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2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (UEFA)

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Host country
  
Italy

Dates
  
5–14 September 2014

Champions
  
Russia (1st title)

City
  
Jesolo

Venue(s)
  
1 (in 1 host city)

2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (UEFA)

Teams
  
24 (from 1 confederation)

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.

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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.

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).

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.

References

2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (UEFA) Wikipedia