2024 AFC Futsal Asian Cup

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2024 AFC Futsal Asian Cup
ฟุตซอลเอเชียนคัพ 2024
2024 AFC Futsal Asian Cup logo.svg
Tournament details
Host countryThailand
Dates17–28 April
Teams16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of Iran.svg  Iran (13th title)
Runners-upFlag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
Third placeFlag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan
Fourth placeFlag of Tajikistan.svg  Tajikistan
Tournament statistics
Matches played35
Goals scored177 (5.06 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of Iran.svg Saeid Ahmadabbasi
(8 goals)
Best player(s) Flag of Iran.svg Saeid Ahmadabbasi
Best goalkeeper Flag of Iran.svg Bagher Mohammadi
Fair play awardFlag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
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The 2024 AFC Futsal Asian Cup was the 17th edition of the AFC Futsal Asian Cup, the biennial international futsal championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the men's national teams of Asia. The tournament was held in Thailand between 17 and 28 April. [1]

Contents

A total of 16 teams competed in the tournament. Japan, the defending champions, were eliminated in the group stage for the first time. Iran claimed their thirteenth Futsal Asian Cup after winning the final against the host Thailand 4–1. Uzbekistan defeated Tajikistan 3–1 on penalties following a 5–5 draw in the third place play-off.

Semi-finalists including Iran, Tajikistan and Thailand qualified for the 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup besides Uzbekistan who automatically qualified as host. As Uzbekistan reached the semi-finals, a play-off round was held to determine the last Asian spot at the Futsal World Cup. Afghanistan won the play-off round.

Many accomplishments were achieved at the tournament. Afghanistan made their debut and also advanced to the quarter-finals. In the group stage, Myanmar gained their first win, while South Korea gained their first point in 14 years. Tajikistan made their first appearance in the semi-finals, while Thailand reached the final for the first time in 12 years. All five teams from Central Asia advanced to the quarter-finals, with three of them reaching the semi-finals.

Host selection

India and Thailand expressed interest to host the tournament. [2] [3] Later, Thailand was selected as hosts by the AFC Futsal and Beach Soccer Committee on 5 September 2023. [4]

Teams

The draw for the qualifiers was held on 22 June 2023. [5] The host Thailand qualified directly for the final tournament, while the other teams competed in the qualifying stage for the remaining 15 spots. The qualifiers were played between 7 and 13 October 2023.

Qualified teams

Of the 16 teams appearing, 11 teams were returning after appearing in the 2022 edition.

Afghanistan were the only debutant in the competition, while Australia marked their return for the first time in 8 years. China, Kyrgyzstan and Myanmar also qualified for the first time in 6 years. Iran, Japan, Thailand and Uzbekistan were the only four teams to qualify for every edition.

Three nations from the previous edition failed to qualify (Chinese Taipei, Indonesia and Lebanon) and other two nations from the previous edition did not enter to qualifiers (Oman and Turkmenistan).

TeamMethod of qualificationDate of qualificationFinals appearancesLast appearancePrevious best performance
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand Hosts5 September 2023 [4] 17th 2022 Runners-up (2008, 2012)
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Group A winners13 October 202313th 2018 Fourth place (2008, 2010)
Flag of Afghanistan (2013-2021).svg  Afghanistan Group B winners11 October 20231stDebutNone
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia Group B runners-up11 October 20233rd 2022 Group stage (2016, 2022)
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran Group C winners11 October 202317th 2022 Champions (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2016, 2018)
Flag of Kyrgyzstan (2023).svg  Kyrgyzstan Group C runners-up11 October 202316th 2018 Fourth place (2006, 2007), Semi-finals (2005)
Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam Group D winners9 October 20237th 2022 Fourth place (2016)
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Group D runners-up9 October 202315th 2022 Runners-up (1999)
Flag of Tajikistan.svg  Tajikistan Group E winners9 October 202312th 2022 Quarter-finals (2007, 2022)
Flag of Myanmar.svg  Myanmar Group E runners-up9 October 20232nd 2018 Group stage (2018)
Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait Group F winners9 October 202313th 2022 Fourth place (2003, 2014)
Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain Group F runners-up9 October 20234th 2022 Quarter-finals (2018)
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan Group G winners9 October 202317th 2022 Runners-up (2001, 2006, 2010, 2016)
Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq Group G runners-up9 October 202313th 2022 Fourth place (2018)
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Group H winners11 October 202317th 2022 Champions (2006, 2012, 2014, 2022)
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Group H runners-up11 October 20238th 2016 Fourth place (2012)

Draw

The draw was held on 14 December 2023 at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. [6] [7]

The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four teams, with seeding based on their performance at the qualification and the final of the previous edition. [8] Seeding was shown in parentheses except the team who previously did not participate, which were denoted by (–).

