AFC Women's Futsal Asian Cup
| Organising body | AFC |
|---|---|
| Founded | September 2015 |
| Region | Asia |
| Number of teams | 12 (finals) |
| Current champions | Japan (1st title) |
| Most successful team(s) | Iran (2 titles) |
| 2025 AFC Women's Futsal Asian Cup | |
The AFC Women's Futsal Asian Cup (previously the AFC Women's Futsal Championship before 2021[1]), is the quadrennial premier national women's futsal competition of the Asian Football Confederation nations. The first edition was held in Malaysia in 2015.[2][3]
Starting from 2025, the tournament serves as a qualification for the FIFA Futsal Women's World Cup.
Iran won the first two editions. Japan are the reigning champions, having won their first title in 2025.
Results
Summary
| Edition | Year | Host | Final | Third place match | Number of teams | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champions | Score | Runners-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | |||||||
| 1 | 2015 |
Malaysia |
Iran |
1–0 | Japan |
Thailand |
4–1 | Malaysia |
8[note 1] | |||
| 2 | 2018 |
Thailand |
Iran |
5–2 | Japan |
Thailand |
0–0 (3–2 pen.) |
Vietnam |
15 | |||
| — | 2020 |
Kuwait |
Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic[5] | |||||||||
| 3 | 2025 |
China |
Japan |
3–3 (a.e.t.) (3–2 p) |
Thailand |
Iran |
3–1 | China |
12 | |||
Teams reaching the top four
| Team | Winners | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 2 (2015, 2018) | 1 (2025) | ||
| Japan | 1 (2025) | 2 (2015, 2018) | ||
| Thailand | 1 (2025) | 2 (2015, 2018*) | ||
| China | 1 (2025*) | |||
| Malaysia | 1 (2015*) | |||
| Vietnam | 1 (2018) |
- * as hosts
Summary (2015–2025)
| Rank | Team | Part | M | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iran | 3 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 70 | 15 | +55 | 43 |
| 2 | Japan | 3 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 72 | 31 | +41 | 40 |
| 3 | Thailand | 3 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 60 | 19 | +41 | 34 |
| 4 | China | 3 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 42 | 35 | +7 | 21 |
| 5 | Vietnam | 3 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 21 | +5 | 20 |
| 6 | Chinese Taipei | 2 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 19 | +3 | 12 |
| 7 | Indonesia | 2 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 15 | +5 | 11 |
| 8 | Malaysia | 2 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 27 | 29 | –2 | 9 |
| 9 | Hong Kong | 3 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 24 | 39 | –15 | 7 |
| 10 | Uzbekistan | 3 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 46 | –27 | 7 |
| 11 | Lebanon | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 13 | –9 | 3 |
| 12 | Australia | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | –5 | 0 |
| 13 | Philippines | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 | –8 | 0 |
| 14 | Turkmenistan | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 17 | –16 | 0 |
| 15 | Bangladesh | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 20 | –18 | 0 |
| 16 | Bahrain | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 33 | –26 | 0 |
| 17 | Macau | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 31 | –31 | 0 |
Participating nations
Legend:
- 1st — Champions
- 2nd — Runners-up
- 3rd — Third place
- 4th — Fourth place
- QF — Quarter-finalists
- GS — Group stage
- q — Qualified for upcoming tournament
- •• — Qualified but withdrew
- • — Did not qualify
- × — Did not enter
- × — Withdrew / Banned / Entry not accepted by FIFA
- — Hosts
- — Not affiliated to FIFA
For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown:
| Team | 2015 (8) |
2018 (15) |
2020 (0) |
2025 (12) |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | × | × | GS | 1 | |
| Bahrain | × | GS | GS | 2 | |
| Bangladesh | × | GS | × | 1 | |
| China | GS | QF | 4th | 3 | |
| Chinese Taipei | × | QF | QF | 2 | |
| Hong Kong | GS | GS | QF | 3 | |
| Indonesia | × | QF | QF | 2 | |
| Iran | 1st | 1st | •• | 3rd | 3 |
| Japan | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 3 | |
| Jordan | •• | × | × | 0 | |
| Kuwait | × | × | •• | • | 0 |
| Lebanon | × | GS | • | 1 | |
| Macau | × | GS | • | 1 | |
| Malaysia | 4th | GS | × | 2 | |
| Philippines | × | × | GS | 1 | |
| Thailand | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 3 | |
| Turkmenistan | × | GS | • | 1 | |
| Uzbekistan | GS | QF | GS | 3 | |
| Vietnam | GS | 4th | QF | 3 | |
| Total | 8 | 15 | 12 |
FIFA Futsal Women's World Cup performances
- 1st — Champions
- 2nd — Runners-up
- 3rd — Third place
- 4th — Fourth place
- QF — Quarter-finalists
- GS — Group stage
- q — Qualified for upcoming tournament
- •• — Qualified but withdrew
- • — Did not qualify
- × — Did not enter
- × — Withdrew / Banned / Entry not accepted by FIFA
- — Hosts
- — Not affiliated to FIFA
For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown:
| Team | 2025 (16) |
Total |
|---|---|---|
| Iran | Q | 1 |
| Japan | Q | 1 |
| Philippines | Q | 1 |
| Thailand | Q | 1 |
| Total |
Awards
Most valuable players
| Year | Player |
|---|---|
| 2015 | Fereshteh Karimi |
| 2018 | Fereshteh Karimi |
| 2025 | Sara Oino |
Top scorers
| Year | Player | Goals |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Chikage Kichibayashi Farahiyah Ridzuan |
7 |
| 2018 | Fatemeh Etedadi Sara Shirbeigi Anna Amishiro Sasicha Phothiwong |
9 |
| 2025 | Maral Torkaman | 6 |
Fair play award
| Year | Team |
|---|---|
| 2015 | No award |
| 2018 | Iran |
| 2025 | China |
See also
Notes
- ^ A total 16 teams maximum were expected to participate before its cancellation due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Kuwait as hosts and Iran as defending champions originally qualified.
References
- ^ "AFC rebrands age group championships to AFC Asian Cups". the-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. 2 October 2020.
- ^ a b "Impact of Football Association of Indonesia Suspension". the-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
- ^ "AFC Calendar of Competitions 2015" (PDF). the-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation.
- ^ "Stage set for AFC Women's Futsal Championship 2015 draw". the-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. 13 July 2015.
- ^ "Bumper 2020 beckons for Asian football". the-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. 1 January 2020.
External links
- AFC Women's Futsal Asian Cup, the-AFC.com