Asian Beach Games ready to go!

15 National Teams kick the competition off this Saturday 16th, with UAE willing to defend the gold won in Muscat back in 2010

The third edition of the Asian Beach Games, to be unveiled tomorrow at the Chinese city of Haiyang will again have Beach Soccer as one of its major interests. The competition kicks off tomorrow, fielding 15 teams trying to dethrone current gold-holders, UAE. The best Beach Soccer in Asia, is then ready to pull the curtains by the Pacific Ocean in the Shandong peninsula.

The sides will be split into three groups (four, four, four and three) facing round robin, with the best two of each group cruising to quarterfinals.

The Match Schedule for the II Asian Beach Games – Haiyang 2012 goes as follows:

Saturday, June 16th
9:00 – Iran vs Qatar (Pitch 1)
9:00 – Japan vs Thailand (Pitch 2)
10:15 – UAE vs Independent Olympic Athletes from Kuwait (Pitch 1)
10:15 – Bahrein vs Lebanon (Pitch 2)
11:30 – China vs Afganistan (Pitch 1)
11:30 – Oman vs Iraq (Pitch 2)
12:45 – Vietnam vs Palestina

Sunday, June 17th
10:30 – UAE vs Lebanon
12:00 – Independent Olympic Athletes from Kuwait vs Bahrein
13:30 – Syria vs Iraq
15:00 – Iran vs Thailand
16:30 – Qatar vs Japan
19:00 – Afghanistan vs Vietnam
20:30 – China vs Palestina

Monday, June 18th
10:30 – Oman vs Syria
12:00 – Iran vs Japan
13:30 – Thailand vs Qatar
15:00 – UAE vs Bahrein
16:30 – Lebanon vs Independent Olympic Athletes from Kuwait
19:00 – Palestina vs Afghanistan
20:30 – China vs Vietnam

Tuesday, June 19th
QUARTERFINALS
15:00 – 1st A vs 2nd B (Q4)
16:15 – 1st C vs 2nd D (Q2)
19:00 – 1st D vs 2nd C (Q3)
20:15 – 1st B vs 2nd A (Q1)

Wednesday, June 20th
SEMIFINALS
18:30 – Winner Q1 vs. Winner Q2
20:00 – Winner Q3 vs Winner Q4

Thursday, June 21st
18:30 – Loser S1 vs. Loser S2
20:00 – Winner S1 vs. Winner S2 (FINAL)