Japanese Futsal was shockingly eliminated, Vietnamese Futsal has another chance to participate in the World Cup

Asia futsal tournament quarter-finals schedule 2024

14:00 April 24: Futsal Tajikistan – Futsal Afghanistan

16:00 April 24: Futsal Iran – Futsal Kyrgyzstan

18:00 April 24 : Thailand Futsal – Iraq Futsal

20:00 April 24: Uzbekistan Futsal – Vietnam Futsal

Japan Futsal is the defending champion at the Asian Futsal tournament . They aim for the ticket World Cup Futsal 2024. But the unbelievable happened, the Rising Sun team was eliminated right from the group stage.

After a 2-3 loss to Kyrgyzstan Futsal, Japanese Futsal won resoundingly. Korean Futsal with a score of 5-0 in the second match. In the final match, Japanese Futsal needed a victory against Tajikistan Futsal to win tickets to advance.

However, Japanese Futsal caused great disappointment when being held to a 1-1 draw by the opponent. Coach Kenichiro Kogure’s team took the lead in the 12th minute thanks to Kentaro Ishida. Holding the advantage, Japanese Futsal continuously pressed with the hope of scoring a second goal.

However, tragedy occurred in the 26th minute. Muhamadjon Sharipov suddenly leveled the score 1-1 for Futsal Tajikistan. In the last minutes, Japan Futsal played power-play (the goalkeeper left the goal empty to attack with his teammates) but could not penetrate Tajikistan Futsal’s net.

With the 1-1 draw with Futsal Tajikistan Futsal Japan accepted to rank 3rd in Group A with 4 points behind Tajikistan Futsal and Kyrgyzstan Futsal 1 point.

The shocking elimination of Japanese Futsal opens up more opportunities for Vietnamese Futsal to win tickets to the World Cup. Coach Diego Giustozzi and his team have entered the quarterfinals and will meet a very strong opponent, Futsal Uzbekistan. If Vietnam fails in this match, Futsal still has a chance to attend the World Cup.

According to regulations, in addition to host Futsal Uzbekistan, the 4 highest-ranked teams in the Asian Futsal tournament will have tickets. attend the World Cup. If Uzbekistan Futsal reaches the semi-finals, the Organizing Committee will organize a play-off round to compete for tickets for the 4 teams that failed in the quarter-finals.