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2019 AFC Beach Soccer Championship
2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup AFC qualifier
Tournament details
Host countryThailand
Dates7–17 March
Teams15 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Matches played10
Goals scored76 (7.6 per match)
Attendance1,320 (132 per match)
Top scorer(s)Japan Shusei Yamauchi (3 goals)
← 2017
2021 →
All statistics correct as of 9 March 2019.

The 2019 AFC Beach Soccer Championship will be the ninth edition of the AFC Beach Soccer Championship (second official edition),[1] the premier beach soccer tournament contested by Asian men's national teams, organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).[2]

The tournament will take place in Pattaya, Thailand between 7–17 March 2019.[3][4] The championship also acts as the qualification tournament for Asian teams to the 2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in Paraguay; the top three teams qualify.[5]

Iran are the defending champions.

Teams

A total of 15 teams entered the tournament.[1]

Team Appearance Previous best performance
 Afghanistan 3rd 6th place (2017)
 Bahrain 8th Champions (2006)
 China 9th 4th place (2006, 2008)
 Iran 9th Champions (2013, 2017)
 Iraq 5th 9th place (2011, 2017)
 Japan 9th Champions (2009, 2011)
 Kuwait 3rd 9th place (2015)
 Kyrgyzstan 1st Debut
 Lebanon 4th 4th place (2015, 2017)
 Malaysia 2nd 8th place (2017)
 Oman 6th Champions (2015)
 Palestine 2nd 6th place (2013)
 Qatar 4th 11th place (2017)
 Thailand (hosts) 4th 10th place (2017)
 United Arab Emirates 8th Champions (2007, 2008)

Draw

The draw of the tournament was held on 3 December 2018 in Pattaya, Thailand.[6] The 15 teams were drawn into three groups of four teams and one group of three teams. The teams were seeded according to their performance in the 2017 AFC Beach Soccer Championship final tournament, with the hosts Thailand automatically seeded and assigned to Position A1 in the draw.[1][7]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 (unranked)

Squads

Main article: 2019 AFC Beach Soccer Championship squads

Each team must register a squad of 12 players, minimum two of whom must be goalkeepers (Regulations Articles 26.1 and 26.2).[2]

Group stage

Each team earns three points for a win in regulation time, two points for a win in extra time, one point for a win in a penalty shoot-out, and no points for a defeat. The top two teams of each group advanced to the quarter-finals.

Tiebreakers

Teams are ranked according to points, and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Article 10.5):[2]

  1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  4. If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
  5. Goal difference in all group matches;
  6. Goals scored in all group matches;
  7. Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are tied and they met in the last round of the group;
  8. Disciplinary points (yellow card = 1 point, red card as a result of two yellow cards = 3 points, direct red card = 3 points, yellow card followed by direct red card = 4 points);
  9. Drawing of lots.

All times are local, ICT (UTC+7).[8]

Schedule
Matchday Dates Matches (Groups A–C) Matches (Groups D)
Matchday 1 7–8 March 2019 1 v 4, 2 v 3 3 v 1
Matchday 2 9–10 March 2019 4 v 2, 3 v 1 2 v 3
Matchday 3 11–12 March 2019 1 v 2, 3 v 4 1 v 2

Group A

Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Palestine (A) 2 2 0 0 0 8 4 +4 6 Knockout stage
2  Malaysia 2 1 0 0 1 7 7 0 3
3  Afghanistan 2 0 1 0 1 5 5 0 2
4  Thailand (H) 2 0 0 0 2 6 10 −4 0
Updated to match(es) played on 9 March 2019. Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(A) Advances to a further round; (H) Host
Afghanistan 3–2 (a.e.t.) Malaysia
  • Qaderi 12'
  • Alavi 25'
  • Mohammadi 37'
 Report
  • Nazri 22'
  • Qushairie 32'
Main Arena, Pattaya
Attendance: 150
Referee: Fallah Al-Balushi (Oman)
Thailand 2–5 Palestine
  • Komkrit 11'
  • Tanandon 19'
 Report
  • Hassan 17', 24'
  • Atiya 19'
  • Al-Bawwab 21'
  • Kittin 33' (o.g.)
Main Arena, Pattaya
Attendance: 350
Referee: Yuichi Hatano (Japan)
Palestine 3–2 Afghanistan
Report
Main Arena, Pattaya
Malaysia 5–4 Thailand
Report
Main Arena, Pattaya
Malaysia v Palestine
Report
Main Arena, Pattaya
Thailand v Afghanistan
Report
Main Arena, Pattaya

