The AFC Futsal Asian Cup, previously the AFC Futsal Championship, is the premier international
futsal Futsal is a football-based game played on a hardcourt, hard court smaller than a football pitch, and mainly indoors. It has similarities to five-a-side football and Indoor soccer, indoor football.
Futsal is played between two teams of five players ...
competition
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for the
Asian Football Confederation
The Asian Football Confederation is the governing body of association football, beach soccer, and futsal in some countries/territories in Asia and Oceania. It has 47 member countries most of which are located in Asia. Australia, formerly in ...
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 was rebranded from the AFC Futsal Championship to the AFC Futsal Asian Cup.
It is also the qualification for the
FIFA Futsal World Cup
The FIFA Futsal World Cup is an international futsal competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the member associations of FIFA, the sport's global governing body. Since the first edition that took place in 1989 in the Netherlan ...
.
Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...
and
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
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 16 editions of the competition, won 7 straight editions before their streak was broken by Japan. Japan have won the other 4 editions of the competition.
Format
History
Results
Performance
:
''* = Hosts''
Medals (1999-2022)
Summary (1999-2022)
Participating
; Comprehensive team results by tournament
;Legend
* – Champions
* – Runners-up
* – Third place
* – Fourth place
* – Semifinals
*QF – Quarterfinals
*R2 – Round 2
*R1 – Round 1
*Q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
*
•• – Qualified but withdrew
*
• – Did not qualify
*
× – Did not enter
*
× – Withdrew / Banned / Entry not accepted by FIFA
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– To be determined
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– Hosts
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Qualified teams
Teams not yet to qualify for finals
The following thirteen teams which are current AFC members have never qualified for the AFC Futsal Asian Cup.
FIFA Futsal World Cup
;Legends
*
1st – Champions
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2nd – Runners-up
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3rd – Third place
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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
*
*Q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
Awards
Most Valuable Players
Top Scorers
Best Goalkeeper
Fair Play Award
Total Awards (1999-2022)
Best Wins (1999-2022)
All Rounds (Wins with 10 and +10 GD)
Quarter Final
Semi Final
Third Place
Final
+40 Minutes Matches
AET Matches
Matches that result defined in overtime (without penalty kicks) =
AET
PSO Matches
Matches that result defined in penalty kicks =
PSO
Notes
See also
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FIFA Futsal World Cup
The FIFA Futsal World Cup is an international futsal competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the member associations of FIFA, the sport's global governing body. Since the first edition that took place in 1989 in the Netherlan ...
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AFC U-20 Futsal Asian Cup
The AFC U-20 Futsal Asian Cup, previously the AFC U-20 Futsal Championship, is the premier youth futsal competition off the Asian Football Confederation It was first held in 2017 and played biennially. From 2021, the tournament to be rebranded "AF ...
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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 ...
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AFC Women's Futsal Asian Cup
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 ...
References
External links
AFC Futsal Asian Cup
{{Asian Championships
Futsal Futsal is a football-based game played on a hardcourt, hard court smaller than a football pitch, and mainly indoors. It has similarities to five-a-side football and Indoor soccer, indoor football.
Futsal is played between two teams of five players ...
International futsal competitions
Futsal competitions in Asia
Asian championships
1999 establishments in Asia
Recurring sporting events established in 1999