2019 AFC Beach Soccer Championship

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

2019 AFC Beach Soccer Championship
ฟุตบอลชายหาดชิงแชมป์เอเชีย 2019
Tournament details
Host countryThailand
CityPattaya
Dates7–17 March
Teams15 (from 1 confederation)
Venue1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Japan (3rd title)
Runners-up United Arab Emirates
Third place Oman
Fourth place Palestine
Tournament statistics
Matches played29
Goals scored211 (7.28 per match)
Attendance7,810 (269 per match)
Top scorer Ozu Moreira (9 goals)
Best player Ozu Moreira
Fair play award United Arab Emirates
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The tournament took place in Pattaya, Thailand between 7–17 March 2019. 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.

Iran were the defending champions but failed to defend the title after losing Japan in the quarter-final. Japan becomes the champion after beating UAE in final, becoming the first team to win the tournament three times.

Teams

A total of 15 teams entered the tournament.

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. 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.

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 (unranked)
  1.  Lebanon
  2.  Oman
  3.  Bahrain
  4.  Afghanistan
  1.  Malaysia
  2.  Iraq
  3.  China
  4.  Qatar

Squads

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

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):

  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).

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 3 3 0 0 0 14 9 +5 9 Knockout stage
2  Malaysia 3 1 0 0 2 12 13 −1 3
3  Thailand (H) 3 1 0 0 2 8 10 −2 3
4  Afghanistan 3 0 1 0 2 5 7 −2 2
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Host
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head result: Malaysia 5–4 Thailand.
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
  • Al-Arawi 20'
  • Hassan 32'
  • Al-Neirab 35'
 Report
  • Mohammadi 12', 29'
Main Arena, Pattaya
Attendance: 70
Referee: Ebrahim Akbarpour (Iran)
Malaysia 5–4 Thailand
  • Ridhwan 3' (pen.), 10'
  • Hasrol 11', 25'
  • Qushairie 24'
 Report
  • Tanandon 20', 34'
  • Thakorn 29'
  • Komkrit 35'
Main Arena, Pattaya
Attendance: 450
Referee: Waleed Abdulkarim (Bahrain)
Malaysia 5–6 Palestine
  • Ridhwan 2'
  • Zaharim 6', 19'
  • Qushairie 17'
  • Shaladan 35' (o.g.)
 Report
  • Al-Bawwab 1', 19', 25'
  • Al-Neirab 16', 19'
  • Abuobayda 33'
Main Arena, Pattaya
Attendance: 250
Referee: Yuichi Hatano (Japan)
Thailand 2–0 Afghanistan
  • Thakorn 16'
  • Tanandon 28'
 Report
Main Arena, Pattaya
Attendance: 450
Referee: Fallah Al-Balushi (Oman)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  United Arab Emirates 3 3 0 0 0 15 5 +10 9 Knockout stage
2  Lebanon 3 2 0 0 1 18 8 +10 6
3  China 3 1 0 0 2 14 14 0 3
4  Kyrgyzstan 3 0 0 0 3 6 26 −20 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Lebanon 5–3 China
  • Abdullah 13', 29'
  • Fattal 16', 30'
  • Matar 28'
 Report
  • Han Xuegeng 5'
  • Liu Haoran 13'
  • Cai Weiming 33'
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
  • Duisheev 11'
  • A. Uulu 31'
 Report
  • Abdullah 5', 26'
  • Kadi 6', 34'
  • Fattal 8', 31'
  • Merhi 22', 27', 34'
  • Jalal 31'
  • Matar 31'
Main Arena, Pattaya
Attendance: 100
Referee: Turki Al-Salehi (Oman)
China 2–6 United Arab Emirates
  • Guo Xuchenjiao 3'
  • Liu Yisi 36'
 Report
  • Karim 9'
  • A. Ali 9', 24'
  • W. Mohammad 26'
  • K. Ali 30'
  • A. Beshr 32'
Main Arena, Pattaya
Attendance: 200
Referee: Makoto Sato (Japan)
United Arab Emirates 3–2 Lebanon
  • W. Beshr 11', 20'
  • Muntaser 13'
 Report
  • Abdullah 6'
  • Zein El Dine 11'
Main Arena, Pattaya
Attendance: 70
Referee: Bakhtiyor Namazov (Uzbekistan)
China 9–3 Kyrgyzstan
  • Han Xuegeng 12' (pen.), 15', 30'
  • Bai Fan 18'
  • Liu Haoran 19', 30'
  • Liu Yisi 24'
  • Cai Weiming 24', 27'
 Report
  • Diushenov 5'
  • Almazbekov 23', 32'
Main Arena, Pattaya
Attendance: 200
Referee: Abdulla Saleh (Bahrain)

Group C

Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Japan 3 3 0 0 0 21 4 +17 9 Knockout stage
2  Bahrain 3 2 0 0 1 12 10 +2 6
3  Kuwait 3 1 0 0 2 11 14 −3 3
4  Qatar 3 0 0 0 3 4 20 −16 0
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
Referee: Wan Mohamad Tarmizi (Malaysia)
Kuwait 2–5 Bahrain
  • Hajeyah 19'
  • Al-Yaqoub 31'
 Report
  • Zubayel 5'
  • Jamal 20', 30'
  • Al-Hamad 30' (o.g.)
  • Al-Yaqoobi 36'
Main Arena, Pattaya
Attendance: 200
Referee: Li Qibin (China)
Qatar 1–7 Japan
  • Al-Khlif 11'
 Report
  • Moreira 11', 22'
  • Yamauchi 11', 24'
  • Akaguma 15'
  • Okuyama 18', 20'
Main Arena, Pattaya
Attendance: 300
Referee: Suwat Wongsuwan (Thailand)
Japan 6–2 Bahrain
  • Moreira 2', 19'
  • Akaguma 16'
  • Okuyama 18', 18'
  • Yamauchi 26'
 Report
  • Al-Mahjoob 4'
  • Jamal 22' (pen.)
Main Arena, Pattaya
Attendance: 200
Referee: Ibrahim Al-Raeesi (United Arab Emirates)
Qatar 1–8 Kuwait
  • Al-Khater 26'
 Report
  • Al-Yaqoub 7', 20', 34'
  • Al-Hamad 15', 30', 35'
  • Hajeyah 16'
  • Abdullah 18'
Main Arena, Pattaya
Attendance: 100
Referee: Suhaimi Mat Hassan (Malaysia)

Group D

Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Oman 2 2 0 0 0 10 6 +4 6 Knockout stage
2  Iran 2 1 0 0 1 8 6 +2 3
3  Iraq 2 0 0 0 2 5 11 −6 0
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 6–3 Iraq
  • Salim 2', 15'
  • Al-Oraimi 4', 12'
  • Al Bulushi 18'
  • Al Qasmi 28'
 Report
  • Hasan 5'
  • Qasim 33'
  • Ahmed 36'
Main Arena, Pattaya
Attendance: 350
Referee: Ebrahim Al-Mansoori (United Arab Emirates)
Iran 3–4 Oman
  • Masoumizadeh 4', 27'
  • Ahmadzadeh 36'
 Report
  • Mu. Al Araimi 7'
  • Al-Sinani 12'
  • Al Bulushi 30'
  • Y. Al Araimi 34'
Main Arena, Pattaya
Attendance: 420
Referee: Shao Liang (China)

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).

Bracket

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
14 March
 
 
 Palestine4
 
15 March
 
 Lebanon3
 
 Palestine0
 
14 March
 
 Japan6
 
 Japan (a.e.t.)3
 
17 March
 
 Iran2
 
 Japan (p)2 (3)
 
14 March
 
 United Arab Emirates2 (1)
 
 United Arab Emirates8
 
15 March
 
 Malaysia1
 
 United Arab Emirates3
 
14 March
 
 Oman2 Third place match
 
 Oman5
 
17 March
 
 Bahrain3
 
 Palestine2 (1)
 
 
 Oman (p)2 (2)
 

Quarter-finals

Oman 5–3 Bahrain
  • Al-Oraimi 1', 27'
  • Mu. Al Araimi 4'
  • Al Bulushi 9'
  • Y. Al Araimi 34'
 Report
  • Darwish 1'
  • Jamal 9'
  • Y. Al Araimi 14' (o.g.)
Main Arena, Pattaya
Attendance: 200
Referee: Yuichi Hatano (Japan)
Japan 3–2 (a.e.t.) Iran
  • Yamauchi 21'
  • Akaguma 26', 38'
 Report
  • Shirmohammadi 9'
  • Moradi 10'
Main Arena, Pattaya
Attendance: 350
Referee: Turki Al-Salehi (Oman)
United Arab Emirates 8–1 Malaysia
  • Al-Jasmi 3'
  • Mohamed 9', 34'
  • K. Ali 10'
  • A. Mohammad 24'
  • W. Mohammad 28', 36'
  • Jamal 35'
 Report
  • Hasrol 21'
Main Arena, Pattaya
Attendance: 300
Referee: Li Qibin (China)
Palestine 4–3 Lebanon
  • Al-Arawi 13'
  • Abuobayda 20'
  • Al-Bawwab 28'
  • Al-Neirab 35' (pen.)
 Report
  • Fattal 11', 28'
  • Merhi 18'
Main Arena, Pattaya
Attendance: 150
Referee: Ebrahim Al-Mansoori (United Arab Emirates)

Semi-finals

Winners qualify for 2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.

United Arab Emirates 3–2 Oman
  • Muntaser 6'
  • A. Ali 20'
  • W. Beshr 34'
 Report
  • Al Zadjali 19'
  • Al Bulushi 28'
Main Arena, Pattaya
Attendance: 300
Referee: Bakhtiyor Namazov (Uzbekistan)
Palestine 0–6 Japan
Report
  • Akaguma 6'
  • Moreira 12', 30'
  • Oba 14'
  • Yamauchi 35'
  • Matsuo 36'
Main Arena, Pattaya
Attendance: 480
Referee: Abdulla Saleh (Bahrain)

Third place match

Winner qualifies for 2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.

Palestine 2–2 Oman
  • Abuobayda 11'
  • Al-Arawi 20'
 Report
  • Al Bulushi 28', 31'
Penalties
  • Al-Neirab
  • Al-Bawwab
  • Atiya
1–2
  • Salim
  • Al-Oraimi
  • Mu. Al Araimi
Main Arena, Pattaya
Attendance: 350
Referee: Suhaimi Mat Hassan (Malaysia)

Final

Japan 2–2 (a.e.t.) United Arab Emirates
  • Komaki 7'
  • Moreira 16'
 Report
  • A. Mohammad 22', 24'
Penalties
  • Moreira
  • Yamauchi
  • Oba
3–1
  • Mohamed
  • W. Mohammad
Main Arena, Pattaya
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Turki Al-Salehi (Oman)

Winners

2019 AFC Beach Soccer Championship

Japan
Third title

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:

Top Goalscorer Most Valuable Player Fair Play award
Ozu Moreira Ozu Moreira  United Arab Emirates

Goalscorers

There were 211 goals scored in 29 matches, for an average of 7.28 goals per match.

9 goals

  • Ozu Moreira

8 goals

  • Shusei Yamauchi

6 goals

  • Haitham Fattal
  • Sami Al Bulushi

5 goals

  • Takuya Akaguma
  • Hussein Abdullah
  • Maisara Al-Bawwab

4 goals

  • Rashad Jamal
  • Han Xuegeng
  • Masanori Okuyama
  • Abdullatif Al-Hamad
  • Abdulrahman Al-Yaqoub
  • Mohamad Merhi
  • Khalid Al-Oraimi
  • Mahmoud Al-Neirab
  • Tanandon Praracha
  • Waleed Beshr
  • Walid Mohammad

3 goals

  • Sami Mohammadi
  • Salman Al-Yaqoobi
  • Cai Weiming
  • Liu Haoran
  • Takaaki Oba
  • Hasrol Ali
  • Qushairie Asaari
  • Ridhwan Zainal
  • Islam Abuobayda
  • Fadi Al-Arawi
  • Mohammed Hassan
  • Abbas Ali
  • Kamal Ali
  • Ali Mohammad
  • Hasham Muntaser

2 goals

  • Abdulla Al-Abdulla
  • Liu Yisi
  • Mohammad Ahmadzadeh
  • Mohammad Masoumizadeh
  • Masayuki Komaki
  • Mohammed Hajeyah
  • Erbol Almazbekov
  • Kairat Duisheev
  • Hassan Kadi
  • Mechleb Matar
  • Zaharim Yusof
  • Mushel Al Araimi
  • Yahya Al Araimi
  • Abdullah Salim
  • Srhan Al-Khlif
  • Komkrit Nanan
  • Thakorn Wikayaphan
  • Ali Karim
  • Haitham Mohamed

1 goal

  • Shahab Alavi
  • Raof Qaderi
  • Ebrahim Al-Mahjoob
  • Mohamed Darwish
  • Ayoob Mubarak
  • Abbas Zubayel
  • Bai Fan
  • Guo Xuchenjiao
  • Amir Akbari
  • Hamid Behzadpour
  • Ali Mirshekari
  • Mohammad Mokhtari
  • Mohammad Moradi
  • Mahdi Shirmohammadi
  • Ali Ahmed
  • Salah Hasan
  • Murtadha Qasim
  • Mohammed Naji
  • Sajjad Salah
  • Naoya Matsuo
  • Ali Abdullah
  • Urmat Diushenov
  • Aktilek Abdykalyi Uulu
  • Abbas Zein El Dine
  • Sameh Jalal
  • Nazri Sulaiman
  • Ishaq Al Qasmi
  • Jalal Al-Sinani
  • Nooh Al Zadjali
  • Alaa Atiya
  • Fawaz Al-Khater
  • Hazem Samy
  • Mohamed Al-Jasmi
  • Ahmed Beshr
  • Humaid Jamal
  • Haitham Mohamed

1 own goal

  • Abdullatif Al-Hamad (against Bahrain)
  • Yahya Al Araimi (against Bahrain)
  • Yousef Shaladan (against Malaysia)
  • 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)
 United Arab Emirates 15 March 2019 5 (2007, 2008, 2009, 2013, 2017)
 Japan 15 March 2019 9 (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017)
 Oman 17 March 2019 2 (2011, 2015)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

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