2018 AFC Futsal Club Championship

The 2018 AFC Futsal Club Championship was the 9th 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 Yogyakarta, Indonesia between 1–12 August 2018.[1]

2018 AFC Futsal Club Championship
Tournament details
Host countryIndonesia
CityYogyakarta
Dates1–12 August 2018
Teams16 (from 16 associations)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Mes Sungun (1st title)
Runners-up Thái Sơn Nam
Third place Bank of Beirut
Fourth place Naft Al-Wasat
Tournament statistics
Matches played32
Goals scored240 (7.5 per match)
Attendance6,874 (215 per match)
Top scorer(s) Mahdi Javid (12 goals)
Best player(s) Mahdi Javid
Fair play award Naft Al-Wasat

In the final, Mes Sungun defeated Thái Sơn Nam to win their first title. Chonburi Bluewave were the defending champions, but were eliminated in the quarter-final VS Bank of Beirut

Teams

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.[2]

All 14 associations which participated in the 2017 AFC Futsal Club Championship returned for 2018. Moreover, South Korea entered a team for the first time ever, and Myanmar entered a team for the first time since 2012, when they participated in qualification.

Association Team Qualifying method
Australia Vic Vipers 2016 F-League champions (2017 season cancelled)
China Dalian Yuan Dynasty 2016–17 China Futsal Super League champions
Indonesia (hosts) Vamos Mataram 2017–18 Indonesia Pro Futsal League champions
Iraq Naft Al-Wasat 2017–18 Iraq Futsal League champions
Iran Mes Sungun 2017–18 Iranian Futsal Super League champions
Japan Nagoya Oceans 2017–18 F.League champions
Kyrgyzstan Osh EREM 2017–18 Kyrgyzstan Futsal League champions
South Korea Jeonju MAG 2017–18 FK-League champions
Lebanon Bank of Beirut 2017–18 Lebanon Futsal League champions
Myanmar Victoria University College 2017 Myanmar Futsal League third place
Qatar Al-Sailiya 2017–18 Qatar Futsal League champions
Tajikistan Sipar Khujand 2017–18 Tajikistan Futsal League runners-up[2]
Thailand Chonburi Bluewave 2017 Futsal Thai League champions
United Arab Emirates Al-Dhafra 2017–18 UAE Futsal League champions
Uzbekistan AGMK 2017–18 Uzbekistan Futsal League champions
Vietnam Thái Sơn Nam 2017 Vietnam National Futsal League champions

Venues
Yogyakarta
GOR UNY GOR Among Rogo
Capacity: Capacity: 5,000

Draw

The draw was held on 18 May 2018, 11:00 WIB (UTC+7), at the Fairmont Hotel in Jakarta.[3] The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four teams.[4] The teams were seeded according to their association's performance in the 2017 AFC Futsal Club Championship, with the team from hosts Indonesia automatically seeded and assigned to Position A1 in the draw.[5]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
  1. Naft Al-Wasat
  2. Osh EREM
  3. AGMK
  4. Dalian Yuan Dynasty
  1. Sipar Khujand
  2. Vic Vipers
  3. Jeonju MAG (unranked)
  4. Victoria University College (unranked)

Squads
Main article: 2018 AFC Futsal Club Championship squads

Each team must register a squad of 14 players, minimum two of whom must be goalkeepers (Regulations Articles 30.1 and 30.2).[6]

Group stage

The top two teams of each group advance 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):[6]

  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, WIB (UTC+7).

Schedule
Matchday Dates Matches
Matchday 1 1–2 August 2018 1 v 4, 2 v 3
Matchday 2 3–4 August 2018 4 v 2, 3 v 1
Matchday 3 5–6 August 2018 1 v 2, 3 v 4

