Japan national beach soccer team

Japan
Association	Japan Football Association
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Head coach	Teruki Tabata
Captain	Ozu Moreira
FIFA code	JPN
BSWW ranking	4 (7 September 2021)
; First colours	; Second colours
Biggest defeat
	Japan 2–15 Brazil ; (Miura, Japan; 6 July 1996)
World Cup
Appearances	11 (first in 2005)
Best result	Runners-up (2021)
AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup
Appearances	10 (first in 2006)
Best result	Champions (2009, 2011, 2019)

The Japan national beach soccer team represents Japan in international beach soccer competitions and is controlled by the JFA, the governing body for football in Japan. One of the leading Asian beach soccer teams, Japan's best performance at the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup was second place in 2021.

Team image[]

Media coverage[]

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup[]

Television channel	Period	Ref.
J Sports, J Sports on demand, BS Fuji	2021	^[2]

AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup[]

Television channel	Period	Ref.

Friendly and Qualifiers[]

Television channel	Period	Ref.

Results and fixtures[]

Legend

Win Draw Lose Fixture

2019[]

21 November 2019 (2019-11-21) FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup (Group Stage)	Paraguay	4–5	Japan	Los Pynandi Stadium, Luque, Paraguay
21:00	Carballo 22', 34' Morán 28' Barreto 32'	Report	Okuyama 13' Ozu 16', 27' Akaguma 24', 36'	Attendance: 2,483^[3] Referee: Raúl González (Spain)

23 November 2019 (2019-11-23) FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup (Group Stage)	United States	3–4	Japan	Los Pynandi Stadium, Luque, Paraguay
17:50	Canale 9', 33' Toth 20'	Report	Ozu 9', 33' Matsuo 13' Tabata 30'	Attendance: 642^[4] Referee: Sofien Benchabane (France)

25 November 2019 (2019-11-25) FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup (Group Stage)	Japan	5–3	Switzerland	Los Pynandi Stadium, Luque, Paraguay
17:50	Akaguma 2', 8' Oba 21' Ozu 21' Komaki 29'	Report	Ott 10' Stankovic 33' (pen.), 35'	Attendance: 361^[5] Referee: Alex Valdiviezo (Peru)

28 November 2019 (2019-11-28) FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup (Quarter-finals)	Japan	3–2	Uruguay	Los Pynandi Stadium, Luque, Paraguay
21:00	Oba 8' Okuyama 11' Tabata 16'	Report	Laduche 20' (pen.) Capurro 36'	Attendance: 1,072^[6] Referee: Sofien Benchabane (France)

30 November 2019 (2019-11-30) FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup (Semi-finals)	Japan	3–3 (a.e.t.) (1–2 p)	Portugal	Los Pynandi Stadium, Luque, Paraguay
18:00	Ozu 11' Yamauchi 13' Akaguma 36'	Report	L. Martins 2' B. Martins 29', 31'	Attendance: 707^[7] Referee: Łukasz Ostrowski (Poland)
	Penalties
	Ozu Yamauchi Tabata		Madjer Coimbra

1 December 2019 (2019-12-01) FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup (Third place match)	Russia	5–4	Japan	Los Pynandi Stadium, Luque, Paraguay
16:15	Zemskov 8', 23', 29' Novikov 8' Makarov 26'	Report	Akaguma 4', 8' Ozu 12' Oba 23'	Attendance: 2,739^[8] Referee: Juan Angeles (Dominican Republic)

2021[]

19 August 2021 (2021-08-19) FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup GS Group A	Paraguay	4–7	Japan	Moscow, Russia
16:30 UTC+3	Cantero 10' N. Medina 10', 13' Morán 27'	Report (BSWW) Report (FIFA) Report (JFA)	Ojeda 21' (o.g.) Akaguma 26', 32', 32' Yamauchi 29', 33' (pen.), 36'	Stadium: Luzhniki Beach Soccer Stadium Attendance: 598 Referee: Francisco de Oses Bumedien (Spain)

21 August 2021 (2021-08-21) FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup GS Group A	Japan	4–3	United States	Moscow, Russia
16:30 UTC+3	Okuyama 4' Ozu 23' Oba 28' (pen.) Yamauchi 31'	Report (BSWW) Report (FIFA) Report (JFA)	Silveira 3' Canale 29' Perea 34'	Stadium: Luzhniki Beach Soccer Stadium Attendance: 1,507 Referee: Aurélien Planchais-Godefroy (Tahiti)

23 August 2021 (2021-08-23) FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup GS Group A	Japan	1–7	RFU	Moscow, Russia
20:30 UTC+3	Akaguma 32'	Report (BSWW) Report (FIFA) Report (JFA)	Ozu 1' (o.g.) Paporotnyi 3', 25', 27' Zemskov 8' Chuzhkov 15' Nikonorov 36'	Stadium: Luzhniki Beach Soccer Stadium Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Micke Palomino (Peru)

