2019 AFC Futsal Club Championship

The 2019 AFC Futsal Club Championship was the 10th edition of the AFC Futsal Club Championship, an annual international futsal club tournament in Asia organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). It was held in Bangkok, Thailand between 7–17 August 2019.[1]

2019 AFC Futsal Club Championship
Tournament details
Host countryThailand
CityBangkok
Dates7–17 August 2019
Teams16 (from 16 associations)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
ChampionsJapan Nagoya Oceans (4th title)
Runners-upIran Mes Sungun
Third placeVietnam Thái Sơn Nam
Fourth placeUzbekistan AGMK
Tournament statistics
Matches played32
Goals scored215 (6.72 per match)
Attendance16,776 (524 per match)
Top scorer(s)Japan Kazuya Shimizu (10 goals)
Best player(s)Japan Tomoki Yoshikawa
Fair play awardIran Mes Sungun
2018
2022

Mes Sungun were the defending champions, and were defeated by Nagoya Oceans in the final.[2]

Teams edit

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.[3]

Fifteen of the sixteen associations which participated in the 2018 AFC Futsal Club Championship returned for 2019, with Kuwait entering a representative for the first time since 2015, and replacing the Australian representatives.[4]

Association Team Qualifying method App (Last)
  China Shenzhen Nanling Tielang [zh] 2018–19 Chinese Futsal League champions 5th (2017)
  Indonesia Vamos Mataram 2018–19 Indonesia Pro Futsal League champions 3rd (2018)
  Iran Mes Sungun 2018–19 Iranian Futsal Super League champions 2nd (2018)
  Iraq Naft Al-Wasat 2018–19 Iraq Futsal League fourth place 5th (2018)
  Japan Nagoya Oceans 2018–19 F.League champions 9th (2018)
  Kuwait Kazma 2018–19 Kuwait Futsal League runners-up 1st
  Kyrgyzstan Osh EREM 2018–19 Kyrgyzstan Futsal League champions 3rd (2018)
  Lebanon Bank of Beirut 2018–19 Lebanon Futsal League champions 5th (2018)
  Myanmar Victoria University College 2018–19 Myanmar Futsal League runners-up 2nd (2018)
  Qatar Al-Rayyan 2018–19 Qatar Futsal League champions 5th (2017)
  South Korea FS Seoul 2018–19 FK-League champions 1st
  Tajikistan Soro Company 2018 Tajikistan Futsal League champions 1st
  Thailand (hosts) Port FC 2018 Futsal Thai League champions 2nd (2010)
  United Arab Emirates Al-Dhafrah 2018–19 UAE Futsal Federation Cup champions 3rd (2018)
  Uzbekistan AGMK 2018 Uzbekistan Futsal League champions 4th (2018)
  Vietnam Thái Sơn Nam 2018 Vietnam Futsal League champions 6th (2018)

Venues edit

Nongchok, Bangkok
Bangkok Arena
Capacity: 12,000
 

Draw edit

The draw was held on 27 June 2019, 15:30 MYT (UTC+8), at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[5] The teams were seeded according to their association's performance in the 2018 AFC Futsal Club Championship, with the team from hosts Thailand automatically seeded and assigned to Position A1 in the draw.[6]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

Squads edit

Each team had to register a squad of 14 players, minimum two of whom must have been goalkeepers (Regulations Articles 30.1 and 30.2).[7]

Group stage edit

The top two teams of each group advanced to the quarter-finals.

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 10.5):[7]

  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 (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);
  9. Drawing of lots.

All times are local, ICT (UTC+7).[8]

Schedule
Matchday Dates Matches
Matchday 1 7–8 August 2019 1 v 4, 2 v 3
Matchday 2 9–10 August 2019 4 v 2, 3 v 1
Matchday 3 11–12 August 2019 1 v 2, 3 v 4

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Port FC (H) 3 3 0 0 10 1 +9 9 Knockout stage
2   Shenzhen Nanling Tielang 3 2 0 1 12 9 +3 6
3   Osh EREM 3 1 0 2 8 14 −6 3
4   FS Seoul 3 0 0 3 5 11 −6 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Osh EREM  3–8  Shenzhen Nanling Tielang
  • Farahmand   13'
  • Salimbaev   32', 37'
Report
  • Zhuang Jianfa   9', 22'
  • Gu Haitao   12'
  • Hassanzadeh   24', 28', 29'
  • Chen Zhiheng   25'
  • Zeng Liang   34'
Attendance: 100
Referee: Helday Idang (Malaysia)
Port FC  3–0  FS Seoul
  • Tanakul   3'
  • Watchara   4'
  • Nattawut   30'
Report
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Ebrahim Mehrabi Afshar (Iran)

