Beach soccer world championship 2004

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Beach soccer world championship 2004
Number of nations 12
World Champion BrazilBrazil Brazil (9th title)
venue BrazilBrazil Brazil
Opening game February 29, 2004
Endgame March 7, 2004
Games 20th
Gates 155  (⌀: 7.75 per game)
Top scorer PortugalPortugal Madjer (12 goals)
Best player BrazilBrazil Jorginho

The beach soccer world championship 2004 was the tenth edition of the world championship tournament for men in beach soccer . It was the last tournament that was not organized by FIFA . The tournament took place from February 29th to March 7th, 2004 in Copacabana , Rio de Janeiro , Brazil . All 20 games were played in one stadium.

Attendees

12 national teams from the respective continental associations qualified for the final round:

7 from Europe FranceFrance France PortugalPortugal Portugal ItalyItaly Italy SpainSpain Spain
GermanyGermany Germany SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland BelgiumBelgium Belgium
4 from South America ArgentinaArgentina Argentina BrazilBrazil Brazil (GG) UruguayUruguay Uruguay PeruPeru Peru
1 from North, Central America and the Caribbean United StatesUnited States United States
0 from Africa
0 from Asia
0 from Oceania

Preliminary round

Group A

rank country Gates difference Points
1 BrazilBrazil Brazil 22: 4 + 18 6th
2 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland 5:12 - 7th 3
3 GermanyGermany Germany 2:13 - 11 0
Brazil - Germany 10: 2
Switzerland - Germany 3-0
Brazil - Switzerland 12: 2

Group B

rank country Gates difference Points
1 ItalyItaly Italy 5: 3 + 2 6th
2 FranceFrance France 10: 7 + 3 3
3 PeruPeru Peru 5:10 - 5th 0
Italy - France 3: 2
Italy - Peru 0: 0 n.v., 2: 1 i. E.
France - Peru 8: 4

Group C

rank country Gates difference Points
1 PortugalPortugal Portugal 17: 2 + 15 6th
2 UruguayUruguay Uruguay 7: 9 - 2nd 3
3 BelgiumBelgium Belgium 5:18 - 13 0
Uruguay - Belgium 6: 4
Portugal - Belgium 12: 1
Portugal - Uruguay 5: 1

Group D

rank country Gates difference Points
1 SpainSpain Spain 10: 2 + 8 6th
2 ArgentinaArgentina Argentina 6: 8 - 2nd 3
3 United StatesUnited States United States 2: 8 - 6 0
Spain - United States 4-0
Argentina - United States 4: 2
Spain - Argentina 6: 2

Final round

Quarter finals

BrazilBrazil Brazil - ArgentinaArgentina Argentina 7: 2
PortugalPortugal Portugal - FranceFrance France 6: 3
SpainSpain Spain - SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland 5: 4
ItalyItaly Italy - UruguayUruguay Uruguay 4: 1

Semifinals

BrazilBrazil Brazil - PortugalPortugal Portugal 7: 2
SpainSpain Spain - ItalyItaly Italy 3: 1

3rd place match.

PortugalPortugal Portugal - ItalyItaly Italy 5: 1

final

BrazilBrazil Brazil - SpainSpain Spain 6: 4

Awards