| Tournament details | |
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| Host countries | Thailand (ASEAN) Uzbekistan (Central) Mongolia (East) United Arab Emirates (West)  | 
| Dates | 1–9 December 2018[1] | 
| Teams | 23 (from 1 confederation) | 
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 30 | 
| Goals scored | 204 (6.8 per match) | 
| Attendance | 7,226 (241 per match) | 
| Top scorer(s) | |
The 2019 AFC U-20 Futsal Championship qualification is the qualification process organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) to determine the participating teams for the 2019 AFC U-20 Futsal Championship. Players born after 1 January 1999 were eligible to compete in the tournament.[2]
A total of 12 teams qualify to play in the final tournament.
Draw
Of the 47 AFC member associations, a total of 23 teams entered the competition. The qualification process is divided into four zones: ASEAN Zone, Central Zone, East Zone and West Zone (no teams from South Zone entered qualification). The 12 spots in the final tournament are distributed as follows:
- Hosts: 1 spot
 - ASEAN Zone: 3 spots
 - Central Zone: 3 spots
 - East Zone: 2 spots
 - West Zone: 3 spots
 
As the final tournament hosts had not been announced at the time of the qualifying draw, the hosts were also included in the draw. Despite having automatically qualified for the final tournament, they may still decide to participate in qualification, and if they finish in one of the qualification spots, the next best team in their zone also qualifies.
The draw for the qualifiers was held on 30 August 2018, 15:00 MYT (UTC+8), at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[3][4][5] The mechanism of the draw for each zone is as follows:
- ASEAN Zone: Five teams entered the competition, and they were placed into one group, so no draw was necessary. The top three teams qualify for the final tournament.
 - Central Zone: Initially five teams entered the competition, and they were placed into one group, so no draw was necessary. However, after Uzbekistan were added, a re-draw for the Central Zone was held on 18 September 2018 at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[6][7] The six teams were drawn into two groups of three. The winners of each group, and the winners of the play-off between the runners-up, qualify for the final tournament.
 - East Zone: Six teams entered the competition, and they were drawn into two groups of three. The winners of each group qualify for the final tournament.
 - West Zone: Six teams entered the competition, and they were drawn into two groups of three. The winners of each group, and the winners of the play-off between the runners-up, qualify for the final tournament.
 
The teams were seeded according to their performance in the 2017 AFC U-20 Futsal Championship final tournament.
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- Teams in bold qualified for the final tournament. Saudi Arabia, which originally qualified, withdrew and were replaced by Hong Kong.[8]
 - (H): Qualification hosts
 
Format
In each group, teams play each other once at a centralised venue.
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 11.5):[2]
- Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
 - Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
 - Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
 - 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;
 - Goal difference in all group matches;
 - Goals scored in all group matches;
 - Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are tied and they met in the last round of the group;
 - 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);
 - Drawing of lots.
 
ASEAN Zone
- The ASEAN Zone qualifiers are played between 5–9 December 2018.
 - All matches are held in Thailand.
 - Times listed are UTC+7.
 
| Matchday | Dates | Matches | 
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| Matchday 1 | 5 December 2018 | 3 v 2, 5 v 4 | 
| Matchday 2 | 6 December 2018 | 4 v 1, 5 v 3 | 
| Matchday 3 | 7 December 2018 | 1 v 5, 2 v 4 | 
| Matchday 4 | 8 December 2018 | 2 v 5, 3 v 1 | 
| Matchday 5 | 9 December 2018 | 4 v 3, 1 v 2 | 
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | 
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| 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 6 | +10 | 10 | Final tournament | |
| 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 8 | ||
| 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 9 | +9 | 7 | ||
| 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 3 | ||
| 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 19 | −17 | 0 | 
| Vietnam  | 3–3 | |
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| Malaysia  | 2–4 | |
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| Thailand  | 7–1 | |
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| Indonesia  | 4–2 | |
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| Indonesia  | 9–0 | |
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Central Zone
- The Central Zone qualifiers are played between 1–4 December 2018.
 - All matches are held in Uzbekistan.
 - Times listed are UTC+5.
 
