2019 AFC U-20 Futsal Championship

2019 Asian U-20 Futsal Championship
2019 مسابقات قهرمانی فوتسال زیر ۲۰ سال آسیا
Tournament details
Host countryIran
CityTabriz
Dates14–22 June[1]
Teams12 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1
Final positions
Champions Japan (1st title)
Runners-up Afghanistan
Third place Iran
Fourth place Indonesia
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored128 (6.4 per match)
Attendance14,031 (702 per match)
Top scorer(s)Iran Salar Aghapour (8 goals)
Best player(s)Japan Masashi Osawa
Fair play award Japan
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The 2019 AFC U-20 Futsal Championship was the second edition of the biennial international futsal championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation for men's youth national futsal teams of Asia.

The tournament was hosted by Iran between 14 and 22 June 2019.[2] A total of 12 teams participated of tournament.[3] IR Iran were the defending champion but failed to defend the title after losing to Japan in the semi-final. Japan became the champions after beating Afghanistan in the final.

Qualification

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Main article: 2019 AFC U-20 Futsal Championship qualification

Unlike the previous tournament where all teams entered the final tournament, qualifiers were held from 1 to 10 December 2018.[4] The draw for the qualifiers was held on 30 August 2018.[5]

Qualified teams

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The following 12 teams qualified for the final tournament.[6]

Team Qualified as Appearance Previous best performance
 Thailand ASEAN Zone winners 2nd Third place (2017)
 Vietnam ASEAN Zone runners-up 2nd Group stage (2017)
 Indonesia ASEAN Zone third place 2nd Quarter-finals (2017)
 Iran Central Zone Group A winners and Hosts 2nd Champions (2017)
 Kyrgyzstan Central Zone Group B winners 2nd Group stage (2017)
 Afghanistan Central Zone play-off winners 2nd Group stage (2017)
 Tajikistan Central Zone play-off losers 2nd Group stage (2017)
 Japan East Zone Group A winners 2nd Quarter-finals (2017)
 Chinese Taipei East Zone Group B winners 2nd Group stage (2017)
 Hong Kong[note 1] East Zone best runners-up 2nd Group Stage (2017)
 Lebanon West Zone Group A winners 2nd Quarter-finals (2017)
 Iraq West Zone Group B winners 2nd Runners-up (2017)

Notes:

  1. ^ Hong Kong replaced Saudi Arabia (West Zone play-off winners) after they withdrew.[7]

Venue

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The matches were played at the Shahid Poursharifi Arena in Tabriz.[2]

Tabriz
Shahid Poursharifi Arena
Capacity: 6,000

Draw

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The final draw was held on 11 April 2019, 15:30 MYT (UTC+8), at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur.[7][8] The 12 teams were drawn into four groups of three teams. The teams were seeded according to their performance in the 2017 AFC U-20 Futsal Championship final tournament, with the hosts automatically seeded and assigned to Position A1 in the draw.

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3
  1.  Iran (hosts)
  2.  Iraq
  3.  Thailand
  4.  Japan

Squads

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Main article: 2019 AFC U-20 Futsal Championship squads

Players born after 1 January 1999 were eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team must register a squad of 14 players, minimum two of whom must be goalkeepers (Regulations Articles 27.1 and 27.2).[3]

Group stage

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The top two teams of each group advanced to the quarter-finals.

Tiebreakers

Teams were 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 were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Article 11.5):[3]

  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.

All times are local, IRDT (UTC+4:30).

Schedule
Matchday Dates Matches
Matchday 1 14 June 2019 3 v 1
Matchday 2 15 June 2019 2 v 3
Matchday 3 16 June 2019 1 v 2

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Iran (H) 2 2 0 0 10 5 +5 6 Knockout stage
2  Afghanistan 2 1 0 1 8 4 +4 3
3  Hong Kong 2 0 0 2 4 13 −9 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Hong Kong 3–7 Iran
  • Wong Wai Kwok 15', 17', 36'
 Report
  • Aghapour 3', 22', 40'
  • Akrami 4', 5'
  • Esmaeili 29'
  • Yousef 31'
Attendance: 600
Referee: Benjapol Mucharoensap (Thailand)
Afghanistan 6–1 Hong Kong
  • Mohammadi 6'
  • Zaheri 20'
  • Zada 22'
  • Yousufi 34'
  • Mousavi 36', 37'
 Report
  • Chow Ka Lok Leo 28'
Attendance: 100
Referee: Kim Jong-hee (South Korea)
Iran 3–2 Afghanistan
  • Yousef 3', 31'
  • Ghanbari 30'
 Report
  • Zada 18'
  • Mohammadi 38'
Attendance: 1,507
Referee: Azat Hajypolatov (Turkmenistan)

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Thailand 2 2 0 0 12 3 +9 6 Knockout stage
2  Lebanon 2 1 0 1 4 10 −6 3
3  Kyrgyzstan 2 0 0 2 4 7 −3 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Kyrgyzstan 2–4 Thailand
  • Zholdoshov 7'
  • Isakov 8'
 Report
  • Thawatchai 5', 17'
  • Siksaka 17'
  • Krit 27'
Attendance: 500
Referee: Leung Chung Yin (Hong Kong)
Lebanon 3–2 Kyrgyzstan
  • Ghattas 18'
  • Koukezian 18'
  • Selwan 38'
 Report
  • Zholdoshov 1'
  • Isakov 26'
Attendance: 120
Referee: Takeshi Fujita (Japan)
Thailand 8–1 Lebanon
  • Thanawat 6'
  • Nattasak 8'
  • Siksaka 16'
  • Hamieh 25' (o.g.)
  • Sivakorn 30', 39'
  • Chutipong 30'
  • Krit 34'
 Report
  • Shehab 36'
Attendance: 300
Referee: Kim Jong-hee (South Korea)

Group C

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Japan 2 2 0 0 5 2 +3 6 Knockout stage
2  Vietnam 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 3
3  Tajikistan 2 0 0 2 2 5 −3 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Tajikistan 1–3 Japan
  • Sharipov 38'
 Report
  • Osawa 14'
  • Takahashi 16'
  • Otsuka 16'
Attendance: 75
Referee: Osama Saeed Idrees Sedaif (Bahrain)
Vietnam 2–1 Tajikistan
  • Triệu Xuân Linh 13'
  • Hà Đức Ngọc 15'
 Report
  • Yorov 11'
Attendance: 100
Referee: Ridzuan Rozali (Malaysia)
Japan 2–1 Vietnam
  • K. Yamada 14'
  • Motoishi 18'
 Report
  • An Lâm Tới 14'
Attendance: 80
Referee: Ali Hafizi (Iran)

Group D

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Indonesia 2 2 0 0 8 4 +4 6 Knockout stage
2  Iraq 2 1 0 1 6 4 +2 3
3  Chinese Taipei 2 0 0 2 5 11 −6 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Chinese Taipei 2–5 Iraq
  • Huang Yu-wei 3'
  • Chen Ching-hang 28'
 Report
  • Hussein 10', 10'
  • Muwafaq 11' (pen.)
  • Zamil 34'
  • Haitham 39'
Attendance: 500
Referee: Ali Hafizi (Iran)
Indonesia 6–3 Chinese Taipei
  • Afif 2'
  • Abdussalam 6'
  • Inzaghi 9' (pen.)
  • Rozaq Salman 16', 27', 28'
 Report
  • Fu Wei-da 5'
  • Huang Yu-wei 12'
  • Chen Ching-hang 28'
Attendance: 150
Referee: Andrew Best (Australia)
Iraq 1–2 Indonesia
  • Hamid 21'
 Report
  • Firman 9'
  • Ari 17'
Attendance: 100
Referee: Benjapol Mucharoensap (Thailand)

Knockout stage

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In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary, except for the third place match where penalty shoot-out (no extra time) was used to decide the winner if necessary (Regulations Articles 15.1 and 16.1).[3]

