United Arab Emirates national beach soccer team

United Arab Emirates
Nickname	Eyal Zayed
Association	UAEFA
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Head coach	Mohamed Bashir Al Maazmi
Most caps	Humaid Jamal Shambih Bilal Alblooshi (62)
Top scorer	Waleed Beshr Mohammed Beshr Salem (29)
FIFA code	UAE
BSWW ranking	10 3 (2 June 2025)
; First colours	; Second colours
First international
	UAE 3–7 France ; (Dubai, UAE; 18 April 2001)
Biggest win
	Qatar 1–8 UAE ; (Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia; 7 March 2017) ; UAE 8–1 Malaysia ; (Pattaya, Thailand; 14 March 2019)
Biggest defeat
	UAE 4–15 Brazil ; (Dubai, UAE; 2 November 2017)

NicknameEyal Zayed

AssociationUAEFA

ConfederationAFC (Asia)

Head coachMohamed Bashir Al Maazmi^[1]

The United Arab Emirates national beach soccer team represents United Arab Emirates in beach soccer. They are one of the most successful Asian national teams, having won twice the AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup (2007, 2008). At the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, however, they have never got past the group stage Until 2024. The UAE team has participated in every edition of the Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup, which was founded after the 2009 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup was hosted in the United Arab Emirates and which is played only in the UAE. They hosted it again as for the second time in 2024.

13 October 2023 (2023-10-13) 2023 BSWW Mundialito	United Arab Emirates	4–4 (p) (4–3 p)	Spain	Ayamonte, Spain
18:00 UTC+2	A. Abbas 26', 27' Ali 20' B. Waleed 29'	Report	Joselito 6' Batis 8' Kuman 10' Dona 23'	Stadium: Isla Canela Stadium

14 October 2023 (2023-10-14) 2023 BSWW Mundialito	Brazil	7–3	United Arab Emirates	Ayamonte, Spain
15:15 UTC+2	Rodrigo 5', 6' Mauricinho 6' E. Hulk 22' Bahri 27' (o.g.) Benjamin Jr 29' Catarino 30'	Report	A. Abbas 1' Humaid 10' Haitham 28'	Stadium: Isla Canela Stadium

15 October 2023 (2023-10-15) 2023 BSWW Mundialito	United Arab Emirates	5–4	Mexico	Ayamonte, Spain
15:15 UTC+2	Bahri 3' Walid 7' B. Ahmed 19' Humaid 23' B. Waleed 23'	Report	G. Macias 20' P. Montes 26' C. Castillo 27', 28'	Stadium: Isla Canela Stadium

25 October 2023 (2023-10-25) 2023 Neom Beach Soccer Cup	United Arab Emirates	5–4	Spain	Neom, Saudi Arabia
15:15 UTC+3	B. Ahmed 1', 19' Haitham 20' A.Abbas 20' (28)	Report	Oliver 1', 21' David 15' Juanmi 20'	Stadium: Neom Stadium

26 October 2023 (2023-10-26) 2023 Neom Beach Soccer Cup	Brazil	8–3	United Arab Emirates	Neom, Saudi Arabia
15:15 UTC+3	F. Silva 2', 15' Bobô 5' E. Hulk 8', 9' Berndo 25' Z. Lucas 25' Mauricinho 28'	Report	A. Abbas 6', 20' W. Beshir 25'	Stadium: Neom Stadium

Results and fixtures

27 October 2023 (2023-10-27) 2023 Neom Beach Soccer Cup	United Arab Emirates	4–2	Turkey	Neom, Saudi Arabia
15:45 UTC+3	Ali 2', 12' A. Abbas 8' W. Beshir 25'	Report	Emrah 5' E. Lorenzo 25'	Stadium: Neom Stadium

28 October 2023 (2023-10-28) 2023 Neom Beach Soccer Cup	Germany	2–3	United Arab Emirates	Neom, Saudi Arabia
15:45 UTC+3	Thürk 20' Kinsher 27'	Report	A. Abbas 2' Ali 8' W. Beshir 20'	Stadium: Neom Stadium

15 February 2023 (2023-02-15) 2024 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup	United Arab Emirates	2-1	Egypt	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
15:30 UTC+4	W. Beshr 8' Ali 15'		Paulo 32'	Stadium: Design District Stadium

