# 2008 AFC Futsal Championship

The 2008 AFC Futsal Championship was held in Bangkok, Thailand from 11 to 18 May 2008. The tournament acted as a qualifying tournament for the 2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup in Brazil.

## Venues

Bangkok :
| Hua Mark Indoor Stadium | Nimibutr Indoor Stadium |
| Capacity: 6,000 | Capacity: 5,600 |

## Draw

The draw for the 2008 AFC Futsal Championship was held on 11 April 2008 in Bangkok, Thailand.
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
| Iran Japan Kyrgyzstan Uzbekistan | Australia Lebanon Tajikistan Thailand | China Iraq South Korea Turkmenistan | Chinese Taipei Indonesia Kuwait Malaysia |

## Group stage
### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Thailand | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | +14 | 9 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 4 | +10 | 6 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 20 | −14 | 3 |
| Iraq | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 14 | −10 | 0 |

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Japan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 5 | +11 | 9 |
| Australia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 6 |
| Turkmenistan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 3 |
| Chinese Taipei | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 20 | −16 | 0 |

### Group C

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Uzbekistan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 4 | +15 | 9 |
| Lebanon | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 14 | −2 | 4 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 19 | −11 | 3 |
| South Korea | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 13 | −2 | 1 |

### Group D

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Iran | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 1 | +33 | 9 |
| China | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 8 | +11 | 6 |
| Tajikistan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 27 | −21 | 3 |
| Kuwait | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 27 | −23 | 0 |

## Knockout stage

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| May 15 – Bangkok | May 15 – Bangkok | | | |
| Thailand | 5 | | | |
| Thailand | 5 | May 16 – Bangkok | May 16 – Bangkok | | |
| Australia | 2 | May 16 – Bangkok | May 16 – Bangkok | |
| Australia | 2 | Thailand | 7 | |
| May 15 – Bangkok | May 15 – Bangkok | | Thailand | 7 | |
| May 15 – Bangkok | May 15 – Bangkok | China | 3 | |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | China | 3 | |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | | | | May 18 – Bangkok | May 18 – Bangkok |
| China | 4 | | | | May 18 – Bangkok | May 18 – Bangkok |
| China | 4 | | | | Thailand | 0 |
| May 15 – Bangkok | May 15 – Bangkok | | | | | Thailand | 0 |
| May 15 – Bangkok | May 15 – Bangkok | | | | Iran | 4 |
| Japan | 4 | | | | Iran | 4 |
| Japan | 4 | May 16 – Bangkok | May 16 – Bangkok | | | |
| Kyrgyzstan | 0 | May 16 – Bangkok | May 16 – Bangkok | | | |
| Kyrgyzstan | 0 | Japan | 0 | | | |
| May 15 – Bangkok | May 15 – Bangkok | | Japan | 0 | | | |
| May 15 – Bangkok | May 15 – Bangkok | Iran | 1 | | Third place | Third place |
| Iran | 9 | Iran | 1 | | Third place | Third place |
| Iran | 9 | | | | May 18 – Bangkok | May 18 – Bangkok |
| Lebanon | 1 | | | | May 18 – Bangkok | May 18 – Bangkok |
| Lebanon | 1 | | | | China | 3 |
| | | | | | Japan | 5 |

### Final
## Awards

* AFC Futsal Championship 2008 winners
* Iran 9th title
* Asghar Ghahremani, Mohammad Taheri, Mohammad Keshavarz, Mohammad Hashemzadeh, Javad Asghari Moghaddam, Kazem Mohammadi, Vahid Shamsaei, Mohammad Reza Heidarian, Majid Latifi, Mostafa Nazari, Majid Raeisi, Mostafa Tayyebi, Ali Asghar Hassanzadeh, Hamid Reza Abrarinia
* Coach: Hossein Shams
* Most Valuable Player
** Vahid Shamsaei
* Top Scorer
** Vahid Shamsaei (13 goals)
* Fair-Play Award
** Japan
* All-Star Team
** Mostafa Nazari (GK)
** Mohammad Taheri
** Daisuke Ono
** Panuwat Janta
** Vahid Shamsaei
** Coach: Hossein Shams (Iran)
* Reserve All-Star Team
** Zheng Tao and Somkid Chuenta (GK)
** Mohammad Reza Heidarian
** Mohammad Keshavarz
** Lertchai Issarasuwipakorn
** Majid Latifi
** Coach: Farinha (China) and Jose María Pazos (Thailand)

