2019 AFC U-20 Futsal Championship
The 2019 AFC U-20 Futsal Championship was the second edition of AFC U-20 Futsal Championship, the biennial international futsal championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation for the men's youth national futsal teams of Asia.
The tournament was hosted by Iran between 14–22 June 2019. A total of 12 teams participated in the tournament.
Iran were the defending champions but failed to defend the title after losing to Japan in the semi-final. Japan became the champion after beating Afghanistan in the final.
Qualification
Unlike the previous tournament where all teams entered the final tournament, qualifiers were held from 1 to 10 December 2018. The draw for the qualifiers was held on 30 August 2018.Qualified teams
The following 12 teams qualified for the final tournament.Team | Qualified as | Appearance | Previous best performance |
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Venue
The matches were played at the Shahid Poursharifi Arena in Tabriz.Tabriz |
Shahid Poursharifi Arena |
Capacity: 6,000 |
Draw
The final draw was held on 11 April 2019, 15:30 MYT, at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur. The 12 teams were drawn into four groups of three teams. The teams were seeded according to their performance in the 2017 AFC U-20 Futsal Championship final tournament, with the hosts automatically seeded and assigned to Position A1 in the draw.Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 |
Squads
Players born after 1 January 1999 were eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team must register a squad of 14 players, minimum two of whom must be goalkeepers.Group stage
The top two teams of each group advanced to the quarter-finals.;Tiebreakers
Teams were ranked according to points, and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings :
- Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
- Goal difference in all group matches;
- Goals scored in all group matches;
- Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are tied and they met in the last round of the group;
- Disciplinary points ;
- Drawing of lots.
Matchday | Dates | Matches |
Matchday 1 | 14 June 2019 | 3 v 1 |
Matchday 2 | 15 June 2019 | 2 v 3 |
Matchday 3 | 16 June 2019 | 1 v 2 |
Group A
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Group B
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Group C
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Group D
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Knockout stage
In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary, except for the third place match where penalty shoot-out was used to decide the winner if necessary.Bracket
Quarter-finals
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Semi-finals
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Final
Winners
Awards
The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:Top Goalscorer | Most Valuable Player | Fair Play award |
Salar Aghapour | Masashi Osawa |