2013 AFC Beach Soccer Championship

The 2013 AFC Beach Soccer Championship was a continental beach soccer tournament which took place from 22 to 26 January 2013, at a temporary stadium and adjacent pitch on Katara Beach in Doha, Qatar. The stadium will have a capacity of 3,000 spectators.[1]

2013 AFC Beach Soccer Championship

2013 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Qualification (AFC)
Tournament details
Host country	Qatar
City	Doha
Dates	22–26 January 2013
Teams	16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Iran (1st title)
Runners-up	Japan
Third place	United Arab Emirates
Fourth place	Australia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	40
Goals scored	325 (8.13 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Moslem Mesigar (11 goals)
Best player(s)	Ozu (Osmar Moreira)
Best goalkeeper	Simon Jaeger

The two finalists and the third place play-off winner earned qualification to represent Asia at the 2013 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in Papeete, Tahiti.

Participating teams

Sixteen teams have been confirmed to be taking part in the tournament, a record number, surpassing that of the eleven teams that competed in the 2011 qualifiers.[2] The first 13 participating teams are as follows:[3]

Afghanistan*  Australia  Bahrain  China  Iran  Iraq  Japan  Lebanon

Oman  Philippines*  Palestine  Qatar  Saudi Arabia  Thailand*  United Arab Emirates  Uzbekistan

The organizers left three slots available and would announce who the three teams would be inside of two weeks after the draw. It was learned on 8 January 2013 that the Philippines have fielded a team to participate in the Asian qualifier.[4] It was also learned that Afghanistan and Thailand will also participate.[5] These newly-known entries have been indicated with a *.

Group stage

The draw to divide the teams into the following four groups was conducted on December 20, 2012 in Doha. The subsequent fixtures were determined on 10 January 2013.[3][6]

All kickoff times are listed as Qatar local time (UTC+3).

Key to colours in group tables
	Group winners advance to the semi finals

Group A

Team	Pld	W	W+	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Australia	3	2	1	0	15	11	+4	8
Oman	3	2	0	1	14	7	+7	6
Afghanistan	3	1	0	2	11	16	−5	3
Qatar	3	0	0	3	7	13	−6	0

22 January 2013

17:45

Oman	4 – 6	Australia
Al-Oraimi Al-Oraimi Ishaq Al-Balushi	Report

Pitch 1, Katara Beach, Doha

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22 January 2013

20:15

Afghanistan	7 – 3	Qatar
	Report

Pitch 1, Katara Beach, Doha

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23 January 2013

15:15

Oman	7 – 0	Afghanistan
Al-Oraimi Al-Rajhi Al-Dhabit Ishaq Al-Sinani Al-Oraimi Al-Busaidi	Report

Pitch 2, Katara Beach, Doha

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23 January 2013

20:15

Qatar	3 – 3 (a.e.t.)	Australia
	Report
Penalties
	3 – 4

Pitch 1, Katara Beach, Doha

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24 January 2013

16:30

Australia	6 – 4	Afghanistan
	Report

Pitch 1, Katara Beach, Doha

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24 January 2013

20:15

Qatar	1 – 3	Oman
	Report	Al-Dhabit Al-Oraimi Ishaq

Pitch 1, Katara Beach, Doha

Group B

Team	Pld	W	W+	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Japan	3	3	0	0	15	8	+7	9
Lebanon	3	2	0	1	16	13	+3	6
Bahrain	3	0	1	2	6	11	−5	2
Thailand	3	0	0	3	6	11	−5	0

22 January 2013

15:15

Bahrain	3 – 5	Lebanon
	Report

Pitch 2, Katara Beach, Doha

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22 January 2013

19:00

Thailand	1 – 4	Japan
	Report

Pitch 1, Katara Beach, Doha

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23 January 2013

14:00

Bahrain	1 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Thailand
	Report
Penalties
	1 – 0

