2018 AFC Women's Futsal Championship

2018 AFC Women's Futsal Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Thailand
City	Bangkok
Dates	2–12 May
Teams	15 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Iran (2nd title)
Runners-up	Japan
Third place	Thailand
Fourth place	Vietnam
Tournament statistics
Matches played	29
Goals scored	189 (6.52 per match)
Attendance	9,105 (314 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Fatemeh Etedadi Sara Shirbeigi Anna Amishiro Sasicha Phothiwong (9 goals each)
Best player(s)	Fereshteh Karimi
Fair play award	Iran
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The 2018 AFC Women's Futsal Championship was the second edition of the AFC Women's Futsal Championship, the biennial international futsal championship organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the women's national teams of Asia. It took place in Thailand, which was appointed as hosts by the AFC on 29 July 2017, ^[1] between 2 and 12 May 2018. ^[2] The tournament was originally to be held between 15–26 August 2017, two years after the inaugural edition in 2015, but was postponed to the following year.

A total of 15 teams participated in the tournament. The 15 teams were divided into four groups (one with three teams and three with four teams), with the group winners and the best runner-up advancing to the quarter-finals. ^[3]

The tournament served as qualifying for the futsal tournament at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, with the winner and the runner-up qualifying for the girls' tournament, to be represented by their under-18 representative teams. ^{[4] [5]}

Iran, the defending champions, won their second title in a row.

Qualified teams

Of the 47 AFC member associations, a total of 15 teams entered the competition. There was no qualification, and all entrants advanced to the final tournament.

Team	Appearance	Previous best performance
Thailand (hosts)	2nd	Third place (2015)
Iran	2nd	Champions (2015)
Japan	2nd	Runners-up (2015)
Malaysia	2nd	Fourth place (2015)
China	2nd	Group stage (2015)
Hong Kong	2nd	Group stage (2015)
Uzbekistan	2nd	Group stage (2015)
Vietnam	2nd	Group stage (2015)
Bahrain	1st	Debut
Chinese Taipei	1st	Debut
Lebanon	1st	Debut
Macau	1st	Debut
Turkmenistan	1st	Debut
Bangladesh	1st	Debut
Indonesia	1st	Debut

Venues

The matches are played at the Bangkok Arena and Indoor Stadium Huamark in Bangkok.

Nong Chok	Bangkok Metropolis	Bang Kapi
Bangkok Arena		Indoor Stadium Huamark
Capacity: 12,000		Capacity: 10,000
	Nong Chok Bang Kapi 2018 AFC Women's Futsal Championship (Bangkok)

Draw

The final draw was held on 5 March 2018, 15:30 MYT (UTC+8), at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur. ^[6] The 15 teams were drawn into three group of four teams (Groups A, B and C) and one group of three teams (Group D). ^[7] The teams were seeded according to their performance in the 2015 AFC Women's Futsal Championship tournament, with the hosts Thailand automatically seeded and assigned to Position A1 in the draw. ^[8]

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3 (debutants)
Thailand (hosts)   Iran   Japan   Malaysia	China   Hong Kong   Uzbekistan   Vietnam	Bahrain   Chinese Taipei   Lebanon   Macau   Turkmenistan   Bangladesh   Indonesia

Squads

Main article: 2018 AFC Women's Futsal Championship squads

Each team must register a squad of 14 players, minimum two of whom must be goalkeepers (Regulations Articles 27.1 and 27.2). ^[4]

Group stage

The winner of each group and the best runner-up advance to the semi-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): ^[4]

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, ICT (UTC+7).

Schedule

Matchday	Dates	Matches
		Groups A–C	Group D
Matchday 1	2–3 May 2018	1 v 4, 2 v 3	3 v 1
Matchday 2	4–5 May 2018	4 v 2, 3 v 1	2 v 3
Matchday 3	6–7 May 2018	1 v 2, 3 v 4	1 v 2

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Thailand (H)	3	2	1	0	24	1	+23	7	Knockout stage
2	Indonesia	3	2	1	0	12	1	+11	7
3	Hong Kong	3	1	0	2	7	10	−3	3
4	Macau	3	0	0	3	0	31	−31	0

Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

2 May 2018 (2018-05-02)

15:30

Hong Kong	0–2	Indonesia
	Report	Febriana 33' Fitri 38'

