AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup

{{Infobox football tournament

| logo = AFCBeachSoccerAsianCupLogo.png

| imagesize = 220px

| caption =

| organiser = AFC

| founded = {{Start date and age|df=yes|2006}}

| number of teams = ~16

| qualifier for = FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

| region = Asia

| current champions = {{beachsoccer|IRN}} (4th title)

| most successful team = {{beachsoccer|IRN}}
(4 titles)

| website = [http://www.the-afc.com/competitions/afc-beach-soccer-championship/ afc.com]

| current = 2027 AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup

}}

The AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup is the main championship for beach soccer in Asia, contested between the senior men's national teams of the members of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). It is the sport's version of the better known AFC Asian Cup in association football.

The winners of the championship are crowned continental champions; the tournament also acts as the qualification route for Asian nations to the upcoming edition of the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup. Coinciding with the annual staging of the World Cup, the competition took place yearly until 2009; the World Cup then became biennial, and as its supplementary qualification event, the championship followed suit. Japan are the most successful nation with three titles and having also qualified for the World Cup on every occasion

==History==

The championship was established in 2006 by Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW){{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/documents/tournaments/BSWC2006/FIFA_beach_soccer_world_cup_2006_regulations_en.pdf |title=Regulations FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Rio de Janeiro 2006 |publisher=fifa.com |access-date=20 April 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070107132659/http://www.fifa.com/documents/tournaments/BSWC2006/FIFA_beach_soccer_world_cup_2006_regulations_en.pdf |archive-date=January 7, 2007 }} under the title, FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup AFC qualifier;{{cite book |last=Gaich |first=Rémi |date=11 January 2016 |title=BSWW competitions / National teams |url=https://issuu.com/remigaichbsww/docs/bsww_overview_2016-17_caa82681e9d6aa |location=Barcelona |publisher=Beach Soccer Worldwide |pages=14, 15, 19 }}[https://www.beachsoccer.com/events/fifa-beach-soccer-world-cup-2015-afc-qualifier-qatar FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 2015 - AFC Qualifier Qatar] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201020010206/https://beachsoccer.com/events/fifa-beach-soccer-world-cup-2015-afc-qualifier-qatar |date=2020-10-20 }}. Beach Soccer Worldwide. Retrieved 20 October 2020.after FIFA made it a requirement for all confederations to begin holding qualification tournaments to determine the best national team(s) in their region who would proceed to represent their continent in the upcoming World Cup (previously, nations were simply invited to play, without having to earn their place).{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com:80/en/media/index/0,1369,115293,00.html?articleid=115293|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060513125419/http://www.fifa.com/en/media/index/0,1369,115293,00.html?articleid=115293|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 May 2006|title=FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 2006 qualifiers to start in Brazil on 5 March|publisher=FIFA|access-date=12 February 2018|date=3 March 2006}}

BSWW organised the first six editions. During this time it also became informally known by the misnomer, the AFC Beach Soccer Championship.See the following for examples: [https://www.socceroos.com.au/news/beach-soccer-squad-put-through-paces-sydney]; [https://www.emirates247.com/sports/football/uae-face-tahiti-in-beach-soccer-intercontinental-cup-2012-10-18-1.479440]; [https://www.fifa.com/beachsoccerworldcup/news/asian-giants-face-challenge-doha-1991428]{{dead link|date=October 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}; [https://gulfnews.com/sport/football/uae-saudi-in-same-group-for-qualifiers-1.1130479]; [https://www.khaama.com/afgahistan-beat-qatar-7-3-in-asian-beach-soccer-qualifiers-1280/]; [https://www.the-afc.com/competitions/fifa-world-cup/latest/news/iran-win-asian-beach-soccer-championship-4330].

In 2015, the Asia's governing body for football, the AFC adopted the competition and branded it using its informal title in an official capacity; they jointly organised that year's edition with BSWW.[https://web.archive.org/web/20150425221909/http://www.the-afc.com/uploads/afc/files/afc_beach_soccer_2015_qualifier_regulations.pdf FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Portugal 2015 – AFC Qualifier Qatar Regulations]. Asian Football Confederation. 2015. Retrieved 20 October 2020. Since 2017, the AFC have been sole organisers.[https://web.archive.org/web/20170830113318/http://www.the-afc.com/uploads/afc/files/afc_beach_soccer_championship_2017-competition_regulations_0.pdf AFC Beach Soccer Championship 2017 Competition Regulations]. Asian Football Confederation. 2017. Retrieved 20 October 2020. For 2021, the competition was renamed as the AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup, bringing it in line with the naming of other AFC senior national tournaments.{{cite web|url=https://www.the-afc.com/competitions/afc-beach-soccer-championship/latest/news/afc-rebrands-age-group-championships-to-afc-asian-cups|title=AFC rebrands age group championships to AFC Asian Cups|publisher=AFC|date=2 October 2020}}

Results

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

{{smalldiv|

;Tournament names:

2006 – 2019: AFC Beach Soccer Championship
2021 – present: AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup

