# 2003 AFC Futsal Championship

The 2003 AFC Futsal Championship was held in Tehran and Karaj, Iran from 27 July to 5 August 2003.

## Venues

| Tehran | Karaj |
| Azadi Indoor Stadium | Enghelab Indoor Stadium |
| Capacity: 12,000 | Capacity: 2,500 |

## Draw

| Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D |
| Japan Kuwait Macau Palestine | South Korea Indonesia Chinese Taipei Hong Kong Brunei | Iran Kyrgyzstan China Lebanon | Thailand Uzbekistan Iraq Malaysia Turkmenistan |

## Group stage
### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Japan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 1 | +22 | 9 |
| Kuwait | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 13 | +10 | 6 |
| Palestine | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 15 | +1 | 3 |
| Macau | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 35 | −33 | 0 |

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| South Korea | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 10 | +8 | 9 |
| Chinese Taipei | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 6 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 15 | −2 | 3 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 20 | −6 | 0 |

### Group C

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Iran | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 5 | +32 | 9 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 16 | −1 | 6 |
| Lebanon | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 23 | −15 | 3 |
| China | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 25 | −16 | 0 |

### Group D

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Thailand | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | +10 | 9 |
| Uzbekistan | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 6 |
| Iraq | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 10 | +2 | 3 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 20 | −17 | 0 |

## Knockout stage

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| August 3 – Tehran | August 3 – Tehran | | | |
| Japan | 7 | | | |
| Japan | 7 | August 4 – Tehran | August 4 – Tehran | | |
| Chinese Taipei | 0 | August 4 – Tehran | August 4 – Tehran | |
| Chinese Taipei | 0 | Japan (aet) | 3 | |
| August 3 – Tehran | August 3 – Tehran | | Japan (aet) | 3 | |
| August 3 – Tehran | August 3 – Tehran | Thailand | 2 | |
| Thailand | 2 | Thailand | 2 | |
| Thailand | 2 | | | | August 5 – Tehran | August 5 – Tehran |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | | | | August 5 – Tehran | August 5 – Tehran |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | | | | Japan | 4 |
| August 3 – Tehran | August 3 – Tehran | | | | | Japan | 4 |
| August 3 – Tehran | August 3 – Tehran | | | | Iran | 6 |
| Iran | 7 | | | | Iran | 6 |
| Iran | 7 | August 4 – Tehran | August 4 – Tehran | | | |
| Uzbekistan | 2 | August 4 – Tehran | August 4 – Tehran | | | |
| Uzbekistan | 2 | Iran | 10 | | | |
| August 3 – Tehran | August 3 – Tehran | | Iran | 10 | | | |
| August 3 – Tehran | August 3 – Tehran | Kuwait | 2 | | Third place | Third place |
| South Korea | 1 (5) | Kuwait | 2 | | Third place | Third place |
| South Korea | 1 (5) | | | | August 5 – Tehran | August 5 – Tehran |
| Kuwait (p) | 1 (6) | | | | August 5 – Tehran | August 5 – Tehran |
| Kuwait (p) | 1 (6) | | | | Thailand | 8 |
| | | | | | Kuwait | 2 |

### Final
## Awards

* AFC Futsal Championship 2003 winners
* Iran 5th title
* Vahid Shamsaei, Mohammad Hashemzadeh, Siamak Dadashi, Saeid Abdollahnejad, Mohammad Reza Heidarian, Reza Nasseri, Hamid Shandizi, Kazem Mohammadi, Mohsen Zareei, Ali Saneei, Ahmad Pariazar, Majid Raeisi, Hamid Neshatjoo, Hamid Reza Abrarinia
* Coach: Mohammad Hassan Ansarifard
* Most Valuable Player
** Vahid Shamsaei
* Top Scorer
** Vahid Shamsaei (24 goals)
* Best Goalkeeper
** Hisamitsu Kawahara
* Fair-Play Award
** Iran