## Goalscorers
### 13 goals

* Vahid Shamsaei

### 6 goals

* Ali Asghar Hassanzadeh
* Anucha Munjarern

### 5 goals

* Li Xin
* Majid Latifi
* Mohammad Taheri
* Yuki Kanayama
* Hurshid Tajibaev

### 4 goals

* Liang Shuang
* Liu Xinyi
* Wang Wei
* Mohammad Reza Heidarian
* Yusuke Inada
* Yusuke Komiyama
* Daisuke Ono
* Nurjan Djetybaev
* Khaled Takaji
* Panuwat Janta
* Panomkorn Saisorn
* Tanakorn Santanaprasit
* Farruh Farhutdinov

### 3 goals

* Lachlan Wright
* Christopher Zeballos
* Wu Zhuoxi
* Zhang Xi
* Zhang Xiao
* Majid Raeisi
* Mostafa Tayyebi
* Kenichiro Kogure
* Hayssam Atwi
* Nikolay Odushev
* Ilhom Yusupdjanov

### 2 goals

* Fernando
* Adrian Vizzari
* Chang Fu-hsiang
* Jaelani Ladjanibi
* Javad Asghari Moghaddam
* Mohammad Hashemzadeh
* Kazem Mohammadi
* Abdul-Karim Ghazi
* Talaibek Djumataev
* Mahmoud Itani
* Serge Said
* Muizzudin Mohd Haris
* Safar Mohamad
* Kang Hyun-uk
* Lee Jong-yun
* Shin Han-kook
* Firdavs Faizullaev
* Alisher Ulmasov
* Prasert Innui
* Ekkapong Suratsawang
* Mekan Muhamedmuradov
* Agajan Resulov
* Dilshod Irsaliev

### 1 goal

* Greg Giovenali
* Luke Haydon
* Hu Jie
* Li Jian
* Zhang Jiong
* Chen Chun-chieh
* Huang Shih-chan
* Fachry Assegaff
* Deny Handoyo
* Sayan Karmadi
* Topas Wiyantoro
* Mohammad Keshavarz
* Hashim Khalid
* Ali Saad
* Kenta Fujii
* Kotaro Inaba
* Takeshi Kishimoto
* Meshari Al-Nakkas
* Mohammad Al-Nagi
* Hamed Al-Otaibi
* Hamad Al-Othman
* Daniar Abdyraimov
* Marat Duvanaev
* Dilshat Kadyrov
* Emil Kanetov
* Evgeniy Malinin
* Azamat Mendibaev
* Mihail Sundeev
* Rabih Abou-Chaaya
* Abbas Fadlallah
* Ruzaley Abdul Aziz
* Ahmad Hanif Sarmin
* Addie Azwan Zainal
* Zaidi Zulkhapri
* Jung Hae-hyuck
* Jung Hyuk
* Kim In-woo
* Obidjon Ismoilov
* Sherzod Jumaev
* Sermphan Khumthinkaew
* Ekkapan Suratsawang
* Natthapon Suttiroj
* Ukrit Tangtung
* Ahmed Allaberdiyev
* Bayrammurat Esenmamedov
* Mergen Orazov
* Ildar Tashliyev
* Umid Holmatov
* Gulomjon Mamdjonov
* Shuhrat Tojiboev

### Own goals

* Fang Ching-jen (for Australia)
* Lee Meng-chian (for Japan)
* Maulana Ihsan (for Thailand)
* Ali Saad (for Kyrgyzstan)
* Marat Duvanaev (for Japan)
* Rabih Abou-Chaaya (for South Korea)
* Zaidi Zulkhapri (for South Korea)
* Obidjon Ismoilov (for Iran)
* Bakhodur Sufiev (for Iran)