Japan national beach soccer team

Japan
AssociationJFA
ConfederationAFC
Head coachTeruki Tabata
CaptainOzu Moreira
FIFA codeJPN
BSWW ranking 8 2 (9 April 2025)[1]


First colours


Second colours
Biggest win
  14–0 Qatar 
(Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia; 6 March 2017)
Biggest defeat
  2–15 Brazil 
(Miura, Japan; 6 July 1996)
World Cup
Appearances13 (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 in the 2021 edition, when they were runners-up to the hosts Russia, which played as the Russian Football Union (RFU).

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Results and fixtures

See also: 2025 in Japanese football
Legend

  Win   Draw   Lose   Fixture

2023

17 March AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup GS   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   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   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   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   Pattaya, Thailand
18:30 TST (UTC+7)
Report
Stadium: Jomtiem Beach Arena
Referee: Abdulaziz Abdullah (Kuwait)
26 March AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup F   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   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   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   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   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   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   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   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   Neom, Saudi Arabia
20:00 UTC+3
Report
  • Yamauchi 10'
  • Kibune 17'
 Stadium: Gayal Beach
Referee: Abdulla Saleh Qasim (Iraq)
2 November Friendly   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
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

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 8th 4 2 0 2 14 17 –3 Runners-up 2nd 6 5 0 1 35 11 +24
2025 Quarterfinals 5th 4 2 0 2 25 17 +8 Third place
Total 0 titles 13/13 53 21 2 30 185 222 –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
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
2019 Champions 1st 6 4 2 0 32 8 +24
2021 Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic.
2023 Runners-up 2nd 6 5 0 1 35 11 +24
2025 Third place 3rd 6 5 0 1 28 13 +15
Total 3 titles 11/11 55 40 3 12 288 137 +151

Asian Beach Games

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

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
2017
2018
2019 5th place 5th 5 3 0 2 21 14 +7
2021 5th place 5th 5 2 0 3 22 27 –5
2022 5th place 5th 5 2 0 3 25 16 +9
Total 5th place 5/11 23 9 0 14 101 98 +3

Continental Beach Soccer Tournament

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

See also

Japan
Men's
Women's

References

  1. ^ "BSWW world ranking". beachsoccer.com. 9 April 2025. Retrieved 9 April 2025.
  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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