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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.

Lebanon

Nickname(s)	رجال الأرز (The Cedars)
Association	Lebanon Football Association (الاتحاد اللبناني لكرة القدم)
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Sub-confederation	WAFF (West Asia)
Head coach	Leo Braga
Captain	Mohamad Merhi
FIFA code	LBN
BSWW ranking	40 (31 December 2020)[1]
First colours Second colours
AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup
Appearances	4 (first in 2013)
Best result	Fourth place (2015, 2017)
Medal record Men's Beach soccer Asian Beach Games Da Nang 2016

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]

Competitive record

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

Year	Round	Pos	Pld	W	W+	WP	L	GF	GA
1995	Did not enter
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2011
2013	Did not qualify
2015
2017
2019
2021
2023	To be determined
Total	Best: N/A	0/19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup

Year	Round	Pos	Pld	W	W+	WP	L	GF	GA
2006	Did not enter
2007
2008
2009
2011
2013	Group stage	8th of 16	3	2	0	0	1	16	13
2015	Fourth place	4th of 14	5	1	1	0	3	18	19
2017	Fourth place	4th of 12	4	2	0	0	2	17	14
2019	Quarter-finals	5th of 15	4	2	0	0	2	21	12
2021	Cancelled
Total	Best: fourth place	4/9	16	7	1	0	8	72	58

Asian Beach Games

Year	Round	Pos	Pld	W	W+	WP	L	GF	GA
Bali 2008	Did not enter
Muscat 2010	Group stage	10th of 16	3	1	0	0	2	12	16
Haiyang 2012	Fourth place	4th of 15	6	3	1	0	2	30	24
Phuket 2014	Did not enter
Da Nang 2016	Third place	3rd of 11	5	2	0	2	1	25	17
Sanya 2023	To be determined
Total	Best: third place	3/5	14	6	1	2	5	67	57

WAFF Beach Soccer Championship

Year	Round	Pos	Pld	W	W+	WP	L	GF	GA
2013	Group stage	5th of 7	3	1	0	0	2	10	16
2022	Group stage	5th of 7	3	1	0	0	2	12	12
Total	Best: group stage	2/2	6	2	0	0	4	22	28

Players

Current squad

The following 12 players were called up for the 2019 AFC Beach Soccer Championship.[3]

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  LBN Mohammad Chokor 2 DF  LBN Mohamad Halawi 3 FW  LBN Karim Mokdad 4 FW  LBN Abbas Zeineddine 5 DF  LBN Sameh Jalal 6 DF  LBN Mohamad Matar

No. Pos. Nation Player 7 FW  LBN Hassan Kadi 8 FW  LBN Mohamad Merhi (captain) 9 DF  LBN Mohamad Haidar 10 FW  LBN Hussein Abdallah 11 FW  LBN Haytham Fattal 12 GK  LBN Hussein Salameh

See also

• Football in Lebanon
• Lebanon national football team
• Lebanon national futsal team

References

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