# 2001 AFC Futsal Championship

The 2001 AFC Futsal Championship was held in Tehran, Iran from 14 to 20 July 2001.

## Venue

* Tehran
* Azadi Indoor Stadium
* Capacity: 12,000

## Draw

| Group A | Group B | Group C |
| Iran Japan Singapore Chinese Taipei Palestine | Kazakhstan Uzbekistan Malaysia Kuwait Tajikistan | Thailand South Korea Kyrgyzstan Iraq |

## Group stage
### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Iran | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 9 | +53 | 12 |
| Palestine | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 23 | −1 | 9 |
| Japan | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 17 | +3 | 6 |
| Chinese Taipei | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 25 | −9 | 3 |
| Singapore | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 52 | −46 | 0 |

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Kazakhstan | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 6 | +16 | 10 |
| Uzbekistan | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 10 | +12 | 10 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 14 | −2 | 6 |
| Tajikistan | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 26 | −10 | 3 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 27 | −16 | 0 |

### Group C

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Thailand | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 10 | +11 | 6 |
| South Korea | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 6 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 16 | −3 | 4 |
| Iraq | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 16 | −8 | 1 |

### Third placed teams

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Japan | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 17 | +3 | 6 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 14 | −2 | 6 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 16 | −3 | 4 |

## Knockout stage

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| July 18 – Tehran | July 18 – Tehran | | | |
| Iran | 18 | | | |
| Iran | 18 | July 20 – Tehran | July 20 – Tehran | | |
| Kuwait | 2 | July 20 – Tehran | July 20 – Tehran | |
| Kuwait | 2 | Iran | 8 | |
| July 18 – Tehran | July 18 – Tehran | | Iran | 8 | |
| July 18 – Tehran | July 18 – Tehran | Japan | 2 | |
| Kazakhstan | 2 (6) | Japan | 2 | |
| Kazakhstan | 2 (6) | | | | July 20 – Tehran | July 20 – Tehran |
| Japan (p) | 2 (7) | | | | July 20 – Tehran | July 20 – Tehran |
| Japan (p) | 2 (7) | | | | Iran | 9 |
| July 18 – Tehran | July 18 – Tehran | | | | | Iran | 9 |
| July 18 – Tehran | July 18 – Tehran | | | | Uzbekistan | 0 |
| Thailand | 3 | | | | Uzbekistan | 0 |
| Thailand | 3 | July 20 – Tehran | July 20 – Tehran | | | |
| Uzbekistan (aet) | 4 | July 20 – Tehran | July 20 – Tehran | | | |
| Uzbekistan (aet) | 4 | Uzbekistan | 4 | | | |
| July 18 – Tehran | July 18 – Tehran | | Uzbekistan | 4 | | | |
| July 18 – Tehran | July 18 – Tehran | South Korea | 0 | | Third place | Third place |
| Palestine | 2 | South Korea | 0 | | Third place | Third place |
| Palestine | 2 | | | | July 20 – Tehran | July 20 – Tehran |
| South Korea | 3 | | | | July 20 – Tehran | July 20 – Tehran |
| South Korea | 3 | | | | Japan | 1 |
| | | | | | South Korea | 2 |

### Final
## Awards

* AFC Futsal Championship 2001 winners
* Iran 3rd title
* Amir Farrashi, Mansour Molaei, Reza Nasseri, Mohammad Reza Heidarian, Ali Saneei, Mohammad Hashemzadeh, Ahmad Pariazar, Kazem Mohammadi, Majid Raeisi, Hamid Shandizi, Vahid Shamsaei, Siamak Dadashi, Mojtaba Moeini, Majid Molazem
* Coach: Victor Hermans
* Top Scorer
** Vahid Shamsaei (31 goals)