The
UEFA qualifiers for the 2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup was a
beach soccer
Beach soccer, also known as beach football, sand football or beasal, is a variant of association football played on a beach or some form of sand.
Whilst football has been played informally on beaches, the introduction of ''beach soccer'' was an a ...
tournament which took place in
Jesolo
Jesolo or Iesolo (; vec, Gèxoło) is a seaside resort town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Venice, Italy of 26,447 inhabitants.
With around six million visitors per year, Jesolo is one of the largest beach resorts in the country, and ...
,
Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...
between 5–14 September 2014. The tournament served as the
FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
The FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup is an international beach soccer competition contested by the national teams of the member associations of FIFA, the sport's global governing body. The tournament was preceded by the ''Beach Soccer World Champions ...
qualifier for teams from
UEFA
Union of European Football Associations (UEFA ; french: Union des associations européennes de football; german: Union der europäischen Fußballverbände) is one of six continental bodies of governance in association football. It governs f ...
, where the top four 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 18t ...
in
Portugal
Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of ...
.
This was the second time that the Beach Soccer World Cup qualifiers were held in Italy. All matches were played at the Beach Arena del Faro di Jesolo in the
Lido di Jesolo
250px, Location of Jesolo in the province of Venice.
Lido di Jesolo in Jesolo, in the province of Venice, Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is loc ...
beach area.
Participating teams and draw
The following 24 teams entered the tournament.
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The draw of the tournament was held on 18 July 2014 in Jesolo.
The 24 teams were drawn into six groups of four teams for the first stage.
First 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,
Central European Summer Time
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UTC+2
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As standard time (year-round)
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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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Group E
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Group F
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Second stage
Group 1
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Group 2
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Group 3
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Group 4
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Final stage
The top team from each group in the second stage advance to the semi-finals to play for the title. The other teams eliminated from the second stage advance to classification play-offs (5th to 8th place, 9th to 12th place, 13th to 16th place) depending on their positions.
Play-offs for 13th to 16th place
Semi-finals for 13th to 16th place
Play-off for 15th place
Play-off for 13th place
Play-offs for 9th to 12th place
Semi-finals for 9th to 12th place
Play-off for 11th place
Play-off for 9th place
Play-offs for 5th to 8th place
Semi-finals for 5th to 8th place
Play-off for 7th place
Play-off for 5th place
Play-offs for 1st to 4th place
Semi-finals
Play-off for 3rd place
Final
Final ranking
References
External links
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FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 2015 - Europe Qualifier Jesolo at
Beach Soccer Worldwide
Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW) is the organisation responsible for the founding and growth of association football's derivative sport of beach soccer. The founding partners of BSWW codified the rules of beach soccer in 1992, with BSWW as it is kno ...
Squads**PDF reports
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at FIFA.com
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2014–15 in Italian football
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International association football competitions hosted by Italy
2015
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2014 in beach soccer