2001 AFC Futsal Championship

2001 AFC Futsal Championship
Tournament details
Host country Iran
Dates July 14–20
Teams 14 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  Iran (3rd title)
Runners-up  Uzbekistan
Third place  South Korea
Fourth place  Japan
Tournament statistics
Matches played 34
Goals scored 328 (9.65 per match)
Top scorer(s) Iran Vahid Shamsaei (31)

The 2001 AFC Futsal Championship was held in Tehran, Iran from 14 July to 20 July 2001.

Draw

Group A Group B Group C

 Iran
 Japan
 Singapore
 Chinese Taipei
 Palestine

 Kazakhstan
 Uzbekistan
 Malaysia
 Kuwait
 Tajikistan

 Thailand
 South Korea
 Kyrgyzstan
 Iraq

Group stage

Group A

Team Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
 Iran 4 4 0 0 62 9 +53 12
 Palestine 4 3 0 1 22 23 1 9
 Japan 4 2 0 2 20 17 +3 6
 Chinese Taipei 4 1 0 3 16 25 9 3
 Singapore 4 0 0 4 6 52 46 0

July 14
8:00
Iran  16 – 4  Palestine




July 15
12:00
Iran  28 – 0  Singapore

July 15
20:00
Singapore  1 – 8  Japan

July 16
7:30
Palestine  3 – 2  Japan


July 16
18:00
Japan  4 – 8  Iran

Group B

Team Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
 Kazakhstan 4 3 1 0 22 6 +16 10
 Uzbekistan 4 3 1 0 22 10 +12 10
 Kuwait 4 2 0 2 12 14 2 6
 Tajikistan 4 1 0 3 16 26 10 3
 Malaysia 4 0 0 4 11 27 16 0

July 14
12:00
Kazakhstan  4 – 0  Kuwait


July 14
22:00
Kuwait  6 – 4  Tajikistan




July 16
11:00
Kuwait  2 – 3  Uzbekistan



July 16
23:15
Malaysia  3 – 4  Kuwait

Group C

Team Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
 Thailand 3 2 0 1 21 10 +11 6
 South Korea 3 2 0 1 15 15 0 6
 Kyrgyzstan 3 1 1 1 13 16 3 4
 Iraq 3 0 1 2 8 16 8 1

July 14
18:00
Iraq  1 – 3  South Korea

July 15
16:00
Kyrgyzstan  5 – 5  Iraq


July 16
14:30
Iraq  2 – 8  Thailand

Third placed teams

Team Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
 Japan 4 2 0 2 20 17 +3 6
 Kuwait 4 2 0 2 12 14 2 6
 Kyrgyzstan 3 1 1 1 13 16 3 4

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                   
July 18 – Tehran        
  Iran  18
July 20 – Tehran
  Kuwait  2  
  Iran  8
July 18 – Tehran
    Japan  2  
  Kazakhstan  2 (6)
July 20 – Tehran
  Japan (p)  2 (7)  
  Iran  9
July 18 – Tehran
    Uzbekistan  0
  Thailand  3
July 20 – Tehran
  Uzbekistan (aet)  4  
  Uzbekistan  4 Third place
July 18 – Tehran
    South Korea  0  
  Palestine  2   Japan  1
  South Korea  3     South Korea  2
July 20 – Tehran

Quarter-finals

July 18
13:00
Iran  18 – 2  Kuwait

July 18
15:00
Kazakhstan  2 – 2 (a.e.t.)  Japan
  Penalties  
6 – 7


Semi-finals

July 20
09:00
Iran  8 – 2  Japan

Third place play-off

July 20
18:00
Japan  1 – 2  South Korea

Final

July 20
20:00
Iran  9 – 0  Uzbekistan
Saneei
Dadashi
Hashemzadeh
Heidarian
Pariazar
Shamsaei
Azadi Indoor Stadium, Tehran
Attendance: 12,000

Awards

AFC Futsal Championship 2001 Winners

Iran
3rd title
Amir Farrashi, Mansour Molaei, Reza Nasseri, Mohammad Reza Heidarian, Ali Saneei, Mohammad Hashemzadeh, Ahmad Pariazar, Kazem Mohammadi, Majid Raeisi, Hamid Shandizi, Vahid Shamsaei, Siamak Dadashi, Mojtaba Moeini, Majid Molazem
Coach: Netherlands Victor Hermans

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