2026 AFC Futsal Asian Cup

The 2026 AFC Futsal Asian Cup will be the 18th edition of the AFC Futsal Asian Cup, the biennial international futsal championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the men's national teams of Asia. Indonesia will host the tournament for the second time after first hosting the tournament back in 2002.

2026 AFC Futsal Asian Cup
Piala Asia Futsal AFC 2026

Tournament details
Host country	Indonesia
Dates	27 January – 7 February
Teams	16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue	2 (in 1 host city)
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Iran are the defending champions, having won its record 13th title in 2024.

Host selection

Initially, Pakistan and Indonesia expressed interest to host the tournament. Later, Indonesia was selected as hosts by the AFC Futsal Committee on 8 November 2024.

Teams

The draw for the qualifiers was held on 26 June 2025. The host Indonesia qualified directly for the final tournament, while the other teams competed in the qualifying stage for the remaining 15 spots. The qualifiers were played between 20 September and 22 October 2025.

Qualified teams

Team	Qualification method	Date of qualification	Appearance(s)			Previous best performance
Team	Qualification method	Date of qualification	Total	First	Last	Previous best performance
Indonesia	Hosts	8 October 2024	11th	2002	2022	Quarter-finals (2022)
Australia	Group A winners	24 September 2025	9th	2006	2024	Fourth place (2012)
Thailand	Group B winners		18th	1999		Runners-up (2008, 2012, 2024)
Japan	Group C winners		18th	1999		Champions (2006, 2012, 2014, 2022)
Iraq	Group D winners	22 October 2025	14th	2001		Fourth place (2018)
Vietnam	Group E winners	24 September 2025	8th	2005		Fourth place (2016)
Kyrgyzstan	Group F winners		17th	1999		Fourth place (2005, 2006, 2007)
Iran	Group G winners		18th	1999		Champions (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2016, 2018, 2024)
Afghanistan	Group H winners		2nd	2024		Quarter-finals (2024)
Kuwait	Best runners-up	22 October 2025	14th	2001	2024	Fourth place (2003, 2014)
South Korea	2nd best runners-up		15th	1999		Runners-up (1999)
Uzbekistan	3rd best runners-up		18th	1999		Runners-up (2001, 2006, 2010, 2016)
Tajikistan	4th best runners-up		13th	2001		Fourth place (2024)
Saudi Arabia	5th best runners-up		4th	2016		Group stage (2016, 2022, 2024)
Lebanon	6th best runners-up		13th	2003	2022	Quarter-finals (2004, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2018)
Malaysia	7th best runners-up		13th	1999	2018	Group stage (1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2014, 2016, 2018)

Draw

The draw took place in Jakarta on 5 November 2025 at 14:00 local time (UTC+7). The host Indonesia were automatically placed in the first seed of Group A.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Indonesia (23) (hosts) Iran (5) Thailand (11) Japan (13)	Uzbekistan (19) Vietnam (26) Afghanistan (33) Iraq (41)	Kuwait (43) Tajikistan (46) Saudi Arabia (48) Kyrgyzstan (49)	Australia (53) Lebanon (54) South Korea (73) Malaysia (81)

Venues

The tournament will be held at two venues in Jakarta.

Jakarta		Jakarta 2026 AFC Futsal Asian Cup (Indonesia)
Indonesia Arena	Jakarta International Velodrome
Capacity: 16,500	Capacity: 8,500

Squads

Each team was required to registered a squad with a minimum of 14 players and a maximum of 25 players, at least two of whom had to be goalkeepers (Regulations Article 23).

Group stage

Tiebreakers

Teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Article 7.3):

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 were tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams were still tied, all head-to-head criteria above were 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 were tied and they met in the last round of the group;
Disciplinary points (yellow card = 1 point, red card as a result of two yellow cards = 3 points, direct red card = 3 points, yellow card followed by direct red card = 4 points);
Drawing of lots.

Group A

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	Indonesia (H)	Advance to the knockout stage
2	Iraq	Advance to the knockout stage
3	Kyrgyzstan
4	South Korea

First match(es) will be played: 27 January 2026. Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

27 January 2026