| Campeonato do Mundo de Futebol de Praia da FIFA Portugal 2015 | |
|---|---|
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| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Portugal |
| City | Espinho |
| Dates | 9–19 July |
| Teams | 16 (from 6 confederations) |
| Venue | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Portugal (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  Tahiti |
| Third place |  Russia |
| Fourth place |  Italy |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 32 |
| Goals scored | 253 (7.91 per match) |
| Attendance | 96,300 (3,009 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |  Pedro MoranMadjer Noel Ott(8 goals) |
| Best player | Heimanu Taiarui |
| Bestgoalkeeper | Jonathan Torohia |
| Fair play award |  Brazil |
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The2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup was the eighth edition of theFIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, the premier internationalbeach soccer competition for men's national teams, which has been organized byFIFA since 2005. Overall, this was the 18th edition of aworld cup in beach soccer since the establishment of theBeach Soccer World Championships which ran from 1995 to 2004 but was not governed by FIFA. It was also the third edition to take place under the biennial system introduced in 2009.
The tournament took place from 9 to 19 July 2015 at Praia da Baía inEspinho,Portugal,[1] after the country's bid was selected by the FIFA Executive Committee on 28 May 2013, from among twelve proposals. This was the second time that Portugal hosted a FIFA competition, after the1991 FIFA World Youth Championship. Fifteen teams advanced through their respective continental qualification competitions to join thehost team in the final tournament. The final draw occurred on 28 April 2015 at the Espinho Multimedia Auditorium,[2] setting up a total of 32 matches that were played at the Espinho Stadium – a purpose-built temporary venue with a capacity of 3,500 – and attended by a total of 96,300 people.
After missing theprevious edition, Portugal reached the final – eliminating two-time defending championsRussia in the semi-finals – and defeated first-time finalistsTahiti 5–3 to claim their second world title and their first in the FIFA era.[3]Alan andMadjer were the only two surviving players from the Portuguese squad that won their previousworld title in 2001 to also win these championships.[4]
TwelveFIFAmember associations from five confederations officially announced their interest in hosting the 2015 Beach Soccer World Cup by the deadline of 14 September 2012.[5][6] On 28 May 2013, the FIFA Executive Committee, gathered inMauritius, announced that the tournament would be held in Portugal.[7][8] It was the second time that Portugal staged a FIFA competition, after the1991 FIFA World Youth Championship.
Qualifying rounds took place in 2014 and 2015.Portugal qualified automatically as hosts.
TheCAF Beach Soccer Championship took place inRoche Caiman,Seychelles on 14–19 April 2015.[9] A total of eight teams took part in the tournament, where seven spots (other than host nation Seychelles) were determined through qualifiers held in February and March 2015.[10][11] The top two teams qualified for the 2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.Senegal andMadagascar won their respective semi-finals on 18 April 2015 to qualify for the World Cup,[12] with Madagascar defeating Senegal in the final on the next day to win the tournament.[13]
TheAFC Beach Soccer Championship took place inDoha,Qatar on 23–28 March 2015.[14] A total of 14 teams took part in the tournament (Palestine entered but withdrew).[15] The top three teams qualified for the 2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.Oman andJapan won their respective semi-finals on 27 March 2015 to qualify for the World Cup.[16] On the next day,Iran won the third place match to also book a place in the World Cup,[17] while Oman defeated Japan in the final to win the tournament.[18]
TheUEFA qualifiers took place inJesolo,Italy on 5–14 September 2014.[19] A total of 23 teams took part in the tournament (Georgia entered but withdrew).[20] The top four teams qualified for the 2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.Switzerland became the first team (other than host nation Portugal) to qualify for the 2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup on 11 September 2014.[21] On the next day,Russia,Spain andItaly also booked a place in the World Cup by advancing to the semi-finals,[22] with Russia defeating Switzerland in the final two days later to win the tournament, and Italy defeating Spain to finish third.[23]
TheCONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship took place in Costa del Sol,El Salvador on 28 March–4 April 2015.[24] A total of 16 teams took part in the tournament.[25] The top two teams qualified for the 2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.Mexico andCosta Rica won their respective semi-finals on 3 April 2015 to qualify for the World Cup,[26] with Mexico defeating Costa Rica in the final on the next day to win the tournament.[27]
TheOFC Beach Soccer Championship was scheduled to take place inTahiti on 16–22 February 2015.[28] However, the tournament was cancelled, andTahiti were designated by the OFC as their representative.[29]
TheCONMEBOL Beach Soccer Championship took place inManta,Ecuador on 19–26 April 2015.[30] A total of 10 teams took part in the tournament.[30][31] The top three teams qualified for the 2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.Brazil andParaguay won their respective semi-finals on 25 April 2015 to qualify for the World Cup.[32] On the next day,Argentina won the third place match to also book a place in the World Cup,[33] while Brazil defeated Paraguay in the final to win the tournament.[34]
The following 16 teams qualified for the final tournament:
Notes:
All matches were played at theEspinho Stadium, a purpose-built 3,500-capacity venue located in Praia da Baía,Espinho.
