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(Top) 1 Qualification 1.1 Qualified teams 2 Venues 3 Draw 4 Squads 5 Group stage 5.1 Group A 5.2 Group B 5.3 Group C 5.4 Group D 6 Knockout stage 6.1 Bracket 6.2 Quarter-finals 6.3 Semi-finals 6.4 Third place match 6.5 Final 7 Awards 8 Goalscorers 9 Final rankings 10 References 11 External links

2022 AFC Futsal Asian Cup

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2022 AFC Futsal Asian Cup
كأس آسيا لكرة الصالات 2022

Tournament details
Host country	Kuwait
Dates	27 September – 8 October
Teams	16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Japan (4th title)
Runners-up	Iran
Third place	Uzbekistan
Fourth place	Thailand
Tournament statistics
Matches played	32
Goals scored	193 (6.03 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Hossein Tayyebi (10 goals)
Best player(s)	Moslem Oladghobad
Best goalkeeper	Guilherme Kuromoto
Fair play award	Uzbekistan
← ~~2020~~ ← 2018 2024 →

The 2022 AFC Futsal Asian Cup was the 16th edition of the AFC Futsal Asian Cup,^[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]

Kuwait was appointed as hosts of the 2020 AFC Futsal Championship, after replacing the original hosts Turkmenistan. However, AFC announced the cancellation of the tournament on 25 January 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[3] The tournament was scheduled to be played in Kuwait from 16 to 27 February 2022.^[4] On 5 July 2021, the AFC announced that the tournament would be held between 27 September and 8 October 2022.

Japan defeated defending champions Iran in the final to claim their fourth title.

Qualification[edit]

Qualifiers were originally scheduled to be played from 13 to 24 October 2021.^[5] However, on 5 July 2021, the AFC announced that it would be held from 1 to 15 April 2022.

Qualified teams[edit]

The following 16 teams qualified for the final tournament.

Team	Qualified as	Appearances	Last Appearance	Previous best performance
Kuwait	Hosts	12th	2014	Fourth place (2003, 2014)
Lebanon	West Zone Group A winners	12th	2018	Quarter-finals (2004, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2018)
Saudi Arabia	West Zone Group A runners-up	2nd	2016	Group stage (2016)
Iraq	West Zone Group B winners	12th	2018	Fourth place (2018)
Bahrain	West Zone Group B runners-up	3rd	2018	Quarter-finals (2018)
Oman	West Zone playoff winner	1st	Debut	None
Thailand	ASEAN Zone winners	16th	2018	Runners-up (2008, 2012)
Indonesia	ASEAN Zone runners-up	10th	2014	Group stage (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
Vietnam	ASEAN Zone third place	6th	2018	Fourth place (2016)
Iran	Central and South Zone Group A winners	16th	2018	Champions (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2016, 2018)
Turkmenistan	Central and South Zone Group A runners-up	7th	2012	Group stage (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012)
Uzbekistan	Central and South Zone Group B winners	16th	2018	Runners-up (2001, 2006, 2010, 2016)
Tajikistan	Central and South Zone Group B runners-up	11th	2018	Quarter-finals (2007)
Japan	East Zone winners	16th	2018	Champions (2006, 2012, 2014)
South Korea	East Zone runner-up	14th	2018	Runners-up (1999)
Chinese Taipei	East Zone third place	13th	2018	Quarter-finals (2003)

¹ Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Venues[edit]

Kuwait City
Saad Al Abdullah Hall
Capacity: 6,000

Draw[edit]

The draw was held on 26 May 2022 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.^[6]

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Kuwait (hosts) Iran Japan Uzbekistan	Iraq Lebanon Vietnam Bahrain	Thailand Chinese Taipei Tajikistan South Korea	Indonesia Turkmenistan Saudi Arabia Oman

Squads[edit]

Each team had to submit a squad of 14 players, including a minimum of two goalkeepers.^[2]

Group stage[edit]

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 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.

All times are local, AST (UTC+3).

Schedule
Matchday	Matches
Matchday 1	1 v 4, 2 v 3
Matchday 2	4 v 2, 3 v 1
Matchday 3	1 v 2, 3 v 4

Group A[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Thailand	3	2	1	0	11	5	+6	7	Knockout stage
2	Kuwait (H)	3	1	2	0	11	6	+5	5	Knockout stage
3	Iraq	3	1	1	1	9	5	+4	4
4	Oman	3	0	0	3	3	18	−15	0

Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

27 September 2022