The Thailand national beach soccer team represents Thailand in international beach soccer.
In 2002, Thailand made a 4th-place finish in Brazil after losing third-place playoff final against Uruguay. The team were drawn into group A alongside Brazil and managed to beat France and Spain to reach the semifinal and lost 3–2 to Portugal. Thailand's goalkeeper Vilard Normcharoen was voted goalkeeper of the tournament.
In the 2005 edition, Thailand were again drawn into the same group as Brazil and Spain but they found goals hard to come by and finished bottom of group A.
FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup record | |||||||||
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Year | Result | Position | |||||||
1995 to 2001 | did not enter | ||||||||
2002 | Fourth place | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 21 | -7 | |
2003 and 2004 | did not enter | ||||||||
2005 | 11th place | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 13 | -10 | |
2006 to 2011 | did not enter | ||||||||
2013 to 2023 | did not qualify | ||||||||
2025 | to be determined | ||||||||
Total | Fourth place | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 34 | -17 |
AFC Beach Soccer Championship record | |||||||||||||||
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Year | Result | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=25 | |||||||
2006 to 2011 | did not enter | ||||||||||||||
2013 | 13th place | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 11 | –5 | |||||||
2015 | 13th place | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 11 | –8 | |||||||
2017 | 10th place | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 | –6 | |||||||
2019 | 12th place | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 10 | –2 | |||||||
2023 | Quarter-finals | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 0 | |||||||
Total | Quarter-finals | 14 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 31 | 52 | –21 |
In 2012, FA of Thailand appointed Mr Kittipat Meesuwan as chairman of beach soccer committee, and he appointed Mr Abolfazl Khodabandehloo as technical director and Mr Shahram Danehkar as head coach. 2012 Asian Beach Games in China is their nearest aim.
Asian Beach Games record | |||||||||
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Year | Result | ||||||||
2008 | Group stage | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 11 | -4 | |
2010 | Group stage | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 29 | -21 | |
2012 | Group stage | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -4 | |
2014 | Quarter-finals | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 15 | +4 | |
2016 | Quarter-finals | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 7 | +3 | |
2023 | TBD | ||||||||
Total | Best: Quarter-Final | 18 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 48 | 70 | –22 |
AFF Beach Soccer Championship record | |||||||||||||
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Year | Result | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | ||||||
2014 | Third Place | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 14 | ||||||
2018 | Runners-up | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 16 | ||||||
2019 | Champions | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 10 | ||||||
2022 | Champions | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | ||||||
Total | Best: Champions | 16 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 69 | 44 |
Runner-Up (1): 2013
width=100 | Position! | Name | |
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Manager | Tiranan Kanchanhom | ||
Head coach | width=200 | Abolfazl Khodabandehloo |
As of October 2014.[1]