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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 edition of a world cup in beach soccer since the establishment of the ''
Beach Soccer World Championships The Beach Soccer World Championships was the premier international beach soccer competition contested by men's national teams between 1995 and 2004. It was replaced by the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup. The tournament took place annually in Braz ...
'' which ran from 1995 to 2004 but was not governed by FIFA. It was also the third edition to take place under the biennial system introduced in 2009. The tournament took place from 9 to 19 July 2015 at Praia da Baía in Espinho,
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 ...
, after the country's bid was selected by the FIFA Executive Committee on 28 May 2013, from among twelve proposals. This was the second time that Portugal hosted a FIFA competition, after the
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. Fifteen teams advanced through their respective continental qualification competitions to join the host team in the final tournament. The final draw occurred on 28 April 2015 at the Espinho Multimedia Auditorium, setting up a total of 32 matches that were played at the Espinho Stadium – a purpose-built temporary venue with a capacity of 3,500 – and attended by a total of 96,300 people. After missing the previous edition, Portugal reached the final – eliminating two-time defending champions
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in the semi-finals – and defeated first-time finalists
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5–3 to claim their second world title and their first in the FIFA era. Alan and
Madjer João Victor Saraiva (born 22 January 1977), better known as Madjer, is a Portuguese retired beach soccer player. He played in the forward position, and has won numerous awards at the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cups for his goalscoring abilities. ...
were the only two surviving players from the Portuguese squad that won their previous world title in 2001 to also win these championships.


Host selection

Twelve FIFA
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from five confederations officially announced their interest in hosting the 2015 Beach Soccer World Cup by the deadline of 14 September 2012. On 28 May 2013, the FIFA Executive Committee, gathered in
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, announced that the tournament would be held in Portugal. It was the second time that Portugal staged a FIFA competition, after the
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Ecuador Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechua: ''Ikwadur Ripuwlika''; Shuar: ' ...
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Senegal Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 ...
* Switzerland *
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Qualification

Qualifying rounds took place in 2014 and 2015.
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qualified automatically as hosts.


African Zone

The
CAF Beach Soccer Championship The Africa Beach Soccer Cup of Nations (BSAFCON) is the main championship for beach soccer in Africa, contested between senior men's national teams who are members of the Confederation of African Football (CAF). It is the sport's version of the b ...
took place in
Roche Caiman Roche Caïman () is an administrative district of Seychelles located on the island of Mahé. It has a football stadium where its national team play most of the home matches. Like neighbouring Les Mamelles District, Roche Caïman District was cre ...
,
Seychelles Seychelles (, ; ), officially the Republic of Seychelles (french: link=no, République des Seychelles; Creole: ''La Repiblik Sesel''), is an archipelagic state consisting of 115 islands in the Indian Ocean. Its capital and largest city, ...
on 14–19 April 2015. A total of eight teams took part in the tournament, where seven spots (other than host nation Seychelles) were determined through qualifiers held in February and March 2015. The top two teams qualified for the 2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.
Senegal Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 ...
and
Madagascar Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa ...
won their respective semi-finals on 18 April 2015 to qualify for the World Cup, with Madagascar defeating Senegal in the final on the next day to win the tournament.


Asian Zone

The
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 ...
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 Qatar (, ; ar, قطر, Qaṭar ; local vernacular pronunciation: ), officially the State of Qatar,) is a country in Western Asia. It occupies the Qatar Peninsula on the northeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula in the Middle East; it ...
on 23–28 March 2015. A total of 14 teams took part in the tournament (Palestine entered but withdrew). The top three teams qualified for the 2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.
Oman Oman ( ; ar, عُمَان ' ), officially the Sultanate of Oman ( ar, سلْطنةُ عُمان ), is an Arabian country located in southwestern Asia. It is situated on the southeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula, and spans the mouth of ...
and Japan won their respective semi-finals on 27 March 2015 to qualify for the World Cup. On the next day,
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won the third place match to also book a place in the World Cup, while Oman defeated Japan in the final to win the tournament.


European Zone

The UEFA qualifiers took place in
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,
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 ...
on 5–14 September 2014. A total of 23 teams took part in the tournament (Georgia entered but withdrew). The top four teams qualified for the 2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup. Switzerland became the first team (other than host nation Portugal) to qualify for the 2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup on 11 September 2014. On the next day,
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,
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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 ...
also booked a place in the World Cup by advancing to the semi-finals, with Russia defeating Switzerland in the final two days later to win the tournament, and Italy defeating Spain to finish third.


