Iran were the two-time defending champions, but were eliminated by Japan in the semi-finals. Japan went on to win their maiden title after beating Thailand on penalties in the final.
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.[5]
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 were determined by qualification matches played in January 2025.[3][6]
Qualified teams
The following twelve teams qualified for the tournament:
The draw was held on 6 February 2025 at the Juva Grand Hotel in Hohhot, China.[7][8]
The 12 teams were drawn into three groups of four teams, with seeding based on their FIFA Futsal World Ranking as of October 2024, which are shown in parentheses except for the team who is unranked, which are denoted by (–). As hosts, China were automatically seeded into pot 1.[8]
Each team must register a final squad of 14 players, including at least two goalkeepers, no later than 10 days before the first match of the tournament (Regulations Articles 26.3).[9]
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):[9]
Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
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;
Goal difference in all group matches;
Goals scored in all group matches;
Penalty shoot-out if only two teams were tied and they met in the last round of the group;
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);
In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary, except for the third place match where penalty shoot-out without extra time was used to decide the winners if necessary (Regulations Article 10).[9]
Qualified teams for the 2025 FIFA Futsal Women's World Cup
As the host nation, the Philippines had secured their place in the World Cup regardless of their results in the Asian Cup.[10]
Should the Philippines advance to the semi-finals, the other semi-finalists would have automatically qualify. However, the Philippines did not reach the semi-finals, so the top three teams—the winners, runners-up, and third-place team—secured qualification for the 2025 FIFA Futsal Women's World Cup.
The following four teams from AFC were qualified for the tournament.
↑ "呼和浩特通过申办亚洲杯女足赛事推进五人制足球发展"[Hohhot promotes the development of futsal through its bid to host the AFC Women's Asian Cup.]. inews.nmgnews.com.cn (in Chinese). 29 August 2024. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
↑ "日本女子代表: AFC女子フットサルアジアカップ2025の開催が決定！初のW杯開催に向け「出場枠3枠」を懸けた戦いが、2025年5月に開幕"[【Japan Women's National Team】The host of the AFC Women's Futsal Asian Cup 2025 has been decided! The battle for the "three spots" in the inaugural World Cup will commence in May 2025.]. f-sal.com (in Japanese). 29 April 2024. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
↑ "China 2025 cast finalised". the-afc.com. Asian Football Confederation. 20 January 2025. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
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Japan (1st title)
Thailand 
Iran 
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