# 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.
* Bahrain
* China
* Iran
* Iraq
* Japan
* Kuwait
* Lebanon
* Laos
* Oman
* Palestine (withdrew)
* Qatar (hosts)
* Thailand
* United Arab Emirates
* Uzbekistan
* Vietnam
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.

## 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 (UTC+3).

### Group A

| 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 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Laos | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 21 | −10 | 3 | |
| 4 | Qatar (H) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 20 | −14 | 0 | |

### Group B

| 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 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Kuwait | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 13 | −1 | 3 | |
| 4 | Vietnam | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 14 | −3 | 0 | |

### Group C

| 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 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Iraq | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 13 | −7 | 0 | |
| 4 | Palestine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrew |
* ↑ Palestine were not able to take part in the competition due to "administrative issues outside of the event".

### Group D

| 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 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Thailand | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 11 | −8 | 0 | |

## Knockout stage
### Bracket

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

### Final
## Final ranking

* 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 |
| 9–14 | Kuwait |
| 9–14 | Laos |
| 9–14 | Qatar |
| 9–14 | Thailand |
| 9–14 | Vietnam |

## Awards

| Best Player (MVP) | Top Scorer(s) | Best Goalkeeper |
| Moreira Ozu | Takasuke Goto | Peyman Hosseini |
Note: Goto won top scorer award based on tiebreaker.

## Top goalscorers
### 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