| Espinho | 2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup (Portugal) | |
|---|---|---|
| Espinho Stadium | ||
| 41°00′N08°38′W / 41.000°N 8.633°W /41.000; -8.633 (Espinho Stadium) | ||
| Capacity:3,500 | ||
FIFA chose 24 officials from 24 different countries to referee matches at the World Cup, with at least one referee representing each confederation: four fromAFC, three fromCAF, five fromCONMEBOL, three fromCONCACAF, one fromOFC and eight fromUEFA.[35]
| AFC | CAF | CONCACAF | CONMEBOL | OFC | UEFA | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Shao Liang Suhaimi Mat Hassan Turki Al-Salehi Bakhtiyor Namazov |  Said Hachim Jelili Ogunmuyiwa Bessem Boubaker |  Warner Porras Juan Angeles César Echevarria |  Mariano Romo Ivo de Moraes Gustavo Domínguez Alex Valdiviezo Javier Bentancor |  Hugo Pado |  Ingilab Mammadov Sofien Benchabane Gionni Matticoli Laurynas Aržuolaitis |  Łukasz Ostrowski António Pereira Roman Borisov Rubén Eiriz |
The final draw was held on 28 April 2015 at the Espinho Multimedia Auditorium.[36][37] The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four teams, with hostsPortugal being seeded in Group A and defending championsRussia being seeded in Group D.Switzerland andBrazil, the second and third-ranked teams in the FIFA World Ranking, were the other two seeded teams. Teams from the same confederation could not be drawn against each other for the group stage, except one of the groups that must contain two UEFA teams as there were five UEFA teams.[38]
| Pot 1 (Seeds) | Pot 2 (AFC & OFC) | Pot 3 (CAF & CONCACAF) | Pot 4 (CONMEBOL & UEFA) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portugal(assigned to A1) Russia(assigned to D1) Brazil Switzerland |  Iran Japan Oman Tahiti | Madagascar Senegal Costa Rica Mexico | Argentina Paraguay Italy Spain |
Each team must name a squad of 12 players (two of whom must be goalkeepers) by the FIFA deadline.[39] The squads were officially announced by FIFA on 2 July 2015.[40][41]
In the group stage, teams earn 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.
Following FIFA's rule changes issued in July 2014,[42] this was the first World Cup to award just one point for a penalty shoot-out win (as opposed to two points in all previous World Cups) as well as penalty shoots outs being best of three rather than sudden death from the start.
