The 2008 AFC Futsal Championship was held in Bangkok, Thailand from 11 to 18 May 2008. The tournament acted as a qualifying tournament for the 2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup in Brazil.

Qualification

Venues

Bangkok
Hua Mark Indoor StadiumNimibutr Indoor Stadium
Capacity: 6,000Capacity: 5,600

Draw

The draw for the 2008 AFC Futsal Championship was held on 11 April 2008 in Bangkok, Thailand.

Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4
Iran Japan Kyrgyzstan UzbekistanAustralia Lebanon Tajikistan ThailandChina Iraq South Korea TurkmenistanChinese Taipei Indonesia Kuwait Malaysia

Group stage

Group A

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Thailand3300151+149
Kyrgyzstan3201144+106
Indonesia3102620−143
Iraq3003414−100
Kyrgyzstan5–1Indonesia
Abdyraimov 6' Djetybaev 18', 22' Mendibaev 26' Duvanaev 38'Wiyantoro 37'
Thailand1–0Iraq
Janta 12'
Indonesia0–11Thailand
Munjarern 5', 16', 35', 36' Ihsan 12' (o.g.) Suttiroj 19' Khumthinkaew 30' Janta 33' Santanaprasit 38', 39' Tangtung 40'
Iraq0–8Kyrgyzstan
Djetybaev 18', 27' Malinin 23' Sundeev 32' Djumataev 34', 35' Kadyrov 38' Saad 39' (o.g.)
Kyrgyzstan1–3Thailand
Kanetov 31'Munjarern 16' Ekkapan Suratsawang 31' Santanaprasit 38'
Iraq4–5Indonesia
Saad 15' Ghazi 19', 23' Khalid 24'Assegaff 3' Handoyo 20' Ladjanibi 29', 36' Karmadi 39'

Group B

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Japan3300165+119
Australia3201115+66
Turkmenistan310289−13
Chinese Taipei3003420−160
Japan8–2Chinese Taipei
Ono 4' Kanayama 13', 31' Lee Meng-chian 15' (o.g.) Komiyama 19' Inaba 26' Kogure 32', 37'Chang Fu-hsiang 11', 33'
Australia3–1Turkmenistan
Giovenali 17' Zeballos 31' Vizzari 40'Allaberdiyev 7'
Chinese Taipei0–6Australia
Fang Ching-jen 13' (o.g.) Wright 14', 23', 35' Vizzari 34' Zeballos 40'
Turkmenistan1–4Japan
Muhamedmuradov 37'Fujii 1' Inada 10' Kanayama 13' Kishimoto 27'
Japan4–2Australia
Kanayama 25' Ono 28' Inada 32' Komiyama 40'Zeballos 13' Haydon 16'
Turkmenistan6–2Chinese Taipei
Resulov 7', 34' Esenmamedov 29' Orazov 32' Muhamedmuradov 39' Tashliyev 39'Huang Shih-chan 30' Chen Chun-chieh 35'

Group C

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Uzbekistan3300194+159
Lebanon31111214−24
Malaysia3102819−113
South Korea30121113−21
Uzbekistan10–0Malaysia
Tajibaev 12', 15', 22', 32' Odushev 18' Holmatov 28' Farhutdinov 29' Yusupdjanov 34', 40' Tojiboev 35'
Lebanon5–5South Korea
Said 18' Takaji 27', 39' Itani 39' Atwi 39'Jung Hae-hyuck 5' Shin Han-kook 16' Kang Hyun-uk 24' Abou-Chaaya 26' (o.g.) Kim In-woo 39'
Malaysia4–6Lebanon
Abdul Aziz 4' Sarmin 9' Haris 25' Zulkhapri 29'Atwi 5', 8' (pen.) Takaji 21', 26' Said 26' Abou-Chaaya 32'
South Korea3–4Uzbekistan
Lee Jong-yun 17' Shin Han-kook 18' Jung Hyuk 18'Farhutdinov 5', 22' Odushev 12', 36'
Uzbekistan5–1Lebanon
Mamdjonov 9' Farhutdinov 25' Irsaliev 27', 33' Yusupdjanov 37'Itani 9'
South Korea3–4Malaysia
Zulkhapri 6' (o.g.) Kang Hyun-uk 22' Lee Jong-yun 36'Haris 8' Mohamad 14', 37' Zainal 22'

