AFC Beach Soccer Championship

AFC Beach Soccer Championship

Founded	2006 (2006)
Region	Asia (AFC)
Number of teams	15 (2015)
Current champions	Oman (1st title)
Most successful team(s)	Japan United Arab Emirates (2 titles)

The AFC Beach Soccer Championship is the main international championship for beach soccer in Asia, mirroring that of the AFC Asian Cup in association football. Also known as the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualifiers for AFC, the championship was established in 2006 after FIFA made requirements for all confederations to begin holding a qualification tournament to determine the best national team(s) in the region and hence those who would proceed to represent their continent in the World Cup.

Asia was awarded three spots at the finals under FIFA's new changes to the organisation of the World Cup and hence the winners, runners-up and winner of the third place play-off qualify to the succeeding World Cup finals. Before 2006, there was no consistent method of qualification or number of spots at the World Cup for Asian nations, with countries often simply being invited to play in the finals, without competing for a regional crown beforehand.

The most successful nations are the United Arab Emirates and Japan, who have both won two of the seven tournaments. However Japan may be considered as the most successful of the two since they have qualified for the World Cup all seven years by at least reaching the final, whereas the United Arab Emirates have only qualified for the World Cup on three occasions.

Now that the World Cup takes place every two years, so does the championship, which started with the qualifiers for the 2011 World Cup.

Tournaments

For all tournaments, the top three teams qualified for the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, except for 2009, where only the top two teams qualified as one of the AFC spots were given to the World Cup hosts United Arab Emirates.

Year	Location	Winners	Score	Runners-up	Third Place	Score	Fourth Place
Year	Location	Final			Third Place Play-off
2006 details	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Bahrain	5–3	Japan	Iran	6–4	China
2007 details	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	United Arab Emirates	4–3	Japan	Iran	6–0	Bahrain
2008 details	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	United Arab Emirates	4–3	Japan	Iran	4–1	China
2009^[1] details	Dubai United Arab Emirates	Japan	4–2	Bahrain	Oman	1–1 aet (2–1) pen	Iran
2011 details	Muscat, Oman	Japan	2–1	Oman	Iran	6–2	United Arab Emirates
2013 details	Doha, Qatar	Iran	6–6 aet (5–4) pen	Japan	United Arab Emirates	3–2	Australia
2015 details	Doha, Qatar	Oman	1–1 aet (3–2) pen	Japan	Iran	8–3	Lebanon
2017 details	Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Notes:

1 ^ Qualifying automatically as World Cup hosts, reigning champions, the United Arab Emirates, did not take part in the championship.

Successful nations

Team	Titles	Runners-up	Third-place	Fourth Place	Top 4
Japan	2 (2009, 2011)	5 (2006, 2007, 2008, 2013, 2015)	-	-	7
United Arab Emirates	2 (2007, 2008)	-	1 (2013)	1 (2011)	4
Oman	1 (2015)	1 (2011)	1 (2009)	-	3
Bahrain	1 (2006)	1 (2009)	-	1 (2007)	3
Iran	1 (2013)	-	5 (2006, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2015)	1 (2009)	7
China	-	-	-	2 (2006, 2008)	2
Australia	-	-	-	1 (2013)	1
Lebanon	-	-	-	1 (2015)	1

Overall standings

Team	Part	Pld	W	WE	WP	L	GF	GA	Dif	Pts
Japan	7	32	23	0	1	8	153	87	+66	70
Iran	7	32	20	1	1	10	165	91	+74	63
United Arab Emirates	6	26	19	0	0	7	109	73	+36	57
Oman	4	22	15	0	3	4	92	52	+40	48
Bahrain	6	27	13	1	2	11	87	76	+11	43
China	7	28	9	0	2	17	85	111	-26	29
Uzbekistan	5	18	4	0	0	14	64	77	-13	12
Lebanon	2	10	3	1	0	6	39	43	-4	11
Australia	2	8	3	0	1	4	25	24	+1	10
Palestine	1	5	2	1	0	2	24	20	+4	8
Iraq	3	10	2	1	0	7	32	53	-21	8
Afghanistan	1	5	2	0	0	3	16	21	-5	6
Thailand	2	7	2	0	0	5	18	27	-9	6
Kuwait	2	6	1	0	0	5	23	30	-7	3
Laos	1	3	1	0	0	2	11	21	-10	3
Saudi Arabia	1	5	1	0	0	4	13	26	-13	3
Qatar	2	8	1	0	0	7	23	41	-18	3
Vietnam	1	3	0	0	0	3	11	14	-3	0
India	1	2	0	0	0	2	5	10	-5	0
Indonesia	1	3	0	0	0	3	6	18	-12	0
Syria	1	3	0	0	0	3	6	19	-13	0
Philippines	3	9	0	0	0	9	13	90	-77	0