| Matchday | Dates | Matches | 
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| Matchday 1 | 1 December 2018 | 3 v 1 | 
| Matchday 2 | 2 December 2018 | 2 v 3 | 
| Matchday 3 | 3 December 2018 | 1 v 2 | 
| Play-off | 4 December 2018 | A2 v B2 | 
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | 
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| 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 6 | Final tournament | |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 3 | Play-off | |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 11 | −8 | 0 | 
| Turkmenistan  | 3–6 | |
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| Afghanistan  | 5–0 | |
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Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | 
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| 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 3 | Final tournament | |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 3 | Play-off | |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 3 | 
| Kyrgyzstan  | 3–6 | |
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| Tajikistan  | 1–6 | |
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Play-off
Winner qualifies for 2019 AFC U-20 Futsal Championship.
| Afghanistan  | 4–1 | |
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As Iran were confirmed as the final tournament hosts on 5 December 2018,[9][10] loser also qualifies for 2019 AFC U-20 Futsal Championship.
East Zone
- The East Zone qualifiers are played between 1–3 December 2018.
 - All matches are held in Mongolia.
 - Times listed are UTC+8.
 
| Matchday | Dates | Matches | 
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| Matchday 1 | 1 December 2018 | 3 v 1 | 
| Matchday 2 | 2 December 2018 | 2 v 3 | 
| Matchday 3 | 3 December 2018 | 1 v 2 | 
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | 
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| 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 2 | +20 | 6 | Final tournament | |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 3 | Final tournament as replacement[lower-alpha 1] | |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 23 | −23 | 0 | 
| Macau  | 0–18 | |
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| Hong Kong  | 5–0 | |
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Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | 
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| 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 6 | Final tournament | |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 3 | ||
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 11 | −7 | 0 | 
| Chinese Taipei  | 3–1 | |
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| China  | 3–7 | |
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| Mongolia  | 4–1 | |
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West Zone
- The West Zone qualifiers are played between 6–9 December 2018.
 - All matches are held in United Arab Emirates.
 - Times listed are UTC+4.
 
| Matchday | Dates | Matches | 
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| Matchday 1 | 6 December 2018 | 3 v 1 | 
| Matchday 2 | 7 December 2018 | 2 v 3 | 
| Matchday 3 | 8 December 2018 | 1 v 2 | 
| Play-off | 9 December 2018 | A2 v B2 | 
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | 
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| 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 4 | +11 | 6 | Final tournament | |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 3 | Play-off | |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 11 | −8 | 0 | 
| Kuwait  | 2–7 | |
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| Saudi Arabia  | 4–1 | |
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| Lebanon  | 8–2 | |
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Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | 
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| 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | +11 | 6 | Final tournament | |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 3 | Play-off | |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 11 | −9 | 0 | 
| United Arab Emirates  | 2–4 | |
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| Iraq  | 7–0 | |
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Play-off
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| Saudi Arabia  | 10–3 | |
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Saudi Arabia later withdrew and were replaced by Hong Kong.[8]
Qualified teams
The following 12 teams qualified for the final tournament. Saudi Arabia, which originally qualified, withdrew and were replaced by Hong Kong.[8]
| Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances in AFC U-20 Futsal Championship1 | 
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| ASEAN Zone winners | 7 December 2018 | 1 (2017) | |
| ASEAN Zone runners-up | 9 December 2018 | 1 (2017) | |
| ASEAN Zone third place | 8 December 2018 | 1 (2017) | |
| Central Zone Group A winners and Hosts[9][10] | 3 December 2018 | 1 (2017) | |
| Central Zone Group B winners | 3 December 2018 | 1 (2017) | |
| Central Zone play-off winners | 4 December 2018 | 1 (2017) | |
| Central Zone play-off losers | 5 December 2018 | 1 (2017) | |
| East Zone Group A winners | 3 December 2018 | 1 (2017) | |
| East Zone Group B winners | 2 December 2018 | 1 (2017) | |
| East Zone best runners-up | 10 April 2019 | 1 (2017) | |
| West Zone Group A winners | 8 December 2018 | 1 (2017) | |
| West Zone Group B winners | 8 December 2018 | 1 (2017) | 
- 1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
 
