2017 AFC Futsal Club Championship

The 2017 AFC Futsal Club Championship was the 8th 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 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam from 20 to 30 July 2017.[1]

2017 AFC Futsal Club Championship
Tournament details
Host countryVietnam
CityHo Chi Minh City
Dates20–30 July 2017
Teams14 (from 14 associations)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
ChampionsThailand Chonburi Bluewave (2nd title)
Runners-upIran Giti Pasand Isfahan
Third placeVietnam Thái Sơn Nam
Fourth placeQatar Al Rayyan
Tournament statistics
Matches played26
Goals scored155 (5.96 per match)
Attendance26,950 (1,037 per match)
Top scorer(s)Thailand Jirawat Sornwichian (9 goals)
Best player(s)Iran Ali Asghar Hassanzadeh
Fair play awardVietnam Thái Sơn Nam

The tournament was won by Chonburi Bluewave from Thailand after defeating Giti Pasand Isfahan from Iran 3–2 in the final. The win was Chonburi Bluewave's second Asian title, following after they won the 2013 AFC Futsal Club Championship four years ago.

Nagoya Oceans from Japan were the defending champions, but they failed to qualify from the 2016–17 season of Japanese futsal league following their loss to Shriker Osaka for the Japanese champions.

Qualified teams

A total of 14 teams from the 14 of the 47 AFC member associations entered the tournament, which included first-time entrants from Tajikistan. Kyrgyzstan returned after a one-year absence, while Indonesia entered a team for the first time since 2011. From the associations participating in 2016, only Chinese Taipei did not enter the tournament.

For teams entering the tournament, they were assigned a seeding position according to their 2016 AFC Futsal Club Championship ranking for the respective draw and the hosts associations.

Rank Association Team Qualifying method
1 Japan Japan Shriker Osaka 2016–17 F. League champions
2 Iraq Iraq Naft Al-Wasat 2016–17 Iraq Futsal League champions
3 Thailand Thailand Chonburi Bluewave 2016 Futsal Thailand League champions
4 United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates Al-Dhafra 2016–17 UAE Futsal League champions
5 Iran Iran Giti Pasand Isfahan 2016–17 Iranian Futsal Super League champions
6 Qatar Qatar Al Rayyan 2016–17 Qatar Futsal League champions
7 Uzbekistan Uzbekistan AGMK 2016 Uzbekistan Futsal League champions
8 Vietnam Vietnam (hosts) Thái Sơn Nam 2016 Vietnam Futsal League champions
9 Australia Australia Vic Vipers 2016 F-League champions
10 Lebanon Lebanon Bank of Beirut 2016–17 Lebanon Futsal League champions
11 China China Shenzhen Nanling 2016–17 Chinese Futsal League champions
— Indonesia Indonesia Vamos Mataram 2016–17 Indonesia Pro Futsal League champions
— Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan Osh EREM 2016–17 Kyrgyzstan Futsal League champions[2][3]
— Tajikistan Tajikistan Disi Invest 2016–17 Tajikistan Futsal League champions[4]
Location of teams of the 2017 AFC Futsal Club Championship.
ASEAN Region
Central Region
East Region
West Region

Venue

The all matches was held at the Phú Thọ Indoor Stadium in Ho Chi Minh City.

Ho Chi Minh City
Phú Thọ Indoor Stadium
Capacity: 5,000

Draw

The draw was held on 30 May 2017, 15:00 ICT (UTC+7), at the Grand Hotel Saigon in Ho Chi Minh City.[5][6][7] The 14 teams were drawn into two groups of four teams (Groups A and B) and two groups of three teams (Groups C and D), with the representatives from hosts Vietnam automatically assigned to position A1 in the draw. The teams were seeded according to the performances of their association's representatives in the 2016 AFC Futsal Club Championship.

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 (unranked)
  1. Australia Vic Vipers
  2. Lebanon Bank of Beirut
  3. China Shenzhen Nanling

Squads

Each team must register a squad of 14 players, minimum two of whom must be goalkeepers (Regulations Articles 30.1 and 30.2).[8]

Match officials

The following referees were chosen for the 2017 AFC Futsal Club Championship.

