Beach soccer world championship 2003

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Beach soccer world championship 2003
Number of nations 8th
World Champion BrazilBrazil Brazil (8th title)
venue BrazilBrazil Brazil
Opening game February 16, 2003
Endgame February 23, 2003
Games 16
Gates 150  (⌀: 9.38 per game)
Top scorer BrazilBrazil Neném (15 goals)
Best player SpainSpain Amarelle

The Beach Soccer World Championship 2003 was the ninth edition of the World Championship tournament for men in beach soccer . The tournament took place from February 16-23 , 2003 in Copacabana , Rio de Janeiro , Brazil . All 16 games were played in one stadium.

Attendees

The following 8 national teams from the respective continental associations ultimately qualified for the final round:

4 from Europe FranceFrance France PortugalPortugal Portugal ItalyItaly Italy SpainSpain Spain
2 from South America BrazilBrazil Brazil (GG) UruguayUruguay Uruguay
1 from North, Central America and the Caribbean United StatesUnited States United States
1 from Asia JapanJapan Japan
0 from Africa
0 from Oceania

Preliminary round

Group A

rank country Gates difference Points
1 BrazilBrazil Brazil 26: 6 + 20 9
2 SpainSpain Spain 19:13 + 6 6th
3 ItalyItaly Italy 11:19 - 8th 3
4th United StatesUnited States United States 8:26 - 18th 0
Brazil - Spain 6: 3
Spain - United States 8: 3
Brazil - Italy 7: 2
Italy - United States 5: 4
Brazil - United States 13: 1
Spain - Italy 8: 4

Group B

rank country Gates difference Points
1 FranceFrance France 20:14 + 6 6th
2 PortugalPortugal Portugal 14:10 + 4 6th
3 UruguayUruguay Uruguay 9: 9 0 6th
4th JapanJapan Japan 4:14 - 10 0
Uruguay - Japan 2: 1
France - Portugal 8: 6
Portugal - Japan 5: 1
Uruguay - France 6: 5
Portugal - Uruguay 3: 1
France - Japan 7: 2

Final round

Semifinals

SpainSpain Spain - FranceFrance France 5: 4
BrazilBrazil Brazil - PortugalPortugal Portugal 7: 2

3rd place match.

PortugalPortugal Portugal - FranceFrance France 7: 4

final

BrazilBrazil Brazil - SpainSpain Spain 8: 2

Awards