2015 AFC Beach Soccer Championship

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2015 AFC Beach Soccer Championship
2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Qualification (AFC)
Tournament details
Host countryQatar
CityDoha
Dates23–28 March 2015
Teams14 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Oman (1st title)
Runners-up Japan
Third place Iran
Fourth place Lebanon
Tournament statistics
Matches played30
Goals scored228 (7.6 per match)
Attendance11,131 (371 per match)
Top scorer(s)Vietnam Bùi Trần Tuấn Anh
Japan Takasuke Goto
Japan Moreira Ozu
(8 goals each)
Best player(s)Japan Moreira Ozu
Best goalkeeperIran Seyed Peyman Hosseini
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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[]

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[]

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
The top two teams from each group advance to the quarter-finals

All times are local, Arabia Standard Time (UTC+3).

Group A[]

Pos Team Pld W WE WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Oman 3 3 0 0 0 19 5 +14 9 Knockout stage
2  Bahrain 3 2 0 0 1 16 6 +10 6
3  Laos 3 1 0 0 2 11 21 −10 3
4  Qatar (H) 3 0 0 0 3 6 20 −14 0
Source: AFC
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 Bahrain
Hani Al-Dhabit Goal 11'
Jalal Al-Sinani Goal 18'
Yahya Al-Araimi Goal 36'		 Report 1
Report 2		 Naseeb Salem Goal 21'
Mohamed Alabdulla Goal 31'
Attendance: 135
Referee: Abdulaziz M A Abdullah (Kuwait)
Qatar 5–6 Laos
Hamad Ali Al-Sharqi Goal 5', 20'
Jafal Rashid M Al-Kuwari Goal 17'
Mohamed Hashim Idrees Goal 19'
Nanthaly Savatdy Goal 21' (o.g.)		 Report 1
Report 2		 Chiew Nonmany Goal 3', 16', 31'
Souksakhone Bountathip Goal 7', 29'
Tona Bounmalay Goal 29'
Attendance: 500
Referee: Suhaimi Bin Mat Hassan (Malaysia)
Laos 3–8 Oman
Chiew Nonmany Goal 16'
Nanthaly Savatdy Goal 29', 30'		 Report 1
Report 2		 Yahya Al-Araimi Goal 2', 15'
Abdullah Masoud Salim Goal 18'
Hani Al-Dhabit Goal 20'
Ghaith Abdullah Subait Goal 23', 35'
Tona Bounmalay Goal 23' (o.g.)
Mundhar Al-Araimi Goal 33' (pen.)
Attendance: 212
Referee: Seyed Ramin Haghighizade (Iran)
Bahrain 6–1 Qatar
Abdulla Abdullatif Mohamed Alabdulla Goal 6', 29'
Rashed Jamal Goal 17', 25', 30'
Jasim Rashed Mubarak Goal 24'		 Report 1
Report 2		 Jafal Rashid M Al-Kuwari Goal 30'
Attendance: 300
Referee: Suwat Wongsuwan (Thailand)
Bahrain 8–2 Laos
Rashed Jamal Goal 5', 17'
Thani Salem Thani Goal 9'
Ayoob Naseeb Salem Goal 27', 29', 31'
Ebrahim Hasan Ali Naser Goal 34'
Abdulla Abdullatif Mohamed Alabdulla Goal 34'		 Report 1
Report 2		 Tona Bounmalay Goal 9'
Vatsana Sisoulath Goal 34'
Attendance: 137
Referee: Masahiro Sakurada (Japan)
Qatar 0–8 Oman
Report 1
Report 2		 Yahya Al-Araimi Goal 8'
Ghaith Abdullah Subait Goal 12', 15', 34', 34'
Abdullah Masoud Salim Goal 16'
Hani Al-Dhabit Goal 26'
Yaqoob Al-Alawi Goal 29'
Attendance: 165
Referee: Hassan Abed Rabbo (Lebanon)

Group B[]