}}

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rowspan=2 width=5%\|# !rowspan=2 width=5%\|Year !rowspan=2 width=12%\|Location ! width = 1% rowspan=14\| !colspan=3\|Final ! width = 1% rowspan=11\| !colspan=3\|Third place play-off ! width = 1% rowspan=14\| !rowspan=2 width=5%\|Teams
bgcolor=#EFEFEF !width=15%\|Winners !width=8%\|Score !width=15%\|Runners-up !width=15%\|Third place !width=8%\|Score !width=15%\|Fourth place
bgcolor=#D0E7FF \|1 \|align="center"\|2006 details \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|UAE}} Dubai, United Arab Emirates \|{{beachsoccer-big\|BHR}} \|5–3 \|{{beachsoccer-big\|JPN}} \|{{beachsoccer-big\|IRN}} \|6–4 \|{{beachsoccer-big\|CHN}} \|6
2 \|align="center"\|2007 details \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|UAE}} Dubai, United Arab Emirates \|{{beachsoccer-big\|UAE}} \|4–3 \|{{beachsoccer-big\|JPN}} \|{{beachsoccer-big\|IRN}} \|6–0 \|{{beachsoccer-big\|BHR}} \|6
bgcolor=#D0E7FF \|3 \|align="center"\|2008 details \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|UAE}} Dubai, United Arab Emirates \|{{beachsoccer-big\|UAE}} \|4–3 \|{{beachsoccer-big\|JPN}} \|{{beachsoccer-big\|IRN}} \|4–1 \|{{beachsoccer-big\|CHN}} \|6
4 \|align="center"\|2009 details \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|UAE}} Dubai United Arab Emirates{{ref\|A\|[a]}} \|{{beachsoccer-big\|JPN}} \|4–2 \|{{beachsoccer-big\|BHR}} \|{{beachsoccer-big\|OMA}} \|1–1 {{aet}} {{Pso\|2–1}} \|{{beachsoccer-big\|IRN}} \|7
bgcolor=#D0E7FF \|5 \|align="center"\|2011 details \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|OMA}} Muscat, Oman \|{{beachsoccer-big\|JPN}} \|2–1 \|{{beachsoccer-big\|OMA}} \|{{beachsoccer-big\|IRN}} \|6–2 \|{{beachsoccer-big\|UAE}} \|11
6 \|align="center"\|2013 details \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|QAT}} Doha, Qatar \|{{beachsoccer-big\|IRN}} \|6–6 {{aet}} {{Pso\|5–4}} \|{{beachsoccer-big\|JPN}} \|{{beachsoccer-big\|UAE}} \|3–2 \|{{beachsoccer-big\|AUS}} \|16
bgcolor=#D0E7FF \|7 \|align="center"\|2015 details \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|QAT}} Doha, Qatar \|{{beachsoccer-big\|OMA}} \|1–1 {{aet}} {{Pso\|3–2}} \|{{beachsoccer-big\|JPN}} \|{{beachsoccer-big\|IRN}} \|8–3 \|{{beachsoccer-big\|LBN}} \|14
8 \|align="center"\|2017 details \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|MAS}} Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia \|{{beachsoccer-big\|IRN}} \|7–2 \|{{beachsoccer-big\|UAE}} \|{{beachsoccer-big\|JPN}} \|6–3 \|{{beachsoccer-big\|LBN}} \|12
bgcolor=#D0E7FF \|9 \|align="center"\|2019 details \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|THA}} Pattaya, Thailand \|{{beachsoccer-big\|JPN}} \|2–2 {{aet}} {{Pso\|3–1}} \|{{beachsoccer-big\|UAE}} \|{{beachsoccer-big\|OMN}} \|2–2 {{aet}} {{Pso\|2–1}} \|{{beachsoccer-big\|PLE}} \|15
– \|align="center"\|2021 details \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|THA}} Phuket, Thailand \|colspan="7"\|Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic. Teams to play at the World Cup handpicked by the AFC.{{cite web\|url=https://the-lfa.com/%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a2%d8%b3%d9%8a%d9%88%d9%8a-%d9%8a%d8%a8%d9%84%d8%ba-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a7%d8%aa%d8%ad%d8%a7%d8%af-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%84%d8%a8%d9%86%d8%a7%d9%86%d9%8a-%d8%a8%d9%85%d9%88%d8%a7%d8%b9%d9%8a/\|title="الآسيوي" يبلغ الاتحاد اللبناني بمواعيد بطولاته الجديدة\|publisher=Lebanese Football Association\|date=15 January 2021\|access-date=16 January 2021\|lang=ar}} \| –
bgcolor=#D0E7FF \|10 \|align="center"\|2023 details \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|THA}} Pattaya, Thailand \|{{beachsoccer-big\|IRN}} \|6–0 \|{{beachsoccer-big\|JPN}} ! width = 1% rowspan=11\| \|{{beachsoccer-big\|OMA}} \|4–2 \|{{beachsoccer-big\|UAE}} \|16
11 \|align="center"\|2025 details \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|THA}} Pattaya, Thailand \|{{beachsoccer-big\|IRN}} \|8–1 \|{{beachsoccer-big\|OMA}} \|{{beachsoccer-big\|JPN}} \|3–1 \|{{beachsoccer-big\|KSA}} \|16

