The 2015
AFC Beach Soccer Championship
The AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup is the main championship for beach soccer in Asia, contested between the senior men's national teams of the members of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). It is the sport's version of the better known AFC Asian C ...
was a
beach soccer tournament which took place in
Doha
Doha ( ar, الدوحة, ad-Dawḥa or ''ad-Dōḥa'') is the capital city and main financial hub of Qatar. Located on the Persian Gulf coast in the east of the country, north of Al Wakrah and south of Al Khor, it is home to most of the count ...
,
Qatar
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on 23–28 March 2015. This was the second consecutive time that the AFC Beach Soccer Championship was held in Doha. All matches were played at the
Katara Beach
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Katara Cultural Village, also called Katara, is a cultural and commercial complex in Doha, Qatar, located on the eastern coast between West Bay (Doha), West Bay and The Pearl-Qatar, the Pearl.
I ...
.
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
The 2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup was the eighth edition of the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, the premier international beach soccer competition for men's national teams, which has been organized by FIFA since 2005. Overall, this was the 18th ...
in
Portugal
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.
In the final,
Oman
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defeated
Japan to be crowned champions, and both teams together with third place
Iran
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qualified for the 2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.
Participating teams and draw
The following 15 teams entered the tournament.
initially entered but then had to withdraw.
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The draw of the tournament was held on 18 February 2015 at Doha.
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.
''All times are local,
Arabia Standard Time
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Group A
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Group B
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Group C
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Group D
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Knockout stage
Bracket
Quarter-finals
Fifth place semi-finals
Semi-finals
Seventh place match
Fifth place match
Third place match
Final
Final ranking
Awards
Note: Goto won top scorer award based on tiebreaker.
Top goalscorers
;8 goals
* Takasuke Goto
* Moreira Ozu
* Bùi Trần Tuấn Anh
;7 goals
* Mohammad Ahmadzadeh
* Haitham Fattal
* Yahya Al-Araimi
* Ghaith Abdullah Subait
* Ali Hassan Karim
;6 goals
* Rashed Jamal
* Ali Al-Saif
References
External links
*, beachsoccer.com
*, the-AFC.com
*, FIFA.com
Technical Report and Statistics AFC
{{FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Qualification
Qualification AFC
2015
2015 in beach soccer