2019 AFC Beach Soccer Championship

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]

2019 AFC Beach Soccer Championship
2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup AFC qualifier
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) Ozu Moreira (9 goals)
Best player(s) Ozu Moreira
Fair play award United Arab Emirates

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
 Afghanistan3rd6th place (2017)
 Bahrain8thChampions (2006)
 China9th4th place (2006, 2008)
 Iran9thChampions (2013, 2017)
 Iraq5th9th place (2011, 2017)
 Japan9thChampions (2009, 2011)
 Kuwait3rd9th place (2015)
 Kyrgyzstan1stDebut
 Lebanon4th4th place (2015, 2017)
 Malaysia2nd8th place (2017)
 Oman6thChampions (2015)
 Palestine2nd6th place (2013)
 Qatar4th11th place (2017)
 Thailand (hosts)4th10th place (2017)
 United Arab Emirates8thChampions (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

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[lower-alpha 1]
3  Thailand (H) 3 1 0 0 2 8 10 −2 3[lower-alpha 1]
4  Afghanistan 3 0 1 0 2 5 7 −2 2
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Host.
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head result: Malaysia 5–4 Thailand.
Afghanistan 3–2 (a.e.t.) Malaysia
  • Qaderi  12'
  • Alavi  25'
  • Mohammadi  37'
 Report
  • Nazri  22'
  • Qushairie  32'
Main Arena, Pattaya
Attendance: 150
Referee: Fallah Al-Balushi (Oman)
Thailand 2–5 Palestine
  • Komkrit  11'
  • Tanandon  19'
 Report
  • Hassan  17', 24'
  • Atiya  19'
  • Al-Bawwab  21'
  • Kittin  33' (o.g.)
Main Arena, Pattaya
Attendance: 350
Referee: Yuichi Hatano (Japan)
Palestine 3–2 Afghanistan
  • Al-Arawi  20'
  • Hassan  32'
  • Al-Neirab  35'
 Report
  • Mohammadi  12', 29'
Main Arena, Pattaya
Attendance: 70
Referee: Ebrahim Akbarpour (Iran)
Malaysia 5–4 Thailand
  • Ridhwan  3' (pen.), 10'
  • Hasrol  11', 25'
  • Qushairie  24'
 Report
  • Tanandon  20', 34'
  • Thakorn  29'
  • Komkrit  35'
Main Arena, Pattaya
Attendance: 450
Referee: Waleed Abdulkarim (Bahrain)
Malaysia 5–6 Palestine
  • Ridhwan  2'
  • Zaharim  6', 19'
  • Qushairie  17'
  • Shaladan  35' (o.g.)
 Report
  • Al-Bawwab  1', 19', 25'
  • Al-Neirab  16', 19'
  • Abuobayda  33'
Main Arena, Pattaya
Attendance: 250
Referee: Yuichi Hatano (Japan)
Thailand 2–0 Afghanistan
  • Thakorn  16'
  • Tanandon  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  Kyrgyzstan 3 0 0 0 3 6 26 −20 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Lebanon 5–3 China
  • Abdullah  13', 29'
  • Fattal  16', 30'
  • Matar  28'
 Report
Main Arena, Pattaya
Attendance: 100
Referee: Bakhtiyor Namazov (Uzbekistan)
United Arab Emirates 6–1 Kyrgyzstan
  • K. Ali  1'
  • Muntaser  7'
  • Karim  20'
  • W. Mohammad  23'
  • Mohamed  35' (pen.)
  • W. Beshr  36'
 Report
  • Duisheev  16'
Main Arena, Pattaya
Attendance: 200
Referee: Abdulla Saleh (Bahrain)
Kyrgyzstan 2–11 Lebanon
  • Duisheev  11'
  • A. Uulu  31'
 Report
  • Abdullah  5', 26'
  • Kadi  6', 34'
  • Fattal  8', 31'
  • Merhi  22', 27', 34'
  • Jalal  31'
  • Matar  31'
Main Arena, Pattaya
Attendance: 100
Referee: Turki Al-Salehi (Oman)
China 2–6 United Arab Emirates
  • Guo Xuchenjiao  3'
  • Liu Yisi  36'
 Report
  • Karim  9'
  • A. Ali  9', 24'
  • W. Mohammad  26'
  • K. Ali  30'
  • A. Beshr  32'
Main Arena, Pattaya
Attendance: 200
Referee: Makoto Sato (Japan)
United Arab Emirates 3–2 Lebanon
  • W. Beshr  11', 20'
