TECHNICAL REPORT AND STATISTICS AFC BEACH SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP

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1 TECHNICAL REPORT AND STATISTICS AFC BEACH SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP March 2015 THE AFC QUALIFIERS FOR THE 2015 FIFA BEACH SOCCER WORLD CUP

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3 AFC BEACH SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP March 2015 THE AFC QUALIFIERS FOR THE 2015 FIFA BEACH SOCCER WORLD CUP

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5 08 GENERAL INFORMATION 14 TOURNAMENT ANALYSIS 26 STATISTICAL DATA 90 TOURNAMENT INFORMATION

6 AFC BEACH SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP March 2015 As the growth trajectory of beach soccer keeps rising, the AFC will also continue to engage Member Associations and experts in an effort to develop the sport at all levels across the continent 6

7 THE AFC QUALIFIERS FOR THE 2015 FIFA BEACH SOCCER WORLD CUP MESSAGE FROM AFC PRESIDENT SHAIKH SALMAN BIN EBRAHIM AL KHALIFA Dear friends, The AFC qualifiers for the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 2015 which were held in Doha, Qatar, proved to be a major success and provided yet another opportunity to demonstrate Qatar s ability to deliver and host a successful tournament. Beach soccer is a unique and wonderfully appealing sport which has, without doubt, captured the hearts and minds of many football fans, players and administrators around the globe. There can also be little doubt that beach soccer has enjoyed rapid growth in recent years across Asia, with the quality and appeal of the sport improving throughout AFC Member Associations who have committed the time and energy to its development. As the growth trajectory of beach soccer keeps rising, the AFC will also continue to engage Member Associations and experts in an effort to develop the sport at all levels across the continent, helping Member Associations promote the sport further in their respective countries. We hope that this technical report, the first of its kind for beach soccer in Asia, will aid that process. Finally, congratulations to worthy champions Oman, runners-up Japan and third-placed Iran who subsequently went on to represent Asia at the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Portugal I am sure that their qualification will serve as an inspiration to the rest of the nations in Asia, and I would like to take this opportunity to wish them the very best of luck in Portugal. Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa AFC President FIFA Vice President 7

8 GENERAL INFORMATION

9 10 HOST CITY INFORMATION 12 TOURNAMENT OVERVIEW

10 AFC BEACH SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP March 2015 GENERAL Host City Information 10

11 THE AFC QUALIFIERS FOR THE 2015 FIFA BEACH SOCCER WORLD CUP HOST CITY INFORMATION DOHA, QATAR Doha is the capital city and most populous city of the State of Qatar. Doha has a population of 900,545 within the city proper. The city is located on the coast of the Persian Gulf in the east of the country. It is Qatar s fastest growing city, with over 60% of the nation s population living in Doha or its surrounding suburbs, and it is also the economic center of the country. It comprises one of the municipalities of Qatar. Doha was founded in the 1820s as an offshoot of Al Bidda. It was officially declared as the country s capital in 1971, when Qatar gained independence. As the commercial capital of Qatar and one of the emergent financial centers in the Middle East, Doha is considered a world city by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network. Doha accommodates Education City, an area devoted to research and education. The city was host to the first ministerial-level meeting of the Doha Development Round of World Trade Organization negotiations. It was also selected as host city of a number of sporting events, including the 2011 AFC Asian Cup and AFC Beach Soccer World Cup Qualifiers. 11

12 AFC BEACH SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP March 2015 GENERAL Tournament Overview 12

13 THE AFC QUALIFIERS FOR THE 2015 FIFA BEACH SOCCER WORLD CUP FIFA BEACH SOCCER WOLRD CUP 2015 AFC QUALIFIER QATAR The FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup AFC Qualifiers produced a number of shocks and surprises as the tournament, which determined Asia s three representatives in the finals in Portugal as well as Asia s champions, returned to the Katara Beach in the Qatar capital for the second time, with Oman emerging victorious ahead of traditional powers Japan and I.R.Iran. Oman, runners-up in 2011, took continental glory for the first time by defeating 2013 runners-up Japan 3-2 on penalties after the final was locked at 1-1 at the end of overtime, with the Gulf Sultanate booking their place in the semi-finals as well as claiming first Asian ticket to the 2015 Beach Soccer World Cup finals with a 5-4 extra-time victory over Lebanon. Oman advanced to the semis having swept aside China 7-2 in the quarter-finals, which they reached by topping Group A with a 100% record. The eventual champions were joined in the knockout stage by second-place Bahrain, while it was a disappointing campaign for hosts Qatar, who lost all three of their group stage matches including a shock 6-5 loss to debutants Laos. sixth time, and their class shone through in the thirdplace playoff as the I.R.Iranians ran out 8-3 winners, recording their second triumph over the Lebanese following their 3-2 victory in the opening match of Group D. I.R.Iran s experience also told in the quarter-finals when they ran out 6-1 winners against the United Arab Emirates, who ended the tournament on a positive note by defeating China 5-1 to finish fifth, while Uzbekistan, who defeated the UAE 6-5 to finish top of Group C ahead of the 2007 and 2008 Asian champions, finished their campaign in seventh place following their 3-2 overtime victory over Bahrain. A number of players caught the eye during the fiveday competition but none more so than Ozu Moreira, who was Man-of-the-Match in every game he played in to win the MVP award for the second successive tournament after claiming the accolade in Ozu Moreira s team-mate Takasuke Goto took the top scorer award courtesy of weighing in with more assists than Moreira and Vietnam s Bui Tran Tuan Anh, with the trio all scoring eight times. Japan also advanced to the last eight with a 100% record, which they continued into the knockout stage with a quarter-final victory over Bahrain (5-2) and then a tightly-contested semi-final triumph over defending I.R.Iran (5-4), as the two protagonists from the 2013 final renewed acquaintances in Doha. Having lost their semi-final, I.R.Iran needed to defeat Lebanon if they were to reach the World finals for a 13

14 TOURNAMENT ANALYSIS

15 16 STORY OF THE TOURNAMENT

16 AFC BEACH SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP March 2015 TOURNAMENT ANALYSIS Story of the Tournament MATCH DAY 1 UAE 7-5 IRAQ The UAE made a winning start to their quest for a third continental title as hat-tricks from Hasan Ali and skipper Ali Hassan Karim propelled the 2007 and 2008 Asian champions to a 7-5 defeat of Iraq in their Group C curtain raiser. The opening match of the competition was marked by a flurry of goals shortly after Thai referee Suwat Wongsuwan referee kicked things off with Hasan Ali getting the first goal of the tournament with two minutes played before scoring his second two minutes later to restore the UAE s lead after Ali Joudah Habeeb had netted a third-minute equaliser for Iraq. Adel Ali found the net in the fifth minute before Hasan Ali completed his hat-trick to see the UAE round off the first period with a healthy 4-1 advantage. Ali Hassan Karim bagged two of his treble in the second period (13th and 17th) while Iraq s Abullah Suhail also struck twice as the UAE went into the final third leading 6-3. After Ali Hassan Karim completed his hat-trick in the 29th minute, a 32nd minute penalty from Hussein Jabar, who had reduced the deficit with his first of the game five minutes earlier, was not enough to deny the UAE a winning start. OMAN 3-2 BAHRAIN Oman football legend Hani Al Dhabat scored the opening goal as the Gulf Sultanate kicked-off their Group B campaign with a hard-fought 3-2 victory over Bahrain. Al Dhabat showed he is just as capable of finding the net on the sand as he is on the grass when the former national team star, who netted 22 times in 2001 to become that year s leading international goal scorer, gave Oman an 11th minute lead with the only goal of the first period. Jalal Al Ainani doubled Oman s advantage six minutes into the second period but Ayoob Nasseb Salem s strike three minutes later and Abdulla Abdullatif Al Abdulla s leveller just after the half-hour mark looked to have earned Bahrain a share of the spoils. However, seconds before the final buzzer Yahya Al Araimi struck to give Oman all three points. CHINA 5-5 VIETNAM (3-2 PSO) China, who have participated in every edition of Asia s qualifying tournament s for the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, needed penalties to pick up their first point of the 2015 AFC Beach Soccer Championship, with a 3-2 penalty shootout victory seeing off a resilient Vietnam after the two sides were locked a 5-5 at the end of overtime. A virtuoso display from Bui Tran Tuan Anh looked to have given Vietnam all three points when he netted his fifth of the match, with his 26th minute penalty making it 5-4 to the ASEAN side after he traded goals with Liu Yisi (1st and 24th), Chen Xiaowei (7th) and Wan Chao (25th). But Wan s second of the match four minutes after Bui Tran had scored for the fifth time, following the 16

17 THE AFC QUALIFIERS FOR THE 2015 FIFA BEACH SOCCER WORLD CUP Vietnamese player s goals in the 3rd, 4th 11th and 23rd minutes, sent the match into overtime and with neither side able to add to the tally the game went into penalties, which the Chinese won after Nguyen Thanh Dat had missed the sixth spot kick. JAPAN 5-3 KUWAIT Ozu Moreira netted a hat-trick as Japan went to the top of the Group B standings with a 5-3 win over Kuwait. Moreira scored the first of his treble in the 11th minute to restore Japan s lead after Ali Al Saif s 8th minute strike had cancelled out Takasuke Goto s fifth minute opener. Three goals in the final minute saw the first period end all even at three apiece, with Abdulatif Al Hamad levelling the score at 2-2 before Kuwait equalized for the second time when Al Saif scored his second of the match just seconds after Moreira had bagged his brace. Al Saif s goal transpired to be the last time Kuwait would get on the score sheet with a 13th minute Goto penalty and Moreira s third, an acrobatic bicycle kick scored in the 21st minute, saw Japan s Marcelo Mendes get the better of Kuwait s Alex Domingos Braga in the battle of the Brazilian coaches. QATAR 5-6 LAOS Laos pulled off the shock of Matchday 1 as the tournament newcomers defeated the AFC Beach Soccer Championship hosts 6-5 to hand the ASEAN nation a winning debut in their first ever FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualifier. Mohamed Hashim Idress (19th), Al Sharqi (20th) and a 21stminute Nanthal Savatdy own goal put the Group A hosts 5-3 up going into the third and final period. But after Laos had levelled with two goals in the 29th minute from skipper Tona Bounmalay and a second from Bountathip, Chiu completed his hat-trick and sealed the historic victory with the last goal of the game a minute from the final buzzer. IRAN 3-2 LEBANON Asian Beach Soccer champions I.R.Iran made a winning start to the defence of their continental title but were made to work hard for their 3-2 win over Lebanon. The Lebanese, coached by I.R.Iranian Karim Moghaddam, broke the deadlock midway through the first period, before Ahmed Grada s eighth minute opener was cancelled out in the 13th minute by Mohammadali Sadeghi with what was the only goal of the second period. Farid Boulokbashi put I.R.Iran 2-1 up with a 29th minute penalty before Mohammad Ahmadzadeh s 35th minute strike gave a little bit of breathing space for I.R.Iran, although a Mohamad Halawi goal seconds later ensured it was nervous finish for the Asian champions. Chiu Nonmay put Laos on the front foot after three minutes with the first of his hat-trick but the Laotians lead would last just 120 seconds, with Hamad Al Sharqi drawing the home side level. Parity lasted only two minutes with Souksakhone Bountathip giving Laos a 2-1 lead which Chiu extended with his second four minutes into the second period. Qatar hit back immediately through evergreen skipper Jafal Al Kuwari, who retired from the 11-aside game in 2009 prior to becoming Team Manager of 2011 AFC Champions League winners Al Sadd, before 17

18 AFC BEACH SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP March 2015 MATCH DAY 2 UZBEKISTAN 6-5 UAE Two Jafar Irismetov goals in the space of a minute at the end of the third period denied the UAE their second Group C win, as Uzbekistan edged the twotime Asian champions 6-5 although the defeat proved not to be too costly for the 2007 and 2008 winners, who were guaranteed at least a second-place finish in three-team table. Ali Mohammad s 10th minute goal gave the UAE a slender advantage to take into the second period but after Uzbekistan were brought back on level terms courtesy of a Haitham Mohamed s 20th minute own goal the initiative swung in favour of the Central Asians, with Irismetov grabbing the first of his hat-trick (21st) and Tokhir Abdurazzakov (24th) taking their tally to three, while Mohamed Muftah scored the UAE s second goal just seconds from Abdurazzakov netting the Uzbeks third. But the UAE dominated the third period and after skipper Ali Hassan Karim struck shortly after the restart with his fourth of the campaign, Haitham Mohammad atoned for his earlier error by making it 4-3 to the UAE on the half-hour mark. Ali Mohamed extended the UAE s lead in the 31st minute but after Sarvar Kholmurodov reduced the deficit just seconds later, Irismetov struck twice in the 33rd minute to complete the come-from-behind win. LAOS 3-8 OMAN Oman thrashed Laos 8-3 with Yahya Mabyoua Al Araimi scoring Oman s opening goal as early as the second minute. The Omanis duly charged further ahead with Al Araimi again providing the impetus by doubling his tally on 15 minutes. Abdullah Masoud Salim (18th), skipper Hani Al Dhabat (20th) and Ghaith Abdullah Sebeit (23rd) added to the lead, before Laos captain Tona Bounmalay aided the Omani cause by scoring a own goal on 23 minutes. Laos scored twice courtesy of Nanthaly Savatdy s double (29th and 30th), but Mandhar Hilal Hamed Al Araimi s penalty kick and late strike from Sebeit saw Oman run out comfortable winners. KUWAIT 3-4 CHINA Kuwait s chances of a place in the quarter-finals of the 2015 AFC Beach Soccer Championship ended after Cai Weiming s 33rd minute strike gave China a 4-3 win and consigned the Gulf nation to their second Group B defeat. Wan Chao opened the scoring in the second minute but Kuwait hit back almost immediately through Mohammad Bu-Abbas as the two sides ended the first period on an even keel. Ali Al Saif made it 2-1 in favour of the Gulf side only for two goals within the space of a minute from Liu Yisi (24th) and Cai (25th) to give China the upper hand. Mohammed Hajeyah levelled the match in the 31st minute but an evenly-fought contest would be settled two minutes later when Cai scored his second and China s fourth, putting the East Asians on course for 18

