The teams will play single round robin format for the four slots in the Finals. Group A includes Malaysia, Chinese Taipei, Maldives and Vietnam while Kuwait, Indonesia, Macau, Brunei and Qatar complete Group B.

The qualifiers will be hosted in Malaysia at the Matsushita Sports Complex, Shah Alam, Selangor from March 26 – 30 and the top two teams from each group will join 12 other seeded teams in the Finals to be held in the Thai capital Bangkok from May 11-18, 2008.

Top 4 teams of the finals in Bangkok will represent Asia in the FIFA Futsal world cup in Brazil on October 2008.

The seedings for the qualification and finals format of AFC Futsal Championship 2008 are based on the results from the AFC Futsal Championship 2007.

Seeded teams (Based on AFC rankings): 1. Iran 2. Japan 3. Uzbekistan 4. Kyrgyzstan 5. Lebanon 6. Tajikistan 7. Thailand 8. Australia 9. Korea Rep. 10. Iraq 11. China 12. Turkmenistan.

Qualifiers schedule (Malaysia time; GMT +8):
March 26, 2008
Malaysia vs. Vietnam (1200hrs), Chinese Taipei vs. Maldives (1400hrs), Macau vs. Indonesia (1600hrs), Qatar vs. Brunei (1800hrs)
March 27, 2008
Vietnam vs. Chinese Taipei (1200hrs), Maldives vs. Malaysia (1400hrs), Brunei vs. Kuwait (1600hrs), Qatar vs. Macau (1800hrs)
March 28, 2008
Malaysia vs. Chinese Taipei (1200hrs), Vietnam vs. Maldives (1400hrs), Kuwait vs. Qatar (1600hrs), Indonesia, vs. Brunei (1800hrs)
March 29, 2008
Indonesia vs. Qatar (1400hrs), Macau vs. Kuwait (1600hrs)
March 30, 2008
Brunei vs. Macau (1400hrs), Kuwait vs. Indonesia (1600hrs)