AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup

The championship was established in 2006 by Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW)^[2] under the title, FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup AFC qualifier;^[3][4] 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).^[5] BSWW organised the first six editions. During this time it also became informally known by the misnomer, the AFC Beach Soccer Championship.^[6]

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.^[7] Since 2017, the AFC have been sole organisers.^[1] 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.^[8]

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).

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#	Year	Location		Final				Third place play-off				Teams
				Winners	Score	Runners-up		Third place	Score	Fourth place
1	2006 details	Dubai, United Arab Emirates		Bahrain	5–3	Japan		Iran	6–4	China		6
2	2007 details	Dubai, United Arab Emirates		United Arab Emirates	4–3	Japan		Iran	6–0	Bahrain		6
3	2008 details	Dubai, United Arab Emirates		United Arab Emirates	4–3	Japan		Iran	4–1	China		6
4	2009 details	Dubai, United Arab Emirates[a]		Japan	4–2	Bahrain		Oman	1–1 (a.e.t.) (2–1 p)	Iran		7
5	2011 details	Muscat, Oman		Japan	2–1	Oman		Iran	6–2	United Arab Emirates		11
6	2013 details	Doha, Qatar		Iran	6–6 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	Japan		United Arab Emirates	3–2	Australia		16
7	2015 details	Doha, Qatar		Oman	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–2 p)	Japan		Iran	8–3	Lebanon		14
8	2017 details	Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia		Iran	7–2	United Arab Emirates		Japan	6–3	Lebanon		12
9	2019 details	Pattaya, Thailand		Japan	2–2 (a.e.t.) (3–1 p)	United Arab Emirates		Oman	2–2 (a.e.t.) (2–1 p)	Palestine		15
–	2021 details	Phuket, Thailand		Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic. Teams to play at the World Cup handpicked by the AFC.[9]								–
10	2023 details	Pattaya, Thailand[9]		Iran	6–0	Japan		Oman	4–2	United Arab Emirates		16
11	2025 details	Pattaya, Thailand		Iran	8–1	Oman		Japan	3–1	Saudi Arabia		16
12	2026 details	Pattaya, Thailand								12

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Rank	Team	Part	M	W	WE	WP	L	GF	GA	GD	Points
1	Japan	11	55	40	1	2	12	289	137	+152	124
2	Iran	11	53	39	1	1	12	334	129	+205	120
3	United Arab Emirates	10	46	32	0	1	13	196	129	+87	97
4	Oman	8	40	28	0	4	8	177	97	+80	88
5	Bahrain	10	43	21	1	2	19	136	145	-9	67
6	China	11	42	12	1	2	27	119	182	–63	40
7	Lebanon	6	25	10	1	0	14	106	89	+17	32
8	Palestine	3	14	7	1	0	6	48	52	–8	23
9	Thailand	6	20	7	1	0	12	55	68	–13	23
10	Uzbekistan	6	21	5	0	0	16	72	94	–22	15
11	Afghanistan	5	18	4	1	0	13	53	85	–32	14
12	Australia	2	8	3	0	1	4	25	24	+1	10
13	Kuwait	5	16	4	0	1	11	55	72	–17	13
14	Iraq	6	18	2	1	1	14	48	93	–45	9
15	Saudi Arabia	3	14	5	0	1	8	38	60	–22	16
16	Malaysia	4	15	3	0	0	12	42	83	–41	9
17	Laos	1	3	1	0	0	2	11	21	–10	3
18	Qatar	4	14	1	0	0	13	30	85	–55	3
19	Vietnam	2	6	0	1	0	5	17	26	–9	2
20	India	2	5	0	0	0	5	8	23	–15	0
21	Syria	1	3	0	0	0	3	6	19	–13	0
22	Kyrgyzstan	2	6	0	0	0	6	12	40	–28	0
23	Indonesia	3	9	1	0	0	8	19	64	–45	3
24	Philippines	3	9	0	0	0	9	13	90	–77	0
25	Myanmar	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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

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

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.

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Timeline

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Year Team	2006 (6)	2007 (6)	2008 (6)	2009 (7)	2011 (11)	2013 (16)	2015 (14)	2017 (12)	2019 (15)	2023 (16)	2025 (16)	2026 (12)	Apps
Afghanistan	×	×	×	×	••	11th	×	6th	12th	13th	16th		5
Australia	×	×	×	5th	×	4th	×	×	×	×	×		2
Bahrain	1st	4th	×	2nd	6th	9th	7th	5th	6th	6th	8th		10
China	4th	5th	4th	7th	5th	7th	6th	12th	9th	7th	12th		11
India	×	6th	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	15th		2
Indonesia	×	×	×	×	11th	×	×	×	×	16th	11th		3
Iran	3rd	3rd	3rd	4th	3rd	1st	3rd	1st	7th	1st	1st		11
Iraq	×	×	×	×	9th	10th	12th	9th	13th	×	14th		6
Japan	2nd	2nd	2nd	1st	1st	2nd	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd		11
Kuwait	×	×	×	×	10th	×	9th	×	11th	8th	9th		5
Kyrgyzstan	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	15th	14th	×		2
Laos	×	×	×	×	×	×	10th	×	×	×	×		1
Lebanon	×	×	×	×	×	8th	4th	4th	5th	10th	7th		6
Malaysia	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	8th	8th	15th	10th		4
Oman	×	×	×	3rd	2nd	5th	1st	7th	3rd	3rd	2nd		8
Palestine	×	×	×	×	••	6th	••	×	4th	11th	×		3
Philippines	6th	×	6th	×	×	16th	×	×	×	×	×		3
Qatar	×	×	×	×	••	15th	14th	11th	14th	×	×		4
Saudi Arabia	×	×	×	×	×	12th	×	×	×	9th	4th		3
Syria	×	×	×	×	8th	×	×	×	×	×	×		1
Thailand	×	×	×	×	×	13th	13th	10th	10th	5th	5th		6
United Arab Emirates	5th	1st	1st	×	4th	3rd	5th	2nd	2nd	4th	6th		10
Uzbekistan	×	×	5th	6th	7th	14th	8th	••	×	12th	×		6
Vietnam	×	×	×	×	×	×	11th	×	×	×	13th		2

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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.

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Team \ Years	2005[†]	2006	2007	2008	2009	2011	2013	2015	2017	2019	2021[†]	2023	2025	Total
Bahrain		QF			R1									2
Iran		R1	R1	R1		R1	QF	QF	3rd			3rd	QF	9
Japan	4th	QF	R1	R1	QF	R1	QF	QF	R1	4th	2nd	QF	QF	13
Oman						R1		R1		R1	R1	R1	R1	6
Thailand	R1													1
United Arab Emirates			R1	R1	R1		R1		R1	R1	R1	QF		8

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Notes

• Beach soccer at the Asian Beach Games
• AFF Beach Soccer Championship
• WAFF Beach Soccer Championship
• AFC Futsal Asian Cup