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2017 AFC Futsal Club Championship

The 2017 AFC Futsal Club Championship was the 8th edition of the AFC Futsal Club Championship, an annual international futsal club tournament in Asia organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). It was held in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam from 20 to 30 July 2017.[1]

2017 AFC Futsal Club Championship
Tournament details
Host countryVietnam
CityHo Chi Minh City
Dates20–30 July 2017
Teams14 (from 14 associations)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
ChampionsThailand Chonburi Bluewave (2nd title)
Runners-upIran Giti Pasand Isfahan
Third placeVietnam Thái Sơn Nam
Fourth placeQatar Al Rayyan
Tournament statistics
Matches played26
Goals scored155 (5.96 per match)
Attendance26,950 (1,037 per match)
Top scorer(s)Thailand Jirawat Sornwichian (9 goals)
Best player(s)Iran Ali Asghar Hassanzadeh
Fair play awardVietnam Thái Sơn Nam
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The tournament was won by Chonburi Bluewave from Thailand after defeating Giti Pasand Isfahan from Iran 3–2 in the final. The win was Chonburi Bluewave's second Asian title, following after they won the 2013 AFC Futsal Club Championship four years ago.

Nagoya Oceans from Japan were the defending champions, but they failed to qualify from the 2016–17 season of Japanese futsal league following their loss to Shriker Osaka for the Japanese champions.

Qualified teams edit

A total of 14 teams from the 14 of the 47 AFC member associations entered the tournament, which included first-time entrants from Tajikistan. Kyrgyzstan returned after a one-year absence, while Indonesia entered a team for the first time since 2011. From the associations participating in 2016, only Chinese Taipei did not enter the tournament.

For teams entering the tournament, they were assigned a seeding position according to their 2016 AFC Futsal Club Championship ranking for the respective draw and the hosts associations.

Rank Association Team Qualifying method
1   Japan Shriker Osaka 2016–17 F. League champions
2   Iraq Naft Al-Wasat 2016–17 Iraq Futsal League champions
3   Thailand Chonburi Bluewave 2016 Futsal Thailand League champions
4   United Arab Emirates Al-Dhafra 2016–17 UAE Futsal League champions
5   Iran Giti Pasand Isfahan 2016–17 Iranian Futsal Super League champions
6   Qatar Al Rayyan 2016–17 Qatar Futsal League champions
7   Uzbekistan AGMK 2016 Uzbekistan Futsal League champions
8   Vietnam (hosts) Thái Sơn Nam 2016 Vietnam Futsal League champions
9   Australia Vic Vipers 2016 F-League champions
10   Lebanon Bank of Beirut 2016–17 Lebanon Futsal League champions
11   China Shenzhen Nanling 2016–17 Chinese Futsal League champions
—   Indonesia Vamos Mataram 2016–17 Indonesia Pro Futsal League champions
—   Kyrgyzstan Osh EREM 2016–17 Kyrgyzstan Futsal League champions[2][3]
—   Tajikistan Disi Invest 2016–17 Tajikistan Futsal League champions[4]
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Location of teams of the 2017 AFC Futsal Club Championship.
  ASEAN Region
  Central Region
  East Region
  West Region

Venue edit

The all matches was held at the Phú Thọ Indoor Stadium in Ho Chi Minh City.

Ho Chi Minh City
Phú Thọ Indoor Stadium
Capacity: 5,000
 

Draw edit

The draw was held on 30 May 2017, 15:00 ICT (UTC+7), at the Grand Hotel Saigon in Ho Chi Minh City.[5][6][7] The 14 teams were drawn into two groups of four teams (Groups A and B) and two groups of three teams (Groups C and D), with the representatives from hosts Vietnam automatically assigned to position A1 in the draw. The teams were seeded according to the performances of their association's representatives in the 2016 AFC Futsal Club Championship.

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 (unranked)

Squads edit

Each team must register a squad of 14 players, minimum two of whom must be goalkeepers (Regulations Articles 30.1 and 30.2).[8]

Match officials edit

The following referees were chosen for the 2017 AFC Futsal Club Championship.

Referees
  •   Darius Turner
  •   Hussain Ali Al-Bahhar
  •   Liu Jianqiao
  •   Lee Po-fu
  •   Mahmoudreza Nasirloo
  •   Hiroyuki Kobayashi
  •   Tomohiro Kozaki
  •   Nurdin Bukuev
  •   Mohamad Chami
  •   Helday Idang
  •   Rey Ritaga
  •   Kim Jong-hee
  •   Maiket Yuttakon
  •   Azat Hajypolatov
  •   Trương Quốc Dũng

Group stage edit

The top two teams of each group advance to the quarter-finals.

