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2023 AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup
ฟุตบอลชายหาดเอเชียนคัพ 2023

Tournament details
Host country	Thailand
City	Pattaya
Dates	16–26 March
Teams	16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	Jomtien Beach Arena (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Iran (3rd title)
Runners-up	Japan
Third place	Uzbekistan
Fourth place	Oman
Tournament statistics
Matches played	32
Goals scored	249 (7.78 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Takuya Akaguma (11 goals)^[1]
Best player(s)	Moslem Mesigar^[2]
Best goalkeeper	Seyedmahdi Mirjajili^[3]
← 2019 ~~2021~~ 2025 →

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 from 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 qualified automatically as host.

Japan were the defending champions 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]

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Thailand (hosts) Japan United Arab Emirates Oman	Palestine Lebanon Iran Bahrain	Malaysia China Kuwait Afghanistan	Kyrgyzstan Indonesia Saudi Arabia Uzbekistan

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	W+	WP	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Thailand (H)	3	2	0	0	1	9	7	+2	6	Knockout stage
2	Bahrain	3	2	0	0	1	8	7	+1	6	Knockout stage
3	Saudi Arabia	3	1	0	1	1	10	10	0	4
4	Afghanistan	3	0	0	0	3	10	13	−3	0

Source: AFC
(H) Host

16 March 2023

17:00

Bahrain	4–2	Afghanistan
Jamal 1' Yaqoob 19', 24' Abdulrasool 27'	Report	T. Haidari 18', 25'

Jomtien Beach Arena, Pattaya

Referee: Abdulaziz Abdullah (Kuwait)

16 March 2023

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)

18 March 2023

17:00

Saudi Arabia	3–4	Bahrain
Yakl 27' Safhi 32' Bawdah 34'	Report	Al-Yaqoobi 8' Ashoor 10' Jamal 36' Yaqoob 36'

Jomtien Beach Arena, Pattaya

Referee: Turki Al-Salehi (Oman)

18 March 2023

20:00

Afghanistan	4–5	Thailand
T. Haidari 11' Himat 21' Chalermchai 24' (o.g.) Homauni 35'	Report	Suriya 5' Komkrit 2', 8' Natee 9' Ratthaphong 19'

Jomtien Beach Arena, Pattaya

Referee: Yuichi Hatano (Japan)

20 March 2023

17:00

Afghanistan	4–4 (a.e.t.)	Saudi Arabia
Farooq 16' Rabani 17' Mohammadi 21' Jafari 24'	Report	Mo. Al-Shammari 2', 3' Al-Hamami 6' Al-Youbi 26'
Penalties
Mohammadi Homauni Farooq T. Haidari	2–4	Bawdah Al-Hamami Tumayhi Dakman Al-Askah

Jomtien Beach Arena, Pattaya

Referee: Abdulaziz Abdullah (Kuwait)

20 March 2023

20:00

Thailand	2–0	Bahrain
Tanandon 19' Watchara 36'	Report

Jomtien Beach Arena, Pattaya

Referee: Turki Al-Salehi (Oman)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	W+	WP	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Iran	3	3	0	0	0	32	9	+23	9	Knockout stage
2	United Arab Emirates	3	2	0	0	1	11	10	+1	6	Knockout stage
3	Uzbekistan	3	1	0	0	2	8	17	−9	3
4	Malaysia	3	0	0	0	3	10	25	−15	0

Source: AFC

16 March 2023

15:30

Iran	14–5	Malaysia
Mesigar 1', 12' Akbari 2' Mirshekari 3' (pen.), 24' Rezaei 5', 16' Amiri 7' Shirmohammadi 13', 29' Baltork 14', 36' Mokhtari 28' Khosravi 36'	Report	Norazman 1' Faisal 6' Hasrol 18' Qushairie 20' Ridhwan 35'

Jomtien Beach Arena, Pattaya

Referee: Makoto Sato (Japan)

16 March 2023

18:30

United Arab Emirates	4–0	Uzbekistan
W. Beshr 9' A. Beshr 16' (pen.), 21' (pen.) A. Mohammadi 24'	Report

Jomtien Beach Arena, Pattaya

Referee: Fallah Al-Balushi (Oman)

18 March 2023

15:30

Uzbekistan	2–11	Iran
Rasulov 18' Mallaev 23'	Report	Mirshekari 2', 22' Baltork 12', 15' Mokhtari 13', 25', 35' Amiri 19' Mesigar 24', 32' Shirmohammadi 34'

Jomtien Beach Arena, Pattaya

Referee: Li Qibin (China)

18 March 2023

18:30

Malaysia	3–5	United Arab Emirates
Norazman 25' Hafizam 27' Hasrol 33'	Report	A. Mohammadi 5', 28' (pen.) A. Beshr 7' W. Beshr 20' Al-Blooshi 31'

