Publish Date: 6 December 2019 - 17:40

TEHRAN, Dec. 06 (MNA) – The official draw of the 2020 AFC Futsal Championship was carried out on Friday and the 16 participating teams, including the defending champion Iran, knew their rivals.

Iran was drawn in Group D along with South Korea, Saudi Arabia, and Thailand.

The event will be held in Turkmenistan from February 26 to Match 8.

Iran is the most decorated team of AFC Futsal Championship with 12 titles out of 15 editions of the games. The team defeated Japan in the final of the 2018 edition to claim the trophy.

The AFC Futsal Championship is Asia’s flagship international futsal competition, also serving as the final stage of FIFA Futsal World Cup qualifying, with the top five sides in Turkmenistan to represent the Continent at Lithuania 2020.

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