2025 AFC Women's Futsal Asian Cup

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AFC Women's Futsal Asian Cup 2025
Tournament details
Host countryChina
Dates6–17 May
Teams12 (from 1 confederation)
2018
TBD

The 2025 AFC Women's Futsal Asian Cup will be the 3rd edition of the 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. [1] The tournament will be held between 6 and 17 May 2025. [2]

Contents

Iran are the two-time defending champions.

The tournament will serve as the qualifying for the inaugural 2025 FIFA Futsal Women's World Cup in the Philippines.

Host selection

The following three football associations submitted their interest to host the tournament by the deadline. [3]

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]

Qualification

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. [3] [6]

Qualified teams

The following twelve teams qualified for the tournament:

TeamMethod of
qualification
Date of
qualification
Finals
appearance
Last
appearance
Previous best
performance
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Hosts13 September 20243rd 2018 Quarter-finals (2018)
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 2018 champions30 August 20243rd 2018 Champions (2015, 2018)
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2018 runners-up30 August 20243rd 2018 Runners-up (2015, 2018)
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand Group A winners17 January 20253rd 2018 Third place (2015, 2018)
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia Group B winners17 January 20252nd 2018 Quarter-finals (2018)
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Group C winners17 January 20251stN/AN/A (Debut)
Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam Group D winners17 January 20253rd 2018 Fourth place (2018)
Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain Group A runners-up19 January 20252nd 2018 Group Stage (2018)
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong Group B runners-up17 January 20253rd 2018 Group Stage (2015, 2018)
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan Group C runners-up19 January 20253rd 2018 Quarter-finals (2018)
Flag of Chinese Taipei (Olympics; 1986-2010).svg  Chinese Taipei Group D runners-up17 January 20252nd 2018 Quarter-finals (2018)
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines Best third-placed team17 January 20251stN/AN/A (Debut)

    Draw

    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]

    Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4
    Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China (26; hosts)
    Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand (6)
    Flag of Iran.svg  Iran (9)
    Flag of Japan.svg  Japan (10)
    Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam (11)
    Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan (18)
    Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia (24)
    Flag of Chinese Taipei (Olympics; 1986-2010).svg  Chinese Taipei (25)
    Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong (31)
    Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain (36)
    Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines (59)
    Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia (–)

    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). [9]

    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): [9]

    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 the People's Republic of China.svg  China (H)00000000Advance to knockout stage
    2Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan 00000000
    3Flag of Chinese Taipei (Olympics; 1986-2010).svg  Chinese Taipei 00000000Possible knockout stage based on ranking
    4Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 00000000
    First match(es) will be played: May 2025. Source: AFC
    Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
    (H) Hosts
    Uzbekistan  Flag of Uzbekistan.svgvFlag of Chinese Taipei (Olympics; 1986-2010).svg  Chinese Taipei
    Hohhot Sports Centre, Hohhot
    China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svgvFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
    Hohhot Sports Centre, Hohhot

    Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svgvFlag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan
    Hohhot Sports Centre, Hohhot
    Chinese Taipei  Flag of Chinese Taipei (Olympics; 1986-2010).svgvFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
    Hohhot Sports Centre, Hohhot

    Chinese Taipei  Flag of Chinese Taipei (Olympics; 1986-2010).svgvFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
    Hohhot Sports Centre, Hohhot
    China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svgvFlag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan
    Hohhot Sports Centre, Hohhot

    Group B

    PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
    1Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 00000000Advance to knockout stage
    2Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam 00000000
    3Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 00000000Possible knockout stage based on ranking
    4Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 00000000
    First match(es) will be played: May 2025. Source: AFC
    Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
    Iran  Flag of Iran.svgvFlag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines
    Hohhot Sports Centre, Hohhot
    Vietnam  Flag of Vietnam.svgvFlag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong
    Hohhot Sports Centre, Hohhot

    Philippines  Flag of the Philippines.svgvFlag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam
    Hohhot Sports Centre, Hohhot
    Hong Kong  Flag of Hong Kong.svgvFlag of Iran.svg  Iran
    Hohhot Sports Centre, Hohhot

    Hong Kong  Flag of Hong Kong.svgvFlag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines
    Hohhot Sports Centre, Hohhot
    Iran  Flag of Iran.svgvFlag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam
    Hohhot Sports Centre, Hohhot

    Group C

    PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
    1Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 00000000Advance to knockout stage
    2Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 00000000
    3Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 00000000Possible knockout stage based on ranking
    4Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain 00000000
    First match(es) will be played: May 2025. Source: AFC
    Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
    Thailand  Flag of Thailand.svgvFlag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain
    Hohhot Sports Centre, Hohhot
    Japan  Flag of Japan.svgvFlag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia
    Hohhot Sports Centre, Hohhot

    Bahrain  Flag of Bahrain.svgvFlag of Japan.svg  Japan
    Hohhot Sports Centre, Hohhot
    Indonesia  Flag of Indonesia.svgvFlag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
    Hohhot Sports Centre, Hohhot

    Indonesia  Flag of Indonesia.svgvFlag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain
    Hohhot Sports Centre, Hohhot
    Thailand  Flag of Thailand.svgvFlag of Japan.svg  Japan
    Hohhot Sports Centre, Hohhot

    Ranking of third-placed teams

    PosGrpTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
    1 A Third place Group A00000000Advance to knockout stage
    2 B Third place Group B00000000
    3 C Third place Group C00000000
    First match(es) will be played: May 2025. Source: AFC

    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). [9]

    Bracket

     
    Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
     
              
     
    13 May - Hohhot
     
     
    Group A winner
     
    15 May - Hohhot
     
    Group B/C third place
     
    Quarter final 3 winner
     
    13 May - Hohhot
     
    Quarter final 2 winner
     
    Group C winner
     
    17 May - Hohhot
     
    Group A/B third place
     
    Semi final 1 winner
     
    13 May - Hohhot
     
    Semi final 2 winner
     
    Group B winner
     
    15 May - Hohhot
     
    Group C runner-up
     
    Quarter final 1 winner
     
    13 May - Hohhot
     
    Quarter final 4 winner Third place play-off
     
    Group A runner-up
     
    17 May - Hohhot
     
    Group B runner-up
     
    Semi final 1 loser
     
     
    Semi final 1 loser
     

    Quarter-finals

    Group B winnervGroup C runner-up
    Hohhot Sports Centre, Hohhot

    Group C winnervGroup A/B third place
    Hohhot Sports Centre, Hohhot

    Group A winnervGroup B/C third place
    Hohhot Sports Centre, Hohhot

    Group A runner-upvGroup B runner-up
    Hohhot Sports Centre, Hohhot

    Semi-finals

    Winners will qualify for the 2025 FIFA Futsal Women's World Cup.

    QF3 winnervQF2 winner
    Hohhot Sports Centre, Hohhot

    QF1 winnervQF4 winner
    Hohhot Sports Centre, Hohhot

    Third place match

    Winner will qualify for the 2025 FIFA Futsal Women's World Cup.

    SF1 loservSF2 loser
    Hohhot Sports Centre, Hohhot

    Final

    SF1 winnervSF2 winner
    Hohhot Sports Centre, Hohhot

    Qualified teams for the 2025 FIFA Futsal Women's World Cup

    As the host nation, the Philippines have secured their place in the World Cup, regardless of their results in the Asian Cup. [10]

    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.

    TeamQualified onPrevious appearances in the FIFA Futsal Women's World Cup
    Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines [10] 15 May 20240 (debut)
    May 20250 (debut)
    May 20250 (debut)
    May 20250 (debut)

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