2017 AFC Beach Soccer Championship
Tourney nameAFC Beach Soccer Championship
Year2017
Other titlesKejohanan Bola Sepak Pantai AFC 2017
Size250px
CountryMalaysia
CityKuala Terengganu
Dates4–11 March
Num teams13
Confederations1
Venues1
Cities1
Count2
Matches23
Goals198
Attendance6720
Top scorerMohammad Ali Mokhtari (12 goals)
PlayerMohammad Ali Mokhtari
Prevseason2015
Nextseason2019

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]

Participating teams and draw

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

  • (hosts)
  • (withdrew)

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 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4Pot 5 (unranked)

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

Group B

Group C

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.

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

Winners qualify for 2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.

Third place match

Winner qualifies for 2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.

Awards

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

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
RankTeam
4
5–12

Summary

RankTeamMWWEWPLGFGAGDPoints
1style=text-align:left;660005011+3918
2style=text-align:left;530112516+910
3style=text-align:left;530024118+239
4style="text-align:left;420021714+36
5style=text-align:left;430011914+59
6style=text-align:left;42002171706
7style=text-align:left;210016603
8style=text-align:left;410031026-163
9style=text-align:left;30012419-151
10style=text-align:left;2000239-60
11style=text-align:left;30003324-210
12style=text-align:left;40004324-210

Qualified teams for FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

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

TeamQualified onPrevious appearances in tournament1
only FIFA-sanctioned era (since 2005)
10 March 20176 (2006, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2013, 2015)
10 March 20174 (2007, 2008, 2009, 2013)
11 March 20178 (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015)
1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

References

  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 on 10 April 2017.
  3. ^ "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.