2016 AFC Futsal Championship

2016 AFC Futsal Championship
Tournament details
Host country  Uzbekistan
City Tashkent
Dates 10–21 February 2016
Teams 16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  Iran (11th title)
Runners-up  Uzbekistan
Third place  Thailand
Fourth place  Vietnam
Tournament statistics
Matches played 35
Goals scored 234 (6.69 per match)
Top scorer(s) Thailand Suphawut Thueanklang (14 goals)
Best player Iran Ali Asghar Hassanzadeh

The 2016 AFC Futsal Championship was the 14th edition of the AFC Futsal Championship, the biennial international futsal championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the men's national teams of Asia. The tournament was held in Uzbekistan between 10–21 February 2016.[1] A total of 16 teams played in the tournament.

The tournament was originally meant to be held in Taiwan (i.e. the Republic of China).[2] It was originally scheduled for 12–27 March 2016, but this was changed following the adoption of the FIFA futsal international match calendar.[3][4]

Same as previous editions held on the same year as the FIFA Futsal World Cup, the tournament acted as the AFC qualifiers for the World Cup. The top five teams of the tournament qualified for the 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup in Colombia as the AFC representatives.[5]

Champions Iran, runners-up Uzbekistan, third-placed Thailand, fourth-placed Vietnam and play-off winner Australia qualified for the 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup as the AFC representatives.[6]

Qualification

The draw for the qualifiers was held on 2 September 2015. Four teams qualified directly for the final tournament by their 2014 performance, while the other entrants competed in the qualifying stage for the remaining 12 spots.[7] The qualifiers were played between 1 October and 19 November 2015.[8]

Qualified teams

The following 16 teams qualified for the final tournament. Kuwait were replaced by Saudi Arabia due to FIFA's suspension of the Kuwait Football Association.[9]

Team Qualified as Appearance Previous best performance
 Uzbekistan Hosts and 2014 third place 14th Runners-up (2001, 2006, 2010)
 Japan 2014 winners 14th Champions (2006, 2012, 2014)
 Iran 2014 runners-up 14th Champions (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010)
 Lebanon West Zone Group A winners 10th Quarter-finals (2004, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
 Jordan West Zone Group A runners-up 1st Debut
 Saudi Arabia West Zone Group A third place 1st Debut
 Qatar West Zone Group B winners 3rd Group stage (2005, 2012)
 Iraq West Zone Group B runners-up 10th Quarter-finals (2002)
 Kyrgyzstan Central Zone winners 14th Fourth place (2005, 2006, 2007)
 Tajikistan Central Zone runners-up 9th Quarter-finals (2007)
 Thailand ASEAN Zone Group A winners 14th Runners-up (2008, 2012)
 Malaysia ASEAN Zone Group A runners-up 11th Group stage (1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2014)
 Australia ASEAN Zone Group B winners 7th Fourth place (2012)
 Vietnam ASEAN Zone Group B runners-up 4th Quarter-finals (2014)
 China East Zone winners 11th Fourth place (2008, 2010)
 Chinese Taipei East Zone runners-up 11th Quarter-finals (2003)

Venues

The matches were played at the Uzbekistan Stadium and Universal Stadium in Tashkent.

Squads

Each team had to submit a squad of 14 players, including a minimum of two goalkeepers.[10]

Draw

The draw for the final tournament was held on 2 December 2015, 18:00 UZT (UTC+5), at the Zafarshan Hall in Tashkent.[11] The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four teams. The teams were seeded according to their performance in the previous season in 2014.[12]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

Match officials

The following referees were chosen for the 2016 AFC Futsal Championship.[13]

Referees
  • Australia Chris Colley
  • China An Ran
  • China Liu Jianqiao
  • Chinese Taipei Lee Po-fu
  • Iran Vahid Arzpeyma Mohammreh
  • Iraq Hasan Mousa Al-Gburi
  • Iraq Hawkar Salar Ahmed
  • Japan Tomohiro Kozaki
  • Japan Hiroyuki Kobayashi
  • Jordan Husein Mahmoud Khalaileh
  • Kyrgyzstan Nurdin Bukuev
  • Malaysia Helday Idang
  • Philippines Rey Ritaga Martinez
  • Thailand Yuttakon Maiket
  • United Arab Emirates Khamis Hassan Al Shamsi
  • Vietnam Trương Quốc Dũng

Group stage

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

Tiebreakers

The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers would be applied in the following order:[10]

  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. If, after applying criteria 1 to 3, teams still have an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 3 are reapplied exclusively to the matches between the teams in question to determine their final rankings. If this procedure does not lead to a decision, criteria 5 to 9 apply;
  5. Goal difference in all the group matches;
  6. Greater number of goals scored in all the group matches;
  7. Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are involved and they are both on the field of play;
  8. Fewer score calculated according to the number of yellow and red cards received in the group matches (1 point for a single yellow card, 3 points for a red card as a consequence of two yellow cards, 3 points for a direct red card, 4 points for a yellow card followed by a direct red card);
  9. Drawing of lots.

