The 2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup CONMEBOL qualifier, also commonly known as the ''2015 South American Beach Soccer Championship'', was the sixth Beach Soccer World Cup qualification championship for
South America
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, held from April 19–26 at Playa del Murciélago, in
Manta
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,
Ecuador
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.
The qualifiers were not coordinated by
CONMEBOL
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at the time. The event was organised by
Beach Soccer Worldwide
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(BSWW), under the ''FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Qualifier'' title. CONMEBOL reported on the event under the title of ''South American Beach Soccer Championship''. CONMEBOL eventually began organising the qualifiers in 2017, under a new title.
Brazil
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defeated
Paraguay
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to be crowned champions, and both teams together with third place
Argentina
Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...
qualified for the 2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.
Participating teams and draw
A total of 10 teams entered the tournament. This was the first time in the history of the CONMEBOL Beach Soccer Championship that all ten CONMEBOL teams participated in the competition.
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The draw of the tournament was held on 27 March 2015 at
Luque
Luque () is a city in Central Department of Paraguay, part of the Gran Asunción metropolitan area. Both 1635 and 1750 have been recorded as dates of its founding.
It was temporarily the capital of Paraguay in 1868 during the Paraguayan War b ...
. The 10 teams were drawn into two groups of five 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,
Ecuador Time
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Group A
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Group B
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Knockout stage
Bracket
Fifth place semi-finals
Semi-finals
Ninth place match
Seventh place match
Fifth place match
Third place match
Final
Final ranking
Awards
Top goalscorers
;12 goals
* Luis Do Nacimiento "Datinha"
;10 goals
* Pedro Morán
;9 goals
* Lucas Medero
;8 goals
* Bruno da Silva Xavier
* Segundo Moreira
* Jesús Amado Rolón
;7 goals
* Victor Manuel Alejandro Belaunde Muñoz
* Alberto Andrés Echeverría Alegría
* Juan López
* Angelo Castro Gordillo
* Sócrates Vidal Moscoso
References
External links
*, beachsoccer.com
*, CONMEBOL.com
*, FIFA.com
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