| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | China |
| Dates | 7 – 18 May [1] |
| Teams | 12 (from 1 confederation) |
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The 2025 AFC Women's Futsal Asian Cup will be the 3rd edition of AFC Women's Futsal Asian Cup, the international futsal championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the women's national teams of Asia. The tournament will be held between 7 and 18 May 2025. [1]
The tournament will serve as the qualifying for the inaugural 2025 FIFA Futsal Women's World Cup in the Philippines.
The following three football associations submitted their interest to host the tournament by the deadline. [2]
On 13 September 2024, the AFC Executive Committee ratified the AFC Futsal & Beach Soccer Committee's decisions to award the hosting rights of the 2025 AFC Women’s Futsal Asian Cup to the Chinese Football Association. [4]
The host country and the top two teams of the previous tournament in 2018 AFC Women's Futsal Championship qualified automatically, while the other nine teams will be decided by qualification matches to be played in January 2025. [2] [5] The draw will take place on 17 October 2024 at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
The following twelve teams qualified for the tournament:
| Team | Method of qualification | Date of qualification | Finals appearance | Last appearance | Previous best performance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 China | Hosts | 13 September 2024 | 3rd | 2018 | Quarter-finals (2018) |
 Iran | 2018 champions | 30 August 2024 | 3rd | 2018 | Champions (2015, 2018) |
 Japan | 2018 runners-up | 30 August 2024 | 3rd | 2018 | Runners-up (2015, 2018) |
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| Group D runners-up | |||||
| Best third-placed team |
The 12 teams will be drawn into three groups of four teams, with seeding based on their FIFA Futsal World Ranking at the time of the draw. Teams' FIFA Futsal World Ranking as of October 2024 are shown in parentheses except for the team who is unranked, which will be denoted by (–).
The host will be automatically seeded to Pot 1 and placed into the first position of Group A.
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
|---|---|---|---|
| China (26; hosts) Iran (9) Japan (10) |
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). [6]
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): [6]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China (H) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advance to the knockout stage |
| 2 | A2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | A3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Possible knockout stage |
| 4 | A4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | B1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advance to the knockout stage |
| 2 | B2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | B3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Possible knockout stage |
| 4 | B4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | C1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advance to the knockout stage |
| 2 | C2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | C3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Possible knockout stage |
| 4 | C4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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). [6]
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As the host nation, the Philippines have secured their place in the World Cup, regardless of their results in the Asian Cup. [7]
Should the Philippines advance to the semifinals, all other semifinalists will automatically qualify. However, if the Philippines do not reach the semifinals, then the top three teams—the winner, runner-up, and third-place finisher—will secure qualification for the 2025 FIFA Futsal Women's World Cup.
The following four teams from AFC qualified for the 2025 FIFA Futsal Women's World Cup.
| Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in the FIFA Futsal Women's World Cup |
|---|---|---|
 Philippines [7] | 15 May 2024 | 0 (debut) |
| May 2025 | 0 (debut) | |
| May 2025 | 0 (debut) | |
| May 2025 | 0 (debut) |
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