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2019 AFC U-20 Futsal Championship

The 2019 AFC U-20 Futsal Championship was the second edition of the biennial international futsal championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation for men's youth national futsal teams of Asia.

2019 Asian U-20 Futsal Championship
2019 مسابقات قهرمانی فوتسال زیر ۲۰ سال آسیا
Tournament details
Host countryIran
CityTabriz
Dates14–22 June[1]
Teams12 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1
Final positions
Champions Japan (1st title)
Runners-up Afghanistan
Third place Iran
Fourth place Indonesia
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored128 (6.4 per match)
Attendance14,031 (702 per match)
Top scorer(s)Iran Salar Aghapour (8 goals)
Best player(s)Japan Masashi Osawa
Fair play award Japan
← 2017
2021 →

The tournament was hosted by Iran between 14 and 22 June 2019.[2] A total of 12 teams participated of tournament.[3] IR Iran were the defending champion but failed to defend the title after losing to Japan in the semi-final. Japan became the champions after beating Afghanistan in the final.

Qualification

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Main article: 2019 AFC U-20 Futsal Championship qualification

Unlike the previous tournament where all teams entered the final tournament, qualifiers were held from 1 to 10 December 2018.[4] The draw for the qualifiers was held on 30 August 2018.[5]

Qualified teams

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The following 12 teams qualified for the final tournament.[6]

Team Qualified as Appearance Previous best performance
  Thailand ASEAN Zone winners 2nd Third place (2017)
  Vietnam ASEAN Zone runners-up 2nd Group stage (2017)
  Indonesia ASEAN Zone third place 2nd Quarter-finals (2017)
  Iran Central Zone Group A winners and Hosts 2nd Champions (2017)
  Kyrgyzstan Central Zone Group B winners 2nd Group stage (2017)
  Afghanistan Central Zone play-off winners 2nd Group stage (2017)
  Tajikistan Central Zone play-off losers 2nd Group stage (2017)
  Japan East Zone Group A winners 2nd Quarter-finals (2017)
  Chinese Taipei East Zone Group B winners 2nd Group stage (2017)
  Hong Kong[note 1] East Zone best runners-up 2nd Group Stage (2017)
  Lebanon West Zone Group A winners 2nd Quarter-finals (2017)
  Iraq West Zone Group B winners 2nd Runners-up (2017)

Notes:

  1. ^ Hong Kong replaced Saudi Arabia (West Zone play-off winners) after they withdrew.[7]

Venue

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The matches were played at the Shahid Poursharifi Arena in Tabriz.[2]

Tabriz
Shahid Poursharifi Arena
Capacity: 6,000
 

Draw

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The final draw was held on 11 April 2019, 15:30 MYT (UTC+8), at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur.[7][8] The 12 teams were drawn into four groups of three teams. The teams were seeded according to their performance in the 2017 AFC U-20 Futsal Championship final tournament, with the hosts automatically seeded and assigned to Position A1 in the draw.

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3
  1.   Iran (hosts)
  2.   Iraq
  3.   Thailand
  4.   Japan

Squads

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Main article: 2019 AFC U-20 Futsal Championship squads

Players born after 1 January 1999 were eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team must register a squad of 14 players, minimum two of whom must be goalkeepers (Regulations Articles 27.1 and 27.2).[3]

Group stage

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The top two teams of each group advanced to the quarter-finals.

Tiebreakers

Teams were 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 were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Article 11.5):[3]

  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, IRDT (UTC+4:30).

Schedule
Matchday Dates Matches
Matchday 1 14 June 2019 3 v 1
Matchday 2 15 June 2019 2 v 3
Matchday 3 16 June 2019 1 v 2

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Iran (H) 2 2 0 0 10 5 +5 6 Knockout stage
2   Afghanistan 2 1 0 1 8 4 +4 3
3   Hong Kong 2 0 0 2 4 13 −9 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Hong Kong  3–7  Iran
  • Wong Wai Kwok   15', 17', 36'
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  • Aghapour   3', 22', 40'
  • Akrami   4', 5'
  • Esmaeili   29'
  • Yousef   31'
Attendance: 600
Referee: Benjapol Mucharoensap (Thailand)
Afghanistan  6–1  Hong Kong
  • Mohammadi   6'
  • Zaheri   20'
  • Zada   22'
  • Yousufi   34'
  • Mousavi   36', 37'
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  • Chow Ka Lok Leo   28'
Attendance: 100
Referee: Kim Jong-hee (South Korea)
Iran  3–2  Afghanistan
  • Yousef   3', 31'
  • Ghanbari   30'
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  • Zada   18'
  • Mohammadi   38'
Attendance: 1,507
Referee: Azat Hajypolatov (Turkmenistan)