26 August 2021 (2021-08-26) FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Quarter-finals	Tahiti	4–5 (a.e.t.)	Japan	Moscow, Russia
19:00 UTC+3	Tetauira 20' (pen.), 37' Chan-Kat 30' Uesato 36' (o.g.)	Report (BSWW) Report (FIFA) Report (JFA)	Tehau 4' (o.g.) Yamauchi 5' (pen.) Oba 36' Okuyama 37' Akaguma 38'	Stadium: Luzhniki Beach Soccer Stadium

28 August 2021 (2021-08-28) FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Semi-finals	Japan	5–2	Senegal	Moscow, Russia
19:30 UTC+3	Akaguma 15' (pen.), 29', 33' Oba 27' Okuyama 27'	Report (BSWW) Report (FIFA) Report (JFA)	Fall 26' Boye 32'	Stadium: Luzhniki Beach Soccer Arena Attendance: 1,950 Referee: Łukasz Ostrowski (Poland)

29 August 2021 (2021-08-29) FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Final	RFU	5–2	Japan	Moscow, Russia
19:30 UTC+3	Zemskov 4' Krasheninnikov 13', 34' Nivikov 15' Paporotnyi 19'	Report (BSWW) Report (FIFA) Report (JFA)	Akaguma 13', 17' (pen.)	Stadium: Luzhniki Beach Soccer Arena Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Suhaimi Mat Hassan (Malaysia)

2 November 2021 (2021-11-02) Tecnotree Intercontinental Beach Soccer Cup	Russia	7–6	Japan	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
18:45 UTC+4		Report (BSWW) Report (JFA)		Stadium: Kite Beach

3 November 2021 (2021-11-03) Tecnotree Intercontinental Beach Soccer Cup	Iran	6–1	Japan	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
20:00 UTC+4		Report (BSWW) Report (JFA)		Stadium: Kite Beach

4 November 2021 (2021-11-04) Tecnotree Intercontinental Beach Soccer Cup	Japan	4–6 (a.e.t.)	Paraguay	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
16:00 UTC+4		Report (BSWW) Report (JFA)		Stadium: Kite Beach

5 November 2021 Tecnotree Intercontinental Beach Soccer Cup (5th–8th place semi-finals)	United Arab Emirates	4–6	Japan
17:15		Report(BSWW) Report(JFA)

6 November 2021 Tecnotree Intercontinental Beach Soccer Cup (5th place play-off)	Japan	5–4	Spain
16:15		Report(BSWW) Report(JFA)

Tecnotree Intercontinental Beach Soccer Cup 2021 (2 November 2021 – 6 November 2021) – JFA.jp

2022[]

25–29 October Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup	Japan	v		Dubai, United Arab Emirates
GST (UTC+4)

25–29 October Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup	Japan	v		Dubai, United Arab Emirates
GST (UTC+4)

25–29 October Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup	Japan	v		Dubai, United Arab Emirates
GST (UTC+4)

Fixtures – JFA.jp
2022 Schedule – JFA.jp (as of 17 December 2021)
All-time results and Full Calendar – Beachsoccer.com

Coaching staff[]

Current coaching staff[]

As of 10 August 2021^[9]

Role	Name
Head coach	Teruki Tabata
Goalkeeping coach	Erikson Noguchipinto

Source: Coaches

Manager history[]

Ruy Ramos (20??–2019)
Teruki Tabata (2020–)

Players[]

Current squad[]

The following players and staff members were called up for the Tecnotree Intercontinental Beach Soccer Cup 2021.^[10]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	JPN	Yusuke Kawai
2	MF	JPN	Takumi Saito
3	MF	JPN	Ryota Tsuboya
4	MF	JPN	Ryunosuke Miyama
5	MF	JPN	Shotaro Haraguchi
6	FW	JPN	Takuya Akaguma
7	MF	JPN	Takaaki Oba


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
8	MF	JPN	Naoya Matsuo
9	FW	JPN	Shusei Yamauchi
10	DF	JPN	Ozu Moreira
11	FW	JPN	Masanori Okuyama
12	GK	JPN	Tomoya Ginoza
13	GK	JPN	Yu Shirota
14	MF	JPN	Takumi Uesato
Head coach: Teruki Tabata Goalkeeping coach: Erikson Noguchipinto

Source: Team and Players

Previous squads[]

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

2021 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup squad

Competitive record[]

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup[]

Beach Soccer World Championships
Year	Round	Pos	Pld	W	W+	L	GF	GA	GD
1995	Did not enter
1996	Did not enter
1997	Group stage	8th	3	0	0	3	5	21	−16
1998	Did not enter
1999	Quarterfinals	8th	3	1	0	2	15	21	−6
2000	Fourth place	4th	5	2	1	2	16	22	–6
2001	Did not enter
2002	Did not enter
2003	Group stage	7th	3	0	0	3	4	14	−10
2004	Did not enter
Total	0 titles	4/10	14	3	1	10	40	78	–38

