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2015 AFC Beach Soccer Championship

The 2015 AFC Beach Soccer Championship was a beach soccer tournament which took place in Doha, Qatar on 23–28 March 2015.[1] This was the second consecutive time that the AFC Beach Soccer Championship was held in Doha. All matches were played at the Katara Beach.

2015 AFC Beach Soccer Championship
2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Qualification (AFC)
Tournament details
Host countryQatar
Dates23–28 March
Teams14 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Oman (1st title)
Runners-up Japan
Third place Iran
Fourth place Lebanon
Tournament statistics
Matches played30
Goals scored228 (7.6 per match)
Attendance11,131 (371 per match)
Top scorer(s)Vietnam Bùi Trần Tuấn Anh
Japan Takasuke Goto
Japan Moreira Ozu
(8 goals each)
Best player(s)Japan Moreira Ozu
Best goalkeeperIran Seyed Peyman Hosseini
← 2013
2017 →

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 in Portugal.[2] In the final, Oman defeated Japan to be crowned champions, and both teams together with third place Iran qualified for the 2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.[3]

Participating teams and draw

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The following 15 teams entered the tournament.[4] Palestine initially entered but then had to withdraw.

The draw of the tournament was held on 18 February 2015 at Doha, Qatar.[4] The 15 teams were drawn into three groups of four teams and one group of three teams.

Group stage

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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.

Legend
The top two teams from each group advance to the quarter-finals

All times are local, Arabia Standard Time (UTC+3).

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W WE WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Oman 3 3 0 0 0 19 5 +14 9 Knockout stage
2   Bahrain 3 2 0 0 1 16 6 +10 6
3   Laos 3 1 0 0 2 11 21 −10 3
4   Qatar (H) 3 0 0 0 3 6 20 −14 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points obtained in head-to-head matches; 3) Goal difference in head-to-head matches; 4) Goals scored in head-to-head matches; 5) Total goal difference; 6) Total goals scored; 7) Drawing of lots.[2]
(H) Host
Oman  3–2  Bahrain
Hani Al-Dhabit   11'
Jalal Al-Sinani   18'
Yahya Al-Araimi   36'		 Report 1
Report 2		 Naseeb Salem   21'
Mohamed Alabdulla   31'
Attendance: 135
Referee: Abdulaziz M A Abdullah (Kuwait)
Qatar  5–6  Laos
Hamad Ali Al-Sharqi   5', 20'
Jafal Rashid M Al-Kuwari   17'
Mohamed Hashim Idrees   19'
Nanthaly Savatdy   21' (o.g.)		 Report 1
Report 2		 Chiew Nonmany   3', 16', 31'
Souksakhone Bountathip   7', 29'
Tona Bounmalay   29'
Attendance: 500
Referee: Suhaimi Bin Mat Hassan (Malaysia)
Laos  3–8  Oman
Chiew Nonmany   16'
Nanthaly Savatdy   29', 30'		 Report 1
Report 2		 Yahya Al-Araimi   2', 15'
Abdullah Masoud Salim   18'
Hani Al-Dhabit   20'
Ghaith Abdullah Subait   23', 35'
Tona Bounmalay   23' (o.g.)
Mundhar Al-Araimi   33' (pen.)
Attendance: 212
Referee: Seyed Ramin Haghighizade (Iran)
Bahrain  6–1  Qatar
Abdulla Abdullatif Mohamed Alabdulla   6', 29'
Rashed Jamal   17', 25', 30'
Jasim Rashed Mubarak   24'		 Report 1
Report 2		 Jafal Rashid M Al-Kuwari   30'
Attendance: 300
Referee: Suwat Wongsuwan (Thailand)
Bahrain  8–2  Laos
Rashed Jamal   5', 17'
Thani Salem Thani   9'
Ayoob Naseeb Salem   27', 29', 31'
Ebrahim Hasan Ali Naser   34'
Abdulla Abdullatif Mohamed Alabdulla   34'		 Report 1
Report 2		 Tona Bounmalay   9'
Vatsana Sisoulath   34'
Attendance: 137
Referee: Masahiro Sakurada (Japan)
Qatar  0–8  Oman
Report 1
Report 2		 Yahya Al-Araimi   8'
Ghaith Abdullah Subait   12', 15', 34', 34'
Abdullah Masoud Salim   16'
Hani Al-Dhabit   26'
Yaqoob Al-Alawi   29'
Attendance: 165
Referee: Hassan Abed Rabbo (Lebanon)

