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2022 AFC Futsal Asian Cup

The 2022 AFC Futsal Asian Cup was the 16th edition of the AFC Futsal Asian Cup,[1] the biennial international futsal championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the men's national teams of Asia. A total of 16 teams compete in the tournament.[2]

2022 AFC Futsal Asian Cup
كأس آسيا لكرة الصالات 2022
Tournament details
Host countryKuwait
Dates27 September – 8 October
Teams16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Japan (4th title)
Runners-up Iran
Third place Uzbekistan
Fourth place Thailand
Tournament statistics
Matches played32
Goals scored193 (6.03 per match)
Top scorer(s)Iran Hossein Tayyebi (10 goals)
Best player(s)Iran Moslem Oladghobad
Best goalkeeperJapan Guilherme Kuromoto
Fair play award Uzbekistan
← 2020
← 2018
2024 →

Kuwait was appointed as hosts of the 2020 AFC Futsal Championship, after replacing the original hosts Turkmenistan. However, AFC announced the cancellation of the tournament on 25 January 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3] The tournament was scheduled to be played in Kuwait from 16 to 27 February 2022.[4] On 5 July 2021, the AFC announced that the tournament would be held between 27 September and 8 October 2022.

Japan defeated defending champions Iran in the final to claim their fourth title.

Qualification edit

Main article: 2022 AFC Futsal Asian Cup qualification

Qualifiers were originally scheduled to be played from 13 to 24 October 2021.[5] However, on 5 July 2021, the AFC announced that it would be held from 1 to 15 April 2022.

Qualified teams edit

The following 16 teams qualified for the final tournament.

Team Qualified as Appearances Last Appearance Previous best performance
  Kuwait Hosts 12th 2014 Fourth place (2003, 2014)
  Lebanon West Zone Group A winners 12th 2018 Quarter-finals (2004, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2018)
  Saudi Arabia West Zone Group A runners-up 2nd 2016 Group stage (2016)
  Iraq West Zone Group B winners 12th 2018 Fourth place (2018)
  Bahrain West Zone Group B runners-up 3rd 2018 Quarter-finals (2018)
  Oman West Zone playoff winner 1st Debut None
  Thailand ASEAN Zone winners 16th 2018 Runners-up (2008, 2012)
  Indonesia ASEAN Zone runners-up 10th 2014 Group stage (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
  Vietnam ASEAN Zone third place 6th 2018 Fourth place (2016)
  Iran Central and South Zone Group A winners 16th 2018 Champions (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2016, 2018)
  Turkmenistan Central and South Zone Group A runners-up 7th 2012 Group stage (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012)
  Uzbekistan Central and South Zone Group B winners 16th 2018 Runners-up (2001, 2006, 2010, 2016)
  Tajikistan Central and South Zone Group B runners-up 11th 2018 Quarter-finals (2007)
  Japan East Zone winners 16th 2018 Champions (2006, 2012, 2014)
  South Korea East Zone runner-up 14th 2018 Runners-up (1999)
  Chinese Taipei East Zone third place 13th 2018 Quarter-finals (2003)
1 Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Venues edit

Kuwait City
Saad Al Abdullah Hall
Capacity: 6,000
 

Draw edit

The draw was held on 26 May 2022 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[6]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
  1.   Kuwait (hosts)
  2.   Iran
  3.   Japan
  4.   Uzbekistan

Squads edit

Main article: 2022 AFC Futsal Asian Cup squads

Each team had to submit a squad of 14 players, including a minimum of two goalkeepers.[2]

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 11.5):[2]

  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, AST (UTC+3).

Schedule
Matchday Matches
Matchday 1 1 v 4, 2 v 3
Matchday 2 4 v 2, 3 v 1
Matchday 3 1 v 2, 3 v 4

