International football competition
The 2023 AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup was the 10th edition (3rd official) of the AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup (previously the AFC Beach Soccer Championship before rebranding in 2021),[ 4] the premier beach soccer tournament contested by Asian men's national teams, organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).
The tournament took place in Pattaya, Thailand. The championship also acted as the qualification tournament for Asian teams for the 2023 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup , to be held in the United Arab Emirates. The top three teams qualified for the World Cup, including the United Arab Emirates who automatically qualified as the host.
Japan was the defending champion but lost to Iran in the final.[ 5] [ 6]
Teams A total of 16 teams entered the tournament.
Team Appearance Previous best performance Afghanistan 4th Group stage (2013 , 2017 , 2019 ) Bahrain 9th Champions (2006 ) China 10th 4th place (2006 , 2008 ) Iran 10th Champions (2013 , 2017 ) Indonesia 2nd Group stage (2011 ) Japan 10th Champions (2009 , 2011 , 2019 ) Kuwait 4th Group stage (2011 , 2015 , 2019 ) Kyrgyzstan 2nd Group stage (2019 ) Lebanon 5th 4th place (2015 , 2017 ) Malaysia 3rd Quarter-finals (2019 ) Oman 7th Champions (2015 ) Palestine 3rd 4th place (2019 ) Saudi Arabia 2nd Group stage (2013 ) Thailand (hosts) 5th Group stage (2013 , 2015 , 2017 , 2019 ) United Arab Emirates 9th Champions (2007 , 2008 ) Uzbekistan 6th Quarter-finals (2011 , 2015 )
Draw The draw of the tournament was held on 19 January 2023 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[ 7] The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four teams. The teams were seeded according to their performance in the 2019 AFC Beach Soccer Championship final tournament, with the hosts Thailand automatically seeded and assigned to Position A1 in the draw.[ 8]
Group stage
Group A Source: AFC(H) Host
16 March 2023 (2023-03-16 )
17:00
Referee: Abdulaziz Abdullah (
Kuwait )
16 March 2023 (2023-03-16 )
20:00
Thailand 2–3 Saudi Arabia Komkrit 3' Suriya 17' Report Bawdah 2' Al-Hamami 10' Mo. Al-Shammari 24'
Jomtien Beach Arena, Pattaya
Referee: Shao Liang (
China )
20 March 2023 (2023-03-20 )
20:00
Jomtien Beach Arena, Pattaya
Referee: Turki Al-Salehi (
Oman )
Group B Source: AFC
16 March 2023 (2023-03-16 )
18:30
Jomtien Beach Arena, Pattaya
Referee: Fallah Al-Balushi (
Oman )
Group C Source: AFC
17 March 2023 (2023-03-17 )
15:30
Lebanon 1–4 China Haidar 4' Report Cai Weiming 28' Li Yueming 30' Liu Haoran 33' , 34'
Jomtien Beach Arena, Pattaya
Referee: Turki Al-Salehi (
Oman )
17 March 2023 (2023-03-17 )
18:30
Jomtien Beach Arena, Pattaya
19 March 2023 (2023-03-19 )
18:30
Jomtien Beach Arena, Pattaya
Referee: Fallah Al-Balushi (
Oman )
21 March 2023 (2023-03-21 )
18:30
Japan 9–3 Lebanon Report Al Saleh 28' (pen.) , 36' Haidar 34'
Jomtien Beach Arena, Pattaya
Referee: Waleed Abdulkarim (
Bahrain )
Group D Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 Oman 3 3 0 0 0 17 2 +15 9 Knockout stage 2 Kuwait 3 1 0 1 1 10 9 +1 4 3 Palestine 3 1 0 0 2 4 12 −8 3 4 Kyrgyzstan 3 0 0 0 3 6 14 −8 0
Source: AFC
Knockout stage
Bracket
Quarter-finals 22 March 2023 (2023-03-22 )
18:30
Jomtien Beach Arena, Pattaya
23 March 2023 (2023-03-23 )
18:30
Jomtien Beach Arena, Pattaya
Referee: Fallah Al-Balushi (
Oman )
Semi-finals 25 March 2023 (2023-03-25 )
18:30
Jomtien Beach Arena, Pattaya
Referee: Abdulaziz Abdullah (
Kuwait )
Third-place match 26 March 2023 (2023-03-26 )
18:30
Jomtien Beach Arena, Pattaya
Referee: Yuichi Hatano (
Japan )
Final 26 March 2023 (2023-03-26 )
20:30
Jomtien Beach Arena, Pattaya
Referee: Turki Al-Salehi (
Oman )
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Goalscorers There were 249 goals scored in 32 matches, for an average of 7.78 goals per match.
