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2018 AFC Futsal Club Championship

2018 AFC Futsal Club Championship
Tournament details
Host countryIndonesia
CityYogyakarta
Dates1–12 August 2018
Teams16 (from 16 associations)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
ChampionsIran Mes Sungun (1st title)
Runners-upVietnam Thái Sơn Nam
Third placeLebanon Bank of Beirut
Fourth placeIraq Naft Al-Wasat
Tournament statistics
Matches played32
Goals scored240 (7.5 per match)
Attendance6,874 (215 per match)
Top scorer(s)Iran Mahdi Javid (12 goals)
Best player(s)Iran Mahdi Javid
Fair play awardIraq Naft Al-Wasat
2017
2019

The 2018 AFC Futsal Club Championship was the 9th edition of the AFC Futsal Club Championship, an annual international futsal club tournament in Asia organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). It was held in Yogyakarta, Indonesia between 1–12 August 2018.[1]

In the final, Mes Sungun defeated Thái Sơn Nam to win their first title. Chonburi Bluewave were the defending champions, but were eliminated in the quarter-final VS Bank of Beirut

Teams

Of the 47 AFC member associations, a total of 16 associations teams entered the competition, each entering one team. There was no qualification, and all entrants advanced to the final tournament.[2]

All 14 associations which participated in the 2017 AFC Futsal Club Championship returned for 2018. Moreover, South Korea entered a team for the first time ever, and Myanmar entered a team for the first time since 2012, when they participated in qualification.

Association Team Qualifying method
Australia Australia Vic Vipers 2016 F-League champions (2017 season cancelled)
China China Dalian Yuan Dynasty 2016–17 China Futsal Super League champions
Indonesia Indonesia (hosts) Vamos Mataram 2017–18 Indonesia Pro Futsal League champions
Iraq Iraq Naft Al-Wasat 2017–18 Iraq Futsal League champions
Iran Iran Mes Sungun 2017–18 Iranian Futsal Super League champions
Japan Japan Nagoya Oceans 2017–18 F.League champions
Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan Osh EREM 2017–18 Kyrgyzstan Futsal League champions
South Korea South Korea Jeonju MAG 2017–18 FK-League champions
Lebanon Lebanon Bank of Beirut 2017–18 Lebanon Futsal League champions
Myanmar Myanmar Victoria University College 2017 Myanmar Futsal League third place
Qatar Qatar Al-Sailiya 2017–18 Qatar Futsal League champions
Tajikistan Tajikistan Sipar Khujand 2017–18 Tajikistan Futsal League runners-up[2]
Thailand Thailand Chonburi Bluewave 2017 Futsal Thai League champions
United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates Al-Dhafra 2017–18 UAE Futsal League champions
Uzbekistan Uzbekistan AGMK 2017–18 Uzbekistan Futsal League champions
Vietnam Vietnam Thái Sơn Nam 2017 Vietnam National Futsal League champions

Venues

Yogyakarta
GOR UNY GOR Among Rogo
Capacity: Capacity: 5,000

Draw

The draw was held on 18 May 2018, 11:00 WIB (UTC+7), at the Fairmont Hotel in Jakarta.[3] The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four teams.[4] The teams were seeded according to their association's performance in the 2017 AFC Futsal Club Championship, with the team from hosts Indonesia automatically seeded and assigned to Position A1 in the draw.[5]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

Squads

Each team must register a squad of 14 players, minimum two of whom must be goalkeepers (Regulations Articles 30.1 and 30.2).[6]

Group stage

The top two teams of each group advance to the quarter-finals.

Tiebreakers

Teams are 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 are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Article 10.5):[6]

  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 (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);
  9. Drawing of lots.

All times are local, WIB (UTC+7).

Schedule
Matchday Dates Matches
Matchday 1 1–2 August 2018 1 v 4, 2 v 3
Matchday 2 3–4 August 2018 4 v 2, 3 v 1
Matchday 3 5–6 August 2018 1 v 2, 3 v 4

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Japan Nagoya Oceans 3 3 0 0 14 1 +13 9 Knockout stage
2 Indonesia Vamos Mataram (H) 3 1 1 1 11 8 +3 4
3 China Dalian Yuan Dynasty 3 1 1 1 7 11 −4 4
4 Myanmar Victoria University College 3 0 0 3 3 15 −12 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Vamos Mataram Indonesia8–1Myanmar Victoria University College
  • Zikri 5'
  • Bawana 7'
  • Himawan 8', 37'
  • Anzar 10'
  • Sumawijaya 15'
  • Wossiry 31'
  • Aliefian 40'
Report
  • Naing Lin Tun Kyaw 29'
Attendance: 500
Referee: Hussain Ali Al-Bahhar (Bahrain)
Nagoya Oceans Japan6–1China Dalian Yuan Dynasty
  • Hashimoto 10', 22'
  • Yoshikawa 15'
  • Luizinho 24', 33'
  • Ando 40'
Report
  • Shen Siming 39' (pen.)
Attendance: 77
Referee: Vahid Arzpeyma Mohammreh (Iran)

