Japan
AssociationJapan Football Association
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Head coachTeruki Tabata
CaptainOzu Moreira
FIFA codeJPN
BSWW ranking 6 Decrease (31 December 2020)[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)

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 second place in 2021.[citation needed]

Results and fixtures

See also: 2024 in Japanese football
Legend

  Win   Draw   Lose   Fixture

2023

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)
Report
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
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
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

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

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

Manager history

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Players

See also: Category:Japanese beach soccer players

Current squad

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) Japan Tokyo Verdy
16 1GK Takeru Furusato Japan Loewe Yokohama
1 1GK Yusuke Kawai (2000-08-02) 2 August 2000 (age 23) Japan Tokyo Verdy
2 FP Ryunosuke Miyama (1994-09-06) 6 September 1994 (age 29) Japan Tokyo Verdy
3 FP Yuki Kibune (1993-10-27) 27 October 1993 (age 30) Japan Averdade Kumamoto
4 FP Kosuke Matsuda (1986-09-26) 26 September 1986 (age 37) Japan Loewe Yokohama
5 FP Takumi Uesato (1990-04-29) 29 April 1990 (age 33) Japan Tokyo Verdy
6 FP Takuya Akaguma (1989-11-21) 21 November 1989 (age 34) Japan Lazo Apego Kitakyushu
7 FP Takaaki Oba (1992-12-24) 24 December 1992 (age 31) Japan Loewe Yokohama
8 FP Naoya Matsuo (1988-08-18) 18 August 1988 (age 35) Japan Averdade Kumamoto
9 FP Shusei Yamauchi (1985-09-09) 9 September 1985 (age 38) Japan Tokyo Verdy
10 FP Ozu Moreira (1986-01-21) 21 January 1986 (age 38) Japan Tokyo Verdy
18 FP Rikuto Otani Japan Loewe Yokohama
19 FP Takahito Yamada (1996-01-04) 4 January 1996 (age 28) Japan Tokyo Verdy

Previous squads

Competitive record

Beach Soccer World Championships

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

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

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
Brazil 2005 Fourth place 4th 5 2 0 3 10 24 –14 No qualification matches
Brazil 2006 Quarterfinals 8th 4 1 0 3 17 25 −8 Runners-up 2nd 4 3 0 1 29 10 +19
Brazil 2007 Group stage 15th 3 0 0 3 6 13 −7 Runners-up 2nd 4 2 0 2 18 19 –1
France 2008 Group stage 15th 3 0 0 3 5 18 −13 Runners-up 2nd 4 2 1 1 19 8 +11
United Arab Emirates 2009 Quarterfinals 5th 4 2 1 1 16 11 +5 Champions 1st 4 3 0 1 16 10 +6
Italy 2011 Group stage 14th 3 0 0 3 6 10 −4 Champions 1st 5 4 0 1 23 13 +10
French Polynesia 2013 Quarterfinals 7th 4 1 1 2 11 12 −1 Runners-up 2nd 5 4 0 1 23 15 +8
Portugal 2015 Quarterfinals 7th 4 2 0 2 12 13 −1 Runners-up 2nd 6 5 0 1 24 12 +12
The Bahamas 2017 Group stage 10th 3 1 0 2 15 17 −2 Third place 3rd 5 3 0 2 41 18 +23
Paraguay 2019 Fourth place 4th 6 4 0 2 24 20 +4 Champions 1st 6 4 2 0 32 8 +25
Russia 2021 Runners-up 2nd 6 4 0 2 24 25 –1 Cancelled[a]
United Arab Emirates 2023 qualified Runners-up 2nd 6 5 0 1 35 11 +24
Seychelles 2025 to be determined to be determined
Total 0 titles 11/11 45 17 2 26 146 106 –42 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

AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup
Year Round Pos Pld W W+ L GF GA GD
United Arab Emirates 2006 Runners-up 2nd 4 3 0 1 29 10 +19
United Arab Emirates 2007 Runners-up 2nd 4 2 0 2 18 19 −1
United Arab Emirates 2008 Runners-up 2nd 4 2 1 1 19 8 +11
United Arab Emirates 2009 Champions 1st 4 3 0 1 16 10 +6
Oman 2011 Champions 1st 5 4 0 1 23 13 +10
Qatar 2013 Runners-up 2nd 5 4 0 1 23 15 +8
Qatar 2015 Runners-up 2nd 6 5 0 1 24 12 +12
Malaysia 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

Asian Beach Games
Year Round Pos Pld W W+ L GF GA GD
Indonesia 2008 did not enter
Oman 2010 Quarterfinal – 4 2 0 2 14 7 +7
China 2012 Quarterfinal – 4 2 0 2 11 9 +2
Thailand 2014 Runners-up 2nd 5 3 0 2 22 11 +11
Vietnam 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

Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup
Year Round Pos Pld W W+ L GF GA GD
United Arab Emirates 2011 Did Not Enter
United Arab Emirates 2012 7th place 7th 3 0 0 3 14 19 −5
United Arab Emirates 2013 Did Not Enter
United Arab Emirates 2014 7th place 7th 5 2 0 3 19 22 −3
United Arab Emirates 2015 Did Not Enter
United Arab Emirates 2016
United Arab Emirates 2017
United Arab Emirates 2018
United Arab Emirates 2019
United Arab Emirates 2021
Total 0 titles 2/6 8 2 0 6 33 41 −8

Continental Beach Soccer Tournament

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

Neom Beach Soccer Cup

World ranking

See also

Japan
Men's
Women's

References

  1. ^ "World Ranking". BSWW. 31 December 2020. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  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.

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