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Thailand 3 2 1 0 11 5 +6 7 Knockout stage
2   Kuwait (H) 3 1 2 0 11 6 +5 5
3   Iraq 3 1 1 1 9 5 +4 4
4   Oman 3 0 0 3 3 18 −15 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Iraq  2–3  Thailand
  • Zeyad   8'
  • Ihsan   14'
 Report
  • Worasak   17'
  • Sarawut   25'
  • Jetsada   36'
Saad Al Abdullah Hall, Kuwait City
Referee: Hiroyuki Kobayashi (Japan)
Kuwait  7–2  Oman
  • Al-Tawail   6', 23'
  • Al-Abbasi   8', 30'
  • Al-Basam   23'
  • Al-Khalifah   30'
  • Al-Fadhel   33'
 Report
  • S. Al-Balushi   31'
  • Al-Maawali   38'
Saad Al Abdullah Hall, Kuwait City
Referee: Ebrahim Mehrabi Afshar (Iran)
Oman  0–5  Iraq
Report
  • Abdulhadi   4'
  • Faisal   4', 32', 35'
  • Riyadh   14'
Saad Al Abdullah Hall, Kuwait City
Referee: Mohamad Chami (Lebanon)
Thailand  2–2  Kuwait
  • Sarawut   6'
  • Krit   35'
 Report
  • Al-Fadhel   18'
  • Al-Basam   27'
Saad Al Abdullah Hall, Kuwait City
Referee: Husain Ali Al-Bahhar (Bahrain)
Thailand  6–1  Oman
  • Warut   4'
  • Jetsada   16'
  • Worasak   18'
  • Sarawut   19'
  • Narongsak   32', 37'
 Report
Saad Al Abdullah Hall, Kuwait City
Referee: Ebrahim Mehrabi Afshar (Iran)
Kuwait  2–2  Iraq
  • Al-Wadi   2'
  • Al-Mosabehi   21'
 Report
  • Faisal   13', 18'
Saad Al Abdullah Hall, Kuwait City
Referee: Ryan Shepheard (Australia)

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Uzbekistan 3 3 0 0 17 3 +14 9 Knockout stage
2   Tajikistan 3 2 0 1 14 11 +3 6
3   Bahrain 3 0 1 2 8 14 −6 1
4   Turkmenistan 3 0 1 2 9 20 −11 1
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Uzbekistan  8–0  Turkmenistan
  • Choriev   6'
  • Adilov   13', 22'
  • Ropiev   15', 33'
  • D. Rakhmatov   30'
  • Fakhriddinov   34'
  • Usmonov   40'
 Report
Saad Al Abdullah Hall, Kuwait City
Referee: Fahad Al-Hosani (United Arab Emirates)
Bahrain  3–4  Tajikistan
  • Mayhad   12'
  • Antar   34'
  • Saleh   39'
 Report
  • Kuziev   8'
  • Soliev   23'
  • Sardorov   24'
  • Yorov   39'
Saad Al Abdullah Hall, Kuwait City
Referee: Lee Po-fu (Chinese Taipei)
Turkmenistan  4–4  Bahrain
  • Sähedow   13', 14', 19', 26' (pen.)
 Report
  • Antar   10'
  • M. Abdulla   13'
  • Abbas   26' (pen.)
  • Al-Sandi   40'
Saad Al Abdullah Hall, Kuwait City
Referee: Hawkar Salar Ahmed (Iraq)
Tajikistan  2–3  Uzbekistan
  • Sardorov   4', 38'
 Report
  • Tulkinov   3'
  • Nishonov   7'
  • A. Rakhmatov   19'
Saad Al Abdullah Hall, Kuwait City
Referee: Gelareh Nazemi Deylami (Iran)
Tajikistan  8–5  Turkmenistan
  • Yorov   8', 9', 22', 38'
  • Sharipov   11'
  • Baýramdurdyýew   19' (o.g.)
  • Sardorov   37', 40'
 Report
  • Soltanow   3'
  • Sähedow   20', 40'
  • Annagulyýew   35', 37'
Saad Al Abdullah Hall, Kuwait City
Referee: Mohamad Chami (Lebanon)
Uzbekistan  6–1  Bahrain
  • Tulkinov   6'
  • Usmonov   20', 30'
  • Adilov   22'
  • Fakhriddinov   26'
  • Nishonov   27'
 Report
  • Mayhad   35'
Saad Al Abdullah Hall, Kuwait City
Referee: Eisa Abdulhoussain (Kuwait)

Group C edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Iran 3 3 0 0 24 1 +23 9 Knockout stage
2   Indonesia 3 2 0 1 11 8 +3 6
3   Chinese Taipei 3 0 1 2 3 15 −12 1
4   Lebanon 3 0 1 2 3 17 −14 1
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Iran  5–0  Indonesia
 Report
Saad Al Abdullah Hall, Kuwait City
Referee: Ryan Shepheard (Australia)
Lebanon  1–1  Chinese Taipei
  • Hammoud   18'
 Report
  • Huang Wei-lun   13'
Saad Al Abdullah Hall, Kuwait City
Referee: Andrew Best (Australia)
Indonesia  7–2  Lebanon
  • Pangestu   3'
  • Fajriyan   7'
  • Firman   19'
  • Iqbal   21'
  • Dewa   27'
  • Reza   37'
  • Syauqi   40'
 Report
  • Zeitoun   25'
  • Koukezian   37'
Saad Al Abdullah Hall, Kuwait City
Referee: Trương Quốc Dũng (Vietnam)
Chinese Taipei  1–10  Iran
  • He Chia-chen   31'
 Report
  • Bazyar   2'
  • Tayyebi   3', 16', 36'
  • Ahmadabbasi   4', 16', 18'
  • Aghapour   22'
  • Javan   28'
  • Karimi   35'
Saad Al Abdullah Hall, Kuwait City
Referee: Helday Idang (Malaysia)
Chinese Taipei  1–4  Indonesia
  • Lin Chih-hung   30'
 Report
Saad Al Abdullah Hall, Kuwait City
Referee: Husain Ali Al-Bahhar (Bahrain)
Iran  9–0  Lebanon
  • Aghapour   8', 32'
  • Tayyebi   17', 39'
  • Rhyem   17' (o.g.)
  • Oladghobad   19'
  • Jafari   21'
  • Karimi   28'
  • Bazyar   27'
 Report
Saad Al Abdullah Hall, Kuwait City
Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Doseri (Bahrain)

