AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup

The championship was established in 2006 by Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW) under the title, FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup AFC qualifier; after FIFA made it a requirement for all confederations to begin holding qualification tournaments to determine the best national team(s) in their region who would proceed to represent their continent in the upcoming World Cup (previously, nations were simply invited to play, without having to earn their place). BSWW organised the first six editions. During this time it also became informally known by the misnomer, the AFC Beach Soccer Championship. In 2015, the Asia's governing body for football, the AFC adopted the competition and branded it using its informal title in an official capacity; they jointly organised that year's edition with BSWW. Since 2017, the AFC have been sole organisers. For 2021, the competition was renamed as the AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup, bringing it in line with the naming of other AFC senior national tournaments. ==Results==

For all tournaments, the top three teams qualified for the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup (except for 2009, when only the top two teams qualified as one of the AFC spots was automatically given to the World Cup hosts, United Arab Emirates). ==Teams reaching the top four==

Points: W = 3 points / WE = 2 points / WP = 1 points / L = 0 points ==Awards==

By category By nationality ==Team of the tournament==

Since 2017, the competition's Technical Study Group have produced a post-tournament report including a dream and reserve "team of the tournament". ==Appearances and performance timeline==

The following is a performance timeline of the teams who have appeared in the AFC Beach Soccer Championship and how many appearances they each have made. ;Legend • – Champions • – Runners-up • – Third place • – Fourth place • 5th–16th – Fifth to sixteenth place • Q – Qualified for upcoming tournament • × – Did not enter • •• – Entered but withdrew • – Hosts • Apps – No. of appearances ;Timeline ==Performance of qualifiers at the World Cup==

The following is a performance timeline of the AFC teams who have appeared in the Beach Soccer World Cup since being sanctioned by FIFA in 2005. ;Legend • – Champions • – Runners-up • – Third place • – Fourth place • – Hosts • QF – Quarter-finals • R1 – Round 1 (group stage) • q – Qualified for upcoming tournament • Total – Total times qualified for World Cup ;Notes ==See also==