AFC Futsal Asian Cup explained

Current:	2026 AFC Futsal Asian Cup
Organiser:	AFC
Number Of Teams:	16
Region:	Asia
Most Successful Team:	(13 titles)

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 it has been played biennially. From 2021, the tournament was rebranded from the AFC Futsal Championship to the AFC Futsal Asian Cup.^[1] It is also the qualification for the FIFA Futsal World Cup. There are 47 countries and territories that are permitted to compete for qualification into the tournament.

Iran and Japan are the dominant nations being the only two nations to have won the tournament, and Iran is the only nation to have never finished outside the top four. Iran, champions of 13 of the 17 editions of the competition, won 7 straight editions before their streak was broken by Japan. Iran are the current reigning champions, having won the tournament in 2024.

Results

	Year	Hosts	width = 1% rowspan=21		Final			width = 1% rowspan=17		Third place match			width = 1% rowspan=21		Number of teams
			Winners	Score	Runners-up	Third place	Score	Fourth place
1	1999 Details	Malaysia		9–1			2–2 aet (4–3) pen		9
2	2000 Details	Thailand		4–1			8–6		9
3	2001 Details	Iran		9–0			2–1		14
4	2002 Details	Indonesia		6–0			4–2		14
5	2003 Details	Iran		6–4			8–2		16
6	2004 Details	Macau		5–3			3–1		18
7	2005 Details	Vietnam		2–0			by points		24
8	2006 Details	Uzbekistan		5–1			5–3		16
9	2007 Details	Japan		4–1			5–3		16
10	2008 Details	Thailand		4–0			5–3		16
11	2010 Details	Uzbekistan		8–3			6–1		16
12	2012 Details	United Arab Emirates		6–1			4–0		16
13	2014 Details	Vietnam		2–2 aet (3–0) pen			2–1		16
14	2016 Details	Uzbekistan		2–1			8–0		16
15	2018 Details	Taiwan		4–0			4–4 (2–1) pen		16
–	2020 Details	Turkmenistan	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic							16
16	2022 Details	Kuwait		3–2		bgcolor=#F8F9FA width = 1% rowspan=3			8–2		16
17	2024 Details	Thailand		4–1			5–5 (3–1) pen		16
18	2026 Details	Indonesia							16

Performance

width=150px	Team	width=200px style="background:gold;"	Champions	width=200px style="background:silver;"	Runners-up	width=200px style="background:#a67d3d;"	Third place	width=200px style="background:#9acdff;"	Fourth place	width=80px	Total
	bgcolor=Gold	13 (1999, 2000, 2001*, 2002, 2003*, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2016, 2018, 2024)	2 (2014, 2022)	2 (2006, 2012)		17
	bgcolor=Gold	4 (2006, 2012, 2014, 2022)	6 (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007*, 2018)	2 (2008, 2010)	3 (1999, 2000, 2001)	15
		4 (2001, 2006*, 2010*, 2016*)	6 (2005, 2007, 2014, 2018, 2022, 2024)	1 (2004)	11
		3 (2008*, 2012, 2024*)	5 (2000*, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2016)	1 (2022)	9
		1 (1999)	1 (2001)	1 (2002)	3
		1 (2000)	1 (1999)		2
				3 (2005, 2006, 2007)	3
				2 (2008, 2010)	2
				2 (2003, 2014)	2
				1 (2012)	1
				1 (2016)	1
				1 (2018)	1
				1 (2024)	1

