The AFC Women's Futsal Asian Cup, previously the AFC Women's Futsal Championship, is the premier national women's futsal competition of the Asian Football Confederation nations. Iran have won both editions held to date.
| Organising body | AFC |
|---|---|
| Founded | September 2015 |
| Region | Asia |
| Number of teams | 16 |
| Current champions |  Iran (2nd title) |
| Most successful team(s) | Iran (2 titles) |
 2020 AFC Women's Futsal Championship | |
The first edition was held in Malaysia from 17 to 26 September 2015.[1][2] The second edition was held in Thailand from 2 to 12 May 2018.[3] The third edition was scheduled to be held in Kuwait in 2020 but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4] From 2021, the tournament will be rebranded from the "AFC Women's Futsal Championship" to the "AFC Women's Futsal Asian Cup".[5]
Starting from 2025, the tournament will serve as a qualification for the FIFA Futsal Women's World Cup.
Results
Source:[6]
Summaries
| Edition | Year | Host | Final | Third Place | Number of teams | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champions | Score | Runner-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 PSO) |  Vietnam | 15 | |||
| — | 2020 |  Kuwait | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic[8] | |||||||||
| 3 | 2025 | TBC[9] | 12 | |||||||||
Teams reaching the top four
| Team | Winners | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 2 (2015, 2018) | |||
 Japan | 2 (2015, 2018) | |||
| Thailand | 2 (2015, 2018*) | |||
| Malaysia | 1 (2015*) | |||
 Vietnam | 1 (2018) |
- * as hosts
Summary (2015-2018)
| Rank | Team | Part | M | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iran | 2 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 9 | +49 | 30 |
| 2 | Japan | 2 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 55 | 12 | +43 | 27 |
| 3 | Thailand | 2 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 42 | 11 | +31 | 20 |
| 4 | Vietnam | 2 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 16 | +2 | 13 |
| 5 | Malaysia | 2 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 27 | 29 | -2 | 9 |
| 6 |  China | 2 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 24 | -2 | 9 |
| 7 |  Indonesia | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 3 | +10 | 7 |
| 8 |  Chinese Taipei | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 10 | +1 | 6 |
| 9 |  Hong Kong | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 23 | -12 | 4 |
| 10 |  Uzbekistan | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 36 | -22 | 4 |
| 11 |  Lebanon | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 13 | -9 | 3 |
| 12 |  Turkmenistan | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 17 | -16 | 0 |
| 13 |  Bahrain | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 21 | -17 | 0 |
| 14 |  Bangladesh | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 20 | -18 | 0 |
| 15 |  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 | 2018 | 2020 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Bahrain | × | GS | 1 | |
 Bangladesh | × | GS | 1 | |
 China | GS | QF | 2 | |
 Chinese Taipei | × | QF | 1 | |
 Hong Kong | GS | GS | 2 | |
 Indonesia | × | QF | 1 | |
 Iran | 1st | 1st | 2 | |
 Japan | 2nd | 2nd | 2 | |
 Jordan | •• | × | 0 | |
 Kuwait | × | × | q | 1 |
 Lebanon | × | GS | 1 | |
 Macau | × | GS | 1 | |
 Malaysia | 4th | GS | 2 | |
 Thailand | 3rd | 3rd | 2 | |
 Turkmenistan | × | GS | 1 | |
 Uzbekistan | GS | QF | 2 | |
 Vietnam | GS | 4th | 2 | |
| Total | 8 | 15 |
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 | Total |
|---|---|---|
 Philippines | Q | 1 |
| Total |
Awards
Most valuable players
| Year | Player |
|---|---|
| 2015 | Fereshteh Karimi |
| 2018 | Fereshteh Karimi |
Top scorers
| Year | Player | Goals |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Chikage Kichibayashi Farahiyah Ridzuan | 7 |
| 2018 | Fatemeh Etedadi Sara Shirbeigi Anna Amishiro Sasicha Phothiwong | 9 |
Fair play award
| Year | Team |
|---|---|
| 2015 | No award |
| 2018 | Iran |
See also
Notes
References
External links
- AFC Women's Futsal Championship, the-AFC.com