Dalian Yuan Dynasty China3–3Indonesia Vamos Mataram
  • Diogo 22', 32'
  • Li Zhiheng 36'
Report
  • Wossiry 4'
  • Bawana 38'
  • Himawan 40'
Attendance: 576
Referee: Hawkar Salar Ahmed (Iraq)
Victoria University College Myanmar0–4Japan Nagoya Oceans
Report
  • Hirata 13'
  • Ando 16'
  • Luizinho 27'
  • Nishitani 36'
Attendance: 35
Referee: Khalil Balhawan (Lebanon)

Vamos Mataram Indonesia0–4Japan Nagoya Oceans
Report
  • Hirata 8', 26'
  • Luizinho 23'
  • Hashimoto 32'
Attendance: 811
Referee: Nurdin Bukuev (Kyrgyzstan)
Dalian Yuan Dynasty China3–2Myanmar Victoria University College
  • Wang Hongwei 10'
  • Li Zhiheng 33', 38'
Report
  • Aung Zin Oo 4'
  • Nyein Min Soe 40'
Attendance: 80
Referee: Osama Saeed Idrees Sedaif (Bahrain)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Iraq Naft Al-Wasat 3 2 1 0 11 5 +6 7 Knockout stage
2 Vietnam Thái Sơn Nam 3 2 0 1 17 8 +9 6
3 United Arab Emirates Al-Dhafra 3 1 1 1 13 7 +6 4
4 South Korea Jeonju MAG 3 0 0 3 4 25 −21 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Thái Sơn Nam Vietnam10–1South Korea Jeonju MAG
  • Nguyễn Minh Trí 3', 26'
  • Tobe 13'
  • Phạm Đức Hòa 22'
  • Al-Tawail 25', 37'
  • Vũ Đức Tùng 28'
  • Trần Văn Vũ 29'
  • Ngô Ngọc Sơn 34'
  • Tôn Thất Phi 39'
Report
  • Cho Byung-geol 23'
Attendance: 50
Referee: Anatoliy Rubakov (Uzbekistan)
Al-Dhafra United Arab Emirates1–1Iraq Naft Al-Wasat
  • Fadaaq 24'
Report
  • Jabar 33'
Attendance: 95
Referee: Nurdin Bukuev (Kyrgyzstan)

Naft Al-Wasat Iraq4–3Vietnam Thái Sơn Nam
Report
  • Tobe 2'
  • Tôn Thất Phi 36'
  • Khalid 38' (o.g.)
Attendance: 80
Referee: Ebrahim Mehrabi Afshar (Iran)
Jeonju MAG South Korea2–9United Arab Emirates Al-Dhafra
  • Kim In-woo 2'
  • Shin Jong-hoon 34'
Report
  • Fadaaq 8', 9', 26', 33'
  • Y. Al-Hammadi 14'
  • Vassoura 20', 40'
  • Hezam 27'
  • Al-Katheeri 38'
Attendance: 60
Referee: Yuttakon Maiket (Thailand)

Thái Sơn Nam Vietnam4–3United Arab Emirates Al-Dhafra
  • Nguyễn Minh Trí 9'
  • Châu Đoàn Phát 19'
  • Nguyễn Đắc Huy 36'
  • Vũ Quốc Hưng 40'
Report
  • Jamil 31'
  • Obaid 33'
  • Vassoura 37'
Attendance: 40
Referee: Ridzuan Rozali (Malaysia)
Naft Al-Wasat Iraq6–1South Korea Jeonju MAG
  • Tavakoli 10', 40'
  • Khalid 11'
  • Bachay 13', 33'
  • Ali 37'
Report
  • Shin Jong-hoon 40'
Attendance: 75
Referee: Vahid Arzpeyma Mohammreh (Iran)

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Thailand Chonburi Bluewave 3 3 0 0 21 5 +16 9 Knockout stage
2 Kyrgyzstan Osh EREM 3 2 0 1 9 8 +1 6
3 Qatar Al-Sailiya 3 1 0 2 7 13 −6 3
4 Australia Vic Vipers 3 0 0 3 6 17 −11 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Chonburi Bluewave Thailand9–2Australia Vic Vipers
Report
  • Yazid 21'
  • Brauner 25'
Attendance: 75
Referee: Hiroyuki Kobayashi (Japan)
Al-Sailiya Qatar1–4Kyrgyzstan Osh EREM
  • Al-Suhaiqi 12'
Report
  • Kanetov 24'
  • Salimbaev 25'
  • Kazemi 26'
  • Alimov 26'
Attendance: 20
Referee: Rey Ritaga (Philippines)

