AFC Women's Futsal Asian Cup
Football tournament
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The AFC Women's Futsal Asian Cup (previously the AFC Women's Futsal Championship before 2021[1]), is the quadrennial premier national women's futsal competition of the Asian Football Confederation nations. The first edition was held in Malaysia in 2015.[2][3]
| Organiser(s) | AFC |
|---|---|
| Founded | September 2015 |
| Region | Asia |
| Teams | 12 (finals) |
| Current champions |  Japan (1st title) |
| Most championships |  Iran (2 titles) |
 2025 AFC Women's Futsal Asian Cup | |
Starting from 2025, the tournament serves as a qualification for the FIFA Futsal Women's World Cup.
Iran won the first two editions. Japan are the reigning champions, having won their first title in 2025.
Results
Summary
| Edition | Year | Host | Final | Third place match | Number of teams | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champions | Score | Runners-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | ||||||||
| 1 | 2015 |
 Malaysia |
Iran |
1–0 | Japan |
 Thailand |
4–1 | Malaysia |
8[note 1] | ||||
| 2 | 2018 |
Thailand |
Iran |
5–2 | Japan |
Thailand |
0–0 (3–2 pen.) |
 Vietnam |
15 | ||||
| — | 2020 |
 Kuwait |
Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic[5] | ||||||||||
| 3 | 2025 |
 China |
Japan |
3–3 (a.e.t.) (3–2 p) |
Thailand |
Iran |
3–1 | China |
12 | ||||
| 4 | 2028 |
 Myanmar |
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Teams reaching the top four
- * as hosts
Summary (2015–2025)
| Rank | Team | Part | M | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iran | 3 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 70 | 15 | +55 | 43 |
| 2 | Japan | 3 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 72 | 31 | +41 | 40 |
| 3 | Thailand | 3 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 60 | 19 | +41 | 34 |
| 4 | China | 3 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 42 | 35 | +7 | 21 |
| 5 | Vietnam | 3 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 21 | +5 | 20 |
| 6 |  Chinese Taipei | 2 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 19 | +3 | 12 |
| 7 |  Indonesia | 2 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 15 | +5 | 11 |
| 8 | Malaysia | 2 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 27 | 29 | –2 | 9 |
| 9 |  Hong Kong | 3 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 24 | 39 | –15 | 7 |
| 10 |  Uzbekistan | 3 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 46 | –27 | 7 |
| 11 |  Lebanon | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 13 | –9 | 3 |
| 12 |  Australia | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | –5 | 0 |
| 13 |  Philippines | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 | –8 | 0 |
| 14 |  Turkmenistan | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 17 | –16 | 0 |
| 15 |  Bangladesh | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 20 | –18 | 0 |
| 16 |  Bahrain | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 33 | –26 | 0 |
| 17 |  Macau | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 31 | –31 | 0 |
Participating nations
Legend:
- 1st — Champions
- 2nd — Runners-up
- 3rd — Third place
- 4th — Fourth place
- QF — Quarter-finalists
- GS — Group stage
- q — Qualified for upcoming tournament
- •• — Qualified but withdrew
- • — Did not qualify
- × — Did not enter
- × — Withdrew / Banned / Entry not accepted by FIFA
- — Hosts
- — Not affiliated to FIFA
For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown:
| Team | 2015 (8) |
2018 (15) |
2020 (0) |
2025 (12) |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Australia |
× | × | GS | 1 | |
 Bahrain |
× | GS | GS | 2 | |
 Bangladesh |
× | GS | × | 1 | |
 China |
GS | QF | 4th | 3 | |
 Chinese Taipei |
× | QF | QF | 2 | |
 Hong Kong |
GS | GS | QF | 3 | |
 Indonesia |
× | QF | QF | 2 | |
 Iran |
1st | 1st | •• | 3rd | 3 |
 Japan |
2nd | 2nd | 1st | 3 | |
 Jordan |
•• | × | × | 0 | |
 Kuwait |
× | × | •• | • | 0 |
 Lebanon |
× | GS | • | 1 | |
 Macau |
× | GS | • | 1 | |
 Malaysia |
4th | GS | × | 2 | |
 Philippines |
× | × | GS | 1 | |
 Thailand |
3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 3 | |
 Turkmenistan |
× | GS | • | 1 | |
 Uzbekistan |
GS | QF | GS | 3 | |
 Vietnam |
GS | 4th | QF | 3 | |
| Total | 8 | 15 | 12 |
FIFA Futsal Women's World Cup performances
- 1st — Champions
- 2nd — Runners-up
- 3rd — Third place
- 4th — Fourth place
- QF — Quarter-finalists
- GS — Group stage
- q — Qualified for upcoming tournament
- •• — Qualified but withdrew
- • — Did not qualify
- × — Did not enter
- × — Withdrew / Banned / Entry not accepted by FIFA
- — Hosts
- — Not affiliated to FIFA
For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown:
| Team | 2025 (16) |
Total |
|---|---|---|
| Iran |
GS | 1 |
| Japan |
QF | 1 |
| Philippines |
GS | 1 |
| Thailand |
GS | 1 |
| Total | 4 |
Awards
Most valuable players
| Year | Player |
|---|---|
| 2015 | Fereshteh Karimi |
| 2018 | Fereshteh Karimi |
| 2025 | Sara Oino |
Top scorers
| Year | Player | Goals |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Chikage Kichibayashi Farahiyah Ridzuan |
7 |
| 2018 | Fatemeh Etedadi Sara Shirbeigi Anna Amishiro Sasicha Phothiwong |
9 |
| 2025 | Maral Torkaman |
6 |