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)	Manoel Tobias (19 goals)
Best player	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	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

Spain  v  Russia

December 1, 2000 18:00

Spain	3–2	Russia

Domo Polideportivo de la CDAG Attendance: 7,128 Referee: Francisco Salinas Ramirez

Brazil  v  Portugal

December 1, 2000 20:30

Brazil	8–0	Portugal

Domo Polideportivo de la CDAG Attendance: 7,128 Referee: Félix Alberto Chavez

Third Place Match

Portugal  v  Russia

December 3, 2000 14:00

Portugal	4 – 2	Russia

Domo Polideportivo de la CDAG Attendance: 7,568 Referee: Pedro Galán Nieto

Final

Spain  v  Brazil

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: Ivan Novak

Champions

FIFA Futsal World Championships 2000 Winners
Spain First title

External links

• FIFA Futsal World Championship Guatemala 2000, FIFA.com
• FIFA Technical Report