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Nagoya Oceans 3 3 0 0 14 1 +13 9 Knockout stage
2 Vamos Mataram (H) 3 1 1 1 11 8 +3 4
3 Dalian Yuan Dynasty 3 1 1 1 7 11 −4 4
4 Victoria University College 3 0 0 3 3 15 −12 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Host.
Vamos Mataram 8–1 Victoria University College
  • Zikri  5'
  • Bawana  7'
  • Himawan  8', 37'
  • Anzar  10'
  • Sumawijaya  15'
  • Wossiry  31'
  • Aliefian  40'
 Report
  • Naing Lin Tun Kyaw  29'
GOR UNY, Yogyakarta
Attendance: 500
Referee: Hussain Ali Al-Bahhar (Bahrain)
Nagoya Oceans 6–1 Dalian Yuan Dynasty
  • Hashimoto  10', 22'
  • Yoshikawa  15'
  • Luizinho  24', 33'
  • Ando  40'
 Report
  • Shen Siming  39' (pen.)
GOR UNY, Yogyakarta
Attendance: 77
Referee: Vahid Arzpeyma Mohammreh (Iran)
Dalian Yuan Dynasty 3–3 Vamos Mataram
  • Diogo  22', 32'
  • Li Zhiheng  36'
 Report
  • Wossiry  4'
  • Bawana  38'
  • Himawan  40'
GOR UNY, Yogyakarta
Attendance: 576
Referee: Hawkar Salar Ahmed (Iraq)
Victoria University College 0–4 Nagoya Oceans
Report
  • Hirata  13'
  • Ando  16'
  • Luizinho  27'
  • Nishitani  36'
GOR UNY, Yogyakarta
Attendance: 35
Referee: Khalil Balhawan (Lebanon)
Vamos Mataram 0–4 Nagoya Oceans
Report
  • Hirata  8', 26'
  • Luizinho  23'
  • Hashimoto  32'
GOR UNY, Yogyakarta
Attendance: 811
Referee: Nurdin Bukuev (Kyrgyzstan)
Dalian Yuan Dynasty 3–2 Victoria University College
  • Wang Hongwei  10'
  • Li Zhiheng  33', 38'
 Report
  • Aung Zin Oo  4'
  • Nyein Min Soe  40'
Attendance: 80
Referee: Osama Saeed Idrees Sedaif (Bahrain)

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Naft Al-Wasat 3 2 1 0 11 5 +6 7 Knockout stage
2 Thái Sơn Nam 3 2 0 1 17 8 +9 6
3 Al-Dhafra 3 1 1 1 13 7 +6 4
4 Jeonju MAG 3 0 0 3 4 25 −21 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Thái Sơn Nam 10–1 Jeonju MAG
  • Nguyễn Minh Trí  3', 26'
  • Tobe  13'
  • Phạm Đức Hòa  22'
  • Al-Tawail  25', 37'
  • Vũ Đức Tùng  28'
  • Trần Văn Vũ  29'
  • Ngô Ngọc Sơn  34'
  • Tôn Thất Phi  39'
 Report
  • Cho Byung-geol  23'
Attendance: 50
Referee: Anatoliy Rubakov (Uzbekistan)
Al-Dhafra 1–1 Naft Al-Wasat
  • Fadaaq  24'
 Report
  • Jabar  33'
Attendance: 95
Referee: Nurdin Bukuev (Kyrgyzstan)
Naft Al-Wasat 4–3 Thái Sơn Nam
 Report
  • Tobe  2'
  • Tôn Thất Phi  36'
  • Khalid  38' (o.g.)
Attendance: 80
Referee: Ebrahim Mehrabi Afshar (Iran)
Jeonju MAG 2–9 Al-Dhafra
  • Kim In-woo  2'
  • Shin Jong-hoon  34'
 Report
  • Fadaaq  8', 9', 26', 33'
  • Y. Al-Hammadi  14'
  • Vassoura  20', 40'
  • Hezam  27'
  • Al-Katheeri  38'
Attendance: 60
Referee: Yuttakon Maiket (Thailand)
Thái Sơn Nam 4–3 Al-Dhafra
  • Nguyễn Minh Trí  9'
  • Châu Đoàn Phát  19'
  • Nguyễn Đắc Huy  36'
  • Vũ Quốc Hưng  40'
 Report
  • Jamil  31'
  • Obaid  33'
  • Vassoura  37'
Attendance: 40
Referee: Ridzuan Rozali (Malaysia)
Naft Al-Wasat 6–1 Jeonju MAG
  • Tavakoli  10', 40'
  • Khalid  11'
  • Bachay  13', 33'
  • Ali  37'
 Report
  • Shin Jong-hoon  40'
GOR UNY, Yogyakarta
Attendance: 75
Referee: Vahid Arzpeyma Mohammreh (Iran)