FS Seoul  3–5  Osh EREM
  • Park Han-ul   6'
  • Lee Sun-ho   21'
  • Seo Won-geon   22'
Report
  • Mendibaev   4'
  • Abdrasul Uulu   13'
  • Alimov   32', 34'
  • Salimbaev   40'
Attendance: 100
Referee: Jargalsaikhan Rentsenkhand (Mongolia)
Shenzhen Nanling Tielang  1–4  Port FC
Report
Attendance: 4,196
Referee: Ryan Shepheard (Australia)

Shenzhen Nanling Tielang  3–2  FS Seoul
Report
  • Seo Won-geon   11'
  • Lee Sun-ho   25'
Attendance: 400
Referee: Fahad Al-Hosani (United Arab Emirates)
Port FC  3–0  Osh EREM
Report
Attendance: 3,030
Referee: Trương Quốc Dũng (Vietnam)

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Thái Sơn Nam 3 3 0 0 15 6 +9 9 Knockout stage
2   AGMK 3 2 0 1 13 12 +1 6
3   Naft Al-Wasat 3 1 0 2 16 15 +1 3
4   Al-Rayyan 3 0 0 3 10 21 −11 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Naft Al-Wasat  9–4  Al-Rayyan
  • Zeyad   7'
  • Caro   13', 23', 23', 34'
  • Khalid   20'
  • Tavakoli   21'
  • Faisal   33'
  • Aldeen   37'
Report
  • Al-Muhazaa   8'
  • Taheri   18', 36'
  • Al-Boinin   31'
Attendance: 100
Referee: Lee Po-fu (Chinese Taipei)
Thái Sơn Nam  4–1  AGMK
  • Nguyễn Minh Trí   11'
  • Shimizu   21'
  • Trần Thái Huy   29', 33'
Report
  • Usmonov   6'
Attendance: 200
Referee: Hiroyuki Kobayashi (Japan)

AGMK  5–3  Naft Al-Wasat
  • Ropiev   15', 25', 31'
  • Zeyad   29' (o.g.)
  • Nishonov   39'
Report
  • Caro   14', 40'
  • Riyadh   40'
Attendance: 100
Referee: Fahad Al-Hosani (United Arab Emirates)
Al-Rayyan  1–5  Thái Sơn Nam
  • Golabvand   13'
Report
  • Trần Thái Huy   20', 33'
  • Shimizu   32', 37'
  • Vũ Đức Tùng   36'
Attendance: 100
Referee: Rey Ritaga (Philippines)

Thái Sơn Nam  6–4  Naft Al-Wasat
Report
  • Khalid   12'
  • Faisal   12'
  • Aldeen   29'
  • Tavakoli   30'
Attendance: 50
Referee: Hiroyuki Kobayashi (Japan)
Al-Rayyan  5–7  AGMK
  • Taheri   1', 26'
  • Golabvand   11', 23', 24'
Report
  • Choriev   3' (pen.), 13'
  • Hamroev   5'
  • Usmonov   18', 18'
  • Nishonov   28'
  • Ropiev   34'
Attendance: 200
Referee: Ryan Shepheard (Australia)

Group C edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Bank of Beirut 3 3 0 0 15 4 +11 9 Knockout stage
2   Vamos Mataram 3 2 0 1 9 8 +1 6
3   Soro Company 3 1 0 2 12 18 −6 3
4   Victoria University College 3 0 0 3 7 13 −6 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Vamos Mataram  6–4  Soro Company
  • Wossiry   3'
  • Syahidansyah   3'
  • Al Fajri   7'
  • Abedin   7'
  • Bawana   38'
  • Khalilvand   40'
Report
  • Alimakhmadov   7'
  • Sardorov   13', 24'
  • M. Sharipov   32'
Attendance: 100
Referee: Husain Ali Al-Bahhar (Bahrain)
Bank of Beirut  4–2  Victoria University College
  • Koukezian   2'
  • Suphawut   10'
  • Tomić   29'
  • Tneich   38'
Report
  • Aung Zin Oo   19' (pen.)
  • Naing Lin Tun Kyaw   29'
Attendance: 100
Referee: An Ran (China)

