2011 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (AFC)

2011 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Qualification (AFC)
2011 AFC Beach Soccer Championship
Tournament details
Host country  Oman
Dates 27 February – 4 March 2011
Teams 11 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  Japan (2nd title)
Runners-up  Oman
Third place  Iran
Fourth place  United Arab Emirates
Tournament statistics
Matches played 23
Goals scored 163 (7.09 per match)
Top scorer(s) Takeshi Kawaharazuka
Ishaq Al-Mas
(8 goals)
Best player Yahya Al-Araimi
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The 2011 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualifiers for AFC was a continental beach soccer tournament, which took place from February 27 to March 4, 2011, in Muscat, Oman, seeing the tournament leave Dubai for the first time. Beach Soccer Worldwide and FIFA decided to move the location of the championship to the Al-Musannah Sports City complex in Muscat, due to the success of the 2010 Asian Beach Games held there.[1]

The two finalists and the third place play-off winner earned qualification to represent Asia at the 2011 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in Ravenna, Italy being Japan, who won the championship for a second consecutive time, Oman who finished in second place, qualifying to the world cup for the first time and Iran who beat the United Arab Emirates in the third place play off, to qualify by finishing in third place for the fourth time.[2]

Contents

Participating teams

A tournament record 11 teams, an increase of four teams following the seven that participated in the 2009 qualifiers confirmed their participation in the competition, with many newcomers, showing the ever growing popularity of the sport.[3]

Originally, 15 teams were going to take part, which included Afghanistan, Palestine, Qatar and Yemen.[4] However, the four countries pulled out of the tournament because of an undisclosed reason.[5]

Group stage

The draw to divide the eleven teams into the following three groups was conducted on 24 February 2011. The group stage commenced on 27 February 2011 and consisted of each nation playing each other once in a single round-robin format. To qualify for the quarter finals, a team must have finished in the top two of each group or have one of the two best records of the third placed group finishers.

All kickoff times are listed as Omani local time (UTC+4).

Key to colours in group tables
Group winners, runners-up, and best two third placed teams advance to the Quarter finals

Group A

Team Pld W W+ L GF GA GD Pts
 Oman 3 3 0 0 20 9 +11 9
 China 3 2 0 1 9 4 +5 6
 Iraq 3 0 1 2 10 20 −10 2
 Kuwait 3 0 0 3 11 17 −6 0
27 February 2011
13:15
 China  5 – 2  Iraq Al-Musannah Sports City, Muscat
Han Xue  6', 17'
Gui Qixuan  15', 33'
Qiu Hao  36'		 Report Sadeq Jabr  2'
Hussein Jabbar  8'
27 February 2011
17:00
 Kuwait  6 – 8  Oman Al-Musannah Sports City, Muscat
Al-Safi  9', 13'
Al-Saqer  11', 29'
Al-Mas  26' (o.g.)
Al-Eid  28'		 Report Al-Sinani  3', 7'
Al-Mas  4'
H. Al-Araimi  10'
Rabia  20'
Al-Zaabi  21'
Y. Al-Araimi  33', 35'
28 February 2011
12:00
 China  4 – 1  Kuwait Al-Musannah Sports City, Muscat
Yilihanmu Aihaiti  17'
Han Xue  25', 26'
Gui Qixuan  28'		 Report Al-Saqer  15'
28 February 2011
17:00
 Oman  11 – 3  Iraq Al-Musannah Sports City, Muscat
Al-Mas  1', 19', 36', 36'
H. Al-Araimi  15'
Y. Al-Araimi  24', 32'
Rabia  26', 35'
Al-Zaabi  28', 29'		 Report Hussein Jabbar  5', 36'
Moshtak Kadhim  32'
1 March 2011
13:15
 Iraq  5 – 4 (a.e.t.)  Kuwait Al-Musannah Sports City, Muscat
Hussein Jabbar  7', 14', 18', 39'
Sadeq Jabr  27'		 Report Al-Jaser  6', 12', 35'
Al-Safi  17'
1 March 2011
17:00
 Oman  1 – 0  China Al-Musannah Sports City, Muscat
Al-Dhabit  2' Report

