Pakistan’s national futsal team will take longer due to the AFC Esperance delaying the Group D matches for the Asian Futsal Cup Qualifiers 2026. As a result, Pakistan will have to delay their first futsal match at a continental level.
New Tournament Dates
The Group D matches have been changed to October 2025. The qualifier matches, originally taking place on September 20-24, will now take place on October 18-22, 2025.
Group D Teams
Pakistan’s Group includes:
- Saudi Arabia
- Iraq
- Chinese Taipei
Reason for Postponement
The matches were supposed to be held in Saudi Arabia this month, but due to some logistical and unforeseeable reasons, the host nation’s Football Federation had to shift dates and postpone the matches.
Impact on Pakistan’s Preparation
Pakistan have been preparing all this while. Though they had named the squad and were almost done with the preparations, timing was way off. The intention seems to be, with additional weeks now available for strategy formulation, to prevent Pakistan from losing momentum. The delay for the country’s first ever appearance in the competition is a huge bonus.
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Although nobody likes a delay, within the context of the futsal world, there is a new chance for Pakistan with the delay since it is adjustment paperwork that could give Pakistan the chance that newly started Pakistan squads is. With a month now, it cuts the highly touted return encounter with a frosty reception that would allay all worries associated with the competitiveness of the South chap with an ease.
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Specialists have promised that new updates on venues and fixtures would be circulated soon. Furnishing all participants and spectators with the needed services is an end that all who arrange the competition aspire.
Looking Ahead
Attendees in Pakistan would have to wait till the end of the month but expectation would certainly be on a high. The matches come in the midst of a growing interest in futsal throughout South Asia. With the league starting, the matches would not just be qualifiers. They would lay the first building stones of Pakistan’s influence in Futsal throughout the continent.