Group D edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Japan 3 2 0 1 9 2 +7 6[a] Knockout stage
2   Vietnam 3 2 0 1 8 4 +4 6[a]
3   Saudi Arabia 3 2 0 1 7 4 +3 6[a]
4   South Korea 3 0 0 3 1 15 −14 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Tied on head-to-head-points (3). Head-to-head goal difference: Japan +1, Vietnam 0, Saudi Arabia −1.
Japan  1–2  Saudi Arabia
  • Crepaldi   3'
 Report
  • Al-Harthi   11'
  • Fqihe   15'
Saad Al Abdullah Hall, Kuwait City
Referee: Anatoliy Rubakov (Uzbekistan)
Vietnam  5–1  South Korea
  • Shin Jong-hoon   2' (o.g.)
  • Trần Thái Huy   15', 34'
  • Phạm Đức Hòa   17', 35'
 Report
  • Shin Jong-hoon   1'
Saad Al Abdullah Hall, Kuwait City
Referee: Benjapol Mucharoensap (Thailand)
South Korea  0–6  Japan
Report
  • Seo Jung-woo   5' (o.g.)
  • Oliveira   6'
  • Mizutani   17'
  • Ishida   27'
  • Kanazawa   28'
  • Yoshikawa   39'
Saad Al Abdullah Hall, Kuwait City
Referee: Zari Fathi (Iran)
Saudi Arabia  1–3  Vietnam
  • Châu Đoàn Phát   30' (o.g.)
 Report
Saad Al Abdullah Hall, Kuwait City
Referee: Osama Idrees Sedaif (Bahrain)
South Korea  0–4  Saudi Arabia
Report
  • Ali   4', 23'
  • Rudayni   12', 39'
Saad Al Abdullah Hall, Kuwait City
Referee: Leung Chung Yin (Hong Kong)
Japan  2–0  Vietnam
 Report
Saad Al Abdullah Hall, Kuwait City
Referee: Pornnarong Grairod (Thailand)

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 Article 15.1).[2]

Bracket edit

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
4 October – Saad Al Abdullah Hall
 
 
  Thailand3
 
6 October – Saad Al Abdullah Hall
 
  Tajikistan2
 
  Thailand0
 
4 October – Saad Al Abdullah Hall
 
  Iran5
 
  Iran8
 
8 October – Saad Al Abdullah Hall
 
  Vietnam1
 
  Iran2
 
4 October – Saad Al Abdullah Hall
 
  Japan3
 
  Uzbekistan3
 
6 October – Saad Al Abdullah Hall
 
  Kuwait0
 
  Uzbekistan1
 
4 October – Saad Al Abdullah Hall
 
  Japan2 Third place
 
  Japan3
 
8 October – Saad Al Abdullah Hall
 
  Indonesia2
 
  Thailand2
 
 
  Uzbekistan8
 

Quarter-finals edit

Iran  8–1  Vietnam
 Report
  • Phạm Đức Hòa   37'
Saad Al Abdullah Hall, Kuwait City
Referee: Hiroyuki Kobayashi (Japan)
Japan  3–2  Indonesia
  • Kanazawa   32'
  • Pires   38'
  • Mizutani   39'
 Report
  • Eko   21'
  • Dewa   40'
Saad Al Abdullah Hall, Kuwait City
Referee: Trương Quốc Dũng (Vietnam)
Thailand  3–2  Tajikistan
 Report
  • Vositzoda   28'
  • Yorov   34'
Saad Al Abdullah Hall, Kuwait City
Referee: Ryan Shepheard (Australia)
Uzbekistan  3–0  Kuwait
  • A. Rakhmatov   14'
  • Choriev   21'
  • Nishonov   34'
 Report
Saad Al Abdullah Hall, Kuwait City
Referee: Ebrahim Mehrabi Afshar (Iran)

