2020 AFC Futsal Championship qualification explained

Tourney Name:AFC Futsal Championship qualification
Year:2020
Dates:[1]
Num Teams:31
Confederations:1
Matches:52
Goals:371
Prevseason:2018
Nextseason:2022

The 2020 AFC Futsal Championship qualification was the qualification process organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) to determine the participating teams for the 2020 AFC Futsal Championship, the 16th edition of the international men's futsal championship of Asia.[2]

A total of 16 teams qualified to play in the final tournament, including Turkmenistan who automatically qualified as original hosts (tournament was later relocated to Kuwait before being cancelled).[3]

The qualification process was divided into four zones: ASEAN Zone, where the 2019 AFF Futsal Championship served as the qualifying competition, Central & South Zone (Nepal being the only team from South Zone entering), East Zone, and West Zone.

Qualification process

Of the 47 AFC member associations, a total of 31 teams entered the competition. Based on the teams’ performance of 2018 AFC Futsal Championship, the 16 spots in the final tournament were distributed as follows:

Draw

In each zone, the teams were seeded according to their performance in the 2018 AFC Futsal Championship final tournament and qualification (overall ranking shown in parentheses; NR stands for non-ranked teams).

The draw for the 2019 AFF Futsal Championship, which served as the ASEAN Zone qualifying competition, was held by the AFF in July 2019.[4] The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams.

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The draw for the Central & South Zone, East Zone and West Zone, was held on 25 July 2019, 15:00 MYT (UTC+8), at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[5] [6] [7]

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Format

In each group, teams played each other once at a centralised venue.

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):[2]

  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.

ASEAN Zone

See main article: 2019 AFF Futsal Championship.

Top three teams of the tournament qualified for 2020 AFC Futsal Championship.

+Schedule
MatchdayDatesMatches
Matchday 121 October 20191 v 4, 2 v 3
Matchday 222 October 20194 v 2, 3 v 1
Matchday 323 October 20191 v 2, 3 v 4
Matchday 425 October 2019Semi-finals
Matchday 527 October 2019Third place match & Final

Group A

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Group B

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Semi-finals

The winners qualified for 2020 AFC Futsal Championship.

Third place match

The winner qualified for 2020 AFC Futsal Championship.

Final

Central & South Zone

Top two teams of each group qualified for 2020 AFC Futsal Championship. Had Turkmenistan occupied one of the qualifying spots, the best third-placed team from the two groups would also have qualified.

+Schedule[8]
MatchdayDatesMatches
Group AGroup B
Matchday 123 October 20191 v 4, 2 v 33 v 1
Matchday 224 October 20194 v 2, 3 v 12 v 3
Matchday 325 October 20191 v 2, 3 v 41 v 2

Group A

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Group B

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East Zone

Winners of each group, and the winner of the play-off between the group runners-up, qualified for 2020 AFC Futsal Championship.

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MatchdayDatesMatches
Group AGroup B
Matchday 122 October 20191 v 4, 2 v 33 v 1
Matchday 223 October 20194 v 2, 3 v 12 v 3
Matchday 324 October 20191 v 2, 3 v 41 v 2
Matchday 426 October 2019Play-off

Group A

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Group B

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Play-off

The winner qualified for 2020 AFC Futsal Championship.

West Zone

Top two teams of each group, and the winner of the play-off between the group third-placed team, qualified for 2020 AFC Futsal Championship.

+Schedule
MatchdayDatesMatches
Group AGroup B
Matchday 116 October 20193 v 2, 5 v 41 v 4, 2 v 3
Matchday 217 October 20194 v 1, 5 v 3—
Matchday 318 October 20191 v 5, 2 v 44 v 2, 3 v 1
Matchday 419 October 20192 v 5, 3 v 1—
Matchday 520 October 20194 v 3, 1 v 21 v 2, 3 v 4
Matchday 622 October 2019Play-off

Group A

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Group B

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Play-off

The winner qualified for 2020 AFC Futsal Championship.

Qualified teams

The following 16 teams qualified for the final tournament.[9]

TeamQualified asQualified ondata-sort-type="number"Previous appearances in AFC Futsal Championship1
6 (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012)
15 (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
9 (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
5 (2005, 2010, 2014, 2016, 2018)
15 (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
10 (2001, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
15 (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
15 (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
12 (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
15 (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
13 (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2018)
11 (2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
2 (2002, 2018)
11 (2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
1 (2016)
0 (debut)

1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: AFC Competitions Calendar 2019. AFC. 28 February 2018.
  2. Web site: AFC Futsal Championship 2020 Competition Regulations. AFC.
  3. Web site: AFC Futsal Championship 2020 will be held in Ashgabat. turkmenportal.com. 15 April 2019.
  4. Web site: Champs Thailand in easier group for AFF Futsal. ASEAN Football Federation. 19 July 2019.
  5. Web site: Stage set for 2020 qualifiers. AFC. 24 July 2019.
  6. Web site: Draw reveals path to Finals for teams. AFC. 25 July 2019.
  7. Web site: AFC Futsal Championship 2020 Qualifiers Draw. YouTube. 25 July 2019.
  8. Web site: Official Match Schedule. AFC.
  9. Web site: Turkmenistan 2020 cast finalised. AFC. 27 October 2019.

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