Pos Team Pld W WE WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Japan 3 3 0 0 0 13 5 +8 9 Knockout stage
2  China 3 1 0 1 1 9 13 −4 4
3  Kuwait 3 1 0 0 2 12 13 −1 3
4  Vietnam 3 0 0 0 3 11 14 −3 0
Source: AFC
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.) Vietnam
Liu Yisi Goal 1', 24'
Chen Xiaowei Goal 7'
Wan Chao Goal 25', 32'		 Report 1
Report 2		 Bùi Trần Tuấn Anh Goal 3', 4' (pen.), 11', 23', 26' (pen.)
Penalties
Wan Chao Penalty scored
Chen Xiaowei Penalty scored
Liu Yisi Penalty scored		 3–2 Penalty scored Phùng Ngọc Vĩnh Quý
Penalty scored Bùi Trần Tuấn Anh
Penalty missed Nguyễn Thanh Đạt
Attendance: 350
Referee: Akbarpour Asghar (Iran)
Japan 5–3 Kuwait
Takasuke Goto Goal 5', 13' (pen.)
Ozu Moreira Goal 11', 12', 21'		 Report 1
Report 2		 Ali Al-Saif Goal 8', 12'
Abdulatif Al-Hamad Goal 12'
Attendance: 157
Referee: Ebrahim Al-Mansoori (United Arab Emirates)
Kuwait 3–4 China
Mohammad Bu-Abbas Goal 2'
Ali Al-Saif Goal 18'
Mohammed Hajeyah Goal 31'		 Report 1
Report 2		 Wan Chao Goal 2'
Liu Yisi Goal 24'
Cai Weiming Goal 25', 33'
Attendance: 300
Referee: Turki Al-Salehi (Oman)
Vietnam 2–3 Japan
Lê Ngọc Phước Goal 27'
Trần Vĩnh Phong Goal 30'		 Report 1
Report 2		 Takasuke Goto Goal 2'
Ozu Moreira Goal 4'
Takuya Akaguma Goal 11'
Attendance: 208
Referee: Ahmed Mohamed Obaid (United Arab Emirates)
Vietnam 4–6 Kuwait
Trần Vĩnh Phong Goal 9'
Bùi Trần Tuấn Anh Goal 16', 17', 35'		 Report 1
Report 2		 Ali Al-Saif Goal 8', 19', 26'
Abdulatif Al-Hamad Goal 10', 23'
Mohammad Bu-Abbas Goal 14'
Attendance: 200
Referee: Wan Mohamad Tarmizi Bin Wan Ibrahim (Malaysia)
Japan 5–0 China
Takuya Akaguma Goal 2'
Takasuke Goto Goal 15', 34', 36'
Ozu Moreira Goal 33'		 Report 1
Report 2
Attendance: 500
Referee: Abdulla Saleh Qasim Saleh (Bahrain)

Group C[]

Pos Team Pld W WE WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Uzbekistan 2 2 0 0 0 12 6 +6 6 Knockout stage
2  United Arab Emirates 2 1 0 0 1 12 11 +1 3
3  Iraq 2 0 0 0 2 6 13 −7 0
4  Palestine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrew[a]
Source: AFC
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:
  1. ^ Palestine were not able to take part in the competition due to "administrative issues outside of the event".[5]
United Arab Emirates 7–5 Iraq
Hasan Ali Goal 2', 4', 12'
Adel Ali Goal 5'
Ali Hassan Karim Goal 13', 17', 29'		 Report 1
Report 2		 Ali Joudah Habeeb Goal 3'
Abdullah Suhail Goal 19', 21'
Hussein Jabar Goal 27', 32' (pen.)
Attendance: 200
Referee: Suwat Wongsuwan (Thailand)
Palestine Cancelled Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan 6–5 United Arab Emirates
Haitham Mohamed Goal 20' (o.g.)
Jafar Irismetov Goal 21', 33', 33'
Tokhir Abdurazzakov Goal 24'
Sarvar Kholmurodov Goal 31'		 Report 1
Report 2		 Ali Mohammad Goal 10', 31'
Mohamed Muftah Goal 24'
Ali Hassan Karim Goal 25'
Haitham Mohamed Goal 30'
Attendance: 150
Referee: Masahiro Sakurada (Japan)
Iraq Cancelled Palestine
Uzbekistan 6–1 Iraq
Feruz Fakhriddinov Goal 2'
Jamoliddin Sharipov Goal 4', 15'
Sarvar Kholmurodov Goal 11', 16'
Jafar Irismetov Goal 22'		 Report 1
Report 2		 Hussein Jabar Goal 33'
Attendance: 76
Referee: Akbarpour Ebrahim Asghar (Iran)
United Arab Emirates Cancelled Palestine

Group D[]