Referees
  • Australia Darius Turner
  • Bahrain Hussain Ali Al-Bahhar
  • China Liu Jianqiao
  • Chinese Taipei Lee Po-fu
  • Iran Mahmoudreza Nasirloo
  • Japan Hiroyuki Kobayashi
  • Japan Tomohiro Kozaki
  • Kyrgyzstan Nurdin Bukuev
  • Lebanon Mohamad Chami
  • Malaysia Helday Idang
  • Philippines Rey Ritaga
  • South Korea Kim Jong-hee
  • Thailand Maiket Yuttakon
  • Turkmenistan Azat Hajypolatov
  • Vietnam Trương Quốc Dũng

Group stage

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 10.5):[8]

  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, Indochina Time (UTC+7).

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 United Arab Emirates Al-Dhafra 3 2 0 1 8 3 +5 6[lower-alpha 1] Knockout stage
2 Vietnam Thái Sơn Nam (H) 3 2 0 1 15 7 +8 6[lower-alpha 1]
3 Kyrgyzstan EREM 3 2 0 1 6 8 −2 6[lower-alpha 1]
4 Australia Vic Vipers 3 0 0 3 3 14 −11 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head results: Thái Sơn Nam 4–5 EREM, EREM 0–4 Al-Dhafra, Thái Sơn Nam 2–0 Al-Dhafra. Head-to-head standings:
    • Al-Dhafra: 3 pts, +2 GD
    • Thái Sơn Nam: 3 pts, +1 GD
    • EREM: 3 pts, −3 GD
Al-Dhafra United Arab Emirates4–1Australia Vic Vipers
  • Henmi 2', 17'
  • Vassoura 31', 38'
 Report
  • Alinejad 14'
Attendance: 200
Referee: Lee Po-fu (Chinese Taipei)
Thái Sơn Nam Vietnam4–5Kyrgyzstan EREM
 Report
  • Kadyrov 19'
  • Alimov 19', 31', 37'
  • Ulanbek 38'
Attendance: 3,800
Referee: Mahmoudreza Nasirloo (Iran)
EREM Kyrgyzstan0–4United Arab Emirates Al-Dhafra
Report
  • Jamil 24'
  • Vassoura 36', 38'
  • Al-Hammadi 39'
Attendance: 250
Referee: Kim Jong-hee (Korea Republic)
Vic Vipers Australia2–9Vietnam Thái Sơn Nam
  • Barrientos 30'
  • Constantinidis 39'
 Report
  • Nam 2', 10', 25'
  • Luân 5', 25'
  • Huy 13'
  • Tayyebi 18' (pen.), 35'
  • Vũ 27'
Attendance: 3,400
Referee: Mohamad Chami (Lebanon)
Vic Vipers Australia0–1Kyrgyzstan EREM
Report
  • Kultaev 20'
Attendance: 250
Referee: Helday Idang (Malaysia)
Thái Sơn Nam Vietnam2–0United Arab Emirates Al-Dhafra
 Report
Attendance: 3,400
Referee: Liu Jianqiao (China)

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Iraq Naft Al-Wasat 3 3 0 0 17 7 +10 9 Knockout stage
2 Qatar Al Rayyan 3 2 0 1 6 6 0 6
3 Indonesia Vamos Mataram 3 1 0 2 9 10 −1 3
4 Tajikistan Disi Invest 3 0 0 3 5 14 −9 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Al Rayyan Qatar2–1Indonesia Vamos Mataram
  • Costa 8', 40'
 Report
  • Saptaji 39'
Attendance: 200
Referee: Hiroyuki Kobayashi (Japan)
Naft Al-Wasat Iraq7–2Tajikistan Disi Invest
  • Bahadori 5', 7', 17', 18', 33'
  • Abed 31'
  • Eesa 37'
 Report
  • Halimov 5'
  • Jonatan 33'
Attendance: 100
Referee: Liu Jianqiao (China)
Disi Invest Tajikistan1–2Qatar Al Rayyan
  • Nasrollahzadeh 30'
 Report
Attendance: 200
Referee: Maiket Yuttakon (Thailand)
Vamos Mataram Indonesia3–6Iraq Naft Al-Wasat
 Report
  • Tavakoli 2'
  • Abed 13', 19'
  • Fahem 22'
  • Dakheel 26'
  • Eesa 28'
Attendance: 100
Referee: Azat Hajypolatov (Turkmenistan)
Vamos Mataram Indonesia5–2Tajikistan Disi Invest
 Report
  • Tillozoda 8'
  • Bekmurodov 39'
Attendance: 150
Referee: Hussain Ali Al-Bahhar (Bahrain)
Naft Al-Wasat Iraq4–2Qatar Al Rayyan
 Report
  • Selim 27'
  • Taheri 36'
Attendance: 100
Referee: Tomohiro Kozaki (Japan)

