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2017 AFC Beach Soccer Championship

Summary

The 2017 AFC Beach Soccer Championship was a beach soccer tournament which took place between 4–11 March 2017 in Malaysia.[1] The tournament was originally scheduled for 21–29 January 2017, but was postponed.[2] The top three teams qualified for the 2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in the Bahamas.[3]

2017 AFC Beach Soccer Championship
Kejohanan Bola Sepak Pantai AFC 2017
Tournament details
Host countryMalaysia
CityKuala Terengganu
Dates4–11 March
Teams13 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Iran (2nd title)
Runners-up United Arab Emirates
Third place Japan
Fourth place Lebanon
Tournament statistics
Matches played23
Goals scored198 (8.61 per match)
Attendance6,720 (292 per match)
Top scorer(s)Iran Mohammad Ali Mokhtari (12 goals)
Best player(s)Iran Mohammad Ali Mokhtari
Fair play award Iran
← 2015
2019 →

Participating teams and draw edit

The following 14 teams entered the tournament.[4] Myanmar initially entered but decided to withdraw prior to the draw.

The draw of the tournament was held on 10 January 2017, 15:00 UTC+8, at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[5][6] The 13 teams were drawn into one group of five teams and two groups of four teams. The teams were seeded according to their results in the 2015 AFC Beach Soccer Championship.

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 Pot 5 (unranked)
  1.   Oman
  2.   Japan
  3.   Iran

Group stage edit

Each team earns three points for a win in regulation time, two points for a win in extra time, one point for a win in a penalty shoot-out, and no points for a defeat. The winners from each group and the best runner-up advance to the semi-finals.

Uzbekistan withdrew in the days prior to the start of the group stage.

All times are local, MYT (UTC+8).

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Iran 4 4 0 0 0 35 3 +32 12 Knockout stage
2   Bahrain 4 3 0 0 1 19 14 +5 9
3   Afghanistan 4 2 0 0 2 17 17 0 6
4   Malaysia (H) 4 1 0 0 3 10 26 −16 3
5   China 4 0 0 0 4 3 24 −21 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Re-apply 2–4 if possible; 6) Total goal difference; 7) Total goals scored; 8) Penalty kicks if both teams on pitch; 9) Disciplinary points; 10) Drawing of lots (Regulations Article 10.5).[3]
(H) Host
China  0–5  Bahrain
Report Jamal   1', 17'
Ahmed   31'
Abdulla   31'
Salem   35'
Pantai Batu Buruk, Kuala Terengganu
Attendance: 600
Referee: Bakhtiyor Namazov (Uzbekistan)
Afghanistan  5–3  Malaysia
Baran   5'
Sharifi   11'
Qaderi   28', 30', 31'		 Report Asaari   5', 31'
Nizam   34'
Pantai Batu Buruk, Kuala Terengganu
Attendance: 750
Referee: Turki' Abdullah Said Al Salehi (Oman)
Afghanistan  7–2  China
Mohammadi   3', 17'
Sharifi   16'
Qaderi   11', 20', 28'
Gulzar   35'		 Report Qiu   11'
Li   16'
Pantai Batu Buruk, Kuala Terengganu
Attendance: 200
Referee: Ebrahim Yousef Almansoori (United Arab Emirates)
Malaysia  0–14  Iran
Report Mesigar   3', 7'
Mokhtari   7', 12', 17', 30'
Boulokbashi   11', 17', 23', 30'
Kiani   12'
Nazem   14'
Behzadpour   17'
Ahmadzadeh   21'
Pantai Batu Buruk, Kuala Terengganu
Attendance: 800
Referee: Yuichi Hatano (Japan)
Bahrain  6–5  Malaysia
Almalki   11'
Jamal   12'
Mohamed   13'
Abdulla   17'
Salem   19'
Alabdulla   32'		 Report Huzair   11'
Yusof   19', 35'
Mohamad   23'
Nizam   28'
Pantai Batu Buruk, Kuala Terengganu
Attendance: 720
Referee: Ahmed Mohamed Obaid (United Arab Emirates)
Iran  6–1  Afghanistan
Boulokbashi   7', 18' (pen.), 34'
Nazem   10'
Mesigar   19'
Abdollahi   36'		 Report Qaderi   7'
Pantai Batu Buruk, Kuala Terengganu
Attendance: 150
Referee: Suwat Wongsuwan (Thailand)
Bahrain  6–4  Afghanistan
Jamal   6', 15'
Ahmed   10'
Ashoor   14'
Almalki   22'
Alyaqoobi   32'		 Report Qaderi   21', 31'
Jafari   24'
Alavi   27'
Pantai Batu Buruk, Kuala Terengganu
Attendance: 100
Referee: Makoto Sato (Japan)
China  0–10  Iran
Report Mokhtari   1', 8', 13'
Boulokbashi   6', 31'
Mesigar   6'
Hosseini   10'
Nazem   13'
Moradi   14'
Akbari   19'
Pantai Batu Buruk, Kuala Terengganu
Attendance: 150
Referee: Fallah Hassan Al Balushi (Oman)
Malaysia  2–1  China
Yusof   2'
Mohamad   12'		 Report Liu   16'
Pantai Batu Buruk, Kuala Terengganu
Attendance: 715
Referee: Yuichi Hatano (Japan)
Iran  5–2  Bahrain
Ahmadzadeh   12', 15'
Behzadpour   14'
Nazem   23'
Mokhtari   28'		 Report Alabdulla   4'
Ahmed   6'
Pantai Batu Buruk, Kuala Terengganu
Attendance: 150
Referee: Suwat Wongsuwan (Thailand)