Semi-finals edit

Uzbekistan  1–2  Japan
  • Khamroev   17'
 Report
  • Oliveira   23'
  • Kanazawa   30'
Saad Al Abdullah Hall, Kuwait City
Referee: Husain Ali Al-Bahhar (Bahrain)
Thailand  0–5  Iran
Report
Saad Al Abdullah Hall, Kuwait City
Referee: Fahad Al-Hosani (United Arab Emirates)

Third place match edit

Thailand  2–8  Uzbekistan
  • Wingwon   2'
  • Worasak   27'
 Report
  • Ropiev   2', 26'
  • Choriev   7'
  • Tulkinov   14'
  • Nishonov   16'
  • Juraev   22'
  • A. Rakhmatov   23'
  • Khamroev   31'
Saad Al Abdullah Hall, Kuwait City
Referee: Ebrahim Mehrabi Afshar (Iran)

Final edit

Iran  2–3  Japan
 Report
Saad Al Abdullah Hall, Kuwait City
Referee: Ryan Shepheard (Australia)

Awards edit

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:[7]

Top Goalscorer Best Goalkeeper Most Valuable Player Fair Play Award
  Hossein Tayyebi[8]   Guilherme Kuromoto[9]   Moslem Oladghobad[10]   Uzbekistan

Goalscorers edit

There were 193 goals scored in 32 matches, for an average of 6.03 goals per match.

10 goals

7 goals

6 goals

  •   Idris Yorov
  •   Gurbangeldi Sähedow

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

  •   Ahmed Antar
  •   Ammar Hasan Mayhad
  •   Dewa Rizki
  •   Syauqi Saud
  •   Mohammad Hossein Derakhshani
  •   Alireza Javan
  •   Mehdi Karimi
  •   Soma Mizutani
  •   Abdullatif Al-Abbasi
  •   Abdulaziz Al-Basam
  •   Saleh Al-Fadhel
  •   Abdulrahman Al-Tawail
  •   Farhan Ali
  •   Fahad Rudayni
  •   Narongsak Wingwon
  •   Mülkaman Annagulyýew
  •   Shakhram Fakhriddinov
  •   Ilkhomjon Khamroev
  •   Trần Thái Huy

1 goal

1 own goal

  •   Saeid Ahmadabbasi (against Japan)
  •   Mustafa Rhyem (against Iran)
  •   Seo Jung-woo (against Japan)
  •   Shin Jong-hoon (against Vietnam)
  •   Şiri Baýramdurdyýew (against Tajikistan)
  •   Châu Đoàn Phát (against Saudi Arabia)

Final rankings edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final results
1   Japan 6 5 0 1 17 7 +10 15 Champions
2   Iran 6 5 0 1 39 5 +34 15 Runners-up
3   Uzbekistan 6 5 0 1 29 7 +22 15 Third place
4   Thailand 6 3 1 2 16 20 −4 10 Fourth place
5   Tajikistan 4 2 0 2 16 14 +2 6 Eliminated in
quarter-finals
6   Indonesia 4 2 0 2 13 11 +2 6
7   Vietnam 4 2 0 2 9 12 −3 6
8   Kuwait 4 1 2 1 11 9 +2 5
9   Saudi Arabia 3 2 0 1 7 4 +3 6 Third place in
group stage
10   Iraq 3 1 1 1 9 5 +4 4
11   Bahrain 3 0 1 2 8 14 −6 1
12   Chinese Taipei 3 0 1 2 3 15 −12 1
13   Turkmenistan 3 0 1 2 9 20 −11 1 Fourth place in
group stage
14   Lebanon 3 0 1 2 3 17 −14 1
15   South Korea 3 0 0 3 1 15 −14 0
16   Oman 3 0 0 3 3 18 −15 0
Source: AFC

References edit

  1. ^ "AFC rebrands age group championships to AFC Asian Cups". AFC. 2 October 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d "AFC Futsal Asian Cup 2022 Competition Regulations". AFC. Archived from the original on 1 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Latest update on AFC Competitions in 2021". Asian Football Confederation official website. 25 January 2021.
  4. ^ "AFC Competitions Calendar 2022". AFC. Archived from the original on 17 July 2020.
  5. ^ "AFC Competitions Calendar 2021". AFC. Archived from the original on 16 July 2020.
  6. ^ "AFC Futsal Asian Cup Kuwait 2022 official draw heralds return of futsal in Asia". the-afc. Asian Football Confederation. 24 May 2022. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  7. ^ "AFC Futsal Asian Cup Kuwait 2022 Technical Report" (PDF). Asian Football Confederation. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  8. ^ "IR Iran's Tayebi wins Yili Top Scorer Award". the-afc.com. 8 October 2022.
  9. ^ "Japan's Kuromoto lands Best Goalkeeper honour". the-afc.com. 8 October 2022.
  10. ^ "IR Iran's Oladghobad scoops Most Valuable Player Award". the-afc.com. 8 October 2022.

External links edit

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