2001 AFC Futsal Championship

2001 AFC Futsal Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Iran
Dates	July 14–20
Teams	14 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Iran (3rd title)
Runner-up	Uzbekistan
Third place	South Korea
Fourth place	Japan
Tournament statistics
Matches played	34
Goals scored	328 (9.65 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Vahid Shamsaei (31)

The 2001 AFC Futsal Championship was held in Tehran, Iran from 14 July to 20 July 2001.

Draw

Group A	Group B	Group C
Iran Japan Singapore Chinese Taipei Palestine	Kazakhstan Uzbekistan Malaysia Kuwait Tajikistan	Thailand South Korea Kyrgyzstan Iraq

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Iran	4	4	0	0	62	9	+53	12
Palestine	4	3	0	1	22	23	−1	9
Japan	4	2	0	2	20	17	+3	6
Chinese Taipei	4	1	0	3	16	25	−9	3
Singapore	4	0	0	4	6	52	−46	0

July 14 8:00	Iran	16 – 4	Palestine	Azadi Indoor Stadium, Tehran

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July 14 10:00	Chinese Taipei	7 – 3	Singapore	Azadi Indoor Stadium, Tehran

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July 14 20:00	Palestine	6 – 3	Chinese Taipei	Azadi Indoor Stadium, Tehran

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July 15 8:00	Japan	6 – 5	Chinese Taipei	Azadi Indoor Stadium, Tehran

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July 15 12:00	Iran	28 – 0	Singapore	Azadi Indoor Stadium, Tehran

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July 15 20:00	Singapore	1 – 8	Japan	Azadi Indoor Stadium, Tehran

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July 16 7:30	Palestine	3 – 2	Japan	Azadi Indoor Stadium, Tehran

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July 16 9:15	Iran	10 – 1	Chinese Taipei	Azadi Indoor Stadium, Tehran

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July 16 18:00	Japan	4 – 8	Iran	Azadi Indoor Stadium, Tehran

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July 16 21:30	Singapore	2 – 9	Palestine	Azadi Indoor Stadium, Tehran

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Kazakhstan	4	3	1	0	22	6	+16	10
Uzbekistan	4	3	1	0	22	10	+12	10
Kuwait	4	2	0	2	12	14	−2	6
Tajikistan	4	1	0	3	16	26	−10	3
Malaysia	4	0	0	4	11	27	−16	0

July 14 12:00	Kazakhstan	4 – 0	Kuwait	Azadi Indoor Stadium, Tehran

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July 14 14:00	Tajikistan	9 – 1	Malaysia	Azadi Indoor Stadium, Tehran

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July 14 22:00	Kuwait	6 – 4	Tajikistan	Azadi Indoor Stadium, Tehran

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July 15 10:00	Uzbekistan	7 – 1	Tajikistan	Azadi Indoor Stadium, Tehran

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July 15 14:00	Kazakhstan	4 – 2	Malaysia	Azadi Indoor Stadium, Tehran

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July 15 22:00	Malaysia	5 – 10	Uzbekistan	Azadi Indoor Stadium, Tehran

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July 16 11:00	Kuwait	2 – 3	Uzbekistan	Azadi Indoor Stadium, Tehran

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July 16 12:45	Kazakhstan	12 – 2	Tajikistan	Azadi Indoor Stadium, Tehran

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July 16 19:45	Uzbekistan	2 – 2	Kazakhstan	Azadi Indoor Stadium, Tehran

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July 16 23:15	Malaysia	3 – 4	Kuwait	Azadi Indoor Stadium, Tehran

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Thailand	3	2	0	1	21	10	+11	6
South Korea	3	2	0	1	15	15	0	6
Kyrgyzstan	3	1	1	1	13	16	−3	4
Iraq	3	0	1	2	8	16	−8	1

July 14 16:00	Thailand	3 – 4	Kyrgyzstan	Azadi Indoor Stadium, Tehran

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July 14 18:00	Iraq	1 – 3	South Korea	Azadi Indoor Stadium, Tehran

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July 15 16:00	Kyrgyzstan	5 – 5	Iraq	Azadi Indoor Stadium, Tehran

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July 15 18:00	South Korea	4 – 10	Thailand	Azadi Indoor Stadium, Tehran

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July 16 14:30	Iraq	2 – 8	Thailand	Azadi Indoor Stadium, Tehran

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July 16 16:15	Kyrgyzstan	4 – 8	South Korea	Azadi Indoor Stadium, Tehran

Third placed teams

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Japan	4	2	0	2	20	17	+3	6
Kuwait	4	2	0	2	12	14	−2	6
Kyrgyzstan	3	1	1	1	13	16	−3	4

Knockout stage

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	July 18 – Tehran
	Iran	18
					July 20 – Tehran
	Kuwait	2
					Iran	8
	July 18 – Tehran
					Japan	2
	Kazakhstan	2 (6)
									July 20 – Tehran
	Japan (pen.)	2 (7)
									Iran	9
	July 18 – Tehran
									Uzbekistan	0
	Thailand	3
					July 20 – Tehran
	Uzbekistan (a.e.t.)	4
					Uzbekistan	4			Third place
	July 18 – Tehran
					South Korea	0
	Palestine	2							Japan	1
	South Korea	3							South Korea	2
									July 20 – Tehran

Quarter-finals

July 18 13:00	Iran	18 – 2	Kuwait	Azadi Indoor Stadium, Tehran

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July 18 15:00	Kazakhstan	2 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Japan	Azadi Indoor Stadium, Tehran
		Penalties
		6 – 7

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July 18 17:00	Thailand	3 – 4 (a.e.t.)	Uzbekistan	Azadi Indoor Stadium, Tehran

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July 18 19:00	Palestine	2 – 3	South Korea	Azadi Indoor Stadium, Tehran

Semi-finals

July 20 09:00	Iran	8 – 2	Japan	Azadi Indoor Stadium, Tehran

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July 20 13:00	Uzbekistan	4 – 0	South Korea	Azadi Indoor Stadium, Tehran

Third place play-off

July 20 18:00	Japan	1 – 2	South Korea	Azadi Indoor Stadium, Tehran

Final

July 20 20:00	Iran	9 – 0	Uzbekistan	Azadi Indoor Stadium, Tehran Attendance: 12,000
	Saneei Dadashi Hashemzadeh Heidarian Pariazar Shamsaei

Awards

AFC Futsal Championship 2001 Winners
Iran 3rd title
Amir Farrashi, Mansour Molaei, Reza Nasseri, Mohammad Reza Heidarian, Ali Saneei, Mohammad Hashemzadeh, Ahmad Pariazar, Kazem Mohammadi, Majid Raeisi, Hamid Shandizi, Vahid Shamsaei, Siamak Dadashi, Mojtaba Moeini, Majid Molazem
Coach: Victor Hermans

• Top Scorer
  • Vahid Shamsaei (31 goals)

References

• Futsal Planet