# 2019 AFC U-20 Futsal Championship qualification

The 2019 AFC U-20 Futsal Championship qualification is the qualification process organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) to determine the participating teams for the 2019 AFC U-20 Futsal Championship. Players born after 1 January 1999 were eligible to compete in the tournament.
A total of 12 teams qualify to play in the final tournament.

## Draw

Of the 47 AFC member associations, a total of 23 teams entered the competition. The qualification process is divided into four zones: ASEAN Zone, Central Zone, East Zone and West Zone (no teams from South Zone entered qualification). The 12 spots in the final tournament are distributed as follows:
* Hosts: 1 spot
* ASEAN Zone: 3 spots
* Central Zone: 3 spots
* East Zone: 2 spots
* West Zone: 3 spots
As the final tournament hosts had not been announced at the time of the qualifying draw, the hosts were also included in the draw. Despite having automatically qualified for the final tournament, they may still decide to participate in qualification, and if they finish in one of the qualification spots, the next best team in their zone also qualifies.
The draw for the qualifiers was held on 30 August 2018, 15:00 MYT (UTC+8), at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The mechanism of the draw for each zone is as follows:
* ASEAN Zone: Five teams entered the competition, and they were placed into one group, so no draw was necessary. The top three teams qualify for the final tournament.
* Central Zone: Initially five teams entered the competition, and they were placed into one group, so no draw was necessary. However, after Uzbekistan were added, a re-draw for the Central Zone was held on 18 September 2018 at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The six teams were drawn into two groups of three. The winners of each group, and the winners of the play-off between the runners-up, qualify for the final tournament.
* East Zone: Six teams entered the competition, and they were drawn into two groups of three. The winners of each group qualify for the final tournament.
* West Zone: Six teams entered the competition, and they were drawn into two groups of three. The winners of each group, and the winners of the play-off between the runners-up, qualify for the final tournament.
The teams were seeded according to their performance in the 2017 AFC U-20 Futsal Championship final tournament.
| Zone | Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 |
| ASEAN Zone | Thailand (H) Indonesia Vietnam Malaysia Myanmar | Thailand (H) Indonesia Vietnam Malaysia Myanmar | Thailand (H) Indonesia Vietnam Malaysia Myanmar |
| Central Zone | Iran Uzbekistan (H) | Afghanistan Tajikistan | Kyrgyzstan Turkmenistan |
| East Zone | Japan Mongolia (H) | Hong Kong China | Chinese Taipei Macau |
| West Zone | Iraq Lebanon | United Arab Emirates (H) Saudi Arabia | Kuwait Syria (replaced by Bahrain after the draw) |

### Notes

* Teams in bold qualified for the final tournament. Saudi Arabia, which originally qualified, withdrew and were replaced by Hong Kong.
* (H): Qualification hosts

## Format

In each group, teams play each other once at a centralised venue.

### 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 11.5):
* 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.

## ASEAN Zone

* The ASEAN Zone qualifiers are played between 5–9 December 2018.
* All matches are held in Thailand.
* Times listed are UTC+7.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Thailand (H) | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 6 | +10 | 10 | Final tournament |
| 2 | Vietnam | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 8 | Final tournament |
| 3 | Indonesia | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 9 | +9 | 7 | Final tournament |
| 4 | Malaysia | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 3 | |
| 5 | Myanmar | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 19 | −17 | 0 | |

## Central Zone

* The Central Zone qualifiers are played between 1–4 December 2018.
* All matches are held in Uzbekistan.
* Times listed are UTC+5.

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Iran | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 6 | Final tournament |
| 2 | Afghanistan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 3 | Play-off |
| 3 | Turkmenistan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 11 | −8 | 0 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Kyrgyzstan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 3 | Final tournament |
| 2 | Tajikistan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 3 | Play-off |
| 3 | Uzbekistan (H) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 3 | |

### Play-off

Winner qualifies for 2019 AFC U-20 Futsal Championship.
As Iran were confirmed as the final tournament hosts on 5 December 2018, loser also qualifies for 2019 AFC U-20 Futsal Championship.

## East Zone

* The East Zone qualifiers are played between 1–3 December 2018.
* All matches are held in Mongolia.
* Times listed are UTC+8.

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Japan | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 2 | +20 | 6 | Final tournament |
| 2 | Hong Kong | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 3 | Final tournament as replacement |
| 3 | Macau | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 23 | −23 | 0 | |
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### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Chinese Taipei | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 6 | Final tournament |
| 2 | Mongolia (H) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 3 | |
| 3 | China | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 11 | −7 | 0 | |

## West Zone

* The West Zone qualifiers are played between 6–9 December 2018.
* All matches are held in United Arab Emirates.
* Times listed are UTC+4.

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Lebanon | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 4 | +11 | 6 | Final tournament |
| 2 | Saudi Arabia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 3 | Play-off |
| 3 | Kuwait | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 11 | −8 | 0 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Iraq | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | +11 | 6 | Final tournament |
| 2 | Bahrain | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 3 | Play-off |
| 3 | United Arab Emirates (H) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 11 | −9 | 0 | |

### Play-off

Winner qualifies for 2019 AFC U-20 Futsal Championship.
Saudi Arabia later withdrew and were replaced by Hong Kong.

