2025 AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup
The 2025 AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup is the eleventh edition of the AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup, the premier beach soccer tournament contested by Asian men's national teams, organised by the Asian Football Confederation.
The tournament is taking place in Pattaya, Thailand. The championship also acts as the qualification tournament for Asian teams for the 2025 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, to be held in Seychelles. The top three teams qualify for the World Cup.
Iran are the defending champions.
Teams
A total of 16 teams are competing in the tournament.| Team | Appearance | Previous best performance |
| 5th | ||
| 10th | ||
| 11th | ||
| 11th | ||
| 2nd | ||
| 3rd | ||
| 6th | ||
| 11th | ||
| 5th | ||
| 6th | ||
| 4th | ||
| 8th | ||
| 3rd | ||
| 6th | ||
| 2nd | ||
| 10th |
Draw
The draw of the tournament was held on 19 December 2024 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four teams. The teams were seeded according to their performance in the 2023 AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup, with the hosts Thailand automatically seeded and assigned to Position A1 in the draw.| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
Group stage
Points are earned for the following results:- 3 points for a win in regulation time
- 2 points for a win in extra time
- 1 point for a win in a penalty shoot-out
- no points for a loss.
| Tie-breaking criteria |
The ranking of teams in the group stage was determined as follows:
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Group A
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Group B
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Group C
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Group D
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Knockout stage
Quarter-finals
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Semi-finals
Winners qualified for the 2025 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.----
Third-place match
Winners qualified for the 2025 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.Awards
- Most Valuable Player: Ali Mirshekari
- Best Goalkeeper: Seyed mahdi Mirjalili
| 2025 AFC Beach Soccer Championship winners |
Iran 4th title |
Qualified teams for FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
The following teams qualified for the world cup.| Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup only FIFA era |
| 29 March 2025 | 8 | |
| 29 March 2025 | 5 | |
| 30 March 2025 | 12 |