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Japan national beach soccer team

Summary

The Japan national beach soccer team represents Japan in international beach soccer competitions and is controlled by the JFA, the governing body for football in Japan. One of the leading Asian beach soccer teams, Japan's best performance at the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup was in the 2021 edition, when they were runners-up to the hosts Russia, which played as the Russian Football Union (RFU).

Japan
AssociationJapan Football Association
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Head coachTeruki Tabata
CaptainOzu Moreira
FIFA codeJPN
BSWW ranking 6 Steady (8 April 2024)[1]


First colours


Second colours
Biggest defeat
 Japan 2–15 Brazil 
(Miura, Japan; 6 July 1996)
World Cup
Appearances12 (first in 2005)
Best resultRunners-up (2021)
AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup
Appearances10 (first in 2006)
Best resultChampions (2009, 2011, 2019)

.[citation needed]

Results and fixtures edit

Legend

  Win   Draw   Lose   Fixture

2023 edit

17 March AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup GS Japan   7–0   Indonesia Pattaya, Thailand
18:30 TST (UTC+7)
  • Akaguma   2', 18'
  • Yamada   12', 23'
  • Ozu   21', 29'
  • Dwipayana   28' (o.g.)
 Report Stadium: Jomtiem Beach Arena
Referee: Suwat Wongsuwan (Thailand)
19 March AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup GS China   1–6   Japan Pattaya, Thailand
18:30 TST (UTC+7)
  • Han Xuegeng   7'
 Report
  • Yamauchi   9'
  • Shibamoto   9'
  • Oba   16'
  • Akaguma   23', 23'
  • Ito   36'
 Stadium: Jomtiem Beach Arena
Referee: Fallah Al-Balushi (Oman)
21 March AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup GS Japan   9–3   Lebanon Pattaya, Thailand
18:30 TST (UTC+7)
Report
  • Al-Saleh   28', 36'
  • Haidar   34'
 Stadium: Jomtiem Beach Arena
Referee: Waleed Mohamed Mahmood Abdulkarim (Bahrain)
23 March AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup QF Japan   8–0   Kuwait Pattaya, Thailand
18:30 TST (UTC+7)
  • Akaguma   4', 11'
  • Kibune   5', 18'
  • Ozu   15', 32'
  • Shibamoto   28'
  • Matsuo   34'
 Report Stadium: Jomtiem Beach Arena
Referee: Fallah Al-Balushi (Oman)
25 March AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup SF United Arab Emirates   1–5   Japan Pattaya, Thailand
18:30 TST (UTC+7)
  • Yaqoub   16' (pen.)
 Report
  • Oba   2'
  • Yamada   10'
  • Akaguma   27', 32'
  • Yamauchi   35'
 Stadium: Jomtiem Beach Arena
Referee: Abdulaziz Abdullah (Kuwait)
26 March AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup F Japan   0–6   Iran Pattaya, Thailand
20:00 TST (UTC+7) Report
  • Baltork   3'
  • Mirshekari   7', 36'
  • Mesigar   18'
  • Mokhtari   28'
  • Uesato   34' (o.g.)
 Stadium: Jomtiem Beach Arena
Referee: Turki Al-Salehi (Oman)
26 May World Beach Games Qualif. SF Japan   3–4   Iran Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
19:15 UTC+3
Report
  • Hassanabad   3'
  • Mesigar   13', 19', 33'
 Stadium: Alhamra Beach Stadium
Referee: Hassan Abed Rabbo (Lebanon)
27 May World Beach Games Qualif. 3rd/4th Saudi Arabia   3–6   Japan Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
19:15 UTC+3
  • Al-Yami   13'
  • Shamhani   18'
  • Dakman   28'
 Report
  • Ozu   6'
  • Matsuo   8'
  • Miyama   11', 21', 29'
  • Oba   19'
 Stadium: Alhamra Beach Stadium
Referee: Waleed Mohamed Mahmood Abdulkarim (Bahrain)
14 October Friendly Japan   6–1   Saudi Arabia Sennan, Osaka
14:00 UTC+9
  • Kibune   5'
  • Oba   8', 9'
  • Yamada   24'
  • Furusato   29'
  • Otani   34'
 Report
  • Tumayhi   18'
 Stadium: Sennan Long Park Tarui Southern Beach
Attendance: 350
Referee: Suwat Songsuwan (Thailand)
15 October Friendly Japan   5–1   Saudi Arabia Sennan, Osaka
14:00 UTC+9
Report
  • Al-Duoasri   28'
 Stadium: Sennan Long Park Tarui Southern Beach
Attendance: 550
Referee: Suwat Songsuwan (Thailand)
25 October Neom Beach Soccer Cup GS Germany   2–4   Japan Neom, Saudi Arabia
14:00 UTC+3
  • Petry   22'
  • Peterson   30'
 Report
Stadium: Gayal Beach
Referee: Attila Balint (Romania)
26 October Neom Beach Soccer Cup GS Japan   7–0   England Neom, Saudi Arabia
17:00 UTC+3
  • Oba   1'
  • Ozu   5'
  • Miyama   9', 23'
  • Yamada   13'
  • Shibamoto   17'
  • Akaguma   31'
 Report Stadium: Gayal Beach
Referee: Abdulaziz Abdullah (Kuwait)
27 October Neom Beach Soccer Cup GS Japan   5–1   Saudi Arabia Neom, Saudi Arabia
21:00 UTC+3
Report
  • Al-Duoasri   1'
 Stadium: Gayal Beach
Referee: Ozcan Sultanoglu (Turkey)
28 October Neom Beach Soccer Cup
Final		 Brazil   5–2   Japan Neom, Saudi Arabia
20:00 UTC+3
  • Mauricinho   15'
  • Brendo   18', 25'
  • Catarino   21'
  • Edson Hulk   34'
 Report
  • Yamauchi   10'
  • Kibune   17'
 Stadium: Gayal Beach
Referee: Abdulla Saleh Qasim (Iraq)
2 November Friendly Japan   4–1   Morocco Dubai, United Arab Emirates
19:30 UTC+4
  • Miyama   7'
  • Oba   10', 44'
  • Matsuo   26'
 Report
Stadium: UAEFA
  • Fixtures & Results (2023), JFA.jp

