2017 AFC Futsal Club Championship

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2017 AFC Futsal Club Championship
2017 AFC Futsal Club Championship logo.jpg
Tournament details
Host countryVietnam
CityHo Chi Minh City
Dates20–30 July 2017
Teams14 (from 14 associations)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Flag of Thailand.svg Chonburi Bluewave (2nd title)
Runners-up Flag of Iran.svg Giti Pasand Isfahan
Third place Flag of Vietnam.svg Thái Sơn Nam
Fourth place Flag of Qatar.svg Al Rayyan
Tournament statistics
Matches played26
Goals scored155 (5.96 per match)
Attendance26,950 (1,037 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of Thailand.svg Jirawat Sornwichian (9 goals)
Best player(s) Flag of Iran.svg Ali Asghar Hassanzadeh
Fair play award Flag of Vietnam.svg Thái Sơn Nam
2016
2018

The 2017 AFC Futsal Club Championship was the 8th edition of the AFC Futsal Club Championship, an annual international futsal club tournament in Asia organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). It was held in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam from 20 to 30 July 2017. [1]

Contents

The tournament was won by Chonburi Bluewave from Thailand after defeating Giti Pasand Isfahan from Iran 3–2 in the final. The win was Chonburi Bluewave's second Asian title, following after they won the 2013 AFC Futsal Club Championship four years ago.

Nagoya Oceans from Japan were the defending champions, but they failed to qualify from the 2016–17 season of Japanese futsal league following their loss to Shriker Osaka for the Japanese champions.

Qualified teams

A total of 14 teams from the 14 of the 47 AFC member associations entered the tournament, which included first-time entrants from Tajikistan. Kyrgyzstan returned after a one-year absence, while Indonesia entered a team for the first time since 2011. From the associations participating in 2016, only Chinese Taipei did not enter the tournament.

For teams entering the tournament, they were assigned a seeding position according to their 2016 AFC Futsal Club Championship ranking for the respective draw and the hosts associations.

Rank AssociationTeamQualifying method
1 Flag of Japan.svg Japan Shriker Osaka 2016–17 F. League champions
2 Flag of Iraq.svg Iraq Naft Al-Wasat 2016–17 Iraq Futsal League champions
3 Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand Chonburi Bluewave 2016 Futsal Thailand League champions
4 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates Al-Dhafra 2016–17 UAE Futsal League champions
5 Flag of Iran.svg Iran Giti Pasand Isfahan 2016–17 Iranian Futsal Super League champions
6 Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar Al Rayyan 2016–17 Qatar Futsal League champions
7 Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Uzbekistan AGMK 2016 Uzbekistan Futsal League champions
8 Flag of Vietnam.svg Vietnam (hosts) Thái Sơn Nam 2016 Vietnam Futsal League champions
9 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia Vic Vipers 2016 F-League champions
10 Flag of Lebanon.svg Lebanon Bank of Beirut 2016–17 Lebanon Futsal League champions
11 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China Shenzhen Nanling 2016–17 Chinese Futsal League champions
Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia Vamos Mataram 2016–17 Indonesia Pro Futsal League champions
Flag of Kyrgyzstan (2023).svg Kyrgyzstan Osh EREM 2016–17 Kyrgyzstan Futsal League champions [2] [3]
Flag of Tajikistan.svg Tajikistan Disi Invest 2016–17 Tajikistan Futsal League champions [4]
AFC location map.png
Location of teams of the 2017 AFC Futsal Club Championship.
Red pog.svg ASEAN Region
Green pog.svg Central Region
Blue pog.svg East Region
Yellow pog.svg West Region

Venue

The all matches was held at the Phú Thọ Indoor Stadium in Ho Chi Minh City.

Ho Chi Minh City
Phú Thọ Indoor Stadium
Capacity: 5,000
PhuThoFutsal.jpg

Draw

The draw was held on 30 May 2017, 15:00 ICT (UTC+7), at the Grand Hotel Saigon in Ho Chi Minh City. [5] [6] [7] The 14 teams were drawn into two groups of four teams (Groups A and B) and two groups of three teams (Groups C and D), with the representatives from hosts Vietnam automatically assigned to position A1 in the draw. The teams were seeded according to the performances of their association's representatives in the 2016 AFC Futsal Club Championship.

Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4 (unranked)

Squads

Each team must register a squad of 14 players, minimum two of whom must be goalkeepers (Regulations Articles 30.1 and 30.2). [8]

Match officials

The following referees were chosen for the 2017 AFC Futsal Club Championship.

Referees

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 10.5): [8]

  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, Indochina Time (UTC+7).

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Al-Dhafra 320183+56 [lower-alpha 1] Knockout stage
2 Flag of Vietnam.svg Thái Sơn Nam (H)3201157+86 [lower-alpha 1]
3 Flag of Kyrgyzstan (2023).svg EREM 32016826 [lower-alpha 1]
4 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Vic Vipers 3003314110
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. 1 2 3 Head-to-head results: Thái Sơn Nam 4–5 EREM, EREM 0–4 Al-Dhafra, Thái Sơn Nam 2–0 Al-Dhafra. Head-to-head standings:
    • Al-Dhafra: 3 pts, +2 GD
    • Thái Sơn Nam: 3 pts, +1 GD
    • EREM: 3 pts, −3 GD
Al-Dhafra Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg 4–1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Vic Vipers
  • Henmi Soccerball shade.svg2', 17'
  • Vassoura Soccerball shade.svg31', 38'
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Thái Sơn Nam Flag of Vietnam.svg 4–5 Flag of Kyrgyzstan (2023).svg EREM
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EREM Flag of Kyrgyzstan (2023).svg 0–4 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Al-Dhafra
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Vic Vipers Flag of Australia (converted).svg 2–9 Flag of Vietnam.svg Thái Sơn Nam
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Vic Vipers Flag of Australia (converted).svg 0–1 Flag of Kyrgyzstan (2023).svg EREM
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Thái Sơn Nam Flag of Vietnam.svg 2–0 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Al-Dhafra
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Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Flag of Iraq.svg Naft Al-Wasat 3300177+109 Knockout stage
2 Flag of Qatar.svg Al Rayyan 32016606
3 Flag of Indonesia.svg Vamos Mataram 310291013
4 Flag of Tajikistan.svg Disi Invest 300351490
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Al Rayyan Flag of Qatar.svg 2–1 Flag of Indonesia.svg Vamos Mataram
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  • Saptaji Soccerball shade.svg39'
Naft Al-Wasat Flag of Iraq.svg 7–2 Flag of Tajikistan.svg Disi Invest
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Disi Invest Flag of Tajikistan.svg 1–2 Flag of Qatar.svg Al Rayyan
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Vamos Mataram Flag of Indonesia.svg 3–6 Flag of Iraq.svg Naft Al-Wasat
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Vamos Mataram Flag of Indonesia.svg 5–2 Flag of Tajikistan.svg Disi Invest
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Naft Al-Wasat Flag of Iraq.svg 4–2 Flag of Qatar.svg Al Rayyan
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Group C

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Flag of Iran.svg Giti Pasand Isfahan 2200102+86 Knockout stage
2 Flag of Japan.svg Shriker Osaka 210174+33
3 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Shenzhen Nanling 2002112110
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Shenzhen Nanling Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg 1–5 Flag of Japan.svg Shriker Osaka
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Giti Pasand Isfahan Flag of Iran.svg 7–0 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Shenzhen Nanling
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Shriker Osaka Flag of Japan.svg 2–3 Flag of Iran.svg Giti Pasand Isfahan
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Group D

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Flag of Thailand.svg Chonburi Bluewave 2200140+146 Knockout stage
2 Flag of Lebanon.svg Bank of Beirut 210181243
3 Flag of Uzbekistan.svg AGMK 2002313100
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Bank of Beirut Flag of Lebanon.svg 0–9 Flag of Thailand.svg Chonburi Bluewave
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AGMK Flag of Uzbekistan.svg 3–8 Flag of Lebanon.svg Bank of Beirut
Report

Chonburi Bluewave Flag of Thailand.svg 5–0 Flag of Uzbekistan.svg AGMK
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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 Articles 14.1 and 15.1). [8]

Bracket

 
Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
 
          
 
