International futsal competition
2022 AFC Futsal Asian Cup qualification Host countries Thailand (ASEAN) Kyrgyz Republic (Central & South) Malaysia (East) United Arab Emirates (West) Dates 1 April – 21 May 2022 [ 1] Teams 31 (from 1 confederation) Matches played 52 Goals scored 377 (7.25 per match) Attendance 3,255 (63 per match) Top scorer(s) Muhammad Osamanmusa (11 goals)
International football competition
The 2022 AFC Futsal Asian Cup qualification was the qualification process organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) to determine the participating teams for the 2022 AFC Futsal Asian Cup , the 17th edition of the international men's futsal championship of Asia.[ 2]
A total of 15 teams qualified to play in the final tournament, excluding Kuwait - who automatically qualified as a host.
The qualification process was divided into four zones: ASEAN Zone , where the 2022 AFF Futsal Championship served as the qualifying competition, Central & South Zone , East Zone , and West Zone .
Qualification process
Of the 47 AFC member associations, a total of 31 teams entered the competition. Sixteen spots in the final tournament were distributed as follows:
Host: 1 spot (Kuwait)
West Zone: 5 spots
Central & South Zone: 4 spots
East Zone: 3 spots
ASEAN Zone: 3 spots
Draw
In the West Zone, seven teams were drawn into one group of four teams and another group of three teams.
In the Central & South Zone, eight teams were drawn into two groups.
In the East Zone, six teams were drawn into two group of three teams. Later, after China withdrew, the qualification was played as one group instead.[ 3]
Three berths from the ASEAN Zone were determined by 2022 AFF Futsal Championship where a separate draw was conducted by the ASEAN Football Federation on February 21.
Notes
Teams in bold qualified for the final tournament.
The qualifiers took place between April 1 to 15 in centralized venues. In the West Zone, the United Arab Emirates were the hosts. Top two teams from each group and the winner of the play-off match between the third placed teams qualified. In the Central and South Zone, the matches were played in the Kyrgyz Republic where top two teams from each group advanced to the final tournament. The host for the East Zone were Malaysia. The top three teams from the five team group qualified for the tournament. The 2022 AFF Futsal Championship acts as the qualifiers for the ASEAN Zone, in which the top three teams (e.g. the two finalists and the winners of the third-place playoff) qualified.
West Zone
Top two teams of each group, and the winner of the play-off between the group third-placed team, qualified for 2022 AFC Futsal Asian Cup .
Group A
Group B
Play-off
The winner qualified for 2022 AFC Futsal Asian Cup .
Central and South Zone
Top two teams of each group qualified for 2022 AFC Futsal Asian Cup .
The matches were played between 10 and 12 April 2022.
All matches were played in Kyrgyzstan .
Times are listed are UTC+6 .
Group A
Group B
East Zone
The top three teams qualified for 2022 AFC Futsal Asian Cup . China withdrew from the tournament on 20 April 2022 due to the surge in COVID-19 cases in the country following the 2022 Shanghai COVID-19 outbreak .[ 4] [ 3] Before they withdrew, the qualification was to be staged between six teams which were drawn into two groups of three teams, with the group winners and a play-off winner between the group runner-ups to qualify for the final tournament.
The matches were played between 17 and 21 May 2022.
All matches were played in Malaysia .
Times listed are UTC+8 .
ASEAN Zone
Top three teams of the 2022 AFF Futsal Championship qualified for 2022 AFC Futsal Asian Cup .
The matches were played between 2 and 10 April 2022.
All matches were held in Thailand.
Times listed are UTC+7 .
Group A
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification
1
Thailand (H)
4
3
1
0
35
4
+31
10
Semi-finals
2
Indonesia
4
3
1
0
30
5
+25
10
3
Malaysia
4
2
0
2
20
15
+5
6
4
Cambodia
4
0
1
3
10
36
−26
1
5
Brunei
4
0
1
3
2
37
−35
1
Group B
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification
1
Myanmar
3
2
1
0
17
5
+12
7
Semi-finals
2
Vietnam
3
2
1
0
13
3
+10
7
3
Australia
3
1
0
2
9
15
−6
3
4
East Timor
3
0
0
3
8
24
−16
0
Semi-finals
The winners qualified for 2022 AFC Futsal Asian Cup .
Third place match
The winner qualified for 2022 AFC Futsal Asian Cup .