* = Hosts

Summary

Rank	width=200	Team	Part	M	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Points
1		17	105	98	3	4	963	150	+813	297
2		17	101	74	7	20	477	195	+282	229
3		17	91	60	8	23	379	226	+153	188
4		17	87	58	7	22	476	242	+234	181
5		16	72	30	12	30	224	264	–40	102
6		15	60	20	7	33	243	285	–42	67
7		12	49	19	9	21	182	200	–18	66
8		13	53	20	4	29	187	192	–5	64
9		13	55	19	7	29	200	222	–22	64
10		12	45	15	6	24	147	223	–76	51
11		13	50	16	2	32	187	220	–33	50
12		8	34	16	1	17	93	118	–25	49
13		7	32	12	3	17	82	113	–31	39
14		13	44	10	3	31	128	218	–90	33
15		10	36	10	2	24	118	187	–69	32
16		3	15	8	4	3	77	42	+35	28
17		3	15	9	0	6	101	70	+31	27
18		12	40	8	2	30	112	236	–124	26
19		5	20	7	1	12	58	100	–42	22
20		7	24	6	1	17	68	141	–73	19
21		1	6	3	1	2	18	16	+2	10
22		3	9	3	1	5	20	25	–5	10
23		4	14	2	3	9	38	60	–22	9
24		3	12	3	0	9	47	70	–23	9
25		3	13	1	2	10	21	85	–64	5
26		2	6	1	1	4	9	29		–20	4
27		4	17	1	1	15	23	167	–144	4
28		1	3	1	0	2	6	8	–2	3
29		1	4	1	0	3	12	46	–34	3
30		1	3	0	0	3	3	18		–15	0
31		2	6	0	0	6	7	25		–18	0
32		1	4	0	0	4	7	53	–46	0
33		1	6	0	0	6	13	73	–60	0
34		2	9	0	0	9	10	128	–118	0
35		2	9	0	0	9	8	142	–134	0
36		3	11	0	0	11	15	170	–155	0

Participating

Comprehensive team results by tournament

Legend

• – Champions
• – Runners-up
• – Third place
• – Fourth place
• – Semifinals
• 5th - Fifth place
• 6th - Sixth place
• 7th - Seventh place
• 8th - Eighth place
• QF – Quarterfinals
• R2 – Round 2
• R1 – Round 1
• Q – Qualified for upcoming tournament

  ••   – Qualified but withdrew  •   – Did not qualify  ×   – Did not enter  ×   – Withdrew / Banned / Entry not accepted by FIFA     – To be determined     – Hosts

