TPE Chang Chien-ying
*{{flagicon, TPE Huang Po-chun
*{{flagicon, IRN Ali Asghar Hassanzadeh
*{{flagicon, IRQ Fahad Methaq
*{{flagicon, IRQ Ghaith Riyadh
*{{flagicon, JPN Shota Hoshi
*{{flagicon, KUW Ahmad Al-Farsi
*{{flagicon, KUW Yousef Al-Khalifah
*{{flagicon, KGZ Arstanbek Tursunov
*{{flagicon, LIB Steve Koukezian
*{{flagicon, MAC Fong Chi Wa
*{{flagicon, MNG Purevdorj Erdenebat
*{{flagicon, MNG Altantulga Pagamsuren
*{{flagicon, MYA Ko Ko Lwin
*{{flagicon, MYA Pyae Phyo Maung I
*{{flagicon, NEP Mani Lama
*{{flagicon, OMA Khalfan Al-Maawali
*{{flagicon, OMA Loay Al-Wahaibi
*{{flagicon, PLE Adnan Salloum
*{{flagicon, KSA Aroan Mubarak
*{{flagicon, KOR Park Jeong-jin
*{{flagicon, TJK Shavqat Halimov
*{{flagicon, TJK Bahodur Khojaev
*{{flagicon, TJK Parviz Rakhmatov
*{{flagicon, TJK Fayzali Sardorov
*{{flagicon, THA Nattawut Madyalan
*{{flagicon, TLS Mario Moniz
*{{flagicon, UAE Tariq Abdulla
*{{flagicon, UAE Abdalla Al-Hosani
*{{flagicon, UZB Mashrab Adilov
*{{flagicon, VIE Trần Thái Huy
*{{flagicon, VIE Trần Văn Vũ