All times were local, UZT (UTC+5).

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Uzbekistan (H) 3 3 0 0 9 3 +6 9 Knockout stage
2  Kyrgyzstan 3 1 1 1 8 8 0 4
3  Lebanon 3 0 2 1 7 9 −2 2
4  Saudi Arabia 3 0 1 2 7 11 −4 1
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Host.

10 February 2016 (2016-02-10)
16:00
Lebanon  4–4  Kyrgyzstan
Kobeissy  23', 32'
Tneich  24'
Zeitoun  28'		 Report Rusl. Ermekov  3'
Baigazy  9'
Alimov  25', 40'
Uzbekistan Stadium, Tashkent
Attendance: 1,800
Referee: Tomohiro Kozaki (Japan)

10 February 2016 (2016-02-10)
19:00
Uzbekistan  5–2  Saudi Arabia
Choriev  17', 26'
Shalipov  25'
Yunusov  30'
Sviridov  33'		 Report Atiah  24'
Zafer  26'
Uzbekistan Stadium, Tashkent
Attendance: 2,600
Referee: Chris Colley (Australia)

12 February 2016 (2016-02-12)
16:30
Saudi Arabia  3–3  Lebanon
Azmi  13'
Atiah  14'
Nawaf  33'		 Report Azmi  2' (o.g.)
El Dine  14'
Tneich  24'
Uzbekistan Stadium, Tashkent
Attendance: 1,800
Referee: Yuttakon Maiket (Thailand)

12 February 2016 (2016-02-12)
19:00
Kyrgyzstan  1–2  Uzbekistan
Alimov  40' Report Rakhmatov  20', 23'
Uzbekistan Stadium, Tashkent
Attendance: 2,600
Referee: Rey Ritaga (Philippines)

14 February 2016 (2016-02-14)
19:00
Uzbekistan  2–0  Lebanon
Anorov  11'
Abdumavlyanov  16'		 Report
Uzbekistan Stadium, Tashkent
Attendance: 2,600
Referee: Chris Colley (Australia)

14 February 2016 (2016-02-14)
19:00
Kyrgyzstan  3–2  Saudi Arabia
Rust. Ermekov  4'
Chotbaev  16'
Alimov  38'		 Report Atiah  1'
Nasser  40'
Universal Stadium, Tashkent
Attendance: 250
Referee: Tomohiro Kozaki (Japan)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Iran 3 3 0 0 26 2 +24 9 Knockout stage
2  Iraq 3 2 0 1 12 17 −5 6
3  China 3 1 0 2 6 14 −8 3
4  Jordan 3 0 0 3 4 15 −11 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

10 February 2016 (2016-02-10)
16:00
Iraq  6–1  China
Waleed  13', 30'
Al-Zubaidi  18'
Rafid  26'
Saif  35', 38'		 Report Wang Hongwei  20'
Universal Stadium, Tashkent
Attendance: 50
Referee: Trương Quốc Dũng (Vietnam)

10 February 2016 (2016-02-10)
19:00
Iran  6–0  Jordan
Hassanzadeh  2', 27'
Tayyebi  10'
Bahadori  31'
Javid  34', 36'		 Report
Universal Stadium, Tashkent
Attendance: 500
Referee: Lee Po-fu (Chinese Taipei)

12 February 2016 (2016-02-12)
16:30
China  0–7  Iran
Report Taheri  1'
Hassanzadeh  6'
Ahmadi  17'
Keshavarz  26', 28'
Tayyebi  27'
Bahadori  32'
Universal Stadium, Tashkent
Attendance: 350
Referee: Hiroyuki Kobayashi (Japan)

12 February 2016 (2016-02-12)
19:00
Jordan  3–4  Iraq
Samih  5', 29'
Atef  26'		 Report Waleed  21'
Rafid  29'
Salim  36'
Firas  37'
Universal Stadium, Tashkent
Attendance: 300
Referee: Helday Idang (Malaysia)