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rowspan=2 width=5%|#

!rowspan=2 width=5%|Year

!rowspan=2 width=12%|Location

! width = 1% rowspan=14|

!colspan=3|Final

! width = 1% rowspan=11|

!colspan=3|Third place play-off

! width = 1% rowspan=14|

!rowspan=2 width=5%|Teams

bgcolor=#EFEFEF

!width=15%|Winners

!width=8%|Score

!width=15%|Runners-up

!width=15%|Third place

!width=8%|Score

!width=15%|Fourth place

bgcolor=#D0E7FF

|align="center"|2006
details

|align=left|{{flagicon|UAE}} Dubai, United Arab Emirates

|{{beachsoccer-big|BHR}}

|5–3

|{{beachsoccer-big|JPN}}

|{{beachsoccer-big|IRN}}

|6–4

|{{beachsoccer-big|CHN}}

|align="center"|2007
details

|align=left|{{flagicon|UAE}} Dubai, United Arab Emirates

|{{beachsoccer-big|UAE}}

|4–3

|{{beachsoccer-big|JPN}}

|{{beachsoccer-big|IRN}}

|6–0

|{{beachsoccer-big|BHR}}

bgcolor=#D0E7FF

|align="center"|2008
details

|align=left|{{flagicon|UAE}} Dubai, United Arab Emirates

|{{beachsoccer-big|UAE}}

|4–3

|{{beachsoccer-big|JPN}}

|{{beachsoccer-big|IRN}}

|4–1

|{{beachsoccer-big|CHN}}

|align="center"|2009
details

|align=left|{{flagicon|UAE}} Dubai United Arab Emirates{{ref|A|[a]}}

|{{beachsoccer-big|JPN}}

|4–2

|{{beachsoccer-big|BHR}}

|{{beachsoccer-big|OMA}}

|1–1 {{aet}}
{{Pso|2–1}}

|{{beachsoccer-big|IRN}}

bgcolor=#D0E7FF

|align="center"|2011
details

|align=left|{{flagicon|OMA}} Muscat, Oman

|{{beachsoccer-big|JPN}}

|2–1

|{{beachsoccer-big|OMA}}

|{{beachsoccer-big|IRN}}

|6–2

|{{beachsoccer-big|UAE}}

|11

|align="center"|2013
details

|align=left|{{flagicon|QAT}} Doha, Qatar

|{{beachsoccer-big|IRN}}

|6–6 {{aet}}
{{Pso|5–4}}

|{{beachsoccer-big|JPN}}

|{{beachsoccer-big|UAE}}

|3–2

|{{beachsoccer-big|AUS}}

|16

bgcolor=#D0E7FF

|align="center"|2015
details

|align=left|{{flagicon|QAT}} Doha, Qatar

|{{beachsoccer-big|OMA}}

|1–1 {{aet}}
{{Pso|3–2}}

|{{beachsoccer-big|JPN}}

|{{beachsoccer-big|IRN}}

|8–3

|{{beachsoccer-big|LBN}}

|14

|align="center"|2017
details

|align=left|{{flagicon|MAS}} Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia

|{{beachsoccer-big|IRN}}

|7–2

|{{beachsoccer-big|UAE}}

|{{beachsoccer-big|JPN}}

|6–3

|{{beachsoccer-big|LBN}}

|12

bgcolor=#D0E7FF

|align="center"|2019
details

|align=left|{{flagicon|THA}} Pattaya, Thailand

|{{beachsoccer-big|JPN}}

|2–2 {{aet}}
{{Pso|3–1}}

|{{beachsoccer-big|UAE}}

|{{beachsoccer-big|OMN}}

|2–2 {{aet}}
{{Pso|2–1}}

|{{beachsoccer-big|PLE}}

|15

–

|align="center"|2021
details

|align=left|{{flagicon|THA}} Phuket, Thailand

|colspan="7"|Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic. Teams to play at the World Cup handpicked by the AFC.{{cite web|url=https://the-lfa.com/%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a2%d8%b3%d9%8a%d9%88%d9%8a-%d9%8a%d8%a8%d9%84%d8%ba-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a7%d8%aa%d8%ad%d8%a7%d8%af-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%84%d8%a8%d9%86%d8%a7%d9%86%d9%8a-%d8%a8%d9%85%d9%88%d8%a7%d8%b9%d9%8a/|title="الآسيوي" يبلغ الاتحاد اللبناني بمواعيد بطولاته الجديدة|publisher=Lebanese Football Association|date=15 January 2021|access-date=16 January 2021|lang=ar}}

| –

bgcolor=#D0E7FF

|10

|align="center"|2023
details

|align=left|{{flagicon|THA}} Pattaya, Thailand

|{{beachsoccer-big|IRN}}

|6–0

|{{beachsoccer-big|JPN}}

! width = 1% rowspan=11|

|{{beachsoccer-big|OMA}}

|4–2

|{{beachsoccer-big|UAE}}

|16

|align="center"|2025
details

|align=left|{{flagicon|THA}} Pattaya, Thailand

|{{beachsoccer-big|IRN}}

|8–1

|{{beachsoccer-big|OMA}}

|{{beachsoccer-big|JPN}}

|3–1

|{{beachsoccer-big|KSA}}

|16

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:a. {{note|A}} Despite being hosts and defending champions, the United Arab Emirates did not participate in the championship as they had already qualified automatically for the 2009 World Cup as its host nation.

}}

2026: 23-31 May 2026 Qualification / 18-28 November 2026 Final
2028: 3-11 June 2028 Qualification / 1-11 November 2028 Final

Teams reaching the top four

class="wikitable"
Team !width=140\|Titles !Runners-up !Third place !width=140\|Fourth place !Total
bgcolor=gold\|{{beachsoccer\|IRN}} \|bgcolor=gold\| 4 (2013, 2017, 2023, 2025) \| – \| 5 (2006, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2015) \| 1 (2009) \| align="center"\|10
bgcolor=gold\|{{beachsoccer\|JPN}} \|bgcolor=gold\|3 (2009, 2011, 2019) \| 6 (2006, 2007, 2008, 2013, 2015, 2023) \| 2 (2017, 2025) \| – \| align="center"\|11
bgcolor=gold\|{{beachsoccer\|UAE}} \|bgcolor=gold\|2 (2007, 2008) \| 2 (2017, 2019) \| 1 (2013) \| 2 (2011, 2023) \| align="center"\|7
bgcolor=gold\|{{beachsoccer\|OMA}} \|bgcolor=gold\| 1 (2015) \| 2 (2011*, 2025) \| 3 (2009, 2019, 2023) \| – \| align="center"\|6
bgcolor=gold\|{{beachsoccer\|BHR}} \|bgcolor=gold\|1 (2006) \| 1 (2009) \| – \| 1 (2007) \| align="center"\|3
{{beachsoccer\|CHN}} \| – \| – \| – \| 2 (2006, 2008) \| align="center"\|2
{{beachsoccer\|LBN}} \| – \| – \| – \| 2 (2015, 2017) \| align="center"\|2
{{beachsoccer\|AUS}} \| – \| – \| – \| 1 (2013) \| align="center"\|1
{{beachsoccer\|PLE}} \| – \| – \| – \| 1 (2019) \| align="center"\|1
{{beachsoccer\|KSA}} \| – \| – \| – \| 1 (2025) \| align="center"\|1

class="wikitable"

