2015 AFC Beach Soccer Championship
2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Qualification (AFC) | |
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Tournament details | |
Host country | Qatar |
City | Doha |
Dates | 23–28 March |
Teams | 14 (from 1 confederation) |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | |
Runners-up | |
Third place | |
Fourth place | |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 30 |
Goals scored | 228 (7.6 per match) |
Attendance | 11,131 (371 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | (8 goals each) |
Best player(s) | |
Best goalkeeper | |
The 2015 AFC Beach Soccer Championship was a beach soccer tournament which took place in Doha, Qatar on 23–28 March 2015.[1] This was the second consecutive time that the AFC Beach Soccer Championship was held in Doha. All matches were played at the Katara Beach.
The tournament served as the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualifier for teams from Asia which are members of AFC, where the top three teams qualified for the 2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in Portugal.[2] In the final, Oman defeated Japan to be crowned champions, and both teams together with third place Iran qualified for the 2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.[3]
Participating teams and draw
[edit]The following 15 teams entered the tournament.[4] Palestine initially entered but then had to withdraw.
The draw of the tournament was held on 18 February 2015 at Doha.[4] The 15 teams were drawn into three groups of four teams and one group of three teams.
Group stage
[edit]Each team earns three points for a win in regulation time, two points for a win in extra time, one point for a win in a penalty shoot-out, and no points for a defeat.
Legend |
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The top two teams from each group advance to the quarter-finals |
All times are local, Arabia Standard Time (UTC+3).
Group A
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | WE | WP | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 5 | +14 | 9 | Knockout stage | |
2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 6 | +10 | 6 | ||
3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 21 | −10 | 3 | ||
4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 20 | −14 | 0 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points obtained in head-to-head matches; 3) Goal difference in head-to-head matches; 4) Goals scored in head-to-head matches; 5) Total goal difference; 6) Total goals scored; 7) Drawing of lots.[2]
(H) Host
Oman | 3–2 | |
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Hani Al-Dhabit Jalal Al-Sinani Yahya Al-Araimi |
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Naseeb Salem Mohamed Alabdulla |
Qatar | 5–6 | |
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Hamad Ali Al-Sharqi Jafal Rashid M Al-Kuwari Mohamed Hashim Idrees Nanthaly Savatdy |
Report 1 Report 2 |
Chiew Nonmany Souksakhone Bountathip Tona Bounmalay |
Laos | 3–8 | |
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Chiew Nonmany Nanthaly Savatdy |
Report 1 Report 2 |
Yahya Al-Araimi Abdullah Masoud Salim Hani Al-Dhabit Ghaith Abdullah Subait Tona Bounmalay Mundhar Al-Araimi |
Bahrain | 6–1 | |
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Abdulla Abdullatif Mohamed Alabdulla Rashed Jamal Jasim Rashed Mubarak |
Report 1 Report 2 |
Jafal Rashid M Al-Kuwari |
Bahrain | 8–2 | |
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Rashed Jamal Thani Salem Thani Ayoob Naseeb Salem Ebrahim Hasan Ali Naser Abdulla Abdullatif Mohamed Alabdulla |
Report 1 Report 2 |
Tona Bounmalay Vatsana Sisoulath |
Qatar | 0–8 | |
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Report 1 Report 2 |
Yahya Al-Araimi Ghaith Abdullah Subait Abdullah Masoud Salim Hani Al-Dhabit Yaqoob Al-Alawi |
Group B
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | WE | WP | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 5 | +8 | 9 | Knockout stage | |
2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 13 | −4 | 4 | ||