  • Muntaser  13'
 Report
  • Abdullah  6'
  • Zein El Dine  11'
Main Arena, Pattaya
Attendance: 70
Referee: Bakhtiyor Namazov (Uzbekistan)
China 9–3 Kyrgyzstan
  • Han Xuegeng  12' (pen.), 15', 30'
  • Bai Fan  18'
  • Liu Haoran  19', 30'
  • Liu Yisi  24'
  • Cai Weiming  24', 27'
 Report
  • Diushenov  5'
  • Almazbekov  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  5', 32'
  • Al-Yaqoobi  7', 31'
  • Mubarak  28'
 Report
  • Al-Khlif  13'
  • Samy  29'
Main Arena, Pattaya
Attendance: 100
Referee: Hassan Abed Rabbo (Lebanon)
Japan 8–1 Kuwait
  • Moreira  8', 12'
  • Oba  11', 25'
  • Yamauchi  13', 13', 23'
  • Komaki  31'
 Report
  • Al-Hamad  13'
Main Arena, Pattaya
Attendance: 220
Kuwait 2–5 Bahrain
  • Hajeyah  19'
  • Al-Yaqoub  31'
 Report
  • Zubayel  5'
  • Jamal  20', 30'
  • Al-Hamad  30' (o.g.)
  • Al-Yaqoobi  36'
Main Arena, Pattaya
Attendance: 200
Referee: Li Qibin (China)
Qatar 1–7 Japan
  • Al-Khlif  11'
 Report
  • Moreira  11', 22'
  • Yamauchi  11', 24'
  • Akaguma  15'
  • Okuyama  18', 20'
Main Arena, Pattaya
Attendance: 300
Referee: Suwat Wongsuwan (Thailand)
Japan 6–2 Bahrain
  • Moreira  2', 19'
  • Akaguma  16'
  • Okuyama  18', 18'
  • Yamauchi  26'
 Report
Main Arena, Pattaya
Attendance: 200
Referee: Ibrahim Al-Raeesi (United Arab Emirates)
Qatar 1–8 Kuwait
 Report
  • Al-Yaqoub  7', 20', 34'
  • Al-Hamad  15', 30', 35'
  • Hajeyah  16'
  • Abdullah  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  3'
  • Naji  27'
 Report
  • Mirshekari  9'
  • Akbari  12'
  • Behzadpour  18'
  • Ahmadzadeh  28'
  • Mokhtari  33'
Main Arena, Pattaya
Attendance: 200
Referee: Shao Liang (China)
Oman 6–3 Iraq
  • Salim  2', 15'
  • Al-Oraimi  4', 12'
  • Al Bulushi  18'
  • Al Qasmi  28'
 Report
  • Hasan  5'
  • Qasim  33'
  • Ahmed  36'
Main Arena, Pattaya
Attendance: 350
Referee: Ebrahim Al-Mansoori (United Arab Emirates)
Iran 3–4 Oman
  • Masoumizadeh  4', 27'
  • Ahmadzadeh  36'
 Report
  • Mu. Al Araimi  7'
  • Al-Sinani  12'
  • Al Bulushi  30'
  • Y. Al Araimi  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  1', 27'
  • Mu. Al Araimi  4'
  • Al Bulushi  9'
  • Y. Al Araimi  34'
 Report
  • Darwish  1'
  • Jamal  9'
  • Y. Al Araimi  14' (o.g.)
Main Arena, Pattaya
Attendance: 200
Referee: Yuichi Hatano (Japan)
Japan 3–2 (a.e.t.) Iran
  • Yamauchi  21'
  • Akaguma  26', 38'
 Report
  • Shirmohammadi  9'
  • Moradi  10'
Main Arena, Pattaya
Attendance: 350
Referee: Turki Al-Salehi (Oman)
United Arab Emirates 8–1 Malaysia
  • Al-Jasmi  3'
  • Mohamed  9', 34'
  • K. Ali  10'
  • A. Mohammad  24'
  • W. Mohammad  28', 36'
  • Jamal  35'
 Report
  • Hasrol  21'
Main Arena, Pattaya
Attendance: 300
Referee: Li Qibin (China)
Palestine 4–3 Lebanon
  • Al-Arawi  13'
  • Abuobayda  20'
  • Al-Bawwab  28'
  • Al-Neirab  35' (pen.)
 Report
  • Fattal  11', 28'
  • Merhi  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  6'
  • A. Ali  20'
  • W. Beshr  34'
 Report
  • Al Zadjali  19'
  • Al Bulushi  28'
Main Arena, Pattaya
Attendance: 300
Referee: Bakhtiyor Namazov (Uzbekistan)
Palestine 0–6 Japan
Report
  • Akaguma  6'
  • Moreira  12', 30'
  • Oba  14'
  • Yamauchi  35'
  • Matsuo  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  11'
  • Al-Arawi  20'
 Report
  • Al Bulushi  28', 31'
Penalties
  • Al-Neirab
  • Al-Bawwab
  • Atiya
1–2
  • Salim
  • Al-Oraimi
  • Mu. Al Araimi
Main Arena, Pattaya
Attendance: 350

