2021 AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup

The 2021 AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup was originally to be the 10th edition (3rd official edition) of the AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup (previously the AFC Beach Soccer Championship before rebranding from 2021),[2] the premier beach soccer tournament contested by Asian men's national teams, organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).

2021 AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup
2021 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup AFC qualifier
ฟุตบอลชายหาดเอเชียนคัพ 2021
Tournament details
Host countryThailand
DatesCancelled[1]
Teams16 (expected) (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)

The tournament would originally take place in Thailand.[3][4] It was originally scheduled to be played between 18–28 March 2021. On 10 November 2020, the AFC approved the proposal to move the tournament to between 28 April to 8 May 2021 to allow teams more time to prepare for the tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[5] However, on 25 January 2021, the AFC announced the tournament had been cancelled, and Thailand would host the next edition in 2023.[1]

A total of 16 teams were originally expected to participate.[6] Japan were the defending champions.

The tournament would also have acted as the qualification tournament for Asian teams to the 2021 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in Russia; the top three teams would have qualified. It has not been confirmed by the AFC which teams and what criteria would be used to determine the AFC qualifiers for the World Cup.

Qualified teams for FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

The following three team from AFC qualify for the 2021 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup1
only FIFA era (since 2005)
TBD2021
TBD2021
TBD2021
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

References
  1. "Latest update on AFC Competitions in 2021". AFC. 25 January 2021.
  2. "AFC rebrands age group championships to AFC Asian Cups". AFC. 2 October 2020.
  3. Abou Diab, Rami (24 June 2020). "The Lebanese Beach Soccer National Team prepare for the 2021 AFC Asian Championship in Thailand". FA Lebanon. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  4. "VFF - AFC postpones AFC Women's Futsal Championship 2020 and AFC U-20 Futsal Championship 2021". VFF. 24 April 2020. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
  5. "AFC Futsal and Beach Soccer Committee approves new competition dates". AFC. 10 November 2020.
  6. "AFC Beach Soccer Championship 2021 Competition Regulations". AFC.
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