2012 AFC Futsal Championship

2012 AFC Futsal Championship
Tournament details
Host country United Arab Emirates
Dates May 25 – June 1
Teams 16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  Japan (2nd title)
Runners-up  Thailand
Third place  Iran
Fourth place  Australia
Tournament statistics
Matches played 32
Goals scored 198 (6.19 per match)
Attendance 9,077 (284 per match)
Top scorer(s) Iran Vahid Shamsaei (7)
Best player Japan Rafael Henmi

The 2012 AFC Futsal Championship was held in United Arab Emirates from 25 May to 1 June 2012. 16 countries took part in the 12th edition of the tournament. It was also be the qualification event for the 2012 FIFA Futsal World Cup to be held in Thailand. The AFC Futsal Committee pushed the dates for the event forward from the original May 18 to May 25.[1]

In its first meeting for the 2011-2015 term under the chairmanship of Guam's Richard Lai, the AFC Futsal Committee decided to award the championship to United Arab Emirates.[2]

Qualification

Draw

The draw for the tournament was held on 11 March 2012 in United Arab Emirates.[3]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

 United Arab Emirates
 Iran
 Uzbekistan
 Japan

 China
 Thailand
 Lebanon
 Australia

 Kyrgyzstan
 Indonesia
 Tajikistan
 South Korea

 Turkmenistan
 Chinese Taipei
 Kuwait
 Qatar

Group stage

Group A

Team Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
 Thailand 3 3 0 0 11 3 +8 9
 Kyrgyzstan 3 2 0 1 5 4 +1 6
 United Arab Emirates 3 1 0 2 6 8 −2 3
 Turkmenistan 3 0 0 3 3 10 −7 0

May 25
18:00
United Arab Emirates  3 – 1  Turkmenistan
Y. Mohamed  5'
Ibrahim  35'
Jamil  40' 		Report M. Atayev  20'
Al-Wasl Stadium, Dubai
Attendance: 150
Referee: Alireza Sohrabi (Iran)

May 25
20:30
Thailand  2 – 0  Kyrgyzstan
Chaemcharoen  33'
Ahamah  39' 		Report
Al-Wasl Stadium, Dubai
Attendance: 150
Referee: Kim Jang-kwan (South Korea)

May 26
17:30
Turkmenistan  1 – 5  Thailand
V. Atayev  4' Report Thueanklang  3', 9'
Chaemcharoen  6'
Lakka  36'
Wongkaeo  39'
Al-Wasl Stadium, Dubai
Attendance: 160
Referee: Scott Kidson (Australia)

May 26
20:00
Kyrgyzstan  3 – 1  United Arab Emirates
Ermekov  22'
A. Abdulla  32' (o.g.)
Kanetov  35' 		Report T. Abdulla  37'
Al-Wasl Stadium, Dubai
Attendance: 100
Referee: Timo Onatsu (Finland)

May 27
20:00
United Arab Emirates  2 – 4  Thailand
Jamil  1', 40' Report Chaemcharoen  5'
Sornwichian  10'
Wongkaeo  17'
Thueanklang  38'
Al-Wasl Stadium, Dubai
Attendance: 250
Referee: Husein Khalaileh (Jordan)

May 27
20:00
Kyrgyzstan  2 – 1  Turkmenistan
Djetybaev  15'
Kondratkov  17' 		Report Rahimov  37'
Al-Shabab Stadium, Dubai
Attendance: 150
Referee: Naoki Miyatani (Japan)

Group B

Team Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
 Japan 3 3 0 0 15 4 +11 9
 Lebanon 3 2 0 1 7 6 +1 6
 Tajikistan 3 1 0 2 8 12 −4 3
 Chinese Taipei 3 0 0 3 7 15 −8 0

May 25
12:00
Japan  3 – 2  Lebanon
Kitahara  4'
Hoshi  4'
Henmi  40' 		Report Abou-Zeid  5'
Kawsan  34'
Al-Wasl Stadium, Dubai
Attendance: 200
Referee: Christopher Colley (Australia)

May 25
14:30
Chinese Taipei  4 – 6  Tajikistan
Liu Chi-chao  4'
Chen Po-hao  11'
Chang Han  17', 23' 		Report Nazarov  22'
Jumaev  25'
Dodkhudoev  34'
Yang Chao-hsun  35' (o.g.)
Ulmasov  40', 40'
Al-Wasl Stadium, Dubai
Attendance: 96
Referee: Nurdin Bukuev (Kyrgyzstan)

