AFC sets 2028 dates for expanded Futsal championships and Beach Soccer finals

April 1 – Following on from success of the AFC’s Beach Soccer finals in Thailand last week, dates for the next editions of the Beach Soccer and Futsal Asian Cups have been announced by the AFC Futsal & Beach Soccer Committee.

The next edition of the Beach Soccer Asian Cup will see qualifiers played at the end of May 2026 with the finals in Indonesia in November.

As well as confirming the dates for the next men’s and women’s Futsal championship in 2028, the AFC said that both competition will for the first time have separate qualifying rounds for a finals tournament.

Iran currently hold all three titles in Beach Soccer and Futsal concurrently.

The competitions committee also discussed bringing back the AFC Club Futsal Championships, but left the final decision to the AFC executive.

AFC Beach Soccer and Futsal championship calendar
•    AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup™ 2026 Qualifiers – May 23 to 31, 2026
•    AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup™ 2026 Finals – November 18 to 28, 2026
•    AFC Futsal Asian Cup™ 2028 Qualifiers – September 7 to 15, 2027
•    AFC Futsal Asian Cup™ 2028 Finals – January 25 to February 5, 2028
•    AFC Women’s Futsal Asian Cup™ 2028 Qualifiers – November 13 to 21, 2027
•    AFC Women’s Futsal Asian Cup™ 2028 Finals – June 13 to 24, 2028
•    AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup™ 2028 Qualifiers – June 3 to 11, 2028
•    AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup™ 2028 Finals – November 1 to 11, 2028

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