New Delhi [India], September 20 (ANI): The Indian men's futsal team will begin only their second-ever AFC Futsal Asian Cup Qualifiers campaign against hosts Kuwait in Group A at the Qushaian Al-Mutairi Hall in Ardiya on Saturday, as per the AIFF website. The 14-member Futsal Tigers squad arrived in Kuwait on September 16 after playing two friendly matches in Lebanon against the hosts. The AFC Futsal Asian Cup Indonesia 2026 Qualifiers will see 31 teams, divided into eight groups, battle for 15 qualifying spots. The 135th-ranked Indian side will have a mountain to climb against the highest-ranked team in the group Kuwait, placed 43rd in the world. But Kordi stressed that these Qualifiers are about competing, growing and creating history by winning India's first international futsal match.