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2018 AFC Women's Futsal Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Thailand
City	Bangkok
Dates	2–12 May
Teams	15 (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 played	29
Goals scored	189 (6.52 per match)
Attendance	9,105 (314 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Fatemeh Etedadi; Sara Shirbeigi; Anna Amishiro; Sasicha Phothiwong (9 goals each)
Best player(s)	Fereshteh Karimi
Fair play award	Iran
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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.

Qualified teams

Of the 47 AFC member associations, a total of 15 teams entered the competition. There was no qualification, and all entrants advanced to the final tournament.

Team	Appearance	Previous best performance
Thailand (hosts)	2nd	Third place (2015)
Iran	2nd	Champions (2015)
Japan	2nd	Runners-up (2015)
Malaysia	2nd	Fourth place (2015)
China	2nd	Group stage (2015)
Hong Kong	2nd	Group stage (2015)
Uzbekistan	2nd	Group stage (2015)
Vietnam	2nd	Group stage (2015)
Bahrain	1st	Debut
Chinese Taipei	1st	Debut
Lebanon	1st	Debut
Macau	1st	Debut
Turkmenistan	1st	Debut
Bangladesh	1st	Debut
Indonesia	1st	Debut

Venues

The matches are played at the Bangkok Arena and Indoor Stadium Huamark in Bangkok.

Nong Chok	Bangkok Metropolis	Bang Kapi
Bangkok Arena		Indoor Stadium Huamark
Capacity: 12,000		Capacity: 10,000
	Nong Chok Bang Kapi 2018 AFC Women's Futsal Championship (Bangkok)

Draw

The final draw was held on 5 March 2018, 15:30 MYT (UTC+8), at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur.^[6] The 15 teams were drawn into three group of four teams (Groups A, B and C) and one group of three teams (Group D).^[7] The teams were seeded according to their performance in the 2015 AFC Women's Futsal Championship tournament, with the hosts Thailand automatically seeded and assigned to Position A1 in the draw.^[8]

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3 (debutants)
Thailand (hosts) Iran Japan Malaysia	China Hong Kong Uzbekistan Vietnam	Bahrain Chinese Taipei Lebanon Macau Turkmenistan Bangladesh Indonesia

Squads

Each team must register a squad of 14 players, minimum two of whom must be goalkeepers (Regulations Articles 27.1 and 27.2).^[4]

Group stage

The winner of each group and the best runner-up advance to the semi-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):^[4]

Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
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;
Goal difference in all group matches;
Goals scored in all group matches;
Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are tied and they met in the last round of the group;
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);
Drawing of lots.

All times are local, ICT (UTC+7).

Schedule
Matchday	Dates	Matches
Matchday	Dates	Groups A–C	Group D
Matchday 1	2–3 May 2018	1 v 4, 2 v 3	3 v 1
Matchday 2	4–5 May 2018	4 v 2, 3 v 1	2 v 3
Matchday 3	6–7 May 2018	1 v 2, 3 v 4	1 v 2

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Thailand (H)	3	2	1	0	24	1	+23	7	Knockout stage
2	Indonesia	3	2	1	0	12	1	+11	7	Knockout stage
3	Hong Kong	3	1	0	2	7	10	−3	3
4	Macau	3	0	0	3	0	31	−31	0

Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

2 May 2018

15:30

Hong Kong	0–2	Indonesia
	Report	Febriana 33' Fitri 38'

Indoor Stadium Huamark, Bangkok

Attendance: 150

Referee: Kumi Hiruma (Japan)

2 May 2018