2020 AFC Futsal Championship

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The 2020 AFC Futsal Championship would have been the 16th 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. A total of 16 teams would have taken part in the tournament.

Host countryTurkmenistan (original host)
Kuwait (new host)
DatesCancelled[1]
Teams16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue2 (in 1 host city)
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2020 AFC Futsal Championship
بطولة آسيا لكرة الصالات 2020
Tournament details
Host countryTurkmenistan (original host)
Kuwait (new host)
DatesCancelled[1]
Teams16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue2 (in 1 host city)
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The tournament was originally scheduled to be played in Turkmenistan between 26 February and 8 March 2020.[2][3] However, the AFC announced on 3 February 2020 that due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the tournament had been postponed following consultation with all relevant stakeholders.[4] On 9 March 2020, FIFA and AFC announced that the tournament were postponed to 5–16 August 2020,[5][6] but in July 2020, the tournament schedule was moved again to 4–15 November 2020.[7][8][9] On 10 September 2020, the AFC announced that the tournament would instead be held in Kuwait between 2–13 December 2020.[10] On 15 October 2020, the AFC announced that due to spike of COVID-19 cases in Kuwait, the tournament was further postponed to 2021.[11] On 10 November 2020, the AFC approved the new dates as between 23 March and 3 April 2021.[12] However, AFC announced the cancellation of the tournament on 25 January 2021, leaving the hosting rights for the 2022 AFC Futsal Asian Cup with Kuwait.[1]

Same as previous editions held on the same year as the FIFA Futsal World Cup, the tournament would have acted as the AFC qualifiers for the World Cup. The top five teams of the tournament would have qualified for the 2021 FIFA Futsal World Cup (originally 2020 but postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic) in Lithuania as the AFC representatives.[13][14][15] On 21 April 2021, the AFC announced that Iran, Japan, and Uzbekistan were nominated as the AFC representatives, while the remaining two teams to be determined by play-off matches between Iraq (although Iraq had not qualified for the 2020 AFC Futsal Championship), Lebanon, Thailand, and Vietnam.[16]

Iran were the defending champions.

Host selection

The following nations expressed interest to host the tournament:

In spring 2019, Turkmenistan was chosen as the host to take place in Ashgabat, before being moved to Kuwait.

Qualification

Main article: 2020 AFC Futsal Championship qualification

Qualifying was played from 16 – 27 October 2019.[17] Turkmenistan also participated in the qualifiers, even though they had already qualified automatically as hosts. Kuwait had to play the qualifying round (in case of a non-qualification, another host would have been chosen).

Qualified teams

The following 16 teams qualified for the final tournament.[18]

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Team Qualified as Appearance
(planned)		 Previous best performance
 TurkmenistanOriginal hosts7thGroup stage (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012)
 ThailandASEAN Zone winners16thRunners-up (2008, 2012)
 IndonesiaASEAN Zone runners-up10thGroup stage (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
 VietnamASEAN Zone third place6thFourth place (2016)
 UzbekistanCentral & South Zone Group A winners16thRunners-up (2001, 2006, 2010, 2016)
 TajikistanCentral & South Zone Group A runners-up11thQuarter-finals (2007)
 IranCentral & South Zone Group B winners16thChampions (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2016, 2018)
 KyrgyzstanCentral & South Zone Group B runners-up16thSemi-finals (2005), Fourth place (2006, 2007)
 ChinaEast Zone Group A winners13thFourth place (2008, 2010)
 JapanEast Zone Group B winners16thChampions (2006, 2012, 2014)
 South KoreaEast Zone Play-off winners14thRunners-up (1999)
 KuwaitWest Zone Group A winners12thFourth place (2003, 2014)
 BahrainWest Zone Group A runners-up3rdQuarter-finals (2018)
 LebanonWest Zone Group B winners12thQuarter-finals (2004, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2018)
 Saudi ArabiaWest Zone Group B runners-up2ndGroup stage (2016)
 OmanWest Zone Play-off winners1stDebut
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Venues

The competition was originally to be played at the Main Indoor Arena and the Martial Arts Arena in Ashgabat,[19] before being moved to Kuwait.