Group B

Team Pld W W+ L GF GA GD Pts
 Iran 2 1 1 0 10 4 +6 5
 Japan 2 1 0 1 13 9 +4 3
 Syria 2 0 0 2 4 14 −10 0
27 February 2011
15:45
 Japan  9 – 4  Syria Al-Musannah Sports City, Muscat
Kawaharazuka  2', 17', 22'
Yamauchi  5', 30', 35'
Oda  29'
Tabata  33', 33'		 Report Akil  10'
Arnaout  17'
Shatta  26'
Nassif  33'
28 February 2011
14:30
 Iran  5 – 0  Syria Al-Musannah Sports City, Muscat
Boloukbashi  6', 21'
Mesigar  18'
Naderi  23'
Ahmadzadeh  35'		 Report
1 March 2011
15:45
 Japan  4 – 5 (a.e.t.)  Iran Al-Musannah Sports City, Muscat
Yamauchi  4'
Kawaharazuka  20', 24'
Wakabayashi  38'		 Report Ahmadzadeh  9'
Naderi  12', 18'
Abdollahi  37'
Hassani  39'

Group C

Team Pld W W+ L GF GA GD Pts
 United Arab Emirates 3 3 0 0 12 3 +9 9
 Bahrain 3 2 0 1 10 9 +1 6
 Uzbekistan 3 1 0 2 11 9 +2 3
 Indonesia 3 0 0 3 6 18 −12 0
27 February 2011
12:00
 Bahrain  4 – 3  Uzbekistan Al-Musannah Sports City, Muscat
Darwish  17'
Yousef  17', 18'
Jamal  18'		 Report Elibaev  7'
Sharipov  9', 15'
27 February 2011
14:30
 Indonesia  1 – 6  United Arab Emirates Al-Musannah Sports City, Muscat
Dwipayudha  1' Report W. Mohammed  7'
Ranjabar  9'
A. Karim  13', 28'
R. Ahmed  19'
H. Al-Balooshi  32'
28 February 2011
13:15
 Bahrain  5 – 2  Indonesia Al-Musannah Sports City, Muscat
Jamal  6', 10'
Darwish  14'
Nesuf  16'
Hasan  25'		 Report Kariana  5'
Jumada  10'
28 February 2011
15:45
 United Arab Emirates  2 – 1  Uzbekistan Al-Musannah Sports City, Muscat
R. Ahmed  1'
Ranjabar  2'		 Report Sharipov  13'
1 March 2011
12:00
 Uzbekistan  7 – 3  Indonesia Al-Musannah Sports City, Muscat
Anorov  4', 30'
Sattorov  9', 22'
Sharipov  26', 27', 36'		 Report Parimawan  6'
Darmasuta  16'
Metrajaya  22'
1 March 2011
14:30
 United Arab Emirates  4 – 1  Bahrain Al-Musannah Sports City, Muscat
A. Karim  4'
R. Ahmed  13'
Al-Mesaabi  24'
Ranjabar  34'		 Report Hasan  33'

Third placed teams

Because some groups contain four teams and some three, matches against the fourth-placed team in each group are not included in this ranking.

Team Pld W W+ L GF GA GD Pts
 Uzbekistan 2 0 0 2 4 6 −2 0
 Syria 2 0 0 2 4 14 −10 0
 Iraq 2 0 0 2 5 16 −11 0

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                   
2 March 2011        
  Iran  5
3 March 2011
  Uzbekistan  3  
  Iran  2 (0)
2 March 2011
    Oman (pen.)  2 (1)  
  Oman  5
4 March 2011
  Syria  2  
  Oman  1
2 March 2011
    Japan  2
  Japan  6
3 March 2011
  Bahrain  2  
  Japan  2 Third place
2 March 2011
    United Arab Emirates  1  
  United Arab Emirates  5   Iran  6
  China  1     United Arab Emirates  2
4 March 2011

Quarter finals

2 March 2011
13:15
 Iran  5 – 3  Uzbekistan Al-Musannah Sports City, Muscat
Abdollahi  15'
Ahmadzadeh  28'
Mesigar  29'
Hassani  33', 36'		 Report Samegov  13', 36'
Azizov  26'
2 March 2011
14:30
 Japan  6 – 2  Bahrain Al-Musannah Sports City, Muscat
Yamauchi  6', 36'
Arakaki  13', 21'
Kawaharazuka  17'
Oda  22'		 Report Jamal  25', 30'
2 March 2011
15:45
 United Arab Emirates  5 – 1  China Al-Musannah Sports City, Muscat
A. Karim  1', 4', 7'
R. Ahmed  3'
Ranjabar  36'		 Report Qiu Hao  13'
2 March 2011
17:00
 Oman  5 – 2  Syria Al-Musannah Sports City, Muscat
Y. Al-Araimi  7', 20'
Al-Mas  18'
Al-Sinani  20', 27'		 Report Nassif  7'
Al-Najjar  34'

