2017 AFC Beach Soccer Championship
The 2017 AFC Beach Soccer Championship was a beach soccer tournament which took 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 qualified for the 2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in the Bahamas.
Participating teams and draw
The following 14 teams entered the tournament. Myanmar initially entered but decided to withdraw prior to the draw.| Pot [|1] | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 | Pot 5 |
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.Uzbekistan withdrew in the days prior to the start of the group stage.
All times are local, MYT.
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
Third place match
Winner qualifies for 2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.Final
Awards
Winners
Individual awards
The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.| Most valuable player |
 Mohammad Ali Mokhtari |
| Top scorer |
| Mohammad Ali Mokhtari |
| Fair play award |
Top goalscorers
;12 goals- Mohammad Ali Mokhtari
;9 goals
- Raof Qaderi
- Farid Boulokbashi
- Takaaki Oba
- Moslem Mesigar
- Takuya Akaguya
- Ozu Moreira
- Ali Nazem
- Mohamad Merhi
Final ranking
| Rank | Team |
| 4 | |
| 5–12 | |
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| 5–12 |
Summary
Qualified teams for FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
The following three teams from AFC qualified for the 2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.| Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in tournament1 only FIFA-sanctioned era |