| Organising body | OCA AFC |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2008 |
| Region | Asia |
| Current champions |  Japan (1st title) |
| Most successful team(s) |  Iran (2 titles) |
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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 |
 East Timor | R1 | 1 | ||||
 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 |
 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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