Iran’s men’s futsal team lost to Russia 2-1 in the SAT Futsal Championship Thailand 2025 opening match on Wednesday.
The Russian team took the lead in the 10th second of the game – Ivan Chishkala scored the Russian team’s debut goal in the tournament. Five minutes before the break, Anton Sokolov scored Russia’s second goal.
The high-stakes four-team futsal tournament is taking place from April 9-12, 2025, at Terminal Hall, Terminal 21 Korat, Thailand.
This tournament serves as preparation for the AFC Futsal Asian Cup 2026 Qualifiers (September 16-24, 2025).
In the other match , Worasak Srirangphairot was the hero for Thailand when his last gasp winner gave the host a well-earned 4-3 win over Kuwait in their opening game of the SAT Men’s Futsal Championship 2025 in Nakhon Ratchasima Province.
Worasak Srirangphairot gave Thailand the lead in the very first minute as Muhammad Osamanmusa then doubled the advantage three minutes later.
Kuwait then fought back through Saleh Alfadhel in the 11th minute and then another from Ali Yaser (18th minute) to put the score back on level.
But Thailand would finish the half with their nose in front when Worasak scored his second of the evening in the 19th minute to put the score at 3-2 to Thailand.
Just four minutes into the second half, Kuwait pegged the scoring back to 3-3 with Suliman Alomran’s effort.
However, Worasak would have the final say in the game with the 39th minute winner for Thailand’s first win in the competition.