2014 AFC Futsal Championship

The 2014 AFC Futsal Championship was held in Vietnam from 30 April to 10 May 2014. 16 countries took part in the 13th edition of the tournament. Japan won the championship and successfully defended their title from the 2012 AFC Futsal Championship.

2014 AFC Futsal Championship

Giải vô địch bóng đá trong nhà châu Á 2014
Tournament details
Host country	Vietnam
Dates	30 April – 10 May
Teams	16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Japan (3rd title)
Runners-up	Iran
Third place	Uzbekistan
Fourth place	Kuwait
Tournament statistics
Matches played	32
Goals scored	221 (6.91 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Hossein Tayyebi (15 goals)
Best player(s)	Ali Asghar Hassanzadeh[1]
Fair play award	Japan
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Qualified teams

Main article: 2014 AFC Futsal Championship qualification

Team	Qualified as	Qualification date	Appearance in finals
Japan	2012 AFC Futsal Championship Winners	0130 May 2012	13th
Thailand	2012 AFC Futsal Championship Runners-up	0230 May 2012	13th
Iran	2012 AFC Futsal Championship Third place	031 June 2012	13th
Vietnam	Hosts and ASEAN Zone Third place	0431 August 2013	3rd
Chinese Taipei	East Zone Runners-Up	056 October 2013	10th
China	East Zone Winner	066 October 2013	10th
South Korea	East Zone Third place	077 October 2013	12th
Indonesia	ASEAN Zone Fourth place	0822 October 2013	9th
Australia	ASEAN Zone Runners-up	0922 October 2013	6th
Malaysia	ASEAN Zone Fifth place	1023 October 2013	10th
Uzbekistan	South & Central Group Winner	116 November 2013	13th
Tajikistan	South & Central Group Runners-up	127 November 2013	8th
Kyrgyzstan	South & Central Group Third place	137 November 2013	13th
Lebanon	West Group Winners	1411 December 2013	9th
Kuwait	West Group Runners-up	1511 December 2013	11th
Iraq	West Group Third place	1612 December 2013	9th

Venues

Ho Chi Minh City
Phu Tho Gymnasium	Ton Duc Thang University Gymnasium
Capacity: 5,000	Capacity: 2,700

Draw

The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four teams. The teams were seeded according to their performance in the previous season in 2012.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Vietnam (hosts)  Japan  Thailand  Iran	Australia  Kuwait  Kyrgyzstan  Lebanon	Uzbekistan  China  Tajikistan  Chinese Taipei	Indonesia  South Korea  Iraq  Malaysia

Group stage

If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria were applied to determine the rankings.^[2]

1. Greater number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
2. Goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned;
3. Greater number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned;
4. Goal difference in all the group matches;
5. Greater number of goals scored in all the group matches;
6. Kicks from the penalty mark if only two teams are involved and they are both on the field of play;
7. Fewer score calculated according to the number of yellow and red cards received in the group matches;
8. Drawing of lots.

All times are local (UTC+7).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Kuwait	3	2	0	1	11	5	+6	6
2	Vietnam (H)	3	2	0	1	13	7	+6	6
3	Iraq	3	2	0	1	11	7	+4	6
4	Tajikistan	3	0	0	3	5	21	−16	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(H) Hosts

30 April 2014

16:00

Kuwait	5–0	Tajikistan
Hamad 3', 22' Al Tawail 13', 38', 39'	Report

Phu Tho Gymnasium, Ho Chi Minh City

Referee: Zhang Youze (China, P.R.)

30 April 2014

19:00

Vietnam	1–2	Iraq
Al-Zubaidi 25' (o.g.)	Report	Abed 22' Fahem 40'

Phu Tho Gymnasium, Ho Chi Minh City

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2 May 2014

16:00

Iraq	3–5	Kuwait
Hwede 18' Fahem 34' Al Thabeti 35'	Report	Ahmad 2' Altawail 16', 29', 30' Almosabehi 25'

Phu Tho Gymnasium, Ho Chi Minh City

2 May 2014

18:30

Tajikistan	4–10	Vietnam
Makhmudov 11', 28' Mamedbabaev 17' Jumaev 17'	Report	Trần Văn Vũ 10' Phùng Trọng Luân 12', 27' Ngô Ngọc Sơn 13', 27' Lê Quốc Nam 15' Phạm Đức Hòa 16' Nguyễn Bảo Quân 25', 33' Lý Khánh Hưng 37'

Phu Tho Gymnasium, Ho Chi Minh City

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4 May 2014

18:30

Vietnam	2–1	Kuwait
Ahmad 18' (o.g.) Phùng Trọng Luân 24'	Report	Almosabehi 40'

Phu Tho Gymnasium, Ho Chi Minh City

4 May 2014

18:30

Tajikistan	1–6	Iraq
Makhmudov 13'	Report	Hamzah 1', 24' Hasan 15', 28' Fahem 27' Al Thabeti 35'

