The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has taken note of the Chinese Football Association (CFA)’s confirmation of the withdrawal of its futsal national team from the 2022 AFC Futsal Asian Cup – Kuwait Qualifiers (East Zone).
Consequently, the remaining five teams in the East Zone – Japan, Chinese Taipei, South Korea, Hong Kong and Mongolia – will now compete in one group in a single round league format, instead of the two groups as communicated previously.
The 2022 AFC Futsal Asian Cup – Kuwait Qualifiers (East Zone) will take place in Malaysia from May 17 to 21, 2022 with the top three teams qualifying for the 2022 AFC Futsal Asian Cup – Kuwait.
So far 12 teams – Bahrain, Indonesia, Iraq, Iran, Lebanon, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Vietnam have confirmed their spots and will join hosts Kuwait in the Finals, which is scheduled for September 25 to October 20, 2022.