3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 13 | −1 | 3 | ||
4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 14 | −3 | 0 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points obtained in head-to-head matches; 3) Goal difference in head-to-head matches; 4) Goals scored in head-to-head matches; 5) Total goal difference; 6) Total goals scored; 7) Drawing of lots.[2]
China | 5–5 (a.e.t.) | |
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Liu Yisi Chen Xiaowei Wan Chao |
Report 1 Report 2 |
Bùi Trần Tuấn Anh |
Penalties | ||
Wan Chao Chen Xiaowei Liu Yisi |
3–2 |
Japan | 5–3 | |
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Takasuke Goto Ozu Moreira |
Report 1 Report 2 |
Ali Al-Saif Abdulatif Al-Hamad |
Kuwait | 3–4 | |
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Mohammad Bu-Abbas Ali Al-Saif Mohammed Hajeyah |
Report 1 Report 2 |
Wan Chao Liu Yisi Cai Weiming |
Vietnam | 2–3 | |
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Lê Ngọc Phước Trần Vĩnh Phong |
Report 1 Report 2 |
Takasuke Goto Ozu Moreira Takuya Akaguma |
Vietnam | 4–6 | |
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Trần Vĩnh Phong Bùi Trần Tuấn Anh |
Report 1 Report 2 |
Ali Al-Saif Abdulatif Al-Hamad Mohammad Bu-Abbas |
Group C
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | WE | WP | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 6 | Knockout stage | |
2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 11 | +1 | 3 | ||
3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 13 | −7 | 0 | ||
4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrew[a] |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points obtained in head-to-head matches; 3) Goal difference in head-to-head matches; 4) Goals scored in head-to-head matches; 5) Total goal difference; 6) Total goals scored; 7) Drawing of lots.[2]
Notes:
United Arab Emirates | 7–5 | |
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Hasan Ali Adel Ali Ali Hassan Karim |
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Ali Joudah Habeeb Abdullah Suhail Hussein Jabar |
Palestine | Cancelled | |
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Uzbekistan | 6–5 | |
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Haitham Mohamed Jafar Irismetov Tokhir Abdurazzakov Sarvar Kholmurodov |
Report 1 Report 2 |
Ali Mohammad Mohamed Muftah Ali Hassan Karim Haitham Mohamed |
Uzbekistan | 6–1 | |
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Feruz Fakhriddinov Jamoliddin Sharipov Sarvar Kholmurodov Jafar Irismetov |
Report 1 Report 2 |
Hussein Jabar |
United Arab Emirates | Cancelled | |
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Group D
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | WE | WP | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | +8 | 6 | Knockout stage | |
2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | ||
3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 11 | −8 | 0 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points obtained in head-to-head matches; 3) Goal difference in head-to-head matches; 4) Goals scored in head-to-head matches; 5) Total goal difference; 6) Total goals scored; 7) Drawing of lots.[2]
Iran | 3–2 | |
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Mohammadali Sadeghi Farid Boulokbashi Mohammad Ahmadzadeh |
Report 1 Report 2 |
Ahmed Grada Mohamad Halawi |
Thailand | 2–3 (a.e.t.) | |
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Komkrit Nanan |
Report 1 Report 2 |
Haitham Fattal Mohamad Halawi |
Iran | 8–1 | |
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Seyed Peyman Hosseini Farid Boulokbashi Hassan Abdollahi Mohammadali Sadeghi Mohammad Moradi Farahabadi Naderi Hossein Abadi Ali |
Report 1 Report 2 |
Vitoon Tapinna |
Knockout stage
[edit]Bracket
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5 | Third place | |||||||||
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3 | ||||||||||
8 | ||||||||||
Fifth Place Semi-finals | Fifth Place | |||||
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3 | ||||||
