# 2012 AFC Futsal Championship

The 2012 AFC Futsal Championship was held in United Arab Emirates from 25 May to 1 June 2012. 16 countries took part in the 12th edition of the tournament. It was also the qualification event for the 2012 FIFA Futsal World Cup to be held in Thailand. The AFC Futsal Committee pushed the dates for the event forward from the original 18 to 25 May.
In its first meeting for the 2011-2015 term under the chairmanship of Guam's Richard Lai, the AFC Futsal Committee decided to award the championship to United Arab Emirates.

## Venues

Dubai :
| Al-Wasl Stadium | Al-Shabab Stadium |
| Capacity: Unknown | Capacity: Unknown |

## Draw

The draw for the tournament was held on 11 March 2012 in United Arab Emirates.
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
| United Arab Emirates Iran Uzbekistan Japan | China Thailand Lebanon Australia | Kyrgyzstan Indonesia Tajikistan South Korea | Turkmenistan Chinese Taipei Kuwait Qatar |

## Group stage
### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Thailand | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | +8 | 9 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 6 |
| United Arab Emirates | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 3 |
| Turkmenistan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 0 |

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Japan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 4 | +11 | 9 |
| Lebanon | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 6 |
| Tajikistan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 12 | −4 | 3 |
| Chinese Taipei | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 15 | −8 | 0 |

### Group C

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Iran | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 1 | +30 | 9 |
| Australia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 10 | −1 | 6 |
| Qatar | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 14 | −7 | 3 |
| South Korea | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 26 | −22 | 0 |

### Group D

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Kuwait | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 4 | +11 | 7 |
| Uzbekistan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | +9 | 7 |
| China | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 3 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 23 | −17 | 0 |

## Knockout stage

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| May 29 – Dubai | May 29 – Dubai | | | |
| Thailand | 5 | | | |
| Thailand | 5 | May 30 – Dubai | May 30 – Dubai | | |
| Lebanon | 3 | May 30 – Dubai | May 30 – Dubai | |
| Lebanon | 3 | Thailand (aet) | 5 | |
| May 29 – Dubai | May 29 – Dubai | | Thailand (aet) | 5 | |
| May 29 – Dubai | May 29 – Dubai | Iran | 4 | |
| Iran | 6 | Iran | 4 | |
| Iran | 6 | | | | June 1 – Dubai | June 1 – Dubai |
| Uzbekistan | 3 | | | | June 1 – Dubai | June 1 – Dubai |
| Uzbekistan | 3 | | | | Thailand | 1 |
| May 29 – Dubai | May 29 – Dubai | | | | | Thailand | 1 |
| May 29 – Dubai | May 29 – Dubai | | | | Japan | 6 |
| Japan | 1 | | | | Japan | 6 |
| Japan | 1 | May 30 – Dubai | May 30 – Dubai | | | |
| Kyrgyzstan | 0 | May 30 – Dubai | May 30 – Dubai | | | |
| Kyrgyzstan | 0 | Japan | 3 | | | |
| May 29 – Dubai | May 29 – Dubai | | Japan | 3 | | | |
| May 29 – Dubai | May 29 – Dubai | Australia | 0 | | Third place | Third place |
| Kuwait | 2 | Australia | 0 | | Third place | Third place |
| Kuwait | 2 | | | | June 1 – Dubai | June 1 – Dubai |
| Australia (aet) | 3 | | | | June 1 – Dubai | June 1 – Dubai |
| Australia (aet) | 3 | | | | Iran | 4 |
| | | | | | Australia | 0 |

### Quarter-finals

Winners qualified for 2012 FIFA Futsal World Cup. In case Thailand is among those, the best-placed losing team also qualified.

### Final
## Awards

* AFC Futsal Championship 2012 winners
* Japan 2nd title
* Hisamitsu Kawahara, Wataru Kitahara, Yusuke Komiyama, Tetsuya Murakami, Nobuya Osodo, Shota Hoshi, Kenichiro Kogure, Kensuke Takahashi, Toru Fukimbara, Kazuhiro Nibuya, Jun Fujiwara, Rafael Henmi, Kotaro Inaba, Manabu Takita
* Coach: Miguel Rodrigo
* Most Valuable Player
** Rafael Henmi
* Top Scorer
** Vahid Shamsaei (7 goals and 6 assists)
* Fair-Play Award
** Iran

## Goalscorers
### 7 goals

* Ali Asghar Hassanzadeh
* Vahid Shamsaei
* Rafael Henmi
* Suphawut Thueanklang

### 6 goals

* Javad Asghari Moghaddam
* Mohammad Taheri
* Hossein Tayyebi

### 5 goals

* Apiwat Chaemcharoen

### 4 goals

* Kenichiro Kogure
* Tetsuya Murakami
* Abdulrahman Al-Taweel
* Kassem Kawsan
* Dilshod Irsaliev

### 3 goals

* Daniel Fogarty
* Hu Jie
* Hamid Ahmadi
* Mehdi Javid
* Mohammad Keshavarz
* Kotaro Inaba
* Wataru Kitahara
* Ahmad Al-Farsi
* Shaker Al-Mutairi
* Abdulrahman Al-Wadi
* Khaled Takaji
* Jirawat Sornwichian
* Kritsada Wongkaeo
* Abdulkarim Jamil

### 2 goals

* Fernando
* Chris Zeballos
* Chang Han
* Liu Chi-chao
* Deny Handoyo
* Ahmad Esmaeilpour
* Yusuke Komiyama
* Rashid Yousuf
* Mansur Mamedbabaev
* Alisher Ulmasov
* Farkhod Abdumavlyanov
* Dilshod Rakhmatov
* Hurshid Tajibaev
* Shuhrat Tojiboev

### 1 goal

* Greg Giovenali
* Andres Gomez
* Danny Ngaluafe
* Tobias Seeto
* Peter Spathis
* Cong Lin
* Deng Tao
* Zhao Liang
* Chen Po-hao
* Lo Chih-an
* Pan Wen-chieh
* Karami Balfas
* Bambang Bayu Saptaji
* Afif Tamimy
* Gustian Sukima Wardhana
* Ghodrat Bahadori
* Shota Hoshi
* Hisamitsu Kawahara
* Hamad Al-Awadhi
* Abdulrahman Al-Mosabehi
* Fawaz Haidar
* Nurjan Djetybaev
* Rustam Ermekov
* Emil Kanetov
* Vadim Kondratkov
* Karim Abou-Zeid
* Hayssam Atwi
* Ali El Homsi
* Ali Al-Sabah
* Saad Bilal
* Salem Khalifa
* Muneer Mohammed
* Amro Mohssein
* Kim Jeong-nam
* Kim Min-kuk
* Seo Dae-yun
* Orzu Dodkhudoev
* Sherzod Jumaev
* Akhtam Nazarov
* Aref Ahamah
* Jetsada Chudech
* Konghla Lakka
* Nattawut Madyalan
* Mergen Atayev
* Vatan Atayev
* Nazim Rahimov
* Tariq Abdulla
* Bader Ibrahim
* Yousif Mohamed
* Nodir Elibaev
* Oleg Khalmukhamedov
* Konstantin Sviridov

### Own goals

* Yang Chao-hsun (for Tajikistan)
* Muneer Mohammed (for South Korea)
* Jeong Eui-hyun (for Iran)
* Abdulaziz Abdulla (for Kyrgyzstan)
* Konstantin Sviridov (for Kuwait)