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.
AssociationTeamQualifying method
AustraliaVic Vipers2016 F-League champions
ChinaDalian Yuan Dynasty2016–17 China Futsal Super League champions
Indonesia Vamos Mataram2017–18 Indonesia Pro Futsal League champions
IraqNaft Al-Wasat2017–18 Iraq Futsal League champions
IranMes Sungun2017–18 Iranian Futsal Super League champions
JapanNagoya Oceans2017–18 F.League champions
KyrgyzstanOsh EREM2017–18 Kyrgyzstan Futsal League champions
South KoreaJeonju MAG2017–18 FK-League champions
LebanonBank of Beirut2017–18 Lebanon Futsal League champions
MyanmarVictoria University College2017 Myanmar Futsal League third place
QatarAl-Sailiya2017–18 Qatar Futsal League champions
TajikistanSipar Khujand2017–18 Tajikistan Futsal League runners-up
ThailandChonburi Bluewave2017 Futsal Thai League champions
United Arab EmiratesAl-Dhafra2017–18 UAE Futsal League champions
UzbekistanAGMK2017–18 Uzbekistan Futsal League champions
VietnamThái Sơn Nam2017 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 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 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 :
  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 ;
  9. Drawing of lots.
All times are local, WIB.
MatchdayDatesMatches
Matchday 11–2 August 20181 v 4, 2 v 3
Matchday 23–4 August 20184 v 2, 3 v 1
Matchday 35–6 August 20181 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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Semi-finals

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Third place match

Final

Winners

Awards

All-Star Team

Top goalscorers

Tournament team rankings