Qatar Football AssociationNews
02.04.2017 6:00 in :

DOHA: Qatar have been were drawn in Group C of the AFC Futsal Cup as
20 other teams learned their opponents at the official draw for the
inaugural competition took place in the capital of Thailand.

Qatar have been tagged along with Uzbekistan, Lebanon, Myanmar and
Hong Kong in Group C.

The 21 teams were drawn into one group of six teams and three groups
of five teams.

Football Association of Thailand Vice President Thanasak Suraprasert
welcomed the audience and said: “We are delighted and honoured to be
hosts of this new competition, and we welcome the new competition at
u-20 level as an important step to support the development of futsal
in Thailand.”

The tournament will take place in the Thai capital from May 16 to 26,
2017 at the Bangkok Arena and the Huamark Indoor Stadium.

The group winners and runners-up from each group, eight teams in
total, will qualify for the knockout stage (quarter-finals).

The four winners of the quarter-finals will qualify to the semi-finals
and subsequently the winners of the semi-finals will advance to the
final, while the two losing teams will play in the third place
Play-off match.

Group A
A1 Thailand (hosts)
A2 Iraq
A3 Malaysia
A4 Brunei Darussalam
A5 Bahrain
A6 Afghanistan

Group B
B1 Vietnam
B2 Japan
B3 Chinese Taipei
B4 Tajikistan
B5 Indonesia

Group C
C1 Uzbekistan
C2 Qatar
C3 Lebanon
C4 Myanmar
C5 Hong Kong

Group D
D1 Islamic Republic of Iran
D2 Kyrgyz Republic
D3 China PR
D4 Mongolia
D5 United Arab Emirates