, 1 goal=
*{{flagicon, AFG, 2013 Mohammad Ali Fayazi
*{{flagicon, AFG, 2013 Sayed Hashemi
*{{flagicon, AFG, 2013 Farzad Mahmoodi
*{{flagicon, AFG, 2013 Mohsen Rezayi
*{{flagicon, AUS Adam Cooper
*{{flagicon, AUS Wade Giovenali
*{{flagicon, AUS Nathan Niski
*{{flagicon, BHR Saleh Ahmed
*{{flagicon, BHR Ali Al-Malki
*{{flagicon, BHR Salman Maula
*{{flagicon, BHR Talal Al-Naar
*{{flagicon, CAM Heng Sokly
*{{flagicon, CAM Ros Sirotha
*{{flagicon, CHN Chen Zhiheng
*{{flagicon, CHN Deng Tao
*{{flagicon, CHN Li Jianjia
*{{flagicon, CHN Li Shunying
*{{flagicon, CHN Shen Siming
*{{flagicon, TPE Chu Chia-wei
*{{flagicon, TPE Fu Li-wei
*{{flagicon, TPE Tang Wei-tai
*{{flagicon, HKG Chow Ka Wa
*{{flagicon, HKG Li Ka Chun
*{{flagicon, HKG Liu Yik Shing
*{{flagicon, HKG Wong Chin Hung
*{{flagicon, IDN Ardiansyah Nur
*{{flagicon, IDN Firman Adriansyah
*{{flagicon, IDN Syahidansyah Lubis
*{{flagicon, IDN Bayu Saptaji
*{{flagicon, IDN Marvin Wossiry
*{{flagicon, IRN Hamid Ahmadi
*{{flagicon, IRN Taha Nematian
*{{flagicon, IRQ Salim Faisal
*{{flagicon, IRQ Tareq Zeyad
*{{flagicon, JPN Ryohei Ando
*{{flagicon, JPN Takashi Morimura
*{{flagicon, JPN Kaoru Morioka
*{{flagicon, JPN Kazuhiro Nibuya
*{{flagicon, JPN Ryosuke Nishitani
*{{flagicon, JPN Kazuya Shimizu
*{{flagicon, KUW Naser Al-Alban
*{{flagicon, KUW Abdulaziz Al-Basam
*{{flagicon, KUW Abdulrahman Al-Mosabehi
*{{flagicon, KGZ Nursultan Abdyldaev
*{{flagicon, KGZ Maksat Alimov
*{{flagicon, KGZ Shokhrukh Makhmadaminov
*{{flagicon, KGZ Iuldashbai Salimbaev
*{{flagicon, LIB Ahmad Kheir El-Dine
*{{flagicon, LIB Ali El-Homsi
*{{flagicon, LIB Mohamad Kobeissy
*{{flagicon, LIB Jamal Selwan
*{{flagicon, LIB Hassan Zeitoun
*{{flagicon, MAC Ho Wai Tong
*{{flagicon, MAS Azwann Ismail
*{{flagicon, MAS Haniffa Hasan
*{{flagicon, MAS Saiful Nizam
*{{flagicon, MNG Batbaatar Battulga
*{{flagicon, MNG Chantsal Mandakh
*{{flagicon, MNG Ankhbayar Tumurbaatar
*{{flagicon, MNG Altansukh Yalalt
*{{flagicon, MYA Kaung Chit Thu
*{{flagicon, MYA Khin Zaw Lin
*{{flagicon, MYA Kyaw Soe Moe
*{{flagicon, MYA Wai Zin Oo
*{{flagicon, NEP Aadil Hamid
*{{flagicon, OMA Issa Al-Balushi
*{{flagicon, OMA Samer Al-Balushi
*{{flagicon, OMA Zamel Al-Balushi
*{{flagicon, PLE Mohammad Hamada
*{{flagicon, PLE Adham Khwailed
*{{flagicon, PLE Ahmed Mohammed
*{{flagicon, QAT Tamim Al-Awlaqi
*{{flagicon, QAT Saif Al-Mosallam
*{{flagicon, QAT Abdulrahman Al-Yafei
*{{flagicon, KSA Mohsen Fqihe
*{{flagicon, KOR Cho Byung-geol
*{{flagicon, KOR Lee Doo-yong
*{{flagicon, KOR Park Han-ul
*{{flagicon, KOR Seo Won-geon
*{{flagicon, TJK Umed Kuziev
*{{flagicon, TJK Dilshod Salomov
*{{flagicon, TJK Rahmonali Sharipov
*{{flagicon, THA Apiwat Chaemcharoen
*{{flagicon, THA Jirawat Sornwichian
*{{flagicon, TLS Remigio Duarte
*{{flagicon, TLS Ilidio Nunes
*{{flagicon, TLS Eufrasio Soares
*{{flagicon, TLS Bendito Ximenes
*{{flagicon, TKM Mülkaman Annagulyýew
*{{flagicon, TKM Gurbangeldi Sähedow
*{{flagicon, UAE Wael Al-Dhanhani
*{{flagicon, UAE Ahmad Hussain
*{{flagicon, UAE Abdulla Juma
*{{flagicon, UAE Hamdan Al-Katheeri
*{{flagicon, UAE Ahmed Khalil
*{{flagicon, UAE Mohammed Obaid
*{{flagicon, UZB Ravshan Elibaev
*{{flagicon, UZB Khushnur Erkinov
*{{flagicon, UZB Ilkhomjon Khamroev
*{{flagicon, UZB Dilshod Rakhmatov
*{{flagicon, UZB Ikhtiyor Ropiev
*{{flagicon, UZB Dilmurod Shavkatov
*{{flagicon, VIE Nguyễn Mạnh Dũng
*{{flagicon, VIE Châu Đoàn Phát
*{{flagicon, VIE Nguyễn Thành Tín
*{{flagicon, VIE Nhận Gia Hưng
*{{flagicon, VIE Phạm Đức Hòa
*{{flagicon, VIE Vũ Đức Tùng

, 1 own goal=
*{{flagicon, AFG, 2013 Akbar Kazemi (against Uzbekistan)
*{{flagicon, AUS Gregory Giovenali (against Malaysia)
*{{flagicon, TPE Chang Chien-ying (against China)
*{{flagicon, HKG Leung Chong Yip (against Mongolia)
*{{flagicon, HKG Li Ka Chun (against Mongolia)
*{{flagicon, PLE Husam Hamed (against Kuwait)
*{{flagicon, TLS Remigio Duarte (against Cambodia)
*{{flagicon, TLS Eufrasio Soares (against Thailand)
*{{flagicon, TKM Gurbangeldi Sähedow (against Iran)

References

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External links

*{{Official website, http://www.the-afc.com/competitions/afc-futsal-championship/, name=AFC Futsal Championship, the-AFC.com
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