Team

!width=140|Titles

!Runners-up

!Third place

!width=140|Fourth place

!Total

bgcolor=gold|{{beachsoccer|IRN}}

|bgcolor=gold| 4 (2013, 2017, 2023, 2025)

| –

| 5 (2006, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2015)

| 1 (2009)

| align="center"|10

bgcolor=gold|{{beachsoccer|JPN}}

|bgcolor=gold|3 (2009, 2011, 2019)

| 6 (2006, 2007, 2008, 2013, 2015, 2023)

| 2 (2017, 2025)

| –

| align="center"|11

bgcolor=gold|{{beachsoccer|UAE}}

|bgcolor=gold|2 (2007*, 2008*)

| 2 (2017, 2019)

| 1 (2013)

| 2 (2011, 2023)

| align="center"|7

bgcolor=gold|{{beachsoccer|OMA}}

|bgcolor=gold| 1 (2015)

| 2 (2011*, 2025)

| 3 (2009, 2019, 2023)

| –

| align="center"|6

bgcolor=gold|{{beachsoccer|BHR}}

|bgcolor=gold|1 (2006)

| 1 (2009)

| –

| 1 (2007)

| align="center"|3

| –

| 2 (2006, 2008)

| align="center"|2

| –

| 2 (2015, 2017)

| align="center"|2

| –

| 1 (2013)

| align="center"|1

| –

| 1 (2019)

| align="center"|1

| –

| 1 (2025)

| align="center"|1

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:* Hosts

}}

Summary (2006–2025)

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" !Rank	width=200\|Team	Part	M	W	WE	WP	L	GF	GA	GD	Points
1	align=left\|{{beachsoccer\|JPN}}	11	55	40	1	2	12	289	137	+152	124
2	align=left\|{{beachsoccer\|IRI}}	11	53	39	1	1	12	334	129	+205	120
3	align=left\|{{beachsoccer\|UAE}}	10	46	32	0	1	13	196	129	+87	97
4	align=left\|{{beachsoccer\|OMA}}	8	40	28	0	4	8	177	97	+80	88
5	align=left\|{{beachsoccer\|BHR}}	10	43	21	1	2	19	136	145\|
9	67
6	align=left\|{{beachsoccer\|CHN}}	11	42	12	1	2	27	119	182	–63	40
7	align=left\|{{beachsoccer\|LBN}}	6	25	10	1	0	14	106	89	+17	32
8	align=left\|{{beachsoccer\|PLE}}	3	14	7	1	0	6	48	52	–8	23
9	align=left\|{{beachsoccer\|THA}}	6	20	7	1	0	12	55	68	–13	23
10	align=left\|{{beachsoccer\|UZB}}	6	21	5	0	0	16	72	94	–22	15
11	align=left\|{{beachsoccer\|AFG\|2013}}	5	18	4	1	0	13	53	85	–32	14
12	align=left\|{{beachsoccer\|AUS}}	2	8	3	0	1	4	25	24	+1	10
13	align=left\|{{beachsoccer\|KUW}}	5	16	4	0	1	11	55	72	–17	13
14	align=left\|{{beachsoccer\|IRQ}}	6	18	2	1	1	14	48	93	–45	9
15	align=left\|{{beachsoccer\|KSA}}	3	14	5	0	1	8	38	60	–22	16
16	align=left\|{{beachsoccer\|MAS}}	4	15	3	0	0	12	42	83	–41	9
17	align=left\|{{beachsoccer\|LAO}}	1	3	1	0	0	2	11	21	–10	3
18	align=left\|{{beachsoccer\|QAT}}	4	14	1	0	0	13	30	85	–55	3
19	align=left\|{{beachsoccer\|VIE}}	2	6	0	1	0	5	17	26	–9	2
20	align=left\|{{beachsoccer\|IND}}	2	5	0	0	0	5	8	23	–15	0
21	align=left\|{{beachsoccer\|SYR}}	1	3	0	0	0	3	6	19	–13	0
22	align=left\|{{beachsoccer\|KGZ}}	2	6	0	0	0	6	12	40	–28	0
23	align=left\|{{beachsoccer\|INA}}	3	9	1	0	0	8	19	64	–45	3
24	align=left\|{{beachsoccer\|PHI}}	3	9	0	0	0	9	13	90	–77	0