All times are inWEST (UTC+1).[43]
The ranking of each team in each group will be determined by the following criteria:[39]
If two or more teams are equal on the basis of the above criterion, their rankings will be determined as follows:
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | W+ | WPK | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portugal(H) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 10 | +6 | 6[a] | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Japan | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 6[a] | |
| 3 | Argentina | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 14 | −5 | 3[b] | |
| 4 | Senegal | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 13 | −1 | 3[b] |
| Argentina | 4–3 | Senegal |
|---|---|---|
Franceschini 8'F. Hilaire 11'Sirico 19'Minici 21' | Report | Baldé 5',25' Ndour 36' |
| Senegal | 6–5 | Portugal |
|---|---|---|
| Thioune 9' Kamara 16'Baldé 25',32'Sylla 26'Fall 29' | Report | Belchior 7',31' Coimbra 16'Léo Martins 17'Alan 19' |
| Portugal | 7–2 | Argentina |
|---|---|---|
| Belchior 9' Madjer 12',31'Torres 16'Alan 18',29'Zé Maria 36' | Report | Sirico 32' (pen.) S. Hilaire 33' |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | W+ | WPK | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italy | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 7 | +9 | 9 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Switzerland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 11 | +2 | 6 | |
| 3 | Oman | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 3 | |
| 4 | Costa Rica | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 17 | −11 | 0 |
| Switzerland | 5–2 | Oman |
|---|---|---|
| Misev 4' Ott 10',12',21'Leu 14' | Report | Al-Sauti 7' K. Al-Araimi 19' |
| Oman | 2–4 | Italy |
|---|---|---|
| Y. Al-Araimi 8' K. Al-Araimi 22' | Report | Zurlo 12',30' Marinai 12'Gori 19' |
| Costa Rica | 3–4 | Switzerland |
|---|---|---|
| Mendoza 24' Adanis 30'Pacheco 35' | Report | Stankovic 3' Ott 11'Leu 21'Borer 35' |
| Oman | 7–2 | Costa Rica |
|---|---|---|
| Al-Dhabit 4',26' (pen.) Y. Al-Araimi 17',26'Al-Alawi 19'Al-Qassmi 32',36' | Report | Johnson 19',28' (pen.) |
| Switzerland | 4–6 | Italy |
|---|---|---|
| Ott 4',10' Schirinzi 5'Stankovic 34' | Report | Zurlo 3' Gori 4'Palmacci 15',31'Marinai 17'Frainetti 21' (pen.) |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | W+ | WPK | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brazil | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 9 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Iran | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 11 | +1 | 6 | |
| 3 | Spain | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 3 | |
| 4 | Mexico | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 11 | −7 | 0 |
| Spain | 5–6 | Iran |
|---|---|---|
| Antonio 2',15',31' Nico 3'Llorenç 8' | Report | Boloukbashi 2',15' Mesigar 5'Mokhtari 19',36'Ahmadzadeh 34' |
| Brazil | 5–1 | Mexico |
|---|---|---|
| Rodrigo 1' Bokinha 6'Bruno Xavier 12'Gonzalez 26' (o.g.)Mauricinho 29' | Report | Maldonado 31' |
| Iran | 3–4 | Brazil |
|---|---|---|
| Akbari 2',4' Ahmadzadeh 5' | Report | Ddi 2' Bruno Xavier 12'Bokinha 12'Mauricinho 26' |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | W+ | WPK | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tahiti | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 14 | +4 | 9 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Russia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 14 | +3 | 6 | |