May 26
12:00
Lebanon  3 – 2  Chinese Taipei
Takaji  3', 25'
Kawsan  6' 		Report Pan Wen-chieh  15'
Liu Chi-chao  17'
Al-Wasl Stadium, Dubai
Attendance: 150
Referee: Mohammad Al-Haddad (Kuwait)

May 26
14:30
Tajikistan  1 – 6  Japan
Mamedbabaev  5' Report Komiyama  1'
Murakami  4', 11'
Inaba  9', 25'
Henmi  37'
Al-Wasl Stadium, Dubai
Attendance: 100
Referee: Vahid Arzpeima (Iran)

May 27
12:00
Japan  6 – 1  Chinese Taipei
Henmi  11', 21'
Komiyama  28'
Kogure  31', 33'
Murakami  35' 		Report Lo Chih-an  6'
Al-Wasl Stadium, Dubai
Attendance: 80
Referee: Kim Jang-kwan (South Korea)

May 27
12:00
Tajikistan  1 – 2  Lebanon
Mamedbabaev  9' Report Takaji  1'
Atwi  30'
Al-Shabab Stadium, Dubai
Attendance: 91
Referee: Rey Ritaga (Philippines)

Group C

Team Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
 Iran 3 3 0 0 31 1 +30 9
 Australia 3 2 0 1 9 10 −1 6
 Qatar 3 1 0 2 7 14 −7 3
 South Korea 3 0 0 3 4 26 −22 0

May 25
18:00
Australia  3 – 1  Qatar
Zeballos  4', 29'
Gomez  39' 		Report Yousuf  38'
Al-Shabab Stadium, Dubai
Attendance: 250
Referee: Marc Birkett (England)

May 25
20:30
Iran  14 – 1  South Korea
Esmaeilpour  7'
Taheri  11'
Hassanzadeh  11', 12', 33'
Javid  15', 17', 27'
Keshavarz  23', 29'
Asghari  29', 39'
Tayyebi  31'
Jeong Eui-hyun  36' (o.g.) 		Report Seo Dae-yun  30'
Al-Shabab Stadium, Dubai
Attendance: 728
Referee: Mohammad Al-Haddad (Kuwait)

May 26
17:30
South Korea  0 – 6  Australia
Report Fernando  15', 19'
Seeto  22'
Fogarty  25'
Giovenali  33'
Spathis  40'
Al-Shabab Stadium, Dubai
Attendance: 54
Referee: Zhang Youze (China)

May 26
20:00
Qatar  0 – 8  Iran
Report Taheri  1'
Keshavarz  2'
Tayyebi  15', 37'
Ahmadi  18'
Shamsaei  23', 31'
Hassanzadeh  29'
Al-Shabab Stadium, Dubai
Attendance: 300
Referee: Yasukazu Nobumoto (Japan)

May 27
17:30
Iran  9 – 0  Australia
Taheri  11', 22'
Shamsaei  13', 40'
Hassanzadeh  14', 33'
Bahadori  16'
Tayyebi  29'
Asghari  37' 		Report
Al-Wasl Stadium, Dubai
Attendance: 600
Referee: Marc Birkett (England)

May 27
17:30
Qatar  6 – 3  South Korea
Khalifa  7'
Mohssein  21'
Bilal  24'
Yousuf  29'
Al-Sabah  33'
Mohammed  40' 		Report Mohammed  12' (o.g.)
Kim Min-kuk  36'
Kim Jeong-nam  38'
Al-Shabab Stadium, Dubai
Attendance: 56
Referee: Mohamad Chami (Lebanon)

Group D

Team Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
 Kuwait 3 2 1 0 15 4 +11 7
 Uzbekistan 3 2 1 0 12 3 +9 7
 China 3 1 0 2 6 9 −3 3
 Indonesia 3 0 0 3 6 23 −17 0

May 25
12:00
Uzbekistan  1 – 1  Kuwait
Irsaliev  9' Report Sviridov  6' (o.g.)
Al-Shabab Stadium, Dubai
Attendance: 250
Referee: Naoki Miyatani (Japan)