11 goals
9 goals
Ali Mirshekari Mohammadali Mokhtari 8 goals
Sami Al Bulushi 7 goals
6 goals
Movahed Baltork 5 goals
Mahdi Shirmohammadi Ozu Moreira Khalid Al Oraimi Ali Mohammadi 4 goals
Abbas Rezaei Takaaki Oba Majed Al-Enezi Yahya Al Muraiki Abdullah Al Sauti Komkrit Nanan 3 goals
Tamim Haidari Mohamed Yaqoob Liu Haoran Amir Akbari Seyedmahdi Mirjajili Mohammad Moradi Yuki Kibune Shinya Shibamoto Takahito Yamada Mohamad Haidar Mohamad Merhi Mohammad Al Saleh Mushel Al Araimi Al Yaqdhan Al Hindasi Ahmed Al Owaisi Mohammed Al-Shammari Ahmed Beshr Rashed Yaqoub Jamshid Rasulov 2 goals
Rashad Jamal Bai Fan Cai Weiming Han Xuegeng Junius R. Bate Reza Amiri Shusei Yamauchi Mohammad Darweesh Omar Al-Rouqi Ahmed Grada Hasrol Ali Norazman Bakar Qushairie Asaari Mandhar Al Araimi Younis Al Owaisi Belal Bawdah Ahmed Al-Hamami Suriya Boridet Tanandon Praracha Waleed Beshr Abdulla Al-Blooshi Walid Mohammadi Mamasharif Khalimov Ilyos Mallaev 1 goal
Ramez Farooq Abdul Nafi Himat Omid Homauni Murtaza Jafari Sami Ullah Mohammadi Ahmad Rabani Ahmed Abdulrasool Mohamed Ashoor Salman Al-Yaqoobi Li Yueming Dewa Dwipayudha Nyoman Widnyana Javad Khosravi Ryunosuke Ito Naoya Matsuo Takumi Uesato Faisal Al-Manaye Mohammad Al-Shafei Erzhan Dordoshev Almaz Dzhailoobaev Keldibek Mukaev Beksultan Omorov Roman Sodaliev Beksultan Usenbaev Hussein Abdullah Ahmad El Khatib Mechleb Matar Michlib Matar Faisal Saharudin Hafizam Rahman Ridhwan Zainal Zulhairi Ismail Alaa Atiya Mohammed Hassan Fady Jaber Mohammed Al-Qaddi Al-Waleed Safhi Naif Yakl Waleed Al-Youbi Natee Jeepon Ratthaphong Nadee Watchara Lepaijit Farhod Kodirov 1 own goal
Abdulla Al-Abdulla (against Iran) Junius R. Bate (against Lebanon) Agus Dwipayana (against Japan) Moslem Mesigar (against Oman) Takumi Uesato (against Iran) Chalermchai Saelim (against Afghanistan) Atus Thongdee (against the United Arab Emirates) Source: AFC
Qualified teams for FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup The following teams qualified for the world cup.[ 9] [ 10] [ 11]
Team Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup only FIFA era (since 2005) United Arab Emirates 16 December 2022 7 (2007 , 2008 , 2009 , 2013 , 2017 , 2019 , 2021 ) Iran 22 March 2023 7 (2006 , 2007 , 2008 , 2011 , 2013 , 2015 , 2017 ) Japan 23 March 2023 11 (2005 , 2006 , 2007 , 2008 , 2009 , 2011 , 2013 , 2015 , 2017 , 2019 , 2021 ) Oman 23 March 2023 4 (2011 , 2015 , 2019 , 2021 )
• Bold indicates champions for that year. •• Italic indicates hosts for that year.
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External links AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup , the-AFC.com AFC CAF CONCACAF CONMEBOL OFC UEFA 2005 3 (p) 2006 3 (p ) 2007 3 (p ) 2008 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 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 .
(p) This indicates an additional play-off round, supplement to the main qualification event.