# 2017 AFC Futsal Club Championship

The 2017 AFC Futsal Club Championship was the 8th edition of the AFC Futsal Club Championship, an annual international futsal club tournament in Asia organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). It was held in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam from 20 to 30 July 2017.
The tournament was won by Chonburi Bluewave from Thailand after defeating Giti Pasand Isfahan from Iran 3–2 in the final. The win was Chonburi Bluewave's second Asian title, following after they won the 2013 AFC Futsal Club Championship four years ago.
Nagoya Oceans from Japan were the defending champions, but they failed to qualify from the 2016–17 season of Japanese futsal league following their loss to Shriker Osaka for the Japanese champions.

## Qualified teams

A total of 14 teams from the 14 of the 47 AFC member associations entered the tournament, which included first-time entrants from Tajikistan. Kyrgyzstan returned after a one-year absence, while Indonesia entered a team for the first time since 2011. From the associations participating in 2016, only Chinese Taipei did not enter the tournament.
For teams entering the tournament, they were assigned a seeding position according to their 2016 AFC Futsal Club Championship ranking for the respective draw and the hosts associations.
| Rank | Association | Team | Qualifying method |
| 1 | Japan | Shriker Osaka | 2016–17 F. League champions |
| 2 | Iraq | Naft Al-Wasat | 2016–17 Iraq Futsal League champions |
| 3 | Thailand | Chonburi Bluewave | 2016 Futsal Thailand League champions |
| 4 | United Arab Emirates | Al-Dhafra | 2016–17 UAE Futsal League champions |
| 5 | Iran | Giti Pasand Isfahan | 2016–17 Iranian Futsal Super League champions |
| 6 | Qatar | Al Rayyan | 2016–17 Qatar Futsal League champions |
| 7 | Uzbekistan | AGMK | 2016 Uzbekistan Futsal League champions |
| 8 | Vietnam (hosts) | Thái Sơn Nam | 2016 Vietnam Futsal League champions |
| 9 | Australia | Vic Vipers | 2016 F-League champions |
| 10 | Lebanon | Bank of Beirut | 2016–17 Lebanon Futsal League champions |
| 11 | China | Shenzhen Nanling | 2016–17 Chinese Futsal League champions |
| — | Indonesia | Vamos Mataram | 2016–17 Indonesia Pro Futsal League champions |
| — | Kyrgyzstan | Osh EREM | 2016–17 Kyrgyzstan Futsal League champions |
| — | Tajikistan | Disi Invest | 2016–17 Tajikistan Futsal League champions |

## Venue

The all matches was held at the Phú Thọ Indoor Stadium in Ho Chi Minh City.
* Ho Chi Minh City
* Phú Thọ Indoor Stadium
* Capacity: 5,000

## Draw

The draw was held on 30 May 2017, 15:00 ICT (UTC+7), at the Grand Hotel Saigon in Ho Chi Minh City. The 14 teams were drawn into two groups of four teams (Groups A and B) and two groups of three teams (Groups C and D), with the representatives from hosts Vietnam automatically assigned to position A1 in the draw. The teams were seeded according to the performances of their association's representatives in the 2016 AFC Futsal Club Championship.
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 (unranked) |
| Thái Sơn Nam Shriker Osaka Naft Al-Wasat Chonburi Bluewave | Al-Dhafra Giti Pasand Isfahan Al Rayyan AGMK | Vic Vipers Bank of Beirut Shenzhen Nanling | Vamos Mataram EREM Disi Invest |

## Squads

Each team must register a squad of 14 players, minimum two of whom must be goalkeepers (Regulations Articles 30.1 and 30.2).

## Match officials

The following referees were chosen for the 2017 AFC Futsal Club Championship.