North, Central American and Caribbean Zone

The
CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship The CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship is the main championship for beach soccer in North America, Central America and the Caribbean, contested between senior men's national teams of the members of CONCACAF. It is the sport's version of the bett ...
took place in Costa del Sol, El Salvador on 28 March–4 April 2015. A total of 16 teams took part in the tournament. The top two teams qualified for the 2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.
Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...
and Costa Rica won their respective semi-finals on 3 April 2015 to qualify for the World Cup, with Mexico defeating Costa Rica in the final on the next day to win the tournament.


Oceanian Zone

The OFC Beach Soccer Championship was scheduled to take place in
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on 16–22 February 2015. However, the tournament was cancelled, and
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were designated by the OFC as their representative.


South American Zone

The
CONMEBOL Beach Soccer Championship The CONMEBOL qualifiers for the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup (natively in Spanish: ''Eliminatorias CONMEBOL al Mundial de la FIFA de Fútbol Playa''), also previously known as the ''South American Beach Soccer Championship'' (Spanish: ''Sudamerican ...
took place in
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Ecuador Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechua: ''Ikwadur Ripuwlika''; Shuar: ' ...
on 19–26 April 2015. A total of 10 teams took part in the tournament. The top three teams qualified for the 2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.
Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
and
Paraguay Paraguay (; ), officially the Republic of Paraguay ( es, República del Paraguay, links=no; gn, Tavakuairetã Paraguái, links=si), is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to th ...
won their respective semi-finals on 25 April 2015 to qualify for the World Cup. On the next day,
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won the third place match to also book a place in the World Cup, while Brazil defeated Paraguay in the final to win the tournament.


Teams

The following 16 teams qualified for the final tournament: Notes: :
1. Teams that made their debut.


Venue

All matches were played at the ''Espinho Stadium'', a purpose-built 3,500-capacity venue located in Praia da Baía, Espinho.


Referees

FIFA chose 24 officials from 24 different countries to referee matches at the World Cup, with at least one referee representing each confederation: four from AFC, three from CAF, five from CONMEBOL, three from
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, one from OFC and eight from
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.


Draw

The final draw was held on 28 April 2015 at the Espinho Multimedia Auditorium. The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four teams, with hosts
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 ...
being seeded in Group A and defending champions
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being seeded in Group D. Switzerland and
Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
, the second and third-ranked teams in the FIFA World Ranking, were the other two seeded teams. Teams from the same confederation could not be drawn against each other for the group stage, except one of the groups that must contain two UEFA teams as there were five UEFA teams.


Squads

Each team must name a squad of 12 players (two of whom must be goalkeepers) by the FIFA deadline. The squads were officially announced by FIFA on 2 July 2015.


Group stage

In the group stage, teams earn 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. Following FIFA's rule changes issued in July 2014, this was the first World Cup to award just one point for a penalty shoot-out win (as opposed to two points in all previous World Cups) as well as penalty shoots outs being best of three rather than sudden death from the start. All times are in
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).


Tiebreaking

The ranking of each team in each group will be determined by the following criteria: # greatest number of points obtained in all group matches; If two or more teams are equal on the basis of the above criterion, their rankings will be determined as follows:


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


Semi-finals


Third place match


Final


Awards

In the aftermath of the final, FIFA presented individual awards to the three best players of the tournament, top goal-scorers, and to the best goalkeeper. In addition, a collective award was given to the team with the most points in the Fair Play ranking. Since three players all scored 8 goals, other stats such as assists, penalties and matches played were then considered to work out the standings between them. Notably, this World Cup saw the fewest goals ever scored for a player to claim the golden boot.