Qualified teams

width=170	Team																		Years
	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	×	•	•	•	QF	1
	bgcolor=gray		bgcolor=gray		bgcolor=gray		bgcolor=gray		bgcolor=gray		bgcolor=gray		bgcolor=gray		R1	QF	QF	QF	4th	QF	5th	×		•	R1	8
	×	×	×	R1	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	×	•	QF	R1	R1	4
	×	×	×	×	×	×	R1	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	1
	×	×	×	R1	••	×	×	×	×	•	×	×	•	•	•	×	•	1
	×	×	×	×	×	R1	×	•	×	×	•	•	×	×	×	•	•	1
	×	×	×	R1	R1	QF	R2	R1	R1	4th	4th	R1	R1	R1	R1	×	R1	13
	×	×	R1	R1	QF	R1	R1	R1	•	R1	R1	R1	R1	R1	R1	R1	•	13
	×	×	×	×	×	R1	R1	×	•	×	•	×	×	×	×	×	×	2
	×	×	×	×	R1	R1	R1	R1	R1	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	5
	×	×	×	R1	R1	R1	R1	R1	•	R1	R1	R1	R1	×	•	QF	•	10
	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=gold style="border:3px solid red"	1st	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=gold style="border:3px solid red"	1st	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=gold	1st	3rd	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=gold	1st	3rd	bgcolor=silver	2nd	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=silver	2nd	bgcolor=gold	1st	17
	×	×	R1	QF	R1	×	R1	R1	R1	R1	R1	•	R1	8th	4th	R1	QF	13
	4th	4th	4th	bgcolor=silver	2nd	bgcolor=silver	2nd	bgcolor=silver	2nd	bgcolor=silver	2nd	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=silver style="border:3px solid red"	2nd	3rd	3rd	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=gold	1st	7th	2nd	bgcolor=gold	1st	R1	17
	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	×	R1	R1	×	×	2
	3rd	bgcolor=silver	2nd	QF	bgcolor=gray		bgcolor=gray		bgcolor=gray		bgcolor=gray		bgcolor=gray		bgcolor=gray		bgcolor=gray		bgcolor=gray		bgcolor=gray		bgcolor=gray		bgcolor=gray		bgcolor=gray				3
	×	×	QF	QF	4th	QF	R2	R1	R1	R1	R1	QF	4th	×	×	QF	R1	13
	R1	R1	R1	QF	QF	R1	4th	4th	4th	QF	QF	QF	R1	6th	R1	•	QF	16
	×	×	×	×	R1	QF	R1	R1	QF	QF	QF	QF	QF	R1	QF	R1	•	12
	×	R1	×	×	R1	R1	R1	•	×	•	•	•	•	×	•	•	•	4
	R1	×	R1	R1	R1	R1	R1	R1	R1	R1	•	•	R1	R1	R1	•	•	12
	×	×	×	×	×	R1	R1	•	•	•	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	2
	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	R1	•	R1	2
	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	R1	×	1
	×	×	QF	×	R1	×	R1	×	×	×	×	•	×	×	×	•	•	3
	×	×	×	×	×	R1	R1	×	R1	×	•	•	•	•	×	×	×	3
	×	×	×	×	×	×	R1	×	×	•	•	R1	•	R1	•	•	×	3
	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	R1	•	R1	R1	3
	R1	R1	R1	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	×	×	3
	bgcolor=silver	2nd	R1	3rd	4th	QF	QF	R1	•	R1	R1	R1	R1	R1	•	R1	R1	R1	15
	×	×	R1	×	×	×	R2	R1	QF	R1	R1	R1	R1	R1	R1	QF	4th	12
	R1	bgcolor=#cc9966 style="border:3px solid red"	3rd	QF	3rd	3rd	3rd	R2	R1	QF	bgcolor=silver style="border:3px solid red"	2nd	QF	bgcolor=silver	2nd	QF	3rd	QF	4th	bgcolor=silver style="border:3px solid red"	2nd	17
	×	×	×	••	••	×	R1	R1	R1	R1	R1	R1	•	•	•	R1	×	7
	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	R1	×	•	•	•	×	1
	R1	R1	bgcolor=silver	2nd	QF	QF	4th	3rd	bgcolor=silver style="border:3px solid red"	2nd	3rd	QF	bgcolor=silver style="border:3px solid red"	2nd	QF	3rd	bgcolor=silver style="border:3px solid red"	2nd	3rd	3rd	3rd	17
	×	×	×	×	×	×	R1	•	×	•	R1	•	QF	4th	QF	QF	QF	7
Total	9	9	14	14	16	18	24	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16

Teams yet to qualify for finals

The following twelve teams which are current AFC members have never qualified for the AFC Futsal Asian Cup.

width=170	Team																		Years
	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	—
	bgcolor=gray		bgcolor=gray		bgcolor=gray		bgcolor=gray		bgcolor=gray		bgcolor=gray		×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	×	•	•	—
	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	—
	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	×	×	—
	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	•	•	•	•	—
	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	—
	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	—
	bgcolor=gray		bgcolor=gray		bgcolor=gray		bgcolor=gray		bgcolor=gray		bgcolor=gray		bgcolor=gray		bgcolor=gray		bgcolor=gray		bgcolor=gray		×	×	×	×	×	×	×	—
	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	—
	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	—
	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	×	×	×	×	—
	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	—
Total	9	9	14	14	16	18	24	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16

Qualification

	Year	Games	Teams	Qualified Teams
1 - 7	1999 - 2005	No Qualification
8	2006 AFC Futsal Championship	2006 Qualification	9	4 + 12
9	2007 AFC Futsal Championship	2007 Qualification	8	4 + 12
10	2008 AFC Futsal Championship	2008 Qualification	9	4 + 12
11	2010 AFC Futsal Championship	2010 Qualification	24	12 + 4
12	2012 AFC Futsal Championship	2012 Qualification	24	12 + 4
13	2014 AFC Futsal Championship	2014 Qualification	24	12 + 4
14	2016 AFC Futsal Championship	2016 Qualification	26	13 + 3
15	2018 AFC Futsal Championship	2018 Qualification	30	15 + 1
Cancelled	2020 AFC Futsal Championship	2020 Qualification	31	15 + 1
16	2022 AFC Futsal Asian Cup	2022 Qualification	31	15 + 1
17	2024 AFC Futsal Asian Cup	2024 Qualification	30	15 + 1
Total	11	AFC Futsal Asian Cup Qualification	Max:31	Max:16

