2022 AFC Futsal Asian Cup

The 2022 AFC Futsal Asian Cup was the 16th edition of the AFC Futsal Asian Cup,[1] the biennial international futsal championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the men's national teams of Asia. A total of 16 teams compete in the tournament.[2]

2022 AFC Futsal Asian Cup
كأس آسيا لكرة الصالات 2022
Tournament details
Host countryKuwait
Dates27 September – 8 October
Teams16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Japan (4th title)
Runners-up Iran
Third place Uzbekistan
Fourth place Thailand
Tournament statistics
Matches played32
Goals scored193 (6.03 per match)
Top scorer(s)Iran Hossein Tayyebi (10 goals)
Best player(s)Iran Moslem Oladghobad
Best goalkeeperJapan Guilherme Kuromoto
Fair play award Uzbekistan

Kuwait was appointed as hosts of the 2020 AFC Futsal Championship, after replacing the original hosts Turkmenistan. However, AFC announced the cancellation of the tournament on 25 January 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3] The tournament was scheduled to be played in Kuwait from 16 to 27 February 2022.[4] On 5 July 2021, the AFC announced that the tournament would be held between 27 September and 8 October 2022.

Japan defeated defending champions Iran in the final to claim their fourth title.

Qualification
Main article: 2022 AFC Futsal Asian Cup qualification

Qualifiers were originally scheduled to be played from 13 to 24 October 2021.[5] However, on 5 July 2021, the AFC announced that it would be held from 1 to 15 April 2022.

Qualified teams

The following 16 teams qualified for the final tournament.

Team Qualified as Appearances Last Appearance Previous best performance
 KuwaitHosts12th2014Fourth place (2003, 2014)
 LebanonWest Zone Group A winners12th2018Quarter-finals (2004, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2018)
 Saudi ArabiaWest Zone Group A runners-up2nd2016Group stage (2016)
 IraqWest Zone Group B winners12th2018Fourth place (2018)
 BahrainWest Zone Group B runners-up3rd2018Quarter-finals (2018)
 OmanWest Zone playoff winner1stDebutNone
 ThailandASEAN Zone winners16th2018Runners-up (2008, 2012)
 IndonesiaASEAN Zone runners-up10th2014Group stage (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
 VietnamASEAN Zone third place6th2018Fourth place (2016)
 IranCentral and South Zone Group A winners16th2018Champions (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2016, 2018)
 TurkmenistanCentral and South Zone Group A runners-up7th2012Group stage (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012)
 UzbekistanCentral and South Zone Group B winners16th2018Runners-up (2001, 2006, 2010, 2016)
 TajikistanCentral and South Zone Group B runners-up11th2018Quarter-finals (2007)
 Japan East Zone winners 16th 2018 Champions (2006, 2012, 2014)
 South Korea East Zone runner-up 14th 2018 Runners-up (1999)
 Chinese Taipei East Zone third place 13th 2018 Quarter-finals (2003)
1 Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Venues
Kuwait City
Saad Al Abdullah Hall
Capacity: 6,000

Draw

The draw was held on 26 May 2022 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[6]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

Squads
Main article: 2022 AFC Futsal Asian Cup squads

Each team had to submit a squad of 14 players, including a minimum of two goalkeepers.[2]

Group stage

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

Tiebreakers

Teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Article 11.5):[2]

  1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  4. If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
  5. Goal difference in all group matches;
  6. Goals scored in all group matches;
  7. Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are tied and they met in the last round of the group;
  8. Disciplinary points (yellow card = 1 point, red card as a result of two yellow cards = 3 points, direct red card = 3 points, yellow card followed by direct red card = 4 points);
  9. Drawing of lots.

All times are local, AST (UTC+3).