Bracket

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
18 June – Shahid Poursharifi Arena
 
 
 Iran (a.e.t.)3
 
20 June – Shahid Poursharifi Arena
 
 Lebanon2
 
 Iran4
 
18 June – Shahid Poursharifi Arena
 
 Japan (a.e.t.)8
 
 Japan2
 
22 June – Shahid Poursharifi Arena
 
 Iraq0
 
 Japan3
 
18 June – Shahid Poursharifi Arena
 
 Afghanistan1
 
 Thailand2
 
20 June – Shahid Poursharifi Arena
 
 Afghanistan3
 
 Afghanistan (a.e.t.)4
 
18 June – Shahid Poursharifi Arena
 
 Indonesia3 Third place match
 
 Indonesia7
 
22 June – Shahid Poursharifi Arena
 
 Vietnam5
 
 Iran9
 
 
 Indonesia1
 

Quarter-finals

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Indonesia 7–5 Vietnam
  • Abdussalam 10'
  • Syaifullah 15', 22'
  • Sanjaya 25'
  • Agung 27', 32', 35'
 Report
  • Nhan Gia Hưng 29'
  • Nguyễn Huỳnh Thanh Huy 34', 38'
  • An Lâm Tới 38'
  • Huỳnh Mi Woen 40'
Attendance: 100
Referee: Mahmoudreza Nasirloo (Iran)
Japan 2–0 Iraq
  • Hagiwara 5'
  • Matsukawa 38'
 Report
Attendance: 110
Referee: Darius Turner (Australia)
Thailand 2–3 Afghanistan
  • Thanawat 22'
  • Haidari 39' (o.g.)
 Report
  • Mousavi 2', 13'
  • Mahmoodi 18'
Attendance: 200
Referee: Tomohiro Kozaki (Japan)
Iran 3–2 (a.e.t.) Lebanon
  • Aghapour 8', 45'
  • Ghanbari 48'
 Report
  • Selwan 39'
  • Koukezian 49'
Attendance: 1,956
Referee: Liu Jianqiao (China)

Semi-finals

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Afghanistan 4–3 (a.e.t.) Indonesia
  • Mousavi 8', 43'
  • Zada 29'
  • Yousufi 45'
 Report
  • Xavier 22'
  • Agung 30'
  • Sanjaya 50'
Attendance: 300
Referee: Osama Saeed Idrees Sedaif (Bahrain)
Iran 4–8 (a.e.t.) Japan
  • Yousef 10'
  • Sarbaz 17'
  • Dehghan 24', 30'
 Report
  • Hashimoto 4'
  • Otsuka 18'
  • Osawa 23'
  • Motoishi 40' (pen.)
  • Iguchi 43'
  • J. Yamada 46'
  • Hatakeyama 47'
  • Kimura 49'
Attendance: 2,105
Referee: Mohamad Chami (Lebanon)

Third place match

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Iran 9–1 Indonesia
  • Aghapour 3', 6', 25' (pen.)
  • Akrami 4'
  • Sarbaz 11'
  • Ghanbari 16'
  • Hosseinzadeh 17'
  • Esmaeili 29'
  • Dehghan 40'
 Report
  • Firman 39'
Attendance: 2,254
Referee: Liu Jianqiao (China)

Final

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Japan 3–1 Afghanistan
  • Takahashi 9'
  • Osawa 16'
  • Tabuchi 38'
 Report
  • Hossaini 34'
Attendance: 2,874
Referee: Ridzuan Rozali (Malaysia)

Winners

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2019 AFC U-20 Futsal Championship
Japan
Japan
First title

Awards

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The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:

Top Goalscorer[9] Most Valuable Player[9] Fair Play award[9]
Iran Salar Aghapour Japan Masashi Osawa  Japan

Goalscorers

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There were 128 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 6.4 goals per match.

