2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (UEFA) explained

Tourney Name:	FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Qualification (UEFA)
Year:	2015
Country:	Italy
City:	Jesolo
Dates:	5–14 September 2014
Num Teams:	24
Confederations:	1
Venues:	1
Cities:	1
Count:	1
Matches:	73
Goals:	581
Top Scorer:	Dejan Stankovic^[1]
Player:	Dario Ramacciotti
Goalkeeper:	Valentin Jaeggy
Prevseason:	2013
Nextseason:	2017

The UEFA qualifiers for the 2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup was a beach soccer tournament which took place in Jesolo, Italy between 5–14 September 2014. The tournament served as the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualifier for teams from UEFA, where the top four teams qualified for the 2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in Portugal.^[2]

This was the second time that the Beach Soccer World Cup qualifiers were held in Italy. All matches were played at the Beach Arena del Faro di Jesolo in the Lido di Jesolo beach area.

Participating teams and draw

The following 24 teams entered the tournament.^[3]

• • • • • • • • • (withdrew)
      • (hosts)

The draw of the tournament was held on 18 July 2014 in Jesolo.^[3] The 24 teams were drawn into six groups of four teams for the first stage.

First 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.

All times are local, Central European Summer Time (UTC+2).

Group A

Team
	3	2	0	1	0	18	8	+10	7
	3	2	0	0	1	13	12	+1	6
	3	1	0	0	2	16	13	+3	3
	3	0	0	0	3	13	27	−14	0

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Group B

Team
	2	2	0	0	0	7	3	+4	6
	2	1	0	0	1	4	5	−1	3
	2	0	0	0	2	2	5	−3	0
	Withdrew

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Group C

Team
	3	3	0	0	0	23	4	+19	9
	3	2	0	0	1	10	8	+2	6
	3	1	0	0	2	6	18	−12	3
	3	0	0	0	3	7	16	−9	0

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Group D

Team
	3	3	0	0	0	25	5	+20	9
	3	2	0	0	1	16	11	+5	6
	3	1	0	0	2	8	11	−3	3
	3	0	0	0	3	6	28	−22	0

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Group E

Team
	3	3	0	0	0	15	4	+11	9
	3	2	0	0	1	10	7	+3	6
	3	1	0	0	2	8	13	−5	3
	3	0	0	0	3	5	14	−9	0

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Group F

Team
	3	2	0	0	1	13	11	+2	6
	3	2	0	0	1	12	11	+1	6
	3	1	0	0	2	8	8	0	3
	3	1	0	0	2	13	16	−3	3

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Second stage

Group 1

Team
	3	2	1	0	0	17	8	+9	8
	3	2	0	0	1	13	8	+5	6
	3	1	0	0	2	11	16	−5	3
	3	0	0	0	3	10	19	−9	0

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Group 2

Team
	3	2	0	1	0	17	13	+4	7
	3	2	0	0	1	17	11	+6	6
	3	1	0	0	2	9	13	−4	3
	3	0	0	0	3	6	12	−6	0

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Group 3

Team
	3	3	0	0	0	10	2	+8	9
	3	1	0	1	1	12	12	0	4
	3	1	0	0	2	9	7	+2	3
	3	0	0	0	3	6	16	−10	0

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Group 4

Team
	3	3	0	0	0	18	8	+10	9
	3	1	1	0	1	12	11	+1	5
	3	0	1	0	2	10	17	−7	2
	3	0	0	0	3	9	13	−4	0

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Final stage

The top team from each group in the second stage advance to the semi-finals to play for the title. The other teams eliminated from the second stage advance to classification play-offs (5th to 8th place, 9th to 12th place, 13th to 16th place) depending on their positions.

Play-offs for 13th to 16th place

Play-off for 13th place

Play-offs for 9th to 12th place

Play-off for 9th place

Play-offs for 5th to 8th place

Play-off for 5th place

Play-offs for 1st to 4th place

Final

Final ranking

Qualified for 2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

Rank	Team
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17

External links

• • FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 2015 - Europe Qualifier Jesolo, at Beach Soccer Worldwide
  • Squads
  • PDF reports: Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, Day 4, Day 5, Day 6, Day 7, Day 8, Day 9, Day 10.
• FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Portugal 2015 – Qualifiers – Europe, at FIFA.com

Notes and References

1. Web site: Russia claims 1st over Switzerland in amazing final. Beach Soccer Worldwide. 14 September 2014.
2. Web site: Important World Cup Qualifier meeting held in Jesolo. Beach Soccer Worldwide. 28 May 2014.
3. Web site: European qualifier draw is finalised. Beach Soccer Worldwide. 18 July 2014.