Asia’s top 16 futsal clubs identified their group rivals at Friday’s official AFC Futsal Club Championship Indonesia 2018 Final Draw in Jakarta.
The tournament - to be held on August 1-12 - with 32 matches to be played, will be held in the city of Yogyakarta.
This year’s edition will also welcome debutant Mes Sungun Varzaghan from Islamic Republic of Iran, who overcame Tasisat Daryaei and Giti Pasand Isfahan for a spot in the Championship, and it will be aiming to prove its worth against Lebanon’s Bank of Beirut, AGMK FC of Uzbekistan and tournament debutant FC Sipar from Tajikistan in Group D.
Indonesia’s Vamos FC will be counting on home support when it takes on three-time champion Nagoya Oceans, Dalian Yuan Dynasty from China PR and newcomer Victoria University College FC of Myanmar in Group A in the ninth edition of the AFC Futsal Club Championship.
Group B will also be keenly contested as Vietnamese champion Thai Son Nam FC, Al Dhafra from the United Arab Emirates, Iraq’s Nafit Al Wasat and Jeonju MAG FC from Korea Republic, who will be making its first appearance in the tournament, were drawn together.
Title holder and two-time champion, Chonburi Bluewave of Thailand, will be out to make tournament history by being the team to win the tournament twice in a row, but will have to go through Al Sailiya from Qatar, Kyrgyz Republic’s FC Erem and Vic Vipers of Australia in Group C.