2005 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (UEFA playoffs)

2005 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (UEFA playoffs)
Tournament details
Host country Brazil
Dates 6 – 7 May 2005
Teams 4 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  Spain (1st title)
Runners-up  Italy
Third place   Switzerland
Fourth place  Austria
Tournament statistics
Matches played 4
Goals scored 35 (8.75 per match)

The 2005 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification playoffs for (UEFA) was a special, one-off beach soccer tournament to determine the fourth European nation that would be competing in the 2005 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup. The tournament started two days before the start of the world cup, ending the day before the opening match, from May 6 - May 7, 2005, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The winners of the playoffs were Spain.[1]

Overview

Three nations had already confirmed their places in the world cup by finishing first, second and third in the 2004 Euro Beach Soccer League, being France, Portugal and the Ukraine. The teams who finished in fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh were called back to compete for the final place at the world cup, however seventh place Belgium declined the invitation to participate, so eighth place Austria competed instead.

Participating nations

Knockout stage

The nations played in a simple knockout format, starting with the semi-finals.

Semi-finals

6 May 2005
Italy  4 – 1  Austria



6 May 2005
Spain  7 – 4   Switzerland



Third place play off

7 May 2005
Switzerland   7 – 3  Austria



Final

7 May 2005
Spain  7 – 2  Italy

Winners

 Qualification playoff Winners 

Spain

Final standings

Rank Team
1  Spain
2  Italy
3   Switzerland
4  Austria

Nations qualifying for the world cup

References

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