Schedule
Matchday Matches
Matchday 1 1 v 4, 2 v 3
Matchday 2 4 v 2, 3 v 1
Matchday 3 1 v 2, 3 v 4

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Thailand 3 2 1 0 11 5 +6 7 Knockout stage
2  Kuwait (H) 3 1 2 0 11 6 +5 5
3  Iraq 3 1 1 1 9 5 +4 4
4  Oman 3 0 0 3 3 18 −15 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Iraq 2–3 Thailand
  • Zeyad 8'
  • Ihsan 14'
 Report
  • Worasak 17'
  • Sarawut 25'
  • Jetsada 36'
Saad Al Abdullah Hall, Kuwait City
Referee: Hiroyuki Kobayashi (Japan)
Kuwait 7–2 Oman
  • Al-Tawail 6', 23'
  • Al-Abbasi 8', 30'
  • Al-Basam 23'
  • Al-Khalifah 30'
  • Al-Fadhel 33'
 Report
  • S. Al-Balushi 31'
  • Al-Maawali 38'
Saad Al Abdullah Hall, Kuwait City
Referee: Ebrahim Mehrabi Afshar (Iran)
Oman 0–5 Iraq
Report
  • Abdulhadi 4'
  • Faisal 4', 32', 35'
  • Riyadh 14'
Saad Al Abdullah Hall, Kuwait City
Referee: Mohamad Chami (Lebanon)
Thailand 2–2 Kuwait
  • Sarawut 6'
  • Krit 35'
 Report
  • Al-Fadhel 18'
  • Al-Basam 27'
Saad Al Abdullah Hall, Kuwait City
Referee: Husain Ali Al-Bahhar (Bahrain)
Thailand 6–1 Oman
  • Warut 4'
  • Jetsada 16'
  • Worasak 18'
  • Sarawut 19'
  • Narongsak 32', 37'
 Report
Saad Al Abdullah Hall, Kuwait City
Referee: Ebrahim Mehrabi Afshar (Iran)
Kuwait 2–2 Iraq
  • Al-Wadi 2'
  • Al-Mosabehi 21'
 Report
  • Faisal 13', 18'
Saad Al Abdullah Hall, Kuwait City
Referee: Ryan Shepheard (Australia)

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Uzbekistan 3 3 0 0 17 3 +14 9 Knockout stage
2  Tajikistan 3 2 0 1 14 11 +3 6
3  Bahrain 3 0 1 2 8 14 −6 1
4  Turkmenistan 3 0 1 2 9 20 −11 1
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Uzbekistan 8–0 Turkmenistan
  • Choriev 6'
  • Adilov 13', 22'
  • Ropiev 15', 33'
  • D. Rakhmatov 30'
  • Fakhriddinov 34'
  • Usmonov 40'
 Report
Saad Al Abdullah Hall, Kuwait City
Referee: Fahad Al-Hosani (United Arab Emirates)
Bahrain 3–4 Tajikistan
  • Mayhad 12'
  • Antar 34'
  • Saleh 39'
 Report
  • Kuziev 8'
  • Soliev 23'
  • Sardorov 24'
  • Yorov 39'
Saad Al Abdullah Hall, Kuwait City
Referee: Lee Po-fu (Chinese Taipei)
Turkmenistan 4–4 Bahrain
  • Sähedow 13', 14', 19', 26' (pen.)
 Report
  • Antar 10'
  • M. Abdulla 13'
  • Abbas 26' (pen.)
  • Al-Sandi 40'
Saad Al Abdullah Hall, Kuwait City
Referee: Hawkar Salar Ahmed (Iraq)
Tajikistan 2–3 Uzbekistan
  • Sardorov 4', 38'
 Report
  • Tulkinov 3'
  • Nishonov 7'
  • A. Rakhmatov 19'
Saad Al Abdullah Hall, Kuwait City
Referee: Gelareh Nazemi Deylami (Iran)
Tajikistan 8–5 Turkmenistan
  • Yorov 8', 9', 22', 38'
  • Sharipov 11'
  • Baýramdurdyýew 19' (o.g.)
  • Sardorov 37', 40'
 Report
  • Soltanow 3'
  • Sähedow 20', 40'
  • Annagulyýew 35', 37'
Saad Al Abdullah Hall, Kuwait City
Referee: Mohamad Chami (Lebanon)
Uzbekistan 6–1 Bahrain
  • Tulkinov 6'
  • Usmonov 20', 30'
  • Adilov 22'
  • Fakhriddinov 26'
  • Nishonov 27'
 Report
  • Mayhad 35'
Saad Al Abdullah Hall, Kuwait City
Referee: Eisa Abdulhoussain (Kuwait)