Pos Team Pld W WE WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Iran 2 2 0 0 0 11 3 +8 6 Knockout stage
2  Lebanon 2 0 1 0 1 5 5 0 2
3  Thailand 2 0 0 0 2 3 11 −8 0
Source: AFC
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 Lebanon
Mohammadali Sadeghi Goal 13'
Farid Boulokbashi Goal 29' (pen.)
Mohammad Ahmadzadeh Goal 35'		 Report 1
Report 2		 Ahmed Grada Goal 8'
Mohamad Halawi Goal 35'
Attendance: 525
Referee: Bakhtiyor Namazov (Uzbekistan)
Thailand 2–3 (a.e.t.) Lebanon
Komkrit Nanan Goal 1', 18' Report 1
Report 2		 Haitham Fattal Goal 1', 2'
Mohamad Halawi Goal 37'
Attendance: 253
Referee: Shao Liang (China)
Iran 8–1 Thailand
Seyed Peyman Hosseini Goal 3'
Farid Boulokbashi Goal 4', 17'
Hassan Abdollahi Goal 8'
Mohammadali Sadeghi Goal 8'
Mohammad Moradi Farahabadi Goal 19', 33'
Naderi Hossein Abadi Ali Goal 34'		 Report 1
Report 2		 Vitoon Tapinna Goal 23'
Attendance: 600
Referee: Abdullah Ali Mohamed (Oman)

Knockout stage[]

Bracket[]

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
26 March
 
 
 Uzbekistan 1
 
27 March
 
 Lebanon 6
 
 Lebanon 4
 
26 March
 
 Oman (a.e.t.)5
 
 Oman 7
 
28 March
 
 China 2
 
 Oman (p) 1 (3)
 
26 March
 
 Japan 1 (2)
 
 Iran 6
 
27 March
 
 United Arab Emirates 1
 
 Iran 4
 
26 March
 
 Japan 5 Third place
 
 Japan 5
 
28 March
 
 Bahrain 2
 
 Lebanon 3
 
 
 Iran 8
 
 
Fifth Place Semi-finalsFifth Place
 
      
 
27 March
 
 
 Uzbekistan 3
 
28 March
 
 China 4
 
 China 1
 
27 March
 
 United Arab Emirates 5
 
 United Arab Emirates 2
 
 
 Bahrain 1
 
Seventh Place
 
 
28 March
 
 
 Uzbekistan 2
 
 
 Bahrain (a.e.t.) 3

Quarter-finals[]

Uzbekistan 1–6 Lebanon
Ganisher Kholmurodov Goal 20' Report 1
Report 2		 Mohamad Merhi Goal 8', 13'
Haitham Fattal Goal 24', 27', 33'
Mohamed Choker Goal 26'
Attendance: 300
Referee: Abdulaziz M A Abdullah (Kuwait)
Iran 6–1 United Arab Emirates
Mehran Morshedizadeh Goal 7'
Seyed Peyman Hosseini Goal 15'
Amir Hosein Akbari Goal 27'
Mohammad Ahmadzadeh Goal 28'
Naderi Hossein Abadi Ali Goal 30'
Farid Boulokbashi Goal 34' (pen.)		 Report 1
Report 2		 Ali Hassan Karim Goal 4'
Attendance: 475
Referee: Suwat Wongsuwan (Thailand)
Oman 7–2 China
Hani Al-Dhabit Goal 3'
Khalid Al-Oraimi Goal 12', 29', 31'
Yahya Al-Araimi Goal 15'
Jalal Al-Sinani Goal 20'
Ghaith Abdullah Subait Goal 24'		 Report 1
Report 2		 Cai Weiming Goal 3'
Wan Chao Goal 27'
Attendance: 250
Referee: Suhaimi Bin Mat Hassan (Malaysia)
Japan 5–2 Bahrain
Takaaki Oba Goal 13'
Ozu Moreira Goal 23'
Hirofumi Oda Goal 29'
Shinji Makino Goal 30'
Salman Khaled Goal 35' (o.g.)		 Report 1
Report 2		 Rashed Jamal Goal 2'
Ayoob Naseeb Salem Goal 33'
Attendance: 237
Referee: Abdullah Ali Mohamed (Oman)

Fifth place semi-finals[]

Uzbekistan 3–4 China
Jamoliddin Sharipov Goal 15', 17'
Sarvar Kholmurodov Goal 18'		 Report 1
Report 2		 Wan Chao Goal 12'
Cai Weiming Goal 18'
Hao Minhui Goal 22'
Wen Tingyuan Goal 28'
Attendance: 250
Referee: Abdullah Ali Mohamed (Oman)
United Arab Emirates 2–1 Bahrain
Hasan Ali Goal 16'
Ali Hassan Karim Goal 35'		 Report 1
Report 2		 Salman Khaled Goal 17'
Attendance: 437
Referee: Akbarpour Ebrahim Asghar (Iran)