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W WE WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Japan 3 3 0 0 0 13 5 +8 9 Knockout stage
2   China 3 1 0 1 1 9 13 −4 4
3   Kuwait 3 1 0 0 2 12 13 −1 3
4   Vietnam 3 0 0 0 3 11 14 −3 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points obtained in head-to-head matches; 3) Goal difference in head-to-head matches; 4) Goals scored in head-to-head matches; 5) Total goal difference; 6) Total goals scored; 7) Drawing of lots.[2]
China  5–5 (a.e.t.)  Vietnam
Liu Yisi   1', 24'
Chen Xiaowei   7'
Wan Chao   25', 32'		 Report 1
Report 2		 Bùi Trần Tuấn Anh   3', 4' (pen.), 11', 23', 26' (pen.)
Penalties
Wan Chao  
Chen Xiaowei  
Liu Yisi  		 3–2   Phùng Ngọc Vĩnh Quý
  Bùi Trần Tuấn Anh
  Nguyễn Thanh Đạt
Attendance: 350
Referee: Akbarpour Asghar (Iran)
Japan  5–3  Kuwait
Takasuke Goto   5', 13' (pen.)
Ozu Moreira   11', 12', 21'		 Report 1
Report 2		 Ali Al-Saif   8', 12'
Abdulatif Al-Hamad   12'
Attendance: 157
Referee: Ebrahim Al-Mansoori (United Arab Emirates)
Kuwait  3–4  China
Mohammad Bu-Abbas   2'
Ali Al-Saif   18'
Mohammed Hajeyah   31'		 Report 1
Report 2		 Wan Chao   2'
Liu Yisi   24'
Cai Weiming   25', 33'
Attendance: 300
Referee: Turki Al-Salehi (Oman)
Vietnam  2–3  Japan
Lê Ngọc Phước   27'
Trần Vĩnh Phong   30'		 Report 1
Report 2		 Takasuke Goto   2'
Ozu Moreira   4'
Takuya Akaguma   11'
Attendance: 208
Referee: Ahmed Mohamed Obaid (United Arab Emirates)
Vietnam  4–6  Kuwait
Trần Vĩnh Phong   9'
Bùi Trần Tuấn Anh   16', 17', 35'		 Report 1
Report 2		 Ali Al-Saif   8', 19', 26'
Abdulatif Al-Hamad   10', 23'
Mohammad Bu-Abbas   14'
Attendance: 200
Referee: Wan Mohamad Tarmizi Bin Wan Ibrahim (Malaysia)
Japan  5–0  China
Takuya Akaguma   2'
Takasuke Goto   15', 34', 36'
Ozu Moreira   33'		 Report 1
Report 2
Attendance: 500
Referee: Abdulla Saleh Qasim Saleh (Bahrain)

Group C

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Pos Team Pld W WE WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Uzbekistan 2 2 0 0 0 12 6 +6 6 Knockout stage
2   United Arab Emirates 2 1 0 0 1 12 11 +1 3
3   Iraq 2 0 0 0 2 6 13 −7 0
4   Palestine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrew[a]
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points obtained in head-to-head matches; 3) Goal difference in head-to-head matches; 4) Goals scored in head-to-head matches; 5) Total goal difference; 6) Total goals scored; 7) Drawing of lots.[2]
Notes:
  1. ^ Palestine were not able to take part in the competition due to "administrative issues outside of the event".[5]
United Arab Emirates  7–5  Iraq
Hasan Ali   2', 4', 12'
Adel Ali   5'
Ali Hassan Karim   13', 17', 29'		 Report 1
Report 2		 Ali Joudah Habeeb   3'
Abdullah Suhail   19', 21'
Hussein Jabar   27', 32' (pen.)
Attendance: 200
Referee: Suwat Wongsuwan (Thailand)
Palestine  Cancelled  Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan  6–5  United Arab Emirates
Haitham Mohamed   20' (o.g.)
Jafar Irismetov   21', 33', 33'
Tokhir Abdurazzakov   24'
Sarvar Kholmurodov   31'		 Report 1
Report 2		 Ali Mohammad   10', 31'
Mohamed Muftah   24'
Ali Hassan Karim   25'
Haitham Mohamed   30'
Attendance: 150
Referee: Masahiro Sakurada (Japan)
Iraq  Cancelled  Palestine
Uzbekistan  6–1  Iraq
Feruz Fakhriddinov   2'
Jamoliddin Sharipov   4', 15'
Sarvar Kholmurodov   11', 16'
Jafar Irismetov   22'		 Report 1
Report 2		 Hussein Jabar   33'
Attendance: 76
Referee: Akbarpour Ebrahim Asghar (Iran)
United Arab Emirates  Cancelled  Palestine

