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2025 AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup

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2025 AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup
ฟุตบอลชายหาดเอเชียนคัพ 2025
Tournament details
Host countryThailand
CityPattaya
Dates20–30 March
Teams16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)Jomtien Beach Arena (in 1 host city)
2023
2027

The 2025 AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup will be the 11th edition (4th official) of the AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup (previously the AFC Beach Soccer Championship before rebranding in 2021[1]), the premier beach soccer tournament contested by Asian men's national teams, organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).

The tournament will take place in Pattaya, Thailand. The championship will also act as the qualification tournament for Asian teams for the 2025 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, to be held in Seychelles. The top three teams qualify for the World Cup.

Iran are the defending champions.

Teams

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A total of 16 teams will compete in the tournament.

Team Appearance Previous best performance
 Afghanistan 5th Group stage (2013, 2017, 2019, 2023)
 Bahrain 10th Champions (2006)
 China 11th 4th place (2006, 2008)
 Iran 11th Champions (2013, 2017, 2023)
 India 2nd Group stage (2007)
 Indonesia 3rd Group stage (2011, 2023)
 Iraq 6th Group stage (2011, 2017)
 Japan 11th Champions (2009, 2011, 2019)
 Kuwait 5th Quarter-finals (2023)
 Lebanon 6th 4th place (2015, 2017)
 Malaysia 4th Quarter-finals (2019)
 Oman 8th Champions (2015)
 Saudi Arabia 3rd Group stage (2013, 2023)
 Thailand (hosts) 6th Quarter-finals (2023)
 Vietnam 2nd Group stage (2015)
 United Arab Emirates 10th Champions (2007, 2008)

Draw

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The draw of the tournament was held on 19 December 2024 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[2] The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four teams. The teams were seeded according to their performance in the 2023 AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup, with the hosts Thailand automatically seeded and assigned to Position A1 in the draw.

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

Group stage

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W WE WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Thailand 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Quarter-finals
2 A2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 A3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 A4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 20 March 2025. Source: AFC

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Group B

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Pos Team Pld W WE WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 B1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Quarter-finals
2 B2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 B3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 B4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 20 March 2025. Source: AFC

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Jomtien Beach Arena, Pattaya
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Group C

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Pos Team Pld W WE WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 C1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Quarter-finals
2 C2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 C3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 C4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 20 March 2025. Source: AFC

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Jomtien Beach Arena, Pattaya
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Jomtien Beach Arena, Pattaya

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Group D

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Pos Team Pld W WE WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 D1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Quarter-finals
2 D2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 D3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 D4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 20 March 2025. Source: AFC

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Jomtien Beach Arena, Pattaya
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Jomtien Beach Arena, Pattaya

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Jomtien Beach Arena, Pattaya
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Jomtien Beach Arena, Pattaya

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Jomtien Beach Arena, Pattaya
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Knockout stage

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Bracket

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
26 March
 
 
 
 
29 March
 
 
 
 
 
27 March
 
 
 
 
 
30 March
 
 
 
 
 
26 March
 
 
 
 
 
29 March
 
 
 
 
 
27 March
 
 Third place
 
 
 
30 March
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Third-place match

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Jomtien Beach Arena, Pattaya

Final

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Jomtien Beach Arena, Pattaya

Goalscorers

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There were 0 goals scored in 0 matches, for an average of -nan goals per match. Source: AFC

Qualified teams for FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

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The following teams qualified for the world cup.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
only FIFA era (since 2005)
29 March 2025
29 March 2025
30 March 2025
Bold indicates champions for that year.
• Italic indicates hosts for that year.

References

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  1. ^ "AFC rebrands age group championships to AFC Asian Cups". AFC. 2 October 2020.
  2. ^ "AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup™ draw to set stage for Thailand 2025". the-AFC. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
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