Japan national beach soccer team

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 (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)

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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 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)

Manager history

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

Previous squads

Competitive record

Beach Soccer World Championships
Beach Soccer World Championships
Year Round Pos Pld W W+ L GF GA GD
1995did not enter
1996
1997Group stage8th3003521−16
1998did not enter
1999Quarterfinals8th31021521−6
2000Fourth place4th52121622–6
2001did not enter
2002
2003Group stage7th3003414−10
2004did 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
2005Fourth place4th52031024–14 No qualification matches
2006Quarterfinals8th41031725−8 Runners-up2nd43012910+19
2007Group stage15th3003613−7 Runners-up2nd42021819–1
2008Group stage15th3003518−13 Runners-up2nd4211198+11
2009Quarterfinals5th42111611+5 Champions1st43011610+6
2011Group stage14th3003610−4 Champions1st54012313+10
2013Quarterfinals7th41121112−1 Runners-up2nd54012315+8
2015Quarterfinals7th42021213−1 Runners-up2nd65012412+12
2017Group stage10th31021517−2 Third place3rd53024118+23
2019Fourth place4th64022420+4 Champions1st6420328+25
2021Runners-up2nd64022425–1 Cancelled[lower-alpha 1]
2024QuarterfinalsTBD32021417–3 Runners-up2nd65013511+24
2025to 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
AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup
Year Round Pos Pld W W+ L GF GA GD
2006Runners-up2nd43012910+19
2007Runners-up2nd42021819−1
2008Runners-up2nd4211198+11
2009Champions1st43011610+6
2011Champions1st54012313+10
2013Runners-up2nd54012315+8
2015Runners-up2nd65012412+12
2017Third place3rd53024118+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
2008did not enter
2010Quarterfinal–4202147+7
2012Quarterfinal–4202119+2
2014Runners-up2nd53022211+11
2016Champions1st54103412+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
2011Did Not Enter
20127th place7th30031419−5
2013Did Not Enter
20147th place7th52031922−3
2015Did Not Enter
2016
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
2016Third place332012113+8
Total 0 titles 1/1 3 2 0 1 21 13 +8

World ranking

See also
Japan
Men's
Women's

References
  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.
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