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 BangkokHua Mark Indoor StadiumNimibutr Indoor Stadium Capacity: 6,000 Capacity: 5,600
Draw The draw for the 2008 AFC Futsal Championship was held on 11 April 2008 in Bangkok, Thailand.
Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
Group stage
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Knockout stage
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Third place play-off
Final
Awards
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 AbrariniaCoach: Hossein Shams
Most Valuable Player Vahid Shamsaei Top Scorer Vahid Shamsaei (13 goals) Fair-Play Award
All-Star Team Mostafa Nazari (GK) Mohammad Taheri Daisuke Ono Panuwat Janta Vahid Shamsaei Coach: Hossein Shams (Iran) Reserve All-Star Team Zheng Tao and Somkid Chuenta (GK) Mohammad Reza Heidarian Mohammad Keshavarz Lertchai Issarasuwipakorn Majid Latifi Coach: Farinha (China) and Jose María Pazos (Thailand)
Goalscorers 13 goals Vahid Shamsaei
6 goals
Ali Asghar Hassanzadeh Anucha Munjarern
5 goals
Li Xin Majid Latifi Mohammad Taheri Yuki Kanayama Hurshid Tajibaev
4 goals
Liang Shuang Liu Xinyi Wang Wei Mohammad Reza Heidarian Yusuke Inada Yusuke Komiyama Daisuke Ono Nurjan Djetybaev Khaled Takaji Panuwat Janta Panomkorn Saisorn Tanakorn Santanaprasit Farruh Farhutdinov
3 goals
Lachlan Wright Christopher Zeballos Wu Zhuoxi Zhang Xi Zhang Xiao Majid Raeisi Mostafa Tayyebi Kenichiro Kogure Hayssam Atwi Nikolay Odushev Ilhom Yusupdjanov
2 goals
Fernando Adrian Vizzari Chang Fu-hsiang Jaelani Ladjanibi Javad Asghari Moghaddam Mohammad Hashemzadeh Kazem Mohammadi Abdul-Karim Ghazi Talaibek Djumataev Mahmoud Itani Serge Said Muizzudin Mohd Haris Safar Mohamad Kang Hyun-uk Lee Jong-yun Shin Han-kook Firdavs Faizullaev Alisher Ulmasov Prasert Innui Ekkapong Suratsawang Mekan Muhamedmuradov Agajan Resulov Dilshod Irsaliev
1 goal
Greg Giovenali Luke Haydon Hu Jie Li Jian Zhang Jiong Chen Chun-chieh Huang Shih-chan Fachry Assegaff Deny Handoyo Sayan Karmadi Topas Wiyantoro Mohammad Keshavarz Hashim Khalid Ali Saad Kenta Fujii Kotaro Inaba Takeshi Kishimoto Meshari Al-Nakkas Mohammad Al-Nagi Hamed Al-Otaibi Hamad Al-Othman Daniar Abdyraimov Marat Duvanaev Dilshat Kadyrov Emil Kanetov Evgeniy Malinin Azamat Mendibaev Mihail Sundeev Rabih Abou-Chaaya Abbas Fadlallah Ruzaley Abdul Aziz Ahmad Hanif Sarmin Addie Azwan Zainal Zaidi Zulkhapri Jung Hae-hyuck Jung Hyuk Kim In-woo Obidjon Ismoilov Sherzod Jumaev Sermphan Khumthinkaew Ekkapan Suratsawang Natthapon Suttiroj Ukrit Tangtung Ahmed Allaberdiyev Bayrammurat Esenmamedov Mergen Orazov Ildar Tashliyev Umid Holmatov Gulomjon Mamdjonov Shuhrat Tojiboev
Own goals
Fang Ching-jen (for Australia) Lee Meng-chian (for Japan) Maulana Ihsan (for Thailand) Ali Saad (for Kyrgyzstan) Marat Duvanaev (for Japan) Rabih Abou-Chaaya (for South Korea) Zaidi Zulkhapri (for South Korea) Obidjon Ismoilov (for Iran) Bakhodur Sufiev (for Iran)
References
Results Goalzz Official report