The 2017 AFC Beach Soccer Championship was a

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tournament which took place between 4–11 March 2017 in

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. The tournament was originally scheduled for 21–29 January 2017, but was postponed. The top three teams qualified for the

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in the

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Participating teams and draw

The following 14 teams entered the tournament.

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initially entered but decided to withdraw prior to the draw. * * * * * * * * (hosts) * ''(withdrew)'' * * * * * The draw of the tournament was held on 10 January 2017, 15:00 UTC+8, at the AFC House in

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. The 13 teams were drawn into one group of five teams and two groups of four teams. The teams were seeded according to their results in the

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Group stage

Each team earns three points for a win in regulation time, two points for a win in extra time, one point for a win in a penalty shoot-out, and no points for a defeat. The winners from each group and the best runner-up advance to the semi-finals.

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withdrew in the days prior to the start of the group stage. All times are local, MYT ( UTC+8).

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Ranking of second-placed teams

To ensure equality in comparing the group runners-up, the matches against the fourth-placed and fifth-placed teams in Group A and the match against the fourth-placed team in Group C are discarded.

Knockout stage

Bracket

The semi-final matchups are determined by the identity of the best runner-up: *If best runner-up from Group A: Winner Group A vs. Winner Group C; Winner Group B vs. Runner-up Group A *If best runner-up from Group B: Winner Group A vs. Winner Group B; Winner Group C vs. Runner-up Group B *If best runner-up from Group C: Winner Group C vs. Winner Group B; Winner Group A vs. Runner-up Group C

Semi-finals

Winners qualify for

Third place match

Winner qualifies for

Final

Awards

Winners

Individual awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.

Top goalscorers

;12 goals * Mohammad Ali Mokhtari ;11 goals * Takasuke Goto ;9 goals * Raof Qaderi * Farid Boulokbashi ;8 goals * Takaaki Oba ;7 goals * Moslem Mesigar * Takuya Akaguya * Ozu Moreira ;6 goals * Ali Nazem * Mohamad Merhi

Final ranking

Summary

Qualified teams for FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

The following three teams from AFC qualified for the

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¹ Bold indicates champion for that year. ''Italic'' indicates host for that year.

References

External links

*, the-AFC.com
AFC Beach Soccer Championship 2017
at Beachsoccer.com
AFC Beach Soccer Championship 2017
stats.the-AFC.com
Technical Report and Statistics
the AFC {{FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Qualification Qualification AFC

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