14 February 2016 (2016-02-14)
16:30
Iran  13–2  Iraq
Taheri  1', 10'
Tayyebi  3', 11', 18', 28'
Hassanzadeh  5', 40'
Ahmadi  6'
Javid  6', 15', 34'
Tavakoli  20'		 Report Waleed  17'
Amjad  38'
Uzbekistan Stadium, Tashkent
Attendance: 1,700
Referee: Trương Quốc Dũng (Vietnam)

14 February 2016 (2016-02-14)
16:30
China  5–1  Jordan
Zeng Liang  25'
He Yihui  31'
Wang Hongwei  33'
Zhao Liang  36'
Li Jianjia  37'		 Report Mohammad  39'
Universal Stadium, Tashkent
Attendance: 400
Referee: Yuttakon Maiket (Thailand)

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Thailand 3 3 0 0 15 7 +8 9 Knockout stage
2  Vietnam 3 2 0 1 14 8 +6 6
3  Chinese Taipei 3 0 1 2 9 15 −6 1
4  Tajikistan 3 0 1 2 8 16 −8 1
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

11 February 2016 (2016-02-11)
16:30
Thailand  5–4  Tajikistan
Suphawut  7', 30', 32'
Apiwat  25'
Wiwat  40'		 Report Alimakhmadov  11'
Mamedbabaev  21'
Sharipov  35', 39'
Universal Stadium, Tashkent
Attendance: 100
Referee: Hasan Mousa Al-Gburi (Iraq)

11 February 2016 (2016-02-11)
19:00
Vietnam  5–4  Chinese Taipei
Nguyễn Bảo Quân  4' (pen.)
Phùng Trọng Luân  6'
Lê Quốc Nam  28'
Trần Long Vũ  31'
Ngô Ngọc Sơn  37'		 Report Lin Chih-hung  4', 31'
Chi Sheng-fa  26'
Huang Po-chun  39'
Universal Stadium, Tashkent
Attendance: 100
Referee: Husein Mahmoud Khalaileh (Jordan)

13 February 2016 (2016-02-13)
16:30
Chinese Taipei  2–7  Thailand
Chu Chia-wei  14'
Lai Ming-hui  36'		 Report Suphawut  2', 33'
Konghla  4'
Chang Chien-ying  22' (o.g.)
Jetsada  28', 37'
Wiwat  37'
Universal Stadium, Tashkent
Attendance: 100
Referee: Hawkar Salar Ahmed (Iraq)

13 February 2016 (2016-02-13)
19:00
Tajikistan  1–8  Vietnam
Sardorov  9' Report Dương Anh Tùng  1', 22'
Trần Văn Vũ  14', 37'
Nguyễn Bảo Quân  20'
Lê Quốc Nam  27'
Trần Long Vũ  34'
Phùng Trọng Luân  35'
Universal Stadium, Tashkent
Attendance: 300
Referee: Khamis Hassan Al Shamsi (United Arab Emirates)

15 February 2016 (2016-02-15)
19:00
Thailand  3–1  Vietnam
Suphawut  32', 40', 40' Report Vũ Xuân Du  38'
Uzbekistan Stadium, Tashkent
Attendance: 700
Referee: Hasan Mousa Al-Gburi (Iraq)

15 February 2016 (2016-02-15)
19:00
Chinese Taipei  3–3  Tajikistan
Chu Chia-wei  26'
Lin Chien-hsun  36'
Chang Chien-ying  39'		 Report Alimakhmadov  2'
Halimov  29'
Tillozoda  40'
Universal Stadium, Tashkent
Attendance: 100
Referee: Mahmoud Husein Khalaileh (Jordan)

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Japan 3 3 0 0 15 2 +13 9 Knockout stage
2  Australia 3 2 0 1 8 6 +2 6
3  Qatar 3 1 0 2 8 8 0 3
4  Malaysia 3 0 0 3 4 19 −15 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

11 February 2016 (2016-02-11)
16:30
Japan  1–0  Qatar
Watanabe  16' Report
Uzbekistan Stadium, Tashkent
Attendance: 430
Referee: Nurdin Bukuev (Kyrgyzstan)

11 February 2016 (2016-02-11)
19:00
Australia  2–1  Malaysia
Basger  24'
G. Giovenali  26'		 Report Khairul Effendy  19'
Uzbekistan Stadium, Tashkent
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Vahid Arzpeyma Mohammreh (Iran)

