2025 AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup

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2025 AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup
ฟุตบอลชายหาดเอเชียนคัพ 2025
Tournament details
Host countryThailand
City Pattaya
Dates20–30 March
Teams16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)Jomtien Beach Arena (in 1 host city)
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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 [1] ), the premier beach soccer tournament contested by Asian men's national teams, organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).

Contents

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. [2]

TeamAppearancePrevious best performance
Flag of Afghanistan (2013-2021).svg  Afghanistan 5thGroup stage (2013, 2017, 2019, 2023)
Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain 10thChampions (2006)
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 11th4th place (2006, 2008)
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 11thChampions (2013, 2017, 2023)
Flag of India.svg  India 2ndGroup stage (2007)
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 3rdGroup stage (2011, 2023)
Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq 6thGroup stage (2011, 2017)
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 11thChampions (2009, 2011, 2019)
Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait 5thQuarter-finals (2023)
Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon 6th4th place (2015, 2017)
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 4thQuarter-finals (2019)
Flag of Oman.svg  Oman 8thChampions (2015)
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia 3rdGroup stage (2013, 2023)
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand (hosts)6thQuarter-finals (2023)
Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam 2ndGroup stage (2015)
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates 10thChampions (2007, 2008)

Draw

The draw of the tournament was held on 19 December 2024 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. [3] [4] 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 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4

Group stage

Points are earned for the following results:

The top two teams from each group advance to the quarter-finals. [5]

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

Group A

PosTeamPldWWEWPLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand (H)000000000Advance to knockout stage
2Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait 000000000
3Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon 000000000
4Flag of India.svg  India 000000000
First match(es) will be played: 20 March 2025. Source: AFC
(H) Host
Kuwait  Flag of Kuwait.svgvFlag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon
Jomtien Beach Arena, Pattaya
Thailand  Flag of Thailand.svgvFlag of India.svg  India
Jomtien Beach Arena, Pattaya
India  Flag of India.svgvFlag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait
Jomtien Beach Arena, Pattaya
Lebanon  Flag of Lebanon.svgvFlag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
Jomtien Beach Arena, Pattaya
Lebanon  Flag of Lebanon.svgvFlag of India.svg  India
Jomtien Beach Arena, Pattaya
Thailand  Flag of Thailand.svgvFlag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait
Jomtien Beach Arena, Pattaya

Group B

PosTeamPldWWEWPLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 000000000Advance to knockout stage
2Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 000000000
3Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia 000000000
4Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq 000000000
First match(es) will be played: 20 March 2025. Source: AFC
Japan  Flag of Japan.svgvFlag of Iraq.svg  Iraq
Jomtien Beach Arena, Pattaya
China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svgvFlag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia
Jomtien Beach Arena, Pattaya
Iraq  Flag of Iraq.svgvFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Jomtien Beach Arena, Pattaya
Saudi Arabia  Flag of Saudi Arabia.svgvFlag of Japan.svg  Japan
Jomtien Beach Arena, Pattaya
Saudi Arabia  Flag of Saudi Arabia.svgvFlag of Iraq.svg  Iraq
Jomtien Beach Arena, Pattaya
Japan  Flag of Japan.svgvFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Jomtien Beach Arena, Pattaya

Group C

PosTeamPldWWEWPLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 000000000Advance to knockout stage
2Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates 000000000
3Flag of Afghanistan (2013-2021).svg  Afghanistan 000000000
4Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 000000000
First match(es) will be played: 20 March 2025. Source: AFC
Iran  Flag of Iran.svgvFlag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia
Jomtien Beach Arena, Pattaya
United Arab Emirates  Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svgvFlag of Afghanistan (2013-2021).svg  Afghanistan
Jomtien Beach Arena, Pattaya
Indonesia  Flag of Indonesia.svgvFlag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates
Jomtien Beach Arena, Pattaya
Afghanistan  Flag of Afghanistan (2013-2021).svgvFlag of Iran.svg  Iran
Jomtien Beach Arena, Pattaya
Afghanistan  Flag of Afghanistan (2013-2021).svgvFlag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia
Jomtien Beach Arena, Pattaya
Iran  Flag of Iran.svgvFlag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates
Jomtien Beach Arena, Pattaya

Group D

PosTeamPldWWEWPLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Oman.svg  Oman 000000000Advance to knockout stage
2Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain 000000000
3Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 000000000
4Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam 000000000
First match(es) will be played: 20 March 2025. Source: AFC
Oman  Flag of Oman.svgvFlag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam
Jomtien Beach Arena, Pattaya
Bahrain  Flag of Bahrain.svgvFlag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia
Jomtien Beach Arena, Pattaya
Vietnam  Flag of Vietnam.svgvFlag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain
Jomtien Beach Arena, Pattaya
Malaysia  Flag of Malaysia.svgvFlag of Oman.svg  Oman
Jomtien Beach Arena, Pattaya
Malaysia  Flag of Malaysia.svgvFlag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam
Jomtien Beach Arena, Pattaya
Oman  Flag of Oman.svgvFlag of Bahrain.svg  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.

TeamQualified onPrevious 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.

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