2022 AFC Futsal Asian Cup

The 2022 AFC Futsal Asian Cup will be the 17th edition of the AFC Futsal Asian Cup (previously the AFC Futsal Championship before rebranding from 2021),[1] the biennial international futsal championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the men's national teams of Asia. A total of 16 teams will compete in the tournament.[2]

2022 AFC Futsal Asian Cup
Tournament details
Host countryKuwait
Dates25 September – 20 October 2022
Teams16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)TBC (in TBC host cities)

Kuwait was originally appointed as hosts of the 2020 AFC Futsal Championship after replacing original hosts Turkmenistan. However, AFC announced the cancellation of the tournament on 25 January 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, leaving the return hosting rights for this edition with Kuwait.[3] The tournament was originally scheduled to be played in Kuwait from 16 to 27 February 2022.[4] However, on 5 July 2021, the AFC announced that the tournament would be held in Kuwait between 25 September and 20 October 2022.

Iran are the defending champions, having won the title in 2018.

Qualification
Main article: 2022 AFC Futsal Asian Cup qualification

Qualifiers were originally scheduled to be played from 13 to 24 October 2021.[5] However, on 5 July 2021, the AFC announced that it would be held from 1 to 15 April 2022.

Qualified teams

The following 16 teams qualified for the final tournament.

Team Qualified as Qualified on Appearances Last Appearance Previous best performance
 KuwaitHosts25 January 2021[6]12th2014Fourth place (2003, 2014)
 IraqWest Zone Group B winners5 April 202212th2018Fourth place (2018)
 LebanonWest Zone Group A winners6 April 202212th2018Quarter-finals (2004, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2018)
 BahrainWest Zone Group B runners-up6 April 20223rd2018Quarter-finals (2018)
 Saudi ArabiaWest Zone Group A runners-up7 April 20222nd2016Group stage (2016)
 IndonesiaASEAN Zone runners-up8 April 202210th2014Group stage (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
 ThailandASEAN Zone winners8 April 202216th2018Runners-up (2008, 2012)
 OmanWest Zone playoff winner9 April 20221stDebutNone
 VietnamASEAN Zone third place10 April 20226th2018Fourth place (2016)
 UzbekistanCentral and South Zone Group B winners11 April 202216th2018Runners-up (2001, 2006, 2010, 2016)
 IranCentral and South Zone Group A winners11 April 202216th2018Champions (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2016, 2018)
 TajikistanCentral and South Zone Group B runners-up12 April 202211th2018Quarter-finals (2007)
 TurkmenistanCentral and South Zone Group A runners-up12 April 20227th2012Group stage (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012)
TBD
TBD
TBD
1 Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Venues

To be confirmed.

Squads

Each team had to submit a squad of 14 players, including a minimum of two goalkeepers.[2]

References
  1. "AFC rebrands age group championships to AFC Asian Cups". AFC. 2 October 2020.
  2. "AFC Futsal Asian Cup 2022 Competition Regulations". AFC.
  3. "Latest update on AFC Competitions in 2021". Asian Football Confederation official website. 25 January 2021.
  4. "AFC Competitions Calendar 2022". AFC.
  5. "AFC Competitions Calendar 2021". AFC.
  6. "Latest update on AFC Competitions in 2021". Asian Football Confederation official website. 25 January 2021.
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