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2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (UEFA)

2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Qualification (UEFA)
Tournament details
Host country  Italy
City Jesolo
Dates 5–14 September 2014
Teams 24 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  Russia (1st title)
Runners-up   Switzerland
Third place  Italy
Fourth place  Spain
Tournament statistics
Matches played 73
Goals scored 581 (7.96 per match)
Top scorer(s) Switzerland Dejan Stankovic
Best player Italy Dario Ramacciotti
Best goalkeeper Switzerland Valentin Jaeggy
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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.

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.

The following 24 teams entered the tournament.

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.

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).


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