The 2025 AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup is 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 is taking place in Pattaya, Thailand. The championship also acts 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 are competing in the tournament. TeamAppearancePrevious best performance5th (2013, 2017, 2019, 2023)10th (2006)11th (2006, 2008)11th (2013, 2017, 2023)2nd (2007)3rd (2011, 2023)6th (2011, 2017) 11th (2009, 2011, 2019)5th (2023)6th (2015, 2017)4th (2019)8th (2015)3rd (2013, 2023) (hosts)6th (2023)2nd (2015)10th (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 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4
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 criteriaThe 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
Group B
Group C
Group D
Knockout stage Bracket
Quarter-finals
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
Final ranking
Awards Most Valuable Player: Ali Mirshekari Best Goalkeeper: Seyed mahdi Mirjalili
2025 AFC Beach Soccer Championship winners Iran4th title
Qualified teams for FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
The following teams qualified for the world cup.
Team Qualified onPrevious appearances in FIFA Beach Soccer World Cuponly FIFA era (since 2005) 29 March 2025 8 (2006, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2024) 29 March 2025 5 (2011, 2015, 2019, 2021, 2024) 30 March 2025 12 (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2024) • Bold indicates champions for that year. • Italic indicates hosts for that year.
References
External links , the-AFC.com