The 2015 AFC Futsal Club Championship was the 6th edition of the AFC Futsal Club Championship, the annual Asian futsal club championship organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The tournament was held in Isfahan, Iran between July 31 and August 7, 2015.
Qualified teams
A total of 12 teams from 12 AFC member associations participated in the tournament. Tasisat Daryaei of Iran, as the representatives of the host association, and Nagoya Oceans of Japan, as the defending champions, automatically qualified for the finals. The other teams are from Thailand, China, Uzbekistan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Qatar, Vietnam, United Arab Emirates, Iraq, and Lebanon.
AssociationTeamQualified as IranTasisat DaryaeiHost representatives / 2014–15 Iranian Futsal Super League championsTasisat Daryaei Wins Iran’s Futsal League JapanNagoya Oceans2014 AFC Futsal Club Championship champions / 2014–15 F. League champions ThailandChonburi Blue Wave2014–15 Thailand Futsal League champions ChinaShenzhen Nanling2013–14 Chinese Futsal League champions UzbekistanLokomotiv Tashkent2014 Uzbekistan Futsal League champions KuwaitAl-Qadsia2013–14 Kuwaiti Futsal League champions KyrgyzstanMFC Emgek2014–15 Kyrgyzstan Futsal League champions QatarAl-Rayyan2014–15 Qatar Futsal League champions VietnamThái Sơn Nam2014 Vietnam Futsal League champions United Arab EmiratesAl-Khaleej2013–14 UAE Futsal League champions IraqNaft Al-Wasat2014–15 Iraq Futsal League champions LebanonBank of Beirut2014–15 Lebanon Futsal League champions
Venue Isfahan Naghsh-e-Jahan Arena Capacity: 6,000
Draw The draw was held on 10 June 2015 in Isfahan. The 12 teams were drawn into four groups of three teams (one seeded team and two unseeded teams). Besides the team from the host association Iran, the teams from Japan, Thailand, and China were also seeded as per the final ranking of the 2014 AFC Futsal Club Championship.
Pot 1 (seeded)Pot 2 (unseeded) Tasisat Daryaei Nagoya Oceans Shenzhen Nanling Chonburi Blue Wave Naft Al-Wasat MFC Emgek Al-Qadsia Bank of Beirut Al-Rayyan Al-Khaleej Lokomotiv Tashkent Thái Sơn Nam
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: Greater number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned; Goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned; Greater number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned; If, after applying criteria 1 to 3, teams still have an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 3 is 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; Goal difference in all the group matches; Greater number of goals scored in all the group matches; Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are involved and they are both on the field of play; 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); Drawing of lots.
All times are local, IRDT (UTC+3:30).
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Knockout stage In the knockout stage, the 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).
Bracket
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Third place play-off
Final
Awards AFC Futsal Club Championship2015 ChampionsTasisat DaryaeiFirst Title Most Valuable Player Vahid ShamsaeiHat-trick for Tasisat as Shamsaee scoops MVP, Top Scorer awards Top Scorer Vahid Shamsaei (10 goals) Fair-Play Award Thái Sơn Nam All-Star Team Mostafa Nazari (Tasisat Daryaei) (GK) Vahid Shamsaei (Tasisat Daryaei) Ali Asghar Hassanzadeh (Tasisat Daryaei) Abdulrahman Al Wadi (Al-Qadsia) Mohammad Taheri (Al-Qadsia) Reserve All-Star Team Kirill Ermolov (MFC Emgek) (GK) Saul Olmo Campana (Thái Sơn Nam) Abdulrahman Altawail (Al-Qadsia) Trần Long Vũ (Thái Sơn Nam) Mohammad Nasser Safari (Naft Al-Wasat) Coach: Amir Shamsaei (Tasisat Daryaei)
Top goalscorers RankPlayerTeamGoals1Vahid Shamsaei Tasisat Daryaei102Mohammad Nasser Safari Naft Al-Wasat73Abdulrahman Al Wadi Al-Qadsia64Ali Asghar Hassanzadeh Tasisat Daryaei5Rudolpho Da Costa Bank of Beirut5Abdulrahman Altawail Al-Qadsia57Mohammad Taheri Al-Qadsia4Saul Olmo Campana Thái Sơn Nam4Trần Văn Vũ Thái Sơn Nam4Mohammad Reza Sangsefidi Tasisat Daryaei4Waleed Khalid Fahem Naft Al-Wasat4Majid Raeisi Tasisat Daryaei4
Final standing RankTeam Tasisat Daryaei Al-Qadsia Thái Sơn Nam4 Naft Al-Wasat5 Bank of Beirut6 Nagoya Oceans7 Al-Rayyan8 MFC Emgek9 Chonburi Blue Wave10 Shenzhen Nanling11 Lokomotiv Tashkent12 Al-Khaleej
References
External links AFC Futsal Club Championship, the-AFC.com