The 2023 AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup was the 10th edition (3rd official) of the AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup (previously the AFC Beach Soccer Championship before rebranding from 2021), the premier beach soccer tournament contested by Asian men's national teams, organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).

The tournament took place in Pattaya, Thailand. The championship also acted as the qualification tournament for Asian teams for the 2023 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, to be held in the United Arab Emirates. The top three teams qualified for the World Cup, including the United Arab Emirates who qualified automatically as host.

Japan were the defending champions but lost to Iran in the final.

Teams

A total of 16 teams entered the tournament.

Draw

The draw of the tournament was held on 19 January 2023 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four teams. The teams were seeded according to their performance in the 2019 AFC Beach Soccer Championship final tournament, with the hosts Thailand automatically seeded and assigned to Position A1 in the draw.

Group stage

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Knockout stage

Bracket

Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Third-place match

Final

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Goalscorers

There were 249 goals scored in 32 matches, for an average of 7.78 goals per match.

11 goals

9 goals

8 goals

7 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Source: AFC

Qualified teams for FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

The following teams qualified for the world cup.

References

External links

• AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup, the-AFC.com