Original host

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Ashgabat
Main Indoor Arena Martial Arts Arena
Capacity: 15,000 Capacity: Unknown
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New host

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Kuwait City
Saad Al Abdullah Hall
Capacity: 6,000
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Squads

Main article: 2020 AFC Futsal Championship squads

Each team had to submit a squad of 14 players, including a minimum of two goalkeepers.[20]

Draw

The final draw was held on 6 December 2019, 15:00 TMT (UTC+5), at the Olympia Hotel in Ashgabat.[21][22] The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four teams. The teams were seeded according to their performance in the 2018 AFC Futsal Championship final tournament and qualification, with the original hosts Turkmenistan automatically seeded and assigned to Position A1 in the draw.[23]

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Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
  1.  Turkmenistan (original hosts)
  2.  Iran
  3.  Japan
  4.  Uzbekistan
  1.  Saudi Arabia
  2.  Indonesia
  3.  Kuwait (unranked; new hosts)
  4.  Oman (unranked)
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Group stage

The top two teams of each group would have 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:[20]

  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 are local, AST (UTC+3).[24]

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Schedule
Matchday Matches
Matchday 1 1 v 4, 2 v 3
Matchday 2 4 v 2, 3 v 1
Matchday 3 1 v 2, 3 v 4
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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Turkmenistan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2  Vietnam 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Tajikistan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Oman 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
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Vietnam Cancelled Tajikistan
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Turkmenistan Cancelled Oman
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Oman Cancelled Vietnam
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Tajikistan Cancelled Turkmenistan
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Tajikistan Cancelled Oman
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Turkmenistan Cancelled Vietnam
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Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Japan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2  Lebanon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Kyrgyzstan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Kuwait (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
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Lebanon Cancelled Kyrgyzstan
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Japan Cancelled Kuwait
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Kuwait Cancelled Lebanon
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Kyrgyzstan Cancelled Japan
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Japan Cancelled Lebanon
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Kyrgyzstan Cancelled Kuwait
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Group C

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Uzbekistan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2  Bahrain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  China 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Indonesia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Bahrain Cancelled China
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Uzbekistan Cancelled Indonesia
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Indonesia Cancelled Bahrain
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China Cancelled Uzbekistan
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Uzbekistan Cancelled Bahrain
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China Cancelled Indonesia
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Group D

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Iran 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2  Thailand 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  South Korea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Saudi Arabia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Thailand Cancelled South Korea
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Iran Cancelled Saudi Arabia
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Saudi Arabia Cancelled Thailand
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South Korea Cancelled Iran
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Iran Cancelled Thailand
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South Korea Cancelled Saudi Arabia
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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).[20]

Bracket

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
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Winner Group A
 
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Runner-up Group B
 
Winner QF1
 
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Winner QF2
 
Winner Group C
 
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Runner-up Group D
 
Winner SF1
 
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Winner SF2
 
Winner Group B
 
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Runner-up Group A
 
Winner QF3
 
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Winner QF4Third place match
 
Winner Group D
 
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Runner-up Group C
 
Loser SF1
 
 
Loser SF2
 
 
Fifth place play-offsFifth place match
 
      
 
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Loser QF1
 
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Loser QF2
 
Winner PO1
 
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Winner PO2
 
Loser QF3
 
 
Loser QF4
 

Quarter-finals

Winners would have qualified for 2021 FIFA Futsal World Cup. Losers would have entered fifth place play-offs.

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Winner Group CCancelledRunner-up Group D
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Winner Group DCancelledRunner-up Group C
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Winner Group BCancelledRunner-up Group A
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Winner Group ACancelledRunner-up Group B
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Fifth place play-offs

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Loser QF3CancelledLoser QF4
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Loser QF1CancelledLoser QF2
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Semi-finals

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Winner QF3CancelledWinner QF4
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Winner QF1CancelledWinner QF2
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Fifth place match

Winner would have qualified for 2021 FIFA Futsal World Cup.

More information Winner PO1, Cancelled ...
Winner PO1CancelledWinner PO2
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Third place match

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Loser SF1CancelledLoser SF2
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Final

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