Goalscorers
There were 204 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 6.8 goals per match.
6 goals
 Khalil Marran
5 goals
 Hiroto Otsuka
 Jiei Yamada
 Jamal Selwan
4 goals
 Muhammad Sanjaya
 Muhammad Syaifullah
 Takehiro Motoishi
3 goals
 Seyed Mousavi
 Sayed Adnan
 Tai Wei-jen
 Rizal Musthofa
 Hussein Abdulhakeem
 Masashi Osawa
 Denisbek Amandyk Uulu
 Mirlan Zholdubaev
 Abdullah Al-Dossari
 Fahad Al Qasim
 Muhamamd Rajabov
 Mukhammad Zoirov
 Huỳnh Mi Woen
2 goals
 Hamid Reza Hossaini
 Farzad Mahmoodi
 Komail Zakareya
 Zhong Liguo
 Chen Ching-hang
 Chu Wing Cho
 Dewa Rizki Amanda
 Afif Rizky
 Salar Aghapour
 Seyed Behdad Ahmadi
 Belal Esmaeili
 Ali Abdullah Lami
 Yaseen Hussein
 Kaito Yamada
 Georgio El Khoury
 Hussein Hamieh
 Majd Hamouch
 Harith Naim
 Ekmal Shahrin
 Bat-Orgil Erdenebat
 Alwaleed Al-Harbi
 Khalid Saburov
 Idris Yorov
 Piyapan Aeimwilai
 Nattasak Photi
 Chutinan Raksasap
 Supakorn Sangom
 Asli Mukhammadiev
 Shakhzodjon Sadiev
 Nguyễn Huỳnh Thanh Huy
1 goal
 Hassan Ali Jafari
 Dawood Yousufi
 Saleh Ahmed
 Hasan Jaafar
 Liu Changsheng
 Xu Maoxi
 Chang Che-ming
 Huang Chih-kai
 Hsieh Chin-cheng
 Liu Ju-ming
 Wang Kun-wei
 Yuen Sai Kit
 Wong Wai Kwok
 Chow Ka Lok Leo
 Chang Hiu Nam
 Lee Ho Yin
 Firman Adriansyah
 Rizki Xavier
 Ramadhan Zidani
 Sajjad Adelipour
 Reza Ghanbari
 Masoud Yousef
 Hussein Al-Rubaye
 Sadeq Basim
 Basheer Chasib
 Hayder Raad
 Hussein Zamil
 Reira Hashimoto
 Gensuke Mori
 Yudai Takahashi
 Abdalmahsen Al-Ateeqi
 Abdullah Al-Sahli
 Azamat Dolotkeldiev
 Damir Isakov
 Mamatziia Zholdoshov
 Mohamad Elkaiss
 Nabih Harfouche
 Steve Koukezian
 Hassan Shehab
 Zakry Asraf
 Iskandar Harun
 Erdene-Undrakh Battogtokh
 Bilegjargal Purevkhuu
 Ankhbayar Tumurbaatar
 Luaw Zar Yar Lwin
 Htet Wai Thein
 Meshari Al-Obid
 Musab Muharraq
 Faridun Nematov
 Rabijon Rabiev
 Krit Aransanyalak
 Somchai Aunyongseng
 Charoondej Muenthiang
 Thawatchai Rairat
 Chutipong Suraditanunt
 Daniil Panchenko
 Muhametkuli Kuliyev
 Humaid Al-Shehhi
 Mohamed Hasan
 Abdulla Solikhov
 Châu Đoàn Phát
 Đào Minh Quang
 Nhận Gia Hưng
1 own goal
 Javad Safari (against Iran)
 Muhammad Syaifullah (against Thailand)
 Rizki Xavier (against Thailand)
 Erfan Hosseinzadeh (against Turkmenistan)
 Hassan Shehab (against Kuwait)
 Pyae Phyo Maung (against Thailand)
 Khalil Marran (against Bahrain)
 Meylis Hoshmyradov (against Afghanistan)
 Arzuvguly Sapargulyyev (against Afghanistan)
References
- ↑ "AFC Competitions Calendar 2018". AFC. 11 January 2018.
 - 1 2 "AFC U-20 Futsal Championship 2019 Competition Regulations". AFC.
 - ↑ "Asian hopefuls to identify opponents in official draw". AFC. 29 August 2018.
 - ↑ "Teams discover Qualifiers' opponents". AFC. 30 August 2018.
 - ↑ "AFC U-20 Futsal Championship Qualifiers 2019 - Official Draw". YouTube. 30 August 2018.
 - ↑ "Uzbekistan drawn into Group B". AFC. 18 September 2018.
 - ↑ "AFC Futsal U-20 championship 2019 Qualifiers Central Zone". YouTube. 18 September 2018.
 - 1 2 3 4 "IR Iran 2019 Finals draw: All you need to know". AFC. 10 April 2019.
 - 1 2 "با تایید کنفدراسیون فوتبال آسیا؛". Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran. 5 December 2018. Archived from the original on 13 December 2018. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
 - 1 2 "Iran 2019 cast complete". AFC. 10 December 2018.
 
External links
- AFC U-20 Futsal Championship, the-AFC.com
 - AFC U-20 Futsal Championship 2019, stats.the-AFC.com