2018 AFC Women's Futsal Championship

2018 AFC Women's Futsal Championship
Tournament details
Host countryThailand
CityBangkok
Dates2–12 May
Teams15 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Iran (2nd title)
Runners-up Japan
Third place Thailand
Fourth place Vietnam
Tournament statistics
Matches played29
Goals scored189 (6.52 per match)
Attendance9,105 (314 per match)
Top scorer(s)Iran Fatemeh Etedadi
Iran Sara Shirbeigi
Japan Anna Amishiro
Thailand Sasicha Phothiwong (9 goals each)
Best player(s)Iran Fereshteh Karimi
Fair play award Iran
2015
2020

The 2018 AFC Women's Futsal Championship was the second edition of the AFC Women's Futsal Championship, the biennial international futsal championship organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the women's national teams of Asia. It took place in Thailand, which was appointed as hosts by the AFC on 29 July 2017,[1] between 2 and 12 May 2018.[2] The tournament was originally to be held between 15–26 August 2017, two years after the inaugural edition in 2015, but was postponed to the following year.

A total of 15 teams participated in the tournament. The 15 teams were divided into four groups (one with three teams and three with four teams), with the group winners and the best runner-up advancing to the quarter-finals.[3]

The tournament served as qualifying for the futsal tournament at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, with the winner and the runner-up qualifying for the girls' tournament, to be represented by their under-18 representative teams.[4][5]

Iran, the defending champions, won their second title in a row.

  1. ^ "AFC Futsal Club Licensing Regulations to strengthen professionalism in Asia". AFC. 29 July 2017.
  2. ^ "AFC Competitions Calendar 2018". AFC. 11 January 2018. Archived from the original on 14 February 2018.
  3. ^ "Upcoming AFC Futsal & Beach Soccer competition formats approved". AFC. 23 July 2016.
  4. ^ "AFC Women's Futsal Championship 2018 Competition Regulations". AFC. Archived from the original on 16 February 2018.
  5. ^ "QUALIFICATION SYSTEM – YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES BUENOS AIRES 2018" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 August 2020. Retrieved 23 March 2017.