Osh EREM Kyrgyzstan1–5Thailand Chonburi Bluewave
  • Kultaev 28'
Report
Attendance: 80
Referee: Fahad Al-Hosani (United Arab Emirates)
Vic Vipers Australia2–4Qatar Al-Sailiya
  • Alinejad 13'
  • Barrientos 38'
Report
  • Al-Mohannadi 8'
  • Golabvand 17'
  • Al-Shahwani 18'
  • Murilo 25'
Attendance: 78
Referee: Kim Jong-hee (South Korea)

Chonburi Bluewave Thailand7–2Qatar Al-Sailiya
Report
Attendance: 100
Referee: An Ran (China)
Osh EREM Kyrgyzstan4–2Australia Vic Vipers
  • Kadyrov 2'
  • Alimov 7'
  • Salimbaev 23'
  • Taku 27'
Report
  • Alinejad 26'
  • Yazid 30'
Attendance: 23
Referee: Hussain Ali Al-Bahhar (Bahrain)

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Iran Mes Sungun 3 3 0 0 21 4 +17 9 Knockout stage
2 Lebanon Bank of Beirut 3 2 0 1 16 6 +10 6
3 Tajikistan Sipar Khujand 3 1 0 2 6 21 −15 3
4 Uzbekistan AGMK 3 0 0 3 3 15 −12 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Mes Sungun Iran9–2Tajikistan Sipar Khujand
Report
  • Hamidov 30'
  • Gulyakov 40'
Attendance: 80
Referee: Trương Quốc Dũng (Vietnam)
Bank of Beirut Lebanon4–1Uzbekistan AGMK
  • El-Dine 8'
  • Javid 9', 22', 39'
Report
  • Tojiboev 28'
Attendance: 56
Referee: Ryan Shepheard (Australia)

AGMK Uzbekistan1–9Iran Mes Sungun
  • Usmonov 14'
Report
Attendance: 30
Referee: An Ran (China)
Sipar Khujand Tajikistan2–11Lebanon Bank of Beirut
  • Jumaev 16'
  • Kuziev 23'
Report
  • Javid 7', 12', 13'
  • El-Dine 10'
  • Kobeissy 20', 32'
  • Serhan 21'
  • Bello 24'
  • Tneich 36'
  • El-Homsi 40'
  • Koubeissi 40'
Attendance: 18
Referee: Lee Po-fu (Chinese Taipei)

Mes Sungun Iran3–1Lebanon Bank of Beirut
Report
Attendance: 40
Referee: Ryan Shepheard (Australia)
AGMK Uzbekistan1–2Tajikistan Sipar Khujand
  • Sharipov 40'
Report
  • Vositzoda 27'
  • Kuziev 29'
Attendance: 35
Referee: Hawkar Salar Ahmed (Iraq)

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 (no extra time) is used to decide the winner if necessary (Regulations Articles 14.1 and 15.1).[6]

Bracket

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
8 August – GOR UNY
 
 
Japan Nagoya Oceans2
 
10 August – GOR UNY
 
Vietnam Thái Sơn Nam (a.e.t.)3
 
Vietnam Thái Sơn Nam6
 
8 August – GOR UNY
 
Lebanon Bank of Beirut5
 
Thailand Chonburi Bluewave7 (2)
 
12 August – GOR UNY
 
Lebanon Bank of Beirut (p)7 (3)
 
Vietnam Thái Sơn Nam2
 
8 August – GOR Among Rogo
 
Iran Mes Sungun4
 
Iraq Naft Al-Wasat (a.e.t.) 7
 
10 August – GOR UNY
 
Indonesia Vamos Mataram 4
 
Iraq Naft Al-Wasat2
 
8 August – GOR Among Rogo
 
Iran Mes Sungun 3 Third place
 
Iran Mes Sungun8
 
12 August – GOR UNY
 
Kyrgyzstan Osh EREM3
 
Lebanon Bank of Beirut5
 
 
Iraq Naft Al-Wasat3
 

Quarter-finals

Chonburi Bluewave Thailand7–7 (a.e.t.)Lebanon Bank of Beirut
Report
  • Hammoud 5', 10'
  • Javid 7'
  • Kobeissy 8', 15'
  • El-Dine 18'
  • Bello 46'
Penalties
2–3
Attendance: 68
Referee: Vahid Arzpeyma Mohammreh (Iran)

Mes Sungun Iran8–3Kyrgyzstan Osh EREM
Report
Attendance: 50
Referee: Hiroyuki Kobayashi (Japan)

Nagoya Oceans Japan2–3 (a.e.t.)Vietnam Thái Sơn Nam
  • Ando 6'
  • Nishitani 20'
Report
Attendance: 95
Referee: Osama Saeed Idrees Sedaif (Bahrain)

