2026 AFC Futsal Asian Cup qualification

2026 AFC Futsal Asian Cup qualification
Tournament details
Host countries	Kuwait (Group A); Thailand (Group B); Tajikistan (Group C); Saudi Arabia (Group D); China (Group E); Kyrgyzstan (Group F); Malaysia (Group G); Myanmar (Group H)
Dates	20–24 September 2025 (Groups A–C & E–H); 18–22 October 2025 (Group D)
Teams	31 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	39
Goals scored	282 (7.23 per match)
	← 2024 2028 → All statistics correct as of 24 September 2025.

Last updated September 26, 2025

The 2026 AFC Futsal Asian Cup qualification was the qualification process organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) to determine the participating teams for the 2026 AFC Futsal Asian Cup, the 18th edition of the international men's futsal championship of Asia.

Draw

There are 31 teams that confirm their participation in the qualifiers. For the first time, the seeding for the draw will be based on the FIFA Futsal Men's World Ranking on 4 April 2025 (shown in parentheses below). The draw was held on 26 June 2025 at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.^[1]

	Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Host teams	Thailand (11) (H) Kuwait (40) (H)	Tajikistan (44) (H) Kyrgyzstan (48) (H) Saudi Arabia (50) (H) Myanmar (56) (H) Malaysia (76) (H)	China (79) (H)
Remaining teams	Iran (5) Japan (13) Uzbekistan (23) Vietnam (31) Afghanistan (33) Iraq (41)	Australia (52) Lebanon (53) South Korea (70)	Chinese Taipei (82) Bahrain (83) United Arab Emirates (97) Maldives (106) Timor-Leste (109) Mongolia (112) Macau (115)	Hong Kong (118) Brunei (119) Palestine (121) Cambodia (125) India (135) Bangladesh (NR) Pakistan (NR)

Did not enter

Laos (65)
Turkmenistan (67)
Jordan (78)
Qatar (92)
Philippines (95)
Oman (96)
Nepal (120)
Bhutan (NR)
Guam (NR)
North Korea (NR)
Singapore (NR)
Sri Lanka (NR)
Syria (NR)
Yemen (NR)
Northern Mariana Islands (N/A)

Notes

Teams in bold qualified for the final tournament.
(H): Qualification group hosts.
(NR): Not Ranked.

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:^[2]

Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
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 are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are 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 are tied and they are playing each other 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);
Drawing of lots.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	3	2	1	0	20	4	+16	7	Final tournament
2	Kuwait (H)	3	2	1	0	12	5	+7	7	Final tournament
3	India	3	1	0	2	5	14	−9	3
4	Mongolia	3	0	0	3	3	17	−14	0

Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

20 September 2025