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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. 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 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Qualification (AFC) |
|---|
| Qatar |
| 23–28 March |
| 14 (from 1 confederation) |
| 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Oman (1st title) |
| Japan |
| Iran |
| Lebanon |
| 30 |
| 228 (7.6 per match) |
| 11,131 (371 per match) |
| Bùi Trần Tuấn Anh Takasuke Goto Moreira Ozu(8 goals each) |
| Moreira Ozu |
| Seyed Peyman Hosseini |
| ← 2013 2017 → |
The 2015 AFC Beach Soccer Championship was a beach soccer tournament which took place in Doha, Qatar 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.
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. 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.
The following 15 teams entered the tournament. Palestine initially entered but then had to withdraw.
The draw of the tournament was held on 18 February 2015 at Doha, Qatar. The 15 teams were drawn into three groups of four teams and one group of three teams.
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).
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 | Column 5 | Column 6 | Column 7 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fifth Place Semi-finals | Fifth 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 |
| Column 1 |
|---|
| 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 |
| Best Player (MVP) | Top Scorer(s) | Best Goalkeeper |
|---|---|---|
| Moreira Ozu | Takasuke Goto | Peyman Hosseini |
Note: Goto won top scorer award based on tiebreaker.
8 goals
7 goals
6 goals
Source: the-AFC.com
- FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 2015 - AFC Qualifier Qatar, beachsoccer.com
- AFC Beach Soccer Championship, the-AFC.com
- FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Portugal 2015 – Qualifiers – Asia, FIFA.com
- Technical Report and Statistics, AFC
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