Pitch 1, Katara Beach, Doha

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23 January 2013

17:45

Japan	6 – 5	Lebanon
	Report

Pitch 1, Katara Beach, Doha

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24 January 2013

14:00

Lebanon	6 – 4	Thailand
	Report

Pitch 1, Katara Beach, Doha

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24 January 2013

17:45

Japan	5 – 2	Bahrain
	Report

Pitch 1, Katara Beach, Doha

Group C

Team	Pld	W	W+	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
United Arab Emirates	3	3	0	0	18	6	+12	9
Palestine	3	1	1	1	16	12	+4	5
Saudi Arabia	3	1	0	2	13	20	−7	3
Uzbekistan	3	0	0	3	12	21	−9	0

22 January 2013

14:00

Saudi Arabia	3 – 6	United Arab Emirates
	Report

Pitch 1, Katara Beach, Doha

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22 January 2013

14:00

Uzbekistan	5 – 6 (a.e.t.)	Palestine
	Report

Pitch 2, Katara Beach, Doha

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23 January 2013

15:15

United Arab Emirates	5 – 2	Palestine
	Report

Pitch 1, Katara Beach, Doha

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23 January 2013

16:30

Uzbekistan	6 – 8	Saudi Arabia
	Report

Pitch 1, Katara Beach, Doha

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24 January 2013

15:15

Palestine	8 – 2	Saudi Arabia
	Report

Pitch 1, Katara Beach, Doha

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24 January 2013

15:15

United Arab Emirates	7 – 1	Uzbekistan
	Report

Pitch 2, Katara Beach, Doha

Group D

Team	Pld	W	W+	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Iran	3	3	0	0	34	5	+29	9
China	3	2	0	1	21	8	+13	6
Iraq	3	1	0	2	12	18	−6	3
Philippines	3	0	0	3	1	37	−36	0

22 January 2013

15:15

Philippines	0 – 20	Iran
	Report

Pitch 1, Katara Beach, Doha

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22 January 2013

16:30

China	8 – 3	Iraq
	Report

Pitch 1, Katara Beach, Doha

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23 January 2013

14:00

Iran	10 – 3	Iraq
	Report

Pitch 2, Katara Beach, Doha

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23 January 2013

19:00

China	11 – 1	Philippines
	Report

Pitch 1, Katara Beach, Doha

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24 January 2013

14:00

Iraq	6 – 0	Philippines
	Report

Pitch 2, Katara Beach, Doha

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24 January 2013

19:00

Iran	4 – 2	China
	Report

Pitch 1, Katara Beach, Doha

Playoff stage

After the group stage had concluded, a draw was held at 21:30 to determine the match-ups for all 16 teams, including the group winners, based on where the teams place.

13th Place Playoff

	Semi-finals				Final
	25 January 2013
	Philippines	2
					26 January 2013
	Uzbekistan	8
					Uzbekistan	3
	25 January 2013
					Thailand	4
	Qatar	2
	Thailand	5
					Third place
					26 January 2013
					Philippines	3
					Qatar	8

Thirteenth place semifinals

25 January 2013

14:00

Philippines	2 – 8	Uzbekistan
	Report

Pitch 1, Katara Beach, Doha

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25 January 2013

17:45

Qatar	2 – 5	Thailand
	Report

Pitch 1, Katara Beach, Doha

Fifteenth place final

26 January 2013

15:15

Philippines	3 – 8	Qatar
	Report

Pitch 1, Katara Beach, Doha

Thirteenth place final

26 January 2013

14:00

Uzbekistan	3 – 4	Thailand
	Report

Pitch 2, Katara Beach, Doha

9th Place Playoff

	Semi-finals				Final
	25 January 2013
	Iraq	3
					26 January 2013
	Saudi Arabia	0
					Iraq	1
	25 January 2013
					Bahrain	2
	Afghanistan	2
	Bahrain	5
					Third place
					26 January 2013
					Saudi Arabia	0
					Afghanistan	3

