Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Asuncion: United Arab Emirates opened their FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Paraguay 2019 campaign with a 5-1 defeat to Belarus in a Group C tie on Friday.
Belarus dominated the Group C match at the Los Pynandi Stadium in Asuncion from the start, with Illia Savich creating history by becoming the first player from the East European nation to score in the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Finals.
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Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Asuncion: Oman had to concede to Brazil's superiority as the defending champions opened their FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Paraguay 2019 campaign with a 8-2 win on Friday.
Mauricinho made his 100th appearance for Brazil in style by scoring a hat-trick while Oman had their moments to savour as well in the Group D tie at the Los Pynandi Stadium in Asuncion.
Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Asuncion: A late Takuya Akaguma header helped Japan seal an opening day 5-4 win against Paraguay in Group A of the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 2019 on Thursday.
Both sides played a patient game and neither was able to break the stalemate in the first period.
That changed 48 seconds into the second period as Masanori Okuyama broke the deadlock in style, before Ozu Moreira doubled Asian champions Japan's lead in the 16th minute.
Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Luque: After thriving at a memorable AFC Beach Soccer Championship in Thailand earlier this year, Japan, UAE and Oman are ready to show the world’s best what they’re made of when the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Paraguay 2019 begins on Thursday.
The Asian trio are part of a 16-strong field in the battle for sand supremacy, which will be held in a landlocked country for the first time in history.
Ahead of Thursday’s kick-off, which includes a blockbuster opening night encounter between hosts Paraguay and Asian champions Japan, the-AFC.com tells you all you need to know about the Continent’s contenders.
Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Pattaya: As Japan celebrated clinching the AFC Beach Soccer Championship Thailand 2019 title, head coach Ruy Ramos expressed joy at the achievement, and revealed his belief that Asian teams are capable of challenging at the global Finals.
The East Asians emerged as champions after an epic, arm-wrestle of a final against United Arab Emirates, with Takaaki Oba finally delivering the knockout blow to seal victory in a penalty shootout after the match finished 2-2 on Sunday.
Ramos, who won the AFC Asian Cup with Japan as a footballer in 1992 after arriving in the country 15 years earlier, revealed his elation at sealing the momentous win.
Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Pattaya: A relieved Oman head coach Talib Hilal hailed his players, and labelled goal scorer Sami Al Bulushi a hero, after his side booked their place at the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in Paraguay with a penalty shootout win over Palestine on Sunday.
Hilal's men had been 2-0 down with just eight minutes remaining in the all-important play-off for third at the AFC Beach Soccer Championship Thailand 2019, but two goals in three minutes from Al Bulushi took the match to penalties, where Oman prevailed 2-1.
"Now I can breathe," said the Omani head coach, who guided the West Asians to the Finals in 2011 and 2015.
"It was not an easy game. As I have said, I respect any team, and the game was tough. There was only chance if you wanted to go to the World Cup, and today was the chance for two teams."
Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Pattaya: Japan emerged as the beach soccer kings of Asia, beating UAE 3-1 on penalties after a 2-2 draw in the AFC Beach Soccer Championship Thailand 2019 final on Sunday.
Takaaki Oba was the man who slammed home the winning penalty, after Masuyaki Komaki and Ozu Moreira scored Japan's goals during a gripping and high-quality decider.
UAE valiantly fought back from 2-0 down thanks to two goals in two minutes from Ali Mohammad, but the West Asians couldn't find a third, meaning the match was decided by spot-kicks.
Both sides will represent Asia at the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in Paraguay, along with Oman, who won the third place play-off earlier in the day.