2015 AFC Women's Futsal Championship
The 2015 AFC Women's Futsal Championship was the first edition of the AFC Women's Futsal Championship, the biennial international futsal championship organized by the Asian Football Confederation for the women's national teams of Asia. The tournament was held in Nilai, Malaysia between September 21–26, 2015.
Qualified teams
A total of eight AFC member national teams participated in the tournament. The event invitations were based on participation in the previous two editions of the Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games.Team | Qualified as | Appearance |
Hosts / 2013 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games participants | 1st | |
2013 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games participants | 1st | |
2013 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games participants | 1st | |
2009 and 2013 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games participants | 1st | |
2009 and 2013 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games participants | 1st | |
2009 and 2013 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games participants | 1st | |
2009 and 2013 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games participants | 1st | |
2009 and 2013 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games participants | 1st |
;Notes
- were removed from the competition due to a FIFA suspension.
- withdrew before the draw was held.
Venues
Nilai |
Nilai Indoor Stadium |
Capacity: |
Draw
The draw was held on 14 July 2015 at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. Japan and Iran, the champions and runners-up at the 2013 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games, were seeded in Pot 1, while all other teams were unseeded in Pot 2.Pot 1 | Pot 2 |
Group stage
The top two teams of each group advanced to the semi-finals.;Tiebreakers
The teams were ranked according to points. If tied on points, tiebreakers would be applied in the following order:
- Greater number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
- Goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned;
- Greater number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned;
- If, after applying criteria 1 to 3, teams still have an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 3 are reapplied exclusively to the matches between the teams in question to determine their final rankings. If this procedure does not lead to a decision, criteria 5 to 9 apply;
- Goal difference in all the group matches;
- Greater number of goals scored in all the group matches;
- Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are involved and they are both on the field of play;
- Fewer score calculated according to the number of yellow and red cards received in the group matches ;
- Drawing of lots.
Group A
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Group B
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Knockout stage
In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary.Bracket
Semi-finals
----Third place play-off
Final
Awards
- Most Valuable Player
- * Fereshteh Karimi
- Top Scorer Award
- * Farahiyah Ridzuan
Goalscorers
- Chikage Kichibayashi
- Farahiyah Ridzuan
- Fereshteh Karimi
;4 goals
;3 goals
;2 goals
- Liu Jing
- Kwong Wing Yan
- Sepideh Zarrinrad
- Anna Amishiro
- Saori Kato
- Fatin Shahida Azmi
- Hataichanok Tappakun
- Mamyalee Sawitree
- Sasicha Phothiwong
- Siranya Srimanee
- Nguyễn Thị Châu
- Phạm Thị Tươi
- Ng Wing Kum
- Wong So Han
- Nasimeh Gholami
- Zohreh Meisami
- Sohila Tarazi
- Kana Kitagawa
- Shiori Nakajima
- Minako Sekinada
- Akari Takao
- Masturah Majid
- Sity Norazizah Jamal
- Nur Shazreen Munazli
- Usliza Usman
- Darika Peanpailun
- Nipaporn Sriwarom
- Feruza Turdiboeva
- Nguyễn Thị Mỹ Anh
- Wang Hui
- Kwong Wing Yan
- Nur Shazreen Munazli
- Makhliyo Sarikova