Statistics


Goalscorers

;8 goals * Pedro Moran *
Madjer João Victor Saraiva (born 22 January 1977), better known as Madjer, is a Portuguese retired beach soccer player. He played in the forward position, and has won numerous awards at the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cups for his goalscoring abilities. ...
* Noel Ott ;7 goals * Gabriele Gori * Emmanuele Zurlo * Kirill Romanov * Raimana Li Fung Kuee ;6 goals * Dmitrii Shishin ;5 goals * Alan * Belchior * Naea Bennett * Tearii Labaste ;4 goals * Mohammad Ahmadzadeh * Paolo Palmacci * Takasuke Goto * Ibrahima Baldé * Antonio * Heimanu Taiarui * Patrick Tepa ;3 goals * Bokinha * Bruno Xavier * Mauricinho * Rodrigo * Amir Akbari * Mohammad Ali Mokhtari * Simone Marinai * Naoya Matsuo * Bernardin Rasolomandimby * Yahya Al-Araimi * Juan López * Bê Martins * Rui Coimbra *
Artur Paporotnyi Artur Sergeyevich Paporotnyi (russian: Артур Сергеевич Папоротный; born 28 November 1985) is a Russian beach soccer player. Paporotnyi debuted in the Russia national beach soccer team, Russian national beach soccer team i ...
* Anatoliy Peremitin * Dejan Stankovic * Heiarii Tavanae ;2 goals * Federico Hilaire * Luciano Sirico * Danny Johnson * Greivin Pacheco * Farid Boloukbashi * Moslem Mesigar * Dario Ramacciotti * Ramon Maldonado *
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. ...
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Ishaq Al-Qassmi Ishaq Al-Mas Al-Qassmi ( ar, إسحاق الماس القاسمي; born 10 September 1985) is an Omani footballer and beach soccer player who plays for Omani club Ahli Sidab Club. International career Ishaq is part of the first team squad of th ...
* Khalid Al-Araimi * Bruno Novo * Yury Krasheninnikov *
Ilya Leonov Ilya Yuryevich Leonov (russian: Илья Юрьевич Леонов; born 21 December 1979 in Moscow) is a retired Russian beach soccer and former futsal player. From 2010 to 2018, he played for Lokomotiv Moscow, where for a time he served bot ...
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Aleksey Makarov Aleksey Sergeyevich Makarov (russian: Алексей Сергеевич Макаров; born 20 August 1987) is a Russian beach soccer player currently active as a forward. Career Makarov began his professional beach soccer team in the FC S ...
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Egor Shaykov Egor Mikhailovich Shaykov (russian: Егор Михайлович Шайков; born 23 June 1980) is a former Russian association football and beach soccer player who was active as forward. Shaykov started his career in association football, hi ...
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Anton Shkarin Anton Pavlovich Shkarin (russian: Антон Павлович Шкарин; born 15 November 1982) is a Russian beach soccer player. He currently plays as defender for Krylya Sovetov Samara. Career Shkarin began his professional beach soccer ...
* Babacar Fall * Llorenç * Nico * Stephan Leu ;1 goal * Federico Costas * Luciano Franceschini * Santiago Hilaire * Rodrigo López * Facundo Minici * Datinha * Fernando Ddi * Mão * José Mendoza * Vladimir Adanis * Faroogh Dara * Mehran Morshedi * Francesco Corosiniti * Michele di Palma * Alessio Frainetti * Takuya Akaguma * Shotaro Haraguchi * Ozu Moreira * Takaaki Oba *
Teruki Tabata is a former Japanese football player. Playing career Tabata was born in Kagoshima Prefecture on April 16, 1979. After graduating from high school, he joined Japan Football League club Albirex Niigata in 1998. The club was promoted to new league ...
* Tianasoa Rabeasimbola * Tokindrainy Randriamampandry * Flavien Razafimahatratra * Ymelda Razafimandimby * Gerardo Gómez * Abdiel Villa * Ghaith Al-Alawi * Abdullah Al-Sauti * Édgar Barreto * Wilson Rodriguez * Jesús Rolon *
Elinton Andrade Elinton Sanchotene Andrade (born 30 March 1979, Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul) is a Brazilian born Portuguese goalkeeper who currently plays for Flamengo Beach Soccer and the Portuguese beach soccer national team. Personal Elinton has a ...
* Léo Martins *
Jordan Santos Jordan Alexandre Grilo Santos better known as Jordan (born 2 July 1991) is a Portuguese beach soccer player. He plays as a forward for S.C. Braga and for the Portugal national beach soccer team The Portugal national beach soccer team represe ...
* Bruno Torres * Zé Maria *
Andrey Bukhlitskiy Andrey Nikolayevich Bukhlitsky (russian: Андрей Николаевич Бухлицкий; born 7 February 1982) is a former Russian beach soccer player who represented Russia in international competitions. His role was goalkeeper. Bukhlits ...
* Gorgui Faye * Pape Amadou Kamara * Papa Ndour * Papa Modou N'Doye * Ngalla Sylla * Ibra Thioune * Raúl Mérida * Philipp Borer * Michael Misev * Angelo Schirinzi * Tainui Lehartel * Angelo Tchen * Jonathan Torohia *
Teva Zaveroni Daniel Teva Zaveroni (born 10 October 1975) in Tahiti is a footballer who plays as a midfielder. He previously played for AS Taravao and AS Pirae. He currently plays for AS Pirae in the Tahiti Division Fédérale and the Tahiti national foot ...
;Own goals * Andres Villegas (against Italy) * Adrian Gonzalez (against Brazil) * Stephan Leu (against Portugal)


Final standings


References


External links


FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Portugal 2015
FIFA.com
FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Portugal 2015
, Beach Soccer Worldwide
FIFA Technical Report
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