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The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) is the governing body of association football in Asia and Australia. It has 47 member countries, mostly located on the Asian and Australian continent, but excludes the transcontinental countries with territory in both Europe and Asia – Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Turkey – which are instead members of UEFA. Three other states located geographically along the western fringe of Asia – Cyprus, Armenia and Israel – are also UEFA members. On the other hand, Australia, formerly in the OFC, joined the Asian Football Confederation in 2006, and the Oceanian island of Guam, a territory of the United States, is also a member of AFC, in addition to Northern Mariana Islands, one of the Two Commonwealths of the United States. Hong Kong and Macau, although not independent countries, are also members of the AFC.
The 2004 edition of the FIFA Futsal World Championship was held between November 21 and December 5 in Taiwan. It was the fifth World Championship held under the aegis of football's world governing body. The venues were National Taiwan University Sports Center in Taipei City and Linkou Gymnasium in Taipei County.
The Chinese Taipei national football team is the official name given by FIFA to the national association football team of Republic of China. It is managed by the Chinese Taipei Football Association, the controlling body for football in Taiwan.
The Taipei International Invitational Futsal Tournament was held from October 27 to October 29, 2006 at Taipei Gymnasium in Taipei, Taiwan. It was the first international futsal event in Taipei after holding the 2004 FIFA Futsal World Championship. Finally, Japanese D.C Asahikawa Futsal Club beat Macau, Chinese Taipei, and Taipei Select team and won the first place.
Tseng Tai-lin is a Taiwanese football (soccer) and futsal player.
The Chinese Taipei national futsal team represents the Taiwan in international futsal competitions. It is governed by the Chinese Taipei Football Association.
The "Damien Knabben Cup" Futsal Invitational Tournament in Taipei, or simply Damien Knabben Cup, is an invitational futsal tournament held by Taipei Futsal Association. It started from 2006, under the name Taipei International Invitational Futsal Tournament. In 2007, it was renamed to Damien Knabben Cup in remembrance of Damien Knabben, late manager of Chinese Taipei national futsal team who died on April 2, 2006.
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The Thailand national futsal team represents Thailand in international futsal competitions and is controlled by the Football Association of Thailand.
Jong Chien-wu is a Taiwanese football (soccer) manager. He has managed Lukuang football team, Chinese Taipei national futsal team, etc. He is now Chinese Taipei Football Association's deputy general secretary.
The Egyptian national futsal team represents Egypt during international futsal competitions. It is governed by the Egyptian Football Association and is one of the strongest teams in Africa having won the Africa Futsal Cup of Nations a record three times.
The China national futsal team represents China in international futsal competitions and is controlled by the Chinese Football Association. They have played in 3 FIFA Futsal World Cups.
The Malaysia national futsal team represents Malaysia in international futsal competitions and is controlled by the Football Association of Malaysia. Malaysia once played in the FIFA Futsal World Cup in 1996.
The Thailand women's national futsal team represents Thailand in international futsal competitions and is controlled by the Football Association of Thailand.
The 2016 AFC Futsal Championship qualification was a men's futsal competition which decided the participating teams of the 2016 AFC Futsal Championship. A total of 16 teams qualified to play in the final tournament, including Japan, Iran, Uzbekistan (hosts), who qualified directly as the top three finishers of the 2014 AFC Futsal Championship. Since third-placed Uzbekistan qualified automatically as hosts, Kuwait, who finished fourth, would have also qualified as the next best-ranked team, but they were later replaced due to FIFA's suspension of the Kuwait Football Association.
The 2018 AFC Futsal Championship was the 15th edition of the AFC Futsal Championship, the biennial international futsal championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the men's national teams of Asia. The AFC appointed Chinese Taipei as hosts on 29 July 2017; the tournament took place between 1 and 11 February 2018. A total of 16 teams played in the tournament.
The Chinese Taipei women's national futsal team is the official name given by FIFA to the women's national futsal team of Taiwan.
Mehmet Fatih Kale is a Turkish Football and Futsal coach, and known for his contributions to the development of Women's Futsal in Asia. In 2014, Kale established the first ever women's National Team for the Chinese Taipei Football Association. His ideas on the "Physiological differences between Men and Women", argues that the execution of tactics in Women's game should not be same as Men's game, and new tactics and strategies should be innovated specifically for women. He was the Technical Director of Futsal Department at Chinese Taipei Football association for a short period of six months in 2017. Kale was granted Republic of China citizenship in January 2018 due to his contributions to the sports in the country.
