The AFC Futsal Asian Cup, previously the AFC Futsal Championship, is the premier international futsal competition for the Asian Football Confederation 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.^[1] It is also the qualification for the FIFA Futsal World Cup.

Iran and Japan 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 15 editions of the competition, won 7 straight editions before their streak was broken by Japan. Japan have won the other 3 editions of the competition.

Format

History

Results

Tournament Names

1999–2020: AFC Futsal Championship
2022–Ongoing: AFC Futsal Asian Cup

#	Year	Hosts	Winners	Score	Runners-up	Third place	Score	Fourth place	Number of teams
#	Year	Hosts	Final			Third place match			Number of teams
1	1999 Details	Malaysia	Iran	9–1	South Korea	Kazakhstan	2–2 aet (4–3) pen	Japan	9
2	2000 Details	Thailand	Iran	4–1	Kazakhstan	Thailand	8–6	Japan	9
3	2001 Details	Iran	Iran	9–0	Uzbekistan	South Korea	2–1	Japan	14
4	2002 Details	Indonesia	Iran	6–0	Japan	Thailand	4–2	South Korea	14
5	2003 Details	Iran	Iran	6–4	Japan	Thailand	8–2	Kuwait	16
6	2004 Details	Macau	Iran	5–3	Japan	Thailand	3–1	Uzbekistan	18
7	2005 Details	Vietnam	Iran	2–0	Japan	Uzbekistan	by points^[a]	Kyrgyzstan	24
8	2006 Details	Uzbekistan	Japan	5–1	Uzbekistan	Iran	5–3	Kyrgyzstan	16
9	2007 Details	Japan	Iran	4–1	Japan	Uzbekistan	5–3	Kyrgyzstan	16
10	2008 Details	Thailand	Iran	4–0	Thailand	Japan	5–3	China	16
11	2010 Details	Uzbekistan	Iran	8–3	Uzbekistan	Japan	6–1	China	16
12	2012 Details	United Arab Emirates	Japan	6–1	Thailand	Iran	4–0	Australia	16
13	2014 Details	Vietnam	Japan	2–2 aet (3–0) pen	Iran	Uzbekistan	2–1	Kuwait	16
14	2016 Details	Uzbekistan	Iran	2–1	Uzbekistan	Thailand	8–0	Vietnam	16
15	2018 Details	Taiwan	Iran	4–0	Japan	Uzbekistan	4–4 (2–1) pen	Iraq	16
–	2020 Details	Turkmenistan^[b]	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic						16
16	2022 Details	Kuwait	Japan	3–2	Iran	Uzbekistan	8–2	Thailand	16

^ Uzbekistan was Third in 2005 by total performance in all matches with 6 Win, 1 Lose but Kyrgyzstan with 5 Win, 2 Lose.
^ Turkmenistan was chosen to be the original host of the 2020 tournament. However due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it had been postponed. After that AFC announced that the tournament would instead be held in Kuwait, but it was also cancelled in the end.^[2]

Performance by nations

Team	Champions	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place	Total (Top 4)
Iran	12 (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2016, 2018)	1 (2014)	2 (2006, 2012)		15
Japan	3 (2006, 2012, 2014)	6 (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007*, 2018)	2 (2008, 2010)	3 (1999, 2000, 2001)	14
Uzbekistan		4 (2001, 2006, 2010, 2016*)	4 (2005, 2007, 2014, 2018)	1 (2004)	9
Thailand		2 (2008*, 2012)	5 (2000*, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2016)		7
South Korea		1 (1999)	1 (2001)	1 (2002)	3
Kazakhstan^[a]		1 (2000)	1 (1999)		2
Kyrgyzstan				3 (2005, 2006, 2007)	3
China				2 (2008, 2010)	2
Kuwait				2 (2003, 2014)	2
Australia				1 (2012)	1
Vietnam				1 (2016)	1
Iraq				1 (2018)	1

* = hosts

Medals (1999-2018)

Summary (1999-2022)

