The 2011

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was a continental

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tournament, which took place from February 27 to March 4, 2011, in

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, seeing the tournament leave

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for the first time.

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and

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decided to move the location of the championship to the Al-Musannah Sports City complex in

, due to the success of the

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held there. The two finalists and the third place play-off winner earned qualification to represent Asia at the 2011 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in

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being

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, who won the championship for a second consecutive time,

who finished in second place, qualifying to the world cup for the first time and

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who beat the

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in the third place play off, to qualify by finishing in third place for the fourth time.

Participating teams

A tournament record 11 teams, an increase of four teams following the seven that participated in the

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qualifiers confirmed their participation in the competition, with many newcomers, showing the ever growing popularity of the sport. * * * * * * * * * * * Originally, 15 teams were going to take part, which included Afghanistan, Palestine, Qatar and Yemen. However, the four countries pulled out of the tournament because of an undisclosed reason.

Group stage

The draw to divide the eleven teams into the following three groups was conducted on 24 February 2011. The group stage commenced on 27 February 2011 and consisted of each nation playing each other once in a single round-robin format. To qualify for the quarter finals, a team must have finished in the top two of each group or have one of the two best records of the third placed group finishers. All kickoff times are listed as Omani local time (

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Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Third placed teams

Because some groups contain four teams and some three, matches against the fourth-placed team in each group are not included in this ranking.

Knockout stage

Quarter finals

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Semi finals

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Third place play off

Final

Winners

Awards

Top scorers

;8 goals * Takeshi Kawaharazuka * Ishaq Al-Mas ;7 goals * Hussein Jabbar * Shusei Yamauchi * Ali Hassan Karim ;6 goals * Yahya Al-Araimi * Jamoliddin Sharipov ;5 goals * Rashed Jamal * Mohammad Ahmadzadeh *

Jalal Al-Sinani Jalal Khamis Rabia Al-Sinani commonly known as Jalal Al-Sinani ( ar, جلال خميس ربيعة السناني; born 17 November 1986) is an Omani footballer who plays for Quriyat Club in Oman Second Division League. International career Jala ...

* Rashid Ahmed Hassan ;4 goals * Han Xue * Mehdi Hassani * Moslem Mesigar * Khaild Al-Zaabi * Adel Ranjabar ;3 goals * Gui Qixuan * Farid Boloukbashi * Ali Naderi ;3 goals (cont.) * Omar Al-Jaser * Abdulwahhab Al-Safi * Youssef Al-Saqer * Yaqoob Al-Alawi ;2 goals * Mohamed Darwish * Ebrahim Hasan * Yaqoob Nesuf *

Talal Yousef Talal Yousef Mohammed (born 24 February 1975), known mainly as Talal Yousef, is a former Bahraini footballer. Yousef played mainly as an attacking midfielder and sometimes as a striker. He is currently retired from playing with the Bahrain nat ...

* Qiu Hao * Hassan Abdollahi * Farough Dara * Sadeq Jabr * Takashi Arakaki * Hirofumi Oda * Teruki Tabata * Haitham Al-Araimi * Mohammad Nassif * Javlon Anorov * Fakhriddin Samegov * Abdusattor Sattorov ;1 goal * Yilihanmu Aihaiti * Gede Darmasuta * Dewa Kadek Dwipayudha ;1 goal (cont.) * Nyoman Jumada * Komang Kariana * Wayan Metrajaya * Juli Parimawan * Moshtak Kadhim * Kunihiro Wakabayashi * Abdulaziz Al-Eid *

Hani Al-Dhabit Hani Al-Dhabit Faraj Bait Al-Noobi ( ar, هاني الضابط فرج بيت النوبي; born 15 October 1979), commonly known as Hani Al-Dhabit, is an Omani footballer who plays as a midfielder for Dhofar S.C.S.C. in Oman Professional League. ...

* Omar Akil * Omar Al-Najjar * Alaa Arnaout * Ahmad Shatta * Humaid Al-Balooshi * Rami Al-Mesaabi * Walid Mohammed * Qambar Sadeqi * Furkat Azizov * Nodir Elibaev ;Own goal * Ishaq Al-Mas (''for Kuwait'')

Final standings

References

Day 1 ResultsDay 2 ResultsDay 3 Results and quarter final drawDay 4 Quarter final Results
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Qualification Afc

2011 in beach soccer

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