Group D

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Pos Team Pld W WE WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Iran 2 2 0 0 0 11 3 +8 6 Knockout stage
2   Lebanon 2 0 1 0 1 5 5 0 2
3   Thailand 2 0 0 0 2 3 11 −8 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points obtained in head-to-head matches; 3) Goal difference in head-to-head matches; 4) Goals scored in head-to-head matches; 5) Total goal difference; 6) Total goals scored; 7) Drawing of lots.[2]
Iran  3–2  Lebanon
Mohammadali Sadeghi   13'
Farid Boulokbashi   29' (pen.)
Mohammad Ahmadzadeh   35'		 Report 1
Report 2		 Ahmed Grada   8'
Mohamad Halawi   35'
Attendance: 525
Referee: Bakhtiyor Namazov (Uzbekistan)
Thailand  2–3 (a.e.t.)  Lebanon
Komkrit Nanan   1', 18' Report 1
Report 2		 Haitham Fattal   1', 2'
Mohamad Halawi   37'
Attendance: 253
Referee: Shao Liang (China)
Iran  8–1  Thailand
Seyed Peyman Hosseini   3'
Farid Boulokbashi   4', 17'
Hassan Abdollahi   8'
Mohammadali Sadeghi   8'
Mohammad Moradi Farahabadi   19', 33'
Naderi Hossein Abadi Ali   34'		 Report 1
Report 2		 Vitoon Tapinna   23'
Attendance: 600
Referee: Abdullah Ali Mohamed (Oman)

Knockout stage

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Bracket

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
26 March
 
 
  Uzbekistan 1
 
27 March
 
  Lebanon 6
 
  Lebanon 4
 
26 March
 
  Oman (a.e.t.)5
 
  Oman 7
 
28 March
 
  China 2
 
  Oman (p) 1 (3)
 
26 March
 
  Japan 1 (2)
 
  Iran 6
 
27 March
 
  United Arab Emirates 1
 
  Iran 4
 
26 March
 
  Japan 5 Third place
 
  Japan 5
 
28 March
 
  Bahrain 2
 
  Lebanon 3
 
 
  Iran 8
 
 
Fifth Place Semi-finalsFifth Place
 
      
 
27 March
 
 
  Uzbekistan 3
 
28 March
 
  China 4
 
  China 1
 
27 March
 
  United Arab Emirates 5
 
  United Arab Emirates 2
 
 
  Bahrain 1
 
Seventh Place
 
 
28 March
 
 
  Uzbekistan 2
 
 
  Bahrain (a.e.t.) 3

Quarter-finals

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Uzbekistan  1–6  Lebanon
Ganisher Kholmurodov   20' Report 1
Report 2		 Mohamad Merhi   8', 13'
Haitham Fattal   24', 27', 33'
Mohamed Choker   26'
Attendance: 300
Referee: Abdulaziz M A Abdullah (Kuwait)
Iran  6–1  United Arab Emirates
Mehran Morshedizadeh   7'
Seyed Peyman Hosseini   15'
Amir Hosein Akbari   27'
Mohammad Ahmadzadeh   28'
Naderi Hossein Abadi Ali   30'
Farid Boulokbashi   34' (pen.)		 Report 1
Report 2		 Ali Hassan Karim   4'
Attendance: 475
Referee: Suwat Wongsuwan (Thailand)
Oman  7–2  China
Hani Al-Dhabit   3'
Khalid Al-Oraimi   12', 29', 31'
Yahya Al-Araimi   15'
Jalal Al-Sinani   20'
Ghaith Abdullah Subait   24'		 Report 1
Report 2		 Cai Weiming   3'
Wan Chao   27'
Attendance: 250
Referee: Suhaimi Bin Mat Hassan (Malaysia)
Japan  5–2  Bahrain
Takaaki Oba   13'
Ozu Moreira   23'
Hirofumi Oda   29'
Shinji Makino   30'
Salman Khaled   35' (o.g.)		 Report 1
Report 2		 Rashed Jamal   2'
Ayoob Naseeb Salem   33'
Attendance: 237
Referee: Abdullah Ali Mohamed (Oman)

Fifth place semi-finals

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Uzbekistan  3–4  China
Jamoliddin Sharipov   15', 17'
Sarvar Kholmurodov   18'		 Report 1
Report 2		 Wan Chao   12'
Cai Weiming   18'
Hao Minhui   22'
Wen Tingyuan   28'
Attendance: 250
Referee: Abdullah Ali Mohamed (Oman)
United Arab Emirates  2–1  Bahrain
Hasan Ali   16'
Ali Hassan Karim   35'		 Report 1
Report 2		 Salman Khaled   17'
Attendance: 437
Referee: Akbarpour Ebrahim Asghar (Iran)

Semi-finals

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Lebanon  4–5 (a.e.t.)  Oman
Haitham Fattal   17'
Ahmed Grada   27', 34'
Mohamad Merhi   34'		 Report 1
Report 2		 Yahya Al-Araimi   16', 39'
Khalid Al-Oraimi   18'
Mundhar Al-Araimi   32'
Mohamad Merhi   34' (o.g.)
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Bakhtiyor Namazov (Uzbekistan)
Iran  4–5  Japan
Hassan Abdollahi   8', 20'
Mohammad Ahmadzadeh   12'
Mostafa Kiani   35'		 Report 1
Report 2		 Hirofumi Oda   15'
Shusei Yamauchi   16'
Takasuke Goto   17', 20'
Ozu Moreira   32'
Attendance: 521
Referee: Shao Liang (China)

Seventh place match

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Uzbekistan  2–3 (a.e.t.)  Bahrain
Jafar Irismetov   6', 11' Report 1
Report 2		 Mohamed Ashoor   8'
Salman Khaled   30'
Thani Salem Thani   38'
Attendance: 261
Referee: Abdulaziz M A Abdullah (Kuwait)

Fifth place match

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China  1–5  United Arab Emirates
Fu Xiaojun   29' Report 1
Report 2		 Ali Hassan Karim   4'
Haitham Mohamed   6', 12', 25'
Mohamed Muftah   16'
Attendance: 100
Referee: Abdulla Saleh Qasim Saleh (Bahrain)

Third place match

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Lebanon  3–8  Iran
Mohamed Choker   17'
Haitham Fattal   20'
Mohamad Merhi   26'		 Report 1
Report 2		 Mohammad Moradi Farahabadi   9'
Mohammadali Mokhtari   12'
Naderi Hossein Abadi Ali   13', 29'
Mohammad Ahmadzadeh   15', 21', 28', 33'
Attendance: 932
Referee: Wan Mohamad Tarmizi Bin Wan Ibrahim (Malaysia)

Final

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Oman  1–1 (a.e.t.)  Japan
Hani Al-Dhabit   2' Report 1
Report 2		 Ozu Moreira   23'
Penalties
Hani Al-Dhabit  
Mundhar Al-Araimi  
Abdullah Masoud Salim  		 3–2   Ozu Moreira
  Shinji Makino
  Takasuke Goto
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Bakhtiyor Namazov (Uzbekistan)

Final ranking

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Qualified for 2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
Rank Team
    Oman
    Japan
    Iran
4   Lebanon
5   United Arab Emirates
6   China
7   Bahrain
8   Uzbekistan
9–14   Iraq
  Kuwait
  Laos
  Qatar
  Thailand
  Vietnam

Awards

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Best Player (MVP)[3] Top Scorer(s)[3] Best Goalkeeper[3]
  Moreira Ozu   Takasuke Goto   Peyman Hosseini

Note: Goto won top scorer award based on tiebreaker.

Top goalscorers

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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

Source: the-AFC.com[6]

References

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  1. ^ "AFC Calendar of Competitions 2015" (PDF). AFC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 December 2014.
  2. ^ a b c d e "AFC Beach Soccer Championship 2015 Qatar Regulations" (PDF). AFC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 April 2015.
  3. ^ a b c d "Oman become new Asian Champions!!". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 28 March 2015.
  4. ^ a b "Groups drawn for AFC Beach Soccer Championship 2015". the-AFC.com. February 19, 2015.
  5. ^ "Teams get ready for the fight in Doha". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 22 March 2015.
  6. ^ "Top Goal Scorers (by Stage) – 2015 AFC Beach Soccer Championship". AFC.com.
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