2019 AFC Beach Soccer Championship

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2019 AFC Beach Soccer Championship
2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup AFC qualifier
AFC Beach Soccer 2019 logo.png
Tournament details
Host countryThailand
CityPattaya
Dates7–17 March
Teams15 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (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(s)Japan Ozu Moreira (9 goals)
Best player(s)Japan Ozu Moreira
Fair play award United Arab Emirates
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2021 →

The 2019 AFC Beach Soccer Championship was the ninth edition of the AFC Beach Soccer Championship (second official edition),[1] the premier beach soccer tournament contested by Asian men's national teams, organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).[2]

The tournament took place in Pattaya, Thailand between 7–17 March 2019.[3][4] 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.[5]

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.[1]

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)
  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.[6] 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.[1][7]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 (unranked)

Squads[]

Main article:

Each team must register a squad of 12 players, minimum two of whom must be goalkeepers (Regulations Articles 26.1 and 26.2).[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):[2]

  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).[8]

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[a]
3  Thailand (H) 3 1 0 0 2 8 10 −2 3[a]
4  Afghanistan 3 0 1 0 2 5 7 −2 2
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Host
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head result: Malaysia 5–4 Thailand.
Afghanistan 3–2 (a.e.t.) Malaysia
  • Qaderi Goal 12'
  • Alavi Goal 25'
  • Mohammadi Goal 37'
 Report
  • Nazri Goal 22'
  • Qushairie Goal 32'
Main Arena, Pattaya
Attendance: 150
Referee: Fallah Al-Balushi (Oman)
Thailand 2–5 Palestine
  • Komkrit Goal 11'
  • Tanandon Goal 19'
 Report
  • Hassan Goal 17', 24'
  • Atiya Goal 19'
  • Al-Bawwab Goal 21'
  • Kittin Goal 33' (o.g.)
Main Arena, Pattaya
Attendance: 350
Referee: Yuichi Hatano (Japan)
Palestine 3–2 Afghanistan
  • Al-Arawi Goal 20'
  • Hassan Goal 32'
  • Al-Neirab Goal 35'
 Report
  • Mohammadi Goal 12', 29'
Main Arena, Pattaya
Attendance: 70
Referee: Ebrahim Akbarpour (Iran)
Malaysia 5–4 Thailand
  • Ridhwan Goal 3' (pen.), 10'
  • Hasrol Goal 11', 25'
  • Qushairie Goal 24'
 Report
  • Tanandon Goal 20', 34'
  • Thakorn Goal 29'
  • Komkrit Goal 35'
Main Arena, Pattaya
Attendance: 450
Referee: Waleed Abdulkarim (Bahrain)
Malaysia 5–6 Palestine
  • Ridhwan Goal 2'
  • Zaharim Goal 6', 19'
  • Qushairie Goal 17'
  • Shaladan Goal 35' (o.g.)
 Report
  • Al-Bawwab Goal 1', 19', 25'
  • Al-Neirab Goal 16', 19'
  • Abuobayda Goal 33'
Main Arena, Pattaya
Attendance: 250
Referee: Yuichi Hatano (Japan)
Thailand 2–0 Afghanistan
  • Thakorn Goal 16'
  • Tanandon Goal 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   3 0 0 0 3 6 26 −20 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Lebanon 5–3 China
  • Abdullah Goal 13', 29'
  • Fattal Goal 16', 30'
  • Matar Goal 28'
 Report
Main Arena, Pattaya