19 THE AFC QUALIFIERS FOR THE 2015 FIFA BEACH SOCCER WORLD CUP a place in the last eight. JAPAN 3-2 VIETNAM Japan set up a top-of-the-table clash with China following a 3-2 victory over a spirited Vietnam side, a result which confirmed the East Asian duos place in the last eight following China s 4-3 win over Kuwait in the earlier Group B fixture. Ozu Moreira and Takasuke Goto were on target in the second and fourth minutes respectively as the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup ever-presents threatened to run riot against a Vietnamese side that were narrowly defeated on penalties by China in their Group B opener. Japan struck for a third time in the first period but Takuya Akaguma s 11th minute goal would be the last time that the Vietnamese defence would be breached as the South East Asians made the twotime continental champions work hard for the three points that took them top of the table. After a goalless second period Le Ngoc Phuoc gave Vietnam hope when he pulled one back in the 27th minute before a Tran Vinh Phong strike three minutes later ensured a nervous finish for Japan. BAHRAIN 6-1 QATAR Qatar crashed to their second straight defeat as the tournament hosts were hammered 6-1 by a Bahrain side that thrust themselves back into contention for a place in the last eight following their 3-2 defeat by Oman. when Rashed Jamal completed his hat-trick with the sixth goal, with a victory that set up a winner-takes-all clash with Laos to determine who would join Oman in the quarter-finals. THAILAND 2-3 LEBANON Lebanon picked up their first points of the campaign as the Cedars bounced back from a narrow defeat to I.R.Iran in the Group D opener with a 3-2 overtime win over Thailand. The game got off to a flying start with three goals inside the first two minutes with Haitham Fattal scoring twice for Lebanon either side of Komkrit Nanan s leveller for the Thais. Komkrit came to Thailand s rescue for the second time when he equalized in the 18th minute with the goal that would ultimately force overtime, as neither side was able to make the most of the chances they created during the remainder of regulation time. And just as they were at the start of the match, Lebanon were quickest out of the blocks in overtime, with skipper Mohamad Halawi scoring the decisive goal one minute into additional time to give the men from the Middle East the two points and confirmed I.R.Iran s place in the last eight. Abdulla Abdullatif Al Abdulla scored his second of the campaign having found the net in the loss to the Omanis with the only goal of the first period before his sixth-minute opener was supplemented by the first of three from Rashed Jamal (17th) and Jasim Rashed Mubarak (24th) as Bahrain took a 3-0 lead into the third period. Qatar s hopes of a comeback began to diminish just one minute into the third period when Rashed Jamal scored his second before Abdulla Abdullatif Al Abdulla also bagged his brace as Bahrain extended their advantage to 5-0 in the 29th minute. Jafal Al Kuwari fired home a spectacular consolation for the hosts on the half-hour mark but it was Bahrain that would have the final say in the scoring stakes 19

20 AFC BEACH SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP March 2015 MATCH DAY 3 IRAN 8-1 THAILAND Thailand s hopes of a place in the quarter-finals were comprehensively ended by I.R.Iran, as the continental champions hammered the ASEAN side 8-1 to top three-team Group D ahead of Lebanon. Needing a victory to ensure a place in the knockout stage, things started badly for the Thais who found themselves 4-0 at the end of the first period after early goals from goalkeeper Seyed Peyman Hosseini (3rd) and Farid Boulokbashi (4th) were supplemented in the eighth minute when both Hassan Abdollahi and Mohammad Ali Sadeghi got their names on the scoresheet. Boulokbashi extended I.R.Iran s lead in the 17th minute and after Mohammad Moradi Farahbadi scored the first of his double two minutes later, Thailand finally got off the mark when Vitoon Tapinna found the net. But Vitoon s goal was all the Thais would get from the one-sided match as last year s Asian beach soccer champions added another two goals through Farahbadi (33rd) and captain Ali Naderi Hosseinabadi (34th). QATAR 0-8 OMAN Qatar bowed out of the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualifying competition without a win following an 8-0 humbling at the hands of Group A table-toppers Oman. Ahya Mabyoua Al Araimi opened the scoring in the eighth minute before Ghaith Abdullah Sebeit doubled Oman s advantage with the first of his four-goal haul. Sebeit scored his first of the game in the last minute of the first period before netting his second and Oman s third on the quarter-of-an-hour mark. A minute later Abdulla Masoud Salim got his name on the score sheet before skipper Hani Al Dhabat kept up his goal-a-game ratio when the Oman 11-a-side legend found the net in the 26th minute to add to the goals he scored against Laos and Bahrain. Yaqoob Rabia Al Alawi bagged his first of the tournament three minutes later but the final say would go to Sebeit who scored twice with two minutes left to go as Oman advanced to the quarter-finals with a 100% record. JAPAN 5-0 CHINA Japan stormed into the last eight with a 5-0 defeat of China that saw the Asian beach soccer powerhouse advance with a 100% record following victories over Kuwait and Vietnam but Marcelo Mendes side left it late to stamp their authority on the match, with three of their goals coming in the final three minutes. Takuya Akaguma sent Japan on their way to their third successive Group B win when he opened the scoring after just two minutes before Takasuke Goto doubled the advantage three minutes into the second period to maintain his record of scoring in every group stage game. China held out until the 33rd minute when Ozu Moreira matched Goto s achievement of scoring 20

21 THE AFC QUALIFIERS FOR THE 2015 FIFA BEACH SOCCER WORLD CUP in each game when the Japan skipper made it 3-0 before Goto put the gloss on the win with goals in the 34th and 36th minutes to round off the 5-0. BAHRAIN 8-2 LAOS A four-minute Ayoob Naseeb Salem hat-trick and two goals with two minutes remaining at the end of the third period saw Bahrain confirm their place in the quarter-finals of the with an emphatic 8-2 victory over Laos. Rashed Jamal broke the deadlock with the first of his brace in the fifth minute while team-mate Thani Salem Thani and Laos skipper Tona Bounmalay were on target in the ninth minute as the first period ended 2-1 in favour of Bahrain. Opening scorer Rashed Jamal scored his second and Bahrain s third in the 17th minute with the only goal of the second period before the floodgates opened in the final stanza as the Gulf Kingdom capitalised on a tiring Laos side. Ayoob Naseeb Salem effectively ended the match as a contest with three goals in a blistering four-minute spell (27th, 29th and 31st) before three different players got their names on the score sheet in the 34th minute, with Ebrahim Hasan Ali Naser and Abdulla Abduallatif Mohamed Al Abdulla on target for Bahrain and Vatsana Sisoulath grabbing a late consolation for the Laotians. minute strike cancelling out Al Saif s opening goal. UZBEKISTAN 6-1 IRAQ Uzbekistan emphatically booked their place in the quarter-finals as the Central Asians scored three times in the first and second periods to sweep to a 6-1 victory over Iraq. The triumph took the Uzbeks through to the last-eight as Group C winners following their 6-5 defeat of the UAE, who progressed as runners-up courtesy of the three points they picked up from their 7-5 victory over the Iraqis. Feruz Fakhriddinov opened the scoring in the second minute before Jamoliddin Sharipov and Sarvar Kholmurodov got the first of their doubles with goals in the fourth and 11th minutes respectively. Sharipov netted his second in the 15th minute before Kholmurodov did likewise a minute later and while Jafar Irismetov grabbed Uzbekistan s sixth in the 22nd minute it was Iraq that would have the final say in the scoring stakes, with Hussein Jabar grabbing a consolation for the West Asians with three minutes of the game remaining. KUWAIT 6-4 VIETNAM Ali Al Saif scored a goal in each period as Kuwait edged Vietnam 6-4 to finish their fruitless campaign third in the Group B standings and consign the ASEAN side to the foot of the table. Al Saif struck in the eighth, 19th and 26th minutes to end the tournament with an impressive individual haul of six goals although Vietnam s Bui Tran Tuan Anh staked his claim to emerge as the competition s top scorer after he netted a hat-trick (16th, 17th and 35th) to take his personal tally to eight following the five he scored in the opening match against China. Mohammad Bu-Abbas also got his name on the score sheet in the 14th minute either side of an Abdullatif Al Hamad double (10th and 23rd) with Tran Vinh Phong also on target for Vietnam, with his ninth 21

22 AFC BEACH SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP March 2015 QUARTER FINALS UZBEKISTAN 1-6 LEBANON A Haitham Fattal hat-trick headlined Lebanon s impressive 6-1 win over Uzbekistan as the Cedar s swept into the semi-finals. Fattal scored the first of his treble in the last minute of the second period with his side already 2-1 up after a Mohamad Merhi double (8th and 13th) gave Lebanon the initiative. The Uzbeks reduced the deficit seven minutes after Merhi s second but Sarvar Kholmurodov s 20th minute goal was the only time the Central Asians would register on the score board. Fattal regained Lebanon s two-goal lead in the 24th minute and, after goalkeeper Mohamed Choker weighed in with the fourth two minutes later, the 29-year-old scored the second of his treble in the 27th minute before rounding off the impressive 6-1 win with three minutes of the match remaining. IRAN 6-1 UAE Four unanswered goals in the third period put the gloss on what had been an evenly-fought quarterfinal as reigning Asian champions I.R.Iran remained on track to retain their 2013 title with a 6-1 win over the UAE. UAE skipper Ali Hassan Karim put the 2007 and 2008 Asian champions one up four minutes into the meeting between two of the continent s top beach soccer exponents but after Mehran Morshedizadeh had levelled the tie three minutes later it was all one way traffic as five more I.R.Iranian players got their names on the score sheet. Seyed Peyman Hosseini was the first of the quintet to find the net after Morshedizadeh, with the I.R.Iranian goalkeeper scoring in the 15thminute with what was his second of the tournament following his effort in I.R.Iran s 8-1 win over Thailand in the group stage. At 2-1 down the UAE were far from out of the reckoning going into the third period but three goals in a three minute spell from Amir Hosein Akbari (27th), Mohammad Ahmadzadeh (28th) and skipper Ali Naderi (30th) consigned the 2009 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup hosts to their fate before a 34th minute Farid Boulokbashi penalty capped the win that took the I.R.Iranians through to the semi-finals. OMAN 7-2 CHINA Oman eased into the semi-finals of the 2015 AFC Beach Soccer Championship with an assured 7-2 quarter-final victory over China. Oman skipper Hani Al Dhabat maintained his goala-game ratio in the third minute, when Cai Weiming also found the target for China, before Khalid Al Oraimi put Oman 2-1 with the first of his hat-trick in the 12th minute. Oman took command of the tie in the second period with the Gulf Sultanate scoring three times without reply to build up a 5-1 lead going into the final 12 minutes. Yahya Mabyoua Al Araimi bagged Oman s third on the quarter-of-an hour mark and after Jalal Khamis Al 22

23 THE AFC QUALIFIERS FOR THE 2015 FIFA BEACH SOCCER WORLD CUP Sinani made it 4-1 five minutes later Ghaith Abdullah Sebeit scored number five with the goal that took his tally for the tournament to seven, one less than leading scorer Bui Tran Tuan Anh from Vietnam. China skipper Wan Chao pulled one back for the East Asians but there was to be no let up from the freescoring Omanis, who took their total number of goals to 25 in four matches when Al Oraimi completed his hat-trick with goals in the 29th and 31st minutes to seal Oman s place in the semi-finals. JAPAN 5-2 BAHRAIN Japan remained on course of appearing in every FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup since the global game s governing body began organising the tournament in 2005 with a 5-2 win over Bahrain. Japan, who have contested 11 beach soccer world championship tournaments in total, found themselves a goal down after two minutes when Rashed Jamal gave Bahrain an early lead which lasted until one minute into the second period when Takaaki Oba restored parity. Ozu Moreira continued his run of scoring in every match when the Japan skipper made it 2-1 to the 2013 runners-up before Hirofumi Oda and Shinji Makino scored in the 29th and 30th minutes respectively as Japan opened up a three-goal cushion. Ayoob Naseeb Salem closed the gap in the 33rd minute but any hopes of an unlikely Bahrain comeback were snuffed out when Salman Khaled deflected a rebound into his own net to give Japan a 5-2 victory. 23

24 AFC BEACH SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP March 2015 SEMI FINALS OMAN 5-4 LEBANON Oman secured their place in AFC Beach Soccer Championship as well as a ticket to the 2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup finals with a hard-fought 5-4 overtime win over Lebanon. Oman became the first Asian side to book their ticket to Portugal 2015 but the free-scoring side from the Gulf Sultanate was made to work hard for their place in the final, with Yahya Mabyoua Al Araimi s overtime winner ultimately all that separated the two sides. Neither team could break the deadlock in a tense opening period before Al Araimi put Oman 1-0 in the 16th minute to keep up his record of scoring in each of Oman s matches at the tournament before Khalid Al Oraimi regained the lead two minutes later after Haitham Fattal had pulled one back for the Lebanese. Lebanon skipper Ahmed Grada made it 2-2 in the 27th minute and two minutes after Mandhar Hilal Hamed Al Araimi had put Oman s noses in front in the 32nd minute there followed a frenetic period of three goals in the space of a minute, put the defending champions I.R.Iran 2-0 up at the end of the first period. But Japan turned the tie on its head in the second stanza thanks to three goals in a blistering three minute spell from Oda Hirofumi (15th), Shusei Yamauchi (16th) and Takasuke Goto (17th), who went onto extend Japan s lead in the 20th minute with his second of the match and eighth of the campaign, which saw him join Vietnam s Bui Tran Tuan Anh as the tournament s leading scorer. Abdollahi struck his second just seconds after Goto had bagged his brace as I.R.Iran reduced the deficit but Japan restored their two-goal cushion thanks to a 32nd minute strike from Japan skipper Ozu Moreira, who also kept up his record of scoring in every game. Mostafa Kiani set up a tense climax to the thrilling semi-final with I.R.Iran s fourth in the 35th minute but Japan were able to hold out for the remaining 60 seconds to send them into the final and in the draw for the 2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup. Grada grabbed his second while team-mate Mohamad Merhi scored at both ends of the pitch to send the semi-final into overtime which was settled when Yahya Al Araimi scored his seventh of the campaign. IRAN 4-5 JAPAN Japan had to overcome an early setback to reach their seventh consecutive continental final after Hassan Abdollahi (8th) and Mohammad Ahmedzadeh (12th) 24

25 THE AFC QUALIFIERS FOR THE 2015 FIFA BEACH SOCCER WORLD CUP THIRD PLACE PLAY- OFF IRAN 8-3 LEBANON I.R.Iran made up for the disappointment of failing to successfully defend their continental crown by claiming Asia s final ticket to the 2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup with an 8-3 hammering of Lebanon in Saturday s AFC Beach Soccer Championship. finalists Japan and Oman at the 2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, scheduled to be held in Espinho, Portugal from July 9 to 19. I.R.Iran, who were consigned to the third-place playoff for the fifth time since 2006 when they lost Friday s semi-final to 2013 runners-up Japan, built up a 4-0 lead by the quarter-of-an-hour mark through goals from Mohammad Moradi (9th), Mohammadali Mokhtari (12th), skipper Ali Naderi (13th) and Mohammad Ahmadzadeh (15th). Lebanon finally got on the scoreboard in the 17th minute when goalkeeper Mohamed Choker scored his second of the tournament following his strike in the 6-1 group stage victory over Uzbekistan before Haitham Fattal made further ground in the Cedars fightback with his seventh of the campaign three minutes later. Ahmadzadeh stopped Lebanon s run with I.R.Iran s fifth a minute later and completed his hat-trick in the 28thminute, two minutes after Mohamad Merhi had netted Lebanon s third and final goal. But the scoring didn t end there as Ali Naderi scored his second of the night in the 29th minute before the final say went to Ahmadzadeh, who scored his fourth and I.R.Iran s eighth with three minutes of the match remaining. I.R.Iran will join AFC Beach Soccer Championship 25

