AFC Women's Futsal Asian Cup
Organising bodyAFC
FoundedSeptember 2015 (September 2015)
RegionAsia
Number of teams16
Current champions Iran (2nd title)
Most successful team(s) Iran (2 titles)
2020 AFC Women's Futsal Championship

The AFC Women's Futsal Asian Cup, previously the AFC Women's Futsal Championship, is the premier national women's futsal competition of the Asian Football Confederation nations. Iran have won both editions held to date.

The first edition was held in Malaysia from 17 to 26 September 2015.[1][2] The second edition was held in Thailand from 2 to 12 May 2018.[3] The third edition was scheduled to be held in Kuwait in 2020 but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4] From 2021, the tournament will be rebranded from the "AFC Women's Futsal Championship" to the "AFC Women's Futsal Asian Cup".[5]

Results

Source:[6]

Summaries

Edition Year Host Final Third Place Number of teams
Champions Score Runner-up Third Place Score Fourth Place
1 2015
Malaysia
Iran		 1–0
Japan
Thailand		 4–1
Malaysia		 8[note 1]
2 2018
Thailand
Iran		 5–2
Japan
Thailand		 0–0
(3–2 PSO)
Vietnam		 15
— 2020
Kuwait		 Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic[8]
  • a.e.t.: after extra time
  • pen.: after penalty shoot-out

Teams reaching the top four

Team Winners Runners-up Third place Fourth place
 Iran 2 (2015, 2018)
 Japan 2 (2015, 2018)
 Thailand 2 (2015, 2018*)
 Malaysia 1 (2015*)
 Vietnam 1 (2018)
* as hosts

Summary (2015-2018)

RankTeamPartMWDLGFGAGDPoints
1 Iran2101000589+4930
2 Japan2119025512+4327
3 Thailand2116234211+3120
4 Vietnam294141816+213
5 Malaysia283052729-29
6 China273042224-29
7 Indonesia14211133+107
8 Chinese Taipei142021110+16
9 Hong Kong261141123-124
10 Uzbekistan261141436-224
11 Lebanon13102413-93
12 Turkmenistan12002117-160
13 Bahrain13003421-170
14 Bangladesh13003220-180
15 Macau13003031-310

Participating nations

Legend:

  • 1st — Champions
  • 2nd — Runners-up
  • 3rd — Third place
  • 4th — Fourth place
  • QF — Quarter-finalists
  • GS — Group stage
  • q — Qualified for upcoming tournament
  •  ••  — Qualified but withdrew
  •  •  — Did not qualify
  •   ×   — Did not enter
  •   ×   — Withdrew / Banned / Entry not accepted by FIFA
  •      — Hosts
  •      — Not affiliated to FIFA

For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown:

Team
2015
2018
2020		 Total
 Bahrain × GS 1
 Bangladesh × GS 1
 China GS QF 2
 Chinese Taipei × QF 1
 Hong Kong GS GS 2
 Indonesia × QF 1
 Iran 1st 1st 2
 Japan 2nd 2nd 2
 Jordan •• × 0
 Kuwait × × q 1
 Lebanon × GS 1
 Macau × GS 1
 Malaysia 4th GS 2
 Thailand 3rd 3rd 2
 Turkmenistan × GS 1
 Uzbekistan GS QF 2
 Vietnam GS 4th 2
Total815

Awards

Most valuable players

Year Player
2015 Iran Fereshteh Karimi
2018 Iran Fereshteh Karimi

Top scorers

Year Player Goals
2015 Japan Chikage Kichibayashi
Malaysia Farahiyah Ridzuan		 7
2018 Iran Fatemeh Etedadi
Iran Sara Shirbeigi
Japan Anna Amishiro
Thailand Sasicha Phothiwong		 9

Fair play award

YearTeam
2015 No award
2018  Iran

See also

Notes

    1. ↑ Indonesia was removed from the competition due to a FIFA suspension[1] and Jordan withdrew.[7]

    References

    1. 1 2 "Impact of Football Association of Indonesia Suspension". Asian Football Confederation. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
    2. ↑ "AFC Calendar of Competitions 2015" (PDF). Asian Football Confederation.
    3. ↑ "AFC Calendar of Competitions 2017" (PDF). AFC.
    4. ↑ "VFF - AFC postpones AFC Women's Futsal Championship 2020 and AFC U-20 Futsal Championship 2021". VFF. 2020-04-24. Retrieved 2020-09-06.
    5. ↑ "AFC rebrands age group championships to AFC Asian Cups". AFC. 2 October 2020.
    6. ↑ "Iran was crowned inaugural champion of the AFC Women's Futsal Championship as it beat Japan 1-0 in a thrilling final on Saturday". Iran Daily. 26 September 2015. Archived from the original on 26 September 2015.
    7. ↑ "Stage set for AFC Women's Futsal Championship 2015 draw". AFC. 13 July 2015.
    8. ↑ "Bumper 2020 beckons for Asian football". AFC. 1 January 2020.
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