2004 Beach Soccer World Championship

2004 Beach Soccer World Championship
X Beach Soccer Championship 2004
Tournament details
Host country Brazil
Dates 29 February – 7 March
Teams 12 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  Brazil (9th title)
Runners-up  Spain
Third place  Portugal
Fourth place  Italy
Tournament statistics
Matches played 20
Goals scored 155 (7.75 per match)
Top scorer(s) Portugal Madjer (12 goals)
Best player Brazil Jorginho
Best goalkeeper Spain Roberto Valeiro

The 2004 Beach Soccer World Championship was the tenth edition of the Beach Soccer World Championships, the most prestigious competition in international beach soccer contested by men's national teams, organised by Koch Tavares in a supervising partnership with Beach Soccer Worldwide and the last before coming under the control of FIFA, ultimately being rebranded as the better known FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup the following year. The tournament took place at Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro.

Brazil successfully defended their title by again beating Spain, in consecutive finals.

Organisation

The format reverted to how the tournament was played between 1999 and 2001, increasing the draw back to twelve teams, splitting them up into four groups of three teams with the top two teams progressing into the quarter finals.

Teams

Qualification

European teams gained qualification by finishing in the top four spots of the 2003 Euro Beach Soccer League. South American qualification was based on performances over recent times in a series of events in the Americas.[1] The other entries received wild-cards.

Africa, Asia and Oceania were unrepresented.

Entrants

European Zone (7):

Notes:

1. Teams making their debut.
WC. Wild-card entries.

North American Zone (1):

South American Zone (3):

Hosts:

Group stage

Group A

Team Pld W W+ L GF GA GD Pts
 Brazil 2200222206
  Switzerland 2101512-73
 Germany 2002213-110


February 29, 2004
Brazil  10–2  Germany
   

March 1, 2004
Switzerland   3–0  Germany
   

March 2, 2004
Brazil  12–2   Switzerland
   

Group B

Team Pld W W+ L GF GA GD Pts
 Italy 21105325
 France 210110733
 Peru 200251050


February 29, 2004
Italy  3–2  France
   

March 1, 2004
Italy  1–1 (a.e.t.)  Peru
   
  Penalties  

 2–1


March 2, 2004
France  8–4  Peru
   

Group C

Team Pld W W+ L GF GA GD Pts
 Portugal 2200172156
 Uruguay 210179-23
 Belgium 2002518-130


February 29, 2004
Uruguay  6–4  Belgium
   

March 1, 2004
Portugal  12–1  Belgium
   

March 2, 2004
Portugal  5–1  Uruguay
   

Group D

Team Pld W W+ L GF GA GD Pts
 Spain 220010286
 Argentina 210168-23
 United States 200228-60


February 29, 2004
Spain  4–0  United States
   

March 1, 2004
Argentina  4–2  United States
   

March 2, 2004
Spain  6–2  Argentina
   

Knockout stage

Quarter finals

March 3, 2004
Brazil  7–2  Argentina
   

March 3, 2004
Portugal  6–3  France
   

March 4, 2004
Spain  5–4   Switzerland
   

March 4, 2004
Italy  4–1  Uruguay
   

Semi-finals

March 5, 2004
Brazil  7–2  Portugal
   

March 5, 2004
Spain  3–1  Italy
   

Third place play-off

March 6, 2004
Portugal  5–1  Italy
   

Final

March 7, 2004
Brazil  6–4  Spain
   

Winners

 2004 Beach Soccer World Championship 

Brazil
Ninth title

Awards

Top scorer
Portugal Madjer
12 goals
Best player
Brazil Jorginho
Best goalkeeper
Spain Roberto Valeiro

Final standings

Position Team
1 Brazil Brazil
2 Spain Spain
3 Portugal Portugal
4 Italy Italy
5 Switzerland Switzerland
6 France France
7 Uruguay Uruguay
8 Argentina Argentina
9 Peru Peru
10 United States United States
11 Germany Germany
12 Belgium Belgium

References

  1. ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20041220194200/http://www.beachsoccerbrasil.com.br/mundial/2004/port/reportagem.asp?cod=195

Sources

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