Rank	Team	Part	M	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Points
1	Iran	16	99	93	2	4	938	141	+797	281
2	Japan	16	98	73	6	19	469	191	+278	225
3	Uzbekistan	16	85	56	6	23	359	213	+146	174
4	Thailand	16	81	54	6	21	459	231	+228	168
5	Kyrgyzstan	15	66	28	10	28	207	242	–35	94
6	Lebanon	12	49	19	9	21	182	200	–18	66
7	South Korea	14	57	20	6	31	238	273	–35	66
8	Kuwait	12	52	18	6	28	195	214	–19	60
9	Iraq	12	48	18	4	26	170	177	–7	58
10	China	12	47	16	2	29	185	213	–28	50
11	Australia	7	31	16	1	14	87	105	–18	49
12	Tajikistan	11	39	13	2	24	132	211	–79	41
13	Vietnam	6	27	11	2	14	76	105	–29	35
14	Chinese Taipei	13	44	10	3	31	128	218	–90	33
15	Indonesia	10	36	10	2	24	118	187	–69	32
16	Kazakhstan^[a]	3	15	8	4	3	77	42	+35	28
17	Palestine	3	15	9	0	6	101	70	+31	27
18	Malaysia	12	40	8	2	30	112	236	–124	26
19	Hong Kong	5	20	7	1	12	58	100	–42	22
20	Turkmenistan	7	24	6	1	17	68	141	–73	19
21	Qatar	3	12	3	0	9	47	70	–23	9
22	Bahrain	3	11	2	3	6	32	50	–18	9
23	Saudi Arabia	2	6	2	1	3	14	15	–1	7
24	Philippines	3	13	1	2	10	21	85	–64	5
25	Macau	4	17	1	1	15	23	167	–144	4
26	United Arab Emirates	1	3	1	0	2	6	8	–2	3
27	Cambodia	1	4	1	0	3	12	46	–34	3
28	Oman	1	3	0	0	3	3	18	–15	0
29	Myanmar	1	3	0	0	3	5	22	–17	0
30	Jordan	2	6	0	0	6	7	25	–18	0
31	Brunei	1	4	0	0	4	7	53	–46	0
32	Bhutan	1	6	0	0	6	13	73	–60	0
33	Maldives	2	9	0	0	9	10	128	–118	0
34	Guam	2	9	0	0	9	8	142	–134	0
35	Singapore	3	11	0	0	11	15	170	–155	0

Participating

Comprehensive team results by tournament
Legend

1st – Champions
2nd – Runners-up
3rd – Third place
4th – Fourth place
SF – 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
– To be determined
– Hosts
– Not an AFC member

