The AFC Futsal Club Championship is the current highest Asian futsal club competition, hosted by the Asian Football Confederation . It is futsal equivalent to AFC Champions League .
For the inaugural edition, AFC Futsal Committee decided to make it an invitational event, and each member association was asked to nominate their national league champions for the tournament.
A trial edition, named 2006 Asia Futsal Cup , was run in 2006 with six teams participating. Iranian team Shensa Saveh beat Uzbek Ardus FC 5–1 in the final.[ 1]
The first recognised edition by the AFC was held in 2010 and ran with ten teams, forming two groups of five teams. The top two finishers then proceeded to the semi-finals. Since 2015 the final tournament is played with 12 teams. If more national league champions wish to enter a team, all but the top three finishers of the last tournament and the host nation, have to enter a qualification stage.
Participating associations by debut
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Year
New Entry Team(s)
2010
Australia , China , Iran , Iraq , Japan , Kyrgyzstan , Lebanon , Qatar , Thailand , Uzbekistan
2011
Indonesia
2012
Kuwait , Myanmar , United Arab Emirates , Vietnam
2013
Chinese Taipei , Philippines
2014–2016
None
2017
Tajikistan
2018
South Korea
2019
None
2020–2022
Not held
Records and statistics
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Most Valuable Players
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^ "2006 Asian Futsal Cup results" . futsalplanet.com. Archived from the original on 2007-05-03. Retrieved 5 February 2012 .
^ "2010 edition results" . AFC. Retrieved 5 February 2012 .[permanent dead link ]
^ Foolad Mahan 5-2 Al Sadd: Foolad champions!
^ "2011 edition results" . AFC. Retrieved 5 February 2012 .[permanent dead link ]
^ Nagoya Oceans crowned champions
^ Giti Pasand win Club Futsal
^ Nagoya Oceans 4-1 Al Rayyan
^ Chonburi Bluewave win Futsal Club Championship Archived September 5, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
^ Futsal Club C'ship: Nagoya Oceans 6-4 Shenzhen Nanling Archived September 3, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
^ Futsal development takes centrestage Archived May 14, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
^ "Iran to Host 2015 AFC Futsal Club Championship" . persianfootball.com. Retrieved 1 March 2015 .
^ Tasisat Daryaei win 2015 AFC Futsal Club Championship
^ NAGOYA OCEANS BEAT NAFIT TO WIN AFC FUTSAL CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE
^ THIRD PLACE CHEER FOR THAI SON NAM
^ Title joy for Mes Sungun Varzaghan
^ Bank of Beirut finish third
^ "AFC Executive Committee announces updates to 2020 competitions calendar" . AFC. 10 September 2020.
^ a b Top honours for evergreen Shamsaee Archived May 24, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
^ a b Keshavarz claims MVP award Archived 2012-09-14 at archive.today
^ a b Keshavarz named MVP
^ Thueanklang scoops MVP award Archived September 5, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
^ Hat-trick for Tasisat as Shamsaee scoops MVP, Top Scorer awards
^ a b NAFIT'S FARHAD TAVAKOLI NAMED MOST VALUABLE PLAYER
^ a b SUPHAWUT STARS AS CHONBURI CLINCH SECOND TITLE
^ a b Bank of Beirut’s Javid scoops top awards
^ "Nagoya Oceans' Yoshikawa wins MVP award | Football | News | 2019" .