The host Thailand automatically seeded to Pot 1 and placed into the first position of Group A.

Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand (4) (hosts)
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan (1)
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran (2)
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan (3)		Flag of Tajikistan.svg  Tajikistan (5)
Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait (7)
Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam (8)
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia (9)		Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq (10)
Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain (11)
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea (15)
Flag of Myanmar.svg  Myanmar (16)		Flag of Afghanistan (2013-2021).svg  Afghanistan (17)
Flag of Kyrgyzstan (2023).svg  Kyrgyzstan (18)
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia (20)
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China (–)

Venues

The tournament was held at two venues in Bangkok.

Bangkok
Bangkok Arena Indoor Stadium Huamark
Capacity: 12,000Capacity: 8,000
Bangkok Fustal Arena.jpg HuaMak.jpg

Squads

Each team was required to registered a squad with a minimum of 14 players and a maximum of 25 players, at least two of whom had to be goalkeepers (Regulations Article 23). [1]

Group stage

Tiebreakers

Teams were 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 were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Article 7.3): [1]

  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 were tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams were still tied, all head-to-head criteria above were 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 were 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.

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand (H)3300102+89Advance to the knockout stage
2Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam 31113304
3Flag of Myanmar.svg  Myanmar 311147−34
4Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 300327−50
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Vietnam  Flag of Vietnam.svg1–1Flag of Myanmar.svg  Myanmar
Report
Indoor Stadium Huamark, Bangkok
Referee: Ebrahim Mehrabi Afshar (Iran)
Thailand  Flag of Thailand.svg3–1Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Report
Indoor Stadium Huamark, Bangkok
Referee: Hiroyuki Kobayashi (Japan)
China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg0–1Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam
Report Nhan Gia Hưng Soccerball shade.svg 10:51 (pen.)
Indoor Stadium Huamark, Bangkok
Referee: Gelareh Nazemi Deylami (Iran)
Myanmar  Flag of Myanmar.svg0–5Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
Report
Indoor Stadium Huamark, Bangkok
Referee: Nikita Afinogenov (Uzbekistan)
Thailand  Flag of Thailand.svg2–1Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam
Report
Indoor Stadium Huamark, Bangkok
Referee: Eisa Abdul Houssain (Kuwait)
Myanmar  Flag of Myanmar.svg3–1Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Report
Bangkok Arena, Bangkok
Referee: Wahyu Wicaksono (Indonesia)

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan 3300104+69Advance to the knockout stage
2Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq 3201127+56
3Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia 3102610−43
4Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 3003613−70
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Uzbekistan  Flag of Uzbekistan.svg3–2Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Report
Bangkok Arena, Bangkok
Referee: Eisa Abdul Houssain (Kuwait)
Saudi Arabia  Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg1–5Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq
Report
Bangkok Arena, Bangkok
Referee: Pornnarong Grairod (Thailand)
Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg2–4Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia
Report
Bangkok Arena, Bangkok
Referee: An Ran (China)
Iraq  Flag of Iraq.svg1–4Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan
Report
Bangkok Arena, Bangkok
Referee: Husain Al-Bahhar (Bahrain)
Uzbekistan  Flag of Uzbekistan.svg3–1Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia
Report
Bangkok Arena, Bangkok
Referee: Fahad Al-Hosani (United Arab Emirates)
Iraq  Flag of Iraq.svg6–2Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Report
Indoor Stadium Huamark, Bangkok
Referee: Ebrahim Mehrabi Afshar (Iran)