May 25
14:30
Indonesia  2 – 5  China
Tamimy  20'
Handoyo  35' 		Report Hu Jie  18', 40'
Zhao Liang  26'
Deng Tao  29'
Cong Lin  32'
Al-Shabab Stadium, Dubai
Attendance: 91
Referee: Husein Khalaileh (Jordan)

May 26
12:00
Kuwait  9 – 3  Indonesia
Al-Wadi  6', 26', 35'
Al-Taweel  10', 13', 24', 33'
S. Al-Mutairi  12'
F. Haidar  36' 		Report Handoyo  3'
Saptaji  28'
Balfas  38'
Al-Shabab Stadium, Dubai
Attendance: 104
Referee: Rey Ritaga (Philippines)

May 26
14:30
China  1 – 2  Uzbekistan
Hu Jie  4' Report Sviridov  19'
Irsaliev  36'
Al-Shabab Stadium, Dubai
Attendance: 200
Referee: Nurdin Bukuev (Kyrgyzstan)

May 27
14:30
Uzbekistan  9 – 1  Indonesia
Irsaliev  4', 13'
Elibaev  8'
Tajibaev  17', 31'
Abdumavlyanov  21', 37'
Khalmukhamedov  25'
Rakhmatov  40' 		Report Wardhana  13'
Al-Wasl Stadium, Dubai
Attendance: 230
Referee: Alireza Sohrabi (Iran)

May 27
14:30
China  0 – 5  Kuwait
Report Al-Farsi  10', 16', 28'
S. Al-Mutairi  30'
Al-Mosabehi  40'
Al-Shabab Stadium, Dubai
Attendance: 200
Referee: Christopher Colley (Australia)

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                   
May 29 – Dubai        
  Thailand  5
May 30 – Dubai
  Lebanon  3  
  Thailand (aet)  5
May 29 – Dubai
    Iran  4  
  Iran  6
June 1 – Dubai
  Uzbekistan  3  
  Thailand  1
May 29 – Dubai
    Japan  6
  Japan  1
May 30 – Dubai
  Kyrgyzstan  0  
  Japan  3 Third place
May 29 – Dubai
    Australia  0  
  Kuwait  2   Iran  4
  Australia (aet)  3     Australia  0
June 1 – Dubai

Quarter-finals

May 29
15:30
Thailand  5 – 3  Lebanon
Chudech  5'
Thueanklang  8'
Chaemcharoen  20'
Madyalan  30'
Sornwichian  36' 		Report Kawsan  1', 4'
El Homsi  38'
Al-Wasl Stadium, Dubai
Attendance: 350
Referee: Scott Kidson (Australia)

May 29
15:30
Iran  6 – 3  Uzbekistan
Ahmadi  5', 39'
Esmaeilpour  7'
Hassanzadeh  20'
Taheri  22'
Tayyebi  32' 		Report Tojiboev  22', 28'
Rakhmatov  40'
Al-Shabab Stadium, Dubai
Attendance: 1,038
Referee: Yasukazu Nobumoto (Japan)

May 29
18:30
Japan  1 – 0  Kyrgyzstan
Henmi  12' Report
Al-Wasl Stadium, Dubai
Attendance: 260
Referee: Timo Onatsu (Finland)

May 29
18:30
Kuwait  2 – 3 (a.e.t.)  Australia
S. Al-Mutairi  15'
Al-Awadhi  28' 		Report Fogarty  3', 42'
Ngaluafe  16'
Al-Shabab Stadium, Dubai
Attendance: 250
Referee: Nurdin Bukuev (Kyrgyzstan)

Semi-finals

May 30
15:30
Thailand  5 – 4 (a.e.t.)  Iran
Thueanklang  10', 30' (pen.), 50'
Sornwichian  32'
Chaemcharoen  43' 		Report Shamsaei  4', 49'
Tayyebi  7'
Asghari  30'
Al-Wasl Stadium, Dubai
Attendance: 800
Referee: Timo Onatsu (Finland)

May 30
18:30
Japan  3 – 0  Australia
Kogure  29'
Kitahara  32'
Henmi  40' 		Report
Al-Wasl Stadium, Dubai
Attendance: 113
Referee: Mohammad Al-Haddad (Kuwait)