Group C
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Iran Giti Pasand Isfahan 2 2 0 0 10 2 +8 6 Knockout stage
2 Japan Shriker Osaka 2 1 0 1 7 4 +3 3
3 China Shenzhen Nanling 2 0 0 2 1 12 −11 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Shenzhen Nanling China1–5Japan Shriker Osaka
  • Hafizi 6'
 Report
  • Horigome 5'
  • Osodo 10'
  • Oliveira 16'
  • Shibano 22'
  • Sato 37'
Attendance: 200
Referee: Rey Ritaga (Philippines)
Giti Pasand Isfahan Iran7–0China Shenzhen Nanling
 Report
Attendance: 250
Referee: Nurdin Bukuev (Kyrgyz Republic)
Shriker Osaka Japan2–3Iran Giti Pasand Isfahan
  • Shibano 1', 30'
 Report
Attendance: 200
Referee: Darius Turner (Australia)

Group D
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Thailand Chonburi Bluewave 2 2 0 0 14 0 +14 6 Knockout stage
2 Lebanon Bank of Beirut 2 1 0 1 8 12 −4 3
3 Uzbekistan AGMK 2 0 0 2 3 13 −10 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Bank of Beirut Lebanon0–9Thailand Chonburi Bluewave
Report
Attendance: 200
Referee: Tomohiro Kozaki (Japan)
AGMK Uzbekistan3–8Lebanon Bank of Beirut
  • Irsaliev 18'
  • Yunusov 22'
  • Serhan 38' (o.g.)
 Report
  • Tomić 5', 30'
  • Serhan 12'
  • Hammoud 26'
  • Zeid 30'
  • Dine 35'
  • Sviridov 38' (o.g.)
  • Jafari 40'
Attendance: 200
Referee: Trương Quốc Dũng (Vietnam)
Chonburi Bluewave Thailand5–0Uzbekistan AGMK
 Report
Attendance: 250
Referee: Lee Po-fu (Chinese Taipei)

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).[8]

Bracket
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
27 July – Phú Thọ Stadium
 