26 AFC BEACH SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP March 2015 FINAL OMAN 1-1 (3-2 PSO) JAPAN Goalkeeper Haitham Harib Showan saved the decisive spot-kick as Oman defeated Japan 3-2 on penalties to be crowned Asian champions as the curtain came down on the 2015 AFC Beach Soccer Championship. Champions Oman, runners-up Japan and I.R.Iran, who swept aside Lebanon 8-3 in the third-place playoff, qualified for the 2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup. Oman football legend Hani Al Dhabat continued to write his name in the Gulf Sultanate s football folklore when the Oman skipper opened the scoring just two minutes into the first period of the final. Oman s slender lead lasted until the 23rd minute when Al Dhabat s Japanese counterpart Ozu Moreira, who would go on to be named MVP for the second successive tournament, levelled for the 2013 beaten finalists. Moreira s eighth of the tournament turned out to be the last goal of an evenly fought finale and with neither side able to make the breakthrough in overtime the match went into penalties. Successful penalties from Al Dhabat and Mandhar Hilal Hamed Al Araimi were matched by Moreira and Shinji Makino and after Abdullah Masoud Salim had made it 3-2 to Oman, the pressure was on Takasuke Goto to keep Japan in the game. However the prolific Goto, who had also scored eight time on route to the final including a penalty in Japan s 5-3 win over Kuwait, saw his effort from nine metres saved as Japan had to once again settle for second best as Oman celebrated their first AFC Beach Soccer Championship triumph. 26

27 THE AFC QUALIFIERS FOR THE 2015 FIFA BEACH SOCCER WORLD CUP 27

28 AFC BEACH SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP March 2015 STATISTICAL DATA 28

29 THE AFC QUALIFIERS FOR THE 2015 FIFA BEACH SOCCER WORLD CUP 30 RESULTS AND RANKING AWARDS MATCH DATA TECHNICAL STATISTICS 62 TEAM DATA AND ANALYSIS 29

30 AFC BEACH SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP March 2015 STATISTICAL DATA Results and Ranking 30

31 THE AFC QUALIFIERS FOR THE 2015 FIFA BEACH SOCCER WORLD CUP GROUP A TEAM P W WE WP L F A GD PTS OMAN BAHRAIN LAOS QATAR TEAM OMAN BAHRAIN LAOS QATAR P W D L GOALS F A GD PTS CAU. EXP. OMAN BAHRAIN LAOS QATAR TOTAL AVERAGE PER MATCH GROUP B TEAM P W WE WP L F A GD PTS JAPAN CHINA P.R KUWAIT VIETNAM TEAM JAPAN CHINA P.R. KUWAIT VIETNAM P W D L GOALS F A GD PTS CAU. EXP. JAPAN CHINA P.R KUWAIT VIETNAM TOTAL AVERAGE PER MATCH

32 AFC BEACH SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP March 2015 GROUP C TEAM P W WE WP L F A GD PTS UZBEKISTAN UAE IRAQ TEAM UZBEKISTAN UAE IRAQ P W D L GOALS F A GD PTS CAU. EXP. OMAN BAHRAIN LAOS TOTAL AVERAGE PER MATCH GROUP D TEAM P W WE WP L F A GD PTS I.R IRAN LEBANON THAILAND TEAM I.R. IRAN LEBANON THAILAND P W D L GOALS F A GD PTS CAU. EXP. I.R. IRAN LEBANON THAILAND TOTAL AVERAGE PER MATCH

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34 AFC BEACH SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP March 2015 TEAM OMAN LEBANON OMAN LEBANON I.R. IRAN JAPAN BAHRAIN CHINA P.R. 2-7 UZBEKISTAN 1-6 UAE 34

35 THE AFC QUALIFIERS FOR THE 2015 FIFA BEACH SOCCER WORLD CUP QUARTER FINALS TEAM P W WE WP L F A GD PTS OMAN LEBANON I.R. IRAN JAPAN BAHRAIN CHINA P.R UZBEKISTAN UAE I.R. IRAN JAPAN BAHRAIN CHINA P.R. UZBEKISTAN UAE P W D L GOALS F A GD PTS CAU. EXP TOTAL AVERAGE PER MATCH

36 AFC BEACH SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP March 2015 PLAY-OFF SFS TEAM P W WE WP L F A GD PTS CHINA P.R UAE UZBEKISTAN BAHRAIN TEAM CHINA P.R. UAE UZBEKISTAN BAHRAIN P W D L GOALS F A GD PTS CAU. EXP. CHINA P.R UAE UZBEKISTAN BAHRAIN TOTAL AVERAGE PER MATCH SEMI FINALS TEAM P W WE WP L F A GD PTS JAPAN OMAN I.R. IRAN LEBANON TEAM JAPAN OMAN I.R. IRAN LEBANON P W D L GOALS F A GD PTS CAU. EXP. JAPAN OMAN I.R. IRAN LEBANON TOTAL AVERAGE PER MATCH

37 THE AFC QUALIFIERS FOR THE 2015 FIFA BEACH SOCCER WORLD CUP PLAY-OFF TEAM P W WE WP L F A GD PTS UAE BAHRAIN UZBEKISTAN CHINA P.R TEAM CHINA P.R. UAE UZBEKISTAN BAHRAIN P W D L GOALS F A GD PTS CAU. EXP. UAE BAHRAIN UZBEKISTAN CHINA P.R TOTAL AVERAGE PER MATCH rd/4th PLACE TEAM P W WE WP L F A GD PTS I.R. IRAN LEBANON TEAM I.R. IRAN LEBANON P W D L GOALS F A GD PTS CAU. EXP. I.R. IRAN LEBANON TOTAL AVERAGE PER MATCH

38 AFC BEACH SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP March 2015 FINAL TEAM P W WE WP L F A GD PTS OMAN JAPAN TEAM OMAN JAPAN P W D L GOALS F A GD PTS CAU. EXP. OMAN JAPAN TOTAL AVERAGE PER MATCH

39 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup AFC Qualifying - Qatar 2015 TSG Report TEAM RANKING 1 OMAN 2 JAPAN 3 I.R. IRAN 4 LEBANON 5 BAHRAIN 6 CHINA P.R. 7 UZBEKISTAN 8 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 9 KUWAIT 10 LAOS 11 VIETNAM 12 IRAQ 13 THAILAND 14 QATAR 39

40 AFC BEACH SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP March 2015 STATISTICAL DATA Awards TOP SCORER: JAPAN Japan s Takasuke Goto took the Top Scorer Award courtesy of a higher number of assists than team mate Ozu Moreira and Vietnam s Bui Tran Anh, with the trio all ending their campaigns with eight goals. However, the award went to Goto who assisted two of the beaten finalist s goals compared with Bui Tran who assisted one goal for Vietnam and Moreira who did not register any assist. Takasuke Goto 2 Assists Bui Tran Tuan Anh 1 Assist Ozu Moreira None MVP AWARDS: MOREI- RA OZU Having been named Man-of-the- Match in all six games he played, Japan skipper Ozu Moreira excelled in Doha and not-surprisingly claimed the MVP Award for the tournament s best player. A consummate allrounder, Moreira was solid in defence and prolific in attack, scoring eight times to finish as joint top scorer, with the Brazil-born star receiving the MVP Award for the second time after being adjudged the best player at the 2013 AFC Beach Soccer Championship. 40

41 THE AFC QUALIFIERS FOR THE 2015 FIFA BEACH SOCCER WORLD CUP WHAT EXPERTS SAY: MVP Excellent in defending and attacking, heart of the team, and great mentality - AFC TSG officers Airton Andrioli Full name: Moreira Ozu Date of birth: 21 January 1986 MVP SELECTION CRITERIA: 1. Semi finalist Team 2. No red card received 3. Major impact on outcome of the match Inspiration to others Technical skills Tactical Awareness Physical Fitness Sporting Behavior Fair Play Age: 29 Nationality: Japan Jersey number: No

42 AFC BEACH SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP March 2015 STATISTICAL DATA Match Data MATCH DAY 1 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES vs IRAQ 7-5 (6-2) :30 Doha, Qatar Spectators: 200 UAE: IRQ: Scorers: Referee: Second Referee: Third Referee: Time Keeper: Cautions: Expulsions: 7 HASAN ALI, 9 ALI KARIM, 10 WALEED M., 11 ADEL, 12 HUMAID, 1 BAHRI, 2 HAITHAM, 5 M. ALZAABI, 6 KAMAL, 8 ALI M. 1 TAREQ, 4 ALI J, 5 ABDULLAH, 8 ALI M., 9 MUSHTAQ, 6 SAIF, 7 HASANAIN, 10 HUSSEIN, 11 SAJJAD, 12 MOHAMMED HASAN ALI(7), ALI J(4), HASAN ALI(7), ADEL(11), HASAN ALI(7), ALI KARIM(9), ALI KARIM(9), ABDULLAH(5), ABDULLAH(5), HUSSEIN(10), ALI KARIM(9), HUSSEIN(10) Pen SUWAT WONGSUWAN (THA) SHAO LIANG (CHN) ABDULLA SALEH QASIM SALEH (BHR) HASSAN ABED RABBO (LIB) IRQ: 17 HUSSEIN(10), 23 ABDULLAH(5) OMAN vs BAHRAIN 3-2 (2-0) :00 Doha, Qatar Spectators: 135 OMA: 3 JALAL, 4 YAHYA, 5 MANDHAR, 10 HANI, 12 HAITHAM, 1 MAHMOOD, 2 ABDULLAH, 7 GHAITH, 8 YAQOOB BHR: 1 SALAH, 3 AYOOB, 5 THANI, 7 ASHOOR, 10 RASHED, 2 ISA, 6 EBRAHIM, 9 HUSAIN, 11 ABDULLA, 12 SALEH Scorers: ' HANI(10), ' JALAL(3), ' AYOOB(3), ' ABDULLA(11), ' YAHYA(4) Referee: ABDULAZIZ M A ABDULLAH (KUW) Second Referee: AHMED MOHAMED OBAID (UAE) Third Referee: NAMAZOV BAKHTIYOR (UZB) Time Keeper: MASAHIRO SAKURADA (JPN) Cautions: Expulsions: CHINA P.R. vs VIETNAM 5-5 a.e.t. (5-5,2-3)3-2 PSO :15 Doha, Qatar Spectators: 350 CHN: 1 WEN T Y, 3 LIU Y S, 7 QIU H, 8 CAI W M, 10 WAN CH, 4 GAO M Q, 5 SUN G R, 9 HAO M H, 11 CHEN X W, 12 WANG SH VIE: 1 T.C.THANH, 4 T.V.HIEU, 7 L.K.TUAN, 8 P.N.V.QUY, 10 B.T.T.ANH, 2 N.T.DAT, 5 L.N.PHUOC, 6 H.N.TIEN, 9 T.V.PHONG, 11 N.T.DUONG LIU Y S(3), B.T.T.ANH(10), B.T.T.ANH(10) Pen, CHEN X W(11), Scorers: B.T.T.ANH(10), B.T.T.ANH(10), LIU Y S(3), WAN CH(10), B.T.T.ANH(10) Pen, WAN CH(10) Referee: AKBARPOUR EBRAHIM ASGHAR (IRN) Second Referee: TURKI ABDULLAH SAID AL SALEHI (OMA) Third Referee: SEYED RAMIN HAGHIGHIZADE (IRN) Time Keeper: SUHAIMI BIN MAT HASSAN (MAS) Cautions: CHN: 36 LIU Y S (3) VIE: 28 L.K. TUAN (7) Expulsions: 42

43 THE AFC QUALIFIERS FOR THE 2015 FIFA BEACH SOCCER WORLD CUP JAPAN vs KUWAIT 5-3 (4-3) :30 Doha, Qatar Spectators: 200 JPN: KUW: Scorers: Referee: Second Referee: Third Referee: Time Keeper: Cautions: Expulsions: 1 TERUKINA, 3 ODA, 10 OZU, 11 GOTO, 13 OBA, 2 SUGITA, 4 MAKINO, 6 MATSUO, 7 TABATA, 14 AKAGUMA 2 N.ALMESNED, 5 M.BU-ABBAS, 6 O. ALJASER, 11 A.ALYAQOUB, 12 S.ALSEMAIEE, 1 N.HAJIAH, 4 F.ALSHAMMARI, 8 M.HUSSAIN, 9 A.ALSAIF, 10 A.ALHAMAD GOTO(11), A.ALSAIF(9), OZU(10), OZU(10), A.ALSAIF(9), A.ALHAMAD(10), GOTO(11) Pen, OZU(10) EBRAHIM YOUSEF KHALAF JABER ALMANSOORI (UAE) WALEED MOHAMED MOHMOOD ABDULKARIM (BHR) HASSAN ABED RABBO (LIB) ABDULLA SALEH QASIM SALEH (BHR) JPN: 24 AKAGUMA (14) KUW: 14 A. ALSAIF (9), 33 O. ALJASER (6) QATAR Vs LAOS 5-6 (4-3) :45 Doha, Qatar Spectators: 500 QAT: 1 JAMAL, 2 JAFAL, 5 ABDULLA, 8 FAHAD, 15 M.HASHIM, 6 AHMED, 9 AL-SHARQI, 11 IBRAHIM, 16 AL- HAJRI, 18 AMRO LAO: 2 PH.SOUVANPHENG, 8 S.NANTHALY, 9 PH.SOULICHANH, 10 N.CHIU, 11 B.TONA, 1 B.SUVANNAHONG, 4 B.SOUKSAKHONE, 5 S.FANTA, 6 PH.OTH, 7 S.VATSANA N.CHIU(10), AL-SHARQI(9), B.SOUKSAKHONE(4), N.CHIU(10), JAFAL(2), Scorers: M.HASHIM(15), AL-SHARQI(9), S.NANTHALY (8), B.TONA(11), B.SOUKSAKHONE(4), N.CHIU(10) Referee: SUHAIMI BIN MAT HASSAN (MAS) Second Referee: MASAHIRO SAKURADA (JPN) Third Referee: AKBARPOUR EBRAHIM ASGHAR (IRN) Time Keeper: SEYED RAMIN HAGHIGHIZADE (IRN) Cautions: QAT: 18 IBRAHIM (11), 21 AL-SHARQ (9), 31 ABDULLA (5) LAO: 32 B. TONA (11) Expulsions: I.R. IRAN vs LEBANON 3-2 (1-1) :00 Doha, Qatar Spectators: 525 IRN: 1 P.HOSSEINI, 2 A.AKBARI, 3 H.ABDOLLAHI, 5 A.NADERI, 11 M.AHMADZADEH, 7 M.MORSHEDI, 8 F.BOULOKBASHI, 12 M.HAJIPOUR, 14 M.KIANI, 18 M.SADEGHI LIB: 1 M. CHOKER, 2 M. HALAWI, 6 M. MATAR, 8 M. MERHI, 11 H. FATTAL, 3 A. GRADA, 5 H. EL JAAFIL, 7 M. AL ZEIN, 9 M. SLEIMAN, 20 CH. EL MIR Scorers: A. GRADA(3), M.SADEGHI(18), F.BOULOKBASHI(8) Pen, M.AHMADZADEH(11), M. HALAWI(2) Referee: NAMAZOV BAKHTIYOR (UZB) Second Referee: ABDULLAH ALI MOHAMED (OMA) Third Referee: SHAO LIANG (CHN) Time Keeper: WAN MOHAMAD TARMIZI BIN WAN IBRAHIM (MAS) Cautions: IRN: 14 M.AHMADZADEH (11) LIB: 2 H. FATTAL (11), 6 A. GRADA (3) Expulsions: LIB: 29 M. MERHI (8) 43

