Japan national beach soccer team

 Japan
AssociationJapan Football Association
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Head coachTeruki Tabata
CaptainOzu Moreira
FIFA codeJPN
BSWW ranking4 (7 September 2021)[1]


First colours


Second colours
Biggest defeat
 Japan 2–15 Brazil 
(Miura, Japan; 6 July 1996)
World Cup
Appearances11 (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.

Team image

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
Television channel Period Ref.
J Sports, J Sports on demand, BS Fuji 2021 [2]

AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup
Television channel Period Ref.

Friendly and Qualifiers
Television channel Period Ref.

Results and fixtures
See also: 2022 in Japanese football, 2022 in association football, 2022 in sports, and FIFA International Match Calendar
Legend

  Win   Draw   Lose   Fixture

2019
21 November 2019 (2019-11-21) FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup (Group Stage) Paraguay  4–5  Japan Los Pynandi Stadium, Luque, Paraguay
21:00
  • Carballo 22', 34'
  • Morán 28'
  • Barreto 32'
 Report
  • Okuyama 13'
  • Ozu 16', 27'
  • Akaguma 24', 36'
 Attendance: 2,483[3]
Referee: Raúl González (Spain)
23 November 2019 (2019-11-23) FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup (Group Stage) United States  3–4  Japan Los Pynandi Stadium, Luque, Paraguay
17:50
  • Canale 9', 33'
  • Toth 20'
 Report
Attendance: 642[4]
Referee: Sofien Benchabane (France)
25 November 2019 (2019-11-25) FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup (Group Stage) Japan  5–3   Switzerland Los Pynandi Stadium, Luque, Paraguay
17:50
  • Akaguma 2', 8'
  • Oba 21'
  • Ozu 21'
  • Komaki 29'
 Report
Attendance: 361[5]
Referee: Alex Valdiviezo (Peru)
28 November 2019 (2019-11-28) FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup (Quarter-finals) Japan  3–2  Uruguay Los Pynandi Stadium, Luque, Paraguay
21:00
Report
  • Laduche 20' (pen.)
  • Capurro 36'
 Attendance: 1,072[6]
Referee: Sofien Benchabane (France)
30 November 2019 (2019-11-30) FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup (Semi-finals) Japan  3–3 (a.e.t.)
(1–2 p)		  Portugal Los Pynandi Stadium, Luque, Paraguay
18:00
  • Ozu 11'
  • Yamauchi 13'
  • Akaguma 36'
 Report
  • L. Martins 2'
  • B. Martins 29', 31'
 Attendance: 707[7]
Referee: Łukasz Ostrowski (Poland)
Penalties
1 December 2019 (2019-12-01) FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup (Third place match) Russia  5–4  Japan Los Pynandi Stadium, Luque, Paraguay
16:15
  • Zemskov 8', 23', 29'
  • Novikov 8'
  • Makarov 26'
 Report
  • Akaguma 4', 8'
  • Ozu 12'
  • Oba 23'
 Attendance: 2,739[8]
Referee: Juan Angeles (Dominican Republic)

2021
19 August 2021 (2021-08-19) FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup GS Group A Paraguay  4–7  Japan Moscow, Russia
16:30 UTC+3
  • Cantero 10'
  • N. Medina 10', 13'
  • Morán 27'
 Report (BSWW)
Report (FIFA)
Report (JFA)
  • Ojeda 21' (o.g.)
  • Akaguma 26', 32', 32'
  • Yamauchi 29', 33' (pen.), 36'
 Stadium: Luzhniki Beach Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 598
Referee: Francisco de Oses Bumedien (Spain)
21 August 2021 (2021-08-21) FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup GS Group A Japan  4–3  United States Moscow, Russia
16:30 UTC+3
  • Okuyama 4'
  • Ozu 23'
  • Oba 28' (pen.)
  • Yamauchi 31'
 Report (BSWW)
Report (FIFA)
Report (JFA)
  • Silveira 3'
  • Canale 29'
  • Perea 34'
 Stadium: Luzhniki Beach Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 1,507
Referee: Aurélien Planchais-Godefroy (Tahiti)
23 August 2021 (2021-08-23) FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup GS Group A Japan  1–7  RFU Moscow, Russia
20:30 UTC+3
  • Akaguma 32'
 Report (BSWW)
Report (FIFA)
Report (JFA)
  • Ozu 1' (o.g.)
  • Paporotnyi 3', 25', 27'
  • Zemskov 8'
  • Chuzhkov 15'
  • Nikonorov 36'
 Stadium: Luzhniki Beach Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Micke Palomino (Peru)
26 August 2021 (2021-08-26) FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Quarter-finals Tahiti  4–5 (a.e.t.)  Japan Moscow, Russia
19:00 UTC+3
Report (BSWW)
Report (FIFA)
Report (JFA)
  • Tehau 4' (o.g.)
  • Yamauchi 5' (pen.)
  • Oba 36'
  • Okuyama 37'
  • Akaguma 38'
 Stadium: Luzhniki Beach Soccer Stadium
28 August 2021 (2021-08-28) FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Semi-finals Japan  5–2  Senegal Moscow, Russia
19:30 UTC+3
  • Akaguma 15' (pen.), 29', 33'
  • Oba 27'
  • Okuyama 27'
 Report (BSWW)
Report (FIFA)
Report (JFA)
  • Fall 26'
  • Boye 32'
 Stadium: Luzhniki Beach Soccer Arena
Attendance: 1,950
Referee: Łukasz Ostrowski (Poland)
29 August 2021 (2021-08-29) FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Final RFU  5–2  Japan Moscow, Russia
19:30 UTC+3
  • Zemskov 4'
  • Krasheninnikov 13', 34'
  • Nivikov 15'
  • Paporotnyi 19'
 Report (BSWW)
Report (FIFA)
Report (JFA)
  • Akaguma 13', 17' (pen.)
 Stadium: Luzhniki Beach Soccer Arena
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Suhaimi Mat Hassan (Malaysia)
2 November 2021 (2021-11-02) Tecnotree Intercontinental Beach Soccer Cup Russia  7–6  Japan Dubai, United Arab Emirates
18:45 UTC+4 Report (BSWW)
Report (JFA)		 Stadium: Kite Beach
3 November 2021 (2021-11-03) Tecnotree Intercontinental Beach Soccer Cup Iran  6–1  Japan Dubai, United Arab Emirates
20:00 UTC+4 Report (BSWW)
Report (JFA)		 Stadium: Kite Beach
4 November 2021 (2021-11-04) Tecnotree Intercontinental Beach Soccer Cup Japan  4–6 (a.e.t.)  Paraguay Dubai, United Arab Emirates
16:00 UTC+4 Report (BSWW)
Report (JFA)		 Stadium: Kite Beach
5 November 2021 Tecnotree Intercontinental Beach Soccer Cup (5th–8th place semi-finals) United Arab Emirates  4–6  Japan
17:15 Report(BSWW)
Report(JFA)
6 November 2021 Tecnotree Intercontinental Beach Soccer Cup (5th place play-off) Japan  5–4  Spain
16:15 Report(BSWW)
Report(JFA)