FIFA Futsal World Cup

Legends

1st – Champions2nd – Runners-up3rd – Third place4th – Fourth place

• QF – Quarterfinals
• R2 – Round 2 (1989 - 2008, second group stage, top 8; 2012–present: knockout round of 16)
• R1 – Round 1

     – Hosts

• • Q – Qualified for upcoming tournament

width=170	Team											Total
										R2	1
	bgcolor=gray		bgcolor=gray		bgcolor=gray		bgcolor=gray		bgcolor=gray			R1	R1			2
		R1	R1			R1					3
					R1						1
		R1									1
		4th	R1	R1	R1	R2	R2	3rd	QF	R2	9
	R1				R1	R1	R2		R2		5
	bgcolor=gray		bgcolor=gray			R1	bgcolor=gray		bgcolor=gray		bgcolor=gray		bgcolor=gray		bgcolor=gray		bgcolor=gray		1
							R1				1
			R1								1
	R1										1
										R1	1
				R1	R1	R1	R2	R2	R2	R2	7
	bgcolor=gray		bgcolor=gray							R1	R2	R1	3
								R2	R2		2

Awards

Most Valuable Players

width=50	Year	width=350	Player
1999	Not awarded
2000	Not awarded
2001	Not awarded
2002	Anucha Munjarern
2003	Vahid Shamsaei
2004	Mohammad Reza Heidarian
2005	Kenichiro Kogure
2006	Kenichiro Kogure
2007	Vahid Shamsaei
2008	Vahid Shamsaei
2010	Mohammad Taheri
2012	Rafael Henmi
2014	Ali Asghar Hassanzadeh
2016	Ali Asghar Hassanzadeh
2018	Ali Asghar Hassanzadeh
2022	Moslem Oladghobad
2024	Saeid Ahmadabbasi

Top Scorers

width=50	Year	width=300	Player	width=50	Goals
1999	Mohammadi, Rezaei	18
2000	Therdsak Chaiman	11
2001	Vahid Shamsaei	31
2002	Vahid Shamsaei	26
2003	Vahid Shamsaei	24
2004	Vahid Shamsaei	33
2005	Vahid Shamsaei	23
2006	Vahid Shamsaei	16
2007	Kenichiro Kogure	12
2008	Vahid Shamsaei	13
2010	Mohammad Taheri	13
2012	Vahid Shamsaei	7
2014	Hossein Tayyebi	15
2016	Suphawut Thueanklang	14
2018	Hossein Tayyebi	14
2022	Hossein Tayyebi	10
2024	Saeid Ahmadabbasi	8

Best Goalkeeper

width=50	Year	width=350	Player
1999	Not awarded
2000	Not awarded
2001	Not awarded
2002	Not awarded
2003	Not awarded
2004	Not awarded
2005	Not awarded
2006	Not awarded
2007	Not awarded
2008	Not awarded
2010	Not awarded
2012	Not awarded
2014	Not awarded
2016	Not awarded
2018	Not awarded
2022	Guilherme Kuromoto
2024	Bagher Mohammadi

Fair Play Award

width=50	Year	width=350	Team
1999	Not awarded
2000	Not awarded
2001	Not awarded
2002
2003
2004
2005	Not awarded
2006
2007
2008
2010
2012
2014
2016
2018
2022
2024

