| Tournament details | |
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| Host countries | Vietnam (ASEAN) Thailand (East and West) Iran (South & Central)  | 
| Dates | 15 October – 12 November 2017[1] | 
| Teams | 29 (from 1 confederation) | 
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 44 | 
| Goals scored | 391 (8.89 per match) | 
| Attendance | 19,982 (454 per match) | 
| Top scorer(s) | |
The 2018 AFC Futsal Championship qualification was the qualification process organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) to determine the participating teams for the 2018 AFC Futsal Championship, the 15th edition of the international men's futsal championship of Asia.[2]
A total of 16 teams qualified to play in the final tournament, including Chinese Taipei who qualified automatically as hosts.[3]
The qualification process was divided into four zones, where the ASEAN Zone doubled as the 2017 AFF Futsal Championship, the East Zone and West Zone was played in Thailand, and the South Zone was merged to Central Zone as Nepal was the only team from South Zone.
Qualification process
Of the 47 AFC member associations, a total of 29 teams entered the competition. The 16 spots in the final tournament are distributed as follows:
- Host : 1 spot
 - ASEAN Zone : 4 spots
 - South & Central Zone : 4 spots (the two zones were merged since Nepal was the only team from South Zone)
 - West Zone : 4 spots
 - East Zone : 3 spots
 
As the final tournament hosts had not been announced at the time of the qualifying draw, the hosts Chinese Taipei were also included in the draw. Despite having automatically qualified for the final tournament, they may still decide to participate in qualification, and if they finish in one of the qualification spots, the next best team in their zone (East) advances to play-off.
Draw
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The original draw for the 2017 AFF Futsal Championship was held on 17 February 2017, 10:00 MMT (UTC+06:30) during the AFF Council Meeting at the Novotel Yangon Max Hotel in Yangon, Myanmar.[4] After Australia withdrew from the competition, a re-draw was held on 23 September 2017 during the AFF Council Meeting in Bali, Indonesia.[5]
The teams were seeded according to their performance in the 2016 AFF Futsal Championship tournament.
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- (*) Not vying for qualification but will still play matches.[6]
 - Teams in bold qualified for the final tournament.
 
AFC Draw
The draw was held on 6 July 2017, 15:00 MYT (UTC+8), at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia,[7][8] except for the ASEAN Zone which uses the 2017 AFF Futsal Championship as their qualification tournament and whose draw had already been held. The mechanism for each zone is as follows:
- East Zone : seven teams from East Asia, were drawn into one group of four teams and one group of three teams.
 - South & Central Zone : seven teams from South Asia and Central Asia, were drawn into one group of four teams and one group of three teams.
 - West Zone : eight teams from West Asia, were drawn into two groups of four teams.
 
The teams were seeded according to their performance in the 2016 AFC Futsal Championship final tournament and qualification.
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- Teams in bold qualified for the final tournament.
 
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Format
In each group, teams play each other once at a centralised venue; except ASEAN Zone, South & Central Zone.
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.
 
ASEAN Zone
- The (AFC) matches were played between 26 October and 30 October 2017.
 - All matches were held in Vietnam.
 - Times listed are UTC+7.
 - In the event the Philippines, Timor Leste or both finish among the top two teams in their group the next best team/s qualify for the final tournament instead since both countries did not submit their entries for the 2018 AFC Futsal Championship.[6]
 
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | 
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| 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 3 | +46 | 12 | Semi-finals and  2018 AFC Futsal Championship  | |
| 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 41 | 5 | +36 | 9 | ||
| 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 35 | 7 | +28 | 6 | ||
| 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 40 | −35 | 3 | ||
| 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 75 | −75 | 0 | 
| Brunei  | 0–13 | |
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| Philippines  | 0–24 | |
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| Myanmar  | 25–0 | |
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| Vietnam  | 4–3 | |
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| Brunei  | 0–18 | |
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| Philippines  | 0–5 | |
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Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | 
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| 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 5 | +32 | 9 | Semi-finals and  2018 AFC Futsal Championship  | |
| 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 11 | +5 | 6 | ||
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 24 | −15 | 3 | ||
| 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 30 | −22 | 0 | 
| Thailand  | 14–0 | |
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| Malaysia  | 7–2 | |
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| Laos  | 3–6 | |
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| East Timor  | 2–17 | |
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| Thailand  | 6–3 | |
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| East Timor  | 4–6 | |
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| Thailand  | 8–3 | |
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Final
East Zone
- The matches were played between 4 and 8 November 2017.
 - All matches are held in Thailand.
 - Times listed are UTC+7.
 
