AFC Beach Soccer Championship 2019

AFC Beach Soccer Championship 2019
Number of nations	15th
Asian champion	Japan (3rd title)
venue	Thailand
Opening game	March 7, 2019
Endgame	17th March 2019
Games	29
Gates	214  (⌀: 7.38 per game)
Top scorer	Ozu Moreira
Best player	Ozu Moreira

The AFC Beach Soccer Championship 2019 was the ninth edition of the Asian Beach Soccer Championship for men , which was organized by the AFC . It also served as a qualification for the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 2019 in Paraguay . It took place from March 7, 2019 to March 17, 2019 in Pattaya .

Japan won its 3rd title and qualified for the world championship at the same time. They defeated the United Arab Emirates in the final 2: 2 (3: 1 i. E.). Nevertheless, they also qualified for the World Cup. The third qualifier is Oman , who defeated Palestine 2: 2 (2: 1 i. E.). Palestinä made it into one of the first 4 places in his second participation in the Asian Championships. The defending champion Iran made it to the finals, but failed in the quarter-finals to Japan and was therefore unable to defend his title and not qualify for the World Cup.

Group stage

Group A

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	S n. V.	S n. E.	N	Gates	TD	P
1.	Palestine	3	3	0	0	0	14: 09	+ 05	9
2.	Malaysia	3	1	0	0	2	12:13	- 01	3
3.	Thailand	3	1	0	0	2	08:10	- 02nd	3
4th	Afghanistan	3	0	1	0	2	05: 07	- 02nd	2

7th March
Afghanistan	-	Malaysia	3: 2 a.d.
Thailand	-	Palestine	2: 5
9th March
Palestine	-	Afghanistan	3: 2
Malaysia	-	Thailand	5: 4
March 11
Malaysia	-	Palestine	5: 6
Thailand	-	Afghanistan	2-0

Group B

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	S n. V.	S n. E.	N	Gates	TD	P
1.	United Arab Emirates	3	3	0	0	0	15: 05	+10	9
2.	Lebanon	3	2	0	0	1	18: 08	+10	6th
3.	People's Republic of China	3	1	0	0	2	14:14	+ 00	3
4th	Kyrgyzstan	3	0	0	0	3	06:26	−20	0

7th March
Lebanon	-	China	5: 3
UA Emirates	-	Kyrgyzstan	6: 1
9th March
Kyrgyzstan	-	Lebanon	2:11
China	-	UA Emirates	2: 6
March 11
UA Emirates	-	Lebanon	3: 2
China	-	Kyrgyzstan	9: 3

Group C

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	S n. V.	S n. E.	N	Gates	TD	P
1.	Japan	3	3	0	0	0	21: 04	+17	9
2.	Bahrain	3	2	0	0	1	12:10	+ 02	6th
3.	Kuwait	3	1	0	0	2	11:14	- 03	3
4th	Qatar	3	0	0	0	3	04:20	−16	0

8th of March
Bahrain	-	Qatar	5: 2
Japan	-	Kuwait	8: 1
March 10th
Kuwait	-	Bahrain	2: 5
Qatar	-	Japan	1: 7
March 12th
Japan	-	Bahrain	6: 2
Qatar	-	Kuwait	1: 8

Group D

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	S n. V.	S n. E.	N	Gates	TD	P
1.	Oman	2	2	0	0	0	10: 06	+ 04	6th
2.	Iran	2	1	0	0	1	08: 06	+ 02	3
3.	Iraq	2	0	0	0	2	05:11	- 06	0

8th of March
Iraq	-	Iran	2: 5
March 10th
Oman	-	Iraq	6: 3
March 12th
Iran	-	Oman	3: 4

Final round

	Quarter finals				Semifinals				final
	the 14th of March
	Palestine	4th
					March, 15
	Lebanon	3
					Palestine	0
	the 14th of March
					Japan	6th
	Japan (n.V.)	3
									17. March
	Iran	2
									Japan (i.E.)	2 (3)
	the 14th of March
									UA Emirates	2 (1)
	UA Emirates	8th
					March, 15
	Malaysia	1
					UA Emirates	3			3rd place
	the 14th of March
					Oman	2
	Oman	5							Palestine	2 (1)
	Bahrain	3							Oman (i. E.)	2 (2)
									17. March

Placements

The nations on the green background are qualified for the World Cup.

rank	nation
1.	Japan
2.	United Arab Emirates
3.	Oman
4th	Palestine
5.	Lebanon
6th	Iran
7th	Bahrain
8th.	Malaysia
9.	People's Republic of China
10.	Thailand
11.	Kuwait
12.	Afghanistan
13.	Iraq
14th	Qatar
15th	Kyrgyzstan

Awards

Best Player: Ozu Moreira Best Goalscorer: Ozu Moreira (9 goals) Fair Play Award: United Arab Emirates (52 points)  
 
 

Web links

• Statistics and results of AFC (English)
• Information portal (English)