Group C
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Chonburi Bluewave 3 3 0 0 21 5 +16 9 Knockout stage
2 Osh EREM 3 2 0 1 9 8 +1 6
3 Al-Sailiya 3 1 0 2 7 13 −6 3
4 Vic Vipers 3 0 0 3 6 17 −11 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Chonburi Bluewave 9–2 Vic Vipers
 Report
  • Yazid  21'
  • Brauner  25'
Attendance: 75
Referee: Hiroyuki Kobayashi (Japan)
Al-Sailiya 1–4 Osh EREM
  • Al-Suhaiqi  12'
 Report
  • Kanetov  24'
  • Salimbaev  25'
  • Kazemi  26'
  • Alimov  26'
Attendance: 20
Referee: Rey Ritaga (Philippines)
Osh EREM 1–5 Chonburi Bluewave
  • Kultaev  28'
 Report
Attendance: 80
Referee: Fahad Al-Hosani (United Arab Emirates)
Vic Vipers 2–4 Al-Sailiya
  • Alinejad  13'
  • Barrientos  38'
 Report
  • Al-Mohannadi  8'
  • Golabvand  17'
  • Al-Shahwani  18'
  • Murilo  25'
Attendance: 78
Referee: Kim Jong-hee (South Korea)
Chonburi Bluewave 7–2 Al-Sailiya
 Report
Attendance: 100
Referee: An Ran (China)
Osh EREM 4–2 Vic Vipers
  • Kadyrov  2'
  • Alimov  7'
  • Salimbaev  23'
  • Taku  27'
 Report
  • Alinejad  26'
  • Yazid  30'
GOR UNY, Yogyakarta
Attendance: 23
Referee: Hussain Ali Al-Bahhar (Bahrain)

Group D
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Mes Sungun 3 3 0 0 21 4 +17 9 Knockout stage
2 Bank of Beirut 3 2 0 1 16 6 +10 6
3 Sipar Khujand 3 1 0 2 6 21 −15 3
4 AGMK 3 0 0 3 3 15 −12 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Mes Sungun 9–2 Sipar Khujand
 Report
  • Hamidov  30'
  • Gulyakov  40'
GOR UNY, Yogyakarta
Attendance: 80
Referee: Trương Quốc Dũng (Vietnam)
Bank of Beirut 4–1 AGMK
  • El-Dine  8'
  • Javid  9', 22', 39'
 Report
  • Tojiboev  28'
GOR UNY, Yogyakarta
Attendance: 56
Referee: Ryan Shepheard (Australia)
AGMK 1–9 Mes Sungun
  • Usmonov  14'
 Report
GOR UNY, Yogyakarta
Attendance: 30
Referee: An Ran (China)
Sipar Khujand 2–11 Bank of Beirut
  • Jumaev  16'
  • Kuziev  23'
 Report
  • Javid  7', 12', 13'
  • El-Dine  10'
  • Kobeissy  20', 32'
  • Serhan  21'
  • Bello  24'
  • Tneich  36'
  • El-Homsi  40'
  • Koubeissi  40'
GOR UNY, Yogyakarta
Attendance: 18
Referee: Lee Po-fu (Chinese Taipei)
Mes Sungun 3–1 Bank of Beirut
 Report
Attendance: 40
Referee: Ryan Shepheard (Australia)
AGMK 1–2 Sipar Khujand
  • Sharipov  40'
 Report
  • Vositzoda  27'
  • Kuziev  29'
GOR UNY, Yogyakarta
Attendance: 35
Referee: Hawkar Salar Ahmed (Iraq)

Knockout stage

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).[6]

Bracket
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
8 August – GOR UNY
 
 
 Nagoya Oceans2
 
10 August – GOR UNY
 
 Thái Sơn Nam (a.e.t.)3
 
 Thái Sơn Nam6
 
8 August – GOR UNY
 
 Bank of Beirut5
 
 Chonburi Bluewave7 (2)
 
12 August – GOR UNY
 
 Bank of Beirut (p)7 (3)
 
 Thái Sơn Nam2
 
8 August – GOR Among Rogo
 
 Mes Sungun4
 
 Naft Al-Wasat (a.e.t.) 7
 
10 August – GOR UNY
 
 Vamos Mataram 4
 
 Naft Al-Wasat2
 
8 August – GOR Among Rogo
 
 Mes Sungun 3 Third place
 
 Mes Sungun8
 
12 August – GOR UNY
 
 Osh EREM3
 
 Bank of Beirut5
 
 
 Naft Al-Wasat3
 

Quarter-finals
Chonburi Bluewave 7–7 (a.e.t.) Bank of Beirut
 Report
  • Hammoud  5', 10'
  • Javid  7'
  • Kobeissy  8', 15'
  • El-Dine  18'
  • Bello  46'
Penalties
 2–3
GOR UNY, Yogyakarta
Attendance: 68
Referee: Vahid Arzpeyma Mohammreh (Iran)
Mes Sungun 8–3 Osh EREM
 Report
Attendance: 50
Referee: Hiroyuki Kobayashi (Japan)
Nagoya Oceans 2–3 (a.e.t.) Thái Sơn Nam
  • Ando  6'
  • Nishitani  20'
 Report
  • Nguyễn Minh Trí  18', 21'
  • Hồ Văn Ý  44'
GOR UNY, Yogyakarta
Attendance: 95
Referee: Osama Saeed Idrees Sedaif (Bahrain)
Naft Al-Wasat 7–4 (a.e.t.) Vamos Mataram
 Report
  • Wossiry  11', 40'
  • Aliefian  22', 29'
Attendance: 702
Referee: An Ran (China)

