AFC Beach Soccer Championship
The AFC Beach Soccer Championship is the main championship for beach soccer in Asia. The first championship was held in 2006 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, as all following tournaments have been. The two finalists and the winner of the third place play-off qualify for the following FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup. The most successful nation is the United Arab Emirates and Japan, who have won the tournament two of the five times. However Japan may be considered as the most successful team, they have qualified for the World Cup each year by finishing in other qualifying positions, whereas the United Arab Emirates have only qualified for the World Cup when they have won the championship.
Now that the World Cup takes place every two years, so will the qualifiers, starting with the qualifiers for the 2011 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.
Tournaments
| Year | Location | Final | Third Place Play-off | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winners | Score | Runners-up | Third Place | Score | Fourth Place | ||||
| 2005 | Japan and Thailand selected to represent AFC, no qualifiers held | ||||||||
| 2006 details |
Dubai, UAE |  Bahrain |
5–3 |  Japan |
 Iran |
6–4 |  China | ||
| 2007 details |
Dubai, UAE |  United Arab Emirates |
4–3 | Japan |
Iran |
6–0 | Bahrain | ||
| 2008 details |
Dubai, UAE | United Arab Emirates |
4–3 | Japan |
Iran |
4–1 | China | ||
| 2009 details |
Dubai, UAE | 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 | ||
Successful nations
| Team | Titles | Runners-up | Third-place | Fourth Place | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
After 2015 AFC Beach Soccer Championship (from 2006 to 2015)
General Statistics
| 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 Points / Lose L = 0 Points
Nations who have qualified for the World Cup
These are the nations who have qualified to appear in the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup since 2005, to represent Asia.
- 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 | q | 6 | ||
| Japan | 4th | QF | R1 | R1 | QF | R1 | QF | q | 8 |
| Oman | R1 | q | 2 | ||||||
| Thailand | R1 | 1 | |||||||
| United Arab Emirates | R1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | 4 |
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