Japan had been held to a 1-0 win by a resilient Turkmenistan in Tuesday’s final Group D outing and found Group C runners-up Kyrgyzstan equally hard to break down.

"First and foremost, I would like to congratulate our opponents for a good game. I am sure that the futsal team of Kyrgyzstan have a bright future," said Rodrigo.

"We played a nice, safe and smart game. But we cannot rest and rejoice. We still have some very hard games to come if we are to win the tournament and they will be against some of the strongest teams in Asia."

Yusuke Komiyama finally opened the scoring at Uzbekistan Sports Complex after eight minutes before Mitsuyoshi Matsumiya added a second four minutes before the break.

The third finally arrived through Tetsuya Murakami with seven minutes remaining before substitute Shota Hoshi sealed the win in the last minute.

Despite exiting at the quarter-final stage, Kyrgyzstan coach Amirzhan Mukanov hopes the determined display is the shape of things to come.

"Japan is one of the best teams of the Asian continent. Therefore, I believe we are at that level as well," said Mukanov.

"Despite losing, we had our moments. Unfortunately they did not result in goals.

"We have gained tremendous experience from the match that we will need and can use in the upcoming tournaments."