# 2018 AFC Futsal Club Championship

The 2018 AFC Futsal Club Championship was the 9th 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 Yogyakarta, Indonesia between 1–12 August 2018.
In the final, Mes Sungun defeated Thái Sơn Nam to win their first title. Chonburi Bluewave were the defending champions, but were eliminated in the quarter-final VS Bank of Beirut

## Teams

Of the 47 AFC member associations, a total of 16 associations teams entered the competition, each entering one team. There was no qualification, and all entrants advanced to the final tournament.
All 14 associations which participated in the 2017 AFC Futsal Club Championship returned for 2018. Moreover, South Korea entered a team for the first time ever, and Myanmar entered a team for the first time since 2012, when they participated in qualification.
| Association | Team | Qualifying method |
| Australia | Vic Vipers | 2016 F-League champions (2017 season cancelled) |
| China | Dalian Yuan Dynasty | 2016–17 China Futsal Super League champions |
| Indonesia (hosts) | Vamos Mataram | 2017–18 Indonesia Pro Futsal League champions |
| Iraq | Naft Al-Wasat | 2017–18 Iraq Futsal League champions |
| Iran | Mes Sungun | 2017–18 Iranian Futsal Super League champions |
| Japan | Nagoya Oceans | 2017–18 F.League champions |
| Kyrgyzstan | Osh EREM | 2017–18 Kyrgyzstan Futsal League champions |
| South Korea | Jeonju MAG | 2017–18 FK-League champions |
| Lebanon | Bank of Beirut | 2017–18 Lebanon Futsal League champions |
| Myanmar | Victoria University College | 2017 Myanmar Futsal League third place |
| Qatar | Al-Sailiya | 2017–18 Qatar Futsal League champions |
| Tajikistan | Sipar Khujand | 2017–18 Tajikistan Futsal League runners-up |
| Thailand | Chonburi Bluewave | 2017 Futsal Thai League champions |
| United Arab Emirates | Al-Dhafra | 2017–18 UAE Futsal League champions |
| Uzbekistan | AGMK | 2017–18 Uzbekistan Futsal League champions |
| Vietnam | Thái Sơn Nam | 2017 Vietnam National Futsal League champions |

## Venues

Yogyakarta :
| GOR UNY | GOR Among Rogo |
| Capacity: | Capacity: 5,000 |

## Draw

The draw was held on 18 May 2018, 11:00 WIB (UTC+7), at the Fairmont Hotel in Jakarta. The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four teams. The teams were seeded according to their association's performance in the 2017 AFC Futsal Club Championship, with the team from hosts Indonesia automatically seeded and assigned to Position A1 in the draw.
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
| Vamos Mataram Chonburi Bluewave Mes Sungun Thái Sơn Nam | Al-Sailiya Al-Dhafra Nagoya Oceans Bank of Beirut | Naft Al-Wasat Osh EREM AGMK Dalian Yuan Dynasty | Sipar Khujand Vic Vipers Jeonju MAG (unranked) Victoria University College (unranked) |

## Squads

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

## 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, WIB (UTC+7).

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Nagoya Oceans | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | +13 | 9 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Vamos Mataram (H) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 4 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Dalian Yuan Dynasty | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 11 | −4 | 4 | |
| 4 | Victoria University College | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 15 | −12 | 0 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Naft Al-Wasat | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 7 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Thái Sơn Nam | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 8 | +9 | 6 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Al-Dhafra | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 4 | |
| 4 | Jeonju MAG | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 25 | −21 | 0 | |

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Chonburi Bluewave | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 5 | +16 | 9 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Osh EREM | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 6 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Al-Sailiya | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 13 | −6 | 3 | |
| 4 | Vic Vipers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 17 | −11 | 0 | |

### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Mes Sungun | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 4 | +17 | 9 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Bank of Beirut | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 6 | +10 | 6 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Sipar Khujand | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 21 | −15 | 3 | |
| 4 | AGMK | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 15 | −12 | 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 |
| 8 August – GOR UNY | 8 August – GOR UNY | | | |
| Nagoya Oceans | 2 | | | |
| Nagoya Oceans | 2 | 10 August – GOR UNY | 10 August – GOR UNY | | |
| Thái Sơn Nam (a.e.t.) | 3 | 10 August – GOR UNY | 10 August – GOR UNY | |
| Thái Sơn Nam (a.e.t.) | 3 | Thái Sơn Nam | 6 | |
| 8 August – GOR UNY | 8 August – GOR UNY | | Thái Sơn Nam | 6 | |
| 8 August – GOR UNY | 8 August – GOR UNY | Bank of Beirut | 5 | |
| Chonburi Bluewave | 7 (2) | Bank of Beirut | 5 | |
| Chonburi Bluewave | 7 (2) | | | | 12 August – GOR UNY | 12 August – GOR UNY |
| Bank of Beirut (p) | 7 (3) | | | | 12 August – GOR UNY | 12 August – GOR UNY |
| Bank of Beirut (p) | 7 (3) | | | | Thái Sơn Nam | 2 |
| 8 August – GOR Among Rogo | 8 August – GOR Among Rogo | | | | | Thái Sơn Nam | 2 |
| 8 August – GOR Among Rogo | 8 August – GOR Among Rogo | | | | Mes Sungun | 4 |
| Naft Al-Wasat (a.e.t.) | 7 | | | | Mes Sungun | 4 |
| Naft Al-Wasat (a.e.t.) | 7 | 10 August – GOR UNY | 10 August – GOR UNY | | | |
| Vamos Mataram | 4 | 10 August – GOR UNY | 10 August – GOR UNY | | | |
| Vamos Mataram | 4 | Naft Al-Wasat | 2 | | | |
| 8 August – GOR Among Rogo | 8 August – GOR Among Rogo | | Naft Al-Wasat | 2 | | | |
| 8 August – GOR Among Rogo | 8 August – GOR Among Rogo | Mes Sungun | 3 | | Third place | Third place |
| Mes Sungun | 8 | Mes Sungun | 3 | | Third place | Third place |
| Mes Sungun | 8 | | | | 12 August – GOR UNY | 12 August – GOR UNY |
| Osh EREM | 3 | | | | 12 August – GOR UNY | 12 August – GOR UNY |
| Osh EREM | 3 | | | | Bank of Beirut | 5 |
| | | | | | Naft Al-Wasat | 3 |

### Final
## Winners

* AFC Futsal Club Championship 2018 Champions
* Mes Sungun First Title

## Awards

| Top Goalscorer | Most Valuable Player | Fair Play award |
| Mahdi Javid (12 goals) (Bank of Beirut) | Mahdi Javid (Bank of Beirut) | Naft Al-Wasat |

### All-Star Team

| All-Star Team | Reserve All-Star Team |
| Alireza Samimi (Mes Sungun) (GK) Farhad Tavakoli (Naft Al-Wasat) Ahmad Kheir El-Dine (Bank of Beirut) Luizinho (Nagoya Oceans) Mahdi Javid (Bank of Beirut) | Hồ Văn Ý (Thái Sơn Nam) (GK) Farhad Fakhimzadeh (Mes Sungun) Tôn Thất Phi (Thái Sơn Nam) Abolghasem Orouji (Mes Sungun) Suphawut Thueanklang (Chonburi Bluewave) |
| Coach ||
| Hamid Bigham (Mes Sungun) ||

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Mahdi Javid | Bank of Beirut | 12 |
| 2 | Suphawut Thueanklang | Chonburi Bluewave | 8 |
| 2 | Hossein Tayyebi | Mes Sungun | 8 |
| 4 | Farhad Fakhimzadeh | Mes Sungun | 6 |
| 4 | Ali Asghar Hassanzadeh | Mes Sungun | 6 |
| 4 | Hassan Ali Jabar | Naft Al-Wasat | 6 |
| 4 | Farhad Tavakoli | Naft Al-Wasat | 6 |
| 8 | Mohamed Fadaaq | Al-Dhafra | 5 |
| 8 | Mohamad Kobeissy | Bank of Beirut | 5 |
| 8 | Kritsada Wongkaeo | Chonburi Bluewave | 5 |
| 8 | Nguyễn Minh Trí | Thái Sơn Nam | 5 |
    Source: stats.the-afc.com

## 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 |
| | Mes Sungun | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 11 | +25 | 18 | Champions |
| | Thái Sơn Nam | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 19 | +9 | 12 | Runners-up |
| | Bank of Beirut | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33 | 22 | +11 | 10 | Third place |
| 4 | Naft Al-Wasat | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 17 | +6 | 10 | Fourth place |
| 5 | Chonburi Bluewave | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 12 | +16 | 10 | Eliminated in quarter-finals |
| 6 | Nagoya Oceans | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 4 | +12 | 9 | Eliminated in quarter-finals |
| 7 | EREM | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 16 | −4 | 6 | Eliminated in quarter-finals |
| 8 | Vamos Mataram (H) | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 4 | Eliminated in quarter-finals |
| 9 | Al-Dhafra | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 4 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 10 | Dalian Yuan Dynasty | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 11 | −4 | 4 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 11 | Al Sailiya | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 13 | −6 | 3 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 12 | Sipar Khujand | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 21 | −15 | 3 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 13 | Vic Vipers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 17 | −11 | 0 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 14 | AGMK | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 15 | −12 | 0 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 15 | Victoria University College | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 15 | −12 | 0 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 16 | Jeonju MAG | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 25 | −21 | 0 | Eliminated in group stage |