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.
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.
Participating teams and draw
The following 15 teams entered the tournament. Palestine initially entered but then had to withdraw.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.Legend |
The top two teams from each group advance to the [|quarter-finals] |
All times are local, Arabia Standard Time.
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
Fifth place semi-finals
Semi-finals
Seventh place match
Fifth place match
Third place match
Final
Final ranking
Rank | Team |
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9–14 | |
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9–14 |
Awards
Note: Goto won top scorer award based on tiebreaker.Top goalscorers
;8 goals- Takasuke Goto
- Moreira Ozu
- Bùi Trần Tuấn Anh
- Mohammad Ahmadzadeh
- Haitham Fattal
- Yahya Al-Araimi
- Ghaith Abdullah Subait
- Ali Hassan Karim
- Rashed Jamal
- Ali Al-Saif