Victoria University College  0–3  Vamos Mataram
Report
  • Sumawijaya   19'
  • Iqbal   39'
  • Khalilvand   40'
Attendance: 100
Referee: Kim Jong-hee (South Korea)
Soro Company  2–7  Bank of Beirut
  • Sardorov   7', 21'
Report
  • Tomić   1'
  • El-Dine   4', 31', 38'
  • Tneich   5'
  • Suphawut   36', 37'
Attendance: 300
Referee: Trương Quốc Dũng (Vietnam)

Bank of Beirut  4–0  Vamos Mataram
  • Suphawut   25'
  • El-Dine   26'
  • Koukezian   31', 39'
Report
Attendance: 100
Referee: Rey Ritaga (Philippines)
Soro Company  6–5  Victoria University College
  • Kuziev   5'
  • R. Sharipov   6'
  • M. Sharipov   15'
  • Alimakhmadov   27', 35'
  • Sangov   34'
Report
  • Kaung Zaw Htet   11'
  • Aung Zin Oo   34', 35', 38', 40'
Attendance: 100
Referee: Hasan Mousa Al-Gburi (Iraq)

Group D edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Nagoya Oceans 3 3 0 0 10 5 +5 9 Knockout stage
2   Mes Sungun 3 2 0 1 15 5 +10 6
3   Al-Dhafrah 3 1 0 2 5 11 −6 3
4   Kazma 3 0 0 3 5 14 −9 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Nagoya Oceans  4–2  Al-Dhafrah
  • S. Hoshi   15'
  • Hashimoto   20'
  • Nishitani   27'
  • Mizutani   37'
Report
  • Hatakeyama   4'
  • Lima   40'
Attendance: 100
Referee: Anatoliy Rubakov (Uzbekistan)
Mes Sungun  8–2  Kazma
Report
  • Al-Khalifah   28'
  • Hasan   40'
Attendance: 100
Referee: Nurdin Bukuev (Kyrgyzstan)

Kazma  1–3  Nagoya Oceans
  • Al-Farsi   36'
Report
Attendance: 100
Referee: Husain Ali Al-Bahhar (Bahrain)
Al-Dhafrah  0–5  Mes Sungun
Report
Attendance: 100
Referee: Yuttakon Maiket (Thailand)

Mes Sungun  2–3  Nagoya Oceans
Report
  • Hirata   8'
  • Pepita   13', 35'
Attendance: 200
Referee: Yuttakon Maiket (Thailand)
Al-Dhafrah  3–2  Kazma
  • Lima   29'
  • Ab. Al-Hosani   32'
  • Hassan   38'
Report
  • Al-Farsi   21'
  • Hasan   34'
Attendance: 100
Referee: Nurdin Bukuev (Kyrgyzstan)

Knockout stage edit

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 (no extra time) is used to decide the winner if necessary (Regulations Articles 14.1 and 15.1).[7]

Bracket edit

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
14 August – Bangkok
 
 
  Port FC3
 
15 August – Bangkok
 
  AGMK4
 
  AGMK3
 
14 August – Bangkok
 
  Mes Sungun7
 
  Bank of Beirut2
 
17 August – Bangkok
 
  Mes Sungun (a.e.t.)3
 
  Mes Sungun0
 
14 August – Bangkok
 
  Nagoya Oceans2
 
  Thái Sơn Nam5
 
15 August – Bangkok
 
  Shenzhen Nanling Tielang1
 
  Thái Sơn Nam1
 
14 August – Bangkok
 
  Nagoya Oceans3 Third place match
 
  Nagoya Oceans3
 
17 August – Bangkok
 
  Vamos Mataram1
 
  AGMK4
 
 
  Thái Sơn Nam6
 

Quarter-finals edit

Nagoya Oceans  3–1  Vamos Mataram
  • Pepita   9'
  • Hirata   20'
  • Ando   37'
Report
  • Sumawijaya   39'
Attendance: 100
Referee: Ebrahim Mehrabi Afshar (Iran)

Bank of Beirut  2–3 (a.e.t.)  Mes Sungun
  • Tneich   4'
  • El-Homsi   12'
Report
Attendance: 200
Referee: Trương Quốc Dũng (Vietnam)

Thái Sơn Nam  5–1  Shenzhen Nanling Tielang
  • Shimizu   22', 35'
  • Trần Thái Huy   30'
  • Nguyễn Minh Trí   37'
  • Tôn Thất Phi   38'
Report
  • Ding Shunjie   40'
Attendance: 200
Referee: Yuttakon Maiket (Thailand)

Port FC  3–4  AGMK
Report
  • Choriev   3', 40'
  • Hamroev   26'
  • Usmonov   35'
Attendance: 3,300
Referee: Fahad Al-Hosani (United Arab Emirates)