| 3 | Paraguay | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 16 | −2 | 3 | |
| 4 | Madagascar | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 12 | −5 | 0 |
| Russia | 7–5 | Paraguay |
|---|---|---|
| Romanov 7',15' Shishin 8',28',30'Shkarin 23'Leonov 25' | Report | López 1' Moran 3',17',34'Rodriguez 18' (pen.) |
| Tahiti | 4–3 | Madagascar |
|---|---|---|
| Labaste 4' Tepa 5'Tavanae 9'Bennett 17' (pen.) | Report | Razafimandimby 2' Rabeasimbola 2'Razafimahatratra 6' |
| Madagascar | 2–4 | Russia |
|---|---|---|
| Rasolomandimby 17' Randriamampandry 19' | Report | Leonov 6' Romanov 7',9'Krasheninnikov 35' |
| Paraguay | 5–7 | Tahiti |
|---|---|---|
| Moran 2',18',25' López 27'Barreto 35' | Report | Tavanae 2' Labaste 4',27'Zaveroni 8'Tchen 8'Tepa 14'Taiarui 25' |
| Russia | 6–7 | Tahiti |
|---|---|---|
| Bukhlitskiy 8' Shishin 8'Paporotnyi 20'Krasheninnikov 23'Romanov 35'Makarov 35' | Report | Li Fung Kuee 2',9',14',27' Taiarui 8'Lehartel 23'Torohia 35' |
| Paraguay | 4–2 | Madagascar |
|---|---|---|
| Moran 11',27' López 17'Rolon 26' | Report | Rasolomandimby 13',26' |
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 16 July | ||||||||||
| Italy | 3 | |||||||||
| 18 July | ||||||||||
| Japan | 2 | |||||||||
| Italy | 6 (1) | |||||||||
| 16 July | ||||||||||
| Tahiti(p) | 6 (3) | |||||||||
| Tahiti | 5 | |||||||||
| 19 July | ||||||||||
| Iran | 4 | |||||||||
| Tahiti | 3 | |||||||||
| 16 July | ||||||||||
| Portugal | 5 | |||||||||
| Portugal | 7 | |||||||||
| 18 July | ||||||||||
| Switzerland | 3 | |||||||||
| Portugal | 4 | |||||||||
| 16 July | ||||||||||
| Russia | 2 | Third place match | ||||||||
| Brazil | 5 | |||||||||
| 19 July | ||||||||||
| Russia(a.e.t.) | 6 | |||||||||
| Italy | 2 | |||||||||
| Russia | 5 | |||||||||
| Brazil | 5–6 (a.e.t.) | Russia |
|---|---|---|
| Mão 9' Datinha 9'Mauricinho 9'Bokinha 31' (pen.)Bruno Xavier 32' | Report | Paporotnyi 3' Shkarin 8'Shishin 13'Peremitin 29'Romanov 31'Shaykov 39' |
| Portugal | 7–3 | Switzerland |
|---|---|---|
| Leu 2' (o.g.) Madjer 13',25',32'Andrade 14'Belchior 15'Coimbra 27' | Report | Ott 11',29' (pen.) Stankovic 15' |
| Tahiti | 5–4 | Iran |
|---|---|---|
| Bennett 11',14' Tepa 27'Li Fung Kuee 30'Taiarui 32' | Report | Ahmadzadeh 13' Morshedi 14'Mesigar 27'Mokhtari 31' |
| Italy | 6–6 (a.e.t.) | Tahiti |
|---|---|---|
| Palmacci 4' Gori 22',34'Ramacciotti 26'Di Palma 28'Corosiniti 34' | Report | Taiarui 1' Labaste 4'Bennett 14',26'Tavanae 23'Tepa 33' |
| Penalties | ||
Frainetti Palmacci  | 1–3 | Taiarui Bennett Li Fung Kuee |
| Tahiti | 3–5 | Portugal |
|---|---|---|
| Labaste 17' Li Fung Kuee 19',25' | Report | Madjer 1' Belchior 7'Coimbra 17'Novo 21'Alan 36' |
In the aftermath of the final, FIFA presented individual awards to the three best players of the tournament, top goal-scorers, and to the best goalkeeper. In addition, a collective award was given to the team with the most points in the Fair Play ranking.[44][39] Since three players all scored 8 goals, other stats such as assists, penalties and matches played were then considered to work out the standings between them. Notably, this World Cup saw the fewest goals ever scored for a player to claim the golden boot.
