AFC Futsal Championship


The AFC Futsal Championship is the premier international futsal competition for the Asian Football Confederation national teams. It was first held in 1999 and was played annually until 2008; since then it has been played biennially.
Iran and Japan are the dominant nations being the only two nations to have won the tournament and Iran is the only nation to have never finished outside the top four. Iran, champions of 12 of the 15 editions of the competition, won 7 straight editions before their streak was broken by Japan. Japan have won the other 3 editions of the competition. It is a qualification for the FIFA Futsal World Cup.
Kazakhstan switched to UEFA since 2002.

Results

Performance by nations

Medal summary

All-time table

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3157951622330206+124159
4157551519443211+232158
51566281028207242–3594
6135420628237258–2166
7114619819179183–465
8114817427184205–2155
9114517325161172–1154
10124716229185213–2850
117311611487105–1849
12103511222116197–8135
13124110229125203–7832
1452392126793–2629
153158437742+3528
1631590610170+3127
179328222105176–7126
1812408230112236–12426
19520711258100–4222
20621601559121–6218
213123094770–239
22282242436–128
2331312102185–645
24417111523167–1444
251310268–23
26141031246–343
2713012711–41
2813003522–170
2926006725–180
3014004753–460
31160061373–600
322900910128–1180
33290098142–1340
34311001115170–1550

Participating nations

; Comprehensive team results by tournament
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FIFA Futsal World Cup qualifiers

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Awards

Most Valuable Players

Top scorers