2018 AFC Futsal Club Championship
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. It was held in Yogyakarta, Indonesia between 1–12 August 2018.
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.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 | Vic Vipers | 2016 F-League champions |
China | Dalian Yuan Dynasty | 2016–17 China Futsal Super League champions |
Indonesia | Vamos Mataram | 2017–18 Indonesia Pro Futsal League champions |
Iraq | Naft Al-Wasat | 2017–18 Iraq Futsal League champions |
Iran | Mes Sungun | 2017–18 Iranian Futsal Super League champions |
Japan | Nagoya Oceans | 2017–18 F.League champions |
Kyrgyzstan | Osh EREM | 2017–18 Kyrgyzstan Futsal League champions |
South Korea | Jeonju MAG | 2017–18 FK-League champions |
Lebanon | Bank of Beirut | 2017–18 Lebanon Futsal League champions |
Myanmar | Victoria University College | 2017 Myanmar Futsal League third place |
Qatar | Al-Sailiya | 2017–18 Qatar Futsal League champions |
Tajikistan | Sipar Khujand | 2017–18 Tajikistan Futsal League runners-up |
Thailand | Chonburi Bluewave | 2017 Futsal Thai League champions |
United Arab Emirates | Al-Dhafra | 2017–18 UAE Futsal League champions |
Uzbekistan | AGMK | 2017–18 Uzbekistan Futsal League champions |
Vietnam | Thái Sơn Nam | 2017 Vietnam National Futsal League champions |
Venues
Draw
The draw was held on 18 May 2018, 11:00 WIB, at the Fairmont Hotel in Jakarta. The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four teams. 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.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.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 :
- 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 ;
- Drawing of lots.
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
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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.Bracket
Quarter-finals
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