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Lebanon 2 2 0 0 0 10 4 +6 6 Knockout stage
2   Oman 2 1 0 0 1 6 6 0 3
3   Thailand 2 0 0 0 2 3 9 −6 0
4   Uzbekistan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrew
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Re-apply 2–4 if possible; 6) Total goal difference; 7) Total goals scored; 8) Penalty kicks if both teams on pitch; 9) Disciplinary points; 10) Drawing of lots (Regulations Article 10.5).[3]
Oman  3–2  Thailand
Aloraimi   29', 35' (pen.)
Al Araimi   30'		 Report Nanan   6'
Pinkaew   27'
Pantai Batu Buruk, Kuala Terengganu
Attendance: 50
Referee: Shao Liang (China)
Thailand  1–6  Lebanon
Madtoha   29' Report Grada   1'
Jalal   3'
Merhi   13'
Abdullah   26' (pen.)
Ma. Matar   27'
Sleiman   33'
Pantai Batu Buruk, Kuala Terengganu
Attendance: 120
Referee: Wan Mohamad Tarmizi (Malaysia)
Oman  3–4  Lebanon
Al Araimi   11'
Al Zadjali   22'
Salim   28'		 Report Al Zein   16'
Merhi   28', 36'
Grada   36'
Pantai Batu Buruk, Kuala Terengganu
Attendance: 100
Referee: Ebrahim Yousef Almansoori (United Arab Emirates)

Group C edit

Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   United Arab Emirates 3 3 0 0 0 19 5 +14 9 Knockout stage
2   Japan 3 2 0 0 1 29 7 +22 6
3   Iraq 3 0 0 1 2 4 19 −15 1
4   Qatar 3 0 0 0 3 3 24 −21 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Re-apply 2–4 if possible; 6) Total goal difference; 7) Total goals scored; 8) Penalty kicks if both teams on pitch; 9) Disciplinary points; 10) Drawing of lots (Regulations Article 10.5).[3]
United Arab Emirates  6–0  Iraq
Karim   2'
Mohamed   9'
Ali   12', 19'
W. Salem   16'
A. Salem   32'		 Report
Pantai Batu Buruk, Kuala Terengganu
Attendance: 75
Referee: Waleed Mohamed Abdulkarim (Bahrain)
Japan  14–0  Qatar
Oba   5'
Moreira   7', 11', 13', 25'
Goto   16', 24'
Akaguma   19', 19' (pen.), 25' (pen.)
Sakata   20', 27'
Iino   29', 31'		 Report
Pantai Batu Buruk, Kuala Terengganu
Attendance: 100
Referee: Suhaimi Bin Mat Hussan (Malaysia)
Qatar  1–8  United Arab Emirates
Daoud   22' Report W. Salem   3', 12'
A. Mohammad   3'
Daryaei   7'
Al-Jassim   8' (o.g.)
Mohamed   13'
A. Salem   26'
W. Mohammad   33'
Pantai Batu Buruk, Kuala Terengganu
Attendance: 50
Referee: Bakhtiyor Namazov (Uzbekistan)
Iraq  2–11  Japan
Ibrahim   16'
Mohammed   28'		 Report Oba   1', 5', 26', 35'
Akaguma   6', 9'
Goto   12'
Terukina   15'
Haraguchi   23'
Sakata   27'
Moreira   28'
Pantai Batu Buruk, Kuala Terengganu
Attendance: 50
Referee: Hassan Abed Rabbo (Lebanon)
Iraq  2–2 (a.e.t.)  Qatar
Naji   8'
Al-Jassim   11' (o.g.)		 Report Daoud   14', 28'
Penalties
Hatem  
Naji  
Abdulzahra  		 3–2   Al-Romaihi
  Jafar
  Al-Enazi
Pantai Batu Buruk, Kuala Terengganu
Attendance: 70
Referee: Li Qibin (China)
Japan  4–5  United Arab Emirates
Moreira   6'
Goto   21', 29' (pen.)
Oba   36'		 Report Karim   23'
Almuntaser   24'
A. Mohammad   25'
Mohamed   31'
A. Salem   36'
Pantai Batu Buruk, Kuala Terengganu
Attendance: 80
Referee: Suhaimi Bin Mat Hassan (Malaysia)