Total Awards (1999-2024)

width=25	Rank	width=250	Team	width=50	Numbers
1		32
2		7
3		5
4		2
5		1

Best Wins

All Rounds (Wins with 10 and +10 GD)

width=50	Rank	width=150	Winner	width=50	Result	width=150	Loser	width=50	Year
1		36–0		1999
2		28–0		2001
3		27–1		2004
4		27–2		2005
5		25–0		2005
6		24–1		2004
7		22–0		2000
8		23–2		2005
9		21–0		1999
10		21–0		1999
11		21–0		2004
12		21–0		2005
13		23–3		2004
14		20–0		2004
15		20–1		2002
16		20–1		2006
17		19–0		2000
18		18–0		2005
19		19–2		2010
20		17–0		2002
21		17–0		2004
22		18–2		2001
23		16–0		2007
24		16–1		2002
25		15–0		2004
26		15–0		2004
27		15–1		2002
28		15–1		2005
29		15–1		2007
30		14–0		1999
31		14–0		2005
32		14–0		2006
33		14–0		2008
34		14–0		2018
35		15–2		2003
36		15–2		2005
37		14–1		2002
38		14–1		2003
39		14–1		2012
40		16–4		2001
41		14–2		2005
42		13–1		2004
43		13–1		2005
44		13–1		2005
45		13–1		2016
46		12–0		2004
47		12–0		2006
48		12–0		2008
49		12–0		2014
50		12–0		2014
51		15–4		2014
52		13–2		2004
53		13–2		2016
54		13–2		2018
55		12–1		2000
56		12–1		2003
57		11–0		2008
58		17–7		1999
59		14–4		2005
60		14–4		2005
61		13–3		2004
62		13–3		2005
63		12–2		2001
64		12–2		2003
65		11–1		2016
66		11–1		2018
67		10–0		2005
68		10–0		2008
69		10–0		2014

Quarter-final

width=50	Rank	width=150	Winner	width=50	Result	width=150	Loser	width=50	Year
1		18–2		2001
2		15–4		2014
3		10–2		2002
4		9–1		2008
5		9–1		2018

Semi-final

width=50	Rank	width=150	Winner	width=50	Result	width=150	Loser	width=50	Year
1		13–1		2016
2		10–0		2014
3		10–2		2003
4		8–2		2000
5		8–2		2001

Third place

width=50	Rank	width=150	Winner	width=50	Result	width=150	Loser	width=50	Year
1		8–0		2016
2		8–2		2003
3		8–2		2022
4		6–1		2010
5		4–0		2012

Final

width=50	Rank	width=150	Winner	width=50	Result	width=150	Loser	width=50	Year
1		9–0		2001
2		9–1		1999
3		6–0		2002
4		8–3		2010
5		6–1		2012

+40 Minutes Matches

AET Matches

Matches that result defined in overtime (without penalty kicks) = AET

width=50	Number	width=150	Winner	width=50	Result	width=150	Loser	width=50	Year	width=50	Round
1		4-3		2001	QF
2		3-2		2003	SF
3		3-2		2007	QF
4		3-2		2012	QF
5		5-4		2012	SF
6		2-1		2024	QF

PSO Matches

Matches that result defined in penalty kicks = PSO

width=50	Number	width=150	Winner	width=50	Result	width=150	Loser	width=50	Year	width=50	Round
1		2-2 / 4-3		1999	TP
2		2-2 / 7-6		2001	QF
3		1-1 / 6-5		2003	QF
4		2-2 / 3-0		2014	F
5		4-4 / 2-1		2016	QF
6		2-2 / 3-1		2016	SF
7		2-2 / 9-8		2018	QF
8		4-4 / 2-1		2018	TP
9		3-3 / 6-5		2024	SF
10		3-3 / 5-4		2024	SF
11		5-5 / 3-1		2024	TP

See also

• FIFA Futsal World Cup
• AFC U-20 Futsal Asian Cup
• AFC Futsal Club Championship
• AFC Women's Futsal Asian Cup

External links

• AFC Futsal Asian Cup
• RSSSF – AFC Futsal Championship

Notes and References

1. Web site: AFC rebrands age group championships to AFC Asian Cups. AFC. 2 October 2020.