Semi finals

3 March 2011
15:45
 Japan  2 – 1  United Arab Emirates Al-Musannah Sports City, Muscat
Kawaharazuka  12'
Yamauchi  15'		 Report A. Karim  35'
3 March 2011
17:00
 Iran  2 – 2 (a.e.t.)  Oman Al-Musannah Sports City, Muscat
Ahmadzadeh  22'
Boloukbashi  29'		 Report Al-Sinani  5'
Al-Zaabi  9'
  Penalties  
Mesigar 0 – 1 Al-Sinani

Third place play off

4 March 2011
15:45
 Iran  6 – 2  United Arab Emirates Al-Musannah Sports City, Muscat
Mesigar  1', 25'
Dara  11', 36'
Hassani  35'
Ahmadzadeh  35'		 Report R. Ahmed  18'
Sadeqi  29'

Final

4 March 2011
17:00
 Oman  1 – 2  Japan Al-Musannah Sports City, Muscat
Al-Mas  1' Report Kawaharazuka  26'
Arakaki  35'

Winners

 (2011) FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
Qualification (AFC) Winners: 

Japan
Second title

Awards

Best Player (MVP)
Yahya Al-Araimi
Top Scorer(s)
Takeshi Kawaharazuka Ishaq Al-Mas
8 goals
Best Goalkeeper
Shingo Terukina

Top scorers

8 goals
7 goals
  • Hussein Jabbar
  • Shusei Yamauchi
  • Ali Hassan Karim
6 goals
  • Yahya Al-Araimi
  • Jamoliddin Sharipov
5 goals
  • Rashed Jamal
  • Mohammad Ahmadzadeh
  • Jalal Al-Sinani
  • Rashid Ahmed Hassan
4 goals
  • Han Xue
  • Mehdi Hassani
  • Moslem Mesigar
  • Khaild Al-Zaabi
  • Adel Ranjabar
3 goals
  • Gui Qixuan
  • Farid Boloukbashi
  • Ali Naderi
3 goals (cont.)
  • Omar Al-Jaser
  • Abdulwahhab Al-Safi
  • Youssef Al-Saqer
  • Yaqoob Rabia
2 goals
  • Mohamed Darwish
  • Ebrahim Hasan
  • Yaqoob Nesuf
  • Talal Yousef
  • Qiu Hao
  • Hassan Abdollahi
  • Farough Dara
  • Sadeq Jabr
  • Takashi Arakaki
  • Hirofumi Oda
  • Teruki Tabata
  • Haitham Al-Araimi
  • Mohammad Nassif
  • Javlon Anorov
  • Fakhriddin Samegov
  • Abdusattor Sattorov
1 goal
  • Yilihanmu Aihaiti
  • Gede Darmasuta
  • Dewa Kadek Dwipayudha
1 goal (cont.)
  • Nyoman Jumada
  • Komang Kariana
  • Wayan Metrajaya
  • Juli Parimawan
  • Moshtak Kadhim
  • Kunihiro Wakabayashi
  • Abdulaziz Al-Eid
  • Hani Al-Dhabit
  • Omar Akil
  • Omar Al-Najjar
  • Alaa Arnaout
  • Ahmad Shatta
  • Humaid Al-Balooshi
  • Rami Al-Mesaabi
  • Walid Mohammed
  • Qambar Sadeqi
  • Furkat Azizov
  • Nodir Elibaev
Own goal
  • Ishaq Al-Mas (for Kuwait)

Final standings

Rank Team
1  Japan
2  Oman
3  Iran
4  United Arab Emirates
5  China
6  Bahrain
7  Uzbekistan
8  Syria
9  Iraq
10  Kuwait
11  Indonesia

References

  1. ^ "When and where already confirmed for the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 2011 - Asian Qualifier". beachsoccer.com. http://www.beachsoccer.com/news/186. Retrieved 2010-12-22. 
  2. ^ "Japan are the new Asian Champions!". beachsoccer.com. 2011-03-04. http://www.beachsoccer.com/news/226. Retrieved 2011-06-30. 
  3. ^ "Eleven teams to fight for three tickets in the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 2011 – Asia Qualifier Muscat". beachsoccer.om. 2011-02-23. http://www.beachsoccer.com/news/214. Retrieved 2011-06-30. 
  4. ^ "Oman beach soccer team to camp in Iran". omanobserver.om. 2011-02-13. http://main.omanobserver.om/node/40406. Retrieved 2011-02-20. 
  5. ^ "Oman play Kuwait, Bahrain meet Uzbekistan in opener". omanobserver.om. 2011-02-25. http://main.omanobserver.om/node/41809. Retrieved 2011-02-25. 
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