Final
Qualified teams
The following 16 teams qualified for the final tournament.[ 5]
Team
Qualified as
Qualified on
Previous appearances in AFC Futsal Championship 1
Kuwait
Hosts
25 January 2021 [ 6]
11 (2001 , 2002 , 2003 , 2004 , 2005 , 2006 , 2007 , 2008 , 2010 , 2012 , 2014 )
Lebanon
West Zone Group A winners
6 April 2022
11 (2003 , 2004 , 2005 , 2006 , 2007 , 2008 , 2010 , 2012 , 2014 , 2016 , 2018 )
Bahrain
West Zone Group B runners-up
6 April 2022
2 (2002 , 2018 )
Iraq
West Zone Group B winners
6 April 2022
11 (2001 , 2002 , 2003 , 2005 , 2006 , 2007 , 2008 , 2010 , 2014 , 2016 , 2018 )
Saudi Arabia
West Zone Group A runners-up
7 April 2022
1 (2016 )
Indonesia
ASEAN Zone runners-up
8 April 2022
9 (2002 , 2003 , 2004 , 2005 , 2006 , 2008 , 2010 , 2012 , 2014 )
Thailand
ASEAN Zone winners
8 April 2022
15 (1999 , 2000 , 2001 , 2002 , 2003 , 2004 , 2005 , 2006 , 2007 , 2008 , 2010 , 2012 , 2014 , 2016 , 2018 )
Oman
West Zone Play-off winners
9 April 2022
0 (debut)
Vietnam
ASEAN Zone third place
10 April 2022
5 (2005 , 2010 , 2014 , 2016 , 2018 )
Uzbekistan
Central & South Zone Group B winners
11 April 2022
15 (1999 , 2000 , 2001 , 2002 , 2003 , 2004 , 2005 , 2006 , 2007 , 2008 , 2010 , 2012 , 2014 , 2016 , 2018 )
Iran
Central & South Zone Group A winners
11 April 2022
15 (1999 , 2000 , 2001 , 2002 , 2003 , 2004 , 2005 , 2006 , 2007 , 2008 , 2010 , 2012 , 2014 , 2016 , 2018 )
Tajikistan
Central & South Zone Group B runners-up
12 April 2022
10 (2001 , 2005 , 2006 , 2007 , 2008 , 2010 , 2012 , 2014 , 2016 , 2018 )
Turkmenistan
Central & South Zone Group A runners-up
12 April 2022
6 (2005 , 2006 , 2007 , 2008 , 2010 , 2012 )
Japan
East Zone winners
19 May 2022
15 (1999 , 2000 , 2001 , 2002 , 2003 , 2004 , 2005 , 2006 , 2007 , 2008 , 2010 , 2012 , 2014 , 2016 , 2018 )
South Korea
East Zone runners-up
19 May 2022
13 (1999 , 2000 , 2001 , 2002 , 2003 , 2004 , 2005 , 2007 , 2008 , 2010 , 2012 , 2014 , 2018 )
Chinese Taipei
East Zone third place
20 May 2022
12 (2001 , 2002 , 2003 , 2004 , 2005 , 2006 , 2008 , 2010 , 2012 , 2014 , 2016 , 2018 )
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
Goalscorers
There were 377 goals scored in 52 matches, for an average of 7.25 goals per match.