### Referees

* Darius Turner
* Hussain Ali Al-Bahhar
* Liu Jianqiao
* Lee Po-fu
* Mahmoudreza Nasirloo
* Hiroyuki Kobayashi
* Tomohiro Kozaki
* Nurdin Bukuev
* Mohamad Chami
* Helday Idang
* Rey Ritaga
* Kim Jong-hee
* Maiket Yuttakon
* Azat Hajypolatov
* Trương Quốc Dũng

## Group stage

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

### Tiebreakers

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 (Regulations Article 10.5):
* Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
* Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
* Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
* 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;
* Goal difference in all group matches;
* Goals scored in all group matches;
* Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are tied and they met in the last round of the group;
* 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);
* Drawing of lots.
All times are local, Indochina Time (UTC+7).

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Al-Dhafra | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 6 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Thái Sơn Nam (H) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 7 | +8 | 6 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | EREM | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 6 | |
| 4 | Vic Vipers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 14 | −11 | 0 | |
* 1 2 3 Head-to-head results: Thái Sơn Nam 4–5 EREM, EREM 0–4 Al-Dhafra, Thái Sơn Nam 2–0 Al-Dhafra. Head-to-head standings: Al-Dhafra: 3 pts, +2 GD Thái Sơn Nam: 3 pts, +1 GD EREM: 3 pts, −3 GD

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Naft Al-Wasat | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 7 | +10 | 9 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Al Rayyan | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Vamos Mataram | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 10 | −1 | 3 | |
| 4 | Disi Invest | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 14 | −9 | 0 | |

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Giti Pasand Isfahan | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 6 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Shriker Osaka | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 3 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Shenzhen Nanling | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 12 | −11 | 0 | |

### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Chonburi Bluewave | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | +14 | 6 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Bank of Beirut | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 12 | −4 | 3 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | AGMK | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 13 | −10 | 0 | |

## Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary, except for the third place match where penalty shoot-out (no extra time) is used to decide the winner if necessary (Regulations Articles 14.1 and 15.1).

### Bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 27 July – Phú Thọ Stadium | 27 July – Phú Thọ Stadium | | | |
| Chonburi Bluewave | 4 | | | |
| Chonburi Bluewave | 4 | 28 July – Phú Thọ Stadium | 28 July – Phú Thọ Stadium | | |
| Shriker Osaka | 2 | 28 July – Phú Thọ Stadium | 28 July – Phú Thọ Stadium | |
| Shriker Osaka | 2 | Chonburi Bluewave | 6 | |
| 27 July – Phú Thọ Stadium | 27 July – Phú Thọ Stadium | | Chonburi Bluewave | 6 | |
| 27 July – Phú Thọ Stadium | 27 July – Phú Thọ Stadium | Thái Sơn Nam | 0 | |
| Naft Al-Wasat | 0 | Thái Sơn Nam | 0 | |
| Naft Al-Wasat | 0 | | | | 30 July – Phú Thọ Stadium | 30 July – Phú Thọ Stadium |
| Thái Sơn Nam | 4 | | | | 30 July – Phú Thọ Stadium | 30 July – Phú Thọ Stadium |
| Thái Sơn Nam | 4 | | | | Chonburi Bluewave | 3 |
| 27 July – Phú Thọ Stadium | 27 July – Phú Thọ Stadium | | | | | Chonburi Bluewave | 3 |
| 27 July – Phú Thọ Stadium | 27 July – Phú Thọ Stadium | | | | Giti Pasand Isfahan | 2 |
| Giti Pasand Isfahan | 2 | | | | Giti Pasand Isfahan | 2 |
| Giti Pasand Isfahan | 2 | 28 July – Phú Thọ Stadium | 28 July – Phú Thọ Stadium | | | |
| Bank of Beirut | 0 | 28 July – Phú Thọ Stadium | 28 July – Phú Thọ Stadium | | | |
| Bank of Beirut | 0 | Giti Pasand Isfahan | 4 | | | |
| 27 July – Phú Thọ Stadium | 27 July – Phú Thọ Stadium | | Giti Pasand Isfahan | 4 | | | |
| 27 July – Phú Thọ Stadium | 27 July – Phú Thọ Stadium | Al Rayyan | 2 | | Third place match | Third place match |
| Al-Dhafra | 3 | Al Rayyan | 2 | | Third place match | Third place match |
| Al-Dhafra | 3 | | | | 30 July – Phú Thọ Stadium | 30 July – Phú Thọ Stadium |
| Al Rayyan | 4 | | | | 30 July – Phú Thọ Stadium | 30 July – Phú Thọ Stadium |
| Al Rayyan | 4 | | | | Thái Sơn Nam | 6 |
| | | | | | Al Rayyan | 1 |