Indoor Stadium Huamark, Bangkok

Attendance: 150

Referee: Kumi Hiruma (Japan)

2 May 2018 (2018-05-02)

18:00

Thailand	15–0	Macau
Sasicha 2', 3', 19', 30', 31' Jiraprapa N. 5' Darika 6', 14', 16' Jenjira 8' Mutita 20' Pacharaporn 32' Orapin 35' Jiraprapa T. 37' Kuan Chi Kio 37' (o.g.)	Report

Indoor Stadium Huamark, Bangkok

Attendance: 510

Referee: Gelareh Nazemideylami (Iran)

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4 May 2018 (2018-05-04)

15:30

Macau	0–7	Hong Kong
	Report	Yuen 13', 15' Yiu Hei Man 19' Ng Wing Kum 24' Cheung Wai Ki 28', 38' Wong So Han 39'

Indoor Stadium Huamark, Bangkok

Attendance: 150

Referee: Maryam Poor Jafarian (Iran)

4 May 2018 (2018-05-04)

18:00

Indonesia	1–1	Thailand
Febriana 24'	Report	Darika 25'

Indoor Stadium Huamark, Bangkok

Attendance: 700

Referee: Irina Velikanova (Russia)

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6 May 2018 (2018-05-06)

18:00

Thailand	8–0	Hong Kong
Jenjira 1', 26' Mutita 2' Sasicha 8', 19', 30' Darika 33' Natthamon 40'	Report

Indoor Stadium Huamark, Bangkok

Attendance: 871

Referee: Abdallah Ghaith (Lebanon)

6 May 2018 (2018-05-06)

18:00

Indonesia	9–0	Macau
Kuan Chi Kio 2' (o.g.) Fitri 3', 15', 28' Rani 11', 21' Fitriya 25', 26' Anggi 33'	Report

Bangkok Arena, Bangkok

Attendance: 50

Referee: Mari Miyazaki (Japan)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Vietnam	3	3	0	0	11	1	+10	9	Knockout stage
2	Chinese Taipei	3	2	0	1	10	4	+6	6
3	Malaysia	3	1	0	2	10	8	+2	3
4	Bangladesh	3	0	0	3	2	20	−18	0

Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

2 May 2018 (2018-05-02)

15:30

Vietnam	1–0	Chinese Taipei
Nguyễn Thị Thành 30'	Report

Bangkok Arena, Bangkok

Attendance: 50

Referee: Chiara Perona (Italy)

2 May 2018 (2018-05-02)

18:00

Malaysia	7–1	Bangladesh
Hanis Farhana 3' Zurain 4' Asnidah 18' Shazreen 19', 40' Atiqah 20' Intan 22'	Report	Parvin 3'

Bangkok Arena, Bangkok

Attendance: 50

Referee: Liang Qingyun (China)

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4 May 2018 (2018-05-04)

15:30

Bangladesh	0–7	Vietnam
	Report	Đỗ Thị Nguyên 3', 31', 39' Võ Thị Thùy Trinh 11', 12' Nguyễn Thị Thành 21' Lê Thị Thùy Linh 24'

Bangkok Arena, Bangkok

Attendance: 56

Referee: Mari Miyazaki (Japan)

4 May 2018 (2018-05-04)

18:00

Chinese Taipei	4–2	Malaysia
Chen Ya-chun 18' (pen.) Wang Shu-wen 26' Hsieh Pei-fen 29' Kuo Tsu-erh 32'	Report	Asnidah 5' Zurain 35'

Bangkok Arena, Bangkok

Attendance: 100

Referee: Kumiko Matsuo (Japan)

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6 May 2018 (2018-05-06)

15:30

Malaysia	1–3	Vietnam
Zurain 19'	Report	Đỗ Thị Nguyên 17' Trịnh Nguyễn Thanh Hằng 18', 39'

Bangkok Arena, Bangkok

Attendance: 50

Referee: Liang Qingyun (China)

6 May 2018 (2018-05-06)

15:30

Chinese Taipei	6–1	Bangladesh
A. Khatun 1' (o.g.) Lin Ya-hui 3', 29' Tang Yung-ching 9' Wang Shu-wen 18' Kuo Tsu-erh 25'	Report	S. Khatun 22'