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup										Qualification (AFC)
Year	Round	Pos	Pld	W	W+	L	GF	GA	GD	Round	Pos	Pld	W	W+	L	GF	GA	GD
2005	Fourth place	4th	5	2	0	3	10	24	–14	No qualification matches
2006	Quarterfinals	8th	4	1	0	3	17	25	−8	Runners-up	2nd	4	3	0	1	29	10	+19
2007	Group stage	15th	3	0	0	3	6	13	−7	Runners-up	2nd	4	2	0	2	18	19	–1
2008	Group stage	15th	3	0	0	3	5	18	−13	Runners-up	2nd	4	2	1	1	19	8	+11
2009	Quarterfinals	5th	4	2	1	1	16	11	+5	Champions	1st	4	3	0	1	16	10	+6
2011	Group stage	14th	3	0	0	3	6	10	−4	Champions	1st	5	4	0	1	23	13	+10
2013	Quarterfinals	7th	4	1	1	2	11	12	−1	Runners-up	2nd	5	4	0	1	23	15	+8
2015	Quarterfinals	7th	4	2	0	2	12	13	−1	Runners-up	2nd	6	5	0	1	24	12	+12
2017	Group stage	10th	3	1	0	2	15	17	−2	Third place	3rd	5	3	0	2	41	18	+23
2019	Fourth place	4th	6	4	0	2	24	20	+4	Champions	1st	6	4	2	0	32	8	+25
2021	Runners-up	2nd	6	4	0	2	24	25	–1	Cancelled^[a]
Total	0 titles	11/11	45	17	2	26	146	106	–42	3 titles	9/9	43	30	3	10	225	112	+113

^ The Asian qualifiers were originally due to take place in Thailand from 18–28 March 2021.^[11]^[12] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, they were initially postponed to between 28 April and 8 May,^[13] and were subsequently cancelled entirely in January 2021.^[14] In place of the qualifiers, the AFC handpicked their three representatives to go to the World Cup on 21 April, choosing the best performing nations over the course of the previous three editions of the AFC Beach Soccer Championship.^[15]

AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup[]

AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup
Year	Round	Pos	Pld	W	W+	L	GF	GA	GD
2006	Runners-up	2nd	4	3	0	1	29	10	+19
2007	Runners-up	2nd	4	2	0	2	18	19	−1
2008	Runners-up	2nd	4	2	1	1	19	8	+11
2009	Champions	1st	4	3	0	1	16	10	+6
2011	Champions	1st	5	4	0	1	23	13	+10
2013	Runners-up	2nd	5	4	0	1	23	15	+8
2015	Runners-up	2nd	6	5	0	1	24	12	+12
2017	Third place	3rd	5	3	0	2	41	18	+23
Total	2 titles	8/8	26	0	1	10	194	105	+89

Asian Beach Games[]

Asian Beach Games
Year	Round	Pos	Pld	W	W+	L	GF	GA	GD
2008	Did not enter
2010	Quarterfinal	–	4	2	0	2	14	7	+7
2012	Quarterfinal	–	4	2	0	2	11	9	+2
2014	Runners-up	2nd	5	3	0	2	22	11	+11
2016	Champions	1st	5	4	1	0	34	12	+22
Total	1 title	4/5	18	11	1	6	81	39	+42

Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup[]

Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup
Year	Round	Pos	Pld	W	W+	L	GF	GA	GD
2011	Did Not Enter
2012	7th place	7th	3	0	0	3	14	19	−5
2013	Did Not Enter
2014	7th place	7th	5	2	0	3	19	22	−3
2015	Did Not Enter
2016	Did Not Enter
2017
2018
2019

2021
Total	0 titles	2/6	8	2	0	6	33	41	−8

Continental Beach Soccer Tournament[]

Continental Beach Soccer Tournament
Year	Round	Pos	Pld	W	W+	L	GF	GA	GD
2016	Third place	3	3	2	0	1	21	13	+8
Total	0 titles	1/1	3	2	0	1	21	13	+8

World ranking[]

Source: Beach Soccer Worldwide

References[]