Third place play-off

June 1
16:00
Iran  4 – 0  Australia
Asghari  36', 40'
Taheri  37'
Shamsaei  40' 		Report
Al-Wasl Stadium, Dubai
Attendance: 600
Referee: Naoki Miyatani (Japan)

Final

June 1
19:30
Thailand  1 – 6  Japan
Wongkaeo  11' Report Kogure  4'
Kitahara  15'
Inaba  31'
Henmi  34'
Kawahara  37'
Murakami  38'
Al-Wasl Stadium, Dubai
Attendance: 926
Referee: Nurdin Bukuev (Kyrgyzstan)

Awards

AFC Futsal Championship 2012 Winners

Japan
2nd title
Hisamitsu Kawahara, Wataru Kitahara, Yusuke Komiyama, Tetsuya Murakami, Nobuya Osodo, Shota Hoshi, Kenichiro Kogure, Kensuke Takahashi, Toru Fukimbara, Kazuhiro Nibuya, Jun Fujiwara, Rafael Henmi, Kotaro Inaba, Manabu Takita
Coach: Spain Miguel Rodrigo

Goalscorers

7 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
2 goals (cont.)
1 goal
  • Australia Greg Giovenali
  • Australia Andres Gomez
  • Australia Danny Ngaluafe
  • Australia Tobias Seeto
  • Australia Peter Spathis
  • China Cong Lin
  • China Deng Tao
  • China Zhao Liang
  • Chinese Taipei Chen Po-hao
  • Chinese Taipei Lo Chih-an
  • Chinese Taipei Pan Wen-chieh
  • Indonesia Karami Balfas
  • Indonesia Bambang Bayu Saptaji
  • Indonesia Afif Tamimy
  • Indonesia Gustian Sukima Wardhana
  • Iran Ghodrat Bahadori
  • Japan Shota Hoshi
  • Japan Hisamitsu Kawahara
  • Kuwait Hamad Al-Awadhi
  • Kuwait Abdulrahman Al-Mosabehi
  • Kuwait Fawaz Haidar
  • Kyrgyzstan Nurjan Djetybaev
  • Kyrgyzstan Rustam Ermekov
1 goal (cont.)
  • Kyrgyzstan Emil Kanetov
  • Kyrgyzstan Vadim Kondratkov
  • Lebanon Karim Abou-Zeid
  • Lebanon Hayssam Atwi
  • Lebanon Ali El Homsi
  • Qatar Ali Al-Sabah
  • Qatar Saad Bilal
  • Qatar Salem Khalifa
  • Qatar Muneer Mohammed
  • Qatar Amro Mohssein
  • South Korea Kim Jeong-nam
  • South Korea Kim Min-kuk
  • South Korea Seo Dae-yun
  • Tajikistan Orzu Dodkhudoev
  • Tajikistan Sherzod Jumaev
  • Tajikistan Akhtam Nazarov
  • Thailand Aref Ahamah
  • Thailand Jetsada Chudech
  • Thailand Konghla Lakka
  • Thailand Nattawut Madyalan
  • Turkmenistan Mergen Atayev
  • Turkmenistan Vatan Atayev
  • Turkmenistan Nazim Rahimov
  • United Arab Emirates Tariq Abdulla
  • United Arab Emirates Bader Ibrahim
  • United Arab Emirates Yousif Mohamed
  • Uzbekistan Nodir Elibaev
  • Uzbekistan Oleg Khalmukhamedov
  • Uzbekistan Konstantin Sviridov
Own goals
  • Chinese Taipei Yang Chao-hsun (for Tajikistan)
  • Qatar Muneer Mohammed (for South Korea)
  • South Korea Jeong Eui-hyun (for Iran)
  • United Arab Emirates Abdulaziz Abdulla (for Kyrgyzstan)
  • Uzbekistan Konstantin Sviridov (for Kuwait)

References

  1. ↑ "AFC Futsal Championship rescheduled". the-afc.com. 3 March 2012. Retrieved 3 March 2012.
  2. ↑ "UAE are next AFC futsal hosts". the-afc.com. 2 July 2011. Retrieved 2 July 2011.
  3. ↑ "UAE 2012 draw done". the-afc.com. 11 March 2012. Retrieved 11 March 2012.

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