Coaching staff edit

Current coaching staff edit

As of 21 September 2022[2]
Role Name
Player/Head Coach   Ozu Moreira (JFA National Coaching Staff/Tokyo Verdy BS)
Assistant coach   Teruki Tabata (JFA National Coaching Staff/Veertien Mie BS)
Physical Coach   Akihiro Tanaka (JFA Physical Fitness Project)
  • Source: Coaches

Manager history edit

Players edit

Current squad edit

The following players were called up for the NEOM Beach Soccer Cup and a UAE Tour, held from October to November 2023.[3] Takuya Akaguma was eventually forced to leave the squad due to an injury, announced on 31 October.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Club
12 1GK Shinya Shibamoto (1988-05-06) 6 May 1988 (age 35)   Tokyo Verdy
16 1GK Takeru Furusato   Loewe Yokohama
1 1GK Yusuke Kawai (2000-08-02) 2 August 2000 (age 23)   Tokyo Verdy
2 FP Ryunosuke Miyama (1994-09-06) 6 September 1994 (age 29)   Tokyo Verdy
3 FP Yuki Kibune (1993-10-27) 27 October 1993 (age 30)   Averdade Kumamoto
4 FP Kosuke Matsuda (1986-09-26) 26 September 1986 (age 37)   Loewe Yokohama
5 FP Takumi Uesato (1990-04-29) 29 April 1990 (age 33)   Tokyo Verdy
6 FP Takuya Akaguma (1989-11-21) 21 November 1989 (age 34)   Lazo Apego Kitakyushu
7 FP Takaaki Oba (1992-12-24) 24 December 1992 (age 31)   Loewe Yokohama
8 FP Naoya Matsuo (1988-08-18) 18 August 1988 (age 35)   Averdade Kumamoto
9 FP Shusei Yamauchi (1985-09-09) 9 September 1985 (age 38)   Tokyo Verdy
10 FP Ozu Moreira (1986-01-21) 21 January 1986 (age 38)   Tokyo Verdy
18 FP Rikuto Otani   Loewe Yokohama
19 FP Takahito Yamada (1996-01-04) 4 January 1996 (age 28)   Tokyo Verdy

Previous squads edit

Competitive record edit

Beach Soccer World Championships edit

Beach Soccer World Championships
Year Round Pos Pld W W+ L GF GA GD
  1995 did not enter
  1996
  1997 Group stage 8th 3 0 0 3 5 21 −16
  1998 did not enter
  1999 Quarterfinals 8th 3 1 0 2 15 21 −6
  2000 Fourth place 4th 5 2 1 2 16 22 –6
  2001 did not enter
  2002
  2003 Group stage 7th 3 0 0 3 4 14 −10
  2004 did not enter
Total 0 titles 4/10 14 3 1 10 40 78 –38