2022
25–29 October Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup Japan  v Dubai, United Arab Emirates
GST (UTC+4)
25–29 October Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup Japan  v Dubai, United Arab Emirates
GST (UTC+4)
25–29 October Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup Japan  v Dubai, United Arab Emirates
GST (UTC+4)

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff
As of 10 August 2021[9]
Role Name
Head coach Teruki Tabata
Goalkeeping coach Erikson Noguchipinto

Manager history

Players

Current squad

The following players and staff members were called up for the Tecnotree Intercontinental Beach Soccer Cup 2021.[10]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  JPN Yusuke Kawai
2 MF  JPN Takumi Saito
3 MF  JPN Ryota Tsuboya
4 MF  JPN Ryunosuke Miyama
5 MF  JPN Shotaro Haraguchi
6 FW  JPN Takuya Akaguma
7 MF  JPN Takaaki Oba
No. Pos. Nation Player
8 MF  JPN Naoya Matsuo
9 FW  JPN Shusei Yamauchi
10 DF  JPN Ozu Moreira
11 FW  JPN Masanori Okuyama
12 GK  JPN Tomoya Ginoza
13 GK  JPN Yu Shirota
14 MF  JPN Takumi Uesato
Head coach: Teruki Tabata
Goalkeeping coach: Erikson Noguchipinto

Previous squads
FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

2021 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup squad

Competitive record

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
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 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]
Total 0 titles 11/11 45 17 2 26 146 106 –42 3 titles 9/9 43 30 3 10 225 112 +113
  1. The Asian qualifiers were originally due to take place in Thailand from 18–28 March 2021.[11][12] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, they were initially postponed to between 28 April and 8 May,[13] and were subsequently cancelled entirely in January 2021.[14] 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.[15]

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
2017
2018
2019
2020
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
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. "Rankings".
  2. "TV放送". JFA.jp (in Japanese). Japan Football Association (JFA). Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  3. "Match report – Group A – Paraguay v Japan" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 21 November 2019. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  4. "Match report – Group A – United States v Japan" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 23 November 2019. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  5. "Match report – Group A – Japan v Switzerland" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 25 November 2019. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
  6. "Match report – Quarter-finals – Japan v Uruguay" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 28 November 2019. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
  7. "Match report – Semi-finals – Japan v Portugal" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 30 November 2019. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
  8. "Match report – Match for third place – Russia v Japan" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 1 December 2019. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
  9. "Japan Beach Soccer National Team Squad – FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Russia 2021™ (8/19-29＠Moscow)". Japan Football Association (JFA). 26 July 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  10. http://www.jfa.jp/eng/national_team/beach_2021/IntercontinentalBeachsoccerCup_2021/news/00028171/
  11. "AFC Competitions Calendar 2021". the-afc.com. Asian Football Confederation. 5 December 2019.
  12. "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.
  13. "AFC Futsal and Beach Soccer Committee approves new competition dates". AFC. 10 November 2020.
  14. "Latest update on AFC Competitions in 2021". AFC. 25 January 2021.
  15. "Latest update on AFC representatives for upcoming FIFA competitions". AFC. 21 April 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
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