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 (Regulations Article 10.5):[8]

  1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  4. If more than two teams are 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;
  5. Goal difference in all group matches;
  6. Goals scored in all group matches;
  7. Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are tied and they met in the last round of the group;
  8. 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);
  9. Drawing of lots.

All times are local, Indochina Time (UTC+7).

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Al-Dhafra 3 2 0 1 8 3 +5 6[a] Knockout stage
2   Thái Sơn Nam (H) 3 2 0 1 15 7 +8 6[a]
3   EREM 3 2 0 1 6 8 −2 6[a]
4   Vic Vipers 3 0 0 3 3 14 −11 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Head-to-head results: Thái Sơn Nam 4–5 EREM, EREM 0–4 Al-Dhafra, Thái Sơn Nam 2–0 Al-Dhafra. Head-to-head standings:
    • Al-Dhafra: 3 pts, +2 GD
    • Thái Sơn Nam: 3 pts, +1 GD
    • EREM: 3 pts, −3 GD
Al-Dhafra  4–1  Vic Vipers
  • Henmi   2', 17'
  • Vassoura   31', 38'
 Report
Attendance: 200
Thái Sơn Nam  4–5  EREM
 Report
Attendance: 3,800
EREM  0–4  Al-Dhafra
Report
Attendance: 250
Vic Vipers  2–9  Thái Sơn Nam
 Report
Attendance: 3,400
Vic Vipers  0–1  EREM
Report
Attendance: 250
Thái Sơn Nam  2–0  Al-Dhafra
 Report
Attendance: 3,400
Referee: Liu Jianqiao (China)

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Naft Al-Wasat 3 3 0 0 17 7 +10 9 Knockout stage
2   Al Rayyan 3 2 0 1 6 6 0 6
3   Vamos Mataram 3 1 0 2 9 10 −1 3
4   Disi Invest 3 0 0 3 5 14 −9 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Al Rayyan  2–1  Vamos Mataram
 Report
  • Saptaji   39'
Attendance: 200
Naft Al-Wasat  7–2  Disi Invest
 Report
Attendance: 100
Referee: Liu Jianqiao (China)
Disi Invest  1–2  Al Rayyan
 Report
Attendance: 200
Vamos Mataram  3–6  Naft Al-Wasat
 Report
Attendance: 100
Vamos Mataram  5–2  Disi Invest
 Report
Attendance: 150
Naft Al-Wasat  4–2  Al Rayyan
 Report
Attendance: 100

Group C edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Giti Pasand Isfahan 2 2 0 0 10 2 +8 6 Knockout stage
2   Shriker Osaka 2 1 0 1 7 4 +3 3
3   Shenzhen Nanling 2 0 0 2 1 12 −11 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Shenzhen Nanling  1–5  Shriker Osaka
 Report
Attendance: 200
Giti Pasand Isfahan  7–0  Shenzhen Nanling
 Report
Attendance: 250
Shriker Osaka  2–3  Giti Pasand Isfahan
 Report
Attendance: 200

Group D edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Chonburi Bluewave 2 2 0 0 14 0 +14 6 Knockout stage
2   Bank of Beirut 2 1 0 1 8 12 −4 3
3   AGMK 2 0 0 2 3 13 −10 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Bank of Beirut  0–9  Chonburi Bluewave
Report
Attendance: 200
AGMK  3–8  Bank of Beirut
 Report
Attendance: 200
Chonburi Bluewave  5–0  AGMK
 Report
Attendance: 250

Knockout stage edit

In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary, except for the third place match where penalty shoot-out (no extra time) is used to decide the winner if necessary (Regulations Articles 14.1 and 15.1).[8]

Bracket edit

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
27 July – Phú Thọ Stadium
 
 
  Chonburi Bluewave4
 
28 July – Phú Thọ Stadium
 
  Shriker Osaka2
 
  Chonburi Bluewave6
 
27 July – Phú Thọ Stadium
 
  Thái Sơn Nam0
 
  Naft Al-Wasat0
 
30 July – Phú Thọ Stadium
 
  Thái Sơn Nam4
 
  Chonburi Bluewave3
 
27 July – Phú Thọ Stadium
 
  Giti Pasand Isfahan2
 
  Giti Pasand Isfahan2
 
28 July – Phú Thọ Stadium
 
  Bank of Beirut0
 
  Giti Pasand Isfahan4
 
27 July – Phú Thọ Stadium
 
  Al Rayyan2 Third place match
 
  Al-Dhafra3
 
30 July – Phú Thọ Stadium
 
  Al Rayyan4
 
  Thái Sơn Nam6
 
 
  Al Rayyan1
 

Quarter-finals edit

Chonburi Bluewave  4–2  Shriker Osaka
 Report
Attendance: 700
Giti Pasand Isfahan  2–0  Bank of Beirut
 Report
Attendance: 700
Naft Al-Wasat  0–4  Thái Sơn Nam
Report
Attendance: 3,600
Al-Dhafra  3–4  Al Rayyan
 Report
Attendance: 500