### Final
## Tournament team rankings

As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
| | Chonburi Bluewave | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 4 | +23 | 15 | Champions |
| | Giti Pasand Isfahan | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 7 | +11 | 12 | Runners-up |
| | Thái Sơn Nam (H) | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 14 | +11 | 12 | Third place |
| 4 | Al Rayyan | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 19 | −6 | 9 | Fourth place |
| 5 | Al-Dhafra | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 6 | Eliminated in quarter-finals |
| 6 | Shriker Osaka | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 3 | Eliminated in quarter-finals |
| 7 | Bank of Beirut | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 14 | −6 | 3 | Eliminated in quarter-finals |
| 8 | Naft Al-Wasat | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 7 | +8 | 9 | Eliminated in quarter-finals |
| 9 | EREM | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 6 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 10 | Vamos Mataram | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 10 | −1 | 3 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 11 | AGMK | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 13 | −10 | 0 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 12 | Shenzhen Nanling | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 12 | −11 | 0 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 13 | Disi Invest | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 14 | −9 | 0 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 14 | Vic Vipers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 14 | −11 | 0 | Eliminated in group stage |

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Jirawat Sornwichian | Chonburi Bluewave | 9 |
| 2 | Hossein Tayyebi | Thái Sơn Nam | 8 |
| 3 | Suphawut Thueanklang | Chonburi Bluewave | 7 |
| 3 | Ghodrat Bahadori | Naft Al-Wasat | 7 |
| 3 | Ahmad Esmaeilpour | Giti Pasand Isfahan | 7 |
| 6 | Vassoura | Al-Dhafra | 6 |
| 7 | Andri Kustiawan | Vamos Mataram | 5 |
| 8 | Diego Costa | Al Rayyan | 4 |
| 8 | Ali Asghar Hassanzadeh | Giti Pasand Isfahan | 4 |
| 8 | Flavio Barreto Arantes | Al Rayyan | 4 |
| 8 | Sota Shibano | Shriker Osaka | 4 |
| 8 | Lê Quốc Nam | Thái Sơn Nam | 4 |
Source: the-afc.com

## Awards

* AFC Futsal Club Championship 2017 Champions
* Chonburi Bluewave Second Title
* Most Valuable Player
** Ali Asghar Hassanzadeh ( Giti Pasand Isfahan)
* Top Scorer
** Jirawat Sornwichian (9 goals)
* Fair Play Award
** Thái Sơn Nam
* All-Star Team
** Katawut Hankampa (Chonburi Bluewave) (GK)
** Farhad Tavakoli (Naft Al-Wasat)
** Ali Asghar Hassanzadeh ( Giti Pasand Isfahan)
** Diego Costa (Al Rayyan)
** Suphawut Thueanklang (Chonburi Bluewave)
* Reserve All-Star Team
** Sepehr Mohammadi Giti Pasand Isfahan) (GK)
** Kritsada Wongkaeo (Chonburi Bluewave)
** Jirawat Sornwichian (Chonburi Bluewave)
** Hossein Tayyebi (Thái Sơn Nam)
** Ahmad Esmaeilpour ( Giti Pasand Isfahan)
** Coach: Rakphol SaiNetngam (Chonburi Bluewave)