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, the biennial international

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championship organized by the

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(AFC) for the women's national teams of Asia. The tournament was held in

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, between 21 and 26 September 2015.

Qualified teams

A total of eight AFC member national teams participated in the tournament. The event invitations were based on participation in the previous two editions of the

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). ;Notes * were removed from the competition due to a FIFA suspension. * withdrew before the draw was held.

Venues

All matches were played at the Nilai Indoor Stadium,

Draw

The draw was held on 14 July 2015 at the AFC House in

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. The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams (one seeded team and three unseeded teams). Japan and Iran, the champions and runners-up at the

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, were seeded in Pot 1, while all other teams were unseeded in Pot 2.

Group stage

The top two teams of each group advanced to the semi-finals. ;Tiebreakers The teams were ranked according to

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(3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers would be applied in the following order: #Greater number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned; #

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resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned; #Greater number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned; #If, after applying criteria 1 to 3, teams still have an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 3 are reapplied exclusively to the matches between the teams in question to determine their final rankings. If this procedure does not lead to a decision, criteria 5 to 9 apply; #Goal difference in all the group matches; #Greater number of goals scored in all the group matches; #

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if only two teams are involved and they are both on the field of play; #Fewer score calculated according to the number of yellow and red cards received in the group matches (1 point for a single yellow card, 3 points for a red card as a consequence of two yellow cards, 3 points for a direct red card, 4 points for a yellow card followed by a direct red card); #Drawing of lots. All times are local, MYT (

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Group A

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Group B

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Knockout stage

In the knockout stage,

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were used to decide the winner if necessary (no extra time would be used in the third place match).

Bracket

Semi-finals

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Third place play-off

Final

Awards

* Most Valuable Player ** Fereshteh Karimi * Top Scorer Award ** Farahiyah Ridzuan (7 goals, won tiebreaker over

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Goalscorers

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* Farahiyah Ridzuan ;6 goals * Fereshteh Karimi ;5 goals * Sara Shirbeigi ;4 goals * Makhliyo Sarikova ;3 goals * Mao Yifan * Fahimeh Zarei * Maiko Higashiyama * Mutsumi Sakata * Norhawa Yasin * Mahliyo Yusupova ;2 goals * Liu Jing * Kwong Wing Yan * Sepideh Zarrinrad * Anna Amishiro * Saori Kato * Fatin Shahida Azmi * Hataichanok Tappakun * Mamyalee Sawitree * Sasicha Phothiwong * Siranya Srimanee * Nguyễn Thị Châu *

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* Wong So Han * Nasimeh Gholami * Zohreh Meisami * Sohila Tarazi * Kana Kitagawa * Shiori Nakajima * Minako Sekinada * Akari Takao * Masturah Majid * Sity Norazizah Jamal * Nur Shazreen Munazli * Usliza Usman * Darika Peanpailun * Nipaporn Sriwarom *

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* Nguyễn Thị Mỹ Anh ;1 Own goal * Wang Hui (playing against Japan) * Kwong Wing Yan (playing against Malaysia) * Nur Shazreen Munazli (playing against Thailand) ;2 Own goals * Makhliyo Sarikova (both playing against Iran)

References

External links

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Women's Futsal Championship

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