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup edit

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Qualification (AFC)
Year Round Pos Pld W W+ L GF GA GD Round Pos Pld W W+ L GF GA GD
  2005 Fourth place 4th 5 2 0 3 10 24 –14 No qualification matches
  2006 Quarterfinals 8th 4 1 0 3 17 25 −8 Runners-up 2nd 4 3 0 1 29 10 +19
  2007 Group stage 15th 3 0 0 3 6 13 −7 Runners-up 2nd 4 2 0 2 18 19 –1
  2008 Group stage 15th 3 0 0 3 5 18 −13 Runners-up 2nd 4 2 1 1 19 8 +11
  2009 Quarterfinals 5th 4 2 1 1 16 11 +5 Champions 1st 4 3 0 1 16 10 +6
  2011 Group stage 14th 3 0 0 3 6 10 −4 Champions 1st 5 4 0 1 23 13 +10
  2013 Quarterfinals 7th 4 1 1 2 11 12 −1 Runners-up 2nd 5 4 0 1 23 15 +8
  2015 Quarterfinals 7th 4 2 0 2 12 13 −1 Runners-up 2nd 6 5 0 1 24 12 +12
  2017 Group stage 10th 3 1 0 2 15 17 −2 Third place 3rd 5 3 0 2 41 18 +23
  2019 Fourth place 4th 6 4 0 2 24 20 +4 Champions 1st 6 4 2 0 32 8 +25
  2021 Runners-up 2nd 6 4 0 2 24 25 –1 Cancelled[a]
  2024 Quarterfinals TBD 3 2 0 2 14 17 –3 Runners-up 2nd 6 5 0 1 35 11 +24
  2025 to be determined to be determined
Total 0 titles 12/12 49 19 2 28 160 123 +37 3 titles 10/10 49 30 3 11 260 123 +137
  1. ^ The Asian qualifiers were originally due to take place in Thailand from 18–28 March 2021.[4][5] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, they were initially postponed to between 28 April and 8 May,[6] and were subsequently cancelled entirely in January 2021.[7] In place of the qualifiers, the AFC handpicked their three representatives to go to the World Cup on 21 April, choosing the best performing nations over the course of the previous three editions of the AFC Beach Soccer Championship.[8]

AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup edit

AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup
Year Round Pos Pld W W+ L GF GA GD
  2006 Runners-up 2nd 4 3 0 1 29 10 +19
  2007 Runners-up 2nd 4 2 0 2 18 19 −1
  2008 Runners-up 2nd 4 2 1 1 19 8 +11
  2009 Champions 1st 4 3 0 1 16 10 +6
  2011 Champions 1st 5 4 0 1 23 13 +10
  2013 Runners-up 2nd 5 4 0 1 23 15 +8
  2015 Runners-up 2nd 6 5 0 1 24 12 +12
  2017 Third place 3rd 5 3 0 2 41 18 +23
Total 2 titles 8/8 26 0 1 10 194 105 +89

Asian Beach Games edit

Asian Beach Games
Year Round Pos Pld W W+ L GF GA GD
  2008 did not enter
  2010 Quarterfinal – 4 2 0 2 14 7 +7
  2012 Quarterfinal – 4 2 0 2 11 9 +2
  2014 Runners-up 2nd 5 3 0 2 22 11 +11
  2016 Champions 1st 5 4 1 0 34 12 +22
Total 1 title 4/5 18 11 1 6 81 39 +42

Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup edit

Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup
Year Round Pos Pld W W+ L GF GA GD
  2011 Did Not Enter
  2012 7th place 7th 3 0 0 3 14 19 −5
  2013 Did Not Enter
  2014 7th place 7th 5 2 0 3 19 22 −3
  2015 Did Not Enter
  2016
Total 0 titles 2/6 8 2 0 6 33 41 −8

Continental Beach Soccer Tournament edit

Continental Beach Soccer Tournament
Year Round Pos Pld W W+ L GF GA GD
  2016 Third place 3 3 2 0 1 21 13 +8
Total 0 titles 1/1 3 2 0 1 21 13 +8

World ranking edit

  • Source: Beach Soccer Worldwide

See also edit

Japan
Men's
Women's

References edit

  1. ^ "BSWW world ranking". beachsoccer.com. 8 April 2024. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
  2. ^ "Japan Beach Soccer National Team squad - International Friendly Match vs Ukraine (9/27-10/2＠Hyogo)". Japan Football Association (JFA). 21 September 2022. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
  3. ^ "Japan Beach Soccer National Team squad & schedule - NEOM Beach Soccer Cup 2023 & UAE Tour (10/21-29＠Saudi Arabia, 10/30-11/4＠UAE)". jfa.jp. Japan Football Association (JFA). 18 October 2023.
  4. ^ "AFC Competitions Calendar 2021". the-afc.com. Asian Football Confederation. 5 December 2019.
  5. ^ "AFC postpones AFC Women's Futsal Championship 2020 and AFC U-20 Futsal Championship 2021". en.vff.org.vn. Vietnam Football Federation. 24 April 2020. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  6. ^ "AFC Futsal and Beach Soccer Committee approves new competition dates". AFC. 10 November 2020.
  7. ^ "Latest update on AFC Competitions in 2021". AFC. 25 January 2021.
  8. ^ "Latest update on AFC representatives for upcoming FIFA competitions". AFC. 21 April 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2021.

External links edit

  • (in English) Japan at JFA.jp
  • Japan at BSWW
  • (in Russian) Japan at Beach Soccer Russia

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