Group B

Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Lebanon (A) 2 2 0 0 0 16 5 +11 6 Knockout stage
2  United Arab Emirates (A) 2 2 0 0 0 12 3 +9 6
3  China (E) 2 0 0 0 2 5 11 −6 0
4  Kyrgyzstan (E) 2 0 0 0 2 3 17 −14 0
Updated to match(es) played on 9 March 2019. Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(A) Advances to a further round; (E) Eliminated
Lebanon 5–3 China
  • Abdullah 13', 29'
  • Fattal 16', 30'
  • Matar 28'
 Report
Main Arena, Pattaya
Attendance: 100
Referee: Bakhtiyor Namazov (Uzbekistan)
United Arab Emirates 6–1 Kyrgyzstan
  • K. Ali 1'
  • Muntaser 7'
  • Karim 20'
  • W. Mohammad 23'
  • Mohamed 35' (pen.)
  • W. Beshr 36'
 Report
  • Duisheev 16'
Main Arena, Pattaya
Attendance: 200
Referee: Abdulla Saleh (Bahrain)
Kyrgyzstan 2–11 Lebanon
Report
Main Arena, Pattaya
China 2–6 United Arab Emirates
Report
Main Arena, Pattaya
United Arab Emirates v Lebanon
Report
Main Arena, Pattaya
China v Kyrgyzstan
Report
Main Arena, Pattaya

Group C

Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Japan 1 1 0 0 0 8 1 +7 3 Knockout stage
2  Bahrain 1 1 0 0 0 5 2 +3 3
3  Qatar 1 0 0 0 1 2 5 −3 0
4  Kuwait 1 0 0 0 1 1 8 −7 0
Updated to match(es) played on 8 March 2019. Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Bahrain 5–2 Qatar
  • Al-Abdulla 5', 32'
  • Al-Yaqoobi 7', 31'
  • Mubarak 28'
 Report
  • Al-Khlif 13'
  • Samy 29'
Main Arena, Pattaya
Attendance: 100
Referee: Hassan Abed Rabbo (Lebanon)
Japan 8–1 Kuwait
  • Moreira 8', 12'
  • Oba 11', 25'
  • Yamauchi 13', 13', 23'
  • Komaki 31'
 Report
  • Al-Hamad 13'
Main Arena, Pattaya
Attendance: 220
Kuwait v Bahrain
Report
Main Arena, Pattaya
Qatar v Japan
Report
Main Arena, Pattaya
Japan v Bahrain
Report
Main Arena, Pattaya
Qatar v Kuwait
Report
Main Arena, Pattaya

Group D

Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Iran 1 1 0 0 0 5 2 +3 3 Knockout stage
2  Oman 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Iraq 1 0 0 0 1 2 5 −3 0
Updated to match(es) played on 8 March 2019. Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Iraq 2–5 Iran
  • Salah 3'
  • Naji 27'
 Report
  • Mirshekari 9'
  • Akbari 12'
  • Behzadpour 18'
  • Ahmadzadeh 28'
  • Mokhtari 33'
Main Arena, Pattaya
Attendance: 200
Referee: Shao Liang (China)
Oman v Iraq
Report
Main Arena, Pattaya
Iran v Oman
Report
Main Arena, Pattaya

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary, except for the third place match where penalty shoot-out (no extra time) was used to decide the winner if necessary (Regulations Articles 14.1 and 15.1).[2]

