Determining the 4 teams entering the semi-finals of the 2025 Asian Women's Futsal Championship

In the latest quarter-final match, defending champion Iran had to struggle to overcome Taiwan (China). The two teams drew 1-1 in the 40 minutes of official play, forced to enter extra time. Here, Iran showed the mettle of a championship candidate when scoring 2 more goals, winning 3-1 to advance to the semi-finals.

Before that, host China easily defeated Indonesia with a score of 6-0, while Thailand also proved their strength with a 5-2 victory over Hong Kong (China). Japan is the remaining team to participate in the semi-finals after defeating Vietnam with a score of 2-0. Despite receiving high expectations, the Vietnamese women's futsal team has yet to create a surprise against a strong opponent from East Asia.

According to the match schedule, China will meet Thailand in the first semi-final, while Japan will face Iran in the second semi-final. All 4 teams will compete for 3 tickets to the 2025 Women's Futsal World Cup finals - a world tournament held for the first time at the women's futsal level.

Among the four semi-finalists, host China are rated lower than Japan, Iran and Thailand.

Up to now, 13/16 teams have qualified for the 2025 Women's Futsal World Cup finals. In addition to the host Philippines being the only Asian representative to be determined early, the remaining spots will belong to the 3 teams with the best results in this year's Asian tournament.

Other regions have identified representatives: Europe has Spain, Portugal, Poland and Italy; South America includes Brazil, Argentina and Colombia; the Concacaf region has Canada and Panama; Africa has Morocco and Tanzania; while New Zealand is the only representative of the ocean.