13 February 2016 (2016-02-13)
16:30
Malaysia  1–11  Japan
Afif  14' Report Yoshikawa  3'
Takita  3', 7'
Morioka  13'
Osodo  13'
Watanabe  15'
Henmi  15'
Nishitani  16', 19'
Nibuya  19'
Murota  40'
Uzbekistan Stadium, Tashkent
Attendance: 430
Referee: Liu Jianqiao (China)

13 February 2016 (2016-02-13)
19:00
Qatar  2–5  Australia
Jaber  3'
Oliveira  27'		 Report Fogarty  2'
G. Giovenali  3', 26'
Seeto  4', 37'
Uzbekistan Stadium, Tashkent
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: An Ran (China)

15 February 2016 (2016-02-15)
16:30
Japan  3–1  Australia
Henmi  8'
Morioka  19'
Nibuya  34'		 Report G. Giovenali  12'
Uzbekistan Stadium, Tashkent
Attendance: 435
Referee: Nurdin Bukuev (Kyrgyzstan)

15 February 2016 (2016-02-15)
16:30
Malaysia  2–6  Qatar
Akmarulnizam  2'
Afif  18'		 Report Ali  2'
Bilal  5'
Jaber  9', 26'
Oliveira  39', 40'
Universal Stadium, Tashkent
Attendance: 50
Referee: Vahid Arzpeyma (Iran)

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out would be used to decide the winner if necessary (no extra time would be used in the third place match).[10]

Bracket

  5th place match 5th – 8th place play-offs Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
                                               
    A1  Uzbekistan 3  
    B2  Iraq 0  
  B2  Iraq 3       A1  Uzbekistan (pen.) 2 (3)  
  D2  Australia 5       C1  Thailand 2 (1)  
  C1  Thailand 6
    D2  Australia 1  
  D2  Australia 3       A1  Uzbekistan 1
  A2  Kyrgyzstan 1       B1  Iran 2
    B1  Iran 7  
      A2  Kyrgyzstan 0  
A2  Kyrgyzstan 6       B1  Iran 13
  7th place match     D1  Japan 2       C2  Vietnam 1     3rd place match
  B2  Iraq 8th   D1  Japan 4 (1)   C1  Thailand 8
  D1  Japan 7th     C2  Vietnam (pen.) 4 (2)     C2  Vietnam 0

Quarter-finals

Winners qualified for 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup. Losers enter fifth place play-offs.

17 February 2016 (2016-02-17)
16:00
Uzbekistan  3–0  Iraq
Rakhmatov  18', 39'
Elibaev  31'		 Report
Uzbekistan Stadium, Tashkent
Attendance: 2,600
Referee: Liu Jianqiao (China)

17 February 2016 (2016-02-17)
16:00
Thailand  6–1  Australia
Jirawat  5', 39'
Suphawut  10', 39'
Jetsada  27'
Wiwat  33'		 Report G. Giovenali  20'
Universal Stadium, Tashkent
Attendance: 500
Referee: Tomohiro Kozaki (Japan)

17 February 2016 (2016-02-17)
19:00
Iran  7–0  Kyrgyzstan
Tayyebi  7', 15', 32'
Taheri  8'
Bahadori  26'
Hassanzadeh  26'
Alighadr  29'		 Report
Uzbekistan Stadium, Tashkent
Attendance: 700
Referee: Trương Quốc Dũng (Vietnam)

17 February 2016 (2016-02-17)
19:00
Japan  4–4 (a.e.t.)  Vietnam
Nibuya  8', 26'
Morioka  13', 42'		 Report Trần Văn Vũ  14', 39'
Danh Phát  35'
Trần Thái Huy  49'
  Penalties  
Morioka
Henmi
Nibuya 		1–2 Nguyễn Bảo Quân
Dương Anh Tùng
Phùng Trọng Luân
Universal Stadium, Tashkent
Attendance: 150
Referee: Nurdin Bukuev (Kyrgyzstan)

Fifth place play-offs

18 February 2016 (2016-02-18)
16:00
Iraq  3–5  Australia
Mustafa  8'
Saif  38'
Salim  39'		 Report Basger  6', 20'
Fogarty  11', 37'
W. Giovenali  35'
Uzbekistan Stadium, Tashkent
Attendance: 230
Referee: Trương Quốc Dũng (Vietnam)

18 February 2016 (2016-02-18)
16:00
Kyrgyzstan  6–2  Japan
Baigazy  10', 30'
Chotbaev  13'
Alimov  24', 36', 40'		 Report Henmi  26'
Hoshi  39'
Universal Stadium, Tashkent
Attendance: 100
Referee: Vahid Arzpeyma Mohamareh (Iran)

Fifth place match

Australia qualified for 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup.

