Organising body | AMC |
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Founded | 2023 |
Region | Asia |
Number of teams | 8 |
Current champions | Thailand (1st title) |
Most successful team(s) | Thailand (1 title) |
2023 Asian Mini Football Championship |
The Asian Mini Football Championship is a continental outdoor minifootball competition contested by the senior men's national teams of Asian Minifootball Confederation (AMC).It was founded by Mohammad Aldousariy from Saudi Arabia. The first edition was held in Bangkok, Thailand in December 2023. [1] [2]
In 2023 The 1st edition of Asian Mini Football Championship was held in Thailand in December 2023, Initially, 12 teams were attending this event at the moment of the draw. But some of them withdrew later, so the event was held with 8 team 4 for east zone and 4 from the west zone. [3] Saudi Arabia and Thailand at the opening of the first Asian Cup MiniFootball tournament [4]
Thailand achieving first place and the championship cup after defeating the Iraqi national team with a score of 2–5. Iraq achieved second place and Bahrain third place after defeating Uzbekistan on penalties. The Saudi national team also won the Fair Play Award and the results of the awards came. Individuals are as follows Top Goal Scorer: Abbas Mohammed Bets Goal Keeper: Wanlop Saechio MVP: Zaid Abduali Abdzaid . [5]
Ed. | Year | Host | First place game | Third place game | Teams | ||||
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Champion | Score | Runner-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | ||||
1 | 2023 | THA | Thailand | 5–2 | Iraq | Bahrain | Uzbekistan | 8 | |
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Team | 2023 (8) | Years |
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Thailand | 1st | 1 |
India | GS | 1 |
Bahrain | 3rd | 1 |
Iraq | 2nd | 1 |
Qatar | GS | 1 |
Uzbekistan | 4th | 1 |
Saudi Arabia | GS | 1 |
Oman | GS | 1 |
Total: 8team | 8 |
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