Indoor Stadium Huamark, Bangkok

Attendance: 156

Referee: Kumi Hiruma (Japan)

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Japan	3	3	0	0	24	5	+19	9	Knockout stage
2	China	3	2	0	1	15	8	+7	6
3	Lebanon	3	1	0	2	4	13	−9	3
4	Bahrain	3	0	0	3	4	21	−17	0

Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

3 May 2018 (2018-05-03)

15:30

China	5–2	Bahrain
Li Jingjing 3' Tian Jiao 11' Zhan Huimin 14' Li Yingqing 16' Shen Nan 18'	Report	Al Isa 1' Yaqoob 15'

Bangkok Arena, Bangkok

Attendance: 50

Referee: Maryam Poor Jafarian (Iran)

3 May 2018 (2018-05-03)

18:00

Japan	5–1	Lebanon
Eguchi 2' Kato 8' Amishiro 13' Egawa 25' Katsumata 31'	Report	Rachid 15'

Bangkok Arena, Bangkok

Attendance: 50

Referee: Fathi Zari (Iran)

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5 May 2018 (2018-05-05)

15:30

Lebanon	0–6	China
	Report	Li Jingjing 2', 20' Shen Nan 28', 38' Zhan Huimin 33' Tian Jiao 39'

Bangkok Arena, Bangkok

Attendance: 60

Referee: Ridzuan Rozali (Malaysia)

5 May 2018 (2018-05-05)

18:00

Bahrain	0–13	Japan
	Report	Wakabayashi 7', 17', 34' Amishiro 10', 28', 37' Egawa 18', 36' Katsumata 20' Fujita 29' Eguchi 35' Chida 38', 39'

Bangkok Arena, Bangkok

Attendance: 95

Referee: Chiara Perona (Italy)

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7 May 2018 (2018-05-07)

15:30

Japan	6–4	China
Amishiro 4', 32', 40' Egawa 7' Nakajima 38' Komura 40'	Report	Li Yingqing 20' Tian Jiao 24' Wang Ting 39' Li Jingjing 40'

Bangkok Arena, Bangkok

Attendance: 80

Referee: Maryam Poor Jafarian (Iran)

7 May 2018 (2018-05-07)

15:30

Bahrain	2–3	Lebanon
Mubarak 12' Al Khattal 15'	Report	Rachid 3', 10' Hosry 23'

Indoor Stadium Huamark, Bangkok

Attendance: 102

Referee: Fathi Zari (Iran)

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Iran	2	2	0	0	23	2	+21	6	Knockout stage
2	Uzbekistan	2	1	0	1	5	10	−5	3
3	Turkmenistan	2	0	0	2	1	17	−16	0

Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

3 May 2018 (2018-05-03)

18:00

Turkmenistan	0–14	Iran
	Report	Etedadi 1', 12', 35', 38' Zarei 5', 6', 40' Karimi 8', 16', 23' Papi 16' Moghimi 18' Sadaghiani 24' Shirbeigi 32'

Indoor Stadium Huamark, Bangkok

Attendance: 105

Referee: Mari Miyazaki (Japan)

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5 May 2018 (2018-05-05)

18:00

Uzbekistan	3–1	Turkmenistan
Nazarova 17' Safina 19' Burkhonova 23'	Report	Eşnyýazowa 40'

Indoor Stadium Huamark, Bangkok

Attendance: 100

Referee: Ji Shuang (China)

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7 May 2018 (2018-05-07)

18:00

Iran	9–2	Uzbekistan
Zarbieva 1' (o.g.) Shirbeigi 2', 24', 32' Karimi 3' Etedadi 10', 34' Arzhangi 25' Khosravi 40'	Report	Safina 30' Shoyimova 38' (pen.)

