# 2015 AFC Women's Futsal Championship

The 2015 AFC Women's Futsal Championship was the first edition of the AFC Women's Futsal Championship, the biennial international futsal championship organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the women's national teams of Asia. The tournament was held in Nilai, Malaysia, between 21 and 26 September 2015.

## Qualified teams

A total of eight AFC member national teams participated in the tournament. The event invitations were based on participation in the previous two editions of the Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games (2009 and 2013).
| Team | Qualified as | Appearance |
| Malaysia | Hosts / 2013 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games participants | 1st |
| China | 2013 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games participants | 1st |
| Hong Kong | 2013 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games participants | 1st |
| Iran | 2009 and 2013 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games participants | 1st |
| Japan | 2009 and 2013 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games participants | 1st |
| Thailand | 2009 and 2013 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games participants | 1st |
| Uzbekistan | 2009 and 2013 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games participants | 1st |
| Vietnam | 2009 and 2013 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games participants | 1st |

### Notes

* Indonesia were removed from the competition due to a FIFA suspension.
* Jordan withdrew before the draw was held.

## Venues

All matches were played at the Nilai Indoor Stadium, Nilai.
* Nilai
* Nilai Indoor Stadium
* Capacity:

## Draw

The draw was held on 14 July 2015 at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams (one seeded team and three unseeded teams). Japan and Iran, the champions and runners-up at the 2013 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games, were seeded in Pot 1, while all other teams were unseeded in Pot 2.
| Pot 1 (seeded) | Pot 2 (unseeded) |
| Japan  Iran | China  Hong Kong  Malaysia  Thailand  Uzbekistan  Vietnam |

## Group stage

The top two teams of each group advanced to the semi-finals.

### Tiebreakers

The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers would be applied in the following order:
* 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;
* If, after applying criteria 1 to 3, teams still have an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 3 are reapplied exclusively to the matches between the teams in question to determine their final rankings. If this procedure does not lead to a decision, criteria 5 to 9 apply;
* Goal difference in all the group matches;
* Greater number of goals scored in all the group matches;
* Penalty shoot-out 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 (1 point for a single yellow card, 3 points for a red card as a consequence of two yellow cards, 3 points for a direct red card, 4 points for a yellow card followed by a direct red card);
* Drawing of lots.
All times are local, MYT (UTC+8).

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Iran | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 3 | +16 | 9 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Malaysia (H) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 9 | +6 | 6 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Hong Kong | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 13 | −9 | 1 | |
| 4 | Uzbekistan | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 21 | −13 | 1 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Japan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 5 | +9 | 9 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Thailand | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 6 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | China | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 12 | −7 | 3 | |
| 4 | Vietnam | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 0 | |

## Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary (no extra time would be used in the third place match).

### Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 25 September – Nilai | 25 September – Nilai |
| Iran | 1 |
| Iran | 1 | 26 September – Nilai | 26 September – Nilai |
| Thailand | 0 | 26 September – Nilai | 26 September – Nilai |
| Thailand | 0 | Iran | 1 |
| 25 September – Nilai | 25 September – Nilai | | Iran | 1 |
| 25 September – Nilai | 25 September – Nilai | Japan | 0 |
| Japan | 8 | Japan | 0 |
| Malaysia | 1 | | |
| Malaysia | 1 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 26 September – Nilai | 26 September – Nilai |
| | | Thailand | 4 |
| | | Malaysia | 1 |

### Final
## Awards

* AFC Women's Futsal Championship 2015 Champions
* Iran First Title
* Most Valuable Player
** Fereshteh Karimi
* Top Scorer Award
** Farahiyah Ridzuan (7 goals, won tiebreaker over Chikage Kichibayashi)

## Goalscorers
### 7 goals

* Chikage Kichibayashi
* Farahiyah Ridzuan

### 6 goals

* Fereshteh Karimi

### 5 goals

* Sara Shirbeigi

### 4 goals

* Makhliyo Sarikova

### 3 goals

* Mao Yifan
* Fahimeh Zarei
* Maiko Higashiyama
* Mutsumi Sakata
* Norhawa Yasin
* Mahliyo Yusupova

### 2 goals

* Liu Jing
* Kwong Wing Yan
* Sepideh Zarrinrad
* Anna Amishiro
* Saori Kato
* Fatin Shahida Azmi
* Hataichanok Tappakun
* Mamyalee Sawitree
* Sasicha Phothiwong
* Siranya Srimanee
* Nguyễn Thị Châu
* Phạm Thị Tươi

### 1 goal

* Ng Wing Kum
* Wong So Han
* Nasimeh Gholami
* Zohreh Meisami
* Sohila Tarazi
* Kana Kitagawa
* Shiori Nakajima
* Minako Sekinada
* Akari Takao
* Masturah Majid
* Sity Norazizah Jamal
* Nur Shazreen Munazli
* Usliza Usman
* Darika Peanpailun
* Nipaporn Sriwarom
* Feruza Turdiboeva
* Nguyễn Thị Mỹ Anh

### 1 Own goal

* Wang Hui (playing against Japan)
* Kwong Wing Yan (playing against Malaysia)
* Nur Shazreen Munazli (playing against Thailand)

### 2 Own goals

* Makhliyo Sarikova (both playing against Iran)
Source: the-AFC.com