The India national beach soccer team represents

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

in international

beach soccer Beach soccer, also known as beach football, sand football or beasal, is a variant of association football played on a beach or some form of sand. Whilst football has been played informally on beaches, the introduction of ''beach soccer'' was an a ...

competitions and is controlled by the

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, the governing body for football in

. So far the team has participated at the

2007 AFC Beach Soccer Championship The 2007 AFC Beach Soccer championship also known as the 2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualifiers for (AFC) was the second beach soccer championship for Asia, held in August 2007, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The United Arab Emirates won the ...

and at the

2008 Asian Beach Games The 2008 Asian Beach Games or ABG 2008 ( id, Pesta Olahraga Pantai Asia 2008, Pesta Olahraga Pantai Asia Dua Ribu Delapan), officially the 1st Asian Beach Games ( id, Pesta Olahraga Pantai Asia Pertama) and commonly as Bali 2008 ( id, Bali 2008, B ...

Performances

2007 AFC Beach Soccer Championship

India was placed in group with

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

and

United Arab Emirates The United Arab Emirates (UAE; ar, اَلْإِمَارَات الْعَرَبِيَة الْمُتَحِدَة ), or simply the Emirates ( ar, الِْإمَارَات ), is a country in Western Asia (The Middle East). It is located at th ...

in the 2007 AFC Beach Soccer Championship. India lost both the matches and ended third in group 1.

2008 Asian Beach Games

India was placed in the Group D at 2008 Asian Beach Games.

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and

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were the other teams in Group D. India lost all of their matches and ended fourth in the group. The best match was against

where India lost in penalties (3–2). ---- ---- ----

References

External links

India for the 2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Football Qualyfiers (kolkatafootball.com)

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 2007 Asian Qualifiers Dubai
{{AFC beach soccer teams

Asian national beach soccer teams

Performances

2007 AFC Beach Soccer Championship

2008 Asian Beach Games

See also

References

External links