AFC Women's Futsal Asian Cup

AFC Women's Futsal Asian Cup

Organiser(s)	AFC
Founded	September 2015;10 years ago (September 2015)
Region	Asia
Teams	12 (finals)
Current champions	Japan (1st title)
Most championships	Iran (2 titles)
2025 AFC Women's Futsal Asian Cup

The AFC Women's Futsal Asian Cup (previously the AFC Women's Futsal Championship before 2021 ^[1] ), is the quadrennial premier national women's futsal competition of the Asian Football Confederation nations. The first edition was held in Malaysia in 2015. ^{[2] [3]}

Starting from 2025, the tournament serves as a qualification for the FIFA Futsal Women's World Cup.

Iran won the first two editions. Japan are the reigning champions, having won their first title in 2025.

Results

Summary

Edition	Year	Host		Final				Third place match				Number of teams
				Champions	Score	Runners-up		Third place	Score	Fourth place
1	2015 details	Malaysia		Iran	1–0	Japan		Thailand	4–1	Malaysia		8 [note 1]
2	2018 details	Thailand		Iran	5–2	Japan		Thailand	0–0 (3–2 pen.)	Vietnam		15
—	2020 details	Kuwait		Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic [5]
3	2025 details	China		Japan	3–3( a.e.t. ) (3–2 p)	Thailand		Iran	3–1	China		12

• a.e.t. : after extra time
• p : after penalty shoot-out

Teams reaching the top four

Team	Winners	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place
Iran	2 (2015, 2018)		1 (2025)
Japan	1 (2025)	2 (2015, 2018)
Thailand		1 (2025)	2 (2015, 2018*)
China				1 (2025*)
Malaysia				1 (2015*)
Vietnam				1 (2018)

*as hosts

Summary (2015–2025)

Rank	Team	Part	M	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Points
1	Iran	3	16	14	1	1	70	15	+55	43
2	Japan	3	17	13	1	3	72	31	+41	40
3	Thailand	3	17	10	4	3	60	19	+41	34
4	China	3	13	7	0	6	42	35	+7	21
5	Vietnam	3	13	6	2	5	26	21	+5	20
6	Chinese Taipei	2	8	4	0	4	22	19	+3	12
7	Indonesia	2	8	3	2	3	20	15	+5	11
8	Malaysia	2	8	3	0	5	27	29	–2	9
9	Hong Kong	3	10	2	1	7	24	39	–15	7
10	Uzbekistan	3	9	2	1	6	19	46	–27	7
11	Lebanon	1	3	1	0	2	4	13	–9	3
12	Australia	1	3	0	0	3	2	7	–5	0
13	Philippines	1	3	0	0	3	3	11	–8	0
14	Turkmenistan	1	2	0	0	2	1	17	–16	0
15	Bangladesh	1	3	0	0	3	2	20	–18	0
16	Bahrain	2	6	0	0	6	7	33	–26	0
17	Macau	1	3	0	0	3	0	31	–31	0

Participating nations

Legend:

• 1st — Champions
• 2nd — Runners-up
• 3rd — Third place
• 4th — Fourth place
• QF — Quarter-finalists
• GS — Group stage
• q — Qualified for upcoming tournament
•  ••  — Qualified but withdrew
•  •  — Did not qualify
•   ×   — Did not enter
•   ×   — Withdrew / Banned / Entry not accepted by FIFA
•      — Hosts
•      — Not affiliated to FIFA

For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown:

Team	2015 (8)	2018 (15)	2020 (0)	2025 (12)	Total
Australia	×	×		GS	1
Bahrain	×	GS		GS	2
Bangladesh	×	GS		×	1
China	GS	QF		4th	3
Chinese Taipei	×	QF		QF	2
Hong Kong	GS	GS		QF	3
Indonesia	×	QF		QF	2
Iran	1st	1st	••	3rd	3
Japan	2nd	2nd		1st	3
Jordan	••	×		×	0
Kuwait	×	×	••	•	0
Lebanon	×	GS		•	1
Macau	×	GS		•	1
Malaysia	4th	GS		×	2
Philippines	×	×		GS	1
Thailand	3rd	3rd		2nd	3
Turkmenistan	×	GS		•	1
Uzbekistan	GS	QF		GS	3
Vietnam	GS	4th		QF	3
Total	8	15	16 [a]	12

FIFA Futsal Women's World Cup performances

• 1st — Champions
• 2nd — Runners-up
• 3rd — Third place
• 4th — Fourth place
• QF — Quarter-finalists
• GS — Group stage
• q — Qualified for upcoming tournament
•  ••  — Qualified but withdrew
•  •  — Did not qualify
•   ×   — Did not enter
•   ×   — Withdrew / Banned / Entry not accepted by FIFA
•      — Hosts
•      — Not affiliated to FIFA

For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown:

Team	2025 (16)	Total
Iran	Q	1
Japan	Q	1
Philippines	Q	1
Thailand	Q	1
Total

Awards

Most valuable players

Year	Player
2015	Fereshteh Karimi
2018	Fereshteh Karimi
2025	Sara Oino

Top scorers

Year	Player	Goals
2015	Chikage Kichibayashi Farahiyah Ridzuan	7
2018	Fatemeh Etedadi Sara Shirbeigi Anna Amishiro Sasicha Phothiwong	9
2025	Maral Torkaman	6

Fair play award

Year	Team
2015	No award
2018	Iran
2025	China

See also

• AFC Futsal Asian Cup
• AFC Futsal Club Championship

Notes

1. A total 16 teams maximum were expected to participate before its cancellation due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Kuwait as hosts and Iran as defending champions originally qualified.

1. Indonesia was removed from the competition due to a FIFA suspension ^[2] and Jordan withdrew. ^[4]

References

1. "AFC rebrands age group championships to AFC Asian Cups". the-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. 2 October 2020.
2. "Impact of Football Association of Indonesia Suspension". the-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
3. "AFC Calendar of Competitions 2015" (PDF). the-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation.
4. "Stage set for AFC Women's Futsal Championship 2015 draw". the-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. 13 July 2015.
5. "Bumper 2020 beckons for Asian football". the-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. 1 January 2020.

External links

• AFC Women's Futsal Asian Cup , the-AFC.com