Indoor Stadium Huamark, Bangkok

Attendance: 168

Referee: Kumiko Matsuo (Japan)

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). ^[4]

Bracket

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	9 May – Indoor Stadium Huamark
	Thailand	6
					10 May – Indoor Stadium Huamark
	Chinese Taipei	1
					Thailand	1
	9 May – Indoor Stadium Huamark
					Japan	2
	Japan	5
									12 May – Indoor Stadium Huamark
	Uzbekistan	1
									Japan	2
	9 May – Bangkok Arena
									Iran	5
	Vietnam	2
					10 May – Indoor Stadium Huamark
	Indonesia	1
					Vietnam	0
	9 May – Bangkok Arena
					Iran	5			Third place
	Iran	4
									12 May – Indoor Stadium Huamark
	China	2
									Thailand (p)	0 (3)
									Vietnam	0 (2)

Quarter-finals

9 May 2018 (2018-05-09)

15:00

Iran	4–2	China
Karimi 2' Gholami 16' Etedadi 21' Shirbeigi 37'	Report	Tian Jiao 3' Zhang Yue 9'

Bangkok Arena, Bangkok

Attendance: 80

Referee: Irina Velikanova (Russia)

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9 May 2018 (2018-05-09)

15:00

Japan	5–1	Uzbekistan
Amishiro 15' Egawa 21' Yokoyama 26' Nakajima 28' Yotsui 33'	Report	Safina 36'

Indoor Stadium Huamark, Bangkok

Attendance: 167

Referee: Liang Qingyun (China)

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9 May 2018 (2018-05-09)

18:00

Vietnam	2–1	Indonesia
Bùi Thị Trang 13' Nguyễn Thị Huế 37'	Report	Febriana 25'

Bangkok Arena, Bangkok

Attendance: 80

Referee: Kumiko Matsuo (Japan)

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9 May 2018 (2018-05-09)

18:00

Thailand	6–1	Chinese Taipei
Darika 17' Sasicha 23' Jiraprapa T. 23' Mutita 32', 34', 39'	Report	Chen Pin-hui 19'

Indoor Stadium Huamark, Bangkok

Attendance: 1,133

Referee: Fathi Zari (Iran)

Semi-finals

Winners qualify for 2018 Summer Youth Olympics girls' futsal tournament, to be represented by their under-18 representative teams.

10 May 2018 (2018-05-10)

15:00

Vietnam	0–5	Iran
	Report	Sadaghiani 5' Etedadi 10', 37' Shirbeigi 14' Zarei 16'

Indoor Stadium Huamark, Bangkok

Attendance: 207

Referee: Abdallah Ghaith (Lebanon)

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10 May 2018 (2018-05-10)

18:00

Thailand	1–2	Japan
Jenjira 30'	Report	Egawa 5' Kato 33'

Indoor Stadium Huamark, Bangkok

Attendance: 1,578

Referee: Osama Saeed Idrees Sedaif (Bahrain)

Third place match

12 May 2018 (2018-05-12)

15:00

Thailand	0–0	Vietnam
	Report
Penalties
Darika Jenjira Hataichanok	3–2	Nguyễn Thị Huế Lê Thị Thùy Linh Nguyễn Thị Thành

Indoor Stadium Huamark, Bangkok

Attendance: 818

Referee: Kumiko Matsuo (Japan)

Final

12 May 2018 (2018-05-12)

18:00

Japan	2–5	Iran
Eguchi 31' Amishiro 40'	Report	Shirbeigi 27', 30', 31' Komura 30' (o.g.) Zarei 36'

Indoor Stadium Huamark, Bangkok

Attendance: 1,339

Referee: Liang Qingyun (China)

Winners

2018 AFC Women's Futsal Championship winners
Iran 2nd title

Qualified teams for Youth Olympics

The following two teams from AFC qualified for the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics girls' futsal tournament. Since Iran also qualified for the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics boys' futsal tournament and chose the boys' tournament over the girls' tournament, they were replaced by Thailand. ^[9]

Team	Qualified on	Previous appearances in Youth Olympics
Japan	10 May 2018	0 (debut)
Thailand	19 August 2018 (confirmed)	0 (debut)

Notes

• Since teams from the same association cannot play in both the Youth Olympics boys' and girls' tournaments, if teams from the same association qualify for both tournaments, they must nominate their preferred qualification team, and the next best ranked team will qualify instead if one of the qualified teams are not nominated.
• As participation in team sports (Futsal, Beach handball, Field hockey, and Rugby sevens) are limited to one team per gender for each National Olympic Committee (NOC), the participating teams of the 2018 Youth Olympics futsal tournament will be confirmed by mid-2018 after each qualified NOC confirms their participation and any unused qualification places are reallocated. ^[5]

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:

Top Goalscorer [10] [note 1]	Most Valuable Player [10]	Fair Play award [10]
Sara Shirbeigi	Fereshteh Karimi	Iran

Notes:

1. Sara Shirbeigi finished ahead of other top scorers by virtue of contributing three assists, compared to her competitors’ two.

