2020 AFC Futsal Championship qualification|
| Host countries | Vietnam (ASEAN) Iran (Central & South) China (East) Bahrain (West) | 
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| Dates | 16–27 October 2019[1] | 
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| Teams | 31 (from 1 confederation) | 
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| Matches played | 52 | 
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| Goals scored | 371 (7.13 per match) | 
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| Attendance | 28,992 (558 per match) | 
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| Top scorer(s) |   Muhammad Osamanmusa (7 goals) | 
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The 2020 AFC Futsal Championship qualification was the qualification process organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) to determine the participating teams for the 2020 AFC Futsal Championship, the 16th edition of the international men's futsal championship of Asia.[2]
A total of 16 teams qualified to play in the final tournament, including Turkmenistan who automatically qualified as original hosts (tournament was later relocated to Kuwait before being cancelled).[3]
The qualification process was divided into four zones: ASEAN Zone, where the 2019 AFF Futsal Championship served as the qualifying competition, Central & South Zone (Nepal being the only team from South Zone entering), East Zone, and West Zone.
Qualification process
Of the 47 AFC member associations, a total of 31 teams entered the competition. Based on the teams’ performance of 2018 AFC Futsal Championship, the 16 spots in the final tournament were distributed as follows:
- Host: 1 spot
 
- ASEAN Zone: 3 spots
 
- Central & South Zone: 4 spots
 
- East Zone: 3 spots
 
- West Zone: 5 spots
 
Draw
In each zone, the teams were seeded according to their performance in the 2018 AFC Futsal Championship final tournament and qualification (overall ranking shown in parentheses; NR stands for non-ranked teams).
The draw for the 2019 AFF Futsal Championship, which served as the ASEAN Zone qualifying competition, was held by the AFF in July 2019.[4] The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams.
ASEAN Zone
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Pot 2
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Pot 3
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Pot 4
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The draw for the Central & South Zone, East Zone and West Zone, was held on 25 July 2019, 15:00 MYT (UTC+8), at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[5][6][7]
- In the Central & South Zone, the seven teams were drawn into two groups: one group of four teams and one group of three teams. Turkmenistan also entered the qualifying competition despite having automatically qualified for the final tournament.
 
Central & South Zone
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Pot 2
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Pot 3
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- In the East Zone, the seven teams were drawn into two groups: one group of four teams and one group of three teams.
 
East Zone
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Pot 2
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Pot 3
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- In the West Zone, the nine teams were drawn into two groups: one group of five teams and one group of four teams.
 
West Zone
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Pot 2
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Pot 3
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Pot 4
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- Notes
 
- Teams in bold qualified for the final tournament.
 
Did not enter
| ASEAN Zone
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| East Zone
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  Guam 
  Northern Mariana Islands 
  North Korea 
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| South Zone
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| West Zone
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In each group, teams played each other once at a centralised venue.
Tiebreakers
Teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Article 10.5):[2]
- Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
 
- Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
 
- Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
 
- If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
 
- Goal difference in all group matches;
 
- Goals scored in all group matches;
 
- Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are tied and they met in the last round of the group;
 
- Disciplinary points (yellow card = 1 point, red card as a result of two yellow cards = 3 points, direct red card = 3 points, yellow card followed by direct red card = 4 points);
 
- Drawing of lots.
 
ASEAN Zone
Top three teams of the tournament qualified for 2020 AFC Futsal Championship.
- The matches were played between 21 and 27 October 2019.
 
- All matches were held in Vietnam.
 
- Times listed are UTC+7.
 
Schedule
| Matchday
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Dates
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Matches
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| Matchday 1
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21 October 2019
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1 v 4, 2 v 3
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| Matchday 2
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22 October 2019
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4 v 2, 3 v 1
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| Matchday 3
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23 October 2019
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1 v 2, 3 v 4
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| Matchday 4
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25 October 2019
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Semi-finals
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| Matchday 5
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27 October 2019
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Third place match & Final
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Group A
Group B
Semi-finals
The winners qualified for 2020 AFC Futsal Championship.
Third place match
The winner qualified for 2020 AFC Futsal Championship.
Final
Central & South Zone
Top two teams of each group qualified for 2020 AFC Futsal Championship. Had Turkmenistan occupied one of the qualifying spots, the best third-placed team from the two groups would also have qualified.
- The matches were played between 23 and 25 October 2019.
 
- All matches were held in Iran.
 
- Times listed are UTC+3:30.
 
Schedule[8]
| Matchday
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Dates
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Matches
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| Group A
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Group B
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| Matchday 1
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23 October 2019
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1 v 4, 2 v 3
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3 v 1
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| Matchday 2
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24 October 2019
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4 v 2, 3 v 1
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2 v 3
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| Matchday 3
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25 October 2019
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1 v 2, 3 v 4
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1 v 2
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Group A
Group B
- ^ Turkmenistan, as original final tournament hosts, automatically qualified regardless of qualification results.
 
 
East Zone
Winners of each group, and the winner of the play-off between the group runners-up, qualified for 2020 AFC Futsal Championship.
- The matches were played between 22 and 26 October 2019.
 
- All matches were held in China.
 
- Times listed are UTC+8.
 
Schedule[8]
| Matchday
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Dates
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Matches
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| Group A
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Group B
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| Matchday 1
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22 October 2019
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1 v 4, 2 v 3
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3 v 1
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| Matchday 2
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23 October 2019
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4 v 2, 3 v 1
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2 v 3
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| Matchday 3
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24 October 2019
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1 v 2, 3 v 4
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1 v 2
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| Matchday 4
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26 October 2019
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Play-off
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Group A
Group B
Play-off
The winner qualified for 2020 AFC Futsal Championship.
West Zone
Top two teams of each group, and the winner of the play-off between the group third-placed team, qualified for 2020 AFC Futsal Championship.
- The matches were played between 16 and 22 October 2019.
 