Jomtien Beach Arena, Pattaya

Referee: Abdulaziz Abdullah (Kuwait)

20 March 2023

15:30

Malaysia	2–6	Uzbekistan
Qushairie 9' Zulhairi 16'	Report	Mallaev 3' Khalimov 9', 21' Kodirov 15' Rasulov 20', 21'

Jomtien Beach Arena, Pattaya

Referee: Timur Gulmyradow (Turkmenistan)

20 March 2023

18:30

United Arab Emirates	2–7	Iran
W. Mohammadi 16', 18'	Report	Mirshekari 3' Shirmohammadi 15', 24' Baltork 19' Mirjajili 20' Moradi 26' Mokhtari 32'

Jomtien Beach Arena, Pattaya

Referee: Yuichi Hatano (Japan)

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	W+	WP	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Japan	3	3	0	0	0	22	4	+18	9	Knockout stage
2	China	3	2	0	0	1	10	11	−1	6	Knockout stage
3	Lebanon	3	1	0	0	2	16	13	+3	3
4	Indonesia	3	0	0	0	3	4	24	−20	0

Source: AFC

17 March 2023

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

18:30

Japan	7–0	Indonesia
Akaguma 2', 18' Yamada 12', 23' Moreira 21', 29' Yamauchi 28'	Report

Jomtien Beach Arena, Pattaya

Referee: Suwat Wongsuwan (Thailand)

19 March 2023

15:30

Indonesia	0–12	Lebanon
	Report	Merhi 10', 18', 26' El Khatib 12' Bate 18' (o.g.) Al Saleh 19' Mi. Matar 25' Haidar 26' Grada 27', 33' Abdullah 30' Me. Matar 36'

Jomtien Beach Arena, Pattaya

Referee: Nayim Kosimov (Uzbekistan)

19 March 2023

18:30

China	1–6	Japan
Han Xuegeng 7'	Report	Yamauchi 9' Shibamoto 9' Oba 16' Akaguma 23', 23' Ito 36'

Jomtien Beach Arena, Pattaya

Referee: Fallah Al-Balushi (Oman)

21 March 2023

15:30

China	5–4	Indonesia
Bai Fan 13', 18' Cai Weiming 21' Han Xuegeng 24' Liu Haoran 24'	Report	Bate 6', 28' Widnyana 9' Dwipayudha 34'

Jomtien Beach Arena, Pattaya

Referee: Suwat Wongsuwan (Thailand)

21 March 2023

18:30

Japan	9–3	Lebanon
Oba 7', 29' Akaguma 9', 31', 36' Moreira 17' Shibamoto 26' Kibune 29' Uesato 32'	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	Knockout stage
3	Palestine	3	1	0	0	2	4	12	−8	3
4	Kyrgyzstan	3	0	0	0	3	6	14	−8	0

Source: AFC

17 March 2023

17:00

Palestine	0–5	Kuwait
	Report	Mo. Al-Shafei 5' Al-Enezi 21', 36' Darweesh 24' Al-Manaye 35'

Jomtien Beach Arena, Pattaya

Referee: Ibrahim Al-Raeesi (United Arab Emirates)

17 March 2023

20:00

Oman	7–0	Kyrgyzstan
Al Bulushi 14', 32' Y. Al Owaisi 28' Al Muraiki 29', 30' K. Al Oraimi 34' Al Hindasi 36'	Report

Jomtien Beach Arena, Pattaya

Referee: Hassan Abed (Lebanon)

19 March 2023

17:00

Kyrgyzstan	2–3	Palestine
Omorov 6' Dordoshev 22'	Report	Hassan 6' Atiya 16' Al-Qaddi 31'

Jomtien Beach Arena, Pattaya

Referee: Suparith Udma (Thailand)

19 March 2023

20:00

Kuwait	1–5	Oman
Al-Rouqi 5'	Report	Al Muraiki 1' Al Bulushi 8' K. Al Oraimi 13', 14' Al Sauti 28'

Jomtien Beach Arena, Pattaya

Referee: Ibrahim Al-Raeesi (United Arab Emirates)

21 March 2023

17:00

Kuwait	4–4 (a.e.t.)	Kyrgyzstan
Al-Enezi 1', 15' Al-Rouqi 17' (pen.) Darweesh 36'	Report	Dzhailoobaev 11' Usenbaev 14' Ke. Mukaev 24' Sodaliev 33'
Penalties
Al-Manaye Mo. Al-Shafei Al-Kandari Al-Rouqi Darweesh	3–2	Diushenov Muktarbekov Dzhailoobaev Kaiykbik Uulu Ke. Mukaev

Jomtien Beach Arena, Pattaya

Referee: Abdulla Saleh (Bahrain)

21 March 2023

20:00

Oman	5–1	Palestine
Al Sauti 14' Mu. Al Araimi 17' Ma. Al Araimi 21' Al Hindasi 22' Y. Al Owaisi 23'	Report	Jaber 3'