Attendance: 100
Referee: Bakhtiyor Namazov (Uzbekistan)
United Arab Emirates 6–1 
  • K. Ali Goal 1'
  • Muntaser Goal 7'
  • Karim Goal 20'
  • W. Mohammad Goal 23'
  • Mohamed Goal 35' (pen.)
  • W. Beshr Goal 36'
 Report
  • Duisheev Goal 16'
Main Arena, Pattaya
Attendance: 200
Referee: Abdulla Saleh (Bahrain)
 2–11 Lebanon
  • Duisheev Goal 11'
  • A. Uulu Goal 31'
 Report
  • Abdullah Goal 5', 26'
  • Kadi Goal 6', 34'
  • Fattal Goal 8', 31'
  • Merhi Goal 22', 27', 34'
  • Jalal Goal 31'
  • Matar Goal 31'
Main Arena, Pattaya
Attendance: 100
Referee: Turki Al-Salehi (Oman)
China 2–6 United Arab Emirates
  • Guo Xuchenjiao Goal 3'
  • Liu Yisi Goal 36'
 Report
  • Karim Goal 9'
  • A. Ali Goal 9', 24'
  • W. Mohammad Goal 26'
  • K. Ali Goal 30'
  • A. Beshr Goal 32'
Main Arena, Pattaya
Attendance: 200
Referee: Makoto Sato (Japan)
United Arab Emirates 3–2 Lebanon
  • W. Beshr Goal 11', 20'
  • Muntaser Goal 13'
 Report
  • Abdullah Goal 6'
  • Zein El Dine Goal 11'
Main Arena, Pattaya
Attendance: 70
Referee: Bakhtiyor Namazov (Uzbekistan)
China 9–3 
  • Han Xuegeng Goal 12' (pen.), 15', 30'
  • Bai Fan Goal 18'
  • Liu Haoran Goal 19', 30'
  • Liu Yisi Goal 24'
  • Cai Weiming Goal 24', 27'
 Report
  • Diushenov Goal 5'
  • Almazbekov Goal 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 Goal 5', 32'
  • Al-Yaqoobi Goal 7', 31'
  • Mubarak Goal 28'
 Report
  • Al-Khlif Goal 13'
  • Samy Goal 29'
Main Arena, Pattaya
Attendance: 100
Referee: Hassan Abed Rabbo (Lebanon)
Japan 8–1 Kuwait
  • Moreira Goal 8', 12'
  • Oba Goal 11', 25'
  • Yamauchi Goal 13', 13', 23'
  • Komaki Goal 31'
 Report
  • Al-Hamad Goal 13'
Main Arena, Pattaya
Attendance: 220
Referee: Wan Mohamad Tarmizi (Malaysia)
Kuwait 2–5 Bahrain
  • Hajeyah Goal 19'
  • Al-Yaqoub Goal 31'
 Report
  • Zubayel Goal 5'
  • Jamal Goal 20', 30'
  • Al-Hamad Goal 30' (o.g.)
  • Al-Yaqoobi Goal 36'
Main Arena, Pattaya
Attendance: 200
Referee: Li Qibin (China)
Qatar 1–7 Japan
  • Al-Khlif Goal 11'
 Report
  • Moreira Goal 11', 22'
  • Yamauchi Goal 11', 24'
  • Akaguma Goal 15'
  • Okuyama Goal 18', 20'
Main Arena, Pattaya
Attendance: 300
Referee: Suwat Wongsuwan (Thailand)
Japan 6–2 Bahrain
  • Moreira Goal 2', 19'
  • Akaguma Goal 16'
  • Okuyama Goal 18', 18'
  • Yamauchi Goal 26'
 Report
Main Arena, Pattaya
Attendance: 200
Referee: Ibrahim Al-Raeesi (United Arab Emirates)
Qatar 1–8 Kuwait
 Report
  • Al-Yaqoub Goal 7', 20', 34'
  • Al-Hamad Goal 15', 30', 35'
  • Hajeyah Goal 16'
  • Abdullah Goal 18'
Main Arena, Pattaya
Attendance: 100

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 Goal 3'
  • Naji Goal 27'
 Report
  • Mirshekari Goal 9'
  • Akbari Goal 12'
  • Behzadpour Goal 18'
  • Ahmadzadeh Goal 28'
  • Mokhtari Goal 33'
Main Arena, Pattaya
Attendance: 200
Referee: Shao Liang (China)
Oman 6–3 Iraq
  • Salim Goal 2', 15'
  • Al-Oraimi Goal 4', 12'
  • Al Bulushi Goal 18'
  • Al Qasmi Goal 28'
 Report
  • Hasan Goal 5'
  • Qasim Goal 33'
  • Ahmed Goal 36'
Main Arena, Pattaya
Attendance: 350
Referee: Ebrahim Al-Mansoori (United Arab Emirates)
Iran 3–4 Oman
  • Masoumizadeh Goal 4', 27'
  • Ahmadzadeh Goal 36'
 Report
  • Mu. Al Araimi Goal 7'
  • Al-Sinani Goal 12'
  • Al Bulushi Goal 30'
  • Y. Al Araimi Goal 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).[2]

