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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 country	Malaysia
City	Kuala Terengganu
Dates	4–11 March
Teams	13 (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 played	23
Goals scored	198 (8.61 per match)
Attendance	6,720 (292 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Mohammad Ali Mokhtari (12 goals)
Best player(s)	Mohammad Ali Mokhtari
Fair play award	Iran
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Participating teams and draw

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

Afghanistan
Bahrain
China
Iran
Iraq
Japan
Lebanon
Malaysia (hosts)
Myanmar (withdrew)
Oman
Qatar
Thailand
United Arab Emirates
Uzbekistan

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)
Oman Japan Iran	Lebanon United Arab Emirates Bahrain	Uzbekistan China Iraq	Thailand Qatar	Afghanistan Malaysia

Group stage

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

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

4 March 2017

14:30

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)

4 March 2017

16:00

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)

5 March 2017

14:30

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)

5 March 2017

16:00

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)

6 March 2017

14:30

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)

6 March 2017

16:00

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)

7 March 2017

14:30

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)

7 March 2017

16:00

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)

8 March 2017

14:30

Malaysia	2–1	China
Yusof 2' Mohamad 12'	Report	Liu 16'

Pantai Batu Buruk, Kuala Terengganu

Attendance: 715

Referee: Yuichi Hatano (Japan)

8 March 2017

16:00

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

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]

6 March 2017

13:00

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)

7 March 2017

13:00

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)

8 March 2017

13:00

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

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	Knockout stage
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]

6 March 2017

10:00

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)

6 March 2017

11:30

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)

7 March 2017

10:00

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)

7 March 2017

11:30

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)

8 March 2017

10:00

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)

8 March 2017

11:30

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

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

Bracket

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-finals				Final

	10 March

	United Arab Emirates (p)	4 (2)
					11 March
	Lebanon	4 (1)
					United Arab Emirates	2
	10 March
					Iran	7
	Iran	8

	Japan	6
					3rd place

					11 March

					Lebanon	3

					Japan	6

Semi-finals

Winners qualify for 2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.

10 March 2017

15:00

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)

10 March 2017

16:30

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

Winner qualifies for 2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.

11 March 2017

14:00

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

11 March 2017

16:00

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

Winners

2017 AFC Beach Soccer champions
Iran Second title

Individual awards

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

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

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

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

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

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

External links

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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