44 AFC BEACH SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP March 2015 MATCH DAY 2 UZBEKISTAN vs UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 6-5 (1-1) :30 Doha, Qatar Spectators: 150 UZB: 2 MIRAKHMEDOV, 3 ABDURAZZAKOV, 7 FAKHRIDDINOV, 10 SHARIPOV, 12 KHAZRATKULOV, 1 G. KHOLMURODOV, 6 SHAAKHMEDOV, 9 S. KHOLMURODOV, 11 IRISMETOV, 13 JUMAEV UAE: 2 HAITHAM, 7 HASAN ALI, 9 ALI KARIM, 10 WALEED M., 12 HUMAID, 1 BAHRI, 3 S.YOUSIF, 5 M. ALZAABI, 6 KAMAL, 8 ALI M ALI M.(8), HAITHAM(2), IRISMETOV(11), ABDURAZZAKOV(3), M. Scorers: ALZAABI(5), ALI KARIM(9), HAITHAM(2), S. KHOLMURODOV(9), ALI M.(8), IRISMETOV(11), IRISMETOV(11) Referee: MASAHIRO SAKURADA (JPN) Second Referee: WALEED MOHAMED MOHMOOD ABDULKARIM (BHR) Third Referee: SUHAIMI BIN MAT HASSAN (MAS) Time Keeper: SUHAIMI BIN MAT HASSAN (MAS) Cautions: UAE: 21 HASAN ALI (7) Expulsions: UAE: 31 ALI M (8) LAOS vs OMAN 3-8 (1-4) :00 Doha, Qatar Spectators: 212 LAO: 1 B.SUVANNAHONG, 8 S.NANTHALY, 9 PH.SOULICHANH, 10 N.CHIU, 11 B.TONA, 2 PH.SOUVANPHENG, 3 B.THIDSAKAN, 4 B.SOUKSAKHONE, 6 PH.OTH, 7 S.VATSANA OMA: 3 JALAL, 4 YAHYA, 5 MANDHAR, 10 HANI, 12 HAITHAM, 1 MAHMOOD, 2 ABDULLAH, 7 GHAITH, 8 YAQOOB, 14 ISHAQ YAHYA(4), YAHYA(4), N.CHIU(10), ABDULLAH(2), HANI(10), Scorers: GHAITH(7), B.TONA(11), S.NANTHALY (8), S.NANTHALY (8), MANDHAR(5) Pen, GHAITH(7) Referee: SEYED RAMIN HAGHIGHIZADE (IRN) Second Referee: ABDULAZIZ M A ABDULLAH (KUW) Third Referee: EBRAHIM YOUSEF KHALAF JABER ALMANSOORI (UAE) Time Keeper: AKBARPOUR EBRAHIM ASGHAR (IRN) Cautions: LAO: 9 B. SOUKSAKHONE (4), 33 PH. SOUVANPHENG (2) Expulsions: KUWAIT vs CHINA P.R. 3-4 (2-1) :15 Doha, Qatar Spectators: 300 KUW: 2 N.ALMESNED, 4 F.ALSHAMMARI, 5 M.BU-ABBAS, 11 A.ALYAQOUB, 12 S.ALSEMAIEE, 1 N.HAJIAH, 3 M.HAJEYAH, 8 M.HUSSAIN, 9 A.ALSAIF, 10 A.ALHAMAD CHN: 1 WEN T Y, 3 LIU Y S, 7 QIU H, 8 CAI W M, 10 WAN CH, 5 SUN G R, 6 FU X J, 9 HAO M H, 11 CHEN X W, 12 WANG SH Scorers: M.BU-ABBAS(5), WAN CH(10), A.ALSAIF(9), LIU Y S(3), CAI W M(8), M.HAJEYAH(3), CAI W M(8) Referee: TURKI ABDULLAH SAID AL SALEHI (OMA) Second Referee: ABDULLAH ALI MOHAMED (OMA) Third Referee: WAN MOHAMAD TARMIZI BIN WAN IBRAHIM (MAS) Time Keeper: NAMAZOV BAKHTIYOR (UZB) Cautions: KUW: 17 M.BU-ABBAS (5), 24 N.HAJIAH (1) CHN: 17 SUN G R (5) Expulsions: 44

45 THE AFC QUALIFIERS FOR THE 2015 FIFA BEACH SOCCER WORLD CUP VIETNAM vs JAPAN 2-3 (0-3) :30 Doha, Qatar Spectators: 208 VIE: 4 T.V.HIEU, 7 L.K.TUAN, 8 P.N.V.QUY, 10 B.T.T.ANH, 11 N.T.DUONG, 1 T.C.THANH, 3 N.H.TRI, 5 L.N.PHUOC, 9 T.V.PHONG, 12 V.N.THANG JPN: 1 TERUKINA, 3 ODA, 10 OZU, 11 GOTO, 13 OBA, 2 SUGITA, 4 MAKINO, 5 HARAGUCHI, 7 TABATA, 14 AKAGUMA Scorers: GOTO(11), OZU(10), AKAGUMA(14), L.N.PHUOC(5), T.V.PHONG(9) Referee: AHMED MOHAMED OBAID (UAE) Second Referee: HASSAN ABED RABBO (LIB) Third Referee: WALEED MOHAMED MOHMOOD ABDULKARIM (BHR) Time Keeper: EBRAHIM YOUSEF KHALAF JABER ALMANSOORI (UAE) Cautions: VIE: 14 B.T.T. ANH (10) Expulsions: BAHRAIN vs QATAR 6-1 (2-0) :45 Doha, Qatar Spectators: 300 BHR: 3 AYOOB, 5 THANI, 9 HUSAIN, 10 RASHED, 12 SALEH, 1 SALAH, 2 ISA, 7 ASHOOR, 8 JASIM, 11 ABDULLA QAT: 1 JAMAL, 2 JAFAL, 5 ABDULLA, 8 FAHAD, 15 M.HASHIM, 6 AHMED, 9 AL-SHARQI, 11 IBRAHIM, 12 A. FARHAN, 18 AMRO Scorers: ABDULLA(11), RASHED(10), JASIM(8), RASHED(10), ABDULLA(11), RASHED(10), JAFAL(2) Referee: SUWAT WONGSUWAN (THA) Second Referee: WAN MOHAMAD TARMIZI BIN WAN IBRAHIM (MAS) Third Referee: AKBARPOUR EBRAHIM ASGHAR (IRN) Time Keeper: MASAHIRO SAKURADA (JPN) Cautions: BHR: 25 JASIM (8) QAT: 23 AHMED (6) Expulsions: THAILAND vs LEBANON 2-3 (2-2) :00 Doha, Qatar Spectators: 253 THA: 5 PONGSAK, 6 MANUS, 10 KOMKRIT, 13 VITOON, 22 NIKOM, 4 JULLAWAN, 7 PIYAPONG, 9 TANANDON, 12 PRAKIT, 25 NOPPHAWAT LIB: 1 M. CHOKER, 2 M. HALAWI, 6 M. MATAR, 9 M. SLEIMAN, 11 H. FATTAL, 3 A. GRADA, 4 M. HAWILA, 5 H. EL JAAFIL, 7 M. AL ZEIN, 20 CH. EL MIR Scorers: KOMKRIT(10), H. FATTAL(11), H. FATTAL(11), KOMKRIT(10), M. HALAWI(2) Referee: SHAO LIANG (CHN) Second Referee: ABDULLA SALEH QASIM SALEH (BHR) Third Referee: NAMAZOV BAKHTIYOR (UZB) Time Keeper: SUHAIMI BIN MAT HASSAN (MAS) Cautions: THA: 37 PONGSAK (5) Expulsions: THA: 37 KOMKRIT (10) 45

46 AFC BEACH SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP March 2015 MATCH DAY 3 UZBEKISTAN vs IRAQ 6-1 (5-0) :30 Doha, Qatar Spectators: 76 UZB: 1 G. KHOLMURODOV, 2 MIRAKHMEDOV, 3 ABDURAZZAKOV, 7 FAKHRIDDINOV, 10 SHARIPOV, 6 SHAAKHMEDOV, 9 S. KHOLMURODOV, 11 IRISMETOV, 12 KHAZRATKULOV, 13 JUMAEV IRN: 1 TAREQ, 5 ABDULLAH, 8 ALI M., 9 MUSHTAQ, 10 HUSSEIN, 4 ALI J, 6 SAIF, 7 HASANAIN, 11 SAJJAD, 12 MOHAMMED Scorers: FAKHRIDDINOV(7), SHARIPOV(10), S. KHOLMURODOV(9), SHARIPOV(10), S. KHOLMURODOV(9), IRISMETOV(11), HUSSEIN(10) Referee: AKBARPOUR EBRAHIM ASGHAR (IRN) Second Referee: SUHAIMI BIN MAT HASSAN (MAS) Third Referee: SHAO LIANG (CHN) Time Keeper: ABDULAZIZ M A ABDULLAH (KUW) Cautions: UZB: 3 SHARIPOV (10), 4 ABDURAZZAKOV (3) Expulsions: VIETNAM vs KUWAIT 4-6 (3-4) :45 Doha, Qatar Spectators: 200 VIE: 1 T.C.THANH, 4 T.V.HIEU, 7 L.K.TUAN, 8 P.N.V.QUY, 10 B.T.T.ANH, 2 N.T.DAT, 3 N.H.TRI, 5 L.N.PHUOC, 9 T.V.PHONG, 11 N.T.DUONG KUW: 2 N.ALMESNED, 3 M.HAJEYAH, 4 F.ALSHAMMARI, 5 M.BU-ABBAS, 12 S.ALSEMAIEE, 1 N.HAJIAH, 7 Y.ALSAQER, 8 M.HUSSAIN, 9 A.ALSAIF, 10 A.ALHAMAD A.ALSAIF(9), T.V.PHONG(9), A.ALHAMAD(10), M.BU-ABBAS(5), Scorers: B.T.T.ANH(10), B.T.T.ANH(10), A.ALSAIF(9), A.ALHAMAD(10), A.ALSAIF(9), B.T.T.ANH(10) Referee: WAN MOHAMAD TARMIZI BIN WAN IBRAHIM (MAS) Second Referee: SEYED RAMIN HAGHIGHIZADE (IRN) Third Referee: SUWAT WONGSUWAN (THA) Time Keeper: AHMED MOHAMED OBAID (UAE) Cautions: VIE: 24 P.N.V. QUY (8), 26 T.V. PHONG (9) KUW: 6 M.HAJEYAH (3), 24 N. ALMESNED (2) Expulsions: BAHRAIN vs LAOS 8-2 (3-1) :00 Doha, Qatar Spectators: 137 BHR: 2 ISA, 3 AYOOB, 5 THANI, 10 RASHED, 12 SALEH, 1 SALAH, 4 SALMAN, 6 EBRAHIM, 8 JASIM, 11 ABDULLA LAO: 2 PH.SOUVANPHENG, 4 B.SOUKSAKHONE, 9 PH.SOULICHANH, 10 N.CHIU, 11 B.TONA, 1 B.SUVANNAHONG, 6 PH.OTH, 7 S.VATSANA, 8 S.NANTHALY, 12 PH.OT Scorers: RASHED(10), THANI (5), B.TONA(11), RASHED(10), AYOOB(3), AYOOB(3), AYOOB(3), EBRAHIM (6), ABDULLA(11), S.VATSANA(7) Referee: MASAHIRO SAKURADA (JPN) Second Referee: EBRAHIM YOUSEF KHALAF JABER ALMANSOORI (UAE) Third Referee: ABDULAZIZ M A ABDULLAH (KUW) Time Keeper: SHAO LIANG (CHN) Cautions: LAO: 27 N. CHIU (10), 35 S. NANTHALY (8) Expulsions: 46

47 THE AFC QUALIFIERS FOR THE 2015 FIFA BEACH SOCCER WORLD CUP JAPAN vs CHINA P.R. 5-0 (2-0) :30 Doha, Qatar Spectators: 500 JPN: CHN: Scorers: Referee: Second Referee: Third Referee: Time Keeper: Cautions: Expulsions: 1 TERUKINA, 3 ODA, 10 OZU, 13 OBA, 14 AKAGUMA, 2 SUGITA, 4 MAKINO, 5 HARAGUCHI, 7 TABATA, 11 GOTO 1 WEN T Y, 4 GAO M Q, 7 QIU H, 8 CAI W M, 11 CHEN X W, 2 WANG W, 5 SUN G R, 6 FU X J, 9 HAO M H, 12 WANG SH AKAGUMA(14), GOTO(11), OZU(10), GOTO(11), GOTO(11) ABDULLA SALEH QASIM SALEH (BHR) TURKI ABDULLAH SAID AL SALEHI (OMA) SUHAIMI BIN MAT HASSAN (MAS) WALEED MOHAMED MOHMOOD ABDULKARIM (BHR) JPN: 15 OBA (13), 36 TABATA (7) CHN: 14 GAO M. Q. (4) QATAR vs OMAN 0-8 (0-4) :45 Doha, Qatar Spectators: 165 QAT: 2 JAFAL, 5 ABDULLA, 9 AL-SHARQI, 11 IBRAHIM, 18 AMRO, 1 JAMAL, 7 ALI, 8 FAHAD, 15 M.HASHIM, 16 AL-HAJRI OMA: 2 ABDULLAH, 4 YAHYA, 5 MANDHAR, 10 HANI, 12 HAITHAM, 1 MAHMOOD, 3 JALAL, 7 GHAITH, 8 YAQOOB, 14 ISHAQ Scorers: YAHYA(4), GHAITH(7), GHAITH(7), ABDULLAH(2), HANI(10), YAQOOB(8), GHAITH(7), GHAITH(7) Referee: HASSAN ABED RABBO (LIB) Second Referee: NAMAZOV BAKHTIYOR (UZB) Third Referee: MASAHIRO SAKURADA (JPN) Time Keeper: SUWAT WONGSUWAN (THA) Cautions: OMA: 25 JALAL (3) Expulsions: I.R. IRAN vs THAILAND 8-1 (6-0) :00 Doha, Qatar Spectators: 600 IRN: 1 P.HOSSEINI, 2 A.AKBARI, 3 H.ABDOLLAHI, 8 F.BOULOKBASHI, 11 M.AHMADZADEH, 5 A.NADERI, 12 M.HAJIPOUR, 14 M.KIANI, 16 M.MORADI, 18 M.SADEGHI THA: 5 PONGSAK, 6 MANUS, 7 PIYAPONG, 9 TANANDON, 22 NIKOM, 4 JULLAWAN, 11 WUTTICHAI, 12 PRAKIT, 13 VITOON, 25 NOPPHAWAT P.HOSSEINI(1), F.BOULOKBASHI(8), H.ABDOLLAHI(3), M.SADEGHI(18), 5-0 Scorers: 17 F.BOULOKBASHI(8), M.MORADI(16), VITOON(13), M.MORADI(16), A.NADERI(5) Referee: ABDULLAH ALI MOHAMED (OMA) Second Referee: WALEED MOHAMED MOHMOOD ABDULKARIM (BHR) Third Referee: AHMED MOHAMED OBAID (UAE) Time Keeper: WAN MOHAMAD TARMIZI BIN WAN IBRAHIM (MAS) Cautions: IRN: 23 M.KIANI (14), 28 A. AKBARI (2) THA: 35 MANUS (6) Expulsions: 47