Goalscorers

There were 189 goals scored in 29 matches, for an average of 6.52 goals per match.

9 goals

• Fatemeh Etedadi
• Sara Shirbeigi
• Anna Amishiro
• Sasicha Phothiwong

6 goals

• Ryo Egawa
• Darika Peanpailun

5 goals

• Fereshteh Karimi
• Fahimeh Zarei
• Mutita Senkram

4 goals

• Li Jingjing
• Tian Jiao
• Fitri Rosdiana
• Jenjira Bubpha
• Đỗ Thị Nguyên

3 goals

• Shen Nan
• Febriana Kusumaningrum
• Mika Eguchi
• Eri Wakabayashi
• Rayane Rachid
• Zurain Kamarudin
• Rushaniya Safina

2 goals

• Li Yingqing
• Zhan Huimin
• Kuo Tsu-erh
• Lin Ya-hui
• Wang Shu-wen
• Cheung Wai Ki
• Heidi Yuen
• Fitriya Hilda
• Rani Mulyasari
• Arezoo Sadaghiani
• Hinako Chida
• Masami Kato
• Riho Katsumata
• Shiori Nakajima
• Shazreen Munazli
• Asnidah Zamri
• Jiraprapa Tupsuri
• Nguyễn Thị Thành
• Trịnh Nguyễn Thanh Hằng
• Võ Thị Thùy Trinh

1 goal

• Hessa Al Isa
• Eman Al Khattal
• Marwa Mubarak
• Manar Yaqoob
• Sabina Khatun
• Masura Parvin
• Wang Ting
• Zhang Yue
• Chen Pin-hui
• Chen Ya-chun
• Hsieh Pei-fen
• Tang Yung-ching
• Ng Wing Kum
• Wong So Han
• Yiu Hei Man
• Anggi Puspitasari
• Fatemeh Arzhangi
• Nasimeh Gholami
• Fereshteh Khosravi
• Nastaran Moghimi
• Fatemeh Papi
• Mio Fujita
• Misato Komura
• Junko Yokoyama
• Saki Yotsui
• Yara Hosry
• Hanis Farhana
• Atiqah Rashid
• Intan Sarah
• Natthamon Artkla
• Jiraprapa Nimrattanasing
• Pacharaporn Srimuang
• Orapin Waenngoen
• Halida Eşnyýazowa
• Malika Burkhonova
• Zumratjon Nazarova
• Maftuna Shoyimova
• Bùi Thị Trang
• Lê Thị Thùy Linh
• Nguyễn Thị Huế

1 own goal

• Akhi Khatun (against Chinese Taipei)
• Misato Komura (against Iran)
• Tanzilya Zarbieva (against Iran)

2 own goals

• Kuan Chi Kio (against Thailand, Indonesia)

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. ^[11]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
1	Iran	5	5	0	0	37	6	+31	15	Champions
2	Japan	6	5	0	1	33	12	+21	15	Runners-up
3	Thailand (H)	6	3	2	1	31	4	+27	11	Third place
4	Vietnam	6	4	1	1	13	7	+6	13	Fourth place
5	Indonesia	4	2	1	1	13	3	+10	7	Eliminated in quarter-finals
6	China	4	2	0	2	17	12	+5	6
7	Uzbekistan	3	1	0	2	6	15	−9	3
8	Chinese Taipei	4	2	0	2	11	10	+1	6
9	Malaysia	3	1	0	2	10	8	+2	3	Eliminated in group stage
10	Hong Kong	3	1	0	2	7	10	−3	3
11	Lebanon	3	1	0	2	4	13	−9	3
12	Turkmenistan	2	0	0	2	1	17	−16	0
13	Bahrain	3	0	0	3	4	21	−17	0
14	Bangladesh	3	0	0	3	2	20	−18	0
15	Macau	3	0	0	3	0	31	−31	0

Source: AFC
(H) Hosts

See also

• 2017 AFC U-20 Futsal Championship
• Futsal at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

References

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External links

• AFC Women's Futsal Championship , the-AFC.com
• AFC Women's Futsal Championship 2018, stats.the-AFC.com