Dates 4–11 March 2017 | Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city) | |
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Teams 13 (from 1 confederation) | ||
The 2017 AFC Beach Soccer Championship will be a beach soccer tournament which will take place between 4–11 March 2017 in Malaysia. The tournament was originally scheduled for 21–29 January 2017, but was postponed. The top three teams will qualify for the 2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in the Bahamas.
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Participating teams and draw
The following 14 teams entered the tournament. Myanmar initially entered but withdrew prior to the draw.
The draw of the tournament was held on 10 January 2017, 15:00 UTC+8, at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 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 2015 AFC Beach Soccer Championship.
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.
All times are local, MYT (UTC+8).
Ranking of second-placed teams
To ensure equality in comparing the group runners-up, the match against the fifth-placed team in Group A is discarded.
Bracket
The semi-final matchups are determined by the identity of the best runner-up:
Semi-finals
Winners qualify for 2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.
Third place match
Winner qualifies for 2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.