Points: W = 3 points / WE = 2 points / WP = 1 points / L = 0 points

Awards

=By category=

class="wikitable"
Year !width=200\|Top goalscorer(s) !Gls !width=200\|Best player !width=200\|Best goalkeeper !width=200\|Fair play !Ref.
{{flagicon\|UAE}} 2006 \|{{flagicon\|JPN}} Takeshi Kawaharazuka \|align=center\|9 \|{{flagicon\|BHR}} Abdullah Omar \|{{flagicon\|IRN}} Hamed Ghorbanpour \|rowspan=7 {{n/a\|not awarded}} \|[https://web.archive.org/web/20201019042805/https://www.fifa.com/beachsoccerworldcup/news/life-beach-for-asian-trio-104510]
{{flagicon\|UAE}} 2007 \|{{flagicon\|IRN}} Farid Boulokbashi \|align=center\| \|{{flagicon\|UAE}} Bakhit Alabadla \|{{flagicon\|UAE}} Mohamed Al Mazam \|[http://www.beachsoccer.ru/tourn/tournament111/]
{{flagicon\|UAE}} 2008 \|{{flagicon\|JPN}} Shusei Yamauchi \|align=center\|12 \|{{flagicon\|UAE}} Rami Al Mesaabi \|{{flagicon\|JPN}} Shingo Terukina \|[http://www.beachsoccer.ru/tourn/tournament123/]
{{flagicon\|UAE}} 2009 \|{{flagicon\|IRN}} Moslem Mesigar \|align=center\| \|{{flagicon\|BHR}} Yaqoob Al Nesuf \|{{flagicon\|JPN}} Tomoya Ginoza \|[https://web.archive.org/web/20210213083550/https://www.beachsoccer.com/events/fifa-beach-soccer-world-cup-2009-afc-qualifier-dubai#standings]
{{flagicon\|OMA}} 2011 \|{{flagicon\|JPN}} Takeshi Kawaharazuka {{flagicon\|OMA}} Ishaq Al-Qassmi \|align=center\|8 \|{{flagicon\|OMA}} Yahya Al Araimi \|{{flagicon\|JPN}} Shingo Terukina \|[https://www.beachsoccer.com/news/japan-are-the-new-asian-champions]
{{flagicon\|QAT}} 2013 \|{{flagicon\|IRN}} Moslem Mesigar \|align=center\|11 \|{{flagicon\|JPN}} Ozu Moreira \|{{flagicon\|AUS}} Simon Jaeger \|[https://beachsoccer.com/news/iran-are-the-new-asian-champions]
{{flagicon\|QAT}} 2015 \|{{flagicon\|JPN}} Takasuke Goto \|align=center\|8 \|{{flagicon\|JPN}} Ozu Moreira \|{{flagicon\|IRN}} Peyman Hosseini \|[https://beachsoccer.com/news/oman-become-new-asian-champions]
{{flagicon\|MAS}} 2017 \|{{flagicon\|IRN}} Mohammadali Mokhtari \|align=center\|12 \|{{flagicon\|IRN}} Mohammadali Mokhtari \|rowspan=2 {{n/a\|not awarded}}{{efn\|name=gk\|In 2017 and 2019, the "best goalkeeper" was not awarded. However, the goalkeepers chosen for the "dream team" of the tournament may be considered as the de facto best goalkeepers for these years.}} \|{{beachsoccer\|IRN}} \|[https://assets.the-afc.com/migration/a/f/afc-beach-soccer-2017-tsg-report-38166]
{{flagicon\|THA}} 2019 \|{{flagicon\|JPN}} Ozu Moreira \|align=center\|9 \|{{flagicon\|JPN}} Ozu Moreira \|{{beachsoccer\|UAE}} \|[https://assets.the-afc.com/migration/t/s/tsg-report-afc-beach-soccer-championship-thailand-2019]
{{flagicon\|THA}} 2023 \|{{flagicon\|JPN}} Takuya Akaguma \|align=center\|11 \|{{flagicon\|IRI}} Moslem Mesigar \|{{flagicon\|IRN}} Mahdi Mirjalili \|{{beachsoccer\|OMA}} \|[https://assets.the-afc.com/Corporate_Page/Technical/Technical_Reports/AFC-Beach-Soccer-Asian-Cup%E2%84%A2-Thailand-2023-Technical-Report.pdf]
{{flagicon\|THA}} 2025 \|{{flagicon\|IRI}} Ali Mirshekari \|align=center\|12 \|{{flagicon\|IRI}} Ali Mirshekari \|{{flagicon\|IRN}} Mahdi Mirjalili \| \|

class="wikitable"

Year

!width=200|Top goalscorer(s)

!Gls

!width=200|Best player

!width=200|Best goalkeeper

!width=200|Fair play

!Ref.

{{flagicon|UAE}} 2006

|{{flagicon|JPN}} Takeshi Kawaharazuka

|align=center|9

|{{flagicon|BHR}} Abdullah Omar

|{{flagicon|IRN}} Hamed Ghorbanpour

|rowspan=7 {{n/a|not awarded}}

|[https://web.archive.org/web/20201019042805/https://www.fifa.com/beachsoccerworldcup/news/life-beach-for-asian-trio-104510]

{{flagicon|UAE}} 2007

|{{flagicon|IRN}} Farid Boulokbashi

|align=center|

|{{flagicon|UAE}} Bakhit Alabadla

|{{flagicon|UAE}} Mohamed Al Mazam

|[http://www.beachsoccer.ru/tourn/tournament111/]

{{flagicon|UAE}} 2008

|{{flagicon|JPN}} Shusei Yamauchi

|align=center|12

|{{flagicon|UAE}} Rami Al Mesaabi

|{{flagicon|JPN}} Shingo Terukina

|[http://www.beachsoccer.ru/tourn/tournament123/]

{{flagicon|UAE}} 2009

|{{flagicon|IRN}} Moslem Mesigar

|align=center|

|{{flagicon|BHR}} Yaqoob Al Nesuf

|{{flagicon|JPN}} Tomoya Ginoza

|[https://web.archive.org/web/20210213083550/https://www.beachsoccer.com/events/fifa-beach-soccer-world-cup-2009-afc-qualifier-dubai#standings]

{{flagicon|OMA}} 2011

|{{flagicon|JPN}} Takeshi Kawaharazuka
{{flagicon|OMA}} Ishaq Al-Qassmi

|align=center|8

|{{flagicon|OMA}} Yahya Al Araimi

|{{flagicon|JPN}} Shingo Terukina

|[https://www.beachsoccer.com/news/japan-are-the-new-asian-champions]

