AFC Women's Futsal Asian Cup

AFC Women's Futsal Asian Cup
Organising bodyAFC
FoundedSeptember 2015 (September 2015)
RegionAsia
Number of teams12 (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
  • a.e.t.: after extra time
  • p: after penalty shoot-out

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 16[a] 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

  1. ^ 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.
  1. ^ Indonesia was removed from the competition due to a FIFA suspension[2] and Jordan withdrew.[4]

References

  1. ^ "AFC rebrands age group championships to AFC Asian Cups". the-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. 2 October 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Impact of Football Association of Indonesia Suspension". the-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
  3. ^ "AFC Calendar of Competitions 2015" (PDF). the-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation.
  4. ^ "Stage set for AFC Women's Futsal Championship 2015 draw". the-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. 13 July 2015.
  5. ^ "Bumper 2020 beckons for Asian football". the-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. 1 January 2020.