2014 AFC Futsal Championship

The 2014 AFC Futsal Championship was held in Vietnam from 30 April to 10 May 2014. 16 countries took part in the 13th edition of the tournament. Japan won the championship and successfully defended their title from the 2012 AFC Futsal Championship.

2014 AFC Futsal Championship
Giải vô địch bóng đá trong nhà châu Á 2014
Tournament details
Host countryVietnam
Dates30 April – 10 May
Teams16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Japan (3rd title)
Runners-up Iran
Third place Uzbekistan
Fourth place Kuwait
Tournament statistics
Matches played32
Goals scored221 (6.91 per match)
Top scorer(s)Iran Hossein Tayyebi
(15 goals)
Best player(s)Iran Ali Asghar Hassanzadeh[1]
Fair play award Japan
2012
2016

Qualified teams edit

Team Qualified as Qualification date Appearance
in finals
  Japan 2012 AFC Futsal Championship Winners 0130 May 2012 13th
  Thailand 2012 AFC Futsal Championship Runners-up 0230 May 2012 13th
  Iran 2012 AFC Futsal Championship Third Place 031 June 2012 13th
  Vietnam Hosts
and ASEAN Zone Third Place
0431 August 2013 3rd
  Chinese Taipei East Zone Runners-Up 056 October 2013 10th
  China East Zone Winner 066 October 2013 10th
  South Korea East Zone Third Place 077 October 2013 12th
  Indonesia ASEAN Zone Fourth Place 0822 October 2013 9th
  Australia ASEAN Zone Runners-up 0922 October 2013 6th
  Malaysia ASEAN Zone Fifth Place 1023 October 2013 10th
  Uzbekistan South & Central Group Winner 116 November 2013 13th
  Tajikistan South & Central Group Runners-up 127 November 2013 8th
  Kyrgyzstan South & Central Group Third Place 137 November 2013 13th
  Lebanon West Group Winners 1411 December 2013 9th
  Kuwait West Group Runners-Up 1511 December 2013 11th
  Iraq West Group Third Place 1612 December 2013 9th

Venues edit

Ho Chi Minh City
Phu Tho Gymnasium Ton Duc Thang University Gymnasium
Capacity: 5,000 Capacity: 2,700
   

Draw edit

The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four teams. The teams were seeded according to their performance in the previous season in 2012.

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
  1.   Vietnam (hosts)
  2.   Japan
  3.   Thailand
  4.   Iran

Group stage edit

If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria were applied to determine the rankings.[2]

  1. Greater number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
  2. Goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned;
  3. Greater number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned;
  4. Goal difference in all the group matches;
  5. Greater number of goals scored in all the group matches;
  6. Kicks from the penalty mark if only two teams are involved and they are both on the field of play;
  7. Fewer score calculated according to the number of yellow and red cards received in the group matches;
  8. Drawing of lots.

All times are local (UTC+7).

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   Kuwait 3 2 0 1 11 5 +6 6
2   Vietnam (H) 3 2 0 1 13 7 +6 6
3   Iraq 3 2 0 1 11 7 +4 6
4   Tajikistan 3 0 0 3 5 21 −16 0
Source: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts
Kuwait  5–0  Tajikistan
Hamad   3', 22'
Tawail   13', 38', 39'
Report


Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   Iran 3 3 0 0 25 2 +23 9
2   Australia 3 2 0 1 8 9 −1 6
3   Indonesia 3 1 0 2 5 13 −8 3
4   China 3 0 0 3 4 18 −14 0
Source: [citation needed]
Iran  5–1  Indonesia
Hossein Tayebi   8'
Farhad Tavakoli   17', 17'
Ali Asghar Hassanzadeh   18'
Vahid Shafiei   38'
Report Andri Kustiawan   30'
Attendance: 650
Referee: Tomohiro Kozaki (Japan)


Group C edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   Thailand 3 2 1 0 15 6 +9 7
2   Lebanon 3 1 1 1 12 13 −1 4
3   Chinese Taipei 3 1 0 2 10 15 −5 3
4   Malaysia 3 1 0 2 8 11 −3 3
Source: [citation needed]
Thailand  7–1  Malaysia
Jirawat Sornwichian   11', 12'
Suphawut Thueanklang   26', 29', 36'
Wiwat Thaijaroen   31'
Zubaidi Alwee   39' (o.g.)
Report Asmie Amir   11'
Attendance: 350
Referee: Vahid Arzpeyma Mohamareh (Iran)
Lebanon  8–5  Chinese Taipei
Moustafa Serhan   2'
Ali Tneich   17', 23'
Mohamad Kobeissy   23', 23', 39'
Ahmad Kheir El Dine   28'
Hassan Zeitoun   35'
Report Chu Chia-Wei   9'
Liu Chi-Chao   11'
Huang Cheng-Tsung   18', 19'
Lo Chih-En   27'
Attendance: 150
Referee: Chris Colley (Australia)