Qualified teams

Team	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2010	2012	2014	2016	2018	2022	Years
Australia								R1	QF	QF	QF	4th	QF	QF	×	•	7
Bahrain	×	×	×	R1	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	×	•	QF	R1	3
Bhutan	×	×	×	×	×	×	R1	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	1
Brunei	×	×	×	R1	••	×	×	×	×	•	×	×	•	•	•	×	1
Cambodia	×	×	×	×	×	R1	×	•	×	×	•	•	×	×	×	•	1
China	×	×	×	R1	R1	QF	R2	R1	R1	4th	4th	R1	R1	R1	R1	×	12
Chinese Taipei	×	×	R1	R1	QF	R1	R1	R1	•	R1	R1	R1	R1	R1	R1	R1	13
Guam	×	×	×	×	×	R1	R1	×	•	×	•	×	×	×	×	×	2
Hong Kong	×	×	×	×	R1	R1	R1	R1	R1	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	5
Indonesia	×	×	×	R1	R1	R1	R1	R1	•	R1	R1	R1	R1	×	•	QF	10
Iran	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	3rd	1st	1st	1st	3rd	2nd	1st	1st	q	16
Iraq	×	×	R1	QF	R1	×	R1	R1	R1	R1	R1	•	R1	QF	4th	R1	12
Japan	4th	4th	4th	2nd	2nd	2nd	2nd	1st	2nd	3rd	3rd	1st	1st	QF	2nd	q	16
Jordan	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	×	R1	R1	×	2
Kazakhstan	3rd	2nd	QF														3
Kuwait	×	×	QF	QF	4th	QF	R2	R1	R1	R1	R1	QF	4th	×	×	QF	12
Kyrgyzstan	R1	R1	R1	QF	QF	R1	SF	4th	4th	QF	QF	QF	R1	QF	R1	•	15
Lebanon	×	×	×	×	R1	QF	R1	R1	QF	QF	QF	QF	QF	R1	QF	R1	12
Macau	×	R1	×	×	R1	R1	R1	•	×	•	•	•	•	×	•	•	4
Malaysia	R1	×	R1	R1	R1	R1	R1	R1	R1	R1	•	•	R1	R1	R1	•	12
Maldives	×	×	×	×	×	R1	R1	•	•	•	×	×	×	×	×	×	2
Myanmar	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	R1	•	1
Oman	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	R1	1
Palestine	×	×	QF	×	R1	×	R1	×	×	×	×	•	×	×	×	•	3
Philippines	×	×	×	×	×	R1	R1	×	R1	×	•	•	•	•	×	×	3
Qatar	×	×	×	×	×	×	R1	×	×	•	•	R1	•	R1	•	•	3
Saudi Arabia	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	R1	•	R1	2
Singapore	R1	R1	R1	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	×	3
South Korea	2nd	R1	3rd	4th	QF	QF	R1	•	R1	R1	R1	R1	R1	•	R1	R1	14
Tajikistan	×	×	R1	×	×	×	R2	R1	QF	R1	R1	R1	R1	R1	R1	QF	11
Thailand	R1	3rd	QF	3rd	3rd	3rd	R2	R1	QF	2nd	QF	2nd	QF	3rd	QF	q	16
Turkmenistan	×	×	×	••	••	×	R1	R1	R1	R1	R1	R1	•	•	•	R1	7
United Arab Emirates	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	R1	×	•	•	•	1
Uzbekistan	R1	R1	2nd	QF	QF	4th	SF	2nd	3rd	QF	2nd	QF	3rd	2nd	3rd	q	16
Vietnam	×	×	×	×	×	×	R1	•	×	•	R1	•	QF	4th	QF	QF	6
Total	9	9	14	14	16	18	24	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16

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.

Team	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2010	2012	2014	2016	2018	2022	Years
Afghanistan	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	×	•	•	•	—
Bangladesh	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	—
East Timor							×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	×	•	—
India	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	—
Laos	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	×	—
Mongolia	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	•	•	•	—
Nepal	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	—
North Korea	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	—
Northern Mariana Islands											×	×	×	×	×	×	—
Pakistan	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	—
Sri Lanka	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	—
Syria	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	×	×	×	—
Yemen	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	—
Total	9	9	14	14	16	18	24	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16

FIFA Futsal World Cup

Legends

1st – Champions
2nd – Runners-up
3rd – Third place
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
– Not an AFC member
Q – Qualified for upcoming tournament

Team	1989	1992	1996	2000	2004	2008	2012	2016	2020	Total
Australia							R1	R1		2
China		R1	R1			R1				3
Chinese Taipei					R1					1
Hong Kong		R1								1
Iran		4th	R1	R1	R1	R2	R2	3rd	QF	8
Japan	R1				R1	R1	R2		R2	5
Kazakhstan				R1						1
Kuwait							R1			1
Malaysia			R1							1
Saudi Arabia	R1									1
Thailand				R1	R1	R1	R2	R2	R2	6
Uzbekistan								R1	R2	2
Vietnam								R2	R2	2

Awards

Most Valuable Players

Year	Player
1999	Not awarded
2000	Not awarded
2001	Not awarded
2002	Anucha Munjarern
2003	Vahid Shamsaei
2004	Mohammad Reza Heidarian
2005	Kenichiro Kogure
2006	Kenichiro Kogure
2007	Vahid Shamsaei
2008	Vahid Shamsaei
2010	Mohammad Taheri
2012	Rafael Henmi
2014	Ali Asghar Hassanzadeh
2016	Ali Asghar Hassanzadeh
2018	Ali Asghar Hassanzadeh

