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Host country
  
Malaysia

Dates
  
21–26 September 2015

Champions
  
Iran (1st title)

City
  
Nilai

Venue(s)
  
1 (in 1 host city)

2015 AFC Women's Futsal Championship

Teams
  
8 (from 1 confederation)

The 2015 AFC Women's Futsal Championship was the first edition of the AFC Women's Futsal Championship, the biennial international futsal championship organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the women's national teams of Asia. The tournament was held in Nilai, Malaysia between September 21–26, 2015.

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Qualified teams

A total of eight AFC member national teams participated in the tournament. The event invitations were based on participation in the previous two editions of the Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games (2009 and 2013).

Notes
  •  Indonesia were removed from the competition due to a FIFA suspension.
  •  Jordan withdrew before the draw was held.
  • Venues

    All matches were played at the Nilai Indoor Stadium, Nilai.

    Draw

    The draw was held on 14 July 2015 at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams (one seeded team and three unseeded teams). Japan and Iran, the champions and runners-up at the 2013 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games, were seeded in Pot 1, while all other teams were unseeded in Pot 2.

    Group stage

    The top two teams of each group advanced to the semi-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:

    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.

    All times are local, MYT (UTC+8).

    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).

    Awards

  • Most Valuable Player
  • Fereshteh Karimi
  • Top Scorer Award
  • Farahiyah Ridzuan (7 goals, won tiebreaker over Chikage Kichibayashi)
  • Goalscorers

    7 goals
    6 goals
    5 goals
    4 goals
    3 goals
    2 goals
    1 goal
    1 Own goal
    2 Own goals

    Source: the-AFC.com

    References

    2015 AFC Women's Futsal Championship Wikipedia