Ranking of second-placed teams edit

To ensure equality in comparing the group runners-up, the matches against the fourth-placed and fifth-placed teams in Group A and the match against the fourth-placed team in Group C are discarded.

Pos Grp Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 C   Japan 2 1 0 0 1 15 7 +8 3 Knockout stage
2 B   Oman 2 1 0 0 1 6 6 0 3
3 A   Bahrain 2 1 0 0 1 8 9 −1 3
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Total goal difference; 3) Total goals scored; 4) Disciplinary points; 5) Drawing of lots (Regulations Article 10.6).[3]

Knockout stage edit

Bracket edit

The semi-final matchups are determined by the identity of the best runner-up:[7]

  • If best runner-up from Group A: Winner Group A vs. Winner Group C; Winner Group B vs. Runner-up Group A
  • If best runner-up from Group B: Winner Group A vs. Winner Group B; Winner Group C vs. Runner-up Group B
  • If best runner-up from Group C: Winner Group C vs. Winner Group B; Winner Group A vs. Runner-up Group C
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
10 March
 
 
  United Arab Emirates (p)4 (2)
 
11 March
 
  Lebanon4 (1)
 
  United Arab Emirates2
 
10 March
 
  Iran7
 
  Iran8
 
 
  Japan6
 
3rd place
 
 
11 March
 
 
  Lebanon3
 
 
  Japan6

Semi-finals edit

Winners qualify for 2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.

United Arab Emirates  4–4 (a.e.t.)  Lebanon
A. Salem   5' (pen.)
Mohamed   20'
A. Mohammad   24', 27'		 Report Grada   5'
Mo. Matar   24'
Merhi   25', 25'
Penalties
Mohamed  
Almuntaser  		 2–1   Al Zein
  Merhi
  Fattal
Pantai Batu Buruk, Kuala Terengganu
Attendance: 300
Referee: Turki' Abdullah Said Al Salehi (Oman)
Iran  8–6  Japan
Ahmadzadeh   4', 27'
Mesigar   11'
Mokhtari   12' (pen.), 23'
Abdollahi   14', 33'
Nazem   31'		 Report Goto   3', 36'
Akaguma   9', 29'
Oba   11'
Moreira   13'
Pantai Batu Buruk, Kuala Terengganu
Attendance: 410
Referee: Bakhtiyor Namazov (Uzbekistan)

Third place match edit

Winner qualifies for 2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.

