2004 FIFA Futsal World Championship

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The 2004 FIFA Futsal World Championship was the fifth FIFA Futsal World Championship, the quadrennial international futsal championship contested by the men's national teams of the member associations of FIFA. It was held between 21 November and 5 December 2004 in Taiwan (Designated as Chinese Taipei under FIFA).[1] It was the first FIFA tournament held in the country and was the last to feature 16 teams.

2004 FIFA Futsal World Championship
FIFA Futsal World Championship Chinese Taipei 2004
2004年世界杯五人制足球錦標賽
Tournament details
Host countryTaiwan
Dates21 November – 5 December
Teams16 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Spain (2nd title)
Runners-up Italy
Third place Brazil
Fourth place Argentina
Tournament statistics
Matches played40
Goals scored237 (5.93 per match)
Attendance50,923 (1,273 per match)
Top scorer(s)Brazil Falcão (13 goals)
Best player(s)Brazil Falcão
2000
2008

Spain won their second successive title, defeating Italy in the final.

Qualifying criteria

Qualified nations

CompetitionDateVenueBerthsQualified teams
Host nation 1  Chinese Taipei
2004 AFC Futsal Championship16–25 April 2004  Macau3  Iran
 Thailand
 Japan
2004 African Futsal Championship9 July – 3 September 2004Home & away1  Egypt
2004 CONCACAF Futsal Championship23 July – 1 August 2004  Costa Rica2  United States
 Cuba
2003 Copa América de Futsal26 August – 1 September 2003  Paraguay3  Paraguay
 Argentina
 Brazil
2004 Oceanian Futsal Championship25–29 July 2004  Australia1  Australia
UEFA preliminary competitionNovember – December 2003Groups5  Ukraine
 Spain
 Czech Republic
 Italy
 Portugal
Total16

Venues

TaipeiTaoyuan (Linkou)
NTU GymnasiumNTSU Gymnasium
Capacity: 3,500Capacity: 15,000

First round

(21 November-26 November)

Group A

Source: [citation needed]
Chinese Taipei  0 - 12  Egypt
Spain  2 - 0  Ukraine
Chinese Taipei  0 - 10  Spain
Egypt  4 - 5  Ukraine
Ukraine  7 - 2  Chinese Taipei
Egypt  0 - 7  Spain

Group B

Source: [citation needed]
Australia  0 - 10  Brazil
Czech Republic  2 - 1  Thailand
Australia  0 - 5  Czech Republic
Brazil  9 - 1  Thailand
Thailