The 2008 AFC Futsal Championship was held in

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from 11 May to 18 May 2008. The tournament acted as a qualifying tournament for the

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Qualification

Venues

Draw

The draw for the 2008 AFC Futsal Championship was held on 11 April 2008 in Bangkok, Thailand.

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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* Top Scorer **

(13 goals) * Fair-Play Award ** * All-Star Team **

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(GK) **

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**Coach: Hossein Shams (Iran) * Reserve All-Star Team ** Zheng Tao and Somkid Chuenta (GK) **

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** Mohammad Keshavarz **

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** Majid Latifi **Coach: Farinha (China) and Jose María Pazos (Thailand)

Goalscorers

;13 goals *

;6 goals *

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Anucha Munjarern Anucha Munjarern ( th, อนุชา มั่นเจริญ; born 1979 in Surat Thani, Thailand) is a retired Thai futsal Pivot who is Thailand national futsal team's all-time top goalscorer. He was regarded as the icon of Thai futsal bet ...

;5 goals * Li Xin * Majid Latifi *

* Yuki Kanayama * Hurshid Tajibaev ;4 goals * Liang Shuang * Liu Xinyi * Wang Wei *

* Yusuke Inada * Yusuke Komiyama *

* Nurjan Djetybaev *

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* Farruh Farhutdinov ;3 goals * Lachlan Wright * Christopher Zeballos * Wu Zhuoxi * Zhang Xi * Zhang Xiao *

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* Mostafa Tayyebi *

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* Hayssam Atwi * Nikolay Odushev * Ilhom Yusupdjanov ;2 goals *

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* Jaelani Ladjanibi *

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* Mohammad Hashemzadeh *

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* Abdul-Karim Ghazi * Talaibek Djumataev *

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* Muizzudin Mohd Haris *

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* Kang Hyun-uk * Lee Jong-yun * Shin Han-kook * Firdavs Faizullaev *

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* Mekan Muhamedmuradov * Agajan Resulov * Dilshod Irsaliev ;1 goal *

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* Luke Haydon * Hu Jie * Li Jian * Zhang Jiong * Chen Chun-chieh *

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* Fachry Assegaff * Deny Handoyo * Sayan Karmadi * Topas Wiyantoro * Mohammad Keshavarz *

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* Ali Saad * Kenta Fujii *

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* Hamed Al-Otaibi * Hamad Al-Othman * Daniar Abdyraimov *

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* Dilshat Kadyrov * Emil Kanetov *

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* Azamat Mendibaev * Mihail Sundeev * Rabih Abou-Chaaya * Abbas Fadlallah * Ruzaley Abdul Aziz * Ahmad Hanif Sarmin *

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* Zaidi Zulkhapri * Jung Hae-hyuck * Jung Hyuk * Kim In-woo * Obidjon Ismoilov * Sherzod Jumaev *

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* Ukrit Tangtung *

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* Bayrammurat Esenmamedov * Mergen Orazov * Ildar Tashliyev * Umid Holmatov * Gulomjon Mamdjonov * Shuhrat Tojiboev ;Own goals * Fang Ching-jen (''for Australia'') *

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(''for Japan'') * Maulana Ihsan (''for Thailand'') * Ali Saad (''for Kyrgyzstan'') *

(''for Japan'') * Rabih Abou-Chaaya (''for South Korea'') * Zaidi Zulkhapri (''for South Korea'') * Obidjon Ismoilov (''for Iran'') * Bakhodur Sufiev (''for Iran'')

References

Results

Goalzz

Official report
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