Group C
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Iran 3 3 0 0 24 1 +23 9 Knockout stage
2  Indonesia 3 2 0 1 11 8 +3 6
3  Chinese Taipei 3 0 1 2 3 15 −12 1
4  Lebanon 3 0 1 2 3 17 −14 1
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Iran 5–0 Indonesia
 Report
Saad Al Abdullah Hall, Kuwait City
Referee: Ryan Shepheard (Australia)
Lebanon 1–1 Chinese Taipei
  • Hammoud 18'
 Report
  • Huang Wei-lun 13'
Saad Al Abdullah Hall, Kuwait City
Referee: Andrew Best (Australia)
Indonesia 7–2 Lebanon
  • Pangestu 3'
  • Fajriyan 7'
  • Firman 19'
  • Iqbal 21'
  • Dewa 27'
  • Reza 37'
  • Syauqi 40'
 Report
  • Zeitoun 25'
  • Koukezian 37'
Saad Al Abdullah Hall, Kuwait City
Referee: Trương Quốc Dũng (Vietnam)
Chinese Taipei 1–10 Iran
  • He Chia-chen 31'
 Report
Saad Al Abdullah Hall, Kuwait City
Referee: Helday Idang (Malaysia)
Chinese Taipei 1–4 Indonesia
  • Lin Chih-hung 30'
 Report
  • Fajriyan 10', 12', 12'
  • Syauqi 29'
Saad Al Abdullah Hall, Kuwait City
Referee: Husain Ali Al-Bahhar (Bahrain)
Iran 9–0 Lebanon
 Report
Saad Al Abdullah Hall, Kuwait City
Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Doseri (Bahrain)

Group D
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Japan 3 2 0 1 9 2 +7 6[lower-alpha 1] Knockout stage
2  Vietnam 3 2 0 1 8 4 +4 6[lower-alpha 1]
3  Saudi Arabia 3 2 0 1 7 4 +3 6[lower-alpha 1]
4  South Korea 3 0 0 3 1 15 −14 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. Tied on head-to-head-points (3). Head-to-head goal difference: Japan +1, Vietnam 0, Saudi Arabia −1.
Japan 1–2 Saudi Arabia
  • Crepaldi 3'
 Report
  • Al-Harthi 11'
  • Fqihe 15'
Saad Al Abdullah Hall, Kuwait City
Referee: Anatoliy Rubakov (Uzbekistan)
Vietnam 5–1 South Korea
  • Shin Jong-hoon 2' (o.g.)
  • Trần Thái Huy 15', 34'
  • Phạm Đức Hòa 17', 35'
 Report
  • Shin Jong-hoon 1'
Saad Al Abdullah Hall, Kuwait City
Referee: Benjapol Mucharoensap (Thailand)
South Korea 0–6 Japan
Report
  • Seo Jung-woo 5' (o.g.)
  • Oliveira 6'
  • Mizutani 17'
  • Ishida 27'
  • Kanazawa 28'
  • Yoshikawa 39'
Saad Al Abdullah Hall, Kuwait City
Referee: Zari Fathi (Iran)
Saudi Arabia 1–3 Vietnam
  • Châu Đoàn Phát 30' (o.g.)
 Report
Saad Al Abdullah Hall, Kuwait City
Referee: Osama Idrees Sedaif (Bahrain)
South Korea 0–4 Saudi Arabia
Report
  • Ali 4', 23'
  • Rudayni 12', 39'
Saad Al Abdullah Hall, Kuwait City
Referee: Leung Chung Yin (Hong Kong)
Japan 2–0 Vietnam
 Report
Saad Al Abdullah Hall, Kuwait City
Referee: Pornnarong Grairod (Thailand)

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary, except for the third place match where penalty shoot-out (no extra time) is used to decide the winner if necessary (Regulations Article 15.1).[2]

Bracket
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
4 October – Saad Al Abdullah Hall
 