- All matches were held in Bahrain.
 
- Times listed are UTC+3.
 
Schedule[8]
| Matchday
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Dates
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Matches
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| Group A
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Group B
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| Matchday 1
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16 October 2019
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3 v 2, 5 v 4
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1 v 4, 2 v 3
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| Matchday 2
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17 October 2019
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4 v 1, 5 v 3
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—
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| Matchday 3
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18 October 2019
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1 v 5, 2 v 4
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4 v 2, 3 v 1
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| Matchday 4
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19 October 2019
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2 v 5, 3 v 1
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—
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| Matchday 5
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20 October 2019
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4 v 3, 1 v 2
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1 v 2, 3 v 4
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| Matchday 6
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22 October 2019
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Play-off
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Group A
Group B
Play-off
The winner qualified for 2020 AFC Futsal Championship.
Qualified teams
The following 16 teams qualified for the final tournament.[9]
| Team
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Qualified as
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Qualified on
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Previous appearances in AFC Futsal Championship1
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  Turkmenistan | 
Original hosts | 
15 April 2019[3] | 
6 (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012)
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  Thailand | 
ASEAN Zone winners | 
25 October 2019 | 
15 (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
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  Indonesia | 
ASEAN Zone runners-up | 
25 October 2019 | 
9 (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
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  Vietnam | 
ASEAN Zone third place | 
27 October 2019 | 
5 (2005, 2010, 2014, 2016, 2018)
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  Uzbekistan | 
Central & South Zone Group A winners | 
24 October 2019 | 
15 (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
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  Tajikistan | 
Central & South Zone Group A runners-up | 
24 October 2019 | 
10 (2001, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
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  Iran | 
Central & South Zone Group B winners | 
24 October 2019 | 
15 (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
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  Kyrgyzstan | 
Central & South Zone Group B runners-up | 
24 October 2019 | 
15 (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
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  China | 
East Zone Group A winners | 
24 October 2019 | 
12 (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
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  Japan | 
East Zone Group B winners | 
24 October 2019 | 
15 (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
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  South Korea | 
East Zone Play-off winners | 
26 October 2019 | 
13 (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2018)
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  Kuwait | 
West Zone Group A winners | 
18 October 2019 | 
11 (2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
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  Bahrain | 
West Zone Group A runners-up | 
20 October 2019 | 
2 (2002, 2018)
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  Lebanon | 
West Zone Group B winners | 
18 October 2019 | 
11 (2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
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  Saudi Arabia | 
West Zone Group B runners-up | 
20 October 2019 | 
1 (2016)
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  Oman | 
West Zone Play-off winners | 
22 October 2019 | 
0 (debut)
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1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
Goalscorers
There were 371 goals scored in 52 matches, for an average of 7.13 goals per match.
7 goals
6 goals
5 goals
 Waleed Khalid 
 Karim Abou Zeid 
 Ali Tneich 
 Ronnachai Jungwongsuk
 
4 goals
3 goals
 Akbar Kazemi 
 Seyed Mousavi 
 Ahmed Abdulnabi 
 Mohamed Al-Sandi 
 Chi Sheng-fa 
 Iqbal Rahmatullah 
 Subhan Faidasa 
 Mahdi Karimi 
 Tomoki Yoshikawa 
 Abdulrahman Al-Tawail 
 Georgio El-Khoury 
 Aung Zin Oo 
 Hlaing Min Tun 
 Pyae Phyo Maung II 
 Muhannad Al-Shibli 
 Jwher Jmah 
 Kim Min-kuk 
 Rustam Hamidov 
 Jetsada Chudech 
 Watchara Laisri 
 Warut Wangsama-aeo 
 Abdulkarim Jamil 
 Davron Choriev 
 Akbar Usmonov 
 Nguyễn Minh Trí
 
2 goals
 Jarrod Basger 
 Daniel Fogarty 
 Grant Lynch 
 Keo Cheatuo 
 Orkchan Sereyvong 
 Geng Deyang 
 Wang Jiahao 
 Chang Chien-ying 
 Huang Po-chun 
 Ali Asghar Hassanzadeh 
 Fahad Methaq 
 Ghaith Riyadh 
 Shota Hoshi 
 Ahmad Al-Farsi 
 Yousef Al-Khalifah 
 Arstanbek Tursunov 
 Steve Koukezian 
 Fong Chi Wa 
 Purevdorj Erdenebat 
 Altantulga Pagamsuren 
 Ko Ko Lwin 
 Pyae Phyo Maung I 
 Mani Lama 
 Khalfan Al-Maawali 
 Loay Al-Wahaibi 
 Adnan Salloum 
 Aroan Mubarak 
 Park Jeong-jin 
 Shavqat Halimov 
 Bahodur Khojaev 
 Parviz Rakhmatov 
 Fayzali Sardorov 
 Nattawut Madyalan 
 Mario Moniz 
 Tariq Abdulla 
 Abdalla Al-Hosani 
 Mashrab Adilov 
 Trần Thái Huy 
 Trần Văn Vũ
 
1 goal
1 own goal
 Akbar Kazemi (against Uzbekistan) 
 Gregory Giovenali (against Malaysia) 
 Chang Chien-ying (against China) 
 Leung Chong Yip (against Mongolia) 
 Li Ka Chun (against Mongolia) 
 Husam Hamed (against Kuwait) 
 Remigio Duarte (against Cambodia) 
 Eufrasio Soares (against Thailand) 
 Gurbangeldi Sähedow (against Iran)
 
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