Top Scorers

Year	Player	Goals
1999	Kazem Mohammadi and Reza Rezaei Kamal	18
2000	Therdsak Chaiman	11
2001	Vahid Shamsaei	31
2002	Vahid Shamsaei	26
2003	Vahid Shamsaei	24
2004	Vahid Shamsaei	33
2005	Vahid Shamsaei	23
2006	Vahid Shamsaei	16
2007	Kenichiro Kogure	12
2008	Vahid Shamsaei	13
2010	Mohammad Taheri	13
2012	Vahid Shamsaei	7
2014	Hossein Tayyebi	15
2016	Suphawut Thueanklang	14
2018	Hossein Tayyebi	14

Fair Play Award

Year	Team
1999	Not awarded
2000	Not awarded
2001	Not awarded
2002	Thailand
2003	Iran
2004	Iran
2005	Not awarded
2006	Uzbekistan
2007	Iran
2008	Japan
2010	Iran
2012	Iran
2014	Not awarded
2016	Not awarded
2018	Iraq

Total Awards (1999-2018)

Rank	Team	Numbers
1	Iran	26
2	Japan	5
3	Thailand	4
4	Uzbekistan	1
5	Iraq	1

Best Wins (1999-2022)

All Rounds

Wins with 10 and +10 GD:

Rank	Winner	Result	Loser	Year
1	Iran	36-0	Singapore	1999
2	Iran	28-0	Singapore	2001
3	China	27-1	Guam	2004
4	Iran	27-2	Bhutan	2005
5	Thailand	25-0	Maldives	2005
6	Iran	24-1	Cambodia	2004
7	Iran	22-0	Macau	2000
8	Thailand	23-2	Turkmenistan	2005
9	Thailand	21-0	Singapore	1999
10	Iran	21-0	Kyrgyzstan	1999
11	Thailand	21-0	Guam	2004
12	China	21-0	Maldives	2005
13	South Korea	23-3	Maldives	2004
14	Kuwait	20-0	Maldives	2004
15	Iraq	20-1	Brunei	2002
16	Iran	20-1	Indonesia	2006
17	Kazakhstan	19-0	Singapore	2000
18	Japan	18-0	Guam	2005
19	Iran	19-2	Tajikistan	2010
20	Iran	17-0	Malaysia	2002
21	Japan	17-0	Macau	2004
22	Iran	18-2	Kuwait	2001
23	Japan	16-0	Philippines	2007
24	Iran	16-1	Chinese Taipei	2002
25	Iran	15-0	Hong Kong	2004
26	Malaysia	15-0	Guam	2004
27	Kuwait	15-1	China	2002
28	China	15-1	Turkmenistan	2005
29	Iran	15-1	Malaysia	2007
30	South Korea	14-0	Singapore	1999
31	Palestine	14-0	Guam	2005
32	Iran	14-0	Turkmenistan	2006
33	Iran	14-0	Tajikistan	2008
34	Iran	14-0	Myanmar	2018
35	Iran	15-2	Lebanon	2003
36	Indonesia	15-2	Guam	2005
37	Thailand	14-1	Brunei	2002
38	Japan	14-1	Macau	2003
39	Iran	14-1	South Korea	2012
40	Iran	16-4	Palestine	2001
41	Lebanon	14-2	Bhutan	2005
42	Uzbekistan	13-1	Cambodia	2004
43	Uzbekistan	13-1	Macau	2005
44	Kuwait	13-1	Bhutan	2005
45	Iran	13-1	Vietnam	2016
46	Japan	12-0	Philippines	2004
47	Japan	12-0	Hong Kong	2006
48	Iran	12-0	Kuwait	2008
49	Iran	12-0	China	2014
50	Japan	12-0	South Korea	2014
51	Iran	15-4	Vietnam	2014
52	Thailand	13-2	Malaysia	2004
53	Iran	13-2	Iraq	2016
54	Uzbekistan	13-2	South Korea	2018
55	Japan	12-1	Macau	2000
56	Kuwait	12-1	Macau	2003
57	Thailand	11-0	Indonesia	2008
58	Thailand	17-7	Kyrgyzstan	1999
59	Palestine	14-4	Philippines	2005
60	Qatar	14-4	Guam	2005
61	Iran	13-3	Indonesia	2004
62	South Korea	13-3	Maldives	2005
63	Kazakhstan	12-2	Tajikistan	2001
64	Iran	12-2	China	2003
65	Japan	11-1	Malaysia	2016
66	Iran	11-1	China	2018
67	Malaysia	10-0	Guam	2005
68	Uzbekistan	10-0	Malaysia	2008
69	Iran	10-0	Uzbekistan	2014

