JAKARTA - The Indonesian Futsal National Team is in Group A with Iraq, Kirgizstan, and South Korea at the 2026 Futsal Asia Cup (AFC Futsal Asian Cup 2026) based on the draw results held in Jakarta, Wednesday, November 5, 2025.
As the host, Indonesia is included in the first lottery pot. This result puts Hector Souto's squad in a competitive and challenging group.
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In the opening match later, the Indonesian Futsal National Team will meet South Korea on January 27, 2026. Of course, competing in public itself is expected to be an additional motivation for the players to start the tournament with positive results.
As is known, this tournament will be attended by 16 countries which are divided into four groups. Later, only the top two teams from each group will be entitled to advance to the quarter-finals.
In the 2022 edition, the Indonesian Futsal National Team managed to reach the last eight, as well as the best achievement so far.
The Indonesian Futsal National Team has participated in the Asian Futsal Cup since the 2002 edition. When it was still held every year, the Red-White Team had never passed the group stage until the 2006 edition.
The Garuda squad was later absent in 2007, before taking part again in the 2008 edition when the tournament was held every two years.
In four editions since 2008, the Indonesian Futsal National Team has not been able to qualify for the knockout stages. The Red and White Team missed the 2016 and 2018 editions for penalties and did not qualify.
Only in 2022, the Indonesian Futsal National Team will talk a lot. They made group runners-up under Iran to qualify for the quarter-finals.
Unfortunately, the journey of the Indonesian Futsal national team was stopped in the last eight after losing to Japan 2-3.
The Garuda team failed to qualify again in 2024 before finally guaranteeing a place in the 2026 Futsal Asian Cup as the host.
2026 Futsal Asian Cup Draw Results
Group A: Indonesia, Iraq, Kyrgyzstan, South Korea Group B: Thailand, Vietnam; Kuwait, Lebangroup C: Japan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Australia Group D: Iran, Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia, Malaysia
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