The 2018 AFC Futsal Championship was the 15th edition of the
AFC Futsal Championship
The AFC Futsal Asian Cup, previously the AFC Futsal Championship, is the premier international futsal competition for the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) national teams. It was first held in 1999 and was played annually until 2008; since then i ...
, the biennial international
futsal
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championship organised by the
Asian Football Confederation
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(AFC) for the men's national teams of Asia. The AFC appointed
Taipei
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and
New Taipei City
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,
Taiwan
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(designated as
Chinese Taipei
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by FIFA) as hosts on 29 July 2017;
the tournament took place between 1 and 11 February 2018 at
Xinzhuang Gymnasium
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and
University of Taipei Gymnasium. A total of 16 teams played in the tournament.
Defending champions
Iran
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defeated
Japan
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in the final to win their 12th title.
Qualification
Qualifying was played on 15 October – 12 November 2017.
Qualified teams
The following 16 teams qualified for the final tournament.
Venues
The competition was played in two venues in two cities.
Draw
The final draw was held on 12 December 2017, 11:00
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. The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four teams. The teams were seeded according to their performance in the
2016 AFC Futsal Championship
The 2016 AFC Futsal Championship was the 14th 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 tournament was held ...
final tournament and
qualification
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, with the hosts Chinese Taipei automatically seeded and assigned to Position A1 in the draw.
Squads
Each team must register a squad of 14 players, minimum two of whom must be goalkeepers (Regulations Articles 29.4 and 29.5).
Match officials
The following referees were chosen for the 2018 AFC Futsal Championship.
;Referees
* Darius Turner
* Hussain Ali Al-Bahhar
* An Ran
* Liu Jianqiao
* Lee Po-fu
* Mahmoudreza Nasirloo
* Hasan Mousa Al-Gburi
* Tomohiro Kozaki
* Kim Jong-hee
* Nurdin Bukuev
* Mohamad Chami
* Helday Idang
* Rey Ritaga
* Yuttakon Maiket
* Azat Hajypolatov
* Fahad Al-Hosani
* Anatoliy Rubakov
* Trương Quốc Dũng
Group stage
The top two teams of each group advance to the quarter-finals.
;Tiebreakers
Teams are ranked according to
points
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(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):
# Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
#
Goal difference
Goal difference, goal differential or points difference is a form of tiebreaker used to rank sport teams which finish on equal points in a league competition. Either "goal difference" or "points difference" is used, depending on whether matches ar ...
in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
# Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
# 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;
# Goal difference in all group matches;
# Goals scored in all group matches;
#
Penalty shoot-out
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if only two teams are tied and they met in the last round of the group;
# 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);
# Drawing of lots.
All times are local,
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Group A
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Group B
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Group C
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Group D
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Knockout stage
In the knockout stage,
extra time
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and
penalty shoot-out
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are used to decide the winner if necessary, except for the third place match where
penalty shoot-out
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(no
extra time
Overtime (OT) or extra time (ET) is an additional period of play to bring a game to a decision and avoid declaring the match a tie or draw where the scores are the same. In some sports, this extra period is played only if the game is required t ...
) is used to decide the winner if necessary (Regulations Article 15.1).
Bracket
Quarter-finals
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Semi-finals
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Third place match
Final
Awards
The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:
Goalscorers
Tournament team rankings
See also
*
List of sporting events in Taiwan
References
External links
*, the-AFC.com
AFC Futsal Championship 2018 stats.the-AFC.com
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Championship
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Championship systems
Various forms of competition can be referred to by the term championship.
Title match system
In this sys ...
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