The 2026 AFC Futsal Asian Cup is the 18th 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. Indonesia is hosting the tournament for the second time after first hosting the tournament back in 2002.
Iran are the defending champions, having won its record 13th title in 2024.
Host selection
Initially, Pakistan and Indonesia expressed interest to host the tournament.[2] Later, Indonesia was selected as hosts by the AFC Futsal Committee on 8 November 2024.[3]
The draw for the qualifiers was held on 26 June 2025.[4] The host Indonesia 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 20 September and 22 October 2025.
The draw took place in Jakarta on 5 November 2025 at 14:00 local time (UTC+7).[5]
The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four teams. This is the first time seeding based on FIFA Futsal World Ranking instead of teams' performance at the qualification and the final of the previous edition. The host Indonesia were automatically placed in the first seed of Group A.
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).
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):
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);
Updated to match(es) played on 29 January 2026. Source: AFC Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers (A) Advance to a further round; (E) Eliminated; (H) Hosts
Updated to match(es) played on 29 January 2026. Source: AFC Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers (A) Advance to a further round; (E) Eliminated
Updated to match(es) played on 30 January 2026. Source: AFC Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers (A) Advance to a further round; (E) Eliminated
Updated to match(es) played on 30 January 2026. Source: AFC Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers (A) Advance to a further round; (E) Eliminated
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