Ton Duc Thang University Gymnasium, Ho Chi Minh City

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Iran	3	3	0	0	25	2	+23	9
2	Australia	3	2	0	1	8	9	−1	6
3	Indonesia	3	1	0	2	5	13	−8	3
4	China	3	0	0	3	4	18	−14	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

30 April 2004

16:00

Iran	5–1	Indonesia
Tayebi 8' Tavakoli 17', 17' Hassanzadeh 18' Shafiei 38'	Report	Kustiawan 30'

Ton Duc Thang University Gymnasium, Ho Chi Minh City

Attendance: 650

Referee: Tomohiro Kozaki (Japan)

30 April 2004

19:00

Australia	2–1	China
Seeto 6', 39'	Report	Zhang Wen 3'

Ton Duc Thang University Gymnasium, Ho Chi Minh City

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2 May 2014

16:00

Indonesia	0–5	Australia
	Report	Giovenali 14' de Moraes 20' Giovenali 38' Seeto 39' Fogarty 40'

Ton Duc Thang University Gymnasium, Ho Chi Minh City

Referee: HIROYUKI KOBAYASHI(Japan)

2 May 2014

18:30

China	0–12	Iran
	Report	Tayebi 1', 12', 27', 35' Tavakoli 5' Hassanzadeh 1', 2', 25' Shafiei 10', 28' Fakhim 24' Ahmadi 40'

Ton Duc Thang University Gymnasium, Ho Chi Minh City

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4 May 2014

16:00

Iran	8–1	Australia
Tayebi 2', 10', 11' Taheri 10', 29' Vafaei 15' Shafiei 17' Esmaeilpour 28'	Report	Daniel Fogarty 7'

Phu Tho Gymnasium, Ho Chi Minh City

4 May 2014

16:00

China	3–4	Indonesia
Zhao Liang 9' Wang Tianyi 11' Agustin 40' (o.g.)	Report	Kustiawan 3', 30' Oktavianus 12', 36'

Ton Duc Thang University Gymnasium, Ho Chi Minh City

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Thailand	3	2	1	0	15	6	+9	7
2	Lebanon	3	1	1	1	12	13	−1	4
3	Chinese Taipei	3	1	0	2	10	15	−5	3
4	Malaysia	3	1	0	2	8	11	−3	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

1 May 2014

16:00

Thailand	7–1	Malaysia
Sornwichian 11', 12' Thueanklang 26', 29', 36' Thaijaroen 31' Alwee 39' (o.g.)	Report	Amir 11'

Phu Tho Gymnasium, Ho Chi Minh City

Attendance: 350

Referee: Vahid Arzpeyma Mohamareh (Iran)

1 May 2014

18:30

Lebanon	8–5	Chinese Taipei
Serhan 2' Tneich 17', 23' Kobeissy 23', 23', 39' Kheir El Dine 28' Zeitoun 35'	Report	Chu Chia-wei 9' Liu Chi-chao 11' Huang Cheng-tsung 18', 19' Lo Chih-en 27'

Phu Tho Gymnasium, Ho Chi Minh City

Attendance: 150

Referee: Chris Colley (Australia)

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3 May 2014

16:00

Malaysia	5–1	Lebanon
Akmar 1', 23' Nizam 5', 11' Aula 34'	Report	Tneich 16'

Phu Tho Gymnasium, Ho Chi Minh City

3 May 2014

18:30

Chinese Taipei	2–5	Thailand
Lo Chih-an 24' Huang Cheng-tsung 33'	Report	Thueanklang 3' Chudech 4' Rattana 8' Wongkaeo 24' Sornwichian 33'

Phu Tho Gymnasium, Ho Chi Minh City

Attendance: 200

Referee: HASAN MOHAMMED MOUSA AL-GBUR (IRAQ)

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5 May 2014

16:00

Thailand	3–3	Lebanon
Wongkaeo 21' Thueanklang 33', 40'	Report	Tneich 1' Zaid 17', 40'

Phu Tho Gymnasium, Ho Chi Minh City

Attendance: 200

Referee: ZHANG YOUZE (CHINA PR)

5 May 2014

16:00

Chinese Taipei	3–2	Malaysia
Chang Hao-wei 14' Huang Cheng-tsung 17' Weng Wei-pin 26'	Report	Amir 20' Yatim 29'

Ton Duc Thang University Gymnasium, Ho Chi Minh City

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Uzbekistan	3	2	1	0	7	3	+4	7
2	Japan	3	2	0	1	17	2	+15	6
3	Kyrgyzstan	3	1	1	1	6	7	−1	4
4	South Korea	3	0	0	3	1	19	−18	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

1 May 2014

16:00

Japan	12–0	South Korea
Nibuya 3', 35' Osodo 6', 20', 31' Nakamura 16', 33', 38' Minamoto 29' Uchimura 31' Sato 36' Morioka 39'	Report

Ton Duc Thang University Gymnasium, Ho Chi Minh City

Attendance: 700

Referee: Saša Tomić (Croatia)