Note: Win in Common Time W = 3 Points / Win in Extra Time WE = 2 Points / Win in Penalty shoot-out WP = 1 Point / Lose L = 0 Points

World Cup performance

Main article: National team appearances in the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

The following is a performance timeline of the AFC teams who have appeared in the Beach Soccer World Cup since being sanctioned by FIFA in 2005.

Legend

1st – Champions
2nd – Runners-up
3rd – Third place
4th – Fourth place
QF – Quarterfinals
R1 – Round 1 (group stage)
q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
– Hosts

Team	2005^[†]	2006	2007	2008	2009	2011	2013	2015	Total
Bahrain		QF			R1				2
Iran		R1	R1	R1		R1	QF	QF	6
Japan	4th	QF	R1	R1	QF	R1	QF	QF	8
Oman						R1		R1	2
Thailand	R1								1
United Arab Emirates			R1	R1	R1		R1		4

Notes

^ In 2005, no AFC qualifiers for the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup were held and Japan and Thailand were selected to represent AFC.

External links

AFC Beach Soccer Championship, the-AFC.com

International beach soccer

FIFA Beach Soccer Worldwide World Cup Mundialito (clubs) Pro Beach Soccer Tour Intercontinental Cup Copa Latina Rankings Asian Beach Games European Games

Asia	AFC – Championship AFF Championship

Africa	CAF – Cup of Nations

North America Central America and Caribbean	CONCACAF – Championship

South America	CONMEBOL – Championship

Oceania	OFC – Championship

Europe	UEFA – League World Cup Qualifiers Cup Club: Winners Cup

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification

AFC	2005¹ 2006 2007 2008 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017

CAF	2005¹ 2006 2007 2008 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017

CONCACAF	2005² 2006 2007² 2008 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017

CONMEBOL	2005² 2006 2007² 2008 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017

OFC	2005¹ 2006 2007 2008¹ 2009 2011 2013 2015¹ 2017¹

UEFA	2005³(p) 2006³ 2007³ 2008 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017

¹ No qualifiers took place as the representatives were selected by the confederation. ² CONCACAF and CONMEBOL held a joint championship for qualification. ³ Qualification was achieved through the Euro Beach Soccer League.

AFC competitions

Men's football

Senior national team	Asian Cup Solidarity Cup Gulf Cup of Nations AFF Championship EAFF East Asian Championship SAFF Championship WAFF Championship

Age-restricted	U-23 Championship Asian Games U-19 Championship U-16 Championship U-14 Championship

Futsal and Beach competitions	Futsal Championship GCC Futsal Cup U-20 Futsal Championship Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games Beach Soccer Championship Asian Beach Games

Defunct	Challenge Cup (defunct)

Men's club competitions

Active competitions	Champions League AFC Cup

Defunct competitions	President's Cup (defunct) Cup Winners' Cup (defunct) Super Cup (defunct) Afro-Asian Championship (defunct)

Futsal and Beach competitions	Futsal Club Championship

Women's football

Senior national team	Asian Cup Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament Asian Games

Age-restricted	U-19 Championship U-16 Championship U-14 Girls' Regional Championship

Futsal and Beach competitions	Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games Futsal Championship

Asian Championships

Olympic sports

Team sports	Beach volleyball Basketball Men Women Curling Field hockey Football Men Women Handball Men Women Ice hockey Rugby sevens Volleyball Men Women Water polo

Individual sports	Archery Athletics Outdoor Indoor Cross Country Marathon Race Walking Badminton Boxing Canoeing Cycling Fencing Figure Skating Gymnastics Judo Shooting Speed Skating Swimming Table Tennis Taekwondo Weightlifting Wrestling

Non-Olympic sports

Team sports	Beach handball Beach soccer Cricket Fistball Floorball Futsal Men Women Indoor Field Hockey Korfball Netball Paintball Roller Hockey Rugby Union Softball Tchoukball

Individual sports	Air sports Chess Darts Hapkido Karate Ski mountaineering Snooker Squash Individual Team Surfing

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