| adidas Golden Ball | adidas Silver Ball | adidas Bronze Ball |
|---|---|---|
| Heimanu Taiarui | Alan | Madjer |
| adidas Golden Scorer | adidas Silver Scorer | adidas Bronze Scorer |
| Pedro Moran | Madjer | Noel Ott |
| 8 goals | 8 goals | 8 goals |
| adidas Golden Glove | ||
| Jonathan Torohia | ||
| FIFA Fair Play Award | ||
| Brazil | ||
| Goal of the tournament | ||
| Madjer v Switzerland[45] | ||
Pedro MoranMadjer Noel Ott Gabriele Gori Emmanuele Zurlo Kirill RomanovRaimana Li Fung KueeAlanBelchiorNaea Bennett Tearii Labaste Mohammad Ahmadzadeh Paolo Palmacci Takasuke Goto Ibrahima Baldé Antonio Heimanu Taiarui Patrick Tepa Bokinha Bruno Xavier Mauricinho Rodrigo Amir Akbari Mohammad Ali Mokhtari Simone Marinai Naoya Matsuo Bernardin Rasolomandimby Yahya Al-Araimi Juan López Bê Martins Rui CoimbraArtur Paporotnyi Anatoliy PeremitinDejan Stankovic Heiarii Tavanae Federico Hilaire Luciano Sirico Danny Johnson Greivin Pacheco Farid BoloukbashiMoslem Mesigar Dario Ramacciotti Ramon MaldonadoHani Al-DhabitIshaq Al-Qassmi Khalid Al-Araimi Bruno Novo Yury KrasheninnikovIlya LeonovAleksey MakarovEgor ShaykovAnton Shkarin Babacar Fall Llorenç Nico Stephan Leu Federico Costas Luciano Franceschini Santiago Hilaire Rodrigo López Facundo Minici Datinha Fernando Ddi Mão José Mendoza Vladimir Adanis Faroogh Dara Mehran Morshedi Francesco Corosiniti Michele di Palma Alessio Frainetti Takuya Akaguma Shotaro Haraguchi Ozu Moreira Takaaki ObaTeruki Tabata Tianasoa Rabeasimbola Tokindrainy Randriamampandry Flavien Razafimahatratra Ymelda RazafimandimbyGerardo Gómez Abdiel Villa Ghaith Al-Alawi Abdullah Al-Sauti Édgar Barreto Wilson Rodriguez Jesús RolonElinton Andrade Léo MartinsJordan Santos Bruno Torres Zé MariaAndrey Bukhlitskiy Gorgui Faye Pape Amadou Kamara Papa Ndour Papa Modou N'Doye Ngalla Sylla Ibra Thioune Raúl Mérida Philipp Borer Michael Misev Angelo Schirinzi Tainui LehartelAngelo Tchen Jonathan TorohiaTeva Zaveroni Andres Villegas (against Italy) Adrian Gonzalez (against Brazil) Stephan Leu (against Portugal)Source:[46]
| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | WE | WP | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | Portugal(H) | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 18 | +14 | 15 | Champions |
| 2 | D | Tahiti | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 29 | +3 | 13 | Runners-up |
| 3 | D | Russia | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 25 | +5 | 11 | Third place |
| 4 | B | Italy | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 20 | +7 | 12 | Fourth place |
| 5 | C | Brazil | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 11 | +5 | 9 | Eliminated in Quarter-finals |
| 6 | C | Iran | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 6 | |
| 7 | A | Japan | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 13 | −1 | 6 | |
| 8 | B | Switzerland | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 18 | −2 | 6 | |
| 9 | B | Oman | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 3 | Eliminated in Group stage |
| 10 | C | Spain | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 3 | |
| 11 | A | Senegal | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 13 | −1 | 3 | |
| 12 | D | Paraguay | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 16 | −2 | 3 | |
| 13 | A | Argentina | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 14 | −5 | 3 | |
| 14 | D | Madagascar | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 12 | −5 | 0 | |
| 15 | C | Mexico | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 11 | −7 | 0 | |
| 16 | B | Costa Rica | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 17 | −11 | 0 |