## Qualified teams

The following 12 teams qualified for the final tournament. Saudi Arabia, which originally qualified, withdrew and were replaced by Hong Kong.
| Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances in AFC U-20 Futsal Championship |
| Thailand | ASEAN Zone winners | 7 December 2018 | 1 (2017) |
| Vietnam | ASEAN Zone runners-up | 9 December 2018 | 1 (2017) |
| Indonesia | ASEAN Zone third place | 8 December 2018 | 1 (2017) |
| Iran | Central Zone Group A winners and Hosts | 3 December 2018 | 1 (2017) |
| Kyrgyzstan | Central Zone Group B winners | 3 December 2018 | 1 (2017) |
| Afghanistan | Central Zone play-off winners | 4 December 2018 | 1 (2017) |
| Tajikistan | Central Zone play-off losers | 5 December 2018 | 1 (2017) |
| Japan | East Zone Group A winners | 3 December 2018 | 1 (2017) |
| Chinese Taipei | East Zone Group B winners | 2 December 2018 | 1 (2017) |
| Hong Kong | East Zone best runners-up | 10 April 2019 | 1 (2017) |
| Lebanon | West Zone Group A winners | 8 December 2018 | 1 (2017) |
| Iraq | West Zone Group B winners | 8 December 2018 | 1 (2017) |
    $^1$ Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

## Goalscorers

There were 204 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 6.8 goals per match.
6 goals
* Khalil Marran
5 goals
* Hiroto Otsuka
* Jiei Yamada
* Jamal Selwan
4 goals
* Muhammad Sanjaya
* Muhammad Syaifullah
* Takehiro Motoishi
3 goals
* Seyed Mousavi
* Sayed Adnan
* Tai Wei-jen
* Rizal Musthofa
* Hussein Abdulhakeem
* Masashi Osawa
* Denisbek Amandyk Uulu
* Mirlan Zholdubaev
* Abdullah Al-Dossari
* Fahad Al Qasim
* Muhamamd Rajabov
* Mukhammad Zoirov
* Huỳnh Mi Woen
2 goals
* Hamid Reza Hossaini
* Farzad Mahmoodi
* Komail Zakareya
* Zhong Liguo
* Chen Ching-hang
* Chu Wing Cho
* Dewa Rizki Amanda
* Afif Rizky
* Salar Aghapour
* Seyed Behdad Ahmadi
* Belal Esmaeili
* Ali Abdullah Lami
* Yaseen Hussein
* Kaito Yamada
* Georgio El Khoury
* Hussein Hamieh
* Majd Hamouch
* Harith Naim
* Ekmal Shahrin
* Bat-Orgil Erdenebat
* Alwaleed Al-Harbi
* Khalid Saburov
* Idris Yorov
* Piyapan Aeimwilai
* Nattasak Photi
* Chutinan Raksasap
* Supakorn Sangom
* Asli Mukhammadiev
* Shakhzodjon Sadiev
* Nguyễn Huỳnh Thanh Huy
1 goal
* Hassan Ali Jafari
* Dawood Yousufi
* Saleh Ahmed
* Hasan Jaafar
* Liu Changsheng
* Xu Maoxi
* Chang Che-ming
* Huang Chih-kai
* Hsieh Chin-cheng
* Liu Ju-ming
* Wang Kun-wei
* Yuen Sai Kit
* Wong Wai Kwok
* Chow Ka Lok Leo
* Chang Hiu Nam
* Lee Ho Yin
* Firman Adriansyah
* Rizki Xavier
* Ramadhan Zidani
* Sajjad Adelipour
* Reza Ghanbari
* Masoud Yousef
* Hussein Al-Rubaye
* Sadeq Basim
* Basheer Chasib
* Hayder Raad
* Hussein Zamil
* Reira Hashimoto
* Gensuke Mori
* Yudai Takahashi
* Abdalmahsen Al-Ateeqi
* Abdullah Al-Sahli
* Azamat Dolotkeldiev
* Damir Isakov
* Mamatziia Zholdoshov
* Mohamad Elkaiss
* Nabih Harfouche
* Steve Koukezian
* Hassan Shehab
* Zakry Asraf
* Iskandar Harun
* Erdene-Undrakh Battogtokh
* Bilegjargal Purevkhuu
* Ankhbayar Tumurbaatar
* Luaw Zar Yar Lwin
* Htet Wai Thein
* Meshari Al-Obid
* Musab Muharraq
* Faridun Nematov
* Rabijon Rabiev
* Krit Aransanyalak
* Somchai Aunyongseng
* Charoondej Muenthiang
* Thawatchai Rairat
* Chutipong Suraditanunt
* Daniil Panchenko
* Muhametkuli Kuliyev
* Humaid Al-Shehhi
* Mohamed Hasan
* Abdulla Solikhov
* Châu Đoàn Phát
* Đào Minh Quang
* Nhận Gia Hưng
1 own goal
* Javad Safari (against Iran)
* Muhammad Syaifullah (against Thailand)
* Rizki Xavier (against Thailand)
* Erfan Hosseinzadeh (against Turkmenistan)
* Hassan Shehab (against Kuwait)
* Pyae Phyo Maung (against Thailand)
* Khalil Marran (against Bahrain)
* Meylis Hoshmyradov (against Afghanistan)
* Arzuvguly Sapargulyyev (against Afghanistan)