2017 AFC U-20 Futsal Championship

2017 AFC U-20 Futsal Championship
ฟุตซอลเอเชียเยาวชนอายุไม่เกิน 20 ปี 2017
Tournament details
Host countryThailand
CityBangkok
Dates16–26 May
Teams21 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Iran (1st title)
Runners-up Iraq
Third place Thailand
Fourth place Uzbekistan
Tournament statistics
Matches played53
Goals scored364 (6.87 per match)
Attendance45,235 (853 per match)
Top scorer(s)Uzbekistan Akbar Usmonov (13 goals)
Best player(s)Iran Touhid Lotfi
Fair play award Thailand
2019

The 2017 AFC U-20 Futsal Championship was the first edition of the AFC U-20 Futsal Championship, the biennial international futsal championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the men's youth national teams of Asia. The tournament was hosted by Thailand between 16 and 26 May 2017.[1] Iran and Thailand had signaled their intent to host the inaugural competition.[2]

A total of 21 teams participated in the tournament. The 21 teams were divided into four groups (one with six teams and three with five teams), with the group winners and runners-up advancing to the quarter-finals.[2]

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 boys' tournament, to be represented by their under-18 representative teams.[3][4]

  1. ^ "AFC Competitions Calendar 2017" (PDF). AFC. 12 April 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 April 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Upcoming AFC Futsal & Beach Soccer competition formats approved". AFC. 23 July 2016.
  3. ^ "AFC U-20 Futsal Championship 2017 Competition Regulations". AFC. Archived from the original on 16 February 2018.
  4. ^ "QUALIFICATION SYSTEM – YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES BUENOS AIRES 2018" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 August 2020. Retrieved 23 March 2017.