AFC Beach Soccer Championship


The AFC Beach Soccer Championship is the main international championship for beach soccer in Asia, mirroring that of the AFC Asian Cup in association football. Also known as the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualifiers for AFC, the championship was established in 2006 after FIFA made requirements for all confederations to begin holding a qualification tournament to determine the best national team in the region and hence those who would proceed to represent their continent in the World Cup.
Asia was awarded three spots at the finals under FIFA's new changes to the organization of the World Cup and hence the winners, runners-up and winner of the third place play-off qualify to the succeeding World Cup finals. Before 2006, there was no consistent method of qualification or number of spots at the World Cup for Asian nations, with countries often simply being invited to play in the finals, without competing for a regional crown beforehand.
The most successful nations is Japan, who have all won three of the nine tournaments. Japan also qualified for the World Cup all tenth years by never missing top three.
Now that the World Cup takes place every two years, so does the championship, which started with the qualifiers for the 2011 World Cup.

Tournaments

For all tournaments, the top three teams qualified for the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, except for 2009, where only the top two teams qualified as one of the AFC spots were given to the World Cup hosts United Arab Emirates.
Notes:

Successful nations

Overall Standings

As of 2019
RankTeamPartPldWWEWPLGFGADifPts
1943301210226113+11394
2941271112225111+11484
38372701916299+8382
46291904611772+4561
5835181214121105+1658
6935100223102149-4732
7418710107258+1423
821161044440+420
931241073845-714
10518400146477-1312
112830142524+110
1241230092946-179
13515211114183-429
143920073444-106
152920072347-246
161310021121-103
171510041326-133
18414100133085-553
191300031114-30
20120002510-50
21130003618-120
22130003619-130
23130003626-200
243900091390-770

Note:
Win in Common Time W = 3 Points / Win in Extra Time WE = 2 Points / Win in Penalty shoot-out WP = 1 Point / Lose L = 0 Points

Appearances

These are the nations who have appeared in the AFC Beach Soccer Championship since 2006.
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2006

2007

2008

2009

2011

2013

2015

2017

2019

Years
×××××11th×6th12th3
×××5th×4th×××2
1st4th×2nd6th9th7th5th6th8
4th5th4th7th5th7th6th12th9th9
×6th×××××××1
××××11th××××1
3rd3rd3rd4th3rd1st3rd1st7th9
××××9th10th12th9th13th5
2nd2nd2nd1st1st2nd2nd3rd1st9
××××10th×9th×11th3
××××××××15th1
××××××10th××1
×××××8th4th4th5th4
×××××××8th8th2
×××3rd2nd5th1st7th3rd6
×××××6th××4th2
6th×6th××16th×××3
×××××15th14th11th14th4
×××××12th×××1
××××8th××××1
×××××13th13th10th10th4
5th1st1st×4th3rd5th2nd2nd8
××5th6th7th14th8th××5
××××××11th××1
Total 66671116141215-

Awards

Most Valuable Players

Top Scorers

Best Goalkeeper

Fair Play

Performance of qualifiers at the World Cup

The following is a performance timeline of the AFC teams who have appeared in the Beach Soccer World Cup since being sanctioned by FIFA in 2005.
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