1 May 2014

18:30

Kyrgyzstan	2–2	Uzbekistan
Ryskulov 38' Kanetov 39'	Report	Tabaldiev 5' (o.g.) Abdumavlyanov 17'

Ton Duc Thang University Gymnasium, Ho Chi Minh City

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3 May 2014

16:00

South Korea	1–4	Kyrgyzstan
Shin Jong-hoon 32'	Report	Ermekov 17', 27' Duvanaev 37' Kondratkov 40'

Ton Duc Thang University Gymnasium, Ho Chi Minh City

3 May 2014

18:30

Uzbekistan	2–1	Japan
Shlema 10' Yunusov 40'	Report	Nishitani 9'

Ton Duc Thang University Gymnasium, Ho Chi Minh City

Attendance: 900

Referee: Trương Quốc Dũng (Vietnam)

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5 May 2014

18:30

Japan	4–0	Kyrgyzstan
Minamoto 4' Nibuya 9' Osodo 17', 35'	Report

Phu Tho Gymnasium, Ho Chi Minh City

Attendance: 200

Referee: Scott Kidson (Australia)

5 May 2014

18:30

Uzbekistan	3–0	South Korea
Shuhrat 16' Choriev 34' Dilshod 39'	Report

Ton Duc Thang University Gymnasium, Ho Chi Minh City

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary (no extra time is used in the third place match).^[2]

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	May 7 – Ho Chi Minh City
	Kuwait	5
					May 8 – Ho Chi Minh City
	Australia	2
					Kuwait	1
	May 7 – Ho Chi Minh City
					Japan	6
	Thailand	2
									May 10 – Ho Chi Minh City
	Japan	3
									Japan	2(3)
	May 7 – Ho Chi Minh City
									Iran	2(0)
	Iran	15
					May 8 – Ho Chi Minh City
	Vietnam	4
					Iran	10
	May 7 – Ho Chi Minh City
					Uzbekistan	0			Third place
	Uzbekistan	6
									May 10 – Ho Chi Minh City
	Lebanon	2
									Kuwait	1
									Uzbekistan	2

Quarter-finals

7 May 2014

15:30

Kuwait	5–2	Australia
Hamad 21', 32' Altawail 29' Abdulrahman 32', 34'	Report	Tobias Seeto 32' Jarrod Basger 28'

Phu Tho Gymnasium, Ho Chi Minh City

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7 May 2014

15:30

Thailand	2–3	Japan
Suphawut 20' Jirawat 25'	Report	Nibuya 7' Osodo 14' Morioka 36'

Ton Duc Thang University Gymnasium, Ho Chi Minh City

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Mohamad Chami (Lebanon)

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7 May 2014

18:30

Iran	15–4	Vietnam
Tayyebi 2', 10', 24' Fakhim 11', 36', 38' Esmaeilpour 12' Vafaei 17', 36' Hassanzadeh 25', 26', 28' Shajari 29', 32' Jafari 30'	Report	Phùng Trọng Luân 12', 29' Lý Khánh Hưng 22' Pham Thành Đạt 33'

Phu Tho Gymnasium, Ho Chi Minh City

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7 May 2014

18:30

Uzbekistan	6–2	Lebanon
Andrey 10' Dilshod 25', 32' Shuhrat 26' Artur 30' Farkhod 30'	Report	Kheir El Dine 38' Moustafa Serhan 40'

Ton Duc Thang University Gymnasium, Ho Chi Minh City

Semi-finals

8 May 2014

15:30

Kuwait	1–6	Japan
Mohammad 15'	Report	Inaba 5', 22' Minamoto 21' Osodo 24', 27' Hoshi 29'

Phu Tho Gymnasium, Ho Chi Minh City

Attendance: 350

Referee: Fernando Lumbreras (Spain)

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8 May 2014

18:30

Iran	10–0	Uzbekistan
Tayyebi 5', 24', 28' Shafiei 10', 23', 31' Vafaei 1' Hassanzadeh 5' Esmaeilpour 7' Shajari 30'	Report

Phu Tho Gymnasium, Ho Chi Minh City

Third place play-off

10 May 2014

16:00

Kuwait	1–2	Uzbekistan
Alwadhi 35'	Report	Dilshod 11' Farkhod 34'

Phu Tho Gymnasium, Ho Chi Minh City

Final

10 May 2014

19:00

Japan	2–2 (a.e.t.)	Iran
Inaba 26' Ahmadi 46' (o.g.)	Report	Tavakoli 8' Tayyebi 43'
Penalties
Nibuya Yoshikawa Minamoto	3–0	Taheri Bahadori Hassanzadeh

Phu Tho Gymnasium, Ho Chi Minh City

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Nurdin Bukuev (Kyrgyzstan)

Goalscorers

15 goals

• Hossein Tayyebi

8 goals

• Ali Asghar Hassanzadeh
• Nobuya Osodo

7 goals

• Vahid Shafiei
• Suphawut Thueanklang

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:^[3]

Top Goalscorer	Most Valuable Player	Fair Play award
Hossein Tayyebi	Ali Asghar Hassanzadeh	Japan