2023 AFC Futsal Club Championship

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2023 AFC Futsal Club Championship
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The 2023 AFC Futsal Club Championship was to be the 11th edition of the AFC Futsal Club Championship, the annual international futsal club championship in Asia organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).

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The schedule and hosts of the tournament are yet to be announced. The United Arab Emirates were originally confirmed by the AFC on 18 March 2020 as tournament hosts of the 2020 edition, [1] which was originally scheduled to be held between 5–16 August 2020, [2] [3] but the AFC announced on 7 July 2020 that it was postponed to 2–13 December 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [4] On 10 September 2020, the AFC announced that the 2020 tournament would be cancelled, and the United Arab Emirates would instead host the next event in 2021, [5] [6] which was scheduled to be held between 14–25 July 2021. [7] However, on 18 March 2021, the AFC announced that the tournament would be cancelled again for the 2021 edition, and the United Arab Emirates would remain as the host for 2022 edition of the tournament. [8] The 2022 edition was scheduled for 3–14 August, but was again cancelled on 7 May, after the United Arab Emirates withdrew from hosting the tournament. [9]

A total of 16 teams are expected to take part in the tournament. [10] Nagoya Oceans are the defending champions, having won the title in 2019.

Teams

To be confirmed.

Venues

To be confirmed.

Squads

Each team has to submit a squad of 14 players, including a minimum of two goalkeepers. [10]

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References

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  2. ↑ "Bumper 2020 beckons for Asian football". Asian Football Confederation. 1 January 2020.
  3. ↑ "AFC Competitions Calendar 2020". AFC. 28 February 2018. Archived from the original on 1 March 2018.
  4. ↑ "AFC reiterates commitment to complete 2020 competitions with new calendar". AFC. 9 July 2020.
  5. ↑ "AFC Executive Committee announces updates to 2020 competitions calendar". AFC. 10 September 2020. Archived from the original on 5 October 2020. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
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  8. ↑ "Uzbekistan set to be first-ever Central Asian host of AFC U23 Asian Cup in 2022". the-afc.com. Asian Football Confederation. 18 March 2021.
  9. ↑ "Two new development programmes launched to strengthen AFC MAs". the-afc.com. Asian Football Confederation. 7 May 2022.
  10. 1 2 "AFC Futsal Club Championship 2020 Competition Regulations". AFC. Archived from the original on 15 July 2020.
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