48 AFC BEACH SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP March 2015 QUARTER FINALS UZBEKISTAN vs LEBANON 1-6 (1-2) :15 Doha, Qatar Spectators: 300 UZB: LIB: Scorers: Referee: Second Referee: Third Referee: Time Keeper: Cautions: Expulsions: 1 G. KHOLMURODOV, 2 MIRAKHMEDOV, 3 ABDURAZZAKOV, 7 FAKHRIDDINOV, 10 SHARIPOV, 6 SHAAKHMEDOV, 9 S. KHOLMURODOV, 11 IRISMETOV, 12 KHAZRATKULOV, 13 JUMAEV 1 M. CHOKER, 2 M. HALAWI, 7 M. AL ZEIN, 9 M. SLEIMAN, 11 H. FATTAL, 3 A. GRADA, 5 H. EL JAAFIL, 8 M. MERHI, 15 H. AL SALEH, 20 CH. EL MIR M. MERHI(8), M. MERHI(8), G. KHOLMURODOV(1), H. FATTAL(11), M. CHOKER(1), H. FATTAL(11), H. FATTAL(11) ABDULAZIZ M A ABDULLAH (KUW) ABDULLA SALEH QASIM SALEH (BHR) ABDULLAH ALI MOHAMED (OMA) EBRAHIM YOUSEF KHALAF JABER ALMANSOORI (UAE) I.R. IRAN vs UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 6-1 (2-1) :30 Doha, Qatar Spectators: 475 IRN: 1 P.HOSSEINI, 2 A.AKBARI, 3 H.ABDOLLAHI, 8 F.BOULOKBASHI, 11 M.AHMADZADEH, 5 A.NADERI, 7 M.MORSHEDI, 12 M.HAJIPOUR, 16 M.MORADI, 18 M.SADEGHI UAE: 2 HAITHAM, 7 HASAN ALI, 9 ALI KARIM, 10 WALEED M., 12 HUMAID, 1 BAHRI, 4 AHMAD, 5 M. ALZAABI, 6 KAMAL, 11 ADEL Scorers: ALI KARIM(9), M.MORSHEDI(7), P.HOSSEINI(1), A.AKBARI(2), M.AHMADZADEH(11), A.NADERI(5), F.BOULOKBASHI(8) Pen Referee: SUWAT WONGSUWAN (THA) Second Referee: NAMAZOV BAKHTIYOR (UZB) Third Referee: TURKI ABDULLAH SAID AL SALEHI (OMA) Time Keeper: SHAO LIANG (CHN) Cautions: IRN: 10 M.MORSHEDI (7), 28 A. AKBARI (2) UAE: 34 KAMAL (6) Expulsions: UAE: 35 WALEED M. (10) OMAN vs CHINA P.R. 7-2 (4-1) :45 Doha, Qatar Spectators: 250 OMA: 3 JALAL, 4 YAHYA, 5 MANDHAR, 10 HANI, 12 HAITHAM, 1 MAHMOOD, 2 ABDULLAH, 7 GHAITH, 8 YAQOOB, 9 K.ORAIMI CHN: 1 WEN T Y, 3 LIU Y S, 7 QIU H, 8 CAI W M, 10 WAN CH, 4 GAO M Q, 5 SUN G R, 6 FU X J, 9 HAO M H, 11 CHEN X W Scorers: HANI(10), CAI W M(8), K.ORAIMI(9), YAHYA(4), JALAL(3), GHAITH(7), WAN CH(10), K.ORAIMI(9), K.ORAIMI(9) Referee: SUHAIMI BIN MAT HASSAN (MAS) Second Referee: AKBARPOUR EBRAHIM ASGHAR (IRN) Third Referee: ABDULAZIZ M A ABDULLAH (KUW) Time Keeper: ABDULLA SALEH QASIM SALEH (BHR) Cautions: OMA: 22 K.ORAIMI (9) Expulsions: 48

49 THE AFC QUALIFIERS FOR THE 2015 FIFA BEACH SOCCER WORLD CUP JAPAN vs BAHRAIN 5-2 (1-1) :00 Doha, Qatar Spectators: 237 JPN: 1 TERUKINA, 3 ODA, 10 OZU, 13 OBA, 14 AKAGUMA, 2 SUGITA, 4 MAKINO, 5 HARAGUCHI, 7 TABATA, 11 GOTO BHR: 3 AYOOB, 5 THANI, 9 HUSAIN, 10 RASHED, 12 SALEH, 1 SALAH, 2 ISA, 4 SALMAN, 7 ASHOOR, 11 ABDULLA Scorers: RASHED(10), OBA(13), OZU(10), ODA(3), MAKINO(4), AYOOB(3), SALMAN(4) Referee: ABDULLAH ALI MOHAMED (OMA) Second Referee: EBRAHIM YOUSEF KHALAF JABER ALMANSOORI (UAE) Third Referee: SHAO LIANG (CHN) Time Keeper: SUWAT WONGSUWAN (THA) Cautions: BHR: 2 HUSAIN (9), 30 SALAH (1) Expulsions: PLAY-OFF SFS UZBEKISTAN vs CHINA P.R. 3-4 (3-2) :15 Doha, Qatar Spectators: 250 UZB: 1 G. KHOLMURODOV, 2 MIRAKHMEDOV, 3 ABDURAZZAKOV, 7 FAKHRIDDINOV, 10 SHARIPOV, 6 SHAAKHMEDOV, 9 S. KHOLMURODOV, 11 IRISMETOV, 12 KHAZRATKULOV, 13 JUMAEV CHN: 1 WEN T Y, 3 LIU Y S, 7 QIU H, 8 CAI W M, 10 WAN CH, 4 GAO M Q, 5 SUN G R, 6 FU X J, 9 HAO M H, 11 CHEN X W Scorers: WAN CH(10), SHARIPOV(10), SHARIPOV(10), S. KHOLMURODOV(9), CAI W M(8), HAO M H(9), WEN T Y(1) Referee: ABDULLAH ALI MOHAMED (OMA) Second Referee: SUWAT WONGSUWAN (THA) Third Referee: ABDULLA SALEH QASIM SALEH (BHR) Time Keeper: EBRAHIM YOUSEF KHALAF JABER ALMANSOORI (UAE) Cautions: Expulsions: UNITED ARAB EMIRATES vs BAHRAIN 2-1 (1-1) :30 Doha, Qatar Spectators: 437 UAE: 2 HAITHAM, 7 HASAN ALI, 8 ALI M., 9 ALI KARIM, 12 HUMAID, 1 BAHRI, 3 S.YOUSIF, 4 AHMAD, 5 M. ALZAABI, 6 KAMAL BHR: 1 SALAH, 3 AYOOB, 4 SALMAN, 5 THANI, 10 RASHED, 2 ISA, 6 EBRAHIM, 7 ASHOOR, 11 ABDULLA, 12 SALEH Scorers: HASAN ALI(7), SALMAN(4), ALI KARIM(9) Referee: AKBARPOUR EBRAHIM ASGHAR (IRN) Second Referee: TURKI ABDULLAH SAID AL SALEHI (OMA) Third Referee: ABDULAZIZ M A ABDULLAH (KUW) Time Keeper: SHAO LIANG (CHN) Cautions: Expulsions: 49

50 AFC BEACH SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP March 2015 SEMI FINAL LEBANON vs OMAN 4-5 (1-2) :45 Doha, Qatar Spectators: 1,200 LIB: OMA: Scorers: Referee: Second Referee: Third Referee: Time Keeper: Cautions: Expulsions: 1 M. CHOKER, 2 M. HALAWI, 3 A. GRADA, 7 M. AL ZEIN, 8 M. MERHI, 5 H. EL JAAFIL, 6 M. MATAR, 9 M. SLEIMAN, 11 H. FATTAL, 20 CH. EL MIR 3 JALAL, 4 YAHYA, 5 MANDHAR, 10 HANI, 12 HAITHAM, 1 MAHMOOD, 2 ABDULLAH, 7 GHAITH, 8 YAQOOB, 9 K.ORAIMI YAHYA(4), H. FATTAL(11), K.ORAIMI(9), A. GRADA(3), MANDHAR(5), A. GRADA(3), M. MERHI(8), M. MERHI(8), YAHYA(4) NAMAZOV BAKHTIYOR (UZB) SUHAIMI BIN MAT HASSAN (MAS) EBRAHIM YOUSEF KHALAF JABER ALMANSOORI (UAE) SUWAT WONGSUWAN (THA) LIB: 37 M. AL ZEIN (7) OMA: 16 HANI (10) I.R. IRAN vs JAPAN 4-5 (3-4) :00 Doha, Qatar Spectators: 521 IRN: 1 P.HOSSEINI, 3 H.ABDOLLAHI, 5 A.NADERI, 7 M.MORSHEDI, 11 M.AHMADZADEH, 8 F.BOULOKBASHI, 12 M.HAJIPOUR, 14 M.KIANI, 16 M.MORADI, 18 M.SADEGHI JPN: 1 TERUKINA, 3 ODA, 10 OZU, 11 GOTO, 13 OBA, 2 SUGITA, 4 MAKINO, 6 MATSUO, 7 TABATA, 9 YAMAUCHI Scorers: H.ABDOLLAHI(3), M.AHMADZADEH(11), ODA(3), YAMAUCHI(9), GOTO(11), H.ABDOLLAHI(3), GOTO(11), OZU(10), M.KIANI(14) Referee: SHAO LIANG (CHN) Second Referee: ABDULAZIZ M A ABDULLAH (KUW) Third Referee: ABDULLAH ALI MOHAMED (OMA) Time Keeper: ABDULLA SALEH QASIM SALEH (BHR) Cautions: IRN: 7 M.MORADI(16), 13 F.BOULOKBASHI(8), 36 F.BOULOKBASHI(8) JPN: 27 OZU (10) Expulsions: IRN: 36 F.BOULOKBASHI (8) PLAY-OFF CHINA P.R. vs UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 1-5 (0-4) :00 Doha, Qatar Spectators: 100 CHN: 1 WEN T Y, 3 LIU Y S, 8 CAI W M, 10 WAN CH, 11 CHEN X W, 4 GAO M Q, 6 FU X J, 7 QIU H, 9 HAO M H, 12 WANG SH UAE: 1 BAHRI, 2 HAITHAM, 7 HASAN ALI, 9 ALI KARIM, 10 WALEED M., 4 AHMAD, 5 M. ALZAABI, 6 KAMAL, 8 ALI M., 12 HUMAID Scorers: ALI KARIM(9), HAITHAM(2), HAITHAM(2), M. ALZAABI(5), HAITHAM(2), FU X J(6) Referee: ABDULLA SALEH QASIM SALEH (BHR) Second Referee: ABDULLAH ALI MOHAMED (OMA) Third Referee: SUWAT WONGSUWAN (THA) Time Keeper: NAMAZOV BAKHTIYOR (UZB) Cautions: Expulsions: 50

51 THE AFC QUALIFIERS FOR THE 2015 FIFA BEACH SOCCER WORLD CUP UZBEKISTAN vs BAHRAIN 2-3 (2-1) :15 Doha, Qatar Spectators: 261 UZB: 2 MIRAKHMEDOV, 3 ABDURAZZAKOV, 9 S. KHOLMURODOV, 10 SHARIPOV, 12 KHAZRATKULOV, 1 G. KHOLMURODOV, 6 SHAAKHMEDOV, 7 FAKHRIDDINOV, 11 IRISMETOV, 13 JUMAEV BHR: 1 SALAH, 4 SALMAN, 5 THANI, 8 JASIM, 11 ABDULLA, 2 ISA, 3 AYOOB, 6 EBRAHIM, 7 ASHOOR, 12 SALEH Scorers: IRISMETOV(11), ASHOOR(7), IRISMETOV(11), SALMAN(4), THANI (5) Referee: ABDULAZIZ M A ABDULLAH (KUW) Second Referee: AKBARPOUR EBRAHIM ASGHAR (IRN) Third Referee: EBRAHIM YOUSEF KHALAF JABER ALMANSOORI (UAE) Time Keeper: SHAO LIANG (CHN) Cautions: UZB: 5 FAKHRIDDINOV(7) Expulsions: 3rd/ 4th PLACING LEBANON vs I.R. IRAN 3-8 (2-4) :30 Doha, Qatar Spectators: 932 LIB: 1 M. CHOKER, 2 M. HALAWI, 6 M. MATAR, 8 M. MERHI, 11 H. FATTAL, 3 A. GRADA, 4 M. HAWILA, 5 H. EL JAAFIL, 7 M. AL ZEIN, 20 CH. EL MIR IRN: 1 P.HOSSEINI, 3 H.ABDOLLAHI, 5 A.NADERI, 7 M.MORSHEDI, 11 M.AHMADZADEH, 9 M.MOKHTARI, 12 M.HAJIPOUR, 14 M.KIANI, 16 M.MORADI, 18 M.SADEGHI M.MORADI(16), M.MOKHTARI(9), A.NADERI(5), M.AHMADZADEH(11), 1-4 Scorers: 17 M. CHOKER(1), H. FATTAL(11), M.AHMADZADEH(11), M. MERHI(8), M.AHMADZADEH(11), A.NADERI(5), M.AHMADZADEH(11) Referee: SUHAIMI BIN MAT HASSAN (MAS) Second Referee: TURKI ABDULLAH SAID AL SALEHI (OMA) Third Referee: ABDULAZIZ M A ABDULLAH (KUW) Time Keeper: ABDULLAH ALI MOHAMED (OMA) Cautions: LIB: 28 H. FATTAL( 11), 29 M. MATAR (6), 31 M. HALAWI (2) Expulsions: LIB: 29 H. FATTAL (11) FINAL OMAN vs JAPAN 1-1 a.e.t. (1-1,1-0)3-2 PSO :00 Doha, Qatar Spectators: 1,200 OMA: 3 JALAL, 4 YAHYA, 5 MANDHAR, 10 HANI, 12 HAITHAM, 1 MAHMOOD, 2 ABDULLAH, 7 GHAITH, 8 YAQOOB, 9 K.ORAIMI JPN: 1 TERUKINA, 3 ODA, 10 OZU, 11 GOTO, 13 OBA, 2 SUGITA, 4 MAKINO, 7 TABATA, 9 YAMAUCHI, 14 AKAGUMA Scorers: HANI(10), OZU(10) Referee: NAMAZOV BAKHTIYOR (UZB) Second Referee: SHAO LIANG (CHN) Third Referee: AKBARPOUR EBRAHIM ASGHAR (IRN) Time Keeper: SUHAIMI BIN MAT HASSAN (MAS) Cautions: Expulsions: 51