Lebanon  3–6  Japan
Fattal   16', 28'
Merhi   25'		 Report Goto   2', 16', 27', 36'
Haraguchi   12'
Oba   31'
Pantai Batu Buruk, Kuala Terengganu
Attendance: 340
Referee: Ebrahim Yousef Almansoori (United Arab Emirates)

Final edit

United Arab Emirates  2–7  Iran
Jamal   20'
Mohamed   22'		 Report Mesigar   2', 18'
Hosseini   3'
Mokhtari   10', 35'
Akbari   24'
Nazem   32'
Pantai Batu Buruk, Kuala Terengganu
Attendance: 640
Referee: Shao Liang (China)

Awards edit

Winners edit

 2017 AFC Beach Soccer
champions 
 
Iran
Second title

Individual awards edit

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.[8][9]

Most valuable player
  Mohammad Ali Mokhtari
Top scorer
  Mohammad Ali Mokhtari (12 goals)
Fair play award
  Iran

Top goalscorers edit

12 goals
  •   Mohammad Ali Mokhtari
11 goals
  •   Takasuke Goto
9 goals
  •   Raof Qaderi
  •   Farid Boulokbashi
8 goals
  •   Takaaki Oba
7 goals
  •   Moslem Mesigar
  •   Takuya Akaguya
  •   Ozu Moreira
6 goals
  •   Ali Nazem
  •   Mohamad Merhi

Source: AFC[10]

Final ranking edit

Qualified for the 2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
Rank Team
    Iran
    United Arab Emirates
    Japan
4   Lebanon
5–12   Afghanistan
  Bahrain
  China
  Iraq
  Malaysia
  Oman
  Qatar
  Thailand

Summary edit

Pos Team Pld W WE WP L GF GA Dif Pts
1   Iran 6 6 0 0 0 50 11 +39 18
2   United Arab Emirates 5 3 0 1 1 25 16 +9 10
3   Japan 5 3 0 0 2 41 18 +23 9
4   Lebanon 4 2 0 0 2 17 14 +3 6
5   Bahrain 4 3 0 0 1 19 14 +5 9
6   Afghanistan 4 2 0 0 2 17 17 0 6
7   Oman 2 1 0 0 1 6 6 0 3
8   Malaysia 4 1 0 0 3 10 26 -16 3
9   Iraq 3 0 0 1 2 4 19 -15 1
10   Thailand 2 0 0 0 2 3 9 -6 0
11   Qatar 3 0 0 0 3 3 24 -21 0
12   China 4 0 0 0 4 3 24 -21 0

Qualified teams for FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup edit

The following three teams from AFC qualified for the 2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.[11]

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament1
only FIFA-sanctioned era (since 2005)
  Iran 10 March 2017 6 (2006, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2013, 2015)
  United Arab Emirates 10 March 2017 4 (2007, 2008, 2009, 2013)
  Japan 11 March 2017 8 (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015)
1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

References edit

  1. ^ "Asian Beach Soccer Games postponed from January to March". Afghanistan Football Federation. Archived from the original on 2017-01-10. Retrieved 2016-12-28.
  2. ^ "AFC Calendar of Competitions 2017" (PDF). AFC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 April 2017.
  3. ^ a b c d e "AFC Beach Soccer Championship 2017 Competition Regulations". AFC. Archived from the original on 1 March 2018.
  4. ^ "Stage set for AFC Beach Soccer Championship 2017 draw". the-AFC.com. 8 January 2017.
  5. ^ "AFC Beach Soccer Championship Malaysia 2017 draw concluded". AFC. 10 January 2017.
  6. ^ "AFC Beach Soccer Championship 2017 Draw". YouTube. 10 January 2017.
  7. ^ "AFCビーチサッカー選手権 マレーシア2017" (in Japanese). Japan Football Association.
  8. ^ "Iran's Mokhtari wins MVP and Top Scorer accolades". AFC. 11 March 2017.
  9. ^ "Iran cruise to second Asian title on sand". FIFA.com. 13 March 2017. Archived from the original on March 13, 2017.
  10. ^ "Top Goal Scorers – 2017 AFC Beach Soccer Championship". the-afc.com. AFC. Archived from the original on 2018-03-27. Retrieved 2018-03-27.
  11. ^ "Iran, UAE and Japan claim Bahamas tickets". FIFA.com. 11 March 2017. Archived from the original on March 11, 2017.

External links edit

  • AFC Beach Soccer Championship, the-AFC.com
  • AFC Beach Soccer Championship 2017 Archived 2017-01-13 at the Wayback Machine at Beachsoccer.com
  • AFC Beach Soccer Championship 2017, stats.the-AFC.com
  • Technical Report and Statistics, the AFC

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