Semi-finals
Naft Al-Wasat 2–3 Mes Sungun
 Report
GOR UNY, Yogyakarta
Attendance: 500
Referee: Nurdin Bukuev (Kyrgyzstan)
Thái Sơn Nam 6–5 Bank of Beirut
  • Vũ Quốc Hưng  19', 29'
  • Vũ Đức Tùng  33'
  • Nguyễn Thành Tín  33', 38'
  • Phạm Đức Hòa  39'
 Report
  • Hammoud  3', 21'
  • Abou Zeid  15', 39'
  • Javid  40'
GOR UNY, Yogyakarta
Attendance: 578
Referee: Ryan Shepheard (Australia)

Third place match
Bank of Beirut 5–3 Naft Al-Wasat
  • Javid  6', 34', 35'
  • Bello  11'
  • Kobeissy  18'
 Report
  • Khalid  3'
  • Jabar  12', 22'
GOR UNY, Yogyakarta
Attendance: 567
Referee: Yuttakon Maiket (Thailand)

Final
Thái Sơn Nam 2–4 Mes Sungun
 Report
GOR UNY, Yogyakarta
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Hiroyuki Kobayashi (Japan)

Winners
AFC Futsal Club Championship
2018 Champions
Mes Sungun
First Title

Awards
Top Goalscorer[7] Most Valuable Player[7] Fair Play award[7]
Mahdi Javid (12 goals)
(Bank of Beirut)		 Mahdi Javid
(Bank of Beirut)		 Naft Al-Wasat

All-Star Team
All-Star Team[8] Reserve All-Star Team
Alireza Samimi (Mes Sungun) (GK)
Farhad Tavakoli (Naft Al-Wasat)
Ahmad Kheir El-Dine (Bank of Beirut)
Luizinho (Nagoya Oceans)
Mahdi Javid (Bank of Beirut)		 Hồ Văn Ý (Thái Sơn Nam) (GK)
Farhad Fakhim (Mes Sungun)
Tôn Thất P (Thái Sơn Nam)
Abolghasem Orouji (Mes Sungun)
Suphawut Thueanklang (Chonburi Bluewave)
Coach
Hamid Bigham (Mes Sungun)

Top goalscorers
Rank Player Team Goals
1 Mahdi Javid Bank of Beirut 12
2 Suphawut Thueanklang Chonburi Bluewave 8
Hossein Tayyebi Mes Sungun
4 Farhad Fakhimzadeh Mes Sungun 6
Ali Asghar Hassanzadeh Mes Sungun
Hassan Ali Jabar Naft Al-Wasat
Farhad Tavakoli Naft Al-Wasat
8 Mohamed Fadaaq Al-Dhafra 5
Mohamad Kobeissy Bank of Beirut
Kritsada Wongkaeo Chonburi Bluewave
Nguyễn Minh Trí Thái Sơn Nam
Source: stats.the-afc.com

Tournament team rankings

As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
Mes Sungun 6 6 0 0 36 11 +25 18 Champions
Thái Sơn Nam 6 4 0 2 28 19 +9 12 Runners-up
Bank of Beirut 6 3 1 2 33 22 +11 10 Third place
4 Naft Al-Wasat 6 3 1 2 23 17 +6 10 Fourth place
5 Chonburi Bluewave 4 3 1 0 28 12 +16 10 Eliminated in
quarter-finals
6 Nagoya Oceans 4 3 0 1 16 4 +12 9
7 EREM 4 2 0 2 12 16 −4 6
8 Vamos Mataram (H) 4 1 1 2 15 15 0 4
9 Al-Dhafra 3 1 1 1 13 7 +6 4 Eliminated in
group stage
10 Dalian Yuan Dynasty 3 1 1 1 7 11 −4 4
11 Al Sailiya 3 1 0 2 7 13 −6 3
12 Sipar Khujand 3 1 0 2 6 21 −15 3
13 Vic Vipers 3 0 0 3 6 17 −11 0
14 AGMK 3 0 0 3 3 15 −12 0
15 Victoria University College 3 0 0 3 3 15 −12 0
16 Jeonju MAG 3 0 0 3 4 25 −21 0
Source: Pending
(H) Host.

References
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