2025 AFC Women's Futsal Asian Cup
International futsal competition
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The 2025 AFC Women's Futsal Asian Cup was the third edition of the AFC Women's Futsal Asian Cup, the quadrennial international futsal championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the women's national teams of Asia.[1] The tournament was held between 6 and 17 May 2025 in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, China.[2]
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| Host country | China |
| Dates | 6–17 May |
| Teams | 12 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Japan (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  Thailand |
| Third place |  Iran |
| Fourth place |  China |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 26 |
| Goals scored | 119 (4.58 per match) |
| Attendance | 16,605 (639 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Maral Torkaman (6 goals) |
| Best player | Sara Oino |
| Best goalkeeper | Nene Inoue |
| Fair play award | China |
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Iran were the two-time defending champions, but were eliminated by Japan in the semi-finals. Japan went on to win their maiden title after beating Thailand on penalties in the final.
The tournament served as the qualifying for the inaugural 2025 FIFA Futsal Women's World Cup in the Philippines.
Host selection
The following three football associations submitted their interest to host the tournament by the deadline.[3]
On 13 September 2024, the AFC Executive Committee ratified the AFC Futsal & Beach Soccer Committee's decisions to award the hosting rights of the 2025 AFC Women's Futsal Asian Cup to the Chinese Football Association.[5]
Qualification
The host country and the top two teams of the previous tournament in 2018 AFC Women's Futsal Championship qualified automatically, while the other nine teams were determined by qualification matches played in January 2025.[3][6]
Qualified teams
The following twelve teams qualified for the tournament:
| Team | Method of qualification |
Date of qualification |
Finals appearance |
Last appearance |
Previous best performance |
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| China | Hosts | 13 September 2024 | 3rd | 2018 | Quarter-finals (2018) |
| Iran | 2018 champions | 30 August 2024 | 3rd | 2018 | Champions (2015, 2018) |
| Japan | 2018 runners-up | 30 August 2024 | 3rd | 2018 | Runners-up (2015, 2018) |
| Thailand | Group A winners | 17 January 2025 | 3rd | 2018 | Third place (2015, 2018) |
 Indonesia | Group B winners | 17 January 2025 | 2nd | 2018 | Quarter-finals (2018) |
 Australia | Group C winners | 17 January 2025 | 1st | N/A | N/A (Debut) |
 Vietnam | Group D winners | 17 January 2025 | 3rd | 2018 | Fourth place (2018) |
 Bahrain | Group A runners-up | 19 January 2025 | 2nd | 2018 | Group stage (2018) |
 Hong Kong | Group B runners-up | 17 January 2025 | 3rd | 2018 | Group stage (2015, 2018) |
 Uzbekistan | Group C runners-up | 19 January 2025 | 3rd | 2018 | Quarter-finals (2018) |
 Chinese Taipei | Group D runners-up | 17 January 2025 | 2nd | 2018 | Quarter-finals (2018) |
 Philippines | Best third-placed team | 17 January 2025 | 1st | N/A | N/A (Debut) |
Draw
The draw was held on 6 February 2025 at the Juva Grand Hotel in Hohhot, China.[7][8]
The 12 teams were drawn into three groups of four teams, with seeding based on their FIFA Futsal World Ranking as of October 2024, which are shown in parentheses except for the team who is unranked, which are denoted by (–). As hosts, China were automatically seeded into pot 1.[8]
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
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| China (26; hosts) Thailand (6) Iran (9) |
Japan (10) Vietnam (11) Uzbekistan (18) |
Indonesia (24) Chinese Taipei (25) Hong Kong (31) |
Bahrain (36) Philippines (59) Australia (–) |
Venues
The matches were played at the Hohhot Sports Center in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia.
Match officials
AFC appointed the following 20 futsal referees to officiate the tournament.
- Referees
Liang Qingyun- Zhu Xin
Lee Po-fu
Wahyu Wicaksono
Gelareh Nazemi- Zahra Rahimi
- Fathi Zari
Kumi Hiruma- Kana Saito
- Mari Yamamoto
Moon Dae-sung
Nour Chaito
Nurul Atikah Janah- Muhamad Faiz Jamaluddin
Maryam Al-Hadhrami
Reem Al-Bishi
Panadda Khotsenaphattra
Najat Al-Blooshi
Nikita Afinogenov
Huỳnh Nguyên Thành
Squads
Each team must register a final squad of 14 players, including at least two goalkeepers, no later than 10 days before the first match of the tournament (Regulations Articles 26.3).[9]
Group stage
Tiebreakers
Teams were 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 were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Article 7.3):[9]
- 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 were tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams were still tied, all head-to-head criteria above were 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 were 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.