{{flagicon|QAT}} 2013

|{{flagicon|IRN}} Moslem Mesigar

|align=center|11

|{{flagicon|JPN}} Ozu Moreira

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Simon Jaeger

|[https://beachsoccer.com/news/iran-are-the-new-asian-champions]

{{flagicon|QAT}} 2015

|{{flagicon|JPN}} Takasuke Goto

|align=center|8

|{{flagicon|JPN}} Ozu Moreira

|{{flagicon|IRN}} Peyman Hosseini

|[https://beachsoccer.com/news/oman-become-new-asian-champions]

{{flagicon|MAS}} 2017

|{{flagicon|IRN}} Mohammadali Mokhtari

|align=center|12

|{{flagicon|IRN}} Mohammadali Mokhtari

|rowspan=2 {{n/a|not awarded}}{{efn|name=gk|In 2017 and 2019, the "best goalkeeper" was not awarded. However, the goalkeepers chosen for the "dream team" of the tournament may be considered as the de facto best goalkeepers for these years.}}

|{{beachsoccer|IRN}}

|[https://assets.the-afc.com/migration/a/f/afc-beach-soccer-2017-tsg-report-38166]

{{flagicon|THA}} 2019

|{{flagicon|JPN}} Ozu Moreira

|align=center|9

|{{flagicon|JPN}} Ozu Moreira

|{{beachsoccer|UAE}}

|[https://assets.the-afc.com/migration/t/s/tsg-report-afc-beach-soccer-championship-thailand-2019]

{{flagicon|THA}} 2023

|{{flagicon|JPN}} Takuya Akaguma

|align=center|11

|{{flagicon|IRI}} Moslem Mesigar

|{{flagicon|IRN}} Mahdi Mirjalili

|{{beachsoccer|OMA}}

|[https://assets.the-afc.com/Corporate_Page/Technical/Technical_Reports/AFC-Beach-Soccer-Asian-Cup%E2%84%A2-Thailand-2023-Technical-Report.pdf]

{{flagicon|THA}} 2025

|{{flagicon|IRI}} Ali Mirshekari

|align=center|12

|{{flagicon|IRI}} Ali Mirshekari

|{{flagicon|IRN}} Mahdi Mirjalili

=By nationality=

class="wikitable sortable" !width=25\|Rank !width=200\|Team !width=50\|Awards
align=center\|1	align:left\|{{IRI}}	align=center\|13
align=center\|2	align:left\|{{JPN}}	align=center\|12
align=center\|3	align:left\|{{UAE}}	align=center\|4
align=center\|4	align:left\|{{OMA}}	align=center\|3
align=center\|5	align:left\|{{BHR}}	align=center\|2
align=center\|6	align:left\|{{AUS}}	align=center\|1

Team of the tournament

Since 2017, the competition's Technical Study Group have produced a post-tournament report including a dream and reserve "team of the tournament".

class="wikitable"
Year !width=250\|Dream team !width=220\|Reserve team !Ref.
{{flagicon\|MAS}} 2017 \| {{flagicon\|JPN}} Shingo Terukina (GK) {{flagicon\|JPN}} Ozu Moreira (DF) {{flagicon\|UAE}} Ahmed Beshr (DF) {{flagicon\|IRN}} Mohammad Ahmadzadeh (FW) {{flagicon\|IRN}} Mohammadali Mokhtari (FW) \| {{flagicon\|IRN}} Peyman Hosseini (GK) {{flagicon\|IRN}} Hassan Abdollahi (DF) {{flagicon\|UAE}} Ali Karim (MF) {{flagicon\|JPN}} Takaaki Oba (MF) {{flagicon\|LBN}} Mohamad Merhi (FW) \| [https://www.the-afc.com/afc/documents/PdfFiles/afc-beach-soccer-2017-tsg-report-38166]
{{flagicon\|THA}} 2019 \| {{flagicon\|UAE}} Mohamed Abdulla (GK) {{flagicon\|JPN}} Ozu Moreira (DF) {{flagicon\|UAE}} Waleed Beshr (DF) {{flagicon\|OMA}} Yahya Abyoua (FW) {{flagicon\|JPN}} Shusei Yamauchi (FW) \| {{flagicon\|JPN}} Shingo Terukina (GK) {{flagicon\|PLE}} Maisara Alawwab (DF) {{flagicon\|OMA}} Mushel Hilal (DF) {{flagicon\|UAE}} Walid Mohammad (DF) {{flagicon\|JPN}} Takuya Akaguma (FW) \| [https://www.the-afc.com/documents/tsg-report-afc-beach-soccer-championship-thailand-2019]
{{flagicon\|THA}} 2023 \| {{flagicon\|IRN}} Mahdi Mirjalili (GK) {{flagicon\|JPN}} Ozu Moreira (DF) {{flagicon\|IRN}} Moslem Mesigar (FW) {{flagicon\|JPN}} Takuya Akaguma (FW) {{flagicon\|OMA}} Khalid Al Oraimi (FW) \| {{flagicon\|JPN}} Shinya Shibamoto (GK) {{flagicon\|UAE}} Ali Mohammadi (DF) {{flagicon\|IRN}} Mohammadali Mokhtari (FW) {{flagicon\|OMA}} Sami Al Balushi (FW) {{flagicon\|IRN}} Ali Mirshekari (FW) \| [https://assets.the-afc.com/Corporate_Page/Technical/Technical_Reports/AFC-Beach-Soccer-Asian-Cup%E2%84%A2-Thailand-2023-Technical-Report.pdf]

class="wikitable"

Year

!width=250|Dream team

!width=220|Reserve team

!Ref.