Group C

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Tajikistan.svg  Tajikistan 312053+25Advance to the knockout stage
2Flag of Kyrgyzstan (2023).svg  Kyrgyzstan 3120109+15
3Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 311184+44
4Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 3012512−71
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Tajikistan  Flag of Tajikistan.svg2–0Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Report
Bangkok Arena, Bangkok
Referee: Hassan Al-Gburi (Iraq)
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg2–3Flag of Kyrgyzstan (2023).svg  Kyrgyzstan
Report
Bangkok Arena, Bangkok
Referee: Andrew Best (Australia)
Kyrgyzstan  Flag of Kyrgyzstan (2023).svg2–2Flag of Tajikistan.svg  Tajikistan
Report
Bangkok Arena, Bangkok
Referee: Abdulaziz Al-Sarraf (Kuwait)
South Korea  Flag of South Korea.svg0–5Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Report
Bangkok Arena, Bangkok
Referee: Zari Fathi (Iran)
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg1–1Flag of Tajikistan.svg  Tajikistan
Report
Bangkok Arena, Bangkok
Referee: Trương Quốc Dũng (Vietnam)
South Korea  Flag of South Korea.svg5–5Flag of Kyrgyzstan (2023).svg  Kyrgyzstan
Report
Indoor Stadium Huamark, Bangkok
Referee: Lee Po-fu (Chinese Taipei)

Group D

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 3300124+89Advance to the knockout stage
2Flag of Afghanistan (2013-2021).svg  Afghanistan 311178−14
3Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait 311158−34
4Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain 3003610−40
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Iran  Flag of Iran.svg3–1Flag of Afghanistan (2013-2021).svg  Afghanistan
Report
Indoor Stadium Huamark, Bangkok
Referee: Fahad Al-Hosani (United Arab Emirates)
Kuwait  Flag of Kuwait.svg2–1Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain
Report
Indoor Stadium Huamark, Bangkok
Referee: Anatoliy Rubakov (Uzbekistan)
Afghanistan  Flag of Afghanistan (2013-2021).svg3–3Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait
Report
Indoor Stadium Huamark, Bangkok
Referee: Ryan Shepheard (Australia)
Bahrain  Flag of Bahrain.svg3–5Flag of Iran.svg  Iran
Report
Indoor Stadium Huamark, Bangkok
Referee: Liu Jianqiao (China)
Iran  Flag of Iran.svg4–0Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait
Report
Indoor Stadium Huamark, Bangkok
Referee: Benjapol Mucharoensap (Thailand)
Bahrain  Flag of Bahrain.svg2–3Flag of Afghanistan (2013-2021).svg  Afghanistan
Report
Bangkok Arena, Bangkok
Referee: Andrew Best (Australia)

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 without extra time is used to decide the winner if necessary (Regulations Article 10). [1]

The competition of the play-offs depended on the performance of Uzbekistan, who qualified automatically for the 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup as hosts. Uzbekistan advanced to the semi-finals, therefore the play-offs format was held for the remaining four quarter-final losers to play a single elimination play-off. The winner of the play-off 3 qualified the 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup.

Play-off 3 Play-off 1 and 2 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
24 April
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 3
26 AprilFlag of Iraq.svg  Iraq 226 April
Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq 3Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand (p)3 (6)
Flag of Afghanistan (2013-2021).svg  Afghanistan 524 AprilFlag of Tajikistan.svg  Tajikistan 3 (5)
Flag of Tajikistan.svg  Tajikistan (a.e.t.)2
28 AprilFlag of Afghanistan (2013-2021).svg  Afghanistan 128 April
Flag of Afghanistan (2013-2021).svg  Afghanistan 5Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 1
Flag of Kyrgyzstan (2023).svg  Kyrgyzstan 324 AprilFlag of Iran.svg  Iran 4
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan 2
26 AprilFlag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam 126 April
Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam 2Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan 3 (4) Third place play-off
Flag of Kyrgyzstan (2023).svg  Kyrgyzstan 324 AprilFlag of Iran.svg  Iran (p)3 (5)28 April
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 6Flag of Tajikistan.svg  Tajikistan 5 (1)
Flag of Kyrgyzstan (2023).svg  Kyrgyzstan 1Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan (p)5 (3)

Quarter-finals

Winners qualified for the 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup. Losers advanced to the play-offs.