Group D

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Iran3300341+339
China3201198+116
Tajikistan3102627−213
Kuwait3003427−230
Iran12–0Kuwait
Taheri 10', 27' Heidarian 10' Raeisi 15', 39' Shamsaei 16', 37' Hassanzadeh 19', 36' Asghari 22' Hashemzadeh 23' Keshavarz 35'
Tajikistan0–9China
Liang Shuang 1' Hu Jie 2' Li Xin 6', 33' Wang Wei 8' Zhang Xiao 13' Wu Zhuoxi 15' (pen.) Zhang Jiong 29' Zhang Xi 38'
Kuwait4–6Tajikistan
Al-Otaibi 17' Al-Nagi 20' Al-Nakkas 35' Al-Othman 39'Faizullaev 5', 18' Ismoilov 10' Ulmasov 13', 29' Jumaev 37'
China1–8Iran
Liang Shuang 38'Taheri 3' Shamsaei 9', 29' Hassanzadeh 26', 35' Heidarian 26' Latifi 31' Mohammadi 38'
Iran14–0Tajikistan
Hassanzadeh 5' Sufiev 7' (o.g.) Shamsaei 9', 13', 14', 40', 40' Tayyebi 9', 13' Latifi 13', 18' Ismoilov 15' (o.g.) Asghari 36' Heidarian 36'
China9–0Kuwait
Liu Xinyi 2' Wang Wei 8', 11', 31' Zhang Xiao 12', 22' Li Xin 19' Zhang Xi 36' Wu Zhuoxi 37'

Knockout stage

Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
May 15 – Bangkok
Thailand5
May 16 – Bangkok
Australia2
Thailand7
May 15 – Bangkok
China3
Uzbekistan1
May 18 – Bangkok
China4
Thailand0
May 15 – Bangkok
Iran4
Japan4
May 16 – Bangkok
Kyrgyzstan0
Japan0
May 15 – Bangkok
Iran1Third place
Iran9
May 18 – Bangkok
Lebanon1
China3
Japan5

Quarter-finals

Thailand5–2Australia
Ekkapong Suratsawang 7', 8' Saisorn 17', 39' Janta 35'Fernando 15', 28'
Uzbekistan1–4China
Tajibaev 38'Liu Xinyi 19' Wu Zhuoxi 33' Liang Shuang 39' Li Xin 39'
Japan4–0Kyrgyzstan
Ono 17' Duvanaev 19' (o.g.) Inada 34' Kanayama 37'
Iran9–1Lebanon
Taheri 3', 30' Hashemzadeh 9' Mohammadi 10' Shamsaei 12' Hassanzadeh 23' Latifi 35' Tayyebi 36' Raeisi 38'Fadlallah 37'

Semi-finals

Thailand7–3China
Saisorn 5', 14' Innui 10', 25' Munjarern 18' Janta 20' Santanaprasit 26'Liu Xinyi 18' Li Jian 33' Li Xin 36'
Japan0–1Iran
Shamsaei 20'

Third place play-off

China3–5Japan
Zhang Xi 25' Liu Xinyi 33' Liang Shuang 36'Ono 7' Inada 22' Kogure 35' Komiyama 40', 40'

Final

Thailand0–4Iran
Latifi 8' Shamsaei 16', 23' Heidarian 37'

Awards

AFC Futsal Championship 2008 winners
Iran 9th title
Asghar Ghahremani, Mohammad Taheri, Mohammad Keshavarz, Mohammad Hashemzadeh, Javad Asghari Moghaddam, Kazem Mohammadi, Vahid Shamsaei, Mohammad Reza Heidarian, Majid Latifi, Mostafa Nazari, Majid Raeisi, Mostafa Tayyebi, Ali Asghar Hassanzadeh, Hamid Reza Abrarinia
Coach: Iran Hossein Shams

Goalscorers

13 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Own goals