| Organising body | OCA BSWW |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2008 |
| Region | Asia (AFC) |
| Current champions |  Japan (1st title) |
| Most successful team(s) |  Iran (2 titles) |
The Beach soccer at the Asian Beach Games is a Beach soccer competition of the Asian Beach Games. It was first held in 2008 in Indonesia. [1]
| Year | Host | Final | Third place match | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | Score | Runner-up | 3rd place | Score | 4th place | ||||
| 2008 |  Bali |  Oman | 3–1 |  United Arab Emirates |  Bahrain | 2–1 |  South Korea | ||
| 2010 |  Muscat | United Arab Emirates | 2–2 aet (2–1) pen | Oman |  Iran | 6–1 |  China | ||
| 2012 |  Haiyang | Iran | 2–0 | China |  Palestine | 6–5 |  Lebanon | ||
| 2014 |  Phuket | Iran | 4–3 |  Japan | United Arab Emirates | 8–2 |  Vietnam | ||
| 2016 |  Da Nang | Japan | 4–3 aet | Oman | Lebanon | 9–5 |  Afghanistan | ||
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Iran (IRI) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 |  Oman (OMA) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 |  United Arab Emirates (UAE) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 |  Japan (JPN) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 |  China (CHN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 |  Bahrain (BRN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Lebanon (LBN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Palestine (PLE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (8 entries) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 | |
| Team | 2008 | 2010 | 2012 | 2014 | 2016 | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Afghanistan | R1 | 4th | 2 | |||
 Bahrain | 3rd | QF | R1 | R1 | 4 | |
 China | QF | 4th | 2nd | 8th | R1 | 5 |
 India | R1 | 1 | ||||
 Indonesia | QF | R1 | 2 | |||
 Iran | QF | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 4 | |
 Iraq | R1 | 1 | ||||
 Japan | QF | QF | 2nd | 1st | 4 | |
 Kuwait | R1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | 4 | |
 Laos | R1 | 1 | ||||
 Lebanon | R1 | 4th | 3rd | 3 | ||
 Malaysia | R1 | R1 | 2 | |||
 Myanmar | R1 | 1 | ||||
 Oman | 1st | 2nd | QF | 5th | 2nd | 5 |
 Palestine | R1 | 3rd | 2 | |||
 Qatar | R1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | 5 |
 South Korea | 4th | 1 | ||||
 Syria | QF | QF | R1 | 3 | ||
 Thailand | R1 | R1 | R1 | 7th | QF | 5 |
 Timor-Leste | R1 | 1 | ||||
 United Arab Emirates | 2nd | 1st | QF | 3rd | QF | 5 |
 Uzbekistan | QF | R1 | 6th | QF | 4 | |
 Vietnam | R1 | R1 | R1 | 4th | QF | 5 |
 Yemen | QF | 1 | ||||
| Number of teams | 16 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 11 |
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The following were the events of association football for the year 2019 throughout the world.
The following are the scheduled events of association football (soccer) for the calendar year 2023 throughout the world. This includes the following:
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