Semi-finals edit

Chonburi Bluewave  6–0  Thái Sơn Nam
 Report
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Liu Jianqiao (China)
Giti Pasand Isfahan  4–2  Al Rayyan
 Report
Attendance: 500

Third place match edit

Thái Sơn Nam  6–1  Al Rayyan
 Report
Attendance: 2,500

Final edit

Chonburi Bluewave  3–2  Giti Pasand Isfahan
 Report
Attendance: 1,500

Tournament team rankings edit

As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
    Chonburi Bluewave 5 5 0 0 27 4 +23 15 Champions
    Giti Pasand Isfahan 5 4 0 1 18 7 +11 12 Runners-up
    Thái Sơn Nam (H) 6 4 0 2 25 14 +11 12 Third place
4   Al Rayyan 6 3 0 3 13 19 −6 9 Fourth place
5   Al-Dhafra 4 2 0 2 11 7 +4 6 Eliminated in
quarter-finals
6   Shriker Osaka 3 1 0 2 9 8 +1 3
7   Bank of Beirut 3 1 0 2 8 14 −6 3
8   Naft Al-Wasat 4 3 0 1 15 7 +8 9
9   EREM 3 2 0 1 6 8 −2 6 Eliminated in
group stage
10   Vamos Mataram 3 1 0 2 9 10 −1 3
11   AGMK 2 0 0 2 3 13 −10 0
12   Shenzhen Nanling 2 0 0 2 1 12 −11 0
13   Disi Invest 3 0 0 3 5 14 −9 0
14   Vic Vipers 3 0 0 3 3 14 −11 0
Source: Pending
(H) Hosts

Top goalscorers edit

Rank Player Team Goals
1   Jirawat Sornwichian   Chonburi Bluewave 9
2   Hossein Tayyebi   Thái Sơn Nam 8
3   Suphawut Thueanklang   Chonburi Bluewave 7
  Ghodrat Bahadori   Naft Al-Wasat
  Ahmad Esmaeilpour   Giti Pasand Isfahan
6   Vassoura   Al-Dhafra 6
7   Andri Kustiawan   Vamos Mataram 5
8   Diego Costa   Al Rayyan 4
  Ali Asghar Hassanzadeh   Giti Pasand Isfahan
  Flavio Barreto Arantes   Al Rayyan
  Sota Shibano   Shriker Osaka
  Lê Quốc Nam   Thái Sơn Nam

Source: the-afc.com

Awards edit

AFC Futsal Club Championship
2017 Champions
 
Chonburi Bluewave
Second Title

References edit

  1. ^ "AFC Competitions Calendar 2017" (PDF). AFC. 12 April 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 April 2017.
  2. ^ Суперлига по футзалу: EREM - чемпион!
  3. ^ Клубный чемпионат АФК по футзалу: Кыргызстан снова в строю!
  4. ^ «ДИСИ ИНВЕСТ» УЗНАЛ ПОТЕНЦИАЛЬНЫХ СОПЕРНИКОВ ПО КЛУБНОМУ ЧЕМПИОНАТУ АЗИИ-2017
  5. ^ "Stage set for AFC Futsal Club Championship Vietnam 2017 official draw". AFC. 29 May 2017.
  6. ^ "AFC Futsal Club Championship Vietnam 2017 draw concluded". AFC. 30 May 2017.
  7. ^ "AFC FUTSAL CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP VIETNAM 2017 - OFFICIAL DRAW". YouTube. 30 May 2017.
  8. ^ a b c "AFC Futsal Club Championship 2017 Competition Regulations". AFC. Archived from the original on 15 February 2018.
  9. ^ "This award belongs to every single member of my team, says MVP Hassanzadeh". AFC. 31 July 2017.
  10. ^ "Jirawat grabs second consecutive top-scorer award". AFC. 31 July 2017.
  11. ^ "Suphawut stars as Chonburi clinch second title". AFC. 30 July 2017.
  12. ^ "AFC FUTSAL CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP VIETNAM 2017 TECHNICAL REPORT & STATISTICS". Archived from the original on 1 March 2018.

External links edit

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