AFC Futsal Asian Cup

AFC Futsal Asian Cup

Organising body	AFC
Founded	1999; 25 years ago (1999)
Region	Asia
Number of teams	16
Current champions	Iran (13th title)
Most successful team(s)	Iran (13 titles)
2024 AFC Futsal Asian Cup

The AFC Futsal Asian Cup, previously the AFC Futsal Championship, is the premier international futsal competition for the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) national teams. It was first held in 1999 and was played annually until 2008; since then it has been played biennially. From 2021, the tournament was rebranded from the AFC Futsal Championship to the AFC Futsal Asian Cup.^[1] It is also the qualification for the FIFA Futsal World Cup. There are 47 countries and territories that are permitted to compete for qualification into the tournament.

Iran and Japan are the dominant nations being the only two nations to have won the tournament, and Iran is the only nation to have never finished outside the top four. Iran, champions of 13 of the 17 editions of the competition, won 7 straight editions before their streak was broken by Japan. Iran are the current reigning champions, having won the tournament in 2024.