Ninth place semifinals

25 January 2013

14:00

Iraq	3 – 0	Saudi Arabia
	Report

Pitch 2, Katara Beach, Doha

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25 January 2013

15:15

Afghanistan	2 – 5	Bahrain
	Report

Pitch 1, Katara Beach, Doha

Eleventh place final

26 January 2013

15:15

Saudi Arabia	0 – 3	Afghanistan
	Report

Pitch 2, Katara Beach, Doha

Ninth place final

26 January 2013

14:00

Iraq	1 – 2	Bahrain
	Report

Pitch 1, Katara Beach, Doha

5th Place Playoff

	Semi-finals				Final
	25 January 2013
	China	2
					26 January 2013
	Palestine	5
					Palestine	3
	25 January 2013
					Oman	6
	Oman	1
	Lebanon	0
					Third place
					26 January 2013
					China	10
					Lebanon	5

Fifth place semifinals

25 January 2013

15:15

China	2 – 5	Palestine
	Report

Pitch 2, Katara Beach, Doha

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25 January 2013

16:30

Oman	1 – 0	Lebanon
Al-Alawi  6'	Report

Pitch 1, Katara Beach, Doha

Seventh place final

26 January 2013

15:15

China	10 – 5	Lebanon
	Report

Pitch 2, Katara Beach, Doha

Fifth place final

26 January 2013

16:30

Palestine	3 – 6	Oman
	Report	Al-Sinani Al-Oraimi Al-Oraimi Al-Rajhi Al-Sinani Al-Sinani

Pitch 1, Katara Beach, Doha

Championship Playoff

	Semi-finals				Final
	25 January 2013
	Iran	3
					26 January 2013
	United Arab Emirates	2
					Iran (a.e.t.)	6 (5)
	25 January 2013
					Japan	6 (4)
	Australia	1
	Japan	2
					Third place
					26 January 2013
					United Arab Emirates	3
					Australia	2

Semifinals

25 January 2013

19:00

Iran	3 – 2	United Arab Emirates
	Report

Pitch 1, Katara Beach, Doha

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25 January 2013

20:15

Australia	1 – 2	Japan
	Report

Pitch 1, Katara Beach, Doha

Third place play off

26 January 2013

17:45

United Arab Emirates	3 – 2	Australia
	Report

Pitch 1, Katara Beach, Doha

Final

26 January 2013

20:15

Iran	6 – 6 (a.e.t.)	Japan
	Report
Penalties
	5 – 4

Pitch 1, Katara Beach, Doha

Champion

2013 AFC Beach Soccer Champions
Iran First title
Seyed Peyman Hosseini, Mohammad Reza Hajipour, Mahadi Hassan Inozari, Ali Naderi, Hassan Abdollah Imobarhan, Mehran Morshedizadeh, Farid Bolokbashi, Mohammad Ahmadzadeh, Moslem Mesigar, Mohammad Ali Mokhtari, Mostafa Kiani, Amir Hossein Akbari
Coach: Marco Octavio

Awards

Best Player (MVP)
Ozu (Osmar Moreira)
Top Scorer(s)
Moslem Mesigar
(11 goals)
Best Goalkeeper
Simon Jaeger

Final standings

Rank	Team
1	Iran
2	Japan
3	United Arab Emirates
4	Australia
5	Oman
6	Palestine
7	China
8	Lebanon
9	Bahrain
10	Iraq
11	Afghanistan
12	Saudi Arabia
13	Thailand
14	Uzbekistan
15	Qatar
16	Philippines

References

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3. "13 teams to vie in Doha for World Cup ticket". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 2012-12-19.
4. jonny (2013-01-08). "Filipino Football: Philippines in Asian Beach Soccer qualifiers in Qatar". Filipinofootball.blogspot.ca. Retrieved 2013-10-20.
5. "Beach Soccer Thailand". Facebook. Retrieved 2013-10-20.
6. "Beach Soccer Worldwide". Beachsoccer.com. Archived from the original on 2013-01-23. Retrieved 2013-10-20.