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 [ edit ] 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 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 [ edit ] 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 [ edit ]
Group B [ edit ] Play-off [ edit ] The winner qualified for 2022 AFC Futsal Asian Cup .
Central and South Zone [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] Group B [ edit ] East Zone [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] The winners qualified for 2022 AFC Futsal Asian Cup .
Third place match [ edit ] The winner qualified for 2022 AFC Futsal Asian Cup .
Qualified teams [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] 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