2018 AFC Women's Futsal Championship

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.

2018 AFC Women's Futsal Championship
Tournament details
Host countryThailand
CityBangkok
Dates2–12 May
Teams15 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Iran (2nd title)
Runners-up Japan
Third place Thailand
Fourth place Vietnam
Tournament statistics
Matches played29
Goals scored189 (6.52 per match)
Attendance9,105 (314 per match)
Top scorer(s)Iran Fatemeh Etedadi
Iran Sara Shirbeigi
Japan Anna Amishiro
Thailand Sasicha Phothiwong (9 goals each)
Best player(s)Iran Fereshteh Karimi
Fair play award Iran

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.

Qualified teams

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 Appearance Previous best performance
 Thailand (hosts)2ndThird place (2015)
 Iran2ndChampions (2015)
 Japan2ndRunners-up (2015)
 Malaysia2ndFourth place (2015)
 China2ndGroup stage (2015)
 Hong Kong2ndGroup stage (2015)
 Uzbekistan2ndGroup stage (2015)
 Vietnam2ndGroup stage (2015)
 Bahrain1stDebut
 Chinese Taipei1stDebut
 Lebanon1stDebut
 Macau1stDebut
 Turkmenistan1stDebut
 Bangladesh1stDebut
 Indonesia1stDebut

Venues

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
2018 AFC Women's Futsal Championship (Bangkok)

Draw

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]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 (debutants)
  1.  China
  2.  Hong Kong
  3.  Uzbekistan
  4.  Vietnam
  1.  Bahrain
  2.  Chinese Taipei
  3.  Lebanon
  4.  Macau
  5.  Turkmenistan
  6.  Bangladesh
  7.  Indonesia

Squads
Main article: 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]

Group stage

The winner of each group and the best runner-up advance to the semi-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):[4]

  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, ICT (UTC+7).

Schedule
Matchday Dates Matches
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

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Thailand (H) 3 2 1 0 24 1 +23 7 Knockout stage
2  Indonesia 3 2 1 0 12 1 +11 7
3  Hong Kong 3 1 0 2 7 10 −3 3
4  Macau 3 0 0 3 0 31 −31 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Hong Kong 0–2 Indonesia
Report
  • Febriana 33'
  • Fitri 38'
Attendance: 150
Referee: Kumi Hiruma (Japan)
Thailand 15–0 Macau
  • Sasicha 2', 3', 19', 30', 31'
  • Jiraprapa N. 5'
  • Darika 6', 14', 16'
  • Jenjira 8'
  • Mutita 20'
  • Pacharaporn 32'
  • Orapin 35'
  • Jiraprapa T. 37'
  • Kuan Chi Kio 37' (o.g.)
 Report
Attendance: 510
Referee: Gelareh Nazemideylami (Iran)
Macau 0–7 Hong Kong
Report
Attendance: 150
Referee: Maryam Poor Jafarian (Iran)
Indonesia 1–1 Thailand
  • Febriana 24'
 Report
  • Darika 25'
Attendance: 700
Referee: Irina Velikanova (Russia)
Thailand 8–0 Hong Kong
  • Jenjira 1', 26'
  • Mutita 2'
  • Sasicha 8', 19', 30'
  • Darika 33'
  • Natthamon 40'
 Report
Attendance: 871
Referee: Abdallah Ghaith (Lebanon)
Indonesia 9–0 Macau
  • Kuan Chi Kio 2' (o.g.)
  • Fitri 3', 15', 28'
  • Rani 11', 21'
  • Fitriya 25', 26'
  • Anggi 33'
 Report
Attendance: 50
Referee: Mari Miyazaki (Japan)

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Vietnam 3 3 0 0 11 1 +10 9 Knockout stage
2  Chinese Taipei 3 2 0 1 10 4 +6 6
3  Malaysia 3 1 0 2 10 8 +2 3
4  Bangladesh 3 0 0 3 2 20 −18 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Vietnam 1–0 Chinese Taipei
  • Nguyễn Thị Thành 30'
 Report
Attendance: 50
Referee: Chiara Perona (Italy)
Malaysia 7–1 Bangladesh
  • Hanis Farhana 3'
  • Zurain 4'
  • Asnidah 18'
  • Shazreen 19', 40'
  • Atiqah 20'
  • Intan 22'
 Report
Attendance: 50
Referee: Liang Qingyun (China)
Bangladesh 0–7 Vietnam
Report
  • Đỗ Thị Nguyên 3', 31', 39'
  • Võ Thị Thùy Trinh 11', 12'
  • Nguyễn Thị Thành 21'
  • Lê Thị Thùy Linh 24'
Attendance: 56
Referee: Mari Miyazaki (Japan)
Chinese Taipei 4–2 Malaysia
  • Chen Ya-chun 18' (pen.)
  • Wang Shu-wen 26'
  • Hsieh Pei-fen 29'
  • Kuo Tsu-erh 32'
 Report
  • Asnidah 5'
  • Zurain 35'
Attendance: 100
Referee: Kumiko Matsuo (Japan)
Malaysia 1–3 Vietnam
  • Zurain 19'
 Report
  • Đỗ Thị Nguyên 17'
  • Trịnh Nguyễn Thanh Hằng 18', 39'
Attendance: 50
Referee: Liang Qingyun (China)
Chinese Taipei 6–1 Bangladesh
  • A. Khatun 1' (o.g.)
  • Lin Ya-hui 3', 29'
  • Tang Yung-ching 9'
  • Wang Shu-wen 18'
  • Kuo Tsu-erh 25'
 Report
Attendance: 156
Referee: Kumi Hiruma (Japan)

