2016 AFC Futsal Championship

The 2016 AFC Futsal Championship will be the 14th edition of the AFC Futsal Championship, the biennial Asian futsal competition contested by the men's national teams of the member associations of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The tournament will be held in the Republic of China between 9–20 February 2016.^[1][2] The tournament was originally scheduled for 12–27 March 2016, but this was changed following the adoption of the FIFA futsal international match calendar.^[3]

This tournament will also be a qualification event for the 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup to be held in Colombia, with the top five teams qualified to this tournament.

Qualified teams

Team	Qualified as	Qualification date	Appearance in finals
Chinese Taipei	*Host !Host	0426 November 2014	11 !11th
Japan	AFC A1 !2014 AFC Futsal Championship Winners	018 May 2014	14 !14th
Iran	AFC A2 !2014 AFC Futsal Championship Runner-up	028 May 2014	14 !14th
Uzbekistan	AFC A3 !2014 AFC Futsal Championship Third Place	0310 May 2014	14 !14th
	East 1 !East Zone
	East 2 !East Zone
	East 3 !East Zone
	ASEAN 1 !ASEAN Zone
	ASEAN 2 !ASEAN Zone
	ASEAN 3 !ASEAN Zone
	South & Central 1 !South & Central Group
	South & Central 2 !South & Central Group
	South & Central 3 !South & Central Group
	West 1 !West Group
	West 2 !West Group
	West 3 !West Group

Draw

Group stage

If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria were applied to determine the rankings.^[4]

1. Greater number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
2. Goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned;
3. Greater number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned;
4. Goal difference in all the group matches;
5. Greater number of goals scored in all the group matches;
6. Kicks from the penalty mark if only two teams are involved and they are both on the field of play;
7. Fewer score calculated according to the number of yellow and red cards received in the group matches;
8. Drawing of lots.

All times are local (UTC+8).

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Chinese Taipei	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Group B

Group C

Group D

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary (no extra time is used in the third place match).^[4]

References

External links

• AFC Futsal Championship, the-AFC.com

International futsal AMF AMF Futsal World Cup FIFA FIFA Futsal World Cup Women's Futsal World Tournament Grand Prix Confederations Cup Pan American Games South American Games Mediterranean Cup Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games Lusophony Games Southeast Asian Games Futsal Awards Teams Asia AFC – Futsal Championship Africa CAF – Futsal Championship North America Central America and Caribbean CONCACAF – Futsal Championship South America CONMEBOL – Copa América Oceania OFC – Futsal Championship Europe UEFS – UEFS Futsal Men's Championship – UEFS Futsal Women's Championship; UEFA – Futsal Championship