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | China (H) |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Chinese Taipei |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 6 | |
| 3 | Uzbekistan |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 3 | |
| 4 | Australia |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 0 |
| Uzbekistan | 1–6 | Chinese Taipei |
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| Australia | 1–3 | Uzbekistan |
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| Chinese Taipei | 3–5 | China |
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| Chinese Taipei | 1–0 | Australia |
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Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Vietnam |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Iran |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 7 | |
| 3 | Hong Kong |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 3 | |
| 4 | Philippines |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 | −8 | 0 |
| Iran | 1–0 | Philippines |
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| Vietnam | 5–3 | Hong Kong |
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| Philippines | 0–3 | Vietnam |
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| Hong Kong | 7–3 | Philippines |
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Group C
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Thailand |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Japan |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 6 | |
| 3 | Indonesia |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 4 | |
| 4 | Bahrain |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12 | −9 | 0 |
| Indonesia | 5–1 | Bahrain |
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Ranking of third-placed teams
| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | C | Indonesia |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | B | Hong Kong |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 3 | |
| 3 | A | Uzbekistan |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 3 |
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Knockout stage
In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary, except for the third place match where penalty shoot-out without extra time was used to decide the winners if necessary (Regulations Article 10).[9]
Bracket
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 13 May – Hohhot | ||||||||||
| China | 6 | |||||||||
| 15 May – Hohhot | ||||||||||
| Indonesia | 0 | |||||||||
| China | 2 | |||||||||
| 13 May – Hohhot | ||||||||||
| Thailand | 3 | |||||||||
| Thailand | 5 | |||||||||
| 17 May – Hohhot | ||||||||||
| Hong Kong | 2 | |||||||||
| Thailand | 3 (2) | |||||||||
| 13 May – Hohhot | ||||||||||
| Japan (p) | 3 (3) | |||||||||
| Vietnam | 0 | |||||||||
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| Japan | 2 | |||||||||
| Japan | 3 | |||||||||
| 13 May – Hohhot | ||||||||||
| Iran | 2 | Third place play-off | ||||||||
| Chinese Taipei | 1 | |||||||||
| 17 May – Hohhot | ||||||||||
| Iran (a.e.t.) | 3 | |||||||||
| China | 1 | |||||||||
| Iran | 3 | |||||||||
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
The winners qualified for the 2025 FIFA Futsal Women's World Cup.
Third place match
The winner qualified for the 2025 FIFA Futsal Women's World Cup.
Final
Goalscorers
There were 119 goals scored in 26 matches, for an average of 4.58 goals per match.
6 goals
- Maral Torkaman
5 goals
- Jenjira Bubpha
- Liu Wen-ling
4 goals
So Hoi Lam- Wu Choi Yiu
- Ryo Egawa
- Yukari Miyahara
- Paerploy Huajaipetch
3 goals
- Cao Jiayi
- Lê Thị Thanh Ngân
2 goals
- Fan Yuqiu
- Ke Yaoxiang
- Zhan Zewen
- Zhang Rui
- Zou Yinglan
- Liu Chih-ling
- Su Hui-chi
- Charis Kung Yuet
- Ikeu Rosita
- Elham Anafjeh
- Risa Ikadai
- Kyoka Takahashi
- Saki Yotsui
- Nattamon Artkla
- Darika Peanpailun
- Trần Thị Thu Xuân
1 goal
Daisy Arrowsmith- Alexia Karrys-Stahl
Hessa Al-Isa- Amira Sowar
- Manar Yaqoob
- Jiang Xiaoyu
- Liu Danping
- Su Jiahong
- Xiong Jing
- Yu Ting
- Zhan Huimin
- Chen Min-huang
- Chu Fang-yi
- Cheung Wai Ki
- Poon Ka Ka
- Fitri Rosdiana
- Insyafadya Salsabillah
- Dinar Kartika Sari
- Mahtab Banaei
- Fereshteh Khosravi
- Tahereh Mehdi Pour
- Farzaneh Tavasoli
- Anna Amishiro
- Sara Oino
Isabella Bandoja- Alisha del Campo
- Dionesa Tolentin
- Patitta Moolpho
- Hataichanok Tappakun
- Sasikarn Tongdee
- Gulzoda Amirova
- Shodiya Tosheva
- Feruza Turdiboeva
- Omina Valikhanova
- Madina Vokhidova
- Trần Nguyệt Vi
- Trịnh Nguyễn Thanh Hằng
1 own goal
- Manar Yaqoob (against Indonesia)
- Zhan Huimin (against Thailand)
- Chen Ya-chun (against China)
- Chan Wing Sze (against Vietnam)
- Nastaran Moghimi (against Hong Kong)
- Anna Amishiro (against Thailand)
- Nene Inoue (against Indonesia)
- Nguyễn Phương Anh (against Japan)
Qualified teams for the 2025 FIFA Futsal Women's World Cup
As the host nation, the Philippines had secured their place in the World Cup regardless of their results in the Asian Cup.[10]
Should the Philippines advance to the semi-finals, the other semi-finalists would have automatically qualify. However, the Philippines did not reach the semi-finals, so the top three teams—the winners, runners-up, and third-place team—secured qualification for the 2025 FIFA Futsal Women's World Cup.
The following four teams from AFC were qualified for the tournament.
| Team | Qualified on |
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| Philippines[10] |
15 May 2024 |
| Thailand |
15 May 2025 |
| Japan |
15 May 2025 |
| Iran |
17 May 2025 |
Ranking
| Rank | Team | M | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Points |
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| 1 | Japan | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 12 | +5 | 13 |
| 2 | Thailand | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 8 | +10 | 14 |
| 3 | Iran | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 13 |
| 4 | China | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 11 | +9 | 12 |
| 5 | Vietnam | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 7 |
| 6 | Chinese Taipei | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 6 |
| 7 | Indonesia | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 12 | -5 | 4 |
| 8 | Hong Kong | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 16 | -3 | 3 |
| 9 | Uzbekistan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 3 |
| 10 | Australia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 0 |
| 11 | Philippines | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 | -8 | 0 |
| 12 | Bahrain | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12 | -9 | 0 |