19 February 2016 (2016-02-19)
16:00
Australia  3–1  Kyrgyzstan
Merrin  6'
Lynch  20'
G. Giovenali  32'		 Report Kanetov  37'
Universal Stadium, Tashkent
Attendance: 100
Referee: Trương Quốc Dũng (Vietnam)

Semi-finals

19 February 2016 (2016-02-19)
16:00
Uzbekistan  2–2 (a.e.t.)  Thailand
Jirawat  23' (o.g.)
Yunusov  48'		 Report Jetsada  24'
Apiwat  41'
  Penalties  
Sviridov
Irsaliev
Fakhriddinov 		3–1 Suphawut
Jirawat
Uzbekistan Stadium, Tashkent
Attendance: 2,600
Referee: Chris Colley (Australia)

19 February 2016 (2016-02-19)
19:00
Iran  13–1  Vietnam
Javid  2', 20', 32'
Tavakoli  8', 8', 20', 22'
Ahmadi  13'
Tayyebi  16', 27'
Vafaei  26'
Keshavarz  37', 39'		 Report Phùng Trọng Luân  17'
Uzbekistan Stadium, Tashkent
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Nurdin Bukuev (Kyrgyzstan)

Third place match

21 February 2016 (2016-02-21)
16:00
Thailand  8–0  Vietnam
Jetsada  6'
Apiwat  11', 12'
Suphawut  18' (pen.), 18' (pen.), 36', 40'
Jirawat  34'		 Report
Uzbekistan Stadium, Tashkent
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: An Ran (China)

Final

21 February 2016 (2016-02-21)
19:00
Uzbekistan  1–2  Iran
Irsaliev  6' Report Bahadori  9'
Keshavarz  14'
Uzbekistan Stadium, Tashkent
Attendance: 2,600
Referee: Tomohiro Kozaki (Japan)

Goalscorers

14 goals
11 goals
8 goals
7 goals
  • Kyrgyzstan Maksadbek Alimov
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
  • Australia Tobias Seeto
  • China Wang Hongwei
  • Chinese Taipei Chu Chia-wei
  • Chinese Taipei Lin Chih-hung
  • Iraq Rafid Hameed Eesa
  • Iraq Salim Faisal Abed
  • Japan Ryosuke Nishitani
  • Japan Manabu Takita
  • Japan Tomoaki Watanabe
  • Jordan Samer Samih
  • Kyrgyzstan Ilias Chotbaev
  • Lebanon Mohamad Kobeissy
  • Lebanon Ali Tneich
  • Malaysia Afif Asyraf
  • Tajikistan Nekruz Alimakhmadov
  • Tajikistan Rahmonali Sharipov
  • Uzbekistan Davron Choriev
  • Uzbekistan Artur Yunusov
  • Vietnam Dương Anh Tùng
  • Vietnam Lê Quốc Nam
  • Vietnam Nguyễn Bảo Quân
  • Vietnam Trần Long Vũ
1 goal
  • Australia Wade Giovenali
  • Australia Grant Lynch
  • Australia Daine Merrin
  • China He Yihui
  • China Li Jianjia
  • China Zeng Liang
  • China Zhao Liang
  • Chinese Taipei Chang Chien-ying
  • Chinese Taipei Chi Sheng-fa
  • Chinese Taipei Huang Po-chun
  • Chinese Taipei Lai Ming-hui
  • Chinese Taipei Lin Chien-hsun
  • Iran Mehran Alighadr
  • Iran Alireza Vafaei
  • Iraq Hussein Al-Zubaidi
  • Iraq Amjad Kareem Hwede
  • Iraq Firas Mohammed Abed
  • Iraq Mustafa Bachay Hamzah
  • Japan Shota Hoshi
  • Japan Yuki Murota
  • Japan Nobuya Osodo
  • Japan Tomoki Yoshikawa
  • Jordan Nooreddin Atef
  • Jordan Mutaz Mohammad
  • Kyrgyzstan Ruslan Ermekov
  • Kyrgyzstan Rustam Ermekov
  • Kyrgyzstan Emil Kanetov
  • Lebanon Ahmad Kheir El Dine
  • Lebanon Hassan Zeitoun
  • Malaysia Akmarulnizam Idris
  • Malaysia Khairul Effendy
  • Qatar Mohamed Ali
  • Qatar Saad Bilal
  • Saudi Arabia Abdulaziz Azmi
  • Saudi Arabia Eihab Nasser
  • Saudi Arabia Aroan Nawaf
  • Saudi Arabia Jwher Zafer
  • Tajikistan Shavqat Halimov
  • Tajikistan Mansur Mamedbabaev
  • Tajikistan Fayzali Sardorov
  • Tajikistan Mehruboni Tillozoda
  • Thailand Konghla Lakka
  • Uzbekistan Farkhod Abdumavlyanov
  • Uzbekistan Javlon Anorov
  • Uzbekistan Nodir Elibaev
  • Uzbekistan Dilshod Irsaliev
  • Uzbekistan Jamoliddin Shalipov
  • Uzbekistan Konstantin Sviridov
  • Vietnam Danh Phát
  • Vietnam Ngô Ngọc Sơn
  • Vietnam Trần Thái Huy
  • Vietnam Vũ Xuân Du
1 own goal

