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2025 AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup
ฟุตบอลชายหาดเอเชียนคัพ 2025
Tournament details
Host countryThailand
CityPattaya
Dates20–30 March
Teams16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)Jomtien Beach Arena (in 1 host city)
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International football competition

The 2025 AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup will be the 11th edition (4th official) of the AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup (previously the AFC Beach Soccer Championship before rebranding in 2021), the premier beach soccer tournament contested by Asian men's national teams, organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).

The tournament will take place in Pattaya, Thailand. The championship will also act as the qualification tournament for Asian teams for the 2025 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, to be held in Seychelles. The top three teams qualify for the World Cup.

Iran are the defending champions.

Teams

A total of 16 teams will compete in the tournament.

Team Appearance Previous best performance
 Afghanistan 5th Group stage (2013, 2017, 2019, 2023)
 Bahrain 10th Champions (2006)
 China 11th 4th place (2006, 2008)
 Iran 11th Champions (2013, 2017, 2023)
 India 2nd Group stage (2007)
 Indonesia 3rd Group stage (2011, 2023)
 Iraq 6th Group stage (2011, 2017)
 Japan 11th Champions (2009, 2011, 2019)
 Kuwait 5th Quarter-finals (2023)
 Lebanon 6th 4th place (2015, 2017)
 Malaysia 4th Quarter-finals (2019)
 Oman 8th Champions (2015)
 Saudi Arabia 3rd Group stage (2013, 2023)
 Thailand (hosts) 6th Quarter-finals (2023)
 Vietnam 2nd Group stage (2015)
 United Arab Emirates 10th Champions (2007, 2008)

Draw

The draw of the tournament was held on 19 December 2024 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four teams. The teams were seeded according to their performance in the 2023 AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup, with the hosts Thailand automatically seeded and assigned to Position A1 in the draw.

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

Group stage

Points are earned for the following results:

  • 3 points for a win in regulation time
  • 2 points for a win in extra time
  • 1 point for a win in a penalty shoot-out
  • no points for a loss.

The top two teams from each group advance to the quarter-finals.

Tie-breaking criteria
The ranking of teams in the group stage was determined as follows:
  1. Points in all group matches;
  2. Points amongst tied teams;
  3. Goal difference amongst tied teams;
  4. Goals scored amongst tied teams;
  5. If at least one team is ranked and two or more teams remain tied, reapply above criteria to exclusively tied teams;
  6. Goal difference in all group matches;
  7. Penalty shoot-out if last match is between two tied teams;
  8. Fair play points;
  9. Drawing of lots.

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

Group A

Pos Team Pld W WE WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Thailand (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to knockout stage
2  Kuwait 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Lebanon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  India 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 20 March 2025. Source: AFC
(H) Host
Kuwait v Lebanon
Jomtien Beach Arena, Pattaya
Thailand v India
Jomtien Beach Arena, Pattaya
India v Kuwait
Jomtien Beach Arena, Pattaya
Lebanon v Thailand
Jomtien Beach Arena, Pattaya
Lebanon v India
Jomtien Beach Arena, Pattaya
Thailand v Kuwait
Jomtien Beach Arena, Pattaya

Group B

Pos Team Pld W WE WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Japan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to knockout stage
2  China 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Saudi Arabia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Iraq 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 20 March 2025. Source: AFC
Japan v Iraq
Jomtien Beach Arena, Pattaya
China v Saudi Arabia
Jomtien Beach Arena, Pattaya
Iraq v China
Jomtien Beach Arena, Pattaya
Saudi Arabia v Japan
Jomtien Beach Arena, Pattaya
Saudi Arabia v Iraq
Jomtien Beach Arena, Pattaya
Japan v China
Jomtien Beach Arena, Pattaya

Group C

Pos Team Pld W WE WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Iran 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to knockout stage
2  United Arab Emirates 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Afghanistan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Indonesia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 20 March 2025. Source: AFC
Iran v Indonesia
Jomtien Beach Arena, Pattaya
United Arab Emirates v Afghanistan
Jomtien Beach Arena, Pattaya
Indonesia v United Arab Emirates
Jomtien Beach Arena, Pattaya
Afghanistan v Iran
Jomtien Beach Arena, Pattaya
Afghanistan v Indonesia
Jomtien Beach Arena, Pattaya
Iran v United Arab Emirates
Jomtien Beach Arena, Pattaya

Group D

Pos Team Pld W WE WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Oman 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to knockout stage
2  Bahrain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Malaysia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Vietnam 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 20 March 2025. Source: AFC
Oman v Vietnam
Jomtien Beach Arena, Pattaya
Bahrain v Malaysia
Jomtien Beach Arena, Pattaya
Vietnam v Bahrain
Jomtien Beach Arena, Pattaya
Malaysia v Oman
Jomtien Beach Arena, Pattaya
Malaysia v Vietnam
Jomtien Beach Arena, Pattaya
Oman v Bahrain
Jomtien Beach Arena, Pattaya

Knockout stage

Bracket

 Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
           
 26 March
 
 1A
 29 March
 2B
  
 27 March
  
 1C
 30 March
 2D
  
 27 March
  
 1D
 29 March
 2C
  
 26 March
  Third place
 1B
 30 March
 2A
  
 
  
 

Quarter-finals

1Av2B
Jomtien Beach Arena, Pattaya
1Bv2A
Jomtien Beach Arena, Pattaya
1Cv2D
Jomtien Beach Arena, Pattaya
1Dv2C
Jomtien Beach Arena, Pattaya

Semi-finals

v
Jomtien Beach Arena, Pattaya
v
Jomtien Beach Arena, Pattaya

Third-place match

v
Jomtien Beach Arena, Pattaya

Final

v
Jomtien Beach Arena, Pattaya

Goalscorers

There were 0 goals scored in 0 matches, for an average of -nan goals per match. Source: AFC

Qualified teams for FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

The following teams qualified for the world cup.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
only FIFA era (since 2005)
29 March 2025
29 March 2025
30 March 2025
• Bold indicates champions for that year.
• Italic indicates hosts for that year.

References

  1. "AFC rebrands age group championships to AFC Asian Cups". the-AFC. 2 October 2020. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
  2. "AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup Thailand 2025: Know Your Teams". the-AFC. 19 December 2024. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
  3. "AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup™ draw to set stage for Thailand 2025". the-AFC. 12 December 2024. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
  4. "AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup: Teams learn Thailand 2025 challengers". the-AFC. 19 December 2024. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
  5. "Competition Regulations" (PDF). the-AFC. Retrieved 20 December 2024.

External links

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification
AFC
CAF
CONCACAF
CONMEBOL
OFC
UEFA
No qualifiers took place; representatives were selected by the confederation. CONCACAF and CONMEBOL held a joint championship for qualification.
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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