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | 
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| 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 2 | +22 | 9 | 2018 AFC Futsal Championship | |
| 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 10 | +3 | 6 | Play-off | |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 13 | −4 | 3 | ||
| 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 23 | −21 | 0 | 
- ↑ Chinese Taipei, as final tournament hosts, automatically qualified regardless of qualification results.
 
| Japan  | 5–1 | |
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| Mongolia  | 2–6 | |
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| Macau  | 0–11 | |
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| Japan  | 8–1 | |
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Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | 
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| 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 6 | 2018 AFC Futsal Championship | |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 3 | Play-off | |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 0 | 
| South Korea  | 3–2 | |
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| China  | 2–5 | |
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Winner qualified for 2018 AFC Futsal Championship.
| Chinese Taipei  | 2–2 | |
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South & Central Zone
- The matches were played between 15 and 17 October 2017.
 - All matches are held in Iran.
 - Times listed are (IRST +3:30).
 
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | 
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| 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 6 | +16 | 9 | 2018 AFC Futsal Championship | |
| 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 6 | ||
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 12 | +2 | 3 | ||
| 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 28 | −24 | 0 | 
| Uzbekistan  | 14–1 | |
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| Kyrgyzstan  | 5–3 | |
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| Nepal    | 0–5 | |
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| Turkmenistan  | 2–4 | |
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| Uzbekistan  | 4–3 | |
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| Turkmenistan  | 9–3 | |
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | 
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| 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 4 | +16 | 6 | 2018 AFC Futsal Championship | |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 15 | −9 | 3 | ||
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 12 | −7 | 0 | 
| Afghanistan  | 2–8 | |
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| Tajikistan  | 4–3 | |
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| Iran  | 12–2 | |
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West Zone
- The matches were played between 10 and 12 November 2017.
 - All matches are held in Thailand.
 - Times listed are UTC+7.
 
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | 
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| 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 7 | 2018 AFC Futsal Championship | |
| 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 4 | ||
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 1 | 
| Saudi Arabia  | 1–1 | |
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| Bahrain  | 1–1 | |
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| United Arab Emirates  | 0–2 | |
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| Iraq  | 5–5 | |
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| United Arab Emirates  | 1–4 | |
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | 
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| 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 6 | 2018 AFC Futsal Championship | |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 0 | ||
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrew | 
Qualified teams
The following 16 teams qualified for the final tournament.
- 1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
 
