The 2023 AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup was the 10th edition (3rd official) of the
AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup (previously the AFC Beach Soccer Championship before rebranding in 2021),[4] the premier
beach soccer tournament contested by Asian men's national teams, organised by the
Asian Football Confederation (AFC).
The tournament took place in
Pattaya, Thailand. The championship also acted as the qualification tournament for Asian teams for the
2023 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, to be held in the
United Arab Emirates. The top three teams qualified for the World Cup, including the
United Arab Emirates who automatically qualified as the host.
Japan was the defending champion but lost to Iran in the final.[5][6]
The draw of the tournament was held on 19 January 2023 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[7] The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four teams. The teams were seeded according to their performance in the
2019 AFC Beach Soccer Championship final tournament, with the hosts Thailand automatically seeded and assigned to Position A1 in the draw.[8]
1 No qualifiers took place as the representatives were selected by the confederation. 2 CONCACAF and CONMEBOL held a joint championship for qualification. 3 Qualification was achieved through the
Euro Beach Soccer League. (p) This indicates an additional play-off round, supplement to the main qualification event.