2015 Women's Futsal World Tournament

2015 Women's Futsal World Tournament

Tournament details
Host country	Guatemala
Dates	24–29 November 2015
Teams	8 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s)	Domo Polideportivo de la CDAG
Final positions
Champions	Brazil (6th title)
Runners-up	Russia
Third place	Spain
Fourth place	Portugal
Tournament statistics
Matches played	18
Goals scored	113 (6.28 per match)
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The 2015 Women's Futsal World Tournament was the sixth edition of the Women's Futsal World Tournament, the premier world championship for women's national futsal teams. The venue was Domo Polideportivo de la CDAG in Guatemala City. ^[1] The competition was won by Brazil, winner of all the editions disputed until then. ^[2] Iran's Niloufar Ardalan notably defied a travel ban to take part in the 2015 tournament ^{[3] [4]} after her husband did not approve of her leaving Iran. ^[5]

Venues

Arena	Domo Polideportivo de la CDAG
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City	Guatemala City
Capacity	7,500
Matches	Group A (6), Group B (6), Play-off round (6)

Group stage

Key to colours
(A) Advance to the semi-finals
Qualified to the 5th place game
Qualified to the 7th place game

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts   Brazil (A) 3 2 1 0 16 1 +15 7   Portugal (A) 3 2 1 0 11 3 +8 7   Costa Rica 3 1 0 2 3 17 −14 3   Iran 3 0 0 3 2 11 −9 0 Source: [ citation needed ] (A) Advance to a further round

24 Nov 2015 Brazil   9–0 (5–0)   Costa Rica 24 Nov 2015 Iran   1–3 (1–1)   Portugal 25 Nov 2015 Portugal   7–1 (3–0)   Costa Rica 25 Nov 2015 Iran   0–6 (0–4)   Brazil 26 Nov 2015 Costa Rica   2–1 (0–1)   Iran 26 Nov 2015 Brazil   1–1 (0–0)   Portugal

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts   Russia (A) 3 2 1 0 5 1 +4 7   Spain (A) 3 2 0 1 16 5 +11 6   Guatemala 3 1 1 1 2 11 −9 4   Japan 3 0 0 3 3 9 −6 0 Source: [ citation needed ] (A) Advance to a further round

24 Nov 2015 Spain   1–3 (0–3)   Russia 24 Nov 2015 Guatemala   2–1 (2–0)   Japan 25 Nov 2015 Japan   2–5 (1–2)   Spain 25 Nov 2015 Guatemala   0–0 (0–0)   Russia 26 Nov 2015 Russia   2–0 (0–0)   Japan 26 Nov 2015 Guatemala   0–10 (0–4)   Spain

Final round

Semifinals Final                 28 November       Brazil 4   29 November     Spain 0     Brazil 3   28 November     Russia 0     Russia 7       Portugal 2   Third place     29 November       Spain 9       Portugal 1

7th place game 27 Nov 2015 Iran   2–1 (1–0)   Japan 5th place game 27 Nov 2015 Costa Rica   2–1 (0–1)   Guatemala Semifinals 28 Nov 2015 Brazil   4–0 (1–0)   Spain 28 Nov 2015 Russia   7–2 (2–1)   Portugal 3rd place 29 Nov 2015 Spain   9–1 (4–0)   Portugal Final 29 Nov 2015 Brazil   3–0 (3–0)   Russia

Final ranking

Rank	Team
	Brazil
	Russia
	Spain
4	Portugal
5	Costa Rica
6	Guatemala
7	Iran
8	Japan

Women's Futsal World Tournament 2015 winners
Brazil

References

1. "2015 Women's Futsal World Tournament at Futsalplanet". Futsalplanet. Archived from the original on 13 June 2018. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
2. "6th World Tournament results". Futsal Planet. 29 November 2015. Archived from the original on 27 November 2015. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
3. Askarieh, Emad (November 26, 2015). "Iran's female futsal player uses legal channels to defy travel ban". IFP News. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
4. Reynolds, Louisa (30 November 2015). "Dismayed Female Futsal Team Leaves World Champ". Iranwire. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
5. Reynolds, Louisa (27 November 2015). "Costa Rica women's futsal team beats Iran in the VI Women's Futsal World Tournament". The Tico Times. Retrieved 16 April 2020.

External links

• Futsal Guatemala
• Futsal Planet