AFF Beach Soccer Championship

The AFF Beach Soccer Championship (or ASEAN Beach Soccer Championship) is an international beach soccer competition contested by Southeast Asian men's national teams who are members of the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF).

AFF Beach Soccer Championship
Founded2014
RegionSoutheast Asia (AFF)
Number of teams5
Current champions Thailand
(1st title)
Most successful team(s) Malaysia
 Thailand
 Vietnam
(1 titles)
2019 AFF Beach Soccer Championship

First held in 2014,[1] the second edition of the tournament was due to be held in Vietnam from 5–13 August 2016, but was postponed due to financial restraints of the sponsors, FELDA,[2] and ultimately never materialised.[3] The second edition of the tournament was held in Indonesia in 2018.[4]

Results
Year Location Final Third Place Play-off
Winners Score Runners-up Third Place Score Fourth Place
2014
details		 Kuantan, Malaysia
Malaysia		 6–4
Vietnam
Thailand		 4–1
Laos
2018
details		 Bali, Indonesia
Vietnam		 6–4
Thailand
Malaysia		 2–1
Indonesia
2019
details		 Chonburi, Thailand
Thailand		 4–2
Vietnam
Malaysia		 4–4 (pen 6–5)
Afghanistan

Teams reaching top four
Team Winners Runners-up Third place Fourth Place
 Vietnam 1 (2018) 2 (2014,2019) - -
 Thailand 1 (2019) 1 (2018) 1 (2014) -
 Malaysia 1 (2014) - 2 (2018,2019) -
 Laos - - - 1 (2014)
 Indonesia - - - 1 (2018)
 Afghanistan - - - 1 (2019)

References
  1. "Malaysia to host first AFF beach soccer tourney". Retrieved 23 October 2014.
  2. "AFF Beach Soccer on hold". 4 June 2016. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
  3. "AFF Beach Soccer Championship 2016 - Postponed". Retrieved 28 December 2016.
  4. "AFF Futsal and Beach Soccer in November 2018". ASEAN Football Federation. 25 August 2018. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
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