Group C
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Japan 3 3 0 0 24 5 +19 9 Knockout stage
2  China 3 2 0 1 15 8 +7 6
3  Lebanon 3 1 0 2 4 13 −9 3
4  Bahrain 3 0 0 3 4 21 −17 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
China 5–2 Bahrain
  • Li Jingjing 3'
  • Tian Jiao 11'
  • Zhan Huimin 14'
  • Li Yingqing 16'
  • Shen Nan 18'
 Report
  • Al Isa 1'
  • Yaqoob 15'
Attendance: 50
Referee: Maryam Poor Jafarian (Iran)
Japan 5–1 Lebanon
  • Eguchi 2'
  • Kato 8'
  • Amishiro 13'
  • Egawa 25'
  • Katsumata 31'
 Report
  • Rachid 15'
Attendance: 50
Referee: Fathi Zari (Iran)
Lebanon 0–6 China
Report
  • Li Jingjing 2', 20'
  • Shen Nan 28', 38'
  • Zhan Huimin 33'
  • Tian Jiao 39'
Attendance: 60
Referee: Ridzuan Rozali (Malaysia)
Bahrain 0–13 Japan
Report
  • Wakabayashi 7', 17', 34'
  • Amishiro 10', 28', 37'
  • Egawa 18', 36'
  • Katsumata 20'
  • Fujita 29'
  • Eguchi 35'
  • Chida 38', 39'
Attendance: 95
Referee: Chiara Perona (Italy)
Japan 6–4 China
  • Amishiro 4', 32', 40'
  • Egawa 7'
  • Nakajima 38'
  • Komura 40'
 Report
  • Li Yingqing 20'
  • Tian Jiao 24'
  • Wang Ting 39'
  • Li Jingjing 40'
Attendance: 80
Referee: Maryam Poor Jafarian (Iran)
Bahrain 2–3 Lebanon
  • Mubarak 12'
  • Al Khattal 15'
 Report
  • Rachid 3', 10'
  • Hosry 23'
Attendance: 102
Referee: Fathi Zari (Iran)

Group D
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Iran 2 2 0 0 23 2 +21 6 Knockout stage
2  Uzbekistan 2 1 0 1 5 10 −5 3
3  Turkmenistan 2 0 0 2 1 17 −16 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Turkmenistan 0–14 Iran
Report
  • Etedadi 1', 12', 35', 38'
  • Zarei 5', 6', 40'
  • Karimi 8', 16', 23'
  • Papi 16'
  • Moghimi 18'
  • Sadaghiani 24'
  • Shirbeigi 32'
Attendance: 105
Referee: Mari Miyazaki (Japan)
Uzbekistan 3–1 Turkmenistan
  • Nazarova 17'
  • Safina 19'
  • Burkhonova 23'
 Report
  • Eşnyýazowa 40'
Attendance: 100
Referee: Ji Shuang (China)
Iran 9–2 Uzbekistan
  • Zarbieva 1' (o.g.)
  • Shirbeigi 2', 24', 32'
  • Karimi 3'
  • Etedadi 10', 34'
  • Arzhangi 25'
  • Khosravi 40'
 Report
  • Safina 30'
  • Shoyimova 38' (pen.)
Attendance: 168
Referee: Kumiko Matsuo (Japan)

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).[4]

Bracket
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
9 May – Indoor Stadium Huamark
 
 
 Thailand6
 
10 May – Indoor Stadium Huamark
 
 Chinese Taipei1
 
 Thailand1
 
9 May – Indoor Stadium Huamark
 
 Japan2
 
 Japan5
 
12 May – Indoor Stadium Huamark
 
 Uzbekistan1
 
 Japan2
 
9 May – Bangkok Arena
 
 Iran5
 
 Vietnam2
 
10 May – Indoor Stadium Huamark
 
 Indonesia1
 
 Vietnam0
 
9 May – Bangkok Arena
 
 Iran5 Third place
 
 Iran4
 
12 May – Indoor Stadium Huamark
 
 China2
 
 Thailand (p)0 (3)
 
