title: 2016 AFC Futsal Club Championship
text: # 2016 AFC Futsal Club Championship
  
  The 2016 AFC Futsal Club Championship was the 7th 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 Bangkok, Thailand between July 17 and July 23, 2016.
  
  ## Qualified teams
  
  A total of 12 teams from 12 AFC member associations participated in the tournament.
  
  | Association | Team | Qualified as |
  | - | - | - |
  | Iran | Tasisat Daryaei | 2015 AFC Futsal Club Championship champions / 2015–16 Iranian Futsal Super League champions |
  | Japan | Nagoya Oceans | 2014–15 F. League champions |
  | Thailand | Chonburi Bluewave | Host representative /2015–16 Thailand Futsal League champions |
  | China | Dalian Yuan Dynasty | 2014–15 Chinese Futsal League champions |
  | Uzbekistan | AGMK | 2015 Uzbekistan Futsal League champions |
  | Australia | Vic Vipers | 2015–16 F-League champions |
  | Chinese Taipei | Taipower | 2015–16 Chinese Taipei Futsal League champions |
  | Qatar | Al-Sadd | 2015–16 Qatar Futsal League champions |
  | Vietnam | Sanna Khánh Hòa | 2015 Vietnam National Futsal League champions |
  | United Arab Emirates | Dibba Al-Hisn | 2014–15 UAE Futsal League champions |
  | Iraq | Naft Al-Wasat | 2015–16 Iraq Futsal League champions |
  | Lebanon | Al-Mayadeen | 2015–16 Lebanon Futsal League champions |
  
  ## Venue
  
  The matches are played at the Bangkok Arena in Bangkok.
  
  | Bangkok Metropolis | Nong Chok |
  | - | - |
  | Bangkok Metropolis | Bangkok Arena |
  | Bangkok Metropolis | Capacity: 12,000 |
  | Bangkok Arena2016 AFC Futsal Club Championship (Bangkok) | |
  
  ## Draw
  
  The draw was held on 6 May 2016 in Bangkok. The 12 teams were drawn into four groups of three teams. Besides the team from the host association Thailand, the teams from Iran, Vietnam and Iraq were also seeded as per the final ranking of the 2015 AFC Futsal Club Championship.
  
  | Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 |
  | - | - | - |
  | Chonburi Bluewave (hosts; position A1) Tasisat Daryaei Sanna Khánh Hòa Naft Al-Wasat | Nagoya Oceans Dalian Yuan Dynasty Al-Mayadeen Al-Sadd | AGMK Vic Vipers Dibba Al-Hisn Taipower |
  
  ## Squads
  
  Each team had to submit a squad of 14 players, including a minimum of two goalkeepers.
  
  ## Match officials
  
  The following referees were chosen for the 2016 AFC Futsal Club Championship.
  
  ### Referees
  
  * Ryan Shepheard
  * Scott Kidson
  * An Ran
  * Chan Ka Chung
  * Mahmoud Reza Nasirlou
  * Hasan Mohammed Mousa Al-Gburi
  * Kobayashi Hiroyuki
  * Kozaki Tomohiro
  * Husein Mahmoud Husein Khalaileh
  * Nurdin Bukuev
  * Mohamad Chami
  * Helday Idang
  * Rey Ritaga
  * Yuttakon Maiket
  
  ## 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 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;
  * 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, ICT (UTC+7).
  
  ### Group A
  
  | Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Chonburi Bluewave (H) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 6 | Knockout stage |
  | 2 | Nagoya Oceans | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 1 | Knockout stage |
  | 3 | Vic Vipers | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 1 | |
  
  ### Group B
  
  | Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Tasisat Daryaei | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 6 | Knockout stage |
  | 2 | AGMK | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 1 | Knockout stage |
  | 3 | Al-Mayadeen | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 1 | |
  
  ### Group C
  
  | Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Naft Al-Wasat | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 4 | Knockout stage |
  | 2 | Dibba Al-Hisn | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | Knockout stage |
  | 3 | Dalian Yuan Dynasty | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 1 | |
  
  ### Group D
  
  | Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Sanna Khánh Hòa | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 6 | Knockout stage |
  | 2 | Al-Sadd | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 3 | Knockout stage |
  | 3 | Taipower | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | −7 | 0 | |
  
