The 2012 AFC Futsal Championship was held in United Arab Emirates from 25 May to 1 June 2012. 16 countries took part in the 12th edition of the tournament. It was also the qualification event for the 2012 FIFA Futsal World Cup to be held in Thailand. The AFC Futsal Committee pushed the dates for the event forward from the original 18 to 25 May.

In its first meeting for the 2011-2015 term under the chairmanship of Guam's Richard Lai, the AFC Futsal Committee decided to award the championship to United Arab Emirates.

Qualification

Venues

Dubai
Al-Wasl StadiumAl-Shabab Stadium
Capacity: UnknownCapacity: Unknown

Draw

The draw for the tournament was held on 11 March 2012 in United Arab Emirates.

Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4
United Arab Emirates Iran Uzbekistan JapanChina Thailand Lebanon AustraliaKyrgyzstan Indonesia Tajikistan South KoreaTurkmenistan Chinese Taipei Kuwait Qatar

Group stage

Group A

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Thailand3300113+89
Kyrgyzstan320154+16
United Arab Emirates310268−23
Turkmenistan3003310−70
United Arab Emirates3–1Turkmenistan
Banihammad 5' Ibrahim 35' Jamil 40'M. Atayev 20'
Thailand2–0Kyrgyzstan
Chaemcharoen 33' Ahamah 39'[permanent dead link]
Turkmenistan1–5Thailand
V. Atayev 4'[permanent dead link]Thueanklang 3', 9' Chaemcharoen 6' Lakka 36' Wongkaeo 39'
Kyrgyzstan3–1United Arab Emirates
Ermekov 22' A. Abdulla 32' (o.g.) Kanetov 35'T. Abdulla 37'
United Arab Emirates2–4Thailand
Jamil 1', 40'[permanent dead link]Chaemcharoen 5' Sornwichian 10' Wongkaeo 17' Thueanklang 38'
Kyrgyzstan2–1Turkmenistan
Djetybaev 15' Kondratkov 17'Rahimov 37'

Group B

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Japan3300154+119
Lebanon320176+16
Tajikistan3102812−43
Chinese Taipei3003715−80
Japan3–2Lebanon
Kitahara 4' Hoshi 4' Henmi 40'Abou-Zeid 5' Kawsan 34'
Chinese Taipei4–6Tajikistan
Liu Chi-chao 4' Chen Po-hao 11' Chang Han 17', 23'Nazarov 22' Jumaev 25' Dodkhudoev 34' Yang Chao-hsun 35' (o.g.) Ulmasov 40', 40'
Lebanon3–2Chinese Taipei
Takaji 3', 25' Kawsan 6'Pan Wen-chieh 15' Liu Chi-chao 17'
Tajikistan1–6Japan
Mamedbabaev 5'Komiyama 1' Murakami 4', 11' Inaba 9', 25' Henmi 37'
Japan6–1Chinese Taipei
Henmi 11', 21' Komiyama 28' Kogure 31', 33' Murakami 35'Lo Chih-an 6'
Tajikistan1–2Lebanon
Mamedbabaev 9'Takaji 1' Atwi 30'

Group C

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Iran3300311+309
Australia3201910−16
Qatar3102714−73
South Korea3003426−220
Australia3–1Qatar
Zeballos 4', 29' Gomez 39'Yousuf 38'
Iran14–1South Korea
Esmaeilpour 7' Taheri 11' Hassanzadeh 11', 12', 33' Javid 15', 17', 27' Keshavarz 23', 29' Asghari 29', 39' Tayyebi 31' Jeong Eui-hyun 36' (o.g.)Seo Dae-yun 30'
South Korea0–6Australia
Fernando 15', 19' Seeto 22' Fogarty 25' Giovenali 33' Spathis 40'
Qatar0–8Iran
Taheri 1' Keshavarz 2' Tayyebi 15', 37' Ahmadi 18' Shamsaei 23', 31' Hassanzadeh 29'
Iran9–0Australia
Taheri 11', 22' Shamsaei 13', 40' Hassanzadeh 14', 33' Bahadori 16' Tayyebi 29' Asghari 37'
Qatar6–3South Korea
Khalifa 7' Mohssein 21' Bilal 24' Yousuf 29' Al-Sabah 33' Mohammed 40'Mohammed 12' (o.g.) Kim Min-kuk 36' Kim Jeong-nam 38'

