A total of 12 teams from 12 AFC member associations participated in the tournament.

Besides the team from the host association Thailand, the teams from Iran, Vietnam and Iraq were also seeded as per the final ranking of the 2015 AFC Futsal Club Championship.

Each team had to submit a squad of 14 players, including a minimum of two goalkeepers.

If tied on points, tiebreakers would be applied in the following order:[3] All times are local, ICT (UTC+7).

[3] As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.