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

Winners
2019 AFC Beach Soccer Championship

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]
Ozu Moreira 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

  • Shusei Yamauchi

6 goals

  • Haitham Fattal
  • Sami Al Bulushi

5 goals

  • Takuya Akaguma
  • Hussein Abdullah
  • Maisara Al-Bawwab

4 goals

  • Rashad Jamal
  • Han Xuegeng
  • Masanori Okuyama
  • Abdullatif Al-Hamad
  • Abdulrahman Al-Yaqoub
  • Mohamad Merhi
  • Khalid Al-Oraimi
  • Mahmoud Al-Neirab
  • Tanandon Praracha
  • Waleed Beshr
  • Walid Mohammad

3 goals

  • Sami Mohammadi
  • Salman Al-Yaqoobi
  • Cai Weiming
  • Liu Haoran
  • Takaaki Oba
  • Hasrol Ali
  • Qushairie Asaari
  • Ridhwan Zainal
  • Islam Abuobayda
  • Fadi Al-Arawi
  • Mohammed Hassan
  • Abbas Ali
  • Kamal Ali
  • Ali Mohammad
  • Hasham Muntaser

2 goals

  • Abdulla Al-Abdulla
  • Liu Yisi
  • Mohammad Ahmadzadeh
  • Mohammad Masoumizadeh
  • Masayuki Komaki
  • Mohammed Hajeyah
  • Erbol Almazbekov
  • Kairat Duisheev
  • Hassan Kadi
  • Mechleb Matar
  • Zaharim Yusof
  • Mushel Al Araimi
  • Yahya Al Araimi
  • Abdullah Salim
  • Srhan Al-Khlif
  • Komkrit Nanan
  • Thakorn Wikayaphan
  • Ali Karim
  • Haitham Mohamed

1 goal

  • Shahab Alavi
  • Raof Qaderi
  • Ebrahim Al-Mahjoob
  • Mohamed Darwish
  • Ayoob Mubarak
  • Abbas Zubayel
  • Bai Fan
  • Guo Xuchenjiao
  • Amir Akbari
  • Hamid Behzadpour
  • Ali Mirshekari
  • Mohammad Mokhtari
  • Mohammad Moradi
  • Mahdi Shirmohammadi
  • Ali Ahmed
  • Salah Hasan
  • Murtadha Qasim
  • Mohammed Naji
  • Sajjad Salah
  • Naoya Matsuo
  • Ali Abdullah
  • Urmat Diushenov
  • Aktilek Abdykalyi Uulu
  • Abbas Zein El Dine
  • Sameh Jalal
  • Nazri Sulaiman
  • Ishaq Al Qasmi
  • Jalal Al-Sinani
  • Nooh Al Zadjali
  • Alaa Atiya
  • Fawaz Al-Khater
  • Hazem Samy
  • Mohamed Al-Jasmi
  • Ahmed Beshr
  • Humaid Jamal
  • Haitham Mohamed

1 own goal

  • Abdullatif Al-Hamad (against Bahrain)
  • Yahya Al Araimi (against Bahrain)
  • Yousef Shaladan (against Malaysia)
  • 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 Emirates15 March 20195 (2007, 2008, 2009, 2013, 2017)
 Japan15 March 20199 (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017)
 Oman17 March 20192 (2011, 2015)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

References
  1. "Draw to unveil 2019 challenge". AFC. 2 December 2018.
  2. "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. "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.
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