AFC Beach Soccer Championship
The AFC Beach Soccer Championship is the main championship for beach soccer in Asia. The first championship was held in 2006 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, as all following tournaments have been. The two finalists and the winner of the third place play-off qualify for the following FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup. The most successful nation is the United Arab Emirates and Japan, who have won the tournament two of the five times. However Japan may be considered as the most successful team, they have qualified for the World Cup each year by finishing in other qualifying positions, whereas the United Arab Emirates have only qualified for the World Cup when they have won the championship.
Now that the World Cup takes place every two years, so will the qualifiers, starting with the qualifiers for the 2011 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.
Tournaments
| Year | Location | Final | Third Place Play-off | ||||||
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| Winners | Score | Runners-up | Third Place | Score | Fourth Place | ||||
| 2006 details |
Dubai, UAE |  Bahrain |
5–3 |  Japan |
 Iran |
6–4 |  China |
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| 2007 details |
Dubai, UAE |  United Arab Emirates |
4–3 | Japan |
Iran |
6–0 | Bahrain |
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| 2008 details |
Dubai, UAE | United Arab Emirates |
4–3 | Japan |
Iran |
4–1 | China |
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| 2009 details |
Dubai, UAE | Japan |
4–2 | Bahrain |
 Oman |
1–1 aet (2–1) pen |
Iran |
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| 2011 details |
Muscat, Oman | Japan |
2–1 | Oman |
Iran |
6–2 | United Arab Emirates |
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| 2013 details |
Doha, Qatar | Iran |
6–6 aet (5–4) pen |
Japan |
United Arab Emirates |
3–2 |  Australia |
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Successful nations
| Team | Titles | Runners-up | Third-place | Fourth Place | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Japan |
2 (2009, 2011) | 4 (2006, 2007, 2008, 2013) | - | - | 6 |
 United Arab Emirates |
2 (2007, 2008) | - | 1 (2013) | 1 (2011) | 4 |
 Bahrain |
1 (2006) | 1 (2009) | - | 1 (2007) | 3 |
 Iran |
1 (2013) | - | 4 (2006, 2007, 2008, 2011) | 1 (2009) | 6 |
 Oman |
- | 1 (2011) | 1 (2009) | - | 2 |
 China |
- | - | - | 2 (2006, 2008) | 2 |
 Australia |
- | - | - | 1 (2013) | 1 |
After 2013 AFC Beach Soccer Championship (from 2006 to 2013)
General Statistics
| Team | Part | Pld | W | W+ | L | GF | GA | Dif | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japan |
6 | 26 | 18 | 1 | 7 | 129 | 75 | +54 | 56 |
| Iran |
6 | 27 | 16 | 2 | 9 | 136 | 79 | +57 | 52 |
| United Arab Emirates |
5 | 21 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 89 | 54 | +35 | 48 |
| Bahrain |
5 | 21 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 65 | 61 | +4 | 37 |
| Oman |
3 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 60 | 40 | +20 | 35 |
| China |
6 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 69 | 83 | -14 | 23 |
| Australia |
2 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 25 | 24 | +1 | 11 |
 Iraq |
2 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 26 | 40 | -14 | 9 |
 Palestine |
1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 20 | +4 | 8 |
 Thailand |
1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 16 | -1 | 6 |
 Lebanon |
1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 24 | -3 | 6 |
 Uzbekistan |
4 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 46 | 58 | -12 | 6 |
 Afghanistan |
1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 21 | -5 | 6 |
 Qatar |
1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 21 | -4 | 3 |
 Saudi Arabia |
1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 26 | -13 | 3 |
 India |
1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 0 |
 Kuwait |
1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 17 | -6 | 0 |
 Indonesia |
1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 18 | -12 | 0 |
 Syria |
1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 19 | -13 | 0 |
 Philippines |
3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 13 | 90 | -77 | 0 |
Nations who have qualified for the world cup
These are the nations who have been successful enough in the competition to qualify to appear in the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, to represent Asia. The number in brackets shows how many times that country has qualified over the four years the tournament has been held.
Japan (6)
Iran (5)
United Arab Emirates (4) (one time as host)
Bahrain (2)
Oman (1)
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