17 February 2023 (2023-02-17) 2024 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup	United Arab Emirates	3–2	United States	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
19:30 UTC+4	Eid 16' Abbas 24' Ali 39' (e.t.)		Toth 27' Canale 36'	Stadium: Design District Stadium

19 February 2023 (2023-02-19) 2024 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup	Italy	0–0 (1–3 p)	United Arab Emirates	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
19:30 UTC+4				Stadium: Design District Stadium
	Penalties
	Bertacca Giordani Fazzini Josep Jr.		Haitham Kamal W. Beshr

22 February 2024 (2024-02-22) 2024 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup	Iran	2–1	United Arab Emirates	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
19:30	Masoumi 17' Mirjalili 23'	Report	Abdulla 14'	Stadium: Design District Stadium Attendance: 3,458 Referee: Sérgio Soares (Portugal)

FIFA World Cup record										Qualification (AFC) record
Year	Round	Pos	Pld	W	W+	L	GF	GA	GD	Round	Pos	Pld	W	W+	L	GF	GA	GD
2005	did not enter									No qualification matches
2006	did not qualify									Group stage	5th	2	0	0	2	7	11	−4
2007	Group stage	14th	3	0	0	3	13	16	−3	Champions	1st	4	4	0	0	21	10	+11
2008	Group stage	10th	3	1	0	2	12	14	−2	Champions	1st	4	4	0	0	18	6	+12
2009	Group stage	10th	3	1	0	2	12	12	0	Automatically qualified as hosts
2011	did not qualify									Fourth place	4th	6	4	0	2	20	12	+8
2013	Group stage	15th	3	0	0	3	8	14	−6	Third place	3rd	5	4	0	1	23	11	+12
2015	did not qualify									Fifth place	5th	5	3	0	2	20	19	+1
2017	Group stage	9th	3	1	1	1	6	6	0	Runners-up	2nd	5	3	1	1	25	16	+9
2019	Group stage	12th	3	1	0	2	6	9	−3	Runners-up	2nd	5	5	0	1	28	10	+18
2021	Group stage	13th	3	0	1	2	9	12	−3	Cancelled^[a]
2024	Quarter-finals	6th	4	1	2	1	6	5	+1	Automatically qualified as hosts
2025	did not qualify									Quarterfinals	7th	4	2	0	2	18	13	+6
Total	0 titles	8/13	25	5	4	16	72	88	–16	2 titles	9/10	40	29	1	11	180	108	+73

v t e National beach soccer teams of Asia (AFC)
AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup - Beach soccer at the Asian Beach Games
West Asia (WAFF)	Bahrain Iraq Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Oman Palestine Qatar Saudi Arabia Syria United Arab Emirates Yemen
Central Asia (CAFA)	Afghanistan Iran Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan
South Asia (SAFF)	Bangladesh Bhutan India Maldives Nepal Pakistan Sri Lanka
East Asia (EAFF)	China PR Chinese Taipei Guam Hong Kong Japan Korea DPR Korea Republic Macau Mongolia Northern Mariana Islands
Southeast Asia (AFF)	Australia Brunei Cambodia Indonesia Laos Malaysia Myanmar Philippines Singapore Thailand Timor-Leste Vietnam
FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup - Beach Soccer Worldwide

v t e National beach soccer teams
Asia	Afghanistan Australia Bahrain Bangladesh China India Indonesia Iran Iraq Japan Laos Lebanon Korea Republic Kuwait Malaysia Myanmar Oman Palestine Philippines Qatar Saudi Arabia Syria Thailand United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan Vietnam
Africa	Algeria Cameroon Egypt Ghana Ivory Coast Madagascar Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Nigeria Senegal Seychelles Somalia South Africa Tunisia Uganda
Europe	Albania Andorra Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bulgaria Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Finland France Germany Georgia Greece Hungary Israel Italy Kazakhstan Latvia Lithuania Malta Moldova Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia Serbia Slovakia Spain Switzerland Sweden Turkey Ukraine
North America	Bahamas Belize Canada Costa Rica El Salvador Guadeloupe Guatemala Jamaica Mexico Panama Puerto Rico Trinidad and Tobago United States
South America	Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Paraguay Peru Uruguay Venezuela
Oceania	Cook Islands Fiji New Caledonia New Zealand Solomon Islands Tahiti Tonga Vanuatu

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