Malaysia  5–1  Lebanon
Shamsul Akmar   1', 23'
Saiful Nizam   5', 11'
Saiful Aula   34'
Report Ali Tneich   16'
Chinese Taipei  2–5  Thailand
Lo Chih-an   24'
Huang Cheng-Tsung   33'
Report Suphawut Thueanklang   3'
Jetsada Chudech   4'
Piyapat Rattana   8'
Kritsada Wongkaeo   24'
Jirawat Sornwichian   33'
Attendance: 200
Referee: HASAN MOHAMMED MOUSA AL-GBUR (IRAQ)

Thailand  3–3  Lebanon
Kritsada Wongkaeo   21'
Suphawut Thueanklang   33', 40'
Report Ali Tneich   1'
Karim Abou Zaid   17', 40'
Attendance: 200
Referee: ZHANG YOUZE (CHINA PR)

Group D edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   Uzbekistan 3 2 1 0 7 3 +4 7
2   Japan 3 2 0 1 17 2 +15 6
3   Kyrgyzstan 3 1 1 1 6 7 −1 4
4   South Korea 3 0 0 3 1 19 −18 0
Source: [citation needed]
Japan  12–0  South Korea
Report
Ton Duc Thang University Gymnasium, Ho Chi Minh City
Attendance: 700
Referee: Saša Tomić (Croatia)
Kyrgyzstan  2–2  Uzbekistan
Ulan Ryskulov   38'
Emil Kanetov   39'
Report Erkin Tabaldiev   5' (o.g.)
Farkhod Abdumavlyanov   17'
Ton Duc Thang University Gymnasium, Ho Chi Minh City

South Korea  1–4  Kyrgyzstan
Shin Jong-hoon   32' Report Rustam Ermekov   17', 27'
Marat Duvanaev   37'
Vadim Kondratkov   40'
Ton Duc Thang University Gymnasium, Ho Chi Minh City
Uzbekistan  2–1  Japan
Report
Ton Duc Thang University Gymnasium, Ho Chi Minh City
Attendance: 900
Referee: Trương Quốc Dũng (Vietnam)

Japan  4–0  Kyrgyzstan
Report
Attendance: 200
Referee: Scott Kidson (Australia)
Uzbekistan  3–0  South Korea
Tojiboev Shuhrat   16'
Choriev   34'
Rakhmatov Dilshod   39'
Report
Ton Duc Thang University Gymnasium, Ho Chi Minh City

Knockout stage edit

In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary (no extra time is used in the third place match).[2]

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
May 7 – Ho Chi Minh City
 
 
  Kuwait5
 
May 8 – Ho Chi Minh City
 
  Australia2
 
  Kuwait 1
 
May 7 – Ho Chi Minh City
 
  Japan 6
 
  Thailand 2
 
May 10 – Ho Chi Minh City
 
  Japan 3
 
  Japan2(3)
 
May 7 – Ho Chi Minh City
 
  Iran2(0)
 
  Iran15
 
May 8 – Ho Chi Minh City
 
  Vietnam4
 
  Iran10
 
May 7 – Ho Chi Minh City
 
  Uzbekistan0 Third place
 
  Uzbekistan6
 
May 10 – Ho Chi Minh City
 
  Lebanon2
 
  Kuwait1
 
 
  Uzbekistan2
 

Quarter-finals edit


Thailand  2–3  Japan
Report
Ton Duc Thang University Gymnasium, Ho Chi Minh City
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Mohamad Chami (Lebanon)

Iran  15–4  Vietnam
Hossein Tayyebi   2', 10', 24'
Farhad Fakhim   11', 36', 38'
Ahmad Esmaeilpour   12'
Alireza Vafaei   17', 36'
Ali Asghar Hassanzadeh   25', 26', 28'
Mohammad Shajari   29', 32'
Behrouz Jafari   30'
Report Phùng Trọng Luân  12', 29'
Lý Khánh Hưng   22'
Pham Thành Đạt   33'

Semi-finals edit

Kuwait  1–6  Japan
Report
Attendance: 350
Referee: Fernando Lumbreras (Spain)

Third place play-off edit

Final edit

Japan  2–2 (a.e.t.)  Iran
Report
Penalties
3–0
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Nurdin Bukuev (Kyrgyzstan)

Goalscorers edit

15 goals
8 goals
7 goals

Awards edit

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:[3]

Top Goalscorer Most Valuable Player Fair Play award
  Hossein Tayyebi   Ali Asghar Hassanzadeh   Japan

References edit

  1. ^ "Tayebi and Hassanzadeh claim individual awards". AFC. 10 May 2014.
  2. ^ a b "Competition Regulations AFC Futsal Championship 2014" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 October 2014.
  3. ^ "Technical Report & Statistics AFC Futsal Championship Vietnam 2014" (PDF). Asian Football Confederation. Retrieved 12 September 2023.

External links edit