Semi-finals[]

Lebanon 4–5 (a.e.t.) Oman
Haitham Fattal Goal 17'
Ahmed Grada Goal 27', 34'
Mohamad Merhi Goal 34'		 Report 1
Report 2		 Yahya Al-Araimi Goal 16', 39'
Khalid Al-Oraimi Goal 18'
Mundhar Al-Araimi Goal 32'
Mohamad Merhi Goal 34' (o.g.)
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Bakhtiyor Namazov (Uzbekistan)
Iran 4–5 Japan
Hassan Abdollahi Goal 8', 20'
Mohammad Ahmadzadeh Goal 12'
Mostafa Kiani Goal 35'		 Report 1
Report 2		 Hirofumi Oda Goal 15'
Shusei Yamauchi Goal 16'
Takasuke Goto Goal 17', 20'
Ozu Moreira Goal 32'
Attendance: 521
Referee: Shao Liang (China)

Seventh place match[]

Uzbekistan 2–3 (a.e.t.) Bahrain
Jafar Irismetov Goal 6', 11' Report 1
Report 2		 Mohamed Ashoor Goal 8'
Salman Khaled Goal 30'
Thani Salem Thani Goal 38'
Attendance: 261
Referee: Abdulaziz M A Abdullah (Kuwait)

Fifth place match[]

China 1–5 United Arab Emirates
Fu Xiaojun Goal 29' Report 1
Report 2		 Ali Hassan Karim Goal 4'
Haitham Mohamed Goal 6', 12', 25'
Mohamed Muftah Goal 16'
Attendance: 100
Referee: Abdulla Saleh Qasim Saleh (Bahrain)

Third place match[]

Lebanon 3–8 Iran
Mohamed Choker Goal 17'
Haitham Fattal Goal 20'
Mohamad Merhi Goal 26'		 Report 1
Report 2		 Mohammad Moradi Farahabadi Goal 9'
Mohammadali Mokhtari Goal 12'
Naderi Hossein Abadi Ali Goal 13', 29'
Mohammad Ahmadzadeh Goal 15', 21', 28', 33'
Attendance: 932
Referee: Wan Mohamad Tarmizi Bin Wan Ibrahim (Malaysia)

Final[]

Oman 1–1 (a.e.t.) Japan
Hani Al-Dhabit Goal 2' Report 1
Report 2		 Ozu Moreira Goal 23'
Penalties
Hani Al-Dhabit Penalty scored
Mundhar Al-Araimi Penalty scored
Abdullah Masoud Salim Penalty scored		 3–2 Penalty scored Ozu Moreira
Penalty scored Shinji Makino
Penalty missed Takasuke Goto
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Bakhtiyor Namazov (Uzbekistan)

Final ranking[]

Qualified for 2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Oman
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Japan
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Iran
4  Lebanon
5  United Arab Emirates
6  China
7  Bahrain
8  Uzbekistan
9–14  Iraq
 Kuwait
 Laos
 Qatar
 Thailand
 Vietnam

Awards[]

Best Player (MVP)[3] Top Scorer(s)[3] Best Goalkeeper[3]
Japan Moreira Ozu Japan Takasuke Goto Iran Peyman Hosseini

Note: Goto won top scorer award based on tiebreaker.

Top goalscorers[]

8 goals
  • Japan Takasuke Goto
  • Japan Moreira Ozu
  • Vietnam Bùi Trần Tuấn Anh
7 goals
  • Iran Mohammad Ahmadzadeh
  • Lebanon Haitham Fattal
  • Oman Yahya Al-Araimi
  • Oman Ghaith Abdullah Subait
  • United Arab Emirates Ali Hassan Karim
6 goals
  • Bahrain Rashed Jamal
  • Kuwait Ali Al-Saif

Source: the-AFC.com[6]

References[]

  1. ^ "AFC Calendar of Competitions 2015" (PDF). AFC.
  2. ^ a b c d e "AFC Beach Soccer Championship 2015 Qatar Regulations" (PDF). AFC.
  3. ^ a b c d "Oman become new Asian Champions!!". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 28 March 2015.
  4. ^ a b "Groups drawn for AFC Beach Soccer Championship 2015". the-AFC.com. February 19, 2015.
  5. ^ "Teams get ready for the fight in Doha". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 22 March 2015.
  6. ^ "Top Goal Scorers (by Stage) – 2015 AFC Beach Soccer Championship". AFC.com.

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