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Blind Football: China is the new Asia/Oceania champion
Date: November 19, 2022
Category: Blind football
China conquered the title of Asia/Oceania champion in the city of Kochi, in India.
The decision was took only in penalty shoot-out against Thailand, after a null at the end of the regular time.
The new champion is on its way to Paris 2024. The first four national teams (China, Thailand, Japan, and Iran) will get their access to the World Championships 2023, in Birmingham. Korea and Malaysia (the 5th and the 6th places) will be in the Intercontinental Cup in 2023.
Check all the results, final standings, and the winners of the individual awards of the competition:
Group Stage
November 11th
Kazakhstan 0 – India 4
Thailand 2 – Malaysia 0
November 12th
Iran 8 – Australia 0
Uzbekistan 0 – Japan 11
November 13th
China vs Thailand: 4-0
Korea vs Uzbekistan: 5-0
Malaysia vs Kazakhstan: 1-1
Australia vsJapan: 0-8
November 14th
Kazakhstan vs China: 0-5
Japan vs Korea: 4-0
India vs Malaysia: 0-0
Uzbekistan vs Iran: 0-6
November 15th
Kazakhstan vs Thailand: 0-3
Iran vs Japan: 0-1
China vs India: 4-0
Korea vs Australia: 3-0
November 16th
Malaysia vs China: 0-3
Australia vs Uzbekistan: 0-2
Thailand vs India: 2-0
Korea vs Iran: 1-4
Standings – Group Stage
| Group A | ||||||||
| Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals for | Goals against | Goal Difference | Points |
| China | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 12 |
| Thailand | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
| India | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 4 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 2 |
| Kazakhstan | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 13 | -12 | 1 |
| Group B | ||||||||
| Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals for | Goals against | Goal Difference | Points |
| Japan | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 24 | 12 |
| Iran | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 16 | 9 |
| Korea | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 6 |
| Uzbekistan | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 22 | -20 | 3 |
| Australia | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 21 | -21 | 0 |
November 17th
Malaysia vs Uzbekistan: 3-2
9th – 10th place play-off
Kazakhstan vs Australia: 0-0 (penalty shoot-out Kazakhstan 2 – Australia 1)
India vs Korea: 1-2
Semi-final 1
China vs Iran: 1-1 (penalty shoot-out China 3 – Iran 2)
Semi-final 2
Japan vs Thailand: 0-0 (penalty shoot-out Japan 1 – Thailand 2)
November 18th
Malaysia vs Korea: 0-0
Uzbekistan vs India: 0-2
3rd – 4th place play-off
Japan vs Iran: 0-0 (penalty shoot-out Japan 2 – Iran 1)
FINAL
China vs Thailand: 0-0 (penalty shoot-out China 2 – Thailand 1)
Final Standings
1st China
2nd Thailand
3rd Japan
4th Iran
5th Korea
6th Malaysia
7th India
8th Uzbekistan
9th Kazakhstan
10th Australia
Awards
Best Goalkeeper: Kasikonudompaisan Ponchai (Thailand)
Top Scorer: Kuroda Tomonari (Japan – 9 goals)
Best Player: Zhu Ruiming (China)
Fair Play Team: Autralia
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