 
 Thailand3
 
6 October – Saad Al Abdullah Hall
 
 Tajikistan2
 
 Thailand0
 
4 October – Saad Al Abdullah Hall
 
 Iran5
 
 Iran8
 
8 October – Saad Al Abdullah Hall
 
 Vietnam1
 
 Iran2
 
4 October – Saad Al Abdullah Hall
 
 Japan3
 
 Uzbekistan3
 
6 October – Saad Al Abdullah Hall
 
 Kuwait0
 
 Uzbekistan1
 
4 October – Saad Al Abdullah Hall
 
 Japan2 Third place
 
 Japan3
 
8 October – Saad Al Abdullah Hall
 
 Indonesia2
 
 Thailand2
 
 
 Uzbekistan8
 

Quarter-finals
Iran 8–1 Vietnam
 Report
  • Phạm Đức Hòa 37'
Saad Al Abdullah Hall, Kuwait City
Referee: Hiroyuki Kobayashi (Japan)
Japan 3–2 Indonesia
  • Kanazawa 32'
  • Pires 38'
  • Mizutani 39'
 Report
  • Eko 21'
  • Dewa 40'
Saad Al Abdullah Hall, Kuwait City
Referee: Trương Quốc Dũng (Vietnam)
Thailand 3–2 Tajikistan
 Report
  • Vositzoda 28'
  • Yorov 34'
Saad Al Abdullah Hall, Kuwait City
Referee: Ryan Shepheard (Australia)
Uzbekistan 3–0 Kuwait
  • A. Rakhmatov 14'
  • Choriev 21'
  • Nishonov 34'
 Report
Saad Al Abdullah Hall, Kuwait City
Referee: Ebrahim Mehrabi Afshar (Iran)

Semi-finals
Uzbekistan 1–2 Japan
  • Khamroev 17'
 Report
  • Oliveira 23'
  • Kanazawa 30'
Saad Al Abdullah Hall, Kuwait City
Referee: Husain Ali Al-Bahhar (Bahrain)
Thailand 0–5 Iran
Report
Saad Al Abdullah Hall, Kuwait City
Referee: Fahad Al-Hosani (United Arab Emirates)

Third place match
Thailand 2–8 Uzbekistan
  • Wingwon 2'
  • Worasak 27'
 Report
  • Ropiev 2', 26'
  • Choriev 7'
  • Tulkinov 14'
  • Nishonov 16'
  • Juraev 22'
  • A. Rakhmatov 23'
  • Khamroev 31'
Saad Al Abdullah Hall, Kuwait City
Referee: Ebrahim Mehrabi Afshar (Iran)

Final
Iran 2–3 Japan
 Report
Saad Al Abdullah Hall, Kuwait City
Referee: Ryan Shepheard (Australia)

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:[7]

Top Goalscorer Best Goalkeeper Most Valuable Player Fair Play Award
Iran Hossein Tayyebi[8] Japan Guilherme Kuromoto[9] Iran Moslem Oladghobad[10]  Uzbekistan

Goalscorers

There were 193 goals scored in 32 matches, for an average of 6.03 goals per match.

10 goals

7 goals

6 goals

  • Tajikistan Idris Yorov
  • Turkmenistan Gurbangeldi Sähedow

5 goals

4 goals

  • Indonesia Muhammad Fajriyan
  • Iran Salar Aghapour
  • Thailand Worasak Srirangpirot
  • Uzbekistan Khusniddin Nishonov
  • Uzbekistan Ikhtiyor Ropiev

3 goals

  • Iran Mohammad Hossein Bazyar
  • Japan Sora Kanazawa
  • Japan Arthur Oliveira
  • Japan Kazuya Shimizu
  • Thailand Jetsada Chudech
  • Thailand Sarawut Phalaphruek
  • Uzbekistan Mashrab Adilov
  • Uzbekistan Davron Choriev
  • Uzbekistan Anaskhon Rakhmatov
  • Uzbekistan Elbek Tulkinov
  • Uzbekistan Akbar Usmonov
  • Vietnam Phạm Đức Hòa

2 goals

  • Bahrain Ahmed Antar
  • Bahrain Ammar Hasan Mayhad
  • Indonesia Dewa Rizki
  • Indonesia Syauqi Saud
  • Iran Mohammad Hossein Derakhshani
  • Iran Alireza Javan
  • Iran Mehdi Karimi
  • Japan Soma Mizutani
  • Kuwait Abdullatif Al-Abbasi
  • Kuwait Abdulaziz Al-Basam
  • Kuwait Saleh Al-Fadhel
  • Kuwait Abdulrahman Al-Tawail
  • Saudi Arabia Farhan Ali
  • Saudi Arabia Fahad Rudayni
  • Thailand Narongsak Wingwon
  • Turkmenistan Mülkaman Annagulyýew
  • Uzbekistan Shakhram Fakhriddinov
  • Uzbekistan Ilkhomjon Khamroev
  • Vietnam Trần Thái Huy