27 July – Phú Thọ Stadium
 
 
Flag of Thailand.svg Chonburi Bluewave 4
 
28 July – Phú Thọ Stadium
 
Flag of Japan.svg Shriker Osaka 2
 
Flag of Thailand.svg Chonburi Bluewave 6
 
27 July – Phú Thọ Stadium
 
Flag of Vietnam.svg Thái Sơn Nam 0
 
Flag of Iraq.svg Naft Al-Wasat 0
 
30 July – Phú Thọ Stadium
 
Flag of Vietnam.svg Thái Sơn Nam 4
 
Flag of Thailand.svg Chonburi Bluewave 3
 
27 July – Phú Thọ Stadium
 
Flag of Iran.svg Giti Pasand Isfahan 2
 
Flag of Iran.svg Giti Pasand Isfahan 2
 
28 July – Phú Thọ Stadium
 
Flag of Lebanon.svg Bank of Beirut 0
 
Flag of Iran.svg Giti Pasand Isfahan 4
 
27 July – Phú Thọ Stadium
 
Flag of Qatar.svg Al Rayyan 2 Third place match
 
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Al-Dhafra 3
 
30 July – Phú Thọ Stadium
 
Flag of Qatar.svg Al Rayyan 4
 
Flag of Vietnam.svg Thái Sơn Nam 6
 
 
Flag of Qatar.svg Al Rayyan 1
 

Quarter-finals

Chonburi Bluewave Flag of Thailand.svg 4–2 Flag of Japan.svg Shriker Osaka
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Naft Al-Wasat Flag of Iraq.svg 0–4 Flag of Vietnam.svg Thái Sơn Nam
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Al-Dhafra Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg 3–4 Flag of Qatar.svg Al Rayyan
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Semi-finals

Chonburi Bluewave Flag of Thailand.svg 6–0 Flag of Vietnam.svg Thái Sơn Nam
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Giti Pasand Isfahan Flag of Iran.svg 4–2 Flag of Qatar.svg Al Rayyan
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Third place match

Thái Sơn Nam Flag of Vietnam.svg 6–1 Flag of Qatar.svg Al Rayyan
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Final

Chonburi Bluewave Flag of Thailand.svg 3–2 Flag of Iran.svg Giti Pasand Isfahan
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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.

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsFinal result
Gold medal icon.svg Flag of Thailand.svg Chonburi Bluewave 5500274+2315Champions
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of Iran.svg Giti Pasand Isfahan 5401187+1112Runners-up
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of Vietnam.svg Thái Sơn Nam (H)64022514+1112Third place
4 Flag of Qatar.svg Al Rayyan 6303131969Fourth place
5 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Al-Dhafra 4202117+46Eliminated in
quarter-finals
6 Flag of Japan.svg Shriker Osaka 310298+13
7 Flag of Lebanon.svg Bank of Beirut 310281463
8 Flag of Iraq.svg Naft Al-Wasat 4301157+89
9 Flag of Kyrgyzstan (2023).svg EREM 32016826Eliminated in
group stage
10 Flag of Indonesia.svg Vamos Mataram 310291013
11 Flag of Uzbekistan.svg AGMK 2002313100
12 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Shenzhen Nanling 2002112110
13 Flag of Tajikistan.svg Disi Invest 300351490
14 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Vic Vipers 3003314110
Source: Pending
(H) Hosts

Top goalscorers

RankPlayerTeamGoals
1 Flag of Thailand.svg Jirawat Sornwichian Flag of Thailand.svg Chonburi Bluewave 9
2 Flag of Iran.svg Hossein Tayyebi Flag of Vietnam.svg Thái Sơn Nam 8
3 Flag of Thailand.svg Suphawut Thueanklang Flag of Thailand.svg Chonburi Bluewave 7
Flag of Iran.svg Ghodrat Bahadori Flag of Iraq.svg Naft Al-Wasat
Flag of Iran.svg Ahmad Esmaeilpour Flag of Iran.svg Giti Pasand Isfahan
6 Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Vassoura Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Al-Dhafra 6
7 Flag of Indonesia.svg Andri Kustiawan Flag of Indonesia.svg Vamos Mataram 5
8 Flag of Brazil.svg Diego Costa Flag of Qatar.svg Al Rayyan 4
Flag of Iran.svg Ali Asghar Hassanzadeh Flag of Iran.svg Giti Pasand Isfahan
Flag of Qatar.svg Flavio Barreto Arantes Flag of Qatar.svg Al Rayyan
Flag of Japan.svg Sota Shibano Flag of Japan.svg Shriker Osaka
Flag of Vietnam.svg Lê Quốc Nam Flag of Vietnam.svg Thái Sơn Nam

Source: the-afc.com

Awards

AFC Futsal Club Championship
2017 Champions
Flag of Thailand.svg
Chonburi Bluewave
Second Title

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