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 Goal 1', 27'
  • Mu. Al Araimi Goal 4'
  • Al Bulushi Goal 9'
  • Y. Al Araimi Goal 34'
 Report
  • Darwish Goal 1'
  • Jamal Goal 9'
  • Y. Al Araimi Goal 14' (o.g.)
Main Arena, Pattaya
Attendance: 200
Referee: Yuichi Hatano (Japan)
Japan 3–2 (a.e.t.) Iran
  • Yamauchi Goal 21'
  • Akaguma Goal 26', 38'
 Report
  • Shirmohammadi Goal 9'
  • Moradi Goal 10'
Main Arena, Pattaya
Attendance: 350
Referee: Turki Al-Salehi (Oman)
United Arab Emirates 8–1 Malaysia
  • Al-Jasmi Goal 3'
  • Mohamed Goal 9', 34'
  • K. Ali Goal 10'
  • A. Mohammad Goal 24'
  • W. Mohammad Goal 28', 36'
  • Jamal Goal 35'
 Report
  • Hasrol Goal 21'
Main Arena, Pattaya
Attendance: 300
Referee: Li Qibin (China)
Palestine 4–3 Lebanon
  • Al-Arawi Goal 13'
  • Abuobayda Goal 20'
  • Al-Bawwab Goal 28'
  • Al-Neirab Goal 35' (pen.)
 Report
  • Fattal Goal 11', 28'
  • Merhi Goal 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 Goal 6'
  • A. Ali Goal 20'
  • W. Beshr Goal 34'
 Report
  • Al Zadjali Goal 19'
  • Al Bulushi Goal 28'
Main Arena, Pattaya
Attendance: 300
Referee: Bakhtiyor Namazov (Uzbekistan)
Palestine 0–6 Japan
Report
  • Akaguma Goal 6'
  • Moreira Goal 12', 30'
  • Oba Goal 14'
  • Yamauchi Goal 35'
  • Matsuo Goal 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 Goal 11'
  • Al-Arawi Goal 20'
 Report
  • Al Bulushi Goal 28', 31'
Penalties
  • Al-Neirab Penalty missed
  • Al-Bawwab Penalty scored
  • Atiya Penalty missed
 1–2
  • Penalty missed Salim
  • Penalty scored Al-Oraimi
  • Penalty scored Mu. Al Araimi
Main Arena, Pattaya
Attendance: 350

Final[]

Japan 2–2 (a.e.t.) United Arab Emirates
 Report
  • A. Mohammad Goal 22', 24'
Penalties
 3–1
  • Penalty scored Mohamed
  • Penalty missed W. Mohammad
Main Arena, Pattaya
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Turki Al-Salehi (Oman)

Winners[]

2019 AFC Beach Soccer Championship
Japan
Japan
Third title

Awards[]

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

Top Goalscorer[9] Most Valuable Player[9] Fair Play award[9]
Japan Ozu Moreira Japan 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

8 goals

  • Japan Shusei Yamauchi

6 goals

  • Lebanon Haitham Fattal
  • Oman Sami Al Bulushi

5 goals

  • Japan Takuya Akaguma
  • Lebanon Hussein Abdullah
  • State of Palestine Maisara Al-Bawwab

4 goals

  • Bahrain Rashad Jamal
  • China Han Xuegeng
  • Japan Masanori Okuyama
  • Kuwait Abdullatif Al-Hamad
  • Kuwait Abdulrahman Al-Yaqoub
  • Lebanon Mohamad Merhi
  • Oman Khalid Al-Oraimi
  • State of Palestine Mahmoud Al-Neirab
  • Thailand Tanandon Praracha
  • United Arab Emirates Waleed Beshr
  • United Arab Emirates Walid Mohammad