1 goal

  • Bahrain Mohamed Abdulla
  • Bahrain Jassam Saleh
  • Bahrain Mohamed Al-Sandi
  • Bahrain Falah Abbas
  • Chinese Taipei He Chia-chen
  • Chinese Taipei Huang Wei-lun
  • Chinese Taipei Lin Chih-hung
  • Indonesia Samuel Eko
  • Indonesia Firman Adriansyah
  • Indonesia Iqbal Rahmatullah
  • Indonesia Rio Pangestu
  • Indonesia Reza Gunawan
  • Iran Mehdi Asadshir
  • Iran Bahman Jafari
  • Iran Alireza Rafieipour
  • Iraq Mohanad Abdulhadi
  • Iraq Mustafa Ihsan
  • Iraq Ghaith Riyadh
  • Iraq Tareq Zeyad
  • Japan Vinícius Crepaldi
  • Japan Kentaro Ishida
  • Japan Higor Pires
  • Japan Tomoki Yoshikawa
  • Kuwait Yousef Al-Khalifah
  • Kuwait Abdulrahman Al-Mosabehi
  • Kuwait Abdulrahman Al-Wadi
  • Lebanon Mouhammad Hammoud
  • Lebanon Steve Koukezian
  • Lebanon Hasan Zeitoun
  • Oman Samer Al-Balushi
  • Oman Khalfan Al-Maawali
  • Oman Mohammed Taqi
  • Saudi Arabia Mohsen Fqihe
  • Saudi Arabia Nasser Al-Harthi
  • South Korea Shin Jong-hoon
  • Tajikistan Umed Kuziev
  • Tajikistan Muhamadjon Sharipov
  • Tajikistan Bakhtiyor Soliev
  • Tajikistan Iqboli Vositzoda
  • Thailand Krit Aransanyalak
  • Thailand Panat Kittipanuwong
  • Thailand Warut Wangsama-aeo
  • Thailand Narongsak Wingwon
  • Turkmenistan Maksat Soltanow
  • Uzbekistan Sunatulla Juraev
  • Uzbekistan Dilshod Rakhmatov
  • Vietnam Châu Đoàn Phát
  • Vietnam Nguyễn Anh Duy
  • Vietnam Nguyễn Minh Trí

1 own goal

  • Iran Saeid Ahmadabbasi (against Japan)
  • Lebanon Mustafa Rhyem (against Iran)
  • South Korea Seo Jung-woo (against Japan)
  • South Korea Shin Jong-hoon (against Vietnam)
  • Turkmenistan Şiri Baýramdurdyýew (against Tajikistan)
  • Vietnam Châu Đoàn Phát (against Saudi Arabia)

Final rankings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final results
1  Japan 6 5 0 1 17 7 +10 15 Champions
2  Iran 6 5 0 1 39 5 +34 15 Runners-up
3  Uzbekistan 6 5 0 1 29 7 +22 15 Third place
4  Thailand 6 3 1 2 16 20 −4 10 Fourth place
5  Tajikistan 4 2 0 2 16 14 +2 6 Eliminated in
quarter-finals
6  Indonesia 4 2 0 2 13 11 +2 6
7  Vietnam 4 2 0 2 9 12 −3 6
8  Kuwait 4 1 2 1 11 9 +2 5
9  Saudi Arabia 3 2 0 1 7 4 +3 6 Third place in
group stage
10  Iraq 3 1 1 1 9 5 +4 4
11  Bahrain 3 0 1 2 8 14 −6 1
12  Chinese Taipei 3 0 1 2 3 15 −12 1
13  Turkmenistan 3 0 1 2 9 20 −11 1 Fourth place in
group stage
14  Lebanon 3 0 1 2 3 17 −14 1
15  South Korea 3 0 0 3 1 15 −14 0
16  Oman 3 0 0 3 3 18 −15 0
Source: AFC

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  5. "AFC Competitions Calendar 2021". AFC. Archived from the original on 16 July 2020.
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