2025 AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup

2025 AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup
ฟุตบอลชายหาดเอเชียนคัพ 2025
Tournament details
Host country	Thailand
City	Pattaya
Dates	20–30 March
Teams	16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	Jomtien Beach Arena
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The 2025 AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup will be the eleventh edition (4th official) of the AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup (previously the AFC Beach Soccer Championship before rebranding in 2021^[1]), the premier beach soccer tournament contested by Asian men's national teams, organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).

The tournament will take place in Pattaya, Thailand. The championship will also act as the qualification tournament for Asian teams for the 2025 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, to be held in Seychelles. The top three teams qualify for the World Cup.

Iran are the defending champions.

Teams

A total of 16 teams will compete in the tournament.^[2]

Team	Appearance	Previous best performance
Afghanistan	5th	Group stage (2013, 2017, 2019, 2023)
Bahrain	10th	Champions (2006)
China	11th	4th place (2006, 2008)
Iran	11th	Champions (2013, 2017, 2023)
India	2nd	Group stage (2007)
Indonesia	3rd	Group stage (2011, 2023)
Iraq	6th	Group stage (2011, 2017)
Japan	11th	Champions (2009, 2011, 2019)
Kuwait	5th	Quarter-finals (2023)
Lebanon	6th	4th place (2015, 2017)
Malaysia	4th	Quarter-finals (2019)
Oman	8th	Champions (2015)
Saudi Arabia	3rd	Group stage (2013, 2023)
Thailand (hosts)	6th	Quarter-finals (2023)
Vietnam	2nd	Group stage (2015)
United Arab Emirates	10th	Champions (2007, 2008)

Draw

The draw of the tournament was held on 19 December 2024 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.^[3]^[4] The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four teams. The teams were seeded according to their performance in the 2023 AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup, with the hosts Thailand automatically seeded and assigned to Position A1 in the draw.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Thailand (hosts) Iran (1) Japan (2) Oman (3)	United Arab Emirates (4) Kuwait (6) Bahrain (7) China (8)	Saudi Arabia (9) Lebanon (10) Afghanistan (13) Malaysia (15)	Indonesia (16) India (—) Iraq (—) Vietnam (—)

Group stage

Points are earned for the following results:

3 points for a win in regulation time
2 points for a win in extra time
1 point for a win in a penalty shoot-out
no points for a loss.

The top two teams from each group advance to the quarter-finals.^[5]

Tie-breaking criteria
The ranking of teams in the group stage was determined as follows: Points in all group matches; Points amongst tied teams; Goal difference amongst tied teams; Goals scored amongst tied teams; If at least one team is ranked and two or more teams remain tied, reapply above criteria to exclusively tied teams; Goal difference in all group matches; Penalty shoot-out if last match is between two tied teams; Fair play points; Drawing of lots.

All times are local, ICT (UTC+7).

Group A

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	Thailand (H)	Advance to knockout stage
2	Kuwait	Advance to knockout stage
3	Lebanon
4	India

First match(es) will be played: 20 March 2025. Source: AFC
(H) Host

20 March 2025