2020 AFC Futsal Championship qualification
The 2020 AFC Futsal Championship qualification was the qualification process organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) to determine the participating teams for the 2020 AFC Futsal Championship, the 16th edition of the international men's futsal championship of Asia. A total of 16 teams qualified to play in the final tournament, including Turkmenistan who automatically qualified as original hosts (tournament was later relocated to Kuwait before being cancelled). The qualification process was divided into four zones: ASEAN Zone, where the 2019 AFF Futsal Championship served as the qualifying competition, Central & South Zone (Nepal being  the only team from South Zone entering), East Zone, and West Zone. Qualification process. Of the 47 AFC member associations, a total of 31 teams entered the competition. Based on the teams’ performance of 2018 AFC Futsal Championship, the 16 spots in the final tournament were distributed as follows: Draw. In each zone, the teams were seeded according to their performance in the 2018 AFC Futsal Championship final tournament and qualification (overall ranking shown in parentheses; NR stands for non-ranked teams). The draw for the 2019 AFF Futsal Championship, which served as the ASEAN Zone qualifying competition, was held  by the AFF in July 2019. The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. The draw for the Central & South Zone, East Zone and West Zone, was held on 25 July 2019, 15:00 MYT (), at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Format. In each group, teams played 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 10.5): ASEAN Zone. Top three teams of the tournament qualified for 2020 AFC Futsal Championship. Semi-finals. The winners qualified for 2020 AFC Futsal Championship. Third place match. The winner qualified for 2020 AFC Futsal Championship. Central & South Zone. Top two teams of each group qualified for 2020 AFC Futsal Championship. Had Turkmenistan occupied one of the qualifying spots, the best third-placed team from the two groups would also have qualified. East Zone. Winners of each group, and the winner of the play-off between the group runners-up, qualified for 2020 AFC Futsal Championship. Play-off. The  winner qualified for 2020 AFC Futsal Championship. West Zone. Top two teams of each group, and the winner of the play-off between the group third-placed team, qualified for 2020 AFC Futsal Championship. Play-off. The winner qualified for 2020 AFC Futsal Championship. Qualified teams. The following 16 teams qualified for the final tournament.