| Tourney Name: | AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup |
| Year: | 2023 |
| Other Titles: | ฟุตบอลชายหาดเอเชียนคัพ 2023 |
| Size: | 220px |
| Country: | Thailand |
| City: | Pattaya |
| Dates: | 16–26 March |
| Num Teams: | 16 |
| Confederations: | 1 |
| Venues: | Jomtien Beach Arena |
| Cities: | 1 |
| Count: | 3 |
| Matches: | 32 |
| Goals: | 249 |
| Top Scorer: | [1] |
| Player: | Moslem Mesigar[2] |
| Goalkeeper: | [3] |
| Prevseason: | 2019 |
| Nextseason: | 2025 |
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]
A total of 16 teams entered the tournament.
| Team | data-sort-type="number" | Appearance | Previous best performance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4th | Group stage (2013, 2017, 2019) | ||
| 9th | (2006) | ||
| 10th | (2006, 2008) | ||
| 10th | (2013, 2017) | ||
| 2nd | Group stage (2011) | ||
| 10th | (2009, 2011, 2019) | ||
| 4th | Group stage (2011, 2015, 2019) | ||
| 2nd | Group stage (2019) | ||
| 5th | (2015, 2017) | ||
| 3rd | Quarter-finals (2019) | ||
| 7th | (2015) | ||
| 3rd | 4th place (2019) | ||
| 2nd | Group stage (2013) | ||
| (hosts) | 5th | Group stage (2013, 2015, 2017, 2019) | |
| 9th | (2007, 2008) | ||
| 6th | Quarter-finals (2011, 2015) |
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]
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The following teams qualified for the world cup.[9] [10] [11]
| Team | Qualified on | data-sort-type="number" | Previous appearances in FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup only FIFA era (since 2005) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 (2007, 2008, 2009, 2013, 2017, 2019, 2021) | |||
| 7 (2006, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017) | |||
| 11 (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021) | |||
| 4 (2011, 2015, 2019, 2021) |
• Bold indicates champions for that year.
•• Italic indicates hosts for that year.