^ "Rankings".
^ "TV放送". JFA.jp (in Japanese). Japan Football Association (JFA). Retrieved 30 August 2021.
^ "Match report – Group A – Paraguay v Japan" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 21 November 2019. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
^ "Match report – Group A – United States v Japan" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 23 November 2019. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
^ "Match report – Group A – Japan v Switzerland" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 25 November 2019. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
^ "Match report – Quarter-finals – Japan v Uruguay" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 28 November 2019. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
^ "Match report – Semi-finals – Japan v Portugal" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 30 November 2019. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
^ "Match report – Match for third place – Russia v Japan" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 1 December 2019. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
^ "Japan Beach Soccer National Team Squad – FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Russia 2021™ (8/19-29＠Moscow)". Japan Football Association (JFA). 26 July 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
^ http://www.jfa.jp/eng/national_team/beach_2021/IntercontinentalBeachsoccerCup_2021/news/00028171/
^ "AFC Competitions Calendar 2021". the-afc.com. Asian Football Confederation. 5 December 2019.
^ "AFC postpones AFC Women's Futsal Championship 2020 and AFC U-20 Futsal Championship 2021". en.vff.org.vn. Vietnam Football Federation. 24 April 2020. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
^ "AFC Futsal and Beach Soccer Committee approves new competition dates". AFC. 10 November 2020.
^ "Latest update on AFC Competitions in 2021". AFC. 25 January 2021.
^ "Latest update on AFC representatives for upcoming FIFA competitions". AFC. 21 April 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2021.

External links[]

(in English) Japan at JFA.jp
Japan at BSWW
(in Russian) Japan at Beach Soccer Russia

[16] The Asian qualifiers were originally due to take place in Thailand from 18–28 March 2021.^[11]^[12] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, they were initially postponed to between 28 April and 8 May,^[13] and were subsequently cancelled entirely in January 2021.^[14] In place of the qualifiers, the AFC handpicked their three representatives to go to the World Cup on 21 April, choosing the best performing nations over the course of the previous three editions of the AFC Beach Soccer Championship.^[15]

[1] "Rankings".

[2] "TV放送". JFA.jp (in Japanese). Japan Football Association (JFA). Retrieved 30 August 2021.

[3] "Match report – Group A – Paraguay v Japan" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 21 November 2019. Retrieved 21 November 2019.

[4] "Match report – Group A – United States v Japan" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 23 November 2019. Retrieved 23 November 2019.

[5] "Match report – Group A – Japan v Switzerland" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 25 November 2019. Retrieved 25 November 2019.

[6] "Match report – Quarter-finals – Japan v Uruguay" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 28 November 2019. Retrieved 28 November 2019.

[7] "Match report – Semi-finals – Japan v Portugal" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 30 November 2019. Retrieved 30 November 2019.

[8] "Match report – Match for third place – Russia v Japan" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 1 December 2019. Retrieved 1 December 2019.

[9] "Japan Beach Soccer National Team Squad – FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Russia 2021™ (8/19-29＠Moscow)". Japan Football Association (JFA). 26 July 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021.

[10] ttp://www.jfa.jp/eng/national_team/beach_2021/IntercontinentalBeachsoccerCup_2021/news/00028171/

[11] "AFC Competitions Calendar 2021". the-afc.com. Asian Football Confederation. 5 December 2019.

[12] "AFC postpones AFC Women's Futsal Championship 2020 and AFC U-20 Futsal Championship 2021". en.vff.org.vn. Vietnam Football Federation. 24 April 2020. Retrieved 17 May 2020.

[13] "AFC Futsal and Beach Soccer Committee approves new competition dates". AFC. 10 November 2020.

[14] "Latest update on AFC Competitions in 2021". AFC. 25 January 2021.

[afcp-15] "Latest update on AFC representatives for upcoming FIFA competitions". AFC. 21 April 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2021.

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Mixed	Badminton Boxing Tennis
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v t National beach soccer teams
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Africa	Algeria Cameroon Egypt Ghana Ivory Coast Madagascar Mauritius Morocco Nigeria Senegal Somalia South Africa Tunisia Uganda
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South America	Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Paraguay Peru Uruguay Venezuela
Oceania	Cook Islands Fiji New Caledonia New Zealand Solomon Islands Tahiti Vanuatu

v t National beach soccer teams of Asia (AFC)
AFC Beach Soccer Championship - Beach soccer at the Asian Beach Games
West Asia (WAFF)	Bahrain Iraq Kuwait Lebanon Oman Palestine Qatar Syria United Arab Emirates
Central Asia (CAFA)	Afghanistan Iran Uzbekistan
South Asia (SAFF)	Bangladesh India
East Asia (EAFF)	China PR Japan Korea Republic
Southeast Asia (AFF)	Australia Indonesia Laos Malaysia Myanmar Philippines Thailand Vietnam
FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup - Beach Soccer Worldwide

Japan national beach soccer team

Contents

Team image[]

Media coverage[]

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup[]

AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup[]

Friendly and Qualifiers[]

Results and fixtures[]

2019[]

2021[]

2022[]

Coaching staff[]

Current coaching staff[]

Manager history[]

Players[]

Current squad[]

Previous squads[]

Competitive record[]

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup[]

AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup[]

Asian Beach Games[]

Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup[]

Continental Beach Soccer Tournament[]

World ranking[]

See also[]

References[]

External links[]