# 2025 AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup

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), 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.
| 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. 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.
* 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 | Pld | W | WE | WP | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Thailand (H) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Kuwait | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Lebanon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | India | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | WE | WP | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Japan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | China | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Saudi Arabia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | Iraq | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | WE | WP | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Iran | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | United Arab Emirates | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | Indonesia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |

### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | WE | WP | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Oman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Bahrain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Malaysia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | Vietnam | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |

## Knockout stage
### Bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 26 March | 26 March | | |
| 1A | | | |
| 1A | | 29 March | 29 March | |
| 2B | | 29 March | 29 March |
| 27 March | 27 March | | | |
| 1C | | | |
| 1C | | | | 30 March | 30 March |
| 2D | | | | 30 March | 30 March |
| 27 March | 27 March | | | | |
| 1D | | | | | |
| 1D | | 29 March | 29 March | | |
| 2C | | 29 March | 29 March | | |
| 26 March | 26 March | | | | |
| 26 March | 26 March | | | Third place | Third place |
| 1B | | | | Third place | Third place |
| 1B | | | | 30 March | 30 March |
| 2A | | | | 30 March | 30 March |

### Semi-finals

Winners qualified for the 2025 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.

### Third-place match

Winners qualified for the 2025 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.

### Final
## Goalscorers

There were 0 goals scored in 0 matches, for an average of -nan goals per match. Source: AFC

## Qualified teams for FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

The following teams qualified for the world cup.
* Qualified on
* 29 March 2025
* 29 March 2025
* 30 March 2025
    • Bold indicates champions for that year. • Italic indicates hosts for that year.