52 AFC BEACH SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP March 2015 STATISTICAL DATA Technical Statistics 52

53 THE AFC QUALIFIERS FOR THE 2015 FIFA BEACH SOCCER WORLD CUP TOURNAMENT GOAL SCORERS NO. COUNTRY GOALS 1 OMAN 29 (G), 1 (PK), 1 (Own), 31 (total) 2 I.R. IRAN 27 (G), 2 (PK), 0 (Own), 29 (total) 3 BAHRAIN 22 (G), 0 (PK), 0 (Own), 22 (total) 4 JAPAN 22 (G), 1 (PK), 1 (Own), 24 (total) 5 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 20 (G), 0 (PK), 0 (Own), 20 (total) 6 LEBANON 18 (G), 0 (PK), 0 (Own), 18 (total) 7 UZBEKISTAN 17 (G), 0 (PK), 1 (Own), 18 (total) 8 CHINA P.R. 16 (G), 0 (PK), 0 (Own), 16 (total) 9 KUWAIT 12 (G), 0 (PK), 0 (Own), 12 (total) 10 LAOS 11 (G), 0 (PK), 0 (Own), 11 (total) TOP SCORERS NO. NAME COUNTRY GOALS 1 BUI TRAN TUAN ANH VIETNAM 6 (G), 2 (PK), 8 (total) 2 GOTO TAKASUKE JAPAN 7 (G), 1 (PK), 8 (total) 3 MOREIRA OZU JAPAN 8 (G), 0 (PK), 8 (total) 4 ALI HASSAN KARIM UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 7 (G), 0 (PK), 7 (total) 5 GHAITH ABDULLAH SEBEIT OMAN 7 (G), 0 (PK), 7 (total) 6 HAITHAM FATTAL LEBANON 7 (G), 0 (PK), 7 (total) 7 MOHAMMAD AHMADZADEH I.R. IRAN 7 (G), 0 (PK), 7 (total) 8 YAHYA MABYOUA AL ARAIMI OMAN 7 (G), 0 (PK), 7 (total) 9 ALI ALSAIF KUWAIT 6 (G), 0 (PK), 6 (total) 10 IRISMETOV JAFAR UZBEKISTAN 6 (G), 0 (PK), 6 (total) 53

54 AFC BEACH SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP March 2015 ALL GOAL SCORERS Player Country Goals BUI TRAN TUAN ANH VIETNAM 6 (G), 2 (PK), 0 (Own), 8 (total) GOTO TAKASUKE JAPAN 7 (G), 1 (PK), 0 (Own), 8 (total) MOREIRA OZU JAPAN 8 (G), 0 (PK), 0 (Own), 8 (total) ALI HASSAN KARIM UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 7 (G), 0 (PK), 0 (Own), 7 (total) GHAITH ABDULLAH SEBEIT OMAN 7 (G), 0 (PK), 0 (Own), 7 (total) HAITHAM FATTAL LEBANON 7 (G), 0 (PK), 0 (Own), 7 (total) MOHAMMAD AHMADZADEH IR. IRAN 7 (G), 0 (PK), 0 (Own), 7 (total) YAHYA MABYOUA AL ARAIMI OMAN 7 (G), 0 (PK), 0 (Own), 7 (total) ALI ALSAIF KUWAIT 6 (G), 0 (PK), 0 (Own), 6 (total) IRISMETOV JAFAR UZBEKISTAN 6 (G), 0 (PK), 0 (Own), 6 (total) RASHED JAMAL BAHRAIN 6 (G), 0 (PK), 0 (Own), 6 (total) AYOOB NASEEB SALEM BAHRAIN 5 (G), 0 (PK), 0 (Own), 5 (total) HANI AL DHABAT FARAJ BAIT AL NOOBI OMAN 5 (G), 0 (PK), 0 (Own), 5 (total) WAN CHAO CHINA PR 5 (G), 0 (PK), 0 (Own), 5 (total) ABDULLA ABDULLATIF MOHAMED ALABDULLA BAHRAIN 4 (G), 0 (PK), 0 (Own), 4 (total) CAI WEIMING CHINA PR 4 (G), 0 (PK), 0 (Own), 4 (total) CHIU NONMANY LAOS 4 (G), 0 (PK), 0 (Own), 4 (total) FARID BOULOKBASHI IR. IRAN 2 (G), 2 (PK), 0 (Own), 4 (total) HAITHAM MOHAMED UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 4 (G), 0 (PK), 1 (Own), 4 (total) HASAN ALI UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 4 (G), 0 (PK), 0 (Own), 4 (total) KHALID KHAMIS MOHAMMED ALORAIMI OMAN 4 (G), 0 (PK), 0 (Own), 4 (total) KHOLMURODOV SARVAR UZBEKISTAN 4 (G), 0 (PK), 0 (Own), 4 (total) MOHAMAD MERHI LEBANON 4 (G), 0 (PK), 1 (Own), 4 (total) NADERI HOSSEIN ABADI ALI IR. IRAN 4 (G), 0 (PK), 0 (Own), 4 (total) SHARIPOV JAMOLIDDIN UZBEKISTAN 4 (G), 0 (PK), 0 (Own), 4 (total) ABDULLATIF ALHAMAD KUWAIT 3 (G), 0 (PK), 0 (Own), 3 (total) AHMED GRADA LEBANON 3 (G), 0 (PK), 0 (Own), 3 (total) HASSAN ABDOLLAHI IR. IRAN 3 (G), 0 (PK), 0 (Own), 3 (total) HUSSEIN JABAR IRAQ 2 (G), 1 (PK), 0 (Own), 3 (total) LIU YISI CHINA PR 3 (G), 0 (PK), 0 (Own), 3 (total) MOHAMMAD MORADI IR. IRAN 3 (G), 0 (PK), 0 (Own), 3 (total) ABDULLAH MASOUD SALIM OMAN 2 (G), 0 (PK), 0 (Own), 2 (total) ABDULLAH SUHAIL IRAQ 2 (G), 0 (PK), 0 (Own), 2 (total) AKAGUMA TAKUYA JAPAN 2 (G), 0 (PK), 0 (Own), 2 (total) ALI MOHAMMAD UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 2 (G), 0 (PK), 0 (Own), 2 (total) HAMAD AL-SHARQI QATAR 2 (G), 0 (PK), 0 (Own), 2 (total) JAFAL RASHID M AL-KUWARI QATAR 2 (G), 0 (PK), 0 (Own), 2 (total) JALAL KHAMIS AL SINANI OMAN 2 (G), 0 (PK), 0 (Own), 2 (total) KOMKRIT NANAN THAILAND 2 (G), 0 (PK), 0 (Own), 2 (total) MANDHAR HILAL HAMED AL ARAIMI OMAN 1 (G), 1 (PK), 0 (Own), 2 (total) MOHAMAD HALAWI LEBANON 2 (G), 0 (PK), 0 (Own), 2 (total) MOHAMED CHOKER LEBANON 2 (G), 0 (PK), 0 (Own), 2 (total) MOHAMED MUFTAH UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 2 (G), 0 (PK), 0 (Own), 2 (total) MOHAMMAD BU-ABBAS KUWAIT 2 (G), 0 (PK), 0 (Own), 2 (total) MOHAMMADALI SADEGHI IR. IRAN 2 (G), 0 (PK), 0 (Own), 2 (total) NANTHALY SAVATDY LAOS 2 (G), 0 (PK), 1 (Own), 2 (total) ODA HIROFUMI JAPAN 2 (G), 0 (PK), 0 (Own), 2 (total) SALMAN KHALED BAHRAIN 2 (G), 0 (PK), 1 (Own), 2 (total) SEYED PEYMAN HOSSEINI IR. IRAN 2 (G), 0 (PK), 0 (Own), 2 (total) SOUKSAKHONE BOUNTATHIP LAOS 2 (G), 0 (PK), 0 (Own), 2 (total) THANI SALEM THANI BAHRAIN 2 (G), 0 (PK), 0 (Own), 2 (total) TONA BOUNMALAY LAOS 2 (G), 0 (PK), 1 (Own), 2 (total) TRAN VINH PHONG VIETNAM 2 (G), 0 (PK), 0 (Own), 2 (total) ABDURAZZAKOV TOKHIR UZBEKISTAN 1 (G), 0 (PK), 0 (Own), 1 (total) ADEL ALI UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 1 (G), 0 (PK), 0 (Own), 1 (total) 54

55 THE AFC QUALIFIERS FOR THE 2015 FIFA BEACH SOCCER WORLD CUP Player Country Goals ALI JOUDAH HABEEB IRAQ 1 (G), 0 (PK), 0 (Own), 1 (total) AMIR HOSEIN AKBARI IR. IRAN 1 (G), 0 (PK), 0 (Own), 1 (total) CHEN XIAOWEI CHINA PR 1 (G), 0 (PK), 0 (Own), 1 (total) EBRAHIM HASAN ALI NASER BAHRAIN 1 (G), 0 (PK), 0 (Own), 1 (total) FAKHRIDDINOV FERUZ UZBEKISTAN 1 (G), 0 (PK), 0 (Own), 1 (total) FU XIAOJUN CHINA PR 1 (G), 0 (PK), 0 (Own), 1 (total) HAO MIN HUI CHINA PR 1 (G), 0 (PK), 0 (Own), 1 (total) JASIM RASHED MUBARAK BAHRAIN 1 (G), 0 (PK), 0 (Own), 1 (total) KHOLMURODOV GANISHER UZBEKISTAN 1 (G), 0 (PK), 0 (Own), 1 (total) LE NGOC PHUOC VIETNAM 1 (G), 0 (PK), 0 (Own), 1 (total) MAKINO SHINJI JAPAN 1 (G), 0 (PK), 0 (Own), 1 (total) MEHRAN MORSHEDIZADEH IR. IRAN 1 (G), 0 (PK), 0 (Own), 1 (total) MOHAMED HASHIM IDRESS QATAR 1 (G), 0 (PK), 0 (Own), 1 (total) MOHAMED MOHAMED AHMED JASIM ASHOOR BAHRAIN 1 (G), 0 (PK), 0 (Own), 1 (total) MOHAMMADALI MOKHTARI IR. IRAN 1 (G), 0 (PK), 0 (Own), 1 (total) MOHAMMED KUWAIT 1 (G), 0 (PK), 0 (Own), 1 (total) MOSTAFA KIANI IR. IRAN 1 (G), 0 (PK), 0 (Own), 1 (total) OBA TAKAAKI JAPAN 1 (G), 0 (PK), 0 (Own), 1 (total) VATSANA SISOULATH LAOS 1 (G), 0 (PK), 0 (Own), 1 (total) VITOON TAPINNA THAILAND 1 (G), 0 (PK), 0 (Own), 1 (total) WEN TINGYUAN CHINA PR 1 (G), 0 (PK), 0 (Own), 1 (total) YAMAUCHI SHUSEI JAPAN 1 (G), 0 (PK), 0 (Own), 1 (total) YAQOOB RABIA FAYAL ALALAWI OMAN 1 (G), 0 (PK), 0 (Own), 1 (total) FASTEST GOAL No. Name COUNTRY Time 1 LIU YISI CHINA P.R. 2 Sec. 2 HAITHAM FATTAL LEBANON 2 Sec. 3 KOMKRIT NANAN THAILAND 6 Sec. 55

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57 THE AFC QUALIFIERS FOR THE 2015 FIFA BEACH SOCCER WORLD CUP SPECTATORS DATE FIXTURE VENUE SPECTATORS 3/28/2015 OMAN vs JAPAN Katara Beach, Doha - Qatar 1,200 3/27/2015 LEBANON vs OMAN Katara Beach, Doha - Qatar 1,200 3/28/2015 LEBANON vs I.R. IRAN Katara Beach, Doha - Qatar 932 3/25/2015 I.R. IRAN vs THAILAND Katara Beach, Doha - Qatar 600 3/23/2015 I.R. IRAN vs LEBANON Katara Beach, Doha - Qatar 525 3/27/2015 I.R. IRAN vs JAPAN Katara Beach, Doha - Qatar 521 3/25/2015 JAPAN vs CHINA P.R. Katara Beach, Doha - Qatar 500 3/23/2015 QATAR vs LAOS Katara Beach, Doha - Qatar 500 3/26/2015 I.R. IRAN vs UNITED ARAB EMIRATES Katara Beach, Doha - Qatar 475 3/27/2015 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES vs BAHRAIN Katara Beach, Doha - Qatar 437 3/23/2015 CHINA P.R. vs VIETNAM Katara Beach, Doha - Qatar 350 3/24/2015 BAHRAIN vs QATAR Katara Beach, Doha - Qatar 300 3/26/2015 UZBEKISTAN vs LEBANON Katara Beach, Doha - Qatar 300 3/24/2015 KUWAIT vs CHINA P.R. Katara Beach, Doha - Qatar 300 3/28/2015 UZBEKISTAN vs BAHRAIN Katara Beach, Doha - Qatar 261 3/24/2015 THAILAND vs LEBANON Katara Beach, Doha - Qatar 253 3/27/2015 UZBEKISTAN vs CHINA P.R. Katara Beach, Doha - Qatar 250 3/26/2015 OMAN vs CHINA P.R. Katara Beach, Doha - Qatar 250 3/26/2015 JAPAN vs BAHRAIN Katara Beach, Doha - Qatar 237 3/24/2015 LAOS vs OMAN Katara Beach, Doha - Qatar 212 3/24/2015 VIETNAM vs JAPAN Katara Beach, Doha - Qatar 208 3/25/2015 VIETNAM vs KUWAIT Katara Beach, Doha - Qatar 200 3/23/2015 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES vs IRAQ Katara Beach, Doha - Qatar 200 3/25/2015 QATAR vs OMAN Katara Beach, Doha - Qatar 165 3/23/2015 JAPAN vs KUWAIT Katara Beach, Doha - Qatar 157 3/24/2015 UZBEKISTAN vs UNITED ARAB EMIRATES Katara Beach, Doha - Qatar 150 3/25/2015 BAHRAIN vs LAOS Katara Beach, Doha - Qatar 137 3/23/2015 OMAN vs BAHRAIN Katara Beach, Doha - Qatar 135 3/28/2015 CHINA P.R. vs UNITED ARAB EMIRATES Katara Beach, Doha - Qatar 100 3/25/2015 UZBEKISTAN vs IRAQ Katara Beach, Doha - Qatar 76 57

