2018 AFC Futsal Championship
The 2018 AFC Futsal Championship was the 15th edition of the AFC Futsal Championship, the biennial international futsal championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation for the men's national teams of Asia. The AFC appointed Chinese Taipei as hosts on 29 July 2017; the tournament took place between 1 and 11 February 2018. A total of 16 teams played in the tournament.
Defending champions Iran defeated Japan in the final to win their 12th title.
Qualification
Qualifying was played on 15 October – 12 November 2017.Qualified teams
The following 16 teams qualified for the final tournament.| Team | Qualified as | Appearance | Previous best performance |
| 12th | |||
| 5th | |||
| 1st | |||
| 15th | |||
| 12th | |||
| 15th | |||
| 13th | |||
| 12th | |||
| 15th | |||
| 15th | , | ||
| 15th | |||
| 10th | |||
| 2nd | |||
| 11th | |||
| 11th | |||
| 2nd |
Venues
The competition was played in two venues in two cities.| New Taipei City | Taipei | |
| Xinzhuang Gymnasium | University of Taipei Gymnasium | |
| Capacity: 7,125 | Capacity: 1,000 | |
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Draw
The final draw was held on 12 December 2017, 11:00 TWT, at the Sherwood Taipei in Taipei. The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four teams. The teams were seeded according to their performance in the 2016 AFC Futsal Championship final tournament and qualification, with the hosts Chinese Taipei automatically seeded and assigned to Position A1 in the draw.| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
Squads
Each team must register a squad of 14 players, minimum two of whom must be goalkeepers.Match officials
The following referees were chosen for the 2018 AFC Futsal Championship.;Referees
- Darius Turner
- Hussain Ali Al-Bahhar
- An Ran
- Liu Jianqiao
- Lee Po-fu
- Mahmoudreza Nasirloo
- Hasan Mousa Al-Gburi
- Tomohiro Kozaki
- Kim Jong-hee
- Nurdin Bukuev
- Mohamad Chami
- Helday Idang
- Rey Ritaga
- Yuttakon Maiket
- Azat Hajypolatov
- Fahad Al-Hosani
- Anatoliy Rubakov
- Trương Quốc Dũng
Group stage
;Tiebreakers
Teams are ranked according to points, and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are 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 | 1–2 February 2018 | 1 v 4, 2 v 3 |
| Matchday 2 | 3–4 February 2018 | 4 v 2, 3 v 1 |
| Matchday 3 | 5–6 February 2018 | 1 v 2, 3 v 4 |
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 are used to decide the winner if necessary, except for the third place match where penalty shoot-out is 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 |
 Hossein Tayyebi | Ali Asghar Hassanzadeh |