The 2012 AFC Futsal Club Championship was the 3rd AFC Futsal Club Championship. It was held in Kuwait City, Kuwait between July 1 and July 6, 2012.
On 21 November 2011 the AFC Futsal Committee, under the chairmanship of Guam's Richard Lai, proposed to award the hosting rights of the 2012 AFC Futsal Club Championship to Kuwait The draw for the tournament was held on 26 April 2012 in Movenpick Hotel, Kuwait City.
Qualification
The national league champions of the three best placed teams in the 2011 Championship received a bye to the final as well as the host nation's champion. The remaining four spots were decided in two Asian qualifying tournaments.
TeamQualified as Giti Pasand IsfahanSanaye Giti Pasand book Kuwait ticket Iranian Super League 2011–12 Second Nagoya Oceans F. League 2011–12 Winner All SportsLebanon Futsal League 2011–12 Winner Yarmouk Kuwait Futsal 2011–12 Winner (host) Government Housing Bank RBACThai Son Nam (VIE), GH Bank RBAC (THA) qualify for finals East and Southeast 1st Thái Sơn Nam East and Southeast 2nd Ardus Tashkent South and Central 1st Al-Rayyan South and Central 2nd
Venues
Kuwait City Al-Yarmouk Futsal Stadium Al-Arabi SC Futsal Stadium Capacity: Capacity:
Group stage
Group A Teamwidth=25width=25width=25width=25width=25width=25 Giti Pasand3300201+199 Al-Rayyan3111712−54 Yarmouk3102101003 Thái Sơn Nam3012216−141
Group B Teamwidth=25width=25width=25width=25width=25width=25 Ardus32011511+46 Nagoya Oceans3201138+56 All Sports31111110+14 GH Bank RBAC3012717−101
Knockout stage
Semi-finals
Third place play-off
Final
Awards AFC Futsal Club Championship 2012 ChampionsGiti PasandFirst Title
Most Valuable Player Mohammad Keshavarz Top Scorer Ahmad Esmaeilpour (9 goals) Fair-Play Award Nagoya Oceans All-Star Team Rustam Umarov (Ardus) (GK) Mohammad Keshavarz (Giti Pasand) Rafael Henmi (Nagoya Oceans) Ahmad Esmaeilpour (Giti Pasand) Kaoru Morioka (Nagoya Oceans) Reserve All-Star Team Alireza Samimi (Giti Pasand) (GK) Amro Mohssein (Al-Rayyan) Afshin Kazemi (Giti Pasand) Dilshod Irsaliev (Ardus) Khaled Takaji (All Sports) Coach: Alireza Afzal (Giti Pasand)
Final standing RankTeam Giti Pasand Isfahan Ardus Tashkent Nagoya Oceans4 Al-Rayyan5 All Sports6 Yarmouk7 Government Housing Bank RBAC8 Thái Sơn Nam
Top scorers
RankPlayerClubGoals1 Ahmad Esmaeilpour Giti Pasand92 Dilshod Irsaliev Ardus73 Afshin Kazemi Giti Pasand64 Rafael Henmi Nagoya Oceans5 Tomoki Yoshikawa Nagoya Oceans6 Carmelo Hernández Ardus4 Kaoru Morioka Nagoya Oceans8 Ali El Homsi All Sports3 Xapa Giti Pasand Panomkorn Saisorn GH Bank RBAC Thiago Yarmouk
References
External links Official site AFC Technical Report