8 goals

  • Iran Salar Aghapour

6 goals

  • Afghanistan Seyed Mousavi

5 goals

  • Indonesia Muhammad Sanjaya

4 goals

  • Indonesia Agung Pandega
  • Iran Masoud Yousef

3 goals

  • Afghanistan Ali Zada
  • Hong Kong Wong Wai Kwok
  • Iran Ali Akrami
  • Iran Mahdi Dehghan
  • Iran Reza Ghanbari
  • Japan Masashi Osawa

2 goals

  • Afghanistan Mojtaba Mohammadi
  • Afghanistan Dawood Yousufi
  • Chinese Taipei Chen Ching-hang
  • Chinese Taipei Huang Yu-wei
  • Indonesia Abdussalam
  • Indonesia Firman Adriansyah
  • Indonesia Muhammad Syaifullah
  • Iran Belal Esmaeili
  • Iran Sajjad Sarbaz
  • Iraq Yaseen Hussein
  • Japan Takehiro Motoishi
  • Japan Hiroto Otsuka
  • Japan Yudai Takahashi
  • Kyrgyzstan Damir Isakov
  • Kyrgyzstan Mamatziia Zholdoshov
  • Lebanon Steve Koukezian
  • Lebanon Jamal Selwan
  • Thailand Krit Aransanyalak
  • Thailand Sivakorn Jongkolthakorn
  • Thailand Thanawat Koedbangrachan
  • Thailand Siksaka Pramanong
  • Thailand Thawatchai Rairat
  • Vietnam An Lâm Tới
  • Vietnam Nguyễn Huỳnh Thanh Huy

1 goal

  • Afghanistan Hamid Reza Hossaini
  • Afghanistan Farzad Mahmoodi
  • Afghanistan Sadiq Zaheri
  • Chinese Taipei Fu Wei-da
  • Hong Kong Chow Ka Lok Leo
  • Indonesia Filippo Inzaghi
  • Indonesia Ari Ramdani
  • Indonesia Afif Rizky
  • Indonesia Rizki Xavier
  • Iran Erfan Hosseinzadeh
  • Iraq Sajjad Haitham
  • Iraq Hussein Hamid
  • Iraq Ali Muwafaq
  • Iraq Hussein Zamil
  • Japan Manatsu Hagiwara
  • Japan Reira Hashimoto
  • Japan Yuki Hatakeyama
  • Japan Rintaro Iguchi
  • Japan Yuta Kimura
  • Japan Kota Matsukawa
  • Japan Hiroshi Tabuchi
  • Japan Jiei Yamada
  • Japan Kaito Yamada
  • Lebanon Mouafac Ghattas
  • Lebanon Hassan Shehab
  • Tajikistan Nasim Sharipov
  • Tajikistan Idris Yorov
  • Thailand Nattasak Photi
  • Thailand Chutipong Suraditanunt
  • Vietnam Hà Đức Ngọc
  • Vietnam Huỳnh Mi Woen
  • Vietnam Nhận Gia Hưng
  • Vietnam Triệu Xuân Linh

1 own goal

  • Afghanistan Morteza Haidari (against Thailand)
  • Lebanon Hussein Hamieh (against Thailand)

References

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  1. ^ "AFC Competitions Calendar 2019". AFC. 28 February 2018. Archived from the original on 16 February 2018.
  2. ^ a b "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.
  3. ^ a b c d "AFC U-20 Futsal Championship 2019 Competition Regulations". AFC. Archived from the original on 9 August 2018.
  4. ^ "AFC Competitions Calendar 2018". AFC. 11 January 2018. Archived from the original on 14 February 2018.
  5. ^ "Asian hopefuls to identify opponents in official draw". AFC. 29 August 2018.
  6. ^ "Iran 2019 cast complete". AFC. 10 December 2018.
  7. ^ a b "IR Iran 2019 Finals draw: All you need to know". AFC. 10 April 2019.
  8. ^ "Draw sets stage for exciting IR Iran 2019 Finals". AFC. 11 April 2019.
  9. ^ a b c "Aghapour bags Top Scorer Award, Masashi clinches MVP Award". AFC. 22 June 2019.
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