  ## 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).
  
  ### Bracket
  
  | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | July 19 – Bangkok | July 19 – Bangkok | | | |
  | Sanna Khánh Hòa | 2 | | | |
  | Sanna Khánh Hòa | 2 | July 21 – Bangkok | July 21 – Bangkok | | |
  | Dibba Al-Hisn | 6 | July 21 – Bangkok | July 21 – Bangkok | |
  | Dibba Al-Hisn | 6 | Dibba Al-Hisn | 1 | |
  | July 19 – Bangkok | July 19 – Bangkok | | Dibba Al-Hisn | 1 | |
  | July 19 – Bangkok | July 19 – Bangkok | Nagoya Oceans | 3 | |
  | Tasisat Daryaei | 2 (2) | Nagoya Oceans | 3 | |
  | Tasisat Daryaei | 2 (2) | | | | July 23 – Bangkok | July 23 – Bangkok |
  | Nagoya Oceans (p) | 2 (3) | | | | July 23 – Bangkok | July 23 – Bangkok |
  | Nagoya Oceans (p) | 2 (3) | | | | Nagoya Oceans (p) | 4 (6) |
  | July 19 – Bangkok | July 19 – Bangkok | | | | | Nagoya Oceans (p) | 4 (6) |
  | July 19 – Bangkok | July 19 – Bangkok | | | | Naft Al-Wasat | 4 (5) |
  | Naft Al-Wasat | 2 | | | | Naft Al-Wasat | 4 (5) |
  | Naft Al-Wasat | 2 | July 21 – Bangkok | July 21 – Bangkok | | | |
  | Al-Sadd | 1 | July 21 – Bangkok | July 21 – Bangkok | | | |
  | Al-Sadd | 1 | Naft Al-Wasat (a.e.t.) | 4 | | | |
  | July 19 – Bangkok | July 19 – Bangkok | | Naft Al-Wasat (a.e.t.) | 4 | | | |
  | July 19 – Bangkok | July 19 – Bangkok | Chonburi Bluewave | 1 | | Third place | Third place |
  | Chonburi Bluewave | 4 | Chonburi Bluewave | 1 | | Third place | Third place |
  | Chonburi Bluewave | 4 | | | | July 23 – Bangkok | July 23 – Bangkok |
  | AGMK | 1 | | | | July 23 – Bangkok | July 23 – Bangkok |
  | AGMK | 1 | | | | Dibba Al-Hisn | 1 |
  | | | | | | Chonburi Bluewave | 6 |
  
  ## Awards
  
  * AFC Futsal Club Championship 2016 Champions
  * Nagoya Oceans Third Title
  * Most Valuable Player
     * Farhad Tavakoli ( Naft Al-Wasat)
  * Top Scorer
     * Jirawat Sornwichian (7 goals)
  * Fair-Play Award
     * Dibba Al-Hisn
  * All-Star Team
     * Yushi Sekiguchi (Nagoya Oceans) (GK)
     * Farhad Tavakoli (Naft Al-Wasat)
     * Tomoki Yoshikawa (Nagoya Oceans)
     * Jirawat Sornwichian (Chonburi Bluewave)
     * Ghodrat Bahadori (Naft Al-Wasat)
  * Reserve All-Star Team
     * Ahmed Duraid (Naft Al-Wasat) (GK)
     * Karim Abou Zeid (Dibba Al-Hisn)
     * Mustafa Bachay Hamzah (Naft Al-Wasat)
     * Suphawut Thueanklang (Chonburi Bluewave)
     * Hossein Tayebi (Tasisat Daryaei)
     * Coach: Pedro Costa (Nagoya Oceans)
  
  ## Statistics
  
  ### Goalscorers
  
  | Rank | Player | Team | MD1 | MD2 | QF | SF | TF | F | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Jirawat Sornwichian | Chonburi Bluewave | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 7 |
  | 2 | Hossein Tayebi | Tasisat Daryaei | 2 | 3 | 1 | | | | 6 |
  | 3 | Ghodrat Bahadori | Naft Al-Wasat | 1 | 1 | | 2 | | 1 | 5 |
  | 4 | Mustafa Bachay Hamzah | Naft Al-Wasat | 1 | 2 | 1 | | | | 4 |
  | 4 | Suphawut Thueanklang | Chonburi Bluewave | 1 | 1 | 1 | | 1 | | 4 |
  | 4 | Rafael Sakai | Nagoya Oceans | 1 | | 1 | 1 | | 1 | 4 |
  | 7 | Abdullah Salem | Al-Sadd | 2 | 1 | | | | | 3 |
  | 7 | Farhad Tavakoli | Naft Al-Wasat | | 1 | | 1 | | 1 | 3 |
  | 7 | Mario Claudio | Dibba Al-Hisn | 1 | | 1 | | 1 | | 3 |
  | 7 | Tomoki Yoshikawa | Nagoya Oceans | 1 | | | 1 | | 1 | 3 |
  
  ### Tournament team rankings
  
  As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.
  
  | Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Nagoya Oceans | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 6 | Champions |
  | | Naft Al-Wasat | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 7 | +8 | 11 | Runners-up |
  | | Chonburi Bluewave (H) | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 10 | +10 | 12 | Third place |
  | 4 | Dibba Al-Hisn | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 14 | −3 | 5 | Fourth place |
  | 5 | Tasisat Daryaei | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 7 | Eliminated in quarter-finals |
  | 6 | Al-Sadd | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 3 | Eliminated in quarter-finals |
  | 7 | AGMK | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 1 | Eliminated in quarter-finals |
  | 8 | Sanna Khánh Hòa | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 6 | Eliminated in quarter-finals |
  | 9 | Vic Vipers | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 1 | Eliminated in group stage |
  | 10 | Al-Mayadeen | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 1 | Eliminated in group stage |
  | 11 | Dalian Yuan Dynasty | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 1 | Eliminated in group stage |
  | 12 | Taipower | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | −7 | 0 | Eliminated in group stage |
  