Lebanon national beach soccer team

Lebanon
Nickname(s)رجال الأرز
(The Cedars)
AssociationLebanon Football Association
(الاتحاد اللبناني لكرة القدم)
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Sub-confederationWAFF (West Asia)
Head coachKhaled Berjaui
CaptainMohamad Merhi
FIFA codeLBN
BSWW ranking 63 Decrease 1 (8 April 2024)[1]


First colours


Second colours
AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup
Appearances4 (first in 2013)
Best resultFourth place (2015, 2017)

The Lebanon national beach soccer team (Arabic: منتخب لبنان لكرة القدم الشاطئية) represents Lebanon in international beach soccer competitions and is controlled by the Lebanon Football Association, the governing body for football in Lebanon.

In 2016 Lebanon achieved third place at the 5th Asian Beach Games, beating Afghanistan 9–5 at the bronze medal match.[2] This became the first medal in an official competition in the history of the Lebanese Football Association for any men's national team (football, futsal and beach soccer).[3] They have also managed two fourth place finishes in a row at the AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup, in 2015 and 2017, narrowly missing out on the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup both times.[4]

  1. ^ "BSWW world ranking". beachsoccer.com. 8 April 2024. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
  2. ^ "A Bronze Medal for the Lebanese National Beach Soccer Team in the Asian Games". Sports 961. 2 October 2016. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
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  4. ^ "AFC Beach Soccer Championship 2017, Lebanon Fall Short Of WC Qualification". Sports 961. 11 March 2017. Retrieved 4 March 2019.