Group D

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Kuwait3210154+117
Uzbekistan3210123+97
China310269−33
Indonesia3003623−170
Uzbekistan1–1Kuwait
Irsaliev 9'Sviridov 6' (o.g.)
Indonesia2–5China
Tamimy 20' Handoyo 35'Hu Jie 18', 40' Zhao Liang 26' Deng Tao 29' Cong Lin 32'
Kuwait9–3Indonesia
Al-Wadi 6', 26', 35' Al-Taweel 10', 13', 24', 33' S. Al-Mutairi 12' F. Haidar 36'Handoyo 3' Saptaji 28' Balfas 38'
China1–2Uzbekistan
Hu Jie 4'Sviridov 19' Irsaliev 36'
Uzbekistan9–1Indonesia
Irsaliev 4', 13' Elibaev 8' Tajibaev 17', 31' Abdumavlyanov 21', 37' Khalmukhamedov 25' Rakhmatov 40'Wardhana 13'
China0–5Kuwait
Al-Farsi 10', 16', 28' S. Al-Mutairi 30' Al-Mosabehi 40'

Knockout stage

Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
May 29 – Dubai
Thailand5
May 30 – Dubai
Lebanon3
Thailand (aet)5
May 29 – Dubai
Iran4
Iran6
June 1 – Dubai
Uzbekistan3
Thailand1
May 29 – Dubai
Japan6
Japan1
May 30 – Dubai
Kyrgyzstan0
Japan3
May 29 – Dubai
Australia0Third place
Kuwait2
June 1 – Dubai
Australia (aet)3
Iran4
Australia0

Quarter-finals

Winners qualified for 2012 FIFA Futsal World Cup. In case Thailand is among those, the best-placed losing team also qualified.

Thailand5–3Lebanon
Chudech 5' Thueanklang 8' Chaemcharoen 20' Madyalan 30' Sornwichian 36'[permanent dead link]Kawsan 1', 4' El Homsi 38'
Iran6–3Uzbekistan
Ahmadi 5', 39' Esmaeilpour 7' Hassanzadeh 20' Taheri 22' Tayyebi 32'Tojiboev 22', 28' Rakhmatov 40'
Japan1–0Kyrgyzstan
Henmi 12'
Kuwait2–3 (a.e.t.)Australia
S. Al-Mutairi 15' Al-Awadhi 28'Fogarty 3', 42' Ngaluafe 16'

Semi-finals

Thailand5–4 (a.e.t.)Iran
Thueanklang 10', 30' (pen.), 50' Sornwichian 32' Chaemcharoen 43'[permanent dead link]Shamsaei 4', 49' Tayyebi 7' Asghari 30'
Japan3–0Australia
Kogure 29' Kitahara 32' Henmi 40'

Third place play-off

Iran4–0Australia
Asghari 36', 40' Taheri 37' Shamsaei 40'

Final

Thailand7–6Japan
Wongkaeo 11'[permanent dead link]Kogure 4' Kitahara 15' Inaba 31' Henmi 34' Kawahara 37' Murakami 38'

Awards

AFC Futsal Championship 2012 winners
Japan 2nd title
Hisamitsu Kawahara, Wataru Kitahara, Yusuke Komiyama, Tetsuya Murakami, Nobuya Osodo, Shota Hoshi, Kenichiro Kogure, Kensuke Takahashi, Toru Fukimbara, Kazuhiro Nibuya, Jun Fujiwara, Rafael Henmi, Kotaro Inaba, Manabu Takita
Coach: Spain Miguel Rodrigo

Goalscorers

7 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Own goals

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