{{flagicon|MAS}} 2017

{{flagicon|JPN}} Shingo Terukina (GK)

{{flagicon|JPN}} Ozu Moreira (DF)

{{flagicon|UAE}} Ahmed Beshr (DF)

{{flagicon|IRN}} Mohammad Ahmadzadeh (FW)

{{flagicon|IRN}} Mohammadali Mokhtari (FW)

{{flagicon|IRN}} Peyman Hosseini (GK)

{{flagicon|IRN}} Hassan Abdollahi (DF)

{{flagicon|UAE}} Ali Karim (MF)

{{flagicon|JPN}} Takaaki Oba (MF)

{{flagicon|LBN}} Mohamad Merhi (FW)

[https://www.the-afc.com/afc/documents/PdfFiles/afc-beach-soccer-2017-tsg-report-38166]

{{flagicon|THA}} 2019

{{flagicon|UAE}} Mohamed Abdulla (GK)

{{flagicon|JPN}} Ozu Moreira (DF)

{{flagicon|UAE}} Waleed Beshr (DF)

{{flagicon|OMA}} Yahya Abyoua (FW)

{{flagicon|JPN}} Shusei Yamauchi (FW)

{{flagicon|JPN}} Shingo Terukina (GK)

{{flagicon|PLE}} Maisara Alawwab (DF)

{{flagicon|OMA}} Mushel Hilal (DF)

{{flagicon|UAE}} Walid Mohammad (DF)

{{flagicon|JPN}} Takuya Akaguma (FW)

[https://www.the-afc.com/documents/tsg-report-afc-beach-soccer-championship-thailand-2019]

{{flagicon|THA}} 2023

{{flagicon|IRN}} Mahdi Mirjalili (GK)

{{flagicon|JPN}} Ozu Moreira (DF)

{{flagicon|IRN}} Moslem Mesigar (FW)

{{flagicon|JPN}} Takuya Akaguma (FW)

{{flagicon|OMA}} Khalid Al Oraimi (FW)

{{flagicon|JPN}} Shinya Shibamoto (GK)

{{flagicon|UAE}} Ali Mohammadi (DF)

{{flagicon|IRN}} Mohammadali Mokhtari (FW)

{{flagicon|OMA}} Sami Al Balushi (FW)

{{flagicon|IRN}} Ali Mirshekari (FW)

[https://assets.the-afc.com/Corporate_Page/Technical/Technical_Reports/AFC-Beach-Soccer-Asian-Cup%E2%84%A2-Thailand-2023-Technical-Report.pdf]

Appearances and performance timeline

The following is a performance timeline of the teams who have appeared in the AFC Beach Soccer Championship and how many appearances they each have made.

;Legend

{{bg|gold|1st}} – Champions
{{bg|silver|2nd}} – Runners-up
{{bg|#cc9966|3rd}} – Third place
{{bg|#9acdff|4th}} – Fourth place
5th–16th – Fifth to sixteenth place

Q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
× – Did not enter
•• – Entered but withdrew
{{border|width=3px|color=red| }} – Hosts
Apps – No. of appearances

