2022 AFC Futsal Asian Cup


The 2022 AFC Futsal Asian Cup was the 16th edition of the AFC Futsal Asian Cup, the biennial international futsal championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation for the men's national teams of Asia. A total of 16 teams compete in the tournament.
Kuwait was appointed as hosts of the 2020 AFC Futsal Championship, after replacing the original hosts Turkmenistan. However, AFC announced the cancellation of the tournament on 25 January 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The tournament was scheduled to be played in Kuwait from 16 to 27 February 2022. On 5 July 2021, the AFC announced that the tournament would be held between 27 September and 8 October 2022.
Japan defeated defending champions Iran in the final to claim their fourth title.
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Qualification

Qualifiers were originally scheduled to be played from 13 to 24 October 2021. However, on 5 July 2021, the AFC announced that it would be held from 1 to 15 April 2022.

Qualified teams

The following 16 teams qualified for the final tournament.
TeamQualified asAppearancesLast AppearancePrevious best performance
12th2014Fourth place
12th2018Quarter-finals
2nd2016Group stage
12th2018Fourth place
3rd2018Quarter-finals
1stDebut-
16th2018Runners-up
10th2014Group stage
6th2018Fourth place
16th2018Champions
7th2012Group stage
16th2018Runners-up
11th2018Quarter-finals
East Zone winners16th2018Champions
East Zone runner-up14th2018Runners-up
East Zone third place13th2018Quarter-finals

Draw

The draw was held on 26 May 2022 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4

Squads

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

Group stage

The top two teams of each group advance to the quarter-finals.
;Tiebreakers
Teams are ranked according to points, and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings :
  1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  4. If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
  5. Goal difference in all group matches;
  6. Goals scored in all group matches;
  7. Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are tied and they met in the last round of the group;
  8. Disciplinary points ;
  9. Drawing of lots.
All times are local, AST.
MatchdayMatches
Matchday 11 v 4, 2 v 3
Matchday 24 v 2, 3 v 1
Matchday 31 v 2, 3 v 4

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary, except for the third place match where penalty shoot-out is used to decide the winner if necessary.

Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:
Top GoalscorerBest GoalkeeperMost Valuable PlayerFair Play Award