Bracket

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
14 March
 
 
Winner Group A
 
15 March
 
Runner-up Group B
 
Winner QF1
 
14 March
 
Winner QF3
 
Winner Group C
 
17 March
 
Runner-up Group D
 
Winner SF1
 
14 March
 
Winner SF2
 
Winner Group B
 
15 March
 
Runner-up Group A
 
Winner QF2
 
14 March
 
Winner QF4Third place match
 
Winner Group D
 
17 March
 
Runner-up Group C
 
Loser SF1
 
 
Loser SF2
 

Quarter-finals

Winner Group DQF4Runner-up Group C
Report
Main Arena, Pattaya
Winner Group BQF2Runner-up Group A
Report
Main Arena, Pattaya
Winner Group CQF3Runner-up Group D
Report
Main Arena, Pattaya
Winner Group AQF1Runner-up Group B
Report
Main Arena, Pattaya

Semi-finals

Winners qualify for 2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.

Winner QF2SF2Winner QF4
Report
Main Arena, Pattaya
Winner QF1SF1Winner QF3
Report
Main Arena, Pattaya

Third place match

Winner qualifies for 2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.

Loser SF1vLoser SF2
Report
Main Arena, Pattaya

Final

Winner SF1vWinner SF2
Report
Main Arena, Pattaya

Goalscorers

There have been 50 goals scored in 7 matches, for an average of 7.14 goals per match.

3 goals

  • Japan Shusei Yamauchi

2 goals

  • Bahrain Abdulla Al-Abdulla
  • Bahrain Salman Al-Yaqoobi
  • Japan Takaaki Oba
  • Japan Ozu Moreira
  • Lebanon Hussein Abdullah
  • Lebanon Haitham Fattal
  • State of Palestine Mohammed Hassan

1 goal

  • Afghanistan Shahab Alavi
  • Afghanistan Sami Ullah Mohammadi
  • Afghanistan Raof Qaderi
  • Bahrain Ayoob Mubarak
  • China Cai Weiming
  • China Han Xuegeng
  • China Liu Haoran
  • Iran Mohammad Ahmadzadeh
  • Iran Amir Akbari
  • Iran Hamid Behzadpour
  • Iran Ali Mirshekari
  • Iran Mohammad Mokhtari
  • Iraq Mohammed Naji
  • Iraq Sajjad Salah
  • Japan Masayuki Komaki
  • Kuwait Abdullatif Al-Hamad
  • Kyrgyzstan Kairat Duisheev
  • Lebanon Mechleb Matar
  • Malaysia Qushairie Asaari
  • Malaysia Nazri Sulaiman
  • State of Palestine Maisara Al-Bawwab
  • State of Palestine Alaa Atiya
  • Qatar Srhan Al-Khlif
  • Qatar Hazem Samy
  • Thailand Komkrit Nanan
  • Thailand Tanandon Praracha
  • United Arab Emirates Kamal Ali
  • United Arab Emirates Waleed Beshr
  • United Arab Emirates Ali Karim
  • United Arab Emirates Haitham Mohamed
  • United Arab Emirates Walid Mohammad
  • United Arab Emirates Hasham Muntaser

1 own goal

  • Thailand Kittin Lorjanad (against Palestine)

Qualified teams for FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

The following three teams from AFC qualify for the 2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup1
only FIFA era (since 2005)
TBD 15 March 2019
TBD 15 March 2019
TBD 17 March 2019
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

References

  1. ^ a b c "Draw to unveil 2019 challenge". AFC. 2 December 2018.
  2. ^ a b c d "AFC Beach Soccer Championship 2019 Competition Regulations". AFC.
  3. ^ "AFC Competitions Calendar 2019". 28 February 2018.
  4. ^ "Key decisions made on Futsal and Beach Soccer competition formats". AFC. 11 May 2018.
  5. ^ "The 2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup goes to Paraguay!". beachsoccer.com. 26 October 2018.
  6. ^ "Draw reveals 2019 challenge". AFC. 3 December 2018.
  7. ^ "AFC Beach Soccer Championship 2019 Draw". YouTube. 3 December 2018.
  8. ^ "AFC BEACH SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP THAILAND 2019 OFFICIAL MATCH SCHEDULE". AFC.
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