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.
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.
(withdrew)
(hosts)
The draw of the tournament was held on 18 July 2014 in Jesolo. 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
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Second stage
Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Group 4
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
Semi-finals for 13th to 16th place
Play-off for 15th place
Play-off for 13th place
Play-offs for 9th to 12th place
Semi-finals for 9th to 12th place
Play-off for 11th place
Play-off for 9th place
Play-offs for 5th to 8th place
Semi-finals for 5th to 8th place
Play-off for 7th place
Play-off for 5th place
Play-offs for 1st to 4th place
Semi-finals
Play-off for 3rd place
Final
Final ranking
References
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