58 AFC BEACH SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP March 2015 YELLOW AND RED CARDS BAHRAIN CHINA P.R. I.R. IRAN IRAQ JAPAN KUWAIT LAOS Overall [6 Matches] [6 Matches] [5 Matches] [2 Matches] [6 Matches] [3 Matches] [3 Matches] Total cards Yellow cards Red cards (indirect) Red cards (direct) LEBANON OMAN QATAR THAILAND UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UZBEKISTAN VIETNAM Overall [5 Matches] [6 Matches] [3 Matches] [2 Matches] [5 Matches] [5 Matches] [3 Matches] Total cards Yellow cards Red cards (indirect) Red cards (direct) FAIRPLAY REPORT COUNTRY TOTAL JAPAN 57.5 OMAN 54.5 CHINA P.R BAHRAIN I.R. IRAN UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UZBEKISTAN LEBANON 33.0 VIETNAM KUWAIT LAOS QATAR IRAQ 17.0 THAILAND

59 THE AFC QUALIFIERS FOR THE 2015 FIFA BEACH SOCCER WORLD CUP Teams are assessed in five categories, with a further category relating to the behaviour of the public. This is how the points are calculated Red and Yellow Card (max. 10 marks): If a player who is on a yellow card (-1 point) commits another yellow card offence, only the red card will count (-3 points). But if a player who has already been cautioned then commits a red card offence, both cards will count (so the player will receive -4 points). This is the only section in which it is possible to receive a score below zero. Positive Play (max. 10 marks): This is designed to encourage attractive play that will increase the enjoyment of spectators and the following areas are taken into consideration: Positive - Using attacking tactics, not defensive - Speeding up the game - Efforts to gain time (e.g. bringing the ball back into play quickly even if the team is in a winning position) - Continuing to push for goals when in a winning position Negative - Slowing down the game - Time wasting - Tactics based on foul play - Play-acting (simulation) Respect towards the opponent (max. 5 marks): Players should respect the Laws of the Game and abide by the spirit of Fair Play. The Fair Play delegate s assessment will not double count items already covered in the Red and Yellow cards category, but the seriousness of the offences punished by cards may be considered. This category will also include offences overlooked by the referee. Any single major incident between players may have a significant bearing on the final score. Respect towards the referee (max. 5 marks): Players are expected to respect the officials - including assistants - at all times.the Fair Play delegate s assessment will not double count items already covered in the Red and Yellow cards but the seriousness of the offences punished by cards may be considered. Any single major incident may have a significant bearing on the score.a positive attitude, including the acceptance of doubtful decisions without protest, will be rewarded with high marks Behaviour of the officials (max. 5 marks): Team officials, including coaches, are expected to develop the sporting, technical and tactical level of their team and instruct players to behave in accordance with the Fair Play principles. Positive and negative aspects of the team officials conduct will be assessed such as whether they calm down or provoke angry players or fans and how they accept the decisions of the referee. Co-operation with the media will also be taken into account. Any single major incident may have a significant bearing on the final mark, as will breaches of the regulations governing the dugout and technical area. For categories 1-5, the overall assessment of a team is obtained by adding up the points given for the individual categories, dividing this sum by the maximum points score (40) and multiplying it by 10. Total Number of points (x 10 / (40*)). In addition, there is one further category assessed by the Fair Play delegate Behaviour of the crowd (max. 5 marks): All teams begin with a score of 5 points. A maximum of a further 5 points can be added for: - Verbal support in acceptable form - Covert recognition of outstanding play by the opponents A maximum of 5 points can be deducted for: - Persistent foul and abusive language - Persistent abuse of the officials decisions - Aggressive and threatening conduct towards opposing fans 59

60 AFC BEACH SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP March 2015 GOALS CONCEDED NO. COUNTRY Played Goals Conceded 1 CHINA P.R LAOS QATAR UZBEKISTAN UNITED ARAB EMIRATES LEBANON BAHRAIN VIETNAM KUWAIT IRAQ 2 13 AVERAGE GOALS SCORED NO. COUNTRY Played AVERAGE SCORE 1 I.R. IRAN OMAN JAPAN UNITED ARAB EMIRATES KUWAIT BAHRAIN VIETNAM LAOS UZBEKISTAN LEBANON MOST VALUABLE PLAYER REPORT NO. COUNTRY FUll Name Yellow card RED CARD TOTAL FIXTURE 1 JAPAN MOREIRA OZU - JAPAN OMAN vs JAPAN I.R. IRAN vs JAPAN JAPAN vs BAHRAIN JAPAN vs CHINA P.R. VIETNAM vs JAPAN JAPAN vs KUWAIT 2 OMAN MANDHAR HILAL HAMED AL ARAIMI - OMAN LEBANON vs OMAN OMAN vs BAHRAIN 3 LEBANON 4 IR. IRAN 5 BAHRAIN 6 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 7 IR. IRAN HAITHAM MOHAMAD FATTAL - LEBANON SEYEDPEYMAN HOSSEINILARGANI - IR. IRAN RASHED JAMAL SALEM MOHAMED SALEEM - BAHRAIN HAITHAM MOHAMED SABAH ALI ALKAABI - UNITED ARAB EMIRATES MOHAMMAD AHMADZADEH - IR. IRAN UZBEKISTAN vs LEBANON THAILAND vs LEBANON I.R. IRAN vs UNITED ARAB EMIRATES I.R. IRAN vs LEBANON BAHRAIN vs LAOS BAHRAIN vs QATAR CHINA P.R. vs UNITED ARAB EMIRATES LEBANON vs I.R. IRAN 60

61 THE AFC QUALIFIERS FOR THE 2015 FIFA BEACH SOCCER WORLD CUP NO. COUNTRY FUll Name Yellow card RED CARD TOTAL FIXTURE 8 BAHRAIN 9 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES MOHAMED MOHAMED AHMED JASIM ASHOOR - BAHRAIN HASAN ALI SAEED HELAL ALHAMMADI - UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UZBEKISTAN vs BAHRAIN UNITED ARAB EMIRATES vs BAHRAIN 10 CHINA PR WAN CHAO - CHINA PR UZBEKISTAN vs CHINA P.R. 11 OMAN KHALID KHAMIS MOHAMMED ALORAIMI - OMAN OMAN vs CHINA P.R. 12 OMAN GHAITH ABDULLAH SEBEIT ALALAWI - OMAN QATAR vs OMAN 13 UZBEKISTAN MIRAKHMEDOV FARKHOD - UZBEKISTAN UZBEKISTAN vs IRAQ 14 KUWAIT ALI S A J A ALI ALSAIF - KUWAIT VIETNAM vs KUWAIT 15 IR. IRAN FARID BOULOKBASHI - IR. IRAN I.R. IRAN vs THAILAND 16 OMAN YAHYA MABYOUA NASHIR AL ARAIMI - OMAN LAOS vs OMAN 17 CHINA PR CAI WEIMING - CHINA PR KUWAIT vs CHINA P.R. 18 UZBEKISTAN 19 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES IRISMETOV JAFAR - UZBEKISTAN ALI HASSAN KARIM DAD MUBARAK ALBALOOSHI - UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UZBEKISTAN vs UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNITED ARAB EMIRATES vs IRAQ 20 LAOS CHIU NONMANY - LAOS QATAR vs LAOS 21 VIETNAM BUI TRAN TUAN ANH - VIETNAM CHINA P.R. vs VIETNAM 61

62 AFC BEACH SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP March 2015 STATISTICAL DATA Team Data and Analysis OMAN FINAL RANKING 1 st place Match Results Group DATE COUNTRIES SCORE OMAN vs BAHRAIN OMAN vs LAOS OMAN vs QATAR 8-0 Quarter Final DATE COUNTRIES SCORE OMAN vs CHINA P.R. 7-2 Semi-Final Final DATE COUNTRIES SCORE OMAN vs LEBANON 5-4 DATE COUNTRIES SCORE OMAN vs JAPAN Team Data Disciplinary Record Yellow card(s) 3 Red card(s) (3-2 PSO) Head Coach for Oman Nationality Oman Name Talib Hilal Date of Birth 27-May-64 Goal Scorers Goal Scorers YAHYA MABYOUA AL ARAIMI 7 GHAITH ABDULLAH SEBEIT 7 HANI AL DHABAT FARAJ BAIT AL NOOBI 5 KHALID KHAMIS MOHAMMED ALORAIMI 4 ABDULLAH MASOUD SALIM 2 JALAL KHAMIS AL SINANI 2 MANDHAR HILAL HAMED AL ARAIMI 2 YAQOOB RABIA FAYAL ALALAWI 1 62

63 THE AFC QUALIFIERS FOR THE 2015 FIFA BEACH SOCCER WORLD CUP Outstanding Players No 5: MANDHAR HILAL HAMED AL ARAIMI No 4: YAHYA MABYOUA AL ARAIMI No 10: HANI AL DHABAT FARAJ BAIT AL NOOBI Good team player, coordinates as a leader and strong character and confident. Contributes in attacking and defending effectively. Very creative player. Very intelligent player and very good in assisting team mates. Key Points Good speed and good ball possession in offensive play High moral, confidence Always build up from the back even under pressure Good set pieces variations Good individual skills Ideal physical condition 63

64 AFC BEACH SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP March 2015 JAPAN FINAL RANKING 2 nd place Match Results Group DATE COUNTRIES SCORE JAPAN vs KUWAIT JAPAN vs VIETNAM JAPAN vs CHINA P.R. 5-0 Quarter Final DATE COUNTRIES SCORE JAPAN vs BAHRAIN 5-2 Semi-Final Final DATE COUNTRIES SCORE JAPAN vs I.R. IRAN 5-4 DATE COUNTRIES SCORE JAPAN vs OMAN Team Data Disciplinary Record Yellow card(s) 4 Red card(s) (2-3 PSO) Head Coach for Japan Nationality Brazil Name Mendes Marcelo Date of Birth 23-Jan-1970 Goal Scorers Goal Scorers MOREIRA OZU 8 GOTO TAKASUKE 8 ODA HIROFUMI 2 AKAGUMA TAKUYA 2 MAKINO SHINJI 1 YAMAUCHI SHUSEI 1 OBA TAKAAKI 1 64

65 THE AFC QUALIFIERS FOR THE 2015 FIFA BEACH SOCCER WORLD CUP Outstanding Players No 10: MOREIRA OZU No 11: GOTO TAKASUKE No 1: TERUKINA SHINGO Complete player controls the game defensively and offensively, technically and physically gifted. Very creative player, skilful, and can create goal scoring opportunities on his own. Has very good foot skills creating an extra player to control the game from the back. Very good shot stopper and hand distribution. Key Points Very quick at launching the counter attack Dangerous in set pieces Very Good individual skills Good Confident, individually and collectively Physically fit, able to run up and down the pitch Use a lot of combination and overloading areas to create 2v1/3v1 situations. 65

66 AFC BEACH SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP March 2015 I.R. IRAN FINAL RANKING 3 rd place Match Results Group DATE COUNTRIES SCORE I.R. IRAN vs LEBANON I.R. IRAN vs THAILAND I.R. IRAN vs KYRGYZSTAN Quarter Final DATE COUNTRIES SCORE I.R. IRAN vs UAE 6-1 Semi-Final DATE COUNTRIES SCORE I.R. IRAN vs JAPAN 4-5 Final DATE COUNTRIES SCORE I.R. IRAN vs LEBANON 8-3 Team Data Disciplinary Record Yellow card(s) 8 Red card(s) 1 Head Coach for I.R.Iran Nationality Brazil Name Marco Octavio Date of Birth 19-Mar-55 Goal Scorers Goal Scorers MOHAMMAD AHMADZADEH 7 FARID BOULOKBASHI 4 NADERI HOSSEIN ABADI ALI 4 HASSAN ABDOLLAHI 3 MOHAMMAD MORADI 3 SEYED PEYMAN HOSSEINI 2 MOHAMMADALI SADEGHI 2 AMIR HOSEIN AKBARI 1 MEHRAN MORSHEDIZADEH 1 MOHAMMADALI MOKHTARI 1 MOSTAFA KIANI 1 66

67 THE AFC QUALIFIERS FOR THE 2015 FIFA BEACH SOCCER WORLD CUP Outstanding Players No 5: ALI NADERI HOSSEIN ABADI No 11: MOHAMMAD AHMADZADEH No 1: SEYEDPEYMAN HOSSEINILARGANI Good in possession when under pressure, team leader and good fitness level. Creative player, skilful, can create goal scoring opportunities on his own, but has also the ability to link with team mates. Has very good foot skills, can control the game from the back, has a good shot and the ability to score. Key Points Well organized in defensive transition Discipline and tight marking Aggressive pressing after losing the ball Players are agile and quick Skilful individuals. Good Confident, individually and collectively. 67

68 AFC BEACH SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP March 2015 LEBANON FINAL RANKING 4 th place Match Results Group DATE COUNTRIES SCORE LEBANON vs I.R. IRAN LEBANON vs THAILAND 3-2 Quarter Final DATE COUNTRIES SCORE LEBANON vs UZBEKISTAN 6-1 Semi-Final DATE COUNTRIES SCORE LEBANON vs OMAN 4-5 Final DATE COUNTRIES SCORE LEBANON vs I.R. IRAN 3-8 Head Coach for Lebanon Nationality I.R. Iran Name Karim Moghaddam Date of Birth 22-Apr-75 Goal Scorers Goal Scorers HAITHAM FATTAL 7 MOHAMAD MERHI 4 AHMED GRADA 3 MOHAMAD HALAWI 2 MOHAMED CHOKER 2 Team Data Disciplinary Record Yellow card(s) 6 Red card(s) 2 68

69 THE AFC QUALIFIERS FOR THE 2015 FIFA BEACH SOCCER WORLD CUP Outstanding Players No 5: HASSAN EL JAAFIL No 11: HAITHAM MOHAMAD FATTAL Strong defender, leader and a good organizer. Skilful, creative player and a goal finisher. Key Points Very direct and physical team Aggressive and fast tempo always Good Confident Most players are physically strong 69

