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 Stadium Al-Shabab StadiumCapacity: UnknownCapacity: Unknown
Draw The draw for the tournament was held on 11 March 2012 in United Arab Emirates.
Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
Group stage
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Knockout stage
Quarter-finals Winners qualified for 2012 FIFA Futsal World Cup. In case Thailand is among those, the best-placed losing team also qualified.
Semi-finals
Third place play-off
Final
Awards
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 TakitaCoach: Miguel Rodrigo
Most Valuable Player Rafael Henmi Top Scorer Vahid Shamsaei (7 goals and 6 assists) Fair-Play Award
Goalscorers 7 goals
Ali Asghar Hassanzadeh Vahid Shamsaei Rafael Henmi Suphawut Thueanklang
6 goals
Javad Asghari Moghaddam Mohammad Taheri Hossein Tayyebi
5 goals Apiwat Chaemcharoen
4 goals
Kenichiro Kogure Tetsuya Murakami Abdulrahman Al-Taweel Kassem Kawsan Dilshod Irsaliev
3 goals
Daniel Fogarty Hu Jie Hamid Ahmadi Mehdi Javid Mohammad Keshavarz Kotaro Inaba Wataru Kitahara Ahmad Al-Farsi Shaker Al-Mutairi Abdulrahman Al-Wadi Khaled Takaji Jirawat Sornwichian Kritsada Wongkaeo Abdulkarim Jamil
2 goals
Fernando Chris Zeballos Chang Han Liu Chi-chao Deny Handoyo Ahmad Esmaeilpour Yusuke Komiyama Rashid Yousuf Mansur Mamedbabaev Alisher Ulmasov Farkhod Abdumavlyanov Dilshod Rakhmatov Hurshid Tajibaev Shuhrat Tojiboev
1 goal
Greg Giovenali Andres Gomez Danny Ngaluafe Tobias Seeto Peter Spathis Cong Lin Deng Tao Zhao Liang Chen Po-hao Lo Chih-an Pan Wen-chieh Karami Balfas Bambang Bayu Saptaji Afif Tamimy Gustian Sukima Wardhana Ghodrat Bahadori Shota Hoshi Hisamitsu Kawahara Hamad Al-Awadhi Abdulrahman Al-Mosabehi Fawaz Haidar Nurjan Djetybaev Rustam Ermekov Emil Kanetov Vadim Kondratkov Karim Abou-Zeid Hayssam Atwi Ali El Homsi Ali Al-Sabah Saad Bilal Salem Khalifa Muneer Mohammed Amro Mohssein Kim Jeong-nam Kim Min-kuk Seo Dae-yun Orzu Dodkhudoev Sherzod Jumaev Akhtam Nazarov Aref Ahamah Jetsada Chudech Konghla Lakka Nattawut Madyalan Mergen Atayev Vatan Atayev Nazim Rahimov Tariq Abdulla Yousif Banihammad Bader Ibrahim Nodir Elibaev Oleg Khalmukhamedov Konstantin Sviridov
Own goals
Yang Chao-hsun (for Tajikistan) Muneer Mohammed (for South Korea) Jeong Eui-hyun (for Iran) Abdulaziz Abdulla (for Kyrgyzstan) Konstantin Sviridov (for Kuwait)
References
External links Official website