The following is a performance timeline of the teams who have appeared in the AFC Beach Soccer Championship and how many appearances they each have made. The AFC has three qualification slots for the world finals. They will be taken by the two finalists from the Thailand Check here championship, and the winner of the third placed play-off. Reigning champions Oman were drawn in Group B and will begin the defense of their title against Lebanon, Uzbekistan, and Thailand. The Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) and Asian Football Confederation (AFC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), that will result in greater cooperation and competition between the two FIFA Confederations for the benefit of football in the Pacific and Asia. Pattaya: Islamic Republic of Iran were at their awesome best as they defeated Japan 6-0 in the AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cuptrade; Thailand 2023 final at the Jomtien Beach Arena on Sunday.