 
Thailand Chonburi Bluewave4
 
28 July – Phú Thọ Stadium
 
Japan Shriker Osaka2
 
Thailand Chonburi Bluewave6
 
27 July – Phú Thọ Stadium
 
Vietnam Thái Sơn Nam0
 
Iraq Naft Al-Wasat0
 
30 July – Phú Thọ Stadium
 
Vietnam Thái Sơn Nam4
 
Thailand Chonburi Bluewave3
 
27 July – Phú Thọ Stadium
 
Iran Giti Pasand Isfahan2
 
Iran Giti Pasand Isfahan2
 
28 July – Phú Thọ Stadium
 
Lebanon Bank of Beirut0
 
Iran Giti Pasand Isfahan4
 
27 July – Phú Thọ Stadium
 
Qatar Al Rayyan2 Third place match
 
United Arab Emirates Al-Dhafra3
 
30 July – Phú Thọ Stadium
 
Qatar Al Rayyan4
 
Vietnam Thái Sơn Nam6
 
 
Qatar Al Rayyan1
 

Quarter-finals
Chonburi Bluewave Thailand4–2Japan Shriker Osaka
 Report
  • Shibano 33'
  • Sato 34'
Attendance: 700
Referee: Mohamad Chami (Lebanon)
Giti Pasand Isfahan Iran2–0Lebanon Bank of Beirut
 Report
Attendance: 700
Referee: Trương Quốc Dũng (Vietnam)
Naft Al-Wasat Iraq0–4Vietnam Thái Sơn Nam
Report
Attendance: 3,600
Referee: Mahmoudreza Nasirloo (Iran)
Al-Dhafra United Arab Emirates3–4Qatar Al Rayyan
  • Vassoura 17', 29'
  • Al-Jaberi 40'
 Report
  • Costa 9', 11'
  • Taheri 25'
  • Arantes 35'
Attendance: 500
Referee: Tomohiro Kozaki (Japan)

Semi-finals
Chonburi Bluewave Thailand6–0Vietnam Thái Sơn Nam
 Report
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Liu Jianqiao (China)
Giti Pasand Isfahan Iran4–2Qatar Al Rayyan
 Report
  • Arantes 15', 18'
Attendance: 500
Referee: Nurdin Bukuev (Kyrgyz Republic)

Third place match
Thái Sơn Nam Vietnam6–1Qatar Al Rayyan
  • Vũ 18'
  • Luân 31'
  • Tayyebi 33', 40'
  • Huy 37'
  • Baptista 38'
 Report
  • Selim 6'
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Hiroyuki Kobayashi (Japan)

Final
Chonburi Bluewave Thailand3–2Iran Giti Pasand Isfahan
 Report
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Trương Quốc Dũng (Vietnam)

Tournament team rankings

As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1st place, gold medalist(s) Thailand Chonburi Bluewave 5 5 0 0 27 4 +23 15 Champions
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Iran Giti Pasand Isfahan 5 4 0 1 18 7 +11 12 Runners-up
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Vietnam Thái Sơn Nam (H) 6 4 0 2 25 14 +11 12 Third place
4 Qatar Al Rayyan 6 3 0 3 13 19 −6 9 Fourth place
5 United Arab Emirates Al-Dhafra 4 2 0 2 11 7 +4 6 Eliminated in
quarter-finals
6 Japan Shriker Osaka 3 1 0 2 9 8 +1 3
7 Lebanon Bank of Beirut 3 1 0 2 8 14 −6 3
8 Iraq Naft Al-Wasat 4 3 0 1 15 7 +8 9
9 Kyrgyzstan EREM 3 2 0 1 6 8 −2 6 Eliminated in
group stage
10 Indonesia Vamos Mataram 3 1 0 2 9 10 −1 3
11 Uzbekistan AGMK 2 0 0 2 3 13 −10 0
12 China Shenzhen Nanling 2 0 0 2 1 12 −11 0
13 Tajikistan Disi Invest 3 0 0 3 5 14 −9 0
14 Australia Vic Vipers 3 0 0 3 3 14 −11 0
Source: Pending
(H) Hosts

Top goalscorers
Rank Player Team Goals
1 Thailand Jirawat Sornwichian Thailand Chonburi Bluewave 9
2 Iran Hossein Tayyebi Vietnam Thái Sơn Nam 8
3 Thailand Suphawut Thueanklang Thailand Chonburi Bluewave 7
Iran Ghodrat Bahadori Iraq Naft Al-Wasat
Iran Ahmad Esmaeilpour Iran Giti Pasand Isfahan
6 Azerbaijan Vassoura United Arab Emirates Al-Dhafra 6
7 Indonesia Andri Kustiawan Indonesia Vamos Mataram 5
8 Brazil Diego Costa Qatar Al Rayyan 4
Iran Ali Asghar Hassanzadeh Iran Giti Pasand Isfahan
Qatar Flavio Barreto Arantes Qatar Al Rayyan
Japan Sota Shibano Japan Shriker Osaka
Vietnam Lê Quốc Nam Vietnam Thái Sơn Nam

Source: the-afc.com

Awards
AFC Futsal Club Championship
2017 Champions
Thailand
Chonburi Bluewave
Second Title

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