;Timeline

{{diagonal split header\|Team\|Year}} ! 2006 {{Flagicon\|UAE}} (6) ! 2007 {{Flagicon\|UAE}} (6) ! 2008 {{Flagicon\|UAE}} (6) ! 2009 {{flagicon\|UAE}} (7) ! 2011 {{flagicon\|OMA}} (11) ! 2013 {{flagicon\|QAT}} (16) ! 2015 {{Flagicon\|QAT}} (14) ! 2017 {{Flagicon\|MAS}} (12) ! 2019 {{Flagicon\|THA}} (15) ! 2023 {{Flagicon\|THA}} (16) ! 2025 {{Flagicon\|THA}} (16) ! Apps
class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
align=left\| {{beachsoccer\|AFG\|2013}} \| ×	×	×	×	••	11th	×	6th	12th	13th	16th \| 5
align=left\| {{beachsoccer\|AUS}} \| ×	×	×	5th	×	bgcolor=#9acdff\| 4th	×	×	×	×	× \| 2
align=left\| {{beachsoccer\|BHR}} \|bgcolor=gold \| 1st	bgcolor=#9acdff\| 4th	×	bgcolor=silver\| 2nd	6th	9th	7th	5th	6th	6th	8th \| 10
align=left\| {{beachsoccer\|CHN}} \|bgcolor=#9acdff\| 4th	5th	bgcolor=#9acdff\| 4th	7th	5th	7th	6th	12th	9th	7th	12th \| 11
align=left\| {{beachsoccer\|IND}} \| ×	6th	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	15th \| 2
align=left\| {{beachsoccer\|IDN}} \| ×	×	×	×	11th	×	×	×	×	16th	11th \| 3
align=left\| {{beachsoccer\|IRN}} \|bgcolor=#cc9966\| 3rd	bgcolor=#cc9966\| 3rd	bgcolor=#cc9966\| 3rd	bgcolor=#9acdff\| 4th	bgcolor=#cc9966\| 3rd	bgcolor=gold \| 1st	bgcolor=#cc9966\| 3rd	bgcolor=gold \| 1st	7th	bgcolor=gold \| 1st	bgcolor=gold \| 1st \| 11
align=left\| {{beachsoccer\|IRQ}} \| ×	×	×	×	9th	10th	12th	9th	13th	×	14th \| 6
align=left\| {{beachsoccer\|JPN}} \|bgcolor=silver\| 2nd	bgcolor=silver\| 2nd	bgcolor=silver\| 2nd	bgcolor=gold \| 1st	bgcolor=gold \| 1st	bgcolor=silver\| 2nd	bgcolor=silver\| 2nd	bgcolor=#cc9966\| 3rd	bgcolor=gold \| 1st	bgcolor=silver\| 2nd	bgcolor=#cc9966\| 3rd \| 11
align=left\| {{beachsoccer\|KUW}} \| ×	×	×	×	10th	×	9th	×	11th	8th	9th \| 5
align=left\| {{beachsoccer\|KGZ}} \| ×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	15th	14th	× \| 2
align=left\| {{beachsoccer\|LAO}} \| ×	×	×	×	×	×	10th	×	×	×	× \| 1
align=left\| {{beachsoccer\|LIB}} \| ×	×	×	×	×	8th	bgcolor=#9acdff\| 4th	bgcolor=#9acdff\| 4th	5th	10th	7th \| 6
align=left\| {{beachsoccer\|MAS}} \| ×	×	×	×	×	×	×	style="border:3px solid red" \| 8th	8th	15th	10th \| 4
align=left\| {{beachsoccer\|OMA}} \| ×	×	×	bgcolor=#cc9966\| 3rd	bgcolor=silver style="border:3px solid red"\| 2nd	5th	bgcolor=gold \| 1st	7th	bgcolor=#cc9966\| 3rd	bgcolor=#cc9966\| 3rd	bgcolor=silver\| 2nd \| 8
align=left\| {{beachsoccer\|PLE}} \| ×	×	×	×	••	6th	••	×	bgcolor=#9acdff\| 4th	11th	× \| 3
align=left\| {{beachsoccer\|PHI}} \| 6th	×	6th	×	×	16th	×	×	×	×	× \| 3
align=left\| {{beachsoccer\|QAT}} \| ×	×	×	×	••	style="border:3px solid red" \| 15th	style="border:3px solid red" \| 14th	11th	14th	×	× \| 4
align=left\| {{beachsoccer\|KSA}} \| ×	×	×	×	×	12th	×	×	×	9th	bgcolor=#9acdff\| 4th \| 3
align=left\| {{beachsoccer\|SYR}} \| ×	×	×	×	8th	×	×	×	×	×	× \| 1
align=left\| {{beachsoccer\|THA}} \| ×	×	×	×	×	13th	13th	10th	style="border:3px solid red"\| 10th	style="border:3px solid red"\|5th	style="border:3px solid red"\|5th \| 6
align=left\| {{nowrap\|{{beachsoccer\|UAE}}}} \|style="border:3px solid red" \| 5th	bgcolor=gold style="border:3px solid red"\| 1st	bgcolor=gold style="border:3px solid red"\| 1st	style="border:3px solid red" \| ×	bgcolor=#9acdff\| 4th	bgcolor=#cc9966\| 3rd	5th	bgcolor=silver\| 2nd	bgcolor=silver\| 2nd	bgcolor=#9acdff\| 4th	6th \| 10
align=left\| {{beachsoccer\|UZB}} \| ×	×	5th	6th	7th	14th	8th	••	×	12th	× \| 6
align=left\| {{beachsoccer\|VIE}} \| ×	×	×	×	×	×	11th	×	×	×	13th \| 2

Performance of qualifiers at the World Cup

{{main article|FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup records and statistics}}

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

{{bg|gold|1st}} – Champions
{{bg|silver|2nd}} – Runners-up
{{bg|#cfaa88|3rd}} – Third place
{{bg|#9acdff|4th}} – Fourth place
{{border|width=3px|color=red| }} – Hosts

QF – Quarter-finals
R1 – Round 1 (group stage)
q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
Total – Total times qualified for World Cup

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

! Team \ Years

! {{flagicon|BRA}}
2005{{Cref2|†}}

! {{flagicon|BRA}}
2006

! {{flagicon|BRA}}
2007

! {{flagicon|FRA}}
2008

! style="border:3px solid red"| {{flagicon|UAE}}
2009

! {{flagicon|ITA}}
2011

! {{flagicon|TAH}}
2013

! {{flagicon|POR}}
2015

! {{flagicon|BAH}}
2017

! {{flagicon|PAR}}
2019

! {{flagicon|RUS}}
2021{{Cref2|†}}

! style="border:3px solid red"| {{flagicon|UAE}}
2023

! {{flagicon|SEY}}
2025

! Total

align=left| {{beachsoccer|BHR}}

align=left| {{beachsoccer|IRN}}

bgcolor=#cfaa88| 3rd

align=left| {{beachsoccer|JPN}}

bgcolor=#9acdff| 4th

bgcolor=silver| 2nd

align=left| {{beachsoccer|OMA}}

align=left| {{beachsoccer|THA}}

align=left| {{beachsoccer|UAE}}

style="border: 3px solid red"| R1

style="border: 3px solid red"| QF

;Notes

{{Cnote2|†|In 2005 and 2021, no AFC qualifiers for the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup were held and teams were selected to represent AFC (2005: Japan and Thailand; 2021: Japan, Oman and United Arab Emirates).}}

References

External links

{{Official website|https://www.the-afc.com/en/national/afc_beach_soccer_asian_cup/home.html|name=AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup}}, the-AFC.com

Category:Asian Football Confederation competitions for national teams

Category:FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification

Category:International beach soccer competitions

Category:Recurring sporting events established in 2006

class="wikitable sortable" !width=25\|Rank !width=200\|Team !width=50\|Awards
align=center\|1	align:left\|{{IRI}}	align=center\|13
align=center\|2	align:left\|{{JPN}}	align=center\|12
align=center\|3	align:left\|{{UAE}}	align=center\|4
align=center\|4	align:left\|{{OMA}}	align=center\|3
align=center\|5	align:left\|{{BHR}}	align=center\|2
align=center\|6	align:left\|{{AUS}}	align=center\|1

AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup

Results

Teams reaching the top four

Summary (2006–2025)

Awards

=By category=

=By nationality=

Team of the tournament

Appearances and performance timeline

Performance of qualifiers at the World Cup

See also

References

External links