2026 AFC Futsal Asian Cup qualification


The 2026 AFC Futsal Asian Cup qualification was the qualification process organized by the Asian Football Confederation to determine the participating teams for the 2026 AFC Futsal Asian Cup, the 18th edition of the international men's futsal championship of Asia.
A total of 16 teams qualified to play in the final tournament. The host country Indonesia qualified automatically, while the other 15 teams were decided by qualification, with the matches played between 20 and 24 September 2025 in centralised venues.

Draw

There are 31 teams that confirm their participation in the qualifiers. For the first time, the seeding for the draw will be based on the FIFA Futsal Men's World Ranking on 4 April 2025. The draw was held on 26 June 2025 at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4
Host teams
Remaining teams

;Did not enter
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  • Teams in bold qualified for the final tournament.
  • : Qualification group hosts.
  • : Not Ranked.

Groups

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 were 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 are playing each other in the last round of the group;
  8. Disciplinary points ;
  9. Drawing of lots.

Group A


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Group B


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Group C


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Group D



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Group E


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Group F


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Group G


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Group H


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Ranking of runners-up

The seven best second-placed teams from the eight groups advanced to the final tournament along with the eight group winners. Due to fewer matches in groups H, results against the fourth-placed teams of each group A to G were not counted in determining the ranking of the second-placed teams.

Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the 2026 AFC Futsal Asian Cup.
TeamMethod of qualificationDate of qualificationFinals appearancesLast appearancePrevious
8 10 202411th2022
24 9 20259th2024
24 9 202518th2024
24 9 202518th2024
22.10.202514th2024
24 9 20258th2024
24 9 202517th2024
24 9 202518th2024
24 9 20252nd2024
22.10.202514th2024
22.10.202515th2024
22.10.202518th2024
22.10.202513th2024
22.10.20254th2024
22.10.202513th2022
22.10.202513th2018