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Thailand 2 2 0 0 12 3 +9 6 Knockout stage
2   Lebanon 2 1 0 1 4 10 −6 3
3   Kyrgyzstan 2 0 0 2 4 7 −3 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Kyrgyzstan  2–4  Thailand
  • Zholdoshov   7'
  • Isakov   8'
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  • Thawatchai   5', 17'
  • Siksaka   17'
  • Krit   27'
Attendance: 500
Referee: Leung Chung Yin (Hong Kong)
Lebanon  3–2  Kyrgyzstan
  • Ghattas   18'
  • Koukezian   18'
  • Selwan   38'
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  • Zholdoshov   1'
  • Isakov   26'
Attendance: 120
Referee: Takeshi Fujita (Japan)
Thailand  8–1  Lebanon
  • Thanawat   6'
  • Nattasak   8'
  • Siksaka   16'
  • Hamieh   25' (o.g.)
  • Sivakorn   30', 39'
  • Chutipong   30'
  • Krit   34'
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  • Shehab   36'
Attendance: 300
Referee: Kim Jong-hee (South Korea)

Group C

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Japan 2 2 0 0 5 2 +3 6 Knockout stage
2   Vietnam 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 3
3   Tajikistan 2 0 0 2 2 5 −3 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Tajikistan  1–3  Japan
  • Sharipov   38'
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  • Osawa   14'
  • Takahashi   16'
  • Otsuka   16'
Attendance: 75
Referee: Osama Saeed Idrees Sedaif (Bahrain)
Vietnam  2–1  Tajikistan
  • Triệu Xuân Linh   13'
  • Hà Đức Ngọc   15'
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  • Yorov   11'
Attendance: 100
Referee: Ridzuan Rozali (Malaysia)
Japan  2–1  Vietnam
  • K. Yamada   14'
  • Motoishi   18'
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  • An Lâm Tới   14'
Attendance: 80
Referee: Ali Hafizi (Iran)

Group D

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Indonesia 2 2 0 0 8 4 +4 6 Knockout stage
2   Iraq 2 1 0 1 6 4 +2 3
3   Chinese Taipei 2 0 0 2 5 11 −6 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Chinese Taipei  2–5  Iraq
  • Huang Yu-wei   3'
  • Chen Ching-hang   28'
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  • Hussein   10', 10'
  • Muwafaq   11' (pen.)
  • Zamil   34'
  • Haitham   39'
Attendance: 500
Referee: Ali Hafizi (Iran)
Indonesia  6–3  Chinese Taipei
  • Afif   2'
  • Abdussalam   6'
  • Inzaghi   9' (pen.)
  • Rozaq Salman   16', 27', 28'
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  • Fu Wei-da   5'
  • Huang Yu-wei   12'
  • Chen Ching-hang   28'
Attendance: 150
Referee: Andrew Best (Australia)
Iraq  1–2  Indonesia
  • Hamid   21'
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  • Firman   9'
  • Ari   17'
Attendance: 100
Referee: Benjapol Mucharoensap (Thailand)

Knockout stage

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In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary, except for the third place match where penalty shoot-out (no extra time) was used to decide the winner if necessary (Regulations Articles 15.1 and 16.1).[3]

Bracket

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
18 June – Shahid Poursharifi Arena
 
 
  Iran (a.e.t.)3
 
20 June – Shahid Poursharifi Arena
 
  Lebanon2
 
  Iran4
 
18 June – Shahid Poursharifi Arena
 
  Japan (a.e.t.)8
 
  Japan2
 
22 June – Shahid Poursharifi Arena
 
  Iraq0
 
  Japan3
 
18 June – Shahid Poursharifi Arena
 
  Afghanistan1
 
  Thailand2
 
20 June – Shahid Poursharifi Arena
 
  Afghanistan3
 
  Afghanistan (a.e.t.)4
 
18 June – Shahid Poursharifi Arena
 
  Indonesia3 Third place match
 
  Indonesia7
 
22 June – Shahid Poursharifi Arena
 
  Vietnam5
 
  Iran9
 
 
  Indonesia1
 

Quarter-finals

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Indonesia  7–5  Vietnam
  • Abdussalam   10'
  • Syaifullah   15', 22'
  • Sanjaya   25'
  • Agung   27', 32', 35'
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  • Nhan Gia Hưng   29'
  • Nguyễn Huỳnh Thanh Huy   34', 38'
  • An Lâm Tới   38'
  • Huỳnh Mi Woen   40'
Attendance: 100
Referee: Mahmoudreza Nasirloo (Iran)
Japan  2–0  Iraq
  • Hagiwara   5'
  • Matsukawa   38'
 Report
Attendance: 110
Referee: Darius Turner (Australia)
Thailand  2–3  Afghanistan
  • Thanawat   22'
  • Haidari   39' (o.g.)
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  • Mousavi   2', 13'
  • Mahmoodi   18'
Attendance: 200
Referee: Tomohiro Kozaki (Japan)
Iran  3–2 (a.e.t.)  Lebanon
  • Aghapour   8', 45'
  • Ghanbari   48'
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  • Selwan   39'
  • Koukezian   49'
Attendance: 1,956
Referee: Liu Jianqiao (China)

