2025 AFC Women's Futsal Asian Cup qualification

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2025 AFC Women's Futsal Asian Cup qualification
Tournament details
Dates11 – 19 January [1]
Teams19 (from 1 confederation)

A qualification tournament will be held to determine nine of twelve participating teams for the 2025 AFC Women's Futsal Asian Cup in China. This marks a first time that a dedicated tournament will be held for an AFC Women's Futsal Asian Cup [2]

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Teams

A total of 47 AFC member associations were eligible to enter the qualification process. the Northern Mariana Islands, whose association is not a FIFA member, were not be eligible to qualify for the 2025 FIFA Futsal Women's World Cup. Nineteen teams (out of 47), including nine entrants who did not participate in the previous edition, have entered the competition. 25 teams, including Bangladesh and Malaysia who did participate in the previous edition, did not enter the qualification and were listed below. The following teams with asterisks are the teams that never had a women's futsal side.

Draw

The draw was held on 17 October 2024 at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. [3]

Seeding

Teams who participated in the final tournament of the previous edition were ranked from the 1st to the 13th by their performance at that tournament. Other teams who did not participate in the previous edition, were unranked.

Final rankings
PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsFinal result
1Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 5500376+3115Champions and runners-up
(Already qualified for 2025 AFC Women's Futsal Asian Cup)
2Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 65013312+2115
3Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 6321314+2711Third place
4Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam 6411137+613Fourth place
5Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 4211133+107Eliminated in quarter-finals
6Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 42021712+56Qualified as hosts
7Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan 3102615−93Eliminated in quarter-finals
8Flag of Chinese Taipei (Olympics; 1986-2010).svg  Chinese Taipei 42021110+16
9Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 3102108+23Eliminated in group stage
10Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 3102710−33
11Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon 3102413−93
12Flag of Turkmenistan.svg  Turkmenistan 2002117−160
13Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain 3003421−170
14Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 3003220−180
15Flag of Macau.svg  Macau 3003031−310
Source: AFC

Pots

Participating teams are seeded into four pots based on the final ranking of the previous edition of the competition. Teams that did not participate in the previous edition and have not been ranked will be allocated to Pot 4. At the beginning of the draw, the host associations were separately placed into an additional host pot to ensure they are drawn into different groups. The host associations will be assigned to each group in accordance with their seeding, following the pot allocation principles. [2]

Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4
Host teams
  1. Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand (H)
  2. Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia (H)
  3. Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan (H)
  1. Flag of Myanmar.svg  Myanmar (H)
Remaining teams
  1. Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain
  2. Flag of Macau.svg  Macau
Notes

Groups

Tiebreakers

Teams are 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 are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings: [4]

  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 are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are 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 are tied and they are playing each other 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)00000000Qualify for the final tournament
2Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon 00000000
3Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain 00000000Possible qualification for the final tournament
4Flag of Palestine.svg  Palestine 00000000
5Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq 00000000
First match(es) will be played: 11 January 2025. Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Bahrain  Flag of Bahrain.svgvFlag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon
Iraq  Flag of Iraq.svgvFlag of Palestine.svg  Palestine
Palestine  Flag of Palestine.svgvFlag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
Iraq  Flag of Iraq.svgvFlag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain
Thailand  Flag of Thailand.svgvFlag of Iraq.svg  Iraq
Lebanon  Flag of Lebanon.svgvFlag of Palestine.svg  Palestine
Lebanon  Flag of Lebanon.svgvFlag of Iraq.svg  Iraq
Bahrain  Flag of Bahrain.svgvFlag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
Palestine  Flag of Palestine.svgvFlag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain
Thailand  Flag of Thailand.svgvFlag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia (H)00000000Qualify for the final tournament
2Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 00000000
3Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 00000000Possible qualification for the final tournament
4Flag of India.svg  India 00000000
5Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg  Kyrgyzstan 00000000
First match(es) will be played: 11 January 2025. Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Pakistan  Flag of Pakistan.svgvFlag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong
Kyrgyzstan  Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svgvFlag of India.svg  India
India  Flag of India.svgvFlag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia
Kyrgyzstan  Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svgvFlag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan
Indonesia  Flag of Indonesia.svgvFlag of Kyrgyzstan.svg  Kyrgyzstan
Hong Kong  Flag of Hong Kong.svgvFlag of India.svg  India
Hong Kong  Flag of Hong Kong.svgvFlag of Kyrgyzstan.svg  Kyrgyzstan
Pakistan  Flag of Pakistan.svgvFlag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia
India  Flag of India.svgvFlag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan
Indonesia  Flag of Indonesia.svgvFlag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong

Group C

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan (H)00000000Qualify for the final tournament
2Flag of Turkmenistan.svg  Turkmenistan 00000000
3Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 00000000Possible qualification for the final tournament
4Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 00000000
5Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait 00000000
First match(es) will be played: 11 January 2025. Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svgvFlag of Turkmenistan.svg  Turkmenistan
Kuwait  Flag of Kuwait.svgvFlag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines
Philippines  Flag of the Philippines.svgvFlag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan
Kuwait  Flag of Kuwait.svgvFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Uzbekistan  Flag of Uzbekistan.svgvFlag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait
Turkmenistan  Flag of Turkmenistan.svgvFlag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines
Turkmenistan  Flag of Turkmenistan.svgvFlag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait
Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svgvFlag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan
Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svgvFlag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines
Uzbekistan  Flag of Uzbekistan.svgvFlag of Turkmenistan.svg  Turkmenistan

Group D

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam 00000000Qualify for the final tournament
2Flag of Chinese Taipei (Olympics; 1986-2010).svg  Chinese Taipei 00000000
3Flag of Macau.svg  Macau 00000000Possible qualification for the final tournament
4Flag of Myanmar.svg  Myanmar (H)00000000
First match(es) will be played: 11 January 2025. Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Vietnam  Flag of Vietnam.svgvFlag of Myanmar.svg  Myanmar
Chinese Taipei  Flag of Chinese Taipei (Olympics; 1986-2010).svgvFlag of Macau.svg  Macau
Myanmar  Flag of Myanmar.svgvFlag of Chinese Taipei (Olympics; 1986-2010).svg  Chinese Taipei
Macau  Flag of Macau.svgvFlag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam
Vietnam  Flag of Vietnam.svgvFlag of Chinese Taipei (Olympics; 1986-2010).svg  Chinese Taipei
Macau  Flag of Macau.svgvFlag of Myanmar.svg  Myanmar

Ranking of third-placed teams

The best third-placed teams from the four groups will advance to the final tournament along with the four group winners and runners-up. Due to fewer matches in Group D, results against the fifth-placed teams of groups A to C will not be counted in determining the ranking of the third-placed teams.

PosGrpTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 A Group A team00000000 2025 AFC Women's Futsal Asian Cup
2 B Group B team00000000
3 C Group C team00000000
4 D Group D team00000000
First match(es) will be played: 11 January 2025. Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Qualified teams

The following nine teams from AFC qualified for the final tournament.

TeamQualified asQualified onPrevious appearances in 2025 AFC Women's Futsal Asian Cup 1
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Hosts13 September 20242 (2015, 2018)
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 2018 champions30 August 20242 ( 2015 , 2018 )
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2018 runners-up30 August 20242 (2015, 2018)
1Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

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References

  1. ↑ "AFC Competitions Calendar (Jul 2024 - Jun 2025)" (PDF). AFC. 28 October 2024.
  2. 1 2 "AFC Women's Futsal Asian Cup China 2025: Stage set for #WACFutsal2025 Qualifiers draw". Asian Football Confederation. 11 October 2024. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
  3. ↑ "#WACFutsal2025 Qualifiers Draw finalised". the-afc.com. Asian Football Confederation. 17 October 2024. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
  4. ↑ "AFC Women's Futsal Asian Cup 2025 Competition Regulations". Asian Football Confederation.


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