Source: AFC[14]

Awards

Final ranking

Teams qualified for the 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup
Rank Team
1st, gold medalist(s)  Iran
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Uzbekistan
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  Thailand
4  Vietnam
5  Australia
6  Kyrgyzstan
7  Japan
8  Iraq
9  Qatar
10  China
11  Lebanon
12  Saudi Arabia
13  Chinese Taipei
14  Tajikistan
15  Jordan
16  Malaysia

Qualified teams for FIFA Futsal World Cup

The following five teams from AFC qualified for the FIFA Futsal World Cup.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament1
 Iran 17 February 2016 6 (1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012)
 Uzbekistan 17 February 2016 0 (debut)
 Thailand 17 February 2016 4 (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012)
 Vietnam 17 February 2016 0 (debut)
 Australia 19 February 2016 6 (19892, 19922, 19962, 20002, 20042, 2012)
1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.
2 Australia qualified as a member of the OFC between 1989 and 2004.

Broadcasting

Territory Channel Ref
Asia-Pacific Fox Sports Asia [17]
 Australia Fox Sports Australia
 China Star Sports
 Iran IRIB 3
 Thailand Channel 7 (Thailand)
 Uzbekistan SPORT-UZ
{{KGZ} KTRK-Sport (Kyrgyzstan

References

  1. ↑ "Asian Futsal Championship 2016 to be held in Tashkent". uzreport.uz. 10 March 2015. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
  2. ↑ "台灣足球／亞足聯意台主辦亞洲盃五人制　卡世大運無館".
  3. ↑ "AFC Calendar of Competitions 2016" (PDF). AFC.
  4. ↑ "FIFA futsal international match calendar 2016–2020" (PDF). FIFA.com. 27 January 2015.
  5. ↑ "La FIFA ratificó la distribución de plazas que corresponden a cada confederación" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. 4 April 2014.
  6. ↑ "Five from Asia set for Colombia". FIFA.com. 19 February 2016.
  7. ↑ "AFC Futsal Championship 2016 Qualifiers draw concluded". AFC. 4 December 2014.
  8. ↑ "AFC Calendar of Competitions 2015" (PDF). AFC.
  9. ↑ "Saudi Arabia replace Kuwait at AFC Futsal C'ship 2016". AFC. 19 November 2015.
  10. 1 2 3 "AFC Futsal Championship 2016 Competition Regulations" (PDF). AFC.
  11. ↑ "Reigning futsal champions Japan learn 2016 opponents". AFC. 2 December 2015.
  12. ↑ "Stage set for AFC Futsal Championship 2016 draw". AFC. 1 December 2015.
  13. ↑ "SIXTEEN REFEREES TO OFFICIATE AT AFC FUTSAL C'SHIP". AFC. 5 February 2015.
  14. ↑ "Top Goal Scorers (by Stage) – 2016 AFC Futsal Championship". AFC.
  15. ↑ "Iran's Hassanzadeh is named Most Valuable Player". AFC. 21 February 2016.
  16. ↑ "Thai star Suphawut takes Top Scorer award". AFC. 22 February 2016.
  17. ↑ http://www.livesoccertv.com/competitions/international/afc-futsal-championship/

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