NEWS

Japanese F. League champions Nagoya Oceans finished third in the inaugural AFC Futsal Championship on Friday in Iran, holding off Thai club Port Authority 6-5 on penalties following a 6-6 draw after extra time.

Foolad Mahan Sepahan from the host nation won the tournament with a 5-2 victory over Al-Sadd of Qatar in the final.
In the third-place playoff at Pirouzi Stadium in Esfahan, Nagoya took a 3-0 lead in the first 10 minutes with a brace from Rafael Sakai and a strike from Shuta Mori.
But the Japanese league champions allowed Ulid Rossanakarn to score in the 12th and 13th minutes, bringing the Thais back into game.
Kaoru Morioka made it 4-2 for the Japanese side in the 15th minute, but Port Authority cut the deficit through Ukrit Taengtung four minutes later, and Nattavut Madyalan leveled the scores at 4-4 in the 32nd minute.
During extra time, the Thais twice took the lead – with goals from goalkeeper Prakit Dankhunthod and Ukrit – but Ulid was dismissed in the 45th minute after collecting his second booking of the day.
Nagoya managed to draw level both times – through Kenichiro Kogure in the 47th minute and Teppei Maruyama’s last-minute strike, which sent the game into a shootout.
After one failure by each side in the shootout, Siriroj Panyateerawong hit the post and gave Nagoya the win.