2018 AFC Futsal Club Championship explained

Tourney Name:AFC Futsal Club Championship
Year:2018
Country:Indonesia
City:Yogyakarta
Dates:1–12 August 2018
Num Teams:16
Associations:16
Venues:2
Cities:1
Champion Other: Mes Sungun
Count:1
Second Other: Thái Sơn Nam
Third Other: Bank of Beirut
Fourth Other: Naft Al-Wasat
Matches:32
Goals:240
Player: Mahdi Javid
Fair Play: Naft Al-Wasat
Prevseason:2017
Nextseason:2019

The 2018 AFC Futsal Club Championship was the 9th 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 Yogyakarta, Indonesia between 1–12 August 2018.[1]

In the final, Mes Sungun defeated Thái Sơn Nam to win their first title. Chonburi Bluewave were the defending champions, but were eliminated in the quarter-final VS Bank of Beirut

Teams

Of the 47 AFC member associations, a total of 16 associations teams entered the competition, each entering one team. There was no qualification, and all entrants advanced to the final tournament.[2]

All 14 associations which participated in the 2017 AFC Futsal Club Championship returned for 2018. Moreover, South Korea entered a team for the first time ever, and Myanmar entered a team for the first time since 2012, when they participated in qualification.

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AustraliaVic Vipers2016 F-League champions (2017 season cancelled)
ChinaDalian Yuan Dynasty2016–17 China Futsal Super League champions
Indonesia (hosts)Vamos Mataram2017–18 Indonesia Pro Futsal League champions
IraqNaft Al-Wasat2017–18 Iraq Futsal League champions
IranMes Sungun2017–18 Iranian Futsal Super League champions
JapanNagoya Oceans2017–18 F.League champions
KyrgyzstanOsh EREM2017–18 Kyrgyzstan Futsal League champions
South KoreaJeonju MAG2017–18 FK-League champions
LebanonBank of Beirut2017–18 Lebanon Futsal League champions
MyanmarVictoria University College2017 Myanmar Futsal League third place
QatarAl-Sailiya2017–18 Qatar Futsal League champions
TajikistanSipar Khujand2017–18 Tajikistan Futsal League runners-up
ThailandChonburi Bluewave2017 Futsal Thai League champions
United Arab Emirates2017–18 UAE Futsal League champions
UzbekistanAGMK2017–18 Uzbekistan Futsal League champions
VietnamThái Sơn Nam2017 Vietnam National Futsal League champions

Venues

Yogyakarta
GOR UNYGOR Among Rogo
Capacity: Capacity: 5,000

Draw

The draw was held on 18 May 2018, 11:00 WIB (UTC+7), at the Fairmont Hotel in Jakarta.[3] The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four teams.[4] The teams were seeded according to their association's performance in the 2017 AFC Futsal Club Championship, with the team from hosts Indonesia automatically seeded and assigned to Position A1 in the draw.[5]

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Squads

See main article: 2018 AFC Futsal Club Championship squads.

Each team must register a squad of 14 players, minimum two of whom must be goalkeepers (Regulations Articles 30.1 and 30.2).[6]

Group stage

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

TiebreakersTeams 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):[6]
  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, WIB (UTC+7).

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MatchdayDatesMatches
Matchday 11–2 August 20181 v 4, 2 v 3
Matchday 23–4 August 20184 v 2, 3 v 1
Matchday 35–6 August 20181 v 2, 3 v 4

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 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).[6]

Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Final

Winners

AFC Futsal Club Championship
2018 Champions
Mes Sungun
First Title

Awards

All-Star Team

All-Star Team[8] Reserve All-Star Team
Alireza Samimi (Mes Sungun) (GK)
Farhad Tavakoli (Naft Al-Wasat)
Ahmad Kheir El-Dine (Bank of Beirut)
Luizinho (Nagoya Oceans)
Mahdi Javid (Bank of Beirut)
Hồ Văn Ý (Thái Sơn Nam) (GK)
Farhad Fakhimzadeh (Mes Sungun)
Tôn Thất Phi (Thái Sơn Nam)
Abolghasem Orouji (Mes Sungun)
Suphawut Thueanklang (Chonburi Bluewave)
Coach
Hamid Bigham (Mes Sungun)

Top goalscorers

RankPlayerTeamGoals
1 Mahdi Javid Bank of Beirut12
2 Suphawut Thueanklang Chonburi Bluewave8
Hossein Tayyebi Mes Sungun
4 Farhad Fakhimzadeh Mes Sungun6
Ali Asghar Hassanzadeh Mes Sungun
Hassan Ali Jabar Naft Al-Wasat
Farhad Tavakoli Naft Al-Wasat
8 Mohamed Fadaaq Al-Dhafra5
Mohamad Kobeissy Bank of Beirut
Kritsada Wongkaeo Chonburi Bluewave
Nguyễn Minh Trí Thái Sơn Nam

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: AFC Competitions Calendar 2018. AFC. 11 January 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180214060050/http://www.the-afc.com/afc/documents/PdfFiles/afc-competition-calendar-2018. 14 February 2018. dead.
  2. Web site: ХУДЖАНДСКИЙ «СИПАР» ПРИМЕТ УЧАСТИЕ В КЛУБНОМ ЧЕМПИОНАТЕ АЗИИ-2018 ПО ФУТЗАЛУ. Football Federtion of Tajikistan. 30 April 2018.
  3. Web site: Final Draw produces exciting groups. AFC. 18 May 2018.
  4. Web site: Preview: AFC Futsal Club Championship Indonesia 2018 Final Draw. AFC. 17 May 2018.
  5. Web site: AFC Futsal Club Championship Final Draw. YouTube. 18 May 2018.
  6. Web site: AFC Futsal Club Championship 2018 Competition Regulations. AFC. https://web.archive.org/web/20180307205740/http://www.the-afc.com/afc/documents/PdfFiles/afc-futsal-club-championship-2018-comeptition-regulations. 7 March 2018. dead.
  7. Web site: Bank of Beirut’s Javid scoops top awards . AFC . 12 August 2018.
  8. Web site: AFC FUTSAL CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP INDONESIA 2018 TECHNICAL REPORT & STATISTICS . AFC . https://web.archive.org/web/20190627073520/http://www.the-afc.com/afc/documents/PdfFiles/tsg-report-afc-futsal-club-championship-indonesia-2018 . 27 June 2019 . dead .