Tajikistan  Flag of Tajikistan.svg2–1 (a.e.t.)Flag of Afghanistan (2013-2021).svg  Afghanistan
Report
Indoor Stadium Huamark, Bangkok
Referee: Fahad Al-Hosani (United Arab Emirates)
Iran  Flag of Iran.svg6–1Flag of Kyrgyzstan (2023).svg  Kyrgyzstan
Report
Bangkok Arena, Bangkok
Referee: Pornnarong Grairod (Thailand)
Thailand  Flag of Thailand.svg3–2Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq
Report
Indoor Stadium Huamark, Bangkok
Referee: Anatoliy Rubakov (Uzbekistan)
Uzbekistan  Flag of Uzbekistan.svg2–1Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam
Report
Bangkok Arena, Bangkok
Referee: Eisa Abdul Houssain (Kuwait)

Play-off 1 and 2

Iraq  Flag of Iraq.svg3–5Flag of Afghanistan (2013-2021).svg  Afghanistan
Report
Indoor Stadium Huamark, Bangkok
Referee: Husain Al-Bahhar (Bahrain)
Vietnam  Flag of Vietnam.svg2–3Flag of Kyrgyzstan (2023).svg  Kyrgyzstan
Report
Bangkok Arena, Bangkok
Referee: Ebrahim Mehrabi Afshar (Iran)

Play-off 3

The winner qualified for the 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup.

Afghanistan  Flag of Afghanistan (2013-2021).svg5–3Flag of Kyrgyzstan (2023).svg  Kyrgyzstan
Report
Bangkok Arena, Bangkok
Referee: Anatoliy Rubakov (Uzbekistan)

Semi-finals

Uzbekistan  Flag of Uzbekistan.svg3–3 (a.e.t.)Flag of Iran.svg  Iran
Report
Penalties
4–5
Bangkok Arena, Bangkok
Referee: Hiroyuki Kobayashi (Japan)

Third place play-off

Tajikistan  Flag of Tajikistan.svg5–5Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan
Report
Penalties
1–3
Bangkok Arena, Bangkok
Referee: Hassan Al-Gburi (Iraq)

Final

Thailand  Flag of Thailand.svg1–4Flag of Iran.svg  Iran
Report
Bangkok Arena, Bangkok
Referee: Fahad Al-Hosani (United Arab Emirates)

Winners

2024 AFC Futsal Asian Cup
Flag of Iran.svg
Iran
Thirteenth title

Awards

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

Top scorerBest playerBest goalkeeperFair-play award
Flag of Iran.svg Saeid Ahmadabbasi Flag of Iran.svg Saeid Ahmadabbasi Flag of Iran.svg Bagher Mohammadi Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand

Goalscorers

There have been 177 goals scored in 35 matches, for an average of 5.06 goals per match. Scores in play-off matches for the 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup were included but not considered for the top goalscorer.

8 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Team rankings

As per statistical convention in futsal, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws. Statistics in play-off matches for the 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup are included in this table, but are not considered for team rankings by the AFC. [10] The team rankings will be used for seeding in the qualification draw and the final draw of the next edition.

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsFinal result
1Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 6510259+1616Champions
2Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand (H)64111711+613Runners-up
3Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan 64202013+714Third place
4Flag of Tajikistan.svg  Tajikistan 62401512+310Fourth place
5Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq 52031715+26Eliminated in
quarter-finals [lower-alpha 1]
6Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam 511368−24
7Flag of Afghanistan (2013-2021).svg  Afghanistan 63121816+210
8Flag of Kyrgyzstan (2023).svg  Kyrgyzstan 62221722−58
9Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 311184+44Eliminated in
group stage [lower-alpha 2]
10Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait 311158−34
11Flag of Myanmar.svg  Myanmar 311147−34
12Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia 3102610−43
13Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 3012512−71
14Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain 3003610−40
15Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 300327−50
16Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 3003613−70
Source: AFC
(H) Hosts
  1. ↑ For the 5th to 8th place, teams are ranked in descending order as follows: goal difference in the quarter-finals, goals scored in the quarter-finals and the procedure used same as the teams eliminated in the group stage. [10]
  2. ↑ For the 9th to 16th place, teams are ranked in descending order as follows: position in the group stage, points in all group matches, goal difference in all group matches, goals scored in all group matches, disciplinary points in all group matches and drawing of lots. [10]

Qualified teams for the 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup

Semi-finalists including Iran, Tajikistan and Thailand qualified for the 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup besides Uzbekistan who automatically qualified as host. As Uzbekistan reached the semi-finals, a play-off round was held to determine the last Asian spot at the Futsal World Cup. Afghanistan won a play-off round. Thailand were the only team from ASEAN in the Futsal World Cup among the Central Asian teams.

