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2025 AFC Women's Futsal Asian Cup qualification
Tournament details
Dates11 January – 19 January 2025[1]
Teams19 (from 1 confederation)

A qualification tournament will be held to determine nine of twelve participating teams for the 2025 AFC Women's Futsal Asian Cup in China. This marks a first time that a dedicated tournament will be held for an AFC Women's Futsal Asian Cup[2]

Teams

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A total of 47 AFC member associations were eligible to enter the qualification process. the Northern Mariana Islands, whose association is not a FIFA member, were not be eligible to qualify for the 2025 FIFA Futsal Women's World Cup. Nineteen teams (out of 47), including nine entrants who did not participate in the previous edition, have entered the competition. 25 teams, including Bangladesh and Malaysia who did participate in the previous edition, did not enter the qualification and were listed below. The following teams with asterisks are the teams that never had a women's futsal side.

Draw

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The draw was held on 17 October 2024 at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[3]

Seeding

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Teams who participated in the final tournament of the previous edition were ranked from the 1st to the 13th by their performance at that tournament. Other teams who did not participate in the previous edition, were unranked.

Final rankings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1  Iran 5 5 0 0 37 6 +31 15 Champions and runners-up
(Already qualified for 2025 AFC Women's Futsal Asian Cup)
2  Japan 6 5 0 1 33 12 +21 15
3  Thailand 6 3 2 1 31 4 +27 11 Third place
4  Vietnam 6 4 1 1 13 7 +6 13 Fourth place
5  Indonesia 4 2 1 1 13 3 +10 7 Eliminated in quarter-finals
6  China 4 2 0 2 17 12 +5 6 Qualified as hosts
7  Uzbekistan 3 1 0 2 6 15 −9 3 Eliminated in quarter-finals
8  Chinese Taipei 4 2 0 2 11 10 +1 6
9  Malaysia 3 1 0 2 10 8 +2 3 Eliminated in group stage
10  Hong Kong 3 1 0 2 7 10 −3 3
11  Lebanon 3 1 0 2 4 13 −9 3
12  Turkmenistan 2 0 0 2 1 17 −16 0
13  Bahrain 3 0 0 3 4 21 −17 0
14  Bangladesh 3 0 0 3 2 20 −18 0
15  Macau 3 0 0 3 0 31 −31 0
Source: AFC

Pots

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Participating teams are seeded into four pots based on the final ranking of the previous edition of the competition. Teams that did not participate in the previous edition and have not been ranked will be allocated to Pot 4. At the beginning of the draw, the host associations were separately placed into an additional host pot to ensure they are drawn into different groups. The host associations will be assigned to each group in accordance with their seeding, following the pot allocation principles.[2]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
Host teams
  1.  Thailand (H)
  2.  Indonesia (H)
  3.  Uzbekistan (H)
  1.  Myanmar (H)
Remaining teams
Notes
  • Teams in bold qualified for the final tournament.
  • (H): Qualification group hosts.

Groups

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Tiebreakers

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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:[4]

  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 were 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 are playing each other 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.

Group A

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All matches will be held in Pattaya City, Thailand.
All times are local, ICT (UTC+7).
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Thailand (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualify for the final tournament
2  Lebanon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Bahrain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Possible qualification for the final tournament
4  Palestine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5  Iraq 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 11 January 2025. Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Bahrain v Lebanon
Iraq v Palestine
Palestine v Thailand
Iraq v Bahrain
Thailand v Iraq
Lebanon v Palestine
Lebanon v Iraq
Bahrain v Thailand
Palestine v Bahrain
Thailand v Lebanon

Group B

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All matches will be held in Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
All times are local, WIB (UTC+7).
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Indonesia (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualify for the final tournament
2  Hong Kong 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Pakistan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Possible qualification for the final tournament
4  India 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5  Kyrgyzstan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 11 January 2025. Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Pakistan v Hong Kong
Kyrgyzstan v India
India v Indonesia
Kyrgyzstan v Pakistan
Indonesia v Kyrgyzstan
Hong Kong v India
Hong Kong v Kyrgyzstan
Pakistan v Indonesia
India v Pakistan
Indonesia v Hong Kong

Group C

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All matches will be held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
All times are local, UZT (UTC+5).
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Uzbekistan (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualify for the final tournament
2  Turkmenistan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Australia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Possible qualification for the final tournament
4  Philippines 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5  Kuwait 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 11 January 2025. Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Australia v Turkmenistan
Kuwait v Philippines
Philippines v Uzbekistan
Kuwait v Australia
Uzbekistan v Kuwait
Turkmenistan v Philippines
Turkmenistan v Kuwait
Australia v Uzbekistan
Australia v Philippines
Uzbekistan v Turkmenistan

Group D

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All matches will be held in Yangon, Myanmar.
All times are local, MMT (UTC+6:30).
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Vietnam 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualify for the final tournament
2  Chinese Taipei 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Macau 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Possible qualification for the final tournament
4  Myanmar (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 11 January 2025. Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Vietnam v Myanmar
Chinese Taipei v Macau
Myanmar v Chinese Taipei
Macau v Vietnam
Vietnam v Chinese Taipei
Macau v Myanmar

Ranking of third-placed teams

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The best third-placed teams from the four groups will advance to the final tournament along with the four group winners and runners-up. Due to fewer matches in Group D, results against the fifth-placed teams of groups A to C will not be counted in determining the ranking of the third-placed teams.

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 A Group A team 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2025 AFC Women's Futsal Asian Cup
2 B Group B team 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 C Group C team 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 D Group D team 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 11 January 2025. Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Qualified teams

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The following nine teams from AFC qualified for the final tournament.

Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in 2025 AFC Women's Futsal Asian Cup1
 China Hosts 13 September 2024 2 (2015, 2018)
 Iran 2018 champions 30 August 2024 2 (2015, 2018)
 Japan 2018 runners-up 30 August 2024 2 (2015, 2018)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

References

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  1. ^ "AFC Competitions Calendar (Jul 2024 - Jun 2025)" (PDF). AFC. 28 October 2024.
  2. ^ a b "AFC Women's Futsal Asian Cup China 2025: Stage set for #WACFutsal2025 Qualifiers draw". Asian Football Confederation. 11 October 2024. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
  3. ^ "#WACFutsal2025 Qualifiers Draw finalised". the-afc.com. Asian Football Confederation. 17 October 2024. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
  4. ^ "AFC Women's Futsal Asian Cup 2025 Competition Regulations". Asian Football Confederation.


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