2024 AFC Futsal Asian Cup| ฟุตซอลชิงแชมป์เอเชีย 2024 |
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| Host country | Thailand |
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| Dates | 17–28 April 2024 |
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| Teams | 16 (from 1 confederation) |
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The 2024 AFC Futsal Asian Cup is the 17th edition of the AFC Futsal Asian Cup (previously known as the AFC Futsal Championship), the biennial international futsal championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the men's national teams of Asia. A total of 16 teams compete in the tournament. The top four teams will qualify for the 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup in Uzbekistan besides Uzbekistan who automatically qualified as host. If Uzbekistan reach the semi-finals, a play-off round will be held to determine the last Asian representatives at the Futsal World Cup.
Japan are the defending champion.
Host selection
There were five nations that were confirmed for bidding.
Thailand was selected as hosts by the AFC Futsal & Beach Soccer Committee on 5 September 2023.
Qualification
Qualified teams
The following 16 teams qualified for the final tournament.
| Team
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Qualified on
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Qualified as
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Appearances
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Last appearance
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Previous best performance
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| Thailand |
5 September 2023 |
Hosts |
17th
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2022 |
Runners-up (2008, 2012)
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| China |
13 October 2023 |
Group A winners |
13th |
2018 |
Fourth place (2008, 2010)
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| Afghanistan |
11 October 2023 |
Group B winners |
1st |
Debut |
None
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| Saudi Arabia |
11 October 2023 |
Group B runners-up |
3rd
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2022
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Group stage (2018, 2022)
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| Iran
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11 October 2023
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Group C winners
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17th
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2022
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Champions (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2016, 2018)
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| Kyrgyzstan
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11 October 2023
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Group C runners-up
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16th
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2018
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Third place (2005)
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| Vietnam
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9 October 2023
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Group D winners
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7th
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2022
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Fourth place (2016)
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| South Korea
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9 October 2023
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Group D runners-up
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15th
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2022
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Runners-up (1999)
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| Myanmar
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9 October 2023
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Group E runners-up
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2nd
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2018
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Group stage (4/4) (2018)
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| Tajikistan
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9 October 2023
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Group E winners
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12th
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2022
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Quarter-finals (2007)
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| Kuwait
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9 October 2023
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Group F winners
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13th
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2022
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Fourth place (2003, 2014)
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| Bahrain
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9 October 2023
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Group F runners-up
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4th
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2022
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Quarter-finals (2018)
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| Iraq
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9 October 2023
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Group G runners-up
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13th
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2022
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Fourth place (2018)
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| Uzbekistan
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9 October 2023
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Group G winners
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17th
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2022
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Runners-up (2001, 2006, 2010, 2016)
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| Japan
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11 October 2023
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Group H winners
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17th
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2022
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Champions (2006, 2012, 2014, 2022)
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| Australia
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11 October 2023
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Group H runners-up
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8th
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2016
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Fourth place (2012)
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1 Italic indicates hosts for that year.
Venues
Squads
Main article: 2024 AFC Futsal Championship squads
Draw
The draw was held on 14 December 2023 at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four teams, with seeding based on their performance at the 2022 AFC Futsal Asian Cup.
Group stage
- 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 7.3):
- 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 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;
- Goal difference in all group matches;
- Goals scored in all group matches;
- Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are 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
Group B
Group C
Group D
Knockout stage
In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out would be used to decide the winner if necessary (no extra time would be used in the third place match).
Bracket
Qualified teams for FIFA Futsal World Cup
The following five teams from AFC qualified for the 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup, including host Uzbekistan.
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Qualified on
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Previous appearances in tournament1
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| Uzbekistan |
23 June 2023 |
2016, 2021
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| TBD |
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| TBD |
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| TBD |
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