Jomtien Beach Arena, Pattaya

Referee: Syahir Shaharul (Malaysia)

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final

	22 March

	Thailand	2
					25 March
	United Arab Emirates	4
					United Arab Emirates	1
	23 March
					Japan	5
	Japan	8
									26 March
	Kuwait	0
									Japan	0
	22 March
									Iran	6
	Iran	10
					25 March
	Bahrain	0
					Iran	6
	23 March
					Oman	3			Third place
	Oman	11
									26 March
	China	0
									United Arab Emirates	4

									Oman	2

Quarter-finals

22 March 2023

18:30

Thailand	2–4	United Arab Emirates
Komkrit 19' Tanandon 30' (pen.)	Report	Al-Blooshi 2' Atus 18' (o.g.) A. Mohammadi 23', 35'

Jomtien Beach Arena, Pattaya

Referee: Abdulla Saleh (Bahrain)

22 March 2023

20:30

Iran	10–0	Bahrain
Mesigar 7', 14' Moradi 9' Mirjajili 15', 26' Mokhtari 20' Akbari 26' Mirshekari 31' Rezaei 32' Al-Abdulla 35' (o.g.)	Report

Jomtien Beach Arena, Pattaya

Referee: Suwat Wongsuwan (Thailand)

23 March 2023

18:30

Japan	8–0	Kuwait
Akaguma 4', 11' Kibune 5', 18' Moreira 15', 32' Shibamoto 28' Matsuo 34'	Report

Jomtien Beach Arena, Pattaya

Referee: Fallah Al-Balushi (Oman)

23 March 2023

20:30

Oman	11–0	China
Mu. Al Araimi 2', 9' Al Sauti 3', 23' Al Bulushi 14', 34' A. Al Owaisi 18', 20', 30' Al Hindasi 29' Ma. Al Araimi 32'	Report

Jomtien Beach Arena, Pattaya

Referee: Makoto Sato (Japan)

Semi-finals

25 March 2023

18:30

United Arab Emirates	1–5	Japan
Yaqoub 16' (pen.)	Report	Oba 2' Yamada 10' Akaguma 27', 32' Yamauchi 35'

Jomtien Beach Arena, Pattaya

Referee: Abdulaziz Abdullah (Kuwait)

25 March 2023

20:30

Iran	6–3	Oman
Mokhtari 4' (pen.), 18' Moradi 7' Rezaei 20' Mirshekari 21' Akbari 30'	Report	Al Bulushi 4' K. Al Oraimi 11' Mesigar 22' (o.g.)

Jomtien Beach Arena, Pattaya

Referee: Hassan Abed (Lebanon)

Third-place match

26 March 2023

18:30

United Arab Emirates	2–4	Oman
Yaqoub 1', 24'	Report	K. Al Oraimi 13' Al Muraiki 21' (pen.) Al Bulushi 25', 26'

Jomtien Beach Arena, Pattaya

Referee: Yuichi Hatano (Japan)

Final

26 March 2023

20:30

Japan	0–6	Iran
	Report	Baltork 3' Mirshekari 7', 36' Mesigar 18' Mokhtari 28' Uesato 34' (o.g.)

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

Takuya Akaguma

9 goals

Ali Mirshekari
Mohammadali Mokhtari

8 goals

Sami Al Bulushi

7 goals

Moslem Mesigar

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

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.

References

^ "Akaguma clinches Top Scorer award". AFC. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
^ "Mesigar crowned Most Valuable Player". AFC. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
^ "Mirjajili named Best Goalkeeper". AFC. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
^ "AFC rebrands age group championships to AFC Asian Cups". AFC. 2 October 2020.
^ Mohammed, Ahmed. "Iran overpower Japan to win third AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup". Inside The Games. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
^ "IR Iran clinch title with emphatic victory over Japan". AFC. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
^ "Draw sets up exciting Thailand 2023 group stage". AFC. 19 January 2023. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
^ "Thais lead teams into AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup Thailand 2023 draw". AFC. 16 January 2023. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
^ "Exceptional Iran secure Emirati adventure". FIFA. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
^ "Oman goal spree secures Asia's last place at UAE 2023". FIFA. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
^ "Japan clinch UAE 2023 qualification". FIFA. Retrieved 27 March 2023.

External links

AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup, the-AFC.com

v t e FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification
AFC	2005¹ 2006 2007 2008 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021¹ 2023 2025
CAF	2005¹ 2006 2007 2008 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
CONCACAF	2005² 2006 2007² 2008 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
CONMEBOL	2005² 2006 2007² 2008 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
OFC	2005¹ 2006 2007 2008¹ 2009 2011 2013 2015¹ 2017¹ 2019 2021¹ 2023 2025
UEFA	2005³(p) 2006³(p) 2007³(p) 2008 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
¹ No qualifiers took place; 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.

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