Quarter Final

Rank	Winner	Result	Loser	Year
1	Iran	18-2	Kuwait	2001
2	Iran	15-4	Vietnam	2014
3	Iran	10-2	Kyrgyzstan	2002
4	Iran	9-1	Lebanon	2008
5	Iran	9-1	Thailand	2018

Semi Final

Rank	Winner	Result	Loser	Year
1	Iran	13-1	Vietnam	2016
2	Iran	10-0	Uzbekistan	2014
3	Iran	10-2	Kuwait	2003
4	Iran	8-2	Thailand	2000
5	Iran	8-2	Japan	2001

Third Place

Rank	Winner	Result	Loser	Year
1	Thailand	8-0	Vietnam	2016
2	Thailand	8-2	Kuwait	2003
3	Uzbekistan	8-2	Thailand	2022
4	Japan	6-1	China	2010
5	Iran	4-0	Australia	2012

Final

Rank	Winner	Result	Loser	Year
1	Iran	9-0	Uzbekistan	2001
2	Iran	9-1	South Korea	1999
3	Iran	6-0	Japan	2002
4	Iran	8-3	Uzbekistan	2010
5	Japan	6-1	Thailand	2012

AET Matches

Matches that result defined in overtime (without penalty kicks) = AET

Number	Winner	Result	Loser	Year	Round
1	Uzbekistan	4-3	Thailand	2001	QF
2	Japan	3-2	Thailand	2003	SF
3	Kyrgyzstan	3-2	Lebanon	2007	QF
4	Australia	3-2	Kuwait	2012	QF
5	Thailand	5-4	Iran	2012	SF

PSO Matches

Matches that result defined in penalty kicks = PSO

Number	Winner	Result	Loser	Year	Round
1	Kazakhstan	2-2 / 4-3	Japan	1999	TP
2	Japan	2-2 / 7-6	Kazakhstan	2001	QF
3	Kuwait	1-1 / 6-5	South Korea	2003	QF
4	Japan	2-2 / 3-0	Iran	2014	F
5	Vietnam	4-4 / 2-1	Japan	2016	QF
6	Uzbekistan	2-2 / 3-1	Thailand	2016	SF
7	Iraq	2-2 / 9-8	Lebanon	2018	QF
8	Uzbekistan	4-4 / 2-1	Iraq	2018	TP

Notes

AFC Futsal Asian Cup
	File:AFC Futsal Championship.png
Organising body	AFC
Founded	1999; 25 years ago
Region	Asia
Number of teams	16
Current champions	Japan (4th title)
Most successful team(s)	Iran (12 titles)
	2022 AFC Futsal Asian Cup

^ ^a ^b Kazakhstan has no longer competed since 2002 due to switched to UEFA.

References

^ "AFC rebrands age group championships to AFC Asian Cups". AFC. 2 October 2020.
^ Latest update on AFC Competitions in 2021, Asian Football Confederation official website, 25 January 2021

External links

[2] Uzbekistan was Third in 2005 by total performance in all matches with 6 Win, 1 Lose but Kyrgyzstan with 5 Win, 2 Lose.

[4] Turkmenistan was chosen to be the original host of the 2020 tournament. However due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it had been postponed. After that AFC announced that the tournament would instead be held in Kuwait, but it was also cancelled in the end.^[2]

[Kazakhstan-5] Kazakhstan has no longer competed since 2002 due to switched to UEFA.

[1] "AFC rebrands age group championships to AFC Asian Cups". AFC. 2 October 2020.

[3] Latest update on AFC Competitions in 2021, Asian Football Confederation official website, 25 January 2021

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