Goalscorers
There were 391 goals scored in 44 matches, for an average of 8.89 goals per match.
11 goals
 Pyae Phyo Maung I
10 goals
 Muhammad Osamanmusa
 Phùng Trọng Luân
8 goals
 Trần Thái Huy
6 goals
 Ardiansyah
 Syauqi Saud
 Kazuya Shimizu
 Khairul Effendy
 Ngô Ngọc Sơn
5 goals
 Lin Chih-hung
 Bayu Saptaji
 Mahdi Javid
 Jetsada Chudech
 Peerapol Satsue
 Bruno Gomes
 Vũ Quốc Hưng
4 goals
 Chi Sheng-fa
 Abdul Rohman Nawawi
 Subhan Faidasa
 Ali Asghar Hassanzadeh
 Shota Hoshi
 Soulichanh Phasawaeng
 Lê Quốc Nam
3 goals
 Jassam Saleh
 Johanis Mustamu
 Mehran Alighadr
 Matías Hernán Mayedonchi
 Kazuhiro Nibuya
 Emil Kanetov
 Aung Aung
 Hlaing Min Tun
 Khin Zaw Lin
 Naing Ye Kyaw
 Nyein Min Soe
 Chaivit Jamgrajang
 Weerasak Srichai
 Mülkaman Annagulyýew
 Maksat Soltanow
 Davron Choriev
 Dilshod Rakhmatov
 Dilmurod Shavkatov
 Artur Yunusov
 Danh Phát
 Nguyễn Minh Trí
 Phạm Đức Hòa
2 goals
 Falah Abbas
 Faiz Hasnan
 Li Jianjia
 Zhuang Jianfa
 Lai Ming-hui
 Saeid Ahmad Abbasi
 Shahab Talebi
 Farhad Tavakoli
 Mustafa Bachay
 Hasan Dakheel
 Akira Minamoto
 Yuki Murota
 Samer Al-Deen
 Ahmad Samara
 Maksat Alimov
 Aktai Tashtanov
 Ulanbek Baigazy Uulu
 Mirlan Zholdubaev
 Nidnilanh Chanchaleune
 Hassan Zeitoun
 Akmarul Nizam
 Awalluddin Nawi
 Azri Rahman
 Azwann Ismail
 Haniffa Hasan
 Bat-Orgil Erdenebat
 Munguntulga Battsagaan
 Temuujin Altansukh
 Aung Zin Oo
 Hein Min Soe
 Ko Ko Lwin
 Myo Myint Soe
 Pyae Phyo Maung II
 Sai Pyone Aung
 Suraj Raut
 Abdulaziz Al-Alouni
 Aroan Mubarak
 Kim Min-kuk
 Shin Jong-hoon
 Nattawut Madyalan
 Sorasak Phoonjungreed
 Nawin Rattanawongswa
 Warut Wangsama-aeo
 Watan Ataýew
 Farkhod Abdumavlyanov
 Davronjon Abdurakhmonov
 Đinh Văn Toàn
1 goal
 Jawad Haidari
 Ali Jafari
 Akbar Kazemi
 Hussain Khademi
 Mohsen Rezayi
 Sayed Mohamed
 Salman Maula
 Raimi Karim
 Maziri Maidin
 Naqib Timbang
 Li Zhiheng
 Peng Boyao
 Xu Yang
 Zeng Liang
 Zhao Liang
 Huang Po-chun
 Huang Tai-hsiang
 Hung Wei-teng
 Li Ka Chun
 Liu Yik Shing
 Guntur Ariwibowo
 Alexander Larawo
 Randy Mushar
 Aditya Rasyid
 Iqbal Rahmatullah
 Sunny Suhendra
 Abolghasem Orouji
 Touhid Lotfi
 Zainal Abdeen
 Hussein Al-Zubaidi
 Hassan Ali Jabbar
 Waleed Khalid
 Ghaith Riyadh
 Kaoru Morioka
 Koichi Saito
 Tomoaki Watanabe
 Tomoki Yoshikawa
 Kelkel Anarbekov
 Adilet Imanbekov
 Khampha Phiphakkhavong
 Phonephet Sihabouth
 Chanthaphone Waenvongsoth
 Ali El-Homsi
 Serge Kouyoumjian
 Cheong Loi
 Kwok Siu Tin
 Altantulga Pagamsuren
 Pagamsürengiin Altantulga
 Purevdorj Erdenebat
 Kyaw Kyaw Tun
 Kyaw Soe Moe
 Nirmal Gurung
 Nabin Lama
 Said Al-Bulushi
 Issa Al-Masoudi
 Moath Al-Asiri
 Jwher Jmah
 Mansour Al-Zahrani
 Chun Jin-woo
 Kim Gyeong-geun
 Lee Sun-ho
 Shin Ha-il
 Nekruz Alimakhmadov
 Firuz Bekmurodov
 Shavqat Halimov
 Dilshod Salomov
 Fayzali Sardorov
 Ronnachai Jungwongsuk
 Panat Kittipanuwong
 Remigio Duarte
 Mu Kui Sen
 Ilidio Nunes
 Allamyrat Kurbanow
 Allaberdi Meredow
 Öwezbaý Muhammetmyradow
 Gurbangeldi Sähedow
 Tariq Abdulla
 Ahmed Khalil
 Mashrab Adilov
 Ilhomjon Hamroev
 Khusniddin Nishonov
 Anaskhon Rakhmatov
 Konstantin Sviridov
 Cổ Trí Kiệt
 Khổng Đình Hùng
 Nguyễn Văn Huy
 Trần Văn Vũ
 Vũ Xuân Du
1 own goal
 Akbar Kazemi (against Tajikistan)
 Ahmad Al-Ashran (against Lebanon)
 Ahmad Samara (against Lebanon)
 Maksat Alimov (against Turkmenistan)
 Chan Tsz Yeung (against Chinese Taipei)
 Lorenzo Hermosa (against Myanmar)
 Julian Pio Miranda (against Indonesia)
 Andre Vong (against Thailand)
 Rashid Obaid (against Bahrain)
2 own goals
 Saurabh Magar (against Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan)
References
- ↑ "AFC Competitions Calendar 2017" (PDF). AFC. 12 April 2016.
 - 1 2 "AFC Futsal Championship 2018 Competition Regulations". AFC.
 - 1 2 "AFC Futsal Club Licensing Regulations to strengthen professionalism in Asia". AFC. 29 July 2017.
 - ↑ "Women's Championship 2017 cancelled". ASEAN. 17 February 2017.
 - ↑ "Redraw for AFF HDBank Futsal Championship 2017". ASEAN. 24 September 2017.
 - 1 2 3 4 5 "Thailand the ones to beat in AFF Futsal Championship 2017". Asian Football Confederation. 25 October 2017. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
 - ↑ "AFC Futsal Championship 2018 Qualifiers Draw". YouTube. 6 July 2017.
 - ↑ "AFC Futsal Championship 2018 hopefuls learn their opponents". AFC. 6 July 2017.
 - ↑ "Futsalroos funding cut by FFA for 2017-18 financial year". Fox Sports Australia. 5 July 2017.
 - ↑ "FIFA Congress drives football forward, first female secretary general appointed". FIFA. Archived from the original on May 16, 2016. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
 - ↑ "Thailand the ones to beat in AFF Futsal Championship 2017". Asian Football Confederation. 25 October 2017. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
 
External links
- AFC Futsal Championship, the-AFC.com
 - AFC Futsal Championship 2018, stats.the-AFC.com
 