 
 Vietnam0 (2)
 

Quarter-finals
Iran 4–2 China
 Report
  • Tian Jiao 3'
  • Zhang Yue 9'
Attendance: 80
Referee: Irina Velikanova (Russia)
Japan 5–1 Uzbekistan
  • Amishiro 15'
  • Egawa 21'
  • Yokoyama 26'
  • Nakajima 28'
  • Yotsui 33'
 Report
  • Safina 36'
Attendance: 167
Referee: Liang Qingyun (China)
Vietnam 2–1 Indonesia
  • Bùi Thị Trang 13'
  • Nguyễn Thị Huế 37'
 Report
  • Febriana 25'
Attendance: 80
Referee: Kumiko Matsuo (Japan)
Thailand 6–1 Chinese Taipei
  • Darika 17'
  • Sasicha 23'
  • Jiraprapa T. 23'
  • Mutita 32', 34', 39'
 Report
  • Chen Pin-hui 19'
Attendance: 1,133
Referee: Fathi Zari (Iran)

Semi-finals

Winners qualify for 2018 Summer Youth Olympics girls' futsal tournament, to be represented by their under-18 representative teams.

Vietnam 0–5 Iran
Report
  • Sadaghiani 5'
  • Etedadi 10', 37'
  • Shirbeigi 14'
  • Zarei 16'
Attendance: 207
Referee: Abdallah Ghaith (Lebanon)
Thailand 1–2 Japan
  • Jenjira 30'
 Report
  • Egawa 5'
  • Kato 33'
Attendance: 1,578
Referee: Osama Saeed Idrees Sedaif (Bahrain)

Third place match
Thailand 0–0 Vietnam
Report
Penalties
  • Darika soccer ball with check mark
  • Jenjira soccer ball with check mark
  • Hataichanok soccer ball with check mark
 3–2
  • soccer ball with red X Nguyễn Thị Huế
  • soccer ball with check mark Lê Thị Thùy Linh
  • soccer ball with check mark Nguyễn Thị Thành
Attendance: 818
Referee: Kumiko Matsuo (Japan)

Final
Japan 2–5 Iran
  • Eguchi 31'
  • Amishiro 40'
 Report
  • Shirbeigi 27', 30', 31'
  • Komura 30' (o.g.)
  • Zarei 36'
Attendance: 1,339
Referee: Liang Qingyun (China)

Winners
 2018 AFC Women's Futsal Championship winners 

Iran
2nd title

Qualified teams for Youth Olympics

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 Previous appearances in Youth Olympics
 Japan10 May 20180 (debut)
 Thailand19 August 2018 (confirmed)0 (debut)
Notes
  • Since teams from the same association cannot play in both the Youth Olympics boys' and girls' tournaments, if teams from the same association qualify for both tournaments, they must nominate their preferred qualification team, and the next best ranked team will qualify instead if one of the qualified teams are not nominated.
  • As participation in team sports (Futsal, Beach handball, Field hockey, and Rugby sevens) are limited to one team per gender for each National Olympic Committee (NOC), the participating teams of the 2018 Youth Olympics futsal tournament will be confirmed by mid-2018 after each qualified NOC confirms their participation and any unused qualification places are reallocated.[5]

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:

Top Goalscorer[10][note 1] Most Valuable Player[10] Fair Play award[10]
Iran Sara Shirbeigi Iran Fereshteh Karimi  Iran

Notes:

  1. Sara Shirbeigi finished ahead of other top scorers by virtue of contributing three assists, compared to her competitors’ two.

Goalscorers

There were 189 goals scored in 29 matches, for an average of 6.52 goals per match.

9 goals

  • Iran Fatemeh Etedadi
  • Iran Sara Shirbeigi
  • Japan Anna Amishiro
  • Thailand Sasicha Phothiwong

6 goals

  • Japan Ryo Egawa
  • Thailand Darika Peanpailun

5 goals

4 goals

  • China Li Jingjing
  • China Tian Jiao
  • Indonesia Fitri Rosdiana
  • Thailand Jenjira Bubpha
  • Vietnam Đỗ Thị Nguyên

3 goals

  • China Shen Nan
  • Indonesia Febriana Kusumaningrum
  • Japan Mika Eguchi
  • Japan Eri Wakabayashi
  • Lebanon Rayane Rachid
  • Malaysia Zurain Kamarudin
  • Uzbekistan Rushaniya Safina

