2024 AFC Futsal Asian Cup
ฟุตซอลชิงแชมป์เอเชีย 2024
Tournament details
Host countryThailand
Dates17–28 April 2024
Teams16 (from 1 confederation)

The 2024 AFC Futsal Asian Cup is the 17th edition of the AFC Futsal Asian Cup (previously known as the AFC Futsal Championship),[1] the biennial international futsal championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the men's national teams of Asia. A total of 16 teams compete in the tournament.[2] The top four teams will qualify for the 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup in Uzbekistan besides Uzbekistan who automatically qualified as host. If Uzbekistan reach the semi-finals, a play-off round will be held to determine the last Asian representatives at the Futsal World Cup.[3]

Japan are the defending champion.

Host selection

There were five nations that were confirmed for bidding.

Thailand was selected as hosts by the AFC Futsal & Beach Soccer Committee on 5 September 2023.[4]

Qualification

Qualified teams

The following 16 teams qualified for the final tournament.

Team Qualified on Qualified as Appearances Last appearance Previous best performance
 Thailand5 September 2023[4]Hosts17th 2022Runners-up (2008, 2012)
 China13 October 2023Group A winners13th2018Fourth place (2008, 2010)
 Afghanistan11 October 2023Group B winners1stDebutNone
 Saudi Arabia11 October 2023Group B runners-up3rd 2022 Group stage (2018, 2022)
 Iran 11 October 2023 Group C winners 17th 2022 Champions (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2016, 2018)
 Kyrgyzstan 11 October 2023 Group C runners-up 16th 2018 Third place (2005)
 Vietnam 9 October 2023 Group D winners 7th 2022 Fourth place (2016)
 South Korea 9 October 2023 Group D runners-up 15th 2022 Runners-up (1999)
 Myanmar 9 October 2023 Group E runners-up 2nd 2018 Group stage (4/4) (2018)
 Tajikistan 9 October 2023 Group E winners 12th 2022 Quarter-finals (2007)
 Kuwait 9 October 2023 Group F winners 13th 2022 Fourth place (2003, 2014)
 Bahrain 9 October 2023 Group F runners-up 4th 2022 Quarter-finals (2018)
 Iraq 9 October 2023 Group G runners-up 13th 2022 Fourth place (2018)
 Uzbekistan 9 October 2023 Group G winners 17th 2022 Runners-up (2001, 2006, 2010, 2016)
 Japan 11 October 2023 Group H winners 17th 2022 Champions (2006, 2012, 2014, 2022)
 Australia 11 October 2023 Group H runners-up 8th 2016 Fourth place (2012)
1 Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Venues

Bangkok
Indoor Stadium Huamark
Capacity: 8,000
Bangkok Arena
Capacity: 12,000

Squads

Draw

The draw was held on 14 December 2023 at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[5][3]

The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four teams, with seeding based on their performance at the 2022 AFC Futsal Asian Cup.

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

Group stage

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 7.3):[2]

  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.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Thailand (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2  Vietnam 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Myanmar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  China 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source:
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Vietnam v Myanmar
Thailand v China
China v Vietnam
Myanmar v Thailand
Thailand v Vietnam
Myanmar v China
Bangkok Arena, Bangkok

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Uzbekistan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2  Saudi Arabia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Iraq 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Australia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source:
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Uzbekistan v Australia
Bangkok Arena, Bangkok
Saudi Arabia v Iraq
Bangkok Arena, Bangkok
Australia v Saudi Arabia
Bangkok Arena, Bangkok
Iraq v Uzbekistan
Bangkok Arena, Bangkok
Uzbekistan v Saudi Arabia
Bangkok Arena, Bangkok
Iraq v Australia

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Japan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2  Tajikistan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  South Korea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Kyrgyzstan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source:
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Tajikistan v South Korea
Bangkok Arena, Bangkok
Japan v Kyrgyzstan
Bangkok Arena, Bangkok
Kyrgyzstan v Tajikistan
Bangkok Arena, Bangkok
South Korea v Japan
Bangkok Arena, Bangkok
Japan v Tajikistan
Bangkok Arena, Bangkok
South Korea v Kyrgyzstan

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Iran 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2  Kuwait 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Bahrain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Afghanistan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source:
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Iran v Afghanistan
Kuwait v Bahrain
Afghanistan v Kuwait
Bahrain v Iran
Iran v Kuwait
Bahrain v Afghanistan
Bangkok Arena, Bangkok

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out would be used to decide the winner if necessary (no extra time would be used in the third place match).[2]

Bracket

Qualified teams for FIFA Futsal World Cup

The following five teams from AFC qualified for the 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup, including host Uzbekistan.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament1
 Uzbekistan23 June 2023[6]2016, 2021
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD

References

  1. ↑ "AFC rebrands age group championships to AFC Asian Cups". AFC. 2 October 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 "AFC Futsal Asian Cup 2024 Competition Regulations" (PDF). Asian Football Confederation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 September 2023.
  3. 1 2 "Thailand 2024 cast to discover Group Stage contenders". the-afc.com. Asian Football Confederation. 11 December 2023. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
  4. 1 2 "Thailand recommended as host for the AFC Futsal Asian Cup™ 2024". the-AFC. Asian Football Confederation. 5 September 2023. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  5. ↑ "Asian Football Calendar (Oct 2023 – Sep 2024)". the-afc. Asian Football Confederation. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
  6. ↑ "Uzbekistan to host the FIFA Futsal World Cup 2024". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 23 June 2023. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
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