3 goals

  • Afghanistan Sami Mohammadi
  • Bahrain Salman Al-Yaqoobi
  • China Cai Weiming
  • China Liu Haoran
  • Japan Takaaki Oba
  • Malaysia Hasrol Ali
  • Malaysia Qushairie Asaari
  • Malaysia Ridhwan Zainal
  • State of Palestine Islam Abuobayda
  • State of Palestine Fadi Al-Arawi
  • State of Palestine Mohammed Hassan
  • United Arab Emirates Abbas Ali
  • United Arab Emirates Kamal Ali
  • United Arab Emirates Ali Mohammad
  • United Arab Emirates Hasham Muntaser

2 goals

  • Bahrain Abdulla Al-Abdulla
  • China Liu Yisi
  • Iran Mohammad Ahmadzadeh
  • Iran Mohammad Masoumizadeh
  • Japan Masayuki Komaki
  • Kuwait Mohammed Hajeyah
  • Kyrgyzstan Erbol Almazbekov
  • Kyrgyzstan Kairat Duisheev
  • Lebanon Hassan Kadi
  • Lebanon Mechleb Matar
  • Malaysia Zaharim Yusof
  • Oman Mushel Al Araimi
  • Oman Yahya Al Araimi
  • Oman Abdullah Salim
  • Qatar Srhan Al-Khlif
  • Thailand Komkrit Nanan
  • Thailand Thakorn Wikayaphan
  • United Arab Emirates Ali Karim
  • United Arab Emirates Haitham Mohamed

1 goal

  • Afghanistan Shahab Alavi
  • Afghanistan Raof Qaderi
  • Bahrain Ebrahim Al-Mahjoob
  • Bahrain Mohamed Darwish
  • Bahrain Ayoob Mubarak
  • Bahrain Abbas Zubayel
  • China Bai Fan
  • China Guo Xuchenjiao
  • Iran Amir Akbari
  • Iran Hamid Behzadpour
  • Iran Ali Mirshekari
  • Iran Mohammad Mokhtari
  • Iran Mohammad Moradi
  • Iran Mahdi Shirmohammadi
  • Iraq Ali Ahmed
  • Iraq Salah Hasan
  • Iraq Murtadha Qasim
  • Iraq Mohammed Naji
  • Iraq Sajjad Salah
  • Japan Naoya Matsuo
  • Kuwait Ali Abdullah
  • Kyrgyzstan Urmat Diushenov
  • Kyrgyzstan Aktilek Abdykalyi Uulu
  • Lebanon Abbas Zein El Dine
  • Lebanon Sameh Jalal
  • Malaysia Nazri Sulaiman
  • Oman Ishaq Al Qasmi
  • Oman Jalal Al-Sinani
  • Oman Nooh Al Zadjali
  • State of Palestine Alaa Atiya
  • Qatar Fawaz Al-Khater
  • Qatar Hazem Samy
  • United Arab Emirates Mohamed Al-Jasmi
  • United Arab Emirates Ahmed Beshr
  • United Arab Emirates Humaid Jamal
  • United Arab Emirates Haitham Mohamed

1 own goal

  • Kuwait Abdullatif Al-Hamad (against Bahrain)
  • Oman Yahya Al Araimi (against Bahrain)
  • State of Palestine Yousef Shaladan (against Malaysia)
  • Thailand 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.[10]

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.

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "Draw to unveil 2019 challenge". AFC. 2 December 2018.
  2. ^ a b c d "AFC Beach Soccer Championship 2019 Competition Regulations". AFC.
  3. ^ "AFC Competitions Calendar 2019". 28 February 2018.
  4. ^ "Key decisions made on Futsal and Beach Soccer competition formats". AFC. 11 May 2018.
  5. ^ "The 2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup goes to Paraguay!". beachsoccer.com. 26 October 2018.
  6. ^ "Draw reveals 2019 challenge". AFC. 3 December 2018.
  7. ^ "AFC Beach Soccer Championship 2019 Draw". YouTube. 3 December 2018.
  8. ^ "AFC BEACH SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP THAILAND 2019 OFFICIAL MATCH SCHEDULE". AFC.
  9. ^ a b c "Outstanding Ozu claims MVP and top scorer awards". AFC. 17 March 2019.
  10. ^ "UAE, Japan, Oman book passage to Paraguay 2019". FIFA.com. 15 March 2019. Archived from the original on March 29, 2019.

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