Tajikistan and Afghanistan made debut. Iran, Thailand and Uzbekistan continued their appearing. Iran have been the most appearances in the Futsal World Cup with eight and the most successful team from AFC with the third place in 2016. Thailand and Uzbekistan have appeared for the sixth and second time, respectively, with their best finish at the round of 16.

Japan and Vietnam who previously qualified in 2021 stopped qualifying in the Futsal World Cup for the sixth and third time, respectively. Japan were eliminated in the group stage for the first time by a loss to Kyrgyzstan and a draw to Tajikistan. Vietnam were eliminated in the play-offs after being defeated by Kyrgyzstan.

The following five teams from AFC qualified for the 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup.

TeamQualified onPrevious appearances in the FIFA Futsal World Cup
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan 23 June 2023 [11] 2 (2016, 2021)
Flag of Tajikistan.svg  Tajikistan 24 April 20240 (debut)
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 24 April 20248 (1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2021)
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 24 April 20246 (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012 , 2016, 2021)
Flag of Afghanistan (2013-2021).svg  Afghanistan 28 April 20240 (debut)
1Italic indicates host for that year.

Marketing

Official song

The official song of the tournament, "What a Goal" by Ford Trio and Chucky Factory Land, was released on 4 April 2024. [12]

Mascot

"Ramma Chana" was the mascot of the tournament. "Rama" refers to Phra Ram, main figures of Ramakien which is a Thai version of the ancient Indian epic Ramayana. "Chana" means win in Thai. It was formed by combining many types of animals such as onyx dragon, macchanu, elephants, tigers, cats, and kirin, creating a new character similar to the animals of Himavanta. [13]

Sponsorship

Official Global Partners
Official Global Supporters

Broadcasting rights

The broadcasters around the world that acquired the rights to the tournament included: [22]

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The 2024 AFC Futsal Asian Cup qualification was the qualification process organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) to determine the participating teams for the 2024 AFC Futsal Asian Cup, the 17th edition of the international men's futsal championship of Asia.

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  1. 1 2 3 4 "AFC Futsal Asian Cup 2024 Competition Regulations" (PDF). Asian Football Confederation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 September 2023.
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  3. ↑ "ไทยเตรียมเสนอเป็นเจ้าภาพฟุตซอลชิงแชมป์เอเชีย 2024". 11 September 2022 – via MCOT.
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  6. ↑ "Thailand 2024 cast to discover Group Stage contenders". the-afc.com. Asian Football Confederation. 11 December 2023. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
  7. ↑ "Asian Football Calendar (Oct 2023 – Sep 2024)". the-afc. Asian Football Confederation . Retrieved 11 October 2023.
  8. ↑ "Teams set to discover AFC Futsal Asian Cup 2024 Qualifiers journey". the-AFC. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
  9. ↑ "AFC Futsal Asian Cup Thailand 2024 Match Schedule" (PDF). Asian Football Confederation. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
  10. 1 2 3 "AFC Competition Operations Manual (Edition 2023)" (PDF). Asian Football Confederation. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
  11. ↑ "Uzbekistan to host the FIFA Futsal World Cup 2024". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 23 June 2023. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
  12. ↑ "เพลงประกอบการแข่งขัน Futsal Charity Match มีชื่อว่า ซัดตุง แต่งโดยวง Ford Trio และ Chucky Factory Land". Main Stand. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
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  14. ↑ "AFC and Continental Tires announce renewal of sponsorship rights deal". Asian Football Confederation. 16 December 2020. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
  15. ↑ "AFC and Credit Saison announce renewal of sponsorship rights deal". Asian Football Confederation. 2 September 2021. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
  16. ↑ "AFC and NEOM announce four-year global sponsorship rights deal". Asian Football Confederation. 30 March 2021. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
  17. ↑ "AFC and Qatar Airways announce global partnership". Asian Football Confederation. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
  18. ↑ "AFC and Visit Saudi announce global sponsorship rights deal". Asian Football Confederation. 13 October 2023. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
  19. ↑ "AFC and Yili announce global sponsorship rights deal". Asian Football Confederation. 3 July 2021. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
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  21. ↑ "AFC and KONAMI sign new sponsorship and licensing deal". Asian Football Confederation. 26 January 2021. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
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