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4 | ||||||
1 | ||||||
27 March | ||||||
5 | ||||||
2 | ||||||
1 | ||||||
Seventh Place | ||||||
28 March | ||||||
2 | ||||||
3 |
Quarter-finals
[edit]Uzbekistan | 1–6 | |
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Ganisher Kholmurodov |
Report 1 Report 2 |
Mohamad Merhi Haitham Fattal Mohamed Choker |
Iran | 6–1 | |
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Mehran Morshedizadeh Seyed Peyman Hosseini Amir Hosein Akbari Mohammad Ahmadzadeh Naderi Hossein Abadi Ali Farid Boulokbashi |
Report 1 Report 2 |
Ali Hassan Karim |
Oman | 7–2 | |
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Hani Al-Dhabit Khalid Al-Oraimi Yahya Al-Araimi Jalal Al-Sinani Ghaith Abdullah Subait |
Report 1 Report 2 |
Cai Weiming Wan Chao |
Japan | 5–2 | |
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Takaaki Oba Ozu Moreira Hirofumi Oda Shinji Makino Salman Khaled |
Report 1 Report 2 |
Rashed Jamal Ayoob Naseeb Salem |
Fifth place semi-finals
[edit]Uzbekistan | 3–4 | |
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Jamoliddin Sharipov Sarvar Kholmurodov |
Report 1 Report 2 |
Wan Chao Cai Weiming Hao Minhui Wen Tingyuan |
United Arab Emirates | 2–1 | |
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Hasan Ali Ali Hassan Karim |
Report 1 Report 2 |
Salman Khaled |
Semi-finals
[edit]Lebanon | 4–5 (a.e.t.) | |
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Haitham Fattal Ahmed Grada Mohamad Merhi |
Report 1 Report 2 |
Yahya Al-Araimi Khalid Al-Oraimi Mundhar Al-Araimi Mohamad Merhi |
Iran | 4–5 | |
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Hassan Abdollahi Mohammad Ahmadzadeh Mostafa Kiani |
Report 1 Report 2 |
Hirofumi Oda Shusei Yamauchi Takasuke Goto Ozu Moreira |
Seventh place match
[edit]Uzbekistan | 2–3 (a.e.t.) | |
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Jafar Irismetov |
Report 1 Report 2 |
Mohamed Ashoor Salman Khaled Thani Salem Thani |
Fifth place match
[edit]China | 1–5 | |
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Fu Xiaojun |
Report 1 Report 2 |
Ali Hassan Karim Haitham Mohamed Mohamed Muftah |
Third place match
[edit]Lebanon | 3–8 | |
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Mohamed Choker Haitham Fattal Mohamad Merhi |
Report 1 Report 2 |
Mohammad Moradi Farahabadi Mohammadali Mokhtari Naderi Hossein Abadi Ali Mohammad Ahmadzadeh |
Final
[edit]Oman | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | |
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Hani Al-Dhabit |
Report 1 Report 2 |
Ozu Moreira |
Penalties | ||
Hani Al-Dhabit Mundhar Al-Araimi Abdullah Masoud Salim |
3–2 |
Final ranking
[edit]Qualified for 2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup |
Rank | Team |
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4 | |
5 | |
6 | |
7 | |
8 | |
9–14 | |
Awards
[edit]Best Player (MVP)[3] | Top Scorer(s)[3] | Best Goalkeeper[3] |
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Note: Goto won top scorer award based on tiebreaker.
Top goalscorers
[edit]- 8 goals
- 7 goals
- 6 goals
Source: the-AFC.com[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "AFC Calendar of Competitions 2015" (PDF). AFC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 December 2014.
- ^ a b c d e "AFC Beach Soccer Championship 2015 Qatar Regulations" (PDF). AFC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 April 2015.
- ^ a b c d "Oman become new Asian Champions!!". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 28 March 2015.
- ^ a b "Groups drawn for AFC Beach Soccer Championship 2015". the-AFC.com. February 19, 2015.
- ^ "Teams get ready for the fight in Doha". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 22 March 2015.
- ^ "Top Goal Scorers (by Stage) – 2015 AFC Beach Soccer Championship". AFC.com.
External links
[edit]- FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 2015 - AFC Qualifier Qatar, beachsoccer.com
- AFC Beach Soccer Championship, the-AFC.com
- FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Portugal 2015 – Qualifiers – Asia, FIFA.com
- Technical Report and Statistics, AFC