Naft Al-Wasat Iraq7–4 (a.e.t.)Indonesia Vamos Mataram
Report
  • Wossiry 11', 40'
  • Aliefian 22', 29'
Attendance: 702
Referee: An Ran (China)

Semi-finals

Naft Al-Wasat Iraq2–3Iran Mes Sungun
Report
Attendance: 500
Referee: Nurdin Bukuev (Kyrgyzstan)

Thái Sơn Nam Vietnam6–5Lebanon Bank of Beirut
  • Vũ Quốc Hưng 19', 29'
  • Vũ Đức Tùng 33'
  • Nguyễn Thành Tín 33', 38'
  • Phạm Đức Hòa 39'
Report
  • Hammoud 3', 21'
  • Abou Zeid 15', 39'
  • Javid 40'
Attendance: 578
Referee: Ryan Shepheard (Australia)

Third place match

Bank of Beirut Lebanon5–3Iraq Naft Al-Wasat
  • Javid 6', 34', 35'
  • Bello 11'
  • Kobeissy 18'
Report
  • Khalid 3'
  • Jabar 12', 22'
Attendance: 567
Referee: Yuttakon Maiket (Thailand)

Final

Thái Sơn Nam Vietnam2–4Iran Mes Sungun
Report
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Hiroyuki Kobayashi (Japan)

Winners

AFC Futsal Club Championship
2018 Champions
Iran
Mes Sungun
First Title

Awards

Top Goalscorer[7] Most Valuable Player[7] Fair Play award[7]
Iran Mahdi Javid (12 goals)
(Bank of Beirut)
Iran Mahdi Javid
(Bank of Beirut)
Iraq Naft Al-Wasat

All-Star Team

All-Star Team[8] Reserve All-Star Team
Iran Alireza Samimi (Mes Sungun) (GK)
Iran Farhad Tavakoli (Naft Al-Wasat)
Lebanon Ahmad Kheir El-Dine (Bank of Beirut)
Brazil Luizinho (Nagoya Oceans)
Iran Mahdi Javid (Bank of Beirut)
Vietnam Hồ Văn Ý (Thái Sơn Nam) (GK)
Iran Farhad Fakhimzadeh (Mes Sungun)
Vietnam Tôn Thất Phi (Thái Sơn Nam)
Iran Abolghasem Orouji (Mes Sungun)
Thailand Suphawut Thueanklang (Chonburi Bluewave)
Coach
Iran Hamid Bigham (Mes Sungun)

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Team Goals
1 Iran Mahdi Javid Lebanon Bank of Beirut 12
2 Thailand Suphawut Thueanklang Thailand Chonburi Bluewave 8
Iran Hossein Tayyebi Iran Mes Sungun
4 Iran Farhad Fakhimzadeh Iran Mes Sungun 6
Iran Ali Asghar Hassanzadeh Iran Mes Sungun
Iraq Hassan Ali Jabar Iraq Naft Al-Wasat
Iran Farhad Tavakoli Iraq Naft Al-Wasat
8 United Arab Emirates Mohamed Fadaaq United Arab Emirates Al-Dhafra 5
Lebanon Mohamad Kobeissy Lebanon Bank of Beirut
Thailand Kritsada Wongkaeo Thailand Chonburi Bluewave
Vietnam Nguyễn Minh Trí Vietnam Thái Sơn Nam
Source: stats.the-afc.com

Tournament team rankings

As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1st place, gold medalist(s) Iran Mes Sungun 6 6 0 0 36 11 +25 18 Champions
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Vietnam Thái Sơn Nam 6 4 0 2 28 19 +9 12 Runners-up
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Lebanon Bank of Beirut 6 3 1 2 33 22 +11 10 Third place
4 Iraq Naft Al-Wasat 6 3 1 2 23 17 +6 10 Fourth place
5 Thailand Chonburi Bluewave 4 3 1 0 28 12 +16 10 Eliminated in
quarter-finals
6 Japan Nagoya Oceans 4 3 0 1 16 4 +12 9
7 Kyrgyzstan EREM 4 2 0 2 12 16 −4 6
8 Indonesia Vamos Mataram (H) 4 1 1 2 15 15 0 4
9 United Arab Emirates Al-Dhafra 3 1 1 1 13 7 +6 4 Eliminated in
group stage
10 China Dalian Yuan Dynasty 3 1 1 1 7 11 −4 4
11 Qatar Al Sailiya 3 1 0 2 7 13 −6 3
12 Tajikistan Sipar Khujand 3 1 0 2 6 21 −15 3
13 Australia Vic Vipers 3 0 0 3 6 17 −11 0
14 Uzbekistan AGMK 3 0 0 3 3 15 −12 0
15 Myanmar Victoria University College 3 0 0 3 3 15 −12 0
16 South Korea Jeonju MAG 3 0 0 3 4 25 −21 0
Source: Pending
(H) Hosts

References