11 goals
9 goals
Ardiansyah
8 goals
Holypaul Soumilena
6 goals
5 goals
Hossein Tayyebi
Vinícius Crepaldi
Shunta Uchida
Mustafa Rhyem
Hlaing Min Tun
Fayzali Sardorov
Nguyễn Thịnh Phát
4 goals
Abdul Ghafar Sadeqi
Ardiansyah Nur
Sora Kanazawa
Arthur Oliveira
Atsuya Uemura
Muatasim Al-Shamsi
Adnan Salloum
Idris Yorov
Peerapat Kaewwilai
Ikhtiyor Ropiev
3 goals
Orkchan Sereyvong
Chi Sheng-fa
Lin Chih-hung
Liu Ju-ming
Hamzeh Kadkhoda
Alireza Rafieipour
Masoud Shavardazi
Gensuke Mori
Takehiro Motoishi
Abu Haniffa
Farhan Khairul
Myo Thet Aung
Thyne Phwet Aung
Fahad Rudayni
Krit Aransanyalak
Ronnachai Jungwongsuk
Panat Kittipanuwong
Daýanç Garajayew
Davron Choriev
Khusniddin Nishonov
Nguyễn Văn Hiếu
2 goals
Ali Amiri
Mohammad Reza Karimi
Shervin Adeli
Daniel Fornito
Scott Rogan
Chanmony Tong
Chow Ka Lok
Chow Ka Wa
Dewa Rizki
Firman Ardiansyah
Salar Aghapour
Mohammad Derakhshani
Kokoro Harada
António Hirata
Minami Kato
Tomoki Yoshikawa
Azamat Dolotkeldiev
Hassan Zeitoun
Ekmal Shahrin
Khairul Effendy
Joshua Lee
Saiful Nizam
Sufri Shamil
Myo Myint Soe
Nyein Min Soe
Zamel Al-Balushi
Rashid Shawahna
Mansour Al-Zahrani
Hwang Un
Shin Jong-hoon
Shavqat Halimov
Umed Kuziev
Samandar Rizomov
Apiwat Chaemcharoen
Sarawut Phalaphruek
Miguel Fernandes
Joaquim Mesquita
Allamyrat Gurbanow
Gurbangeldi Sähedow
Dilshod Rakhmatov
Akbar Usmonov
Nguyễn Minh Trí
Trần Thái Huy
1 goal
Sayed Hashemi
Hamid Reza Hossaini
Farzad Mahmoodi
Mortaza Mohammadi
Jordan Guerreiro
Anthony Haddad
Nicholas Rathjen
Ahmed Abdulnabi
Salman Maula
Zairul Hazmin
Diamant Prum
Ros Sichamroeun
Ros Sirotha
Sothydaroth Lun
Chen Ching-hsuan
Chu Chia-wei
He Chia-chen
Huang Wei-lun
Lee Ho Wo
Iqbal Rahmattulah
Rio Pangestu
Sunny Rizky
Guntur Sulistyo
Marvin Wossiry
Masoud Abbasi
Morteza Ezzati
Mahdi Karimi
Salim Faisal
Rafid Hameed
Ali Haqi
Guilherme Kuromoto
Masataka Takami
Yuta Tsutsumi
Aidarbek Abdyzhalil Uulu
Maksat Alimov
Abdurakhim Daniiar Uulu
Azamat Isabekov
Shokhrukh Makhmadaminov
Mirlan Zholdubaev
Kassem Kawsan
Mohamad Kobeissy
Aidil Shahril
Ridzwan Bakri
Hussain Shareef
Amarsaikhan Temüülen
Ankhbayar Tumurbaatar
Hein Min Soe
Khin Zaw Lin
Wai Zin Oo
Aadil Hamid
Mani Lama
Sumit Shrestha
Samer Al-Balushi
Mohammed Taqi
Khalfan Al-Maawali
Imad Fahjan
Ahmed Mohammed
Nasser Al-Harthi
Fares Al-Maleh
Aroan Mubarak
Abdulrahman Al-Mulla
Abdulilah Al-Otaibi
Ahn Kwang-su
Eom Tae-youn
Kang Juk-wang
Kim Min-kuk
Kim Yun-young
Lee Ahn
Seo Jung-woo
Dilshod Salomov
Muhamadjon Sharipov
Supakorn Bovonratcadakul
Atsadawut Jangkot
Tanapol Maneepetch
Cesario Barreto
Venceslau Guterres
Bendito Ximenes
Mülkaman Annagulyýew
Meretgeldi Baýramow
Kadyr Berenow
Abdulla Al-Falasi
Khalid Al-Hammadi
Rashid Obaid
Abbos Elmurodov
Châu Đoàn Phát
Lê Quốc Nam
Nhan Gia Hưng
1 own goal
Dylan Niski (against Myanmar)
Ahmed Sweedan (against Timor Leste)
Abdul Khaaliq (against Thailand)
Aiman Haji (against Thailand)
Juma Metali (against Malaysia)
Diamant Prum (against Indonesia)
Duk Sophath (against Brunei)
Lak Phirun (against Thailand)
Ros Sichamroeun (against Malaysia)
Saamin Naseer (against Kyrgyzstan)
Erdene-Undrakh Battogtokh (against Japan)
Ankhbayar Tumurbaatar (against Japan)
Mohammed Taqi (against Lebanon)
Nasser Al-Harthi (against Lebanon)
Idris Yorov (against Afghanistan)
Şiri Baýramdurdyýew (against Iran)
2 own goals
Khalil Saab (against Indonesia, Cambodia)
Lee Jin-hyuk (against Japan, Hong Kong)
References
Tournaments
Futsal Championship Futsal Asian Cup
Qualification Squads