70 AFC BEACH SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP March 2015 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES FINAL RANKING 5 th place Match Results Group DATE COUNTRIES SCORE UAE vs IRAQ UAE vs UZBEKISTAN 5-6 Quarter Final DATE COUNTRIES SCORE UAE vs I.R. IRAN 1-6 Semi-Final DATE COUNTRIES SCORE UAE vs BAHRAIN 2-1 Final DATE COUNTRIES SCORE UAE vs CHINA P.R. 5-1 Head Coach for UAE Nationality Brazil Name Gustavo Henrique Date of Birth 23-Feb-77 Goal Scorers Goal Scorers ALI HASSAN KARIM 7 HAITHAM MOHAMED 4 HASAN ALI 4 MOHAMED MUFTAH 2 ALI MOHAMMAD 2 ADEL ALI 1 Team Data Disciplinary Record Yellow card(s) 2 Red card(s) 2 70

71 THE AFC QUALIFIERS FOR THE 2015 FIFA BEACH SOCCER WORLD CUP Outstanding Players No 9: ALI HASSAN KARIM DAD MUBARAK ALBALOOSHI No 7: HASAN ALI SAEED HELAL ALHAMMADI Very important player for the team with a lot of experience and a great goal scorer. Skilful and creative player. Key Points Good level of technical ability Ability to run with the ball in the sand and play one touch in the air Likes to control tempo of the game Good individuals and creative players 71

72 AFC BEACH SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP March 2015 BAHRAIN FINAL RANKING 6 th place Match Results Group DATE COUNTRIES SCORE BAHRAIN vs OMAN BAHRAIN vs QATAR BAHRAIN vs LAOS 8-2 Quarter Final DATE COUNTRIES SCORE BAHRAIN vs JAPAN 2-5 Play-off SFS DATE COUNTRIES SCORE BAHRAIN vs UAE 1-2 Play-off DATE COUNTRIES SCORE BAHRAIN vs UZBEKISTAN 3-2 Team Data Disciplinary Record Yellow card(s) 3 Red card(s) 0 Head Coach for Bahrain Nationality Portugal Name Joao Nuno Alves Date of Birth 26-Mar-86 Goal Scorers Goal Scorers RASHED JAMAL 6 AYOOB NASEEB SALEM 5 ABDULLA ABDULLATIF MOHAMED ALABDULLA 4 SALMAN KHALED 2 THANI SALEM THANI 2 EBRAHIM HASAN ALI NASER 1 MOHAMED MOHAMED AHMED JASIM ASHOOR 1 JASIM RASHED MUBARAK 1 72

73 THE AFC QUALIFIERS FOR THE 2015 FIFA BEACH SOCCER WORLD CUP Outstanding Players No 10: RASHED JAMAL SALEM MOHAMED SALEEM No 3: AYOOB NASEEB SALEM MUBARAK Skilful and a good finisher. Skilful and creative player. Key Points Very direct and physical team Most players are physically strong 73

74 AFC BEACH SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP March 2015 CHINA P.R. FINAL RANKING 7 th place Match Results Group DATE COUNTRIES SCORE CHINA P.R. vs VIETNAM 8-7 (3-2 PSO) CHINA P.R. vs KUWAIT CHINA P.R. vs JAPAN 0-5 Quarter Final DATE COUNTRIES SCORE CHINA P.R. vs OMAN 2-7 Play-off SFS DATE COUNTRIES SCORE CHINA P.R. vs UZBEKISTAN 4-3 Play-off DATE COUNTRIES SCORE CHINA P.R. vs UAE 1-5 Team Data Disciplinary Record Yellow card(s) 3 Red card(s) 1 Head Coach for China P.R. Nationality Canada Name Ongaro Rosario Date of Birth 09-Sept-59 Goal Scorers Goal Scorers WAN CHAO 5 CAI WEIMING 4 LIU YISI 3 WEN TINGYUAN 1 FU XIAOJUN 1 HAO MIN HUI 1 CHEN XIAOWEI 1 74

75 THE AFC QUALIFIERS FOR THE 2015 FIFA BEACH SOCCER WORLD CUP Outstanding Players No 18: Skilful and powerful defender, has the ability to support the attack, can score and create goal scoring chances. No 8: Skilful, Creative player, good very left foot, quick and agile player. Key Points Good level of technical ability Ability to combine in the air and good 1st touch and Player with good shooting abilities Most players are very agile and quick 75

76 AFC BEACH SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP March 2015 UZBEKISTAN FINAL RANKING 8 th place Match Results Group DATE COUNTRIES SCORE UZBEKISTAN vs UAE UZBEKISTAN vs IRAQ 6-1 Quarter Final DATE COUNTRIES SCORE UZBEKISTAN vs LEBANON 1-6 Play-off SFS DATE COUNTRIES SCORE UZBEKISTAN vs CHINA P.R. 3-4 Play-off DATE COUNTRIES SCORE UZBEKISTAN vs BAHRAIN 2-3 Head Coach for Uzbekistan Nationality Uzbekistan Name Yusupov Akhadjon Date of Birth 11-July-75 Goal Scorers Goal Scorers IRISMETOV JAFAR 6 KHOLMURODOV SARVAR 4 SHARIPOV JAMOLIDDIN 4 KHOLMURODOV GANISHER 1 ABDURAZZAKOV TOKHIR 1 FAKHRIDDINOV FERUZ 1 Team Data Disciplinary Record Yellow card(s) 3 Red card(s) 0 76

77 THE AFC QUALIFIERS FOR THE 2015 FIFA BEACH SOCCER WORLD CUP Outstanding Players No 5: AZIZOV FURKAT No 11: IRISMETOV JAFAR A team leader and good defender. Skillful and creative player. Key Points Good agility and mobile Good Confident, individually and collectively Solid in defense 77

78 AFC BEACH SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP March 2015 VIETNAM FINAL RANKING 9 th place Match Results Group DATE COUNTRIES SCORE VIETNAM vs CHINA P.R. 7-8 (2-3 PSO) VIETNAM vs JAPAN VIETNAM vs KUWAIT 4-6 Head Coach for Vietnam Nationality Vietnam Name Dang Quoc Hung Date of Birth 01-Jun-60 Team Data Disciplinary Record Yellow card(s) 5 Red card(s) 0 Goal Scorers Goal Scorers BUI TRAN TUAN ANH 8 TRAN VINH PHONG 2 LE NGOC PHUOC 1 78

79 THE AFC QUALIFIERS FOR THE 2015 FIFA BEACH SOCCER WORLD CUP Outstanding Players No 10: BUI TRAN TUAN ANH No 7: LE KIM TUAN Tries to find solutions to change the game, self-confidence, knows where the goals is and creates goal scoring chances on his own. Good solid defender and skilful. Key Points Creative individuals Good on 1v1 offensively Good shooting and passing skills 79

80 AFC BEACH SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP March 2015 IRAQ FINAL RANKING 10 th place Match Results Group DATE COUNTRIES SCORE IRAQ vs UAE IRAQ vs UZBEKISTAN 1-6 Head Coach for Iraq Nationality Iraq Name Ali Saber Hussein Al-Ogaili Date of Birth 01-July-56 Team Data Disciplinary Record Yellow card(s) 2 Red card(s) 0 Goal Scorers Goal Scorers HUSSEIN JABAR 3 ABDULLAH SUHAIL 2 ALI JOUDAH HABEEB 1 80

81 THE AFC QUALIFIERS FOR THE 2015 FIFA BEACH SOCCER WORLD CUP Outstanding Players No 5: ABDULLAH SUHAIL OLEIWI High Fitness and a good player. Key Points Rapid transition from defense to offence Most players are hard working Solid in defense 81

82 AFC BEACH SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP March 2015 KUWAIT FINAL RANKING 11 th place Match Results Group DATE COUNTRIES SCORE KUWAIT vs JAPAN KUWAIT vs CHINA P.R KUWAIT vs VIETNAM 6-4 Head Coach for Kuwait Nationality Brazil Name Alex Domingos Braga Date of Birth 20-Dec-80 Team Data Disciplinary Record Yellow card(s) 6 Red card(s) 0 Goal Scorers Goal Scorers ALI ALSAIF 6 ABDULLATIF ALHAMAD 3 MOHAMMAD BU-ABBAS 2 MOHAMMED 1 82

83 THE AFC QUALIFIERS FOR THE 2015 FIFA BEACH SOCCER WORLD CUP Outstanding Players No 9: ALI S A J A ALI ALSAIF No 5: MOHAMMAD ABBAS HUSSAIN BU Skilful and creative player & a goal scorer. Strong defender, good 1v1 defensively & a good team leader. Key Points Solid in defense Most players are hard working and strong Good agility and mobile 83

84 AFC BEACH SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP March 2015 THAILAND FINAL RANKING 12 th place Match Results Group DATE COUNTRIES SCORE THAILAND vs LEBANON THAILAND vs I.R. IRAN 1-8 Head Coach for Thailand Nationality Singapore Name Abolfazl Khodabandehloo Date of Birth 02-Mar-59 Team Data Disciplinary Record Yellow card(s) 2 Red card(s) 1 Goal Scorers Goal Scorers KOMKRIT NANAN 2 VITOON TAPINNA 1 84

85 THE AFC QUALIFIERS FOR THE 2015 FIFA BEACH SOCCER WORLD CUP Outstanding Players No 5: PONGSAK KHONGKEAW No 10: KOMKRIT NANAN A team leader and good defender. Skilful, creative player & a goal scorer. Key Points Good individual technique Strong dribbling skills Good Confident, individually and collectively 85

86 AFC BEACH SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP March 2015 LAOS FINAL RANKING 13 th place Match Results Group DATE COUNTRIES SCORE LAOS vs QATAR LAOS vs OMAN LAOS vs BAHRAIN 2-8 Head Coach for Laos Nationality Laos Name Sysaveuy Saysanasy Date of Birth 10-Feb-70 Team Data Disciplinary Record Yellow card(s) 5 Red card(s) 0 Goal Scorers Goal Scorers CHIU NONMANY 4 SOUKSAKHONE BOUNTATHIP 2 NANTHALY SAVATDY 2 TONA BOUNMALAY 2 VATSANA SISOULATH 1 86

87 THE AFC QUALIFIERS FOR THE 2015 FIFA BEACH SOCCER WORLD CUP Outstanding Players No 10: CHIU NONMANY Skilful and creative player and good in 1v1 situations. Key Points Good individual technique Most players have a good 1st touch Attacking ability in 1v1 situations 87

88 AFC BEACH SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP March 2015 QATAR FINAL RANKING 14 th place Match Results Group DATE COUNTRIES SCORE QATAR vs LAOS QATAR vs BAHRAIN QATAR vs OMAN 0-8 Head Coach for Qatar Nationality Brazil Name Carlos Lisboa Date of Birth 05-Feb-73 Team Data Disciplinary Record Yellow card(s) 5 Red card(s) 0 Goal Scorers Goal Scorers JAFAL RASHID M AL-KUWARI 2 HAMAD AL-SHARQI 2 MOHAMED HASHIM IDRESS 1 88

89 THE AFC QUALIFIERS FOR THE 2015 FIFA BEACH SOCCER WORLD CUP Outstanding Players No 5: ABDULLA ALI A. F AL BUAINAIN No 11: IBRAHIM KHALID E A AL- ROMAIHI A team leader and a good defender. Skillful and a goal scorer. Key Points Most players are hard working 89

90 AFC BEACH SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP March 2015 TOURNAMENT INFORMATION 90

91 THE AFC QUALIFIERS FOR THE 2015 FIFA BEACH SOCCER WORLD CUP VENUE AFC DELEGATION TECHNICAL STUDY GROUP 91

92 AFC BEACH SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP March 2015 TOURNAMENT INFORMATION Venue Katara Beach, Doha - Qatar 92

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94 AFC BEACH SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP March 2015 TOURNAMENT INFORMATION AFC Delegation Name Country DESIGNATION SHAIKH SALMAN BIN EBRAHIM AL KHALIFA BAHRAIN AFC PRESIDENT DATO' ALEX SOOSAY MALAYSIA AFC GENERAL SECRETARY WINDSOR PAUL JOHN MALAYSIA DEPUTY GENERAL SECRETARY ALI TARGHOLIZADE IR. IRAN HEAD OF DELEGATION HAMID MOHAMMED ALI AL-SHAIBANI YEMEN DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE MEMBER LAVIN VIGNESH A/L JAYAMURUGAN MALAYSIA LEGAL COORDINATOR AIRTON ANDRIOLI AUSTRALIA TSG OFFICER MOUSAVI SEYEDSADREDDIN IR. IRAN REFEREE ASSESSOR MOHAMMED SAEED HUMAID YAAQOUB ALSHANASI UNITED ARAB EMIRATES REFEREE ASSESSOR LAKHDAR BENCHABANE FRANCE REFEREE ASSESSOR BADRUL HISHAM BIN KALAM MALAYSIA REFEREE COORDINATOR MOHAMED FAIROZE MUHISEEN SRI LANKA GENERAL COORDINATOR INAKI URIBARRI AGUILAR SPAIN MEDIA OFFICER PANG WEI HAN MALAYSIA AFCAS COORDINATOR EBRAHIM YOUSEF KHALAF JABER ALMANSOORI UNITED ARAB EMIRATES Beach SOCCER REFEREE ABDULLA SALEH QASIM SALEH BAHRAIN Beach SOCCER REFEREE MASAHIRO SAKURADA JAPAN Beach SOCCER REFEREE WALEED MOHAMED MOHMOOD ABDULKARIM BAHRAIN Beach SOCCER REFEREE TURKI' ABDULLAH SAID AL SALEHI OMAN Beach SOCCER REFEREE SUHAIMI BIN MAT HASSAN MALAYSIA Beach SOCCER REFEREE ABDULLAH ALI MOHAMED AL RASHDI OMAN Beach SOCCER REFEREE AKBARPOUR EBRAHIM ASGHAR IR. IRAN Beach SOCCER REFEREE SHAO LIANG CHINA PR Beach SOCCER REFEREE WAN MOHAMAD TARMIZI BIN WAN IBRAHIM MALAYSIA Beach SOCCER REFEREE NAMAZOV BAKHTIYOR UZBEKISTAN Beach SOCCER REFEREE ABDULAZIZ M A ABDULLAH KUWAIT Beach SOCCER REFEREE SUWAT WONGSUWAN THAILAND Beach SOCCER REFEREE HASSAN ABED RABBO LEBANON Beach SOCCER REFEREE AHMED MOHAMED OBAID ALI ALSALAMI UNITED ARAB EMIRATES Beach SOCCER REFEREE SEYED RAMIN HAGHIGHIZADE IR. IRAN Beach SOCCER REFEREE CHEN YONGJIE CHINA PR MATCH COMMISSIONER DAVID DWIGHT BALDOZA PENANO PHILIPPINES MATCH COMMISSIONER CHEN YONGJIE CHINA PR MATCH COMMISSIONER 94

95 THE AFC QUALIFIERS FOR THE 2015 FIFA BEACH SOCCER WORLD CUP TOURNAMENT INFORMATION Technical Study Group Name Country DESIGNATION AIRTON ANDRIOLI Australia TSG OFFICER 95

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