BANGKOK (13 May 2020) – FIFA have confirmed new dates for the FIFA Futsal World Cup which will be hosted by Lithuania.
Subject to continued monitoring of the COVID-19 pandemic, the new dates are 12 September to 3 October 2021.
The 24-team event was initially supposed to be held on 12 September to 4 October 2020.
Correspondingly, the AFC Futsal Championship will be held on 5–16 August 2020 in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan – moved from the initial date at the end of February 2020.
ASEAN will have three teams – Thailand, Indonesia and Vietnam – representing the region at the AFC Futsal Championship 2020.
The top five teams at the AFC Futsal Championship will punch tickets to the FIFA Futsal World Cup 2021 in Lithuania.