Semi-finals edit

Thái Sơn Nam  1–3  Nagoya Oceans
  • Nguyễn Mạnh Dũng   26'
Report
Attendance: 100
Referee: Ryan Shepheard (Australia)

AGMK  3–7  Mes Sungun
  • Usmonov   18'
  • Choriev   19'
  • D. Rakhmatov   32'
Report
Attendance: 200
Referee: Nurdin Bukuev (Kyrgyzstan)

Third place match edit

AGMK  4–6  Thái Sơn Nam
  • Usmonov   1'
  • Adilov   2'
  • Ropiev   6'
  • Choriev   34'
Report
  • Shimizu   5', 37', 40'
  • Ropiev   24' (o.g.)
  • Nguyễn Mạnh Dũng   27'
  • Trần Thái Huy   28'
Attendance: 200
Referee: Fahad Al-Hosani (United Arab Emirates)

Final edit

Mes Sungun  0–2  Nagoya Oceans
Report
  • Hirata   7'
  • Ando   33'
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Yuttakon Maiket (Thailand)

Winners edit

AFC Futsal Club Championship
2019 Champions
 
Nagoya Oceans
Fourth Title

Awards edit

Top Goalscorer[9] Most Valuable Player[10] Fair Play award[9]
  Kazuya Shimizu (10 goals)
(Thái Sơn Nam)
  Tomoki Yoshikawa
(Nagoya Oceans)
  Mes Sungun

All-Star Team edit

Dream Team – Starting Five[11] Dream Team – Reserves
  Yushi Sekiguchi (Nagoya Oceans) (GK)
  Farhad Fakhimzadeh (Mes Sungun)
  Tomoki Yoshikawa (Nagoya Oceans)
  Pepita (Nagoya Oceans)
  Mahdi Javid (Mes Sungun)
  Alireza Samimi (Mes Sungun) (GK)
  Ryuta Hoshi (Nagoya Oceans)
  Shota Hoshi (Nagoya Oceans)
  Akbar Usmonov (AGMK)
  Kazuya Shimizu (Thái Sơn Nam)
Coach
  Juan Francisco Fuentes Zamora (Nagoya Oceans)

Top scorers edit

  Team eliminated / inactive for this round.
Rank Player Team MD1 MD2 MD3 QF SF TP F Total
1   Kazuya Shimizu   Thái Sơn Nam 1 2 2 2 3 10
2   Mahdi Javid   Mes Sungun 1 2 1 3 7
  Pepita   Nagoya Oceans 2 2 1 2
4   Ángellott Caro   Naft Al-Wasat 4 2 6
  Davron Choriev   AGMK 2 2 1 1
  Ali Asghar Hassanzadeh   Shenzhen Nanling Tielang 3 1 2
  Muhammad Osamanmusa   Port FC 2 1 3
  Trần Thái Huy   Thái Sơn Nam 2 2 1 1
  Akbar Usmonov   AGMK 1 2 1 1 1
10   Aung Zin Oo   Victoria University College 1 4 5
  Farhad Fakhimzadeh   Mes Sungun 1 1 1 1 1
  Ikhtiyor Ropiev   AGMK 3 1 1

References edit

  1. ^ "AFC Competitions Calendar 2019". AFC. 11 January 2019. Archived from the original on 16 February 2018.
  2. ^ "Nagoya Oceans beat Mes Sungun to win AFC Futsal Club Championship". Tehran Times. 17 August 2019. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
  3. ^ "Thailand 2019 draw to take place on Thursday". AFC. 26 June 2019. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
  4. ^ "Thailand 2019 Finals draw: All you need to know". Ghana Soccernet. 26 June 2019. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
  5. ^ "Draw produces exciting match-ups". AFC. 27 June 2019.
  6. ^ "AFC Futsal Club Championship Final Draw". YouTube. 27 June 2019.
  7. ^ a b c "AFC Futsal Club Championship 2019 Competition Regulations". AFC. Archived from the original on 29 December 2018.
  8. ^ "Official Match Schedule". AFC. Archived from the original on 1 July 2019.
  9. ^ a b "Nagoya Oceans win fourth title". AFC. 17 August 2019.
  10. ^ "Nagoya Oceans' Yoshikawa wins MVP award". AFC. 17 August 2019.
  11. ^ "AFC FUTSAL CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP INDONESIA 2019 TECHNICAL REPORT & STATISTICS". AFC. Archived from the original on 15 February 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2019.

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