2016 AFC Futsal Championship

2016 AFC Futsal Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Uzbekistan
City	Tashkent
Dates	10–21 February 2016
Teams	16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	138 (6.9 per match)

The 2016 AFC Futsal Championship will be the 14th edition of the AFC Futsal Championship, the biennial international futsal championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the men's national teams of Asia. The tournament will be held in Uzbekistan between 10–21 February 2016.^[1] A total of 16 teams will play in the tournament.

The tournament was originally meant to be held in Taiwan (i.e. the Republic of China).^[2][3] It was originally scheduled for 12–27 March 2016, but this was changed following the adoption of the FIFA futsal international match calendar.^[4]

Same as previous editions held on the same year as the FIFA Futsal World Cup, the tournament acts as the AFC qualifiers for the World Cup. The top five teams of the tournament will qualify for the 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup in Colombia as the AFC representatives.^[5]

Qualification

The draw for the qualifiers was held on 2 September 2015. Four teams qualified directly for the final tournament by their 2014 performance, while the other entrants will compete in the qualifying stage for the remaining 12 spots.^[6] The qualifiers will be played between 1 October and 19 November 2015.^[7]

Qualified teams

The following 16 teams qualified for the final tournament. Kuwait were replaced by Saudi Arabia due to FIFA's suspension of the Kuwait Football Association.^[8]

Team	Qualified as	Appearance	Previous best performance1
Uzbekistan	* !Hosts and 2014 third place	14th	Runners-up (2001, 2006, 2010)
Japan	*1 !2014 champions	14th	Champions (2006, 2012, 2014)
Iran	*2 !2014 runners-up	14th	Champions (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010)
Lebanon	WA1 !West Zone Group A winners	10th	Quarter-finals (2004, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
Jordan	WA2 !West Zone Group A runners-up	1st	Debut
Saudi Arabia	WA3 !West Zone Group A third place	1 !1st	Debut
Qatar	WB1 !West Zone Group B winners	3rd	Group stage (2005, 2012)
Iraq	WB2 !West Zone Group B runners-up	10th	Quarter-finals (2002)
Kyrgyzstan	C1 !Central Zone winners	14th	Fourth Place (2005, 2006, 2007)
Tajikistan	C2 !Central Zone runners-up	9th	Quarter-finals (2007)
Thailand	AA1 !ASEAN Zone Group A winners	14th	Runners-up (2008, 2012)
Malaysia	AA2 !ASEAN Zone Group A runners-up	11th	Group stage (1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2014)
Australia	AB1 !ASEAN Zone Group B winners	7th	Fourth place (2012)
Vietnam	AB2 !ASEAN Zone Group B runners-up	4th	Quarter-finals (2014)
China	E1 !East Zone winners	11th	Fourth Place (2008, 2010)
Chinese Taipei	E2 !East Zone runners-up	11th	Quarter-finals (2003)

¹ Italic indicates host for that year.

Venues

The matches are played at the Uzbekistan Stadium and Universal Stadium in Tashkent.

Draw

The draw for the final tournament was held on 2 December 2015, 18:00 UZT (UTC+5), at the Zafarshan Hall in Tashkent.^[9] The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four teams. The teams were seeded according to their performance in the previous season in 2014.^[10]

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Uzbekistan (hosts)  Japan  Iran  Thailand	Australia  Lebanon  Vietnam  Iraq	Kyrgyzstan  Malaysia  Chinese Taipei  China	Tajikistan  Saudi Arabia  Qatar  Jordan

Match officials

The following referees were chosen for the 2016 AFC Futsal Championship.^[11]

Referees

Christopher Daniel Colley An Ran Liu Jianqiao Lee Po-Fu Vahid Arzpeyma Mohammreh Hasan Mousa Al-Gburi

Hawkar Salar Ahmed Tomohiro Kozaki Hiroyuki Kobayashi Husein Mahmoud Khalaileh Nurdin Bukuev

Helday Idang Rey Ritaga Martinez Yuttakon Maiket Khamis Hassan Al Shamsi Trương Quốc Dũng

Group stage

The top two teams of each group advance to the quarter-finals.

Tiebreakers

The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:^[12]

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. 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;
5. Goal difference in all the group matches;
6. Greater number of goals scored in all the group matches;
7. Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are involved and they are both on the field of play;
8. 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);
9. Drawing of lots.

All times are local, UZT (UTC+5).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Uzbekistan (H)	3	3	0	0	9	3	+6	9	Knockout stage
2	Kyrgyzstan	3	1	1	1	8	8	0	4
3	Lebanon	3	0	2	1	7	9	−2	2
4	Saudi Arabia	3	0	1	2	7	11	−4	1

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Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Iran	3	3	0	0	26	2	+24	9	Knockout stage
2	Iraq	3	2	0	1	12	17	−5	6
3	China	3	1	0	2	6	14	−8	3
4	Jordan	3	0	0	3	4	15	−11	0

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Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Vietnam (A)	2	2	0	0	13	5	+8	6	Knockout stage
2	Thailand (A)	2	2	0	0	12	6	+6	6
3	Chinese Taipei (E)	2	0	0	2	6	12	−6	0
4	Tajikistan (E)	2	0	0	2	5	13	−8	0

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Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Japan (A)	2	2	0	0	12	1	+11	6	Knockout stage
2	Australia (A)	2	2	0	0	7	3	+4	6
3	Qatar (E)	2	0	0	2	2	6	−4	0
4	Malaysia (E)	2	0	0	2	2	13	−11	0

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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).^[12]

Bracket

5th place match

5th – 8th place play-offs

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

A1

Uzbekistan

B2

Iraq

C1

D2

B1

Iran

A2

Kyrgyzstan

7th place match

3rd place match

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N.A.

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D1

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N.A.

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C2

Quarter-finals

Winners qualify for 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup. Losers enter fifth place play-offs.

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Fifth place play-offs

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Fifth place match

Winner qualifies for 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup.

Semi-finals

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Third place match

Final

Awards

AFC Futsal Championship 2016 Winners
Coach:

• Most Valuable Player

• Top Scorer

• Fair-Play Award

Tournament team rankings

As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	World Cup
2		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Entered repechage play-offs
7		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Eliminated in group stage
10		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	China	3	1	0	2	6	14	−8	3
12	Lebanon	3	0	2	1	7	9	−2	2
13		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	Saudi Arabia	3	0	1	2	7	11	−4	1
16	Jordan	3	0	0	3	4	15	−11	0

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 – Women's Futsal Championship Africa CAF – Futsal Cup of Nations 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

AFC Futsal Championship Tournaments Malaysia 1999 Thailand 2000 Iran 2001 Indonesia 2002 Iran 2003 Macau 2004 Vietnam 2005 Uzbekistan 2006 Japan 2007 Thailand 2008 Uzbekistan 2010 United Arab Emirates 2012 Vietnam 2014 Uzbekistan 2016 Qualification 2006 2007 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016