Semi-finals

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Afghanistan  4–3 (a.e.t.)  Indonesia
  • Mousavi   8', 43'
  • Zada   29'
  • Yousufi   45'
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  • Xavier   22'
  • Agung   30'
  • Sanjaya   50'
Attendance: 300
Referee: Osama Saeed Idrees Sedaif (Bahrain)
Iran  4–8 (a.e.t.)  Japan
  • Yousef   10'
  • Sarbaz   17'
  • Dehghan   24', 30'
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  • Hashimoto   4'
  • Otsuka   18'
  • Osawa   23'
  • Motoishi   40' (pen.)
  • Iguchi   43'
  • J. Yamada   46'
  • Hatakeyama   47'
  • Kimura   49'
Attendance: 2,105
Referee: Mohamad Chami (Lebanon)

Third place match

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Iran  9–1  Indonesia
  • Aghapour   3', 6', 25' (pen.)
  • Akrami   4'
  • Sarbaz   11'
  • Ghanbari   16'
  • Hosseinzadeh   17'
  • Esmaeili   29'
  • Dehghan   40'
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  • Firman   39'
Attendance: 2,254
Referee: Liu Jianqiao (China)

Final

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Japan  3–1  Afghanistan
  • Takahashi   9'
  • Osawa   16'
  • Tabuchi   38'
 Report
  • Hossaini   34'
Attendance: 2,874
Referee: Ridzuan Rozali (Malaysia)

Winners

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2019 AFC U-20 Futsal Championship
 
Japan
First title

Awards

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The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:

Top Goalscorer[9] Most Valuable Player[9] Fair Play award[9]
  Salar Aghapour   Masashi Osawa   Japan

Goalscorers

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There were 128 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 6.4 goals per match.

8 goals

  •   Salar Aghapour

6 goals

  •   Seyed Mousavi

5 goals

  •   Muhammad Sanjaya

4 goals

  •   Agung Pandega
  •   Masoud Yousef

3 goals

  •   Ali Zada
  •   Wong Wai Kwok
  •   Ali Akrami
  •   Mahdi Dehghan
  •   Reza Ghanbari
  •   Masashi Osawa

2 goals

  •   Mojtaba Mohammadi
  •   Dawood Yousufi
  •   Chen Ching-hang
  •   Huang Yu-wei
  •   Abdussalam
  •   Firman Adriansyah
  •   Muhammad Syaifullah
  •   Belal Esmaeili
  •   Sajjad Sarbaz
  •   Yaseen Hussein
  •   Takehiro Motoishi
  •   Hiroto Otsuka
  •   Yudai Takahashi
  •   Damir Isakov
  •   Mamatziia Zholdoshov
  •   Steve Koukezian
  •   Jamal Selwan
  •   Krit Aransanyalak
  •   Sivakorn Jongkolthakorn
  •   Thanawat Koedbangrachan
  •   Siksaka Pramanong
  •   Thawatchai Rairat
  •   An Lâm Tới
  •   Nguyễn Huỳnh Thanh Huy

1 goal

  •   Hamid Reza Hossaini
  •   Farzad Mahmoodi
  •   Sadiq Zaheri
  •   Fu Wei-da
  •   Chow Ka Lok Leo
  •   Filippo Inzaghi
  •   Ari Ramdani
  •   Afif Rizky
  •   Rizki Xavier
  •   Erfan Hosseinzadeh
  •   Sajjad Haitham
  •   Hussein Hamid
  •   Ali Muwafaq
  •   Hussein Zamil
  •   Manatsu Hagiwara
  •   Reira Hashimoto
  •   Yuki Hatakeyama
  •   Rintaro Iguchi
  •   Yuta Kimura
  •   Kota Matsukawa
  •   Hiroshi Tabuchi
  •   Jiei Yamada
  •   Kaito Yamada
  •   Mouafac Ghattas
  •   Hassan Shehab
  •   Nasim Sharipov
  •   Idris Yorov
  •   Nattasak Photi
  •   Chutipong Suraditanunt
  •   Hà Đức Ngọc
  •   Huỳnh Mi Woen
  •   Nhận Gia Hưng
  •   Triệu Xuân Linh

1 own goal

  •   Morteza Haidari (against Thailand)
  •   Hussein Hamieh (against Thailand)

References

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  1. ^ "AFC Competitions Calendar 2019". AFC. 28 February 2018. Archived from the original on 16 February 2018.
  2. ^ a b "با تایید کنفدراسیون فوتبال آسیا؛". Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran. 5 December 2018. Archived from the original on 13 December 2018. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
  3. ^ a b c d "AFC U-20 Futsal Championship 2019 Competition Regulations". AFC. Archived from the original on 9 August 2018.
  4. ^ "AFC Competitions Calendar 2018". AFC. 11 January 2018. Archived from the original on 14 February 2018.
  5. ^ "Asian hopefuls to identify opponents in official draw". AFC. 29 August 2018.
  6. ^ "Iran 2019 cast complete". AFC. 10 December 2018.
  7. ^ a b "IR Iran 2019 Finals draw: All you need to know". AFC. 10 April 2019.
  8. ^ "Draw sets stage for exciting IR Iran 2019 Finals". AFC. 11 April 2019.
  9. ^ a b c "Aghapour bags Top Scorer Award, Masashi clinches MVP Award". AFC. 22 June 2019.
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