# 2014 AFC Futsal Championship

The 2014 AFC Futsal Championship was held in Vietnam from 30 April to 10 May 2014. 16 countries took part in the 13th edition of the tournament. Japan won the championship and successfully defended their title from the 2012 AFC Futsal Championship.

## Qualified teams

| Team | Qualified as | Qualification date | Appearance in finals |
| Japan | 2012 AFC Futsal Championship Winners | 0130 May 2012 | 13th |
| Thailand | 2012 AFC Futsal Championship Runners-up | 0230 May 2012 | 13th |
| Iran | 2012 AFC Futsal Championship Third place | 031 June 2012 | 13th |
| Vietnam | Hosts and ASEAN Zone Third place | 0431 August 2013 | 3rd |
| Chinese Taipei | East Zone Runners-Up | 056 October 2013 | 10th |
| China | East Zone Winner | 066 October 2013 | 10th |
| South Korea | East Zone Third place | 077 October 2013 | 12th |
| Indonesia | ASEAN Zone Fourth place | 0822 October 2013 | 9th |
| Australia | ASEAN Zone Runners-up | 0922 October 2013 | 6th |
| Malaysia | ASEAN Zone Fifth place | 1023 October 2013 | 10th |
| Uzbekistan | South & Central Group Winner | 116 November 2013 | 13th |
| Tajikistan | South & Central Group Runners-up | 127 November 2013 | 8th |
| Kyrgyzstan | South & Central Group Third place | 137 November 2013 | 13th |
| Lebanon | West Group Winners | 1411 December 2013 | 9th |
| Kuwait | West Group Runners-up | 1511 December 2013 | 11th |
| Iraq | West Group Third place | 1612 December 2013 | 9th |

## Venues

Ho Chi Minh City :
| Phu Tho Gymnasium | Ton Duc Thang University Gymnasium |
| Capacity: 5,000 | Capacity: 2,700 |

## Draw

The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four teams. The teams were seeded according to their performance in the previous season in 2012.
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
| Vietnam (hosts) Japan Thailand Iran | Australia Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Lebanon | Uzbekistan China Tajikistan Chinese Taipei | Indonesia South Korea Iraq Malaysia |

## Group stage

If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria were applied to determine the rankings.
* Greater number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
* Goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned;
* Greater number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned;
* Goal difference in all the group matches;
* Greater number of goals scored in all the group matches;
* Kicks from the penalty mark if only two teams are involved and they are both on the field of play;
* Fewer score calculated according to the number of yellow and red cards received in the group matches;
* Drawing of lots.
All times are local (UTC+7).

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Kuwait | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 6 |
| 2 | Vietnam (H) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 6 |
| 3 | Iraq | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 6 |
| 4 | Tajikistan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 21 | −16 | 0 |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Iran | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 2 | +23 | 9 |
| 2 | Australia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 6 |
| 3 | Indonesia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 13 | −8 | 3 |
| 4 | China | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 18 | −14 | 0 |

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Thailand | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 6 | +9 | 7 |
| 2 | Lebanon | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 13 | −1 | 4 |
| 3 | Chinese Taipei | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 15 | −5 | 3 |
| 4 | Malaysia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 11 | −3 | 3 |

### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Uzbekistan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 7 |
| 2 | Japan | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 2 | +15 | 6 |
| 3 | Kyrgyzstan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 4 |
| 4 | South Korea | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 19 | −18 | 0 |

## Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary (no extra time is used in the third place match).
| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| May 7 – Ho Chi Minh City | May 7 – Ho Chi Minh City | | | |
| Kuwait | 5 | | | |
| Kuwait | 5 | May 8 – Ho Chi Minh City | May 8 – Ho Chi Minh City | | |
| Australia | 2 | May 8 – Ho Chi Minh City | May 8 – Ho Chi Minh City | |
| Australia | 2 | Kuwait | 1 | |
| May 7 – Ho Chi Minh City | May 7 – Ho Chi Minh City | | Kuwait | 1 | |
| May 7 – Ho Chi Minh City | May 7 – Ho Chi Minh City | Japan | 6 | |
| Thailand | 2 | Japan | 6 | |
| Thailand | 2 | | | | May 10 – Ho Chi Minh City | May 10 – Ho Chi Minh City |
| Japan | 3 | | | | May 10 – Ho Chi Minh City | May 10 – Ho Chi Minh City |
| Japan | 3 | | | | Japan | 2(3) |
| May 7 – Ho Chi Minh City | May 7 – Ho Chi Minh City | | | | | Japan | 2(3) |
| May 7 – Ho Chi Minh City | May 7 – Ho Chi Minh City | | | | Iran | 2(0) |
| Iran | 15 | | | | Iran | 2(0) |
| Iran | 15 | May 8 – Ho Chi Minh City | May 8 – Ho Chi Minh City | | | |
| Vietnam | 4 | May 8 – Ho Chi Minh City | May 8 – Ho Chi Minh City | | | |
| Vietnam | 4 | Iran | 10 | | | |
| May 7 – Ho Chi Minh City | May 7 – Ho Chi Minh City | | Iran | 10 | | | |
| May 7 – Ho Chi Minh City | May 7 – Ho Chi Minh City | Uzbekistan | 0 | | Third place | Third place |
| Uzbekistan | 6 | Uzbekistan | 0 | | Third place | Third place |
| Uzbekistan | 6 | | | | May 10 – Ho Chi Minh City | May 10 – Ho Chi Minh City |
| Lebanon | 2 | | | | May 10 – Ho Chi Minh City | May 10 – Ho Chi Minh City |
| Lebanon | 2 | | | | Kuwait | 1 |
| | | | | | Uzbekistan | 2 |

### Final
## Goalscorers
### 15 goals

* Hossein Tayyebi

### 8 goals

* Ali Asghar Hassanzadeh
* Nobuya Osodo

### 7 goals

* Vahid Shafiei
* Suphawut Thueanklang

## Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:
| Top Goalscorer | Most Valuable Player | Fair Play award |
| Hossein Tayyebi | Ali Asghar Hassanzadeh | Japan |