2000 FIFA Futsal World Championship

2000 FIFA Futsal World Championship
FIFA Futsal World Championship Guatemala 2000
Campeonato Mundial de fútbol sala de la FIFA 2000
Tournament details
Host country Guatemala
Dates 18 November – 3 December
Teams 16 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s) 2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  Spain (1st title)
Runners-up  Brazil
Third place  Portugal
Fourth place  Russia
Tournament statistics
Matches played 40
Goals scored 302 (7.55 per match)
Top scorer(s) Brazil Manoel Tobias (19 goals)
Best player Brazil Manoel Tobias

The 2000 edition of the FIFA Futsal World Championship was held between November 18 and December 3 in Guatemala. It was the 4th World Championship held under the aegis of football's world governing body.

Spain won the tournament, defeating Brazil in the final. They ended a streak of three straight championships by Brazil and also became the only nation other than the South Americans to win the title.

Qualifying criteria

Qualified nations

Competition Date Venue Berths Qualified
Host Nation   1  Guatemala
2000 AFC Futsal Championship May 5–12, 2000  Thailand 3  Iran
 Thailand
 Kazakhstan
2000 African Futsal Championship April 16–21, 2000  Egypt 1  Egypt
2000 CONCACAF Futsal Championship July 20–29, 2000  Guatemala 2  Costa Rica
 Cuba
2000 South American Futsal Championship April 29- May 7, 2000  Brazil 3  Uruguay
 Argentina
 Brazil
2000 Oceanian Futsal Championship August 21–28, 2000 Vanuatu Vanuatu 1  Australia
UEFA Preliminary Competition 30 Jan.- 5 Mar. 2000 Groups 5  Portugal
 Spain
 Russia
 Croatia
 Netherlands
TOTAL 16 Field is Finalized

Venues

Guatemala City
Domo Polideportivo de la CDAG
Capacity: 10,000
Gimnasio Nacional Teodoro Palacios Flores
Capacity: 8,000

First round

Group A

(18 November - 23 November)

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA Diff
 Brazil 9 3 3 0 0 45 3 +42
 Portugal 6 3 2 0 1 12 8 +4
 Guatemala 3 3 1 0 2 10 40 30
 Kazakhstan 0 3 0 0 3 8 24 16
Guatemala  2 - 6  Portugal
Brazil  12 - 1  Kazakhstan
Brazil  4 - 0  Portugal
Guatemala  6 - 5  Kazakhstan
Portugal  6 - 2  Kazakhstan
Guatemala  2 - 29  Brazil

Group B

(20 November - 23 November)

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA Diff
 Netherlands 9 3 3 0 0 14 5 +9
 Egypt 6 3 2 0 1 14 7 +7
 Uruguay 3 3 1 0 2 7 8 1
 Thailand 0 3 0 0 3 2 17 15
Uruguay  4 - 1  Thailand
Netherlands  5 - 3  Egypt
Egypt  7 - 0  Thailand
Netherlands  3 - 1  Uruguay
Netherlands  6 - 1  Thailand
Egypt  4 - 2  Uruguay

Group C

(19 November - 23 November)

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA Diff
 Russia 9 3 3 0 0 20 4 +16
 Croatia 6 3 2 0 1 12 5 +7
 Costa Rica 3 3 1 0 2 8 12 4
 Australia 0 3 0 0 3 3 22 19
Russia  4 - 2  Croatia
Costa Rica  6 - 2  Australia
Russia  6 - 1  Costa Rica
Croatia  6 - 0  Australia
Croatia  4 - 1  Costa Rica
Russia  10 - 1  Australia

Group D

(19 November - 23 November)

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA Diff
 Spain 9 3 3 0 0 19 2 +17
 Argentina 6 3 2 0 1 10 5 +5
 Iran 3 3 1 0 2 6 9 3
 Cuba 0 3 0 0 3 1 20 19
Spain  9 - 0  Cuba
Argentina  2 - 1  Iran
Argentina  8 - 1  Cuba
Spain  7 - 2  Iran
Iran  3 - 0  Cuba
Spain  3 - 0  Argentina

Second round

Group E

(26 November - 29 November)

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA Diff
 Brazil 9 3 3 0 0 22 7 +15
 Russia 3 3 1 0 2 13 13 0
 Egypt 3 3 1 0 2 13 20 7
 Argentina 3 3 1 0 2 6 14 8
Russia  7 - 1  Argentina
Brazil  12 - 4  Egypt
Egypt  6 - 4  Russia
Brazil  4 - 1  Argentina
Argentina  4 - 3  Egypt
Brazil  6 - 2  Russia

Group F

(25 November - 28 November)

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA Diff
 Spain 9 3 3 0 0 15 1 +14
 Portugal 6 3 2 0 1 7 5 +2
 Croatia 3 3 1 0 2 6 10 4
 Netherlands 0 3 0 0 3 3 15 12
Portugal  3 - 1  Netherlands
Spain  5 - 0  Croatia
Croatia  5 - 2  Netherlands
Spain  3 - 1  Portugal
Portugal  3 - 1  Croatia
Spain  7 - 0  Netherlands

Final round

Semifinals Final
1 December 2000 - Guatemala City
  Spain  3  
  Russia  2  
 
3 December 2000 - Guatemala City
      Spain  4
    Brazil  3
Third place
1 December 2000 - Guatemala City 3 December 2000 - Guatemala City
  Brazil  8   Russia  2
  Portugal  0     Portugal  4

Semi-Finals

December 1, 2000
18:00
Spain  32  Russia
Domo Polideportivo de la CDAG
Attendance: 7,128
Referee: Paraguay Francisco Salinas Ramirez

December 1, 2000
20:30
Brazil  80  Portugal
Domo Polideportivo de la CDAG
Attendance: 7,128
Referee: Argentina Félix Alberto Chavez

Third Place Match

December 3, 2000
14:00
Portugal  4 2  Russia
Domo Polideportivo de la CDAG
Attendance: 7,568
Referee: Spain Pedro Galán Nieto

Final

December 3, 2000
16:00
Spain  4 3  Brazil
Daniel  2' (pen.)
Javi Sánchez  20'
Javi Rodríguez  36' (pen.), 39' (pen.)
Report  18' Anderson
 30' Manoel Tobías
 35' Vander
Domo Polideportivo de la CDAG
Attendance: 7,568
Referee: Croatia Ivan Novak

Champions

 FIFA Futsal World Championships 2000 Winners 

Spain
First title

External links

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