2 goals

  • China Li Yingqing
  • China Zhan Huimin
  • Chinese Taipei Kuo Tsu-erh
  • Chinese Taipei Lin Ya-hui
  • Chinese Taipei Wang Shu-wen
  • Hong Kong Cheung Wai Ki
  • Hong Kong Heidi Yuen
  • Indonesia Fitriya Hilda
  • Indonesia Rani Mulyasari
  • Iran Arezoo Sadaghiani
  • Japan Hinako Chida
  • Japan Masami Kato
  • Japan Riho Katsumata
  • Japan Shiori Nakajima
  • Malaysia Shazreen Munazli
  • Malaysia Asnidah Zamri
  • Thailand Jiraprapa Tupsuri
  • Vietnam Nguyễn Thị Thành
  • Vietnam Trịnh Nguyễn Thanh Hằng
  • Vietnam Võ Thị Thùy Trinh

1 goal

  • Bahrain Hessa Al Isa
  • Bahrain Eman Al Khattal
  • Bahrain Marwa Mubarak
  • Bahrain Manar Yaqoob
  • Bangladesh Sabina Khatun
  • Bangladesh Masura Parvin
  • China Wang Ting
  • China Zhang Yue
  • Chinese Taipei Chen Pin-hui
  • Chinese Taipei Chen Ya-chun
  • Chinese Taipei Hsieh Pei-fen
  • Chinese Taipei Tang Yung-ching
  • Hong Kong Ng Wing Kum
  • Hong Kong Wong So Han
  • Hong Kong Yiu Hei Man
  • Indonesia Anggi Puspitasari
  • Iran Fatemeh Arzhangi
  • Iran Nasimeh Gholami
  • Iran Fereshteh Khosravi
  • Iran Nastaran Moghimi
  • Iran Fatemeh Papi
  • Japan Mio Fujita
  • Japan Misato Komura
  • Japan Junko Yokoyama
  • Japan Saki Yotsui
  • Lebanon Yara Hosry
  • Malaysia Hanis Farhana
  • Malaysia Atiqah Rashid
  • Malaysia Intan Sarah
  • Thailand Natthamon Artkla
  • Thailand Jiraprapa Nimrattanasing
  • Thailand Pacharaporn Srimuang
  • Thailand Orapin Waenngoen
  • Turkmenistan Halida Eşnyýazowa
  • Uzbekistan Malika Burkhonova
  • Uzbekistan Zumratjon Nazarova
  • Uzbekistan Maftuna Shoyimova
  • Vietnam Bùi Thị Trang
  • Vietnam Lê Thị Thùy Linh
  • Vietnam Nguyễn Thị Huế

1 own goal

2 own goals

  • Macau Kuan Chi Kio (against Thailand, Indonesia)

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.[11]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1  Iran 5 5 0 0 37 6 +31 15 Champions
2  Japan 6 5 0 1 33 12 +21 15 Runners-up
3  Thailand (H) 6 3 2 1 31 4 +27 11 Third place
4  Vietnam 6 4 1 1 13 7 +6 13 Fourth place
5  Indonesia 4 2 1 1 13 3 +10 7 Eliminated in
quarter-finals
6  China 4 2 0 2 17 12 +5 6
7  Uzbekistan 3 1 0 2 6 15 −9 3
8  Chinese Taipei 4 2 0 2 11 10 +1 6
9  Malaysia 3 1 0 2 10 8 +2 3 Eliminated in
group stage
10  Hong Kong 3 1 0 2 7 10 −3 3
11  Lebanon 3 1 0 2 4 13 −9 3
12  Turkmenistan 2 0 0 2 1 17 −16 0
13  Bahrain 3 0 0 3 4 21 −17 0
14  Bangladesh 3 0 0 3 2 20 −18 0
15  Macau 3 0 0 3 0 31 −31 0
Source: AFC
(H) Hosts

See also

References
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  2. "AFC Competitions Calendar 2018". AFC. 11 January 2018. Archived from the original on 14 February 2018.
  3. "Upcoming AFC Futsal & Beach Soccer competition formats approved". AFC. 23 July 2016.
  4. "AFC Women's Futsal Championship 2018 Competition Regulations". AFC. Archived from the original on 16 February 2018.
  5. "QUALIFICATION SYSTEM – YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES BUENOS AIRES 2018" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 August 2020. Retrieved 23 March 2017.
  6. "Stage set for 2018 AFC Women's Futsal Championship Official Draw". AFC. 4 March 2018.
  7. "AFC Women's Futsal Championship Thailand 2018 draw concluded". AFC. 5 March 2018.
  8. "AFC Women's Futsal Championship - Official Draw". YouTube. 5 March 2018.
  9. "Buenos Aires 2018: women's futsal tournament line-up taking shape". FIFA.com. 19 August 2018. Archived from the original on August 20, 2018.
  10. "Back to back tournament MVP honours for Asia's great Karimi". the-afc.com. 11 May 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
  11. "TSG Report AFC Women's Futsal Championship". AFC. 18 November 2018. Archived from the original on 18 November 2018.
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