The 2023 AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup was the tenth edition (3rd 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 took place in Pattaya, Thailand. The championship also acted as the qualification tournament for Asian teams for the 2023 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, to be held in the United Arab Emirates. The top three teams qualified for the World Cup, including the United Arab Emirates who automatically qualified as the host.
Japan were the defending champions, but lost to Iran in the final.
Teams A total of 16 teams entered the tournament. TeamAppearancePrevious best performance4thGroup stage (2013, 2017, 2019)9th (2006)10th (2006, 2008)10th (2013, 2017)2ndGroup stage (2011)10th (2009, 2011, 2019)4thGroup stage (2011, 2015, 2019)2ndGroup stage (2019)5th (2015, 2017)3rdQuarter-finals (2019)7th (2015)3rd4th place (2019)2ndGroup stage (2013) (hosts)5thGroup stage (2013, 2015, 2017, 2019)9th (2007, 2008)6thQuarter-finals (2011, 2015)
Draw The draw of the tournament was held on 19 January 2023 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 2019 AFC Beach Soccer Championship final tournament, with the hosts Thailand automatically seeded and assigned to Position A1 in the draw.
Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4
Group stage
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Knockout stage
Bracket
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Third-place match
Final
Goalscorers
Qualified teams for FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
The following teams qualified for the world cup.
Team Qualified onPrevious appearances in FIFA Beach Soccer World Cuponly FIFA era (since 2005) 7 (2007, 2008, 2009, 2013, 2017, 2019, 2021) 7 (2006, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017) 11 (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021) 4 (2011, 2015, 2019, 2021) • Bold indicates champions for that year. •• Italic indicates hosts for that year.
References
External links , the-AFC.com