بطولة آسيا لكرة الصالات 2020 | |
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Tournament details | |
Host country | Turkmenistan (original host) Kuwait (new host) |
Dates | Cancelled [1] |
Teams | 16 (from 1 confederation) |
Venue(s) | 2 (in 1 host city) |
The 2020 AFC Futsal Championship would have been the 16th 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. A total of 16 teams would have taken part in the tournament.
The tournament was originally scheduled to be played in Turkmenistan between 26 February and 8 March 2020. [2] [3] However, the AFC announced on 3 February 2020 that due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the tournament had been postponed following consultation with all relevant stakeholders. [4] On 9 March 2020, FIFA and AFC announced that the tournament were postponed to 5–16 August 2020, [5] [6] but in July 2020, the tournament schedule was moved again to 4–15 November 2020. [7] [8] [9] On 10 September 2020, the AFC announced that the tournament would instead be held in Kuwait between 2–13 December 2020. [10] On 15 October 2020, the AFC announced that due to spike of COVID-19 cases in Kuwait, the tournament was further postponed to 2021. [11] On 10 November 2020, the AFC approved the new dates as between 23 March and 3 April 2021. [12] However, AFC announced the cancellation of the tournament on 25 January 2021, leaving the hosting rights for the 2022 AFC Futsal Asian Cup with Kuwait. [1]
Same as previous editions held on the same year as the FIFA Futsal World Cup, the tournament would have acted as the AFC qualifiers for the World Cup. The top five teams of the tournament would have qualified for the 2021 FIFA Futsal World Cup (originally 2020 but postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic) in Lithuania as the AFC representatives. [13] [14] [15] On 21 April 2021, the AFC announced that Iran, Japan, and Uzbekistan were nominated as the AFC representatives, while the remaining two teams to be determined by play-off matches between Iraq (although Iraq had not qualified for the 2020 AFC Futsal Championship), Lebanon, Thailand, and Vietnam. [16]
Iran were the defending champions.
The following nations expressed interest to host the tournament:
In spring 2019, Turkmenistan was chosen as the host to take place in Ashgabat, before being moved to Kuwait.
Qualifying was played from 16 – 27 October 2019. [17] Turkmenistan also participated in the qualifiers, even though they had already qualified automatically as hosts. Kuwait had to play the qualifying round (in case of a non-qualification, another host would have been chosen).
The following 16 teams qualified for the final tournament. [18]
Team | Qualified as | Appearance (planned) | Previous best performance |
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Turkmenistan | Original hosts | 7th | Group stage (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012) |
Thailand | ASEAN Zone winners | 16th | Runners-up (2008, 2012) |
Indonesia | ASEAN Zone runners-up | 10th | Group stage (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014) |
Vietnam | ASEAN Zone third place | 6th | Fourth place (2016) |
Uzbekistan | Central & South Zone Group A winners | 16th | Runners-up (2001, 2006, 2010, 2016) |
Tajikistan | Central & South Zone Group A runners-up | 11th | Quarter-finals (2007) |
Iran | Central & South Zone Group B winners | 16th | Champions (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2016, 2018) |
Kyrgyzstan | Central & South Zone Group B runners-up | 16th | Semi-finals (2005), Fourth place (2006, 2007) |
China | East Zone Group A winners | 13th | Fourth place (2008, 2010) |
Japan | East Zone Group B winners | 16th | Champions (2006, 2012, 2014) |
South Korea | East Zone Play-off winners | 14th | Runners-up (1999) |
Kuwait | West Zone Group A winners | 12th | Fourth place (2003, 2014) |
Bahrain | West Zone Group A runners-up | 3rd | Quarter-finals (2018) |
Lebanon | West Zone Group B winners | 12th | Quarter-finals (2004, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2018) |
Saudi Arabia | West Zone Group B runners-up | 2nd | Group stage (2016) |
Oman | West Zone Play-off winners | 1st | Debut |
The competition was originally to be played at the Main Indoor Arena and the Martial Arts Arena in Ashgabat, [19] before being moved to Kuwait.
Original host
Ashgabat | ||
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Main Indoor Arena | Martial Arts Arena | |
Capacity: 15,000 | Capacity: Unknown | |
New host
Kuwait City |
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Saad Al Abdullah Hall |
Capacity: 6,000 |
Each team had to submit a squad of 14 players, including a minimum of two goalkeepers. [20]
The final draw was held on 6 December 2019, 15:00 TMT (UTC+5), at the Olympia Hotel in Ashgabat. [21] [22] The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four teams. The teams were seeded according to their performance in the 2018 AFC Futsal Championship final tournament and qualification, with the original hosts Turkmenistan automatically seeded and assigned to Position A1 in the draw. [23]
Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
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The top two teams of each group would have advanced to the quarter-finals.
The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers would be applied in the following order: [20]
All times are local, AST (UTC+3). [24]
Matchday | Matches |
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Matchday 1 | 1 v 4, 2 v 3 |
Matchday 2 | 4 v 2, 3 v 1 |
Matchday 3 | 1 v 2, 3 v 4 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Turkmenistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Knockout stage |
2 | Vietnam | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
3 | Tajikistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
4 | Oman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Vietnam | Cancelled | Tajikistan |
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Turkmenistan | Cancelled | Oman |
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Tajikistan | Cancelled | Turkmenistan |
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Tajikistan | Cancelled | Oman |
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Turkmenistan | Cancelled | Vietnam |
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Japan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Knockout stage |
2 | Lebanon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
3 | Kyrgyzstan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
4 | Kuwait (H) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Lebanon | Cancelled | Kyrgyzstan |
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Kyrgyzstan | Cancelled | Japan |
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Kyrgyzstan | Cancelled | Kuwait |
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Uzbekistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Knockout stage |
2 | Bahrain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
3 | China | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
4 | Indonesia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Uzbekistan | Cancelled | Indonesia |
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China | Cancelled | Uzbekistan |
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Uzbekistan | Cancelled | Bahrain |
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Iran | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Knockout stage |
2 | Thailand | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
3 | South Korea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
4 | Saudi Arabia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Thailand | Cancelled | South Korea |
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Iran | Cancelled | Saudi Arabia |
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Saudi Arabia | Cancelled | Thailand |
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South Korea | Cancelled | Iran |
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South Korea | Cancelled | Saudi Arabia |
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In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out would be used to decide the winner if necessary (no extra time would be used in the third place match). [20]
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
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Runner-up Group B | ||||||||||
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Winner QF4 | Third place match | |||||||||
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Fifth place play-offs | Fifth place match | |||||
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Winners would have qualified for 2021 FIFA Futsal World Cup. Losers would have entered fifth place play-offs.
Winner Group C | Cancelled | Runner-up Group D |
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Winner Group D | Cancelled | Runner-up Group C |
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Winner Group B | Cancelled | Runner-up Group A |
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Winner Group A | Cancelled | Runner-up Group B |
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Loser QF3 | Cancelled | Loser QF4 |
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Loser QF1 | Cancelled | Loser QF2 |
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Winner QF3 | Cancelled | Winner QF4 |
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Winner QF1 | Cancelled | Winner QF2 |
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Winner would have qualified for 2021 FIFA Futsal World Cup.
Winner PO1 | Cancelled | Winner PO2 |
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Loser SF1 | Cancelled | Loser SF2 |
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Winner SF1 | Cancelled | Winner SF2 |
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