2015 AFC Beach Soccer Championship

2015 AFC Beach Soccer Championship
2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Qualification (AFC)
Tournament details
Host countryQatar
CityDoha
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 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.

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]

  1. ^ "AFC Calendar of Competitions 2015" (PDF). AFC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 December 2014.
  2. ^ "AFC Beach Soccer Championship 2015 Qatar Regulations" (PDF). AFC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 April 2015.
  3. ^ "Oman become new Asian Champions!!". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 28 March 2015.