2017 AFC Futsal Club Championship

The 2017 AFC Futsal Club Championship will be the 8th edition of the AFC Futsal Club Championship, the annual Asian futsal club championship organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The tournament will be hold between July 19 and July 30, 2017.

Qualified teams

A total of 12 teams from 12 AFC member associations will participate in the tournament.

Association	Team	Qualified as
Japan	Nagoya Oceans	2016 AFC Futsal Club Championship champions /2015–16 F. League champions
Iraq		2016–17 Iraq Futsal League champions
Thailand		2016–17 Thailand Futsal League champions
United Arab Emirates		2015–16 UAE Futsal League champions
Iran		2016–17 Iranian Futsal Super League champions
Vietnam	Thái Sơn Nam	2016 Vietnam Futsal League champions
Qatar		2016–17 Qatar Futsal League champions
Uzbekistan		2016 Uzbekistan Futsal League champions
Australia		2016–17 F-League champions
Lebanon		2016–17 Lebanon Futsal League champions
China	Shenzhen Nanling	2015–16 Chinese Futsal League champions
Chinese Taipei		2016–17 Chinese Taipei Futsal League champions

Draw

TBD

Group stage

The top two teams of each group advanced to the quarter-finals.

Tiebreakers

The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers would be applied in the following order:^[2]

1. Greater number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
2. Goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned;
3. Greater number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned;
4. If, after applying criteria 1 to 3, teams still have an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 3 are reapplied exclusively to the matches between the teams in question to determine their final rankings. If this procedure does not lead to a decision, criteria 5 to 9 apply;
5. Goal difference in all the group matches;
6. Greater number of goals scored in all the group matches;
7. Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are involved and they are both on the field of play;
8. Fewer score calculated according to the number of yellow and red cards received in the group matches (1 point for a single yellow card, 3 points for a red card as a consequence of two yellow cards, 3 points for a direct red card, 4 points for a yellow card followed by a direct red card);
9. Drawing of lots.

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary (no extra time would be used in the third place match).^[2]

References

External links

• AFC Futsal Club Championship, the-AFC.com