2020 AFC Futsal Championship

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2020 AFC Futsal Championship
بطولة آسيا لكرة الصالات 2020
Tournament details
Host countryTurkmenistan (original host)
Kuwait (new host)
DatesCancelled [1]
Teams16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
← 2018
2022 →

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.

Contents

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.

Host selection

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.

Qualification

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).

Qualified teams

The following 16 teams qualified for the final tournament. [18]

TeamQualified asAppearance
(planned)		Previous best performance
Flag of Turkmenistan.svg  Turkmenistan Original hosts7thGroup stage (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012)
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand ASEAN Zone winners16thRunners-up (2008, 2012)
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia ASEAN Zone runners-up10thGroup stage (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam ASEAN Zone third place6thFourth place (2016)
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan Central & South Zone Group A winners16thRunners-up (2001, 2006, 2010, 2016)
Flag of Tajikistan.svg  Tajikistan Central & South Zone Group A runners-up11thQuarter-finals (2007)
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran Central & South Zone Group B winners16thChampions (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2016, 2018)
Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg  Kyrgyzstan Central & South Zone Group B runners-up16thSemi-finals (2005), Fourth place (2006, 2007)
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China East Zone Group A winners13thFourth place (2008, 2010)
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan East Zone Group B winners16thChampions (2006, 2012, 2014)
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea East Zone Play-off winners14thRunners-up (1999)
Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait West Zone Group A winners12thFourth place (2003, 2014)
Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain West Zone Group A runners-up3rdQuarter-finals (2018)
Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon West Zone Group B winners12thQuarter-finals (2004, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2018)
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia West Zone Group B runners-up2ndGroup stage (2016)
Flag of Oman.svg  Oman West Zone Play-off winners1stDebut

Venues

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
Main Indoor Arena Martial Arts Arena
Capacity: 15,000Capacity: Unknown
No image available.svg No image available.svg

New host

Kuwait City
Shaikh Saad Al-Abdullah Sports Hall Complex
Capacity: 6,000
No image available.svg

Squads

Each team had to submit a squad of 14 players, including a minimum of two goalkeepers. [20]

Draw

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 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4
  1. Flag of Turkmenistan.svg  Turkmenistan (original hosts)
  2. Flag of Iran.svg  Iran
  3. Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
  4. Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan
  1. Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia
  2. Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia
  3. Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait (unranked; new hosts)
  4. Flag of Oman.svg  Oman (unranked)

Group stage

The top two teams of each group would have advanced to the quarter-finals.

Tiebreakers

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]

  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, AST (UTC+3). [24]

Schedule
MatchdayMatches
Matchday 11 v 4, 2 v 3
Matchday 24 v 2, 3 v 1
Matchday 31 v 2, 3 v 4

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Turkmenistan.svg  Turkmenistan 00000000 Knockout stage
2Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam 00000000
3Flag of Tajikistan.svg  Tajikistan 00000000
4Flag of Oman.svg  Oman 00000000
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 00000000 Knockout stage
2Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon 00000000
3Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg  Kyrgyzstan 00000000
4Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait (H)00000000
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Host

Group C

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan 00000000 Knockout stage
2Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain 00000000
3Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 00000000
4Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 00000000
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group D

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 00000000 Knockout stage
2Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 00000000
3Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 00000000
4Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia 00000000
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Knockout stage

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]

Bracket

 
 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
 
          
 
 –
 
 
Winner Group A
 
 –
 
Runner-up Group B
 
Winner QF1
 
 –
 
Winner QF2
 
Winner Group C
 
 –
 
Runner-up Group D
 
Winner SF1
 
 –
 
Winner SF2
 
Winner Group B
 
 –
 
Runner-up Group A
 
Winner QF3
 
 –
 
Winner QF4 Third place match
 
Winner Group D
 
 –
 
Runner-up Group C
 
Loser SF1
 
 
Loser SF2
 
 
 Fifth place play-offs Fifth place match
 
      
 
 –
 
 
Loser QF1
 
 –
 
Loser QF2
 
Winner PO1
 
 –
 
Winner PO2
 
Loser QF3
 
 
Loser QF4
 

Quarter-finals

Winners would have qualified for 2021 FIFA Futsal World Cup. Losers would have entered fifth place play-offs.

Fifth place play-offs

Semi-finals

Fifth place match

Winner would have qualified for 2021 FIFA Futsal World Cup.

Third place match

Final

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