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 Fakhimzadeh (Mes Sungun)
Tôn Thất Phi (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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  7. "Bank of Beirut's Javid scoops top awards". AFC. 12 August 2018.
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