| Tourney Name: | AFC Women's Futsal Championship |
| Year: | 2018 |
| Country: | Thailand |
| City: | Bangkok |
| Dates: | 2–12 May |
| Num Teams: | 15 |
| Confederations: | 1 |
| Venues: | 2 |
| Cities: | 1 |
| Count: | 2 |
| Matches: | 29 |
| Goals: | 189 |
| Player: | Fereshteh Karimi |
| Prevseason: | 2015 |
| Nextseason: | 2020 |
The 2018 AFC Women's Futsal Championship was the second edition of the AFC Women's Futsal Championship, the biennial international futsal championship organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the women's national teams of Asia. It took place in Thailand, which was appointed as hosts by the AFC on 29 July 2017,[1] between 2 and 12 May 2018.[2] The tournament was originally to be held between 15–26 August 2017, two years after the inaugural edition in 2015, but was postponed to the following year.
A total of 15 teams participated in the tournament. The 15 teams were divided into four groups (one with three teams and three with four teams), with the group winners and the best runner-up advancing to the quarter-finals.[3]
The tournament served as qualifying for the futsal tournament at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, with the winner and the runner-up qualifying for the girls' tournament, to be represented by their under-18 representative teams.[4] [5]
Iran, the defending champions, won their second title in a row.
Of the 47 AFC member associations, a total of 15 teams entered the competition. There was no qualification, and all entrants advanced to the final tournament.
| Team | data-sort-type="number" | Appearance | Previous best performance |
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| (hosts) | 2nd | (2015) | |
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The matches are played at the Bangkok Arena and Indoor Stadium Huamark in Bangkok.
| Nong Chok | Bangkok Metropolis | Bang Kapi | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bangkok Arena | Indoor Stadium Huamark | ||
| Capacity: 12,000 | Capacity: 10,000 | ||
The final draw was held on 5 March 2018, 15:30 MYT (UTC+8), at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur.[6] The 15 teams were drawn into three group of four teams (Groups A, B and C) and one group of three teams (Group D).[7] The teams were seeded according to their performance in the 2015 AFC Women's Futsal Championship tournament, with the hosts Thailand automatically seeded and assigned to Position A1 in the draw.[8]
| width=33% | Pot 1 | width=33% | Pot 2 | width=34% | Pot 3 (debutants) | |
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See main article: article and 2018 AFC Women's Futsal Championship squads.
Each team must register a squad of 14 players, minimum two of whom must be goalkeepers (Regulations Articles 27.1 and 27.2).[4]
The winner of each group and the best runner-up advance to the semi-finals.
All times are local, ICT (UTC+7).
| +Schedule | ||||
| Matchday | Dates | Matches | ||
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| Groups A–C | Group D | |||
| Matchday 1 | 2–3 May 2018 | 1 v 4, 2 v 3 | 3 v 1 | |
| Matchday 2 | 4–5 May 2018 | 4 v 2, 3 v 1 | 2 v 3 | |
| Matchday 3 | 6–7 May 2018 | 1 v 2, 3 v 4 | 1 v 2 | |
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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).[4]
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Winners qualify for 2018 Summer Youth Olympics girls' futsal tournament, to be represented by their under-18 representative teams.
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The following two teams from AFC qualified for the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics girls' futsal tournament. Since Iran also qualified for the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics boys' futsal tournament and chose the boys' tournament over the girls' tournament, they were replaced by Thailand.[9]
| Team | Qualified on | data-sort-type="number" | Previous appearances in Youth Olympics |
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| 0 (debut) | |||
| (confirmed) | 0 (debut) |
The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament: