AFC U-20 Futsal Asian Cup

The AFC U-20 Futsal Asian Cup, previously the AFC U-20 Futsal Championship, is the premier youth futsal competition off the Asian Football Confederation It was first held in 2017 and played biennially.[1] From 2021, the tournament to be rebranded "AFC U-20 Futsal Asian Cup".[2]

AFC U-20 Futsal Asian Cup
Organising bodyAFC
Founded2016; 8 years ago (2016)
RegionAsia
Current champions Japan
(1st title)
Most successful team(s) Iran
 Japan
(1 title each)
2021 AFC U-20 Futsal Asian Cup

Format

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History

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Results

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Tournament names
  • 2017–2019: AFC U-20 Futsal Championship
  • 2021–present: AFC U-20 Futsal Asian Cup
# Year Host Final Third place match Number of teams
Winners Score Runners-up Third place Score Fourth place
1 2017
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Thailand
 
Iran
2–0  
Iraq
 
Thailand
8–1  
Uzbekistan
21
2 2019
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Iran
 
Japan
3–1  
Afghanistan
 
Iran
9–1  
Indonesia
12
2021
Details
Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic

Summary

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Rank Team Part M W D L GF GA GD Points
1   Iran 2 12 11 0 1 68 25 +43 33
2   Thailand 2 10 8 0 2 61 26 +35 24
3   Iraq 2 11 8 0 3 37 19 +18 24
4   Japan 2 10 7 2 1 33 17 +16 23
5   Afghanistan 2 10 6 0 4 43 27 +16 18
6   Indonesia 2 10 5 2 3 36 35 +1 17
7   Uzbekistan 1 7 4 1 2 36 30 +6 13
8   Lebanon 2 8 4 1 3 24 24 0 13
9   Vietnam 2 7 3 1 3 19 20 –1 10
10   Mongolia 1 5 2 1 2 17 22 -5 7
11   Malaysia 1 5 2 0 3 18 17 +1 6
12   United Arab Emirates 1 4 2 0 2 11 14 –3 6
13   Hong Kong 2 6 2 0 4 12 25 –13 6
14   Tajikistan 2 5 1 1 3 18 19 –1 4
15   Bahrain 1 5 1 0 4 7 22 –15 3
16   Myanmar 1 4 1 0 3 7 16 –23 3
17   Kyrgyzstan 2 6 0 2 4 12 26 –14 2
18   China 1 4 0 1 3 6 15 –9 1
19   Qatar 1 4 0 0 4 8 19 –11 0
20   Chinese Taipei 2 6 0 0 6 11 32 –21 0
21   Brunei 1 5 0 0 5 8 41 –33 0

Performance

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Team Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place Total (Top 4)
  Iran 1 (2017) 1 (2019*) 2
  Japan 1 (2019) 1
  Iraq 1 (2017) 1
  Afghanistan 1 (2019) 1
  Thailand 1 (2017*) 1
  Uzbekistan 1 (2017) 1
  Indonesia 1 (2019) 1
* = hosts

Participating by teams

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Teams  
2017
 
2019
Total
  Afghanistan GS 2nd 2
  Bahrain GS 1
  Brunei GS x 1
  China GS 1
  Chinese Taipei GS GS 2
  Hong Kong GS GS 2
  Indonesia QF 4th 2
  Iran 1st 3rd 2
  Iraq 2nd QF 2
  Japan QF 1st 2
  Kyrgyzstan GS GS 2
  Lebanon GS QF 2
  Malaysia GS 1
  Mongolia QF 1
  Myanmar GS 1
  Qatar GS x 1
  Tajikistan GS GS 2
  Thailand 3rd QF 2
  United Arab Emirates GS 1
  Uzbekistan 4th 1
  Vietnam GS QF 2
Total 21 12
Legend

References

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  1. ^ "AFC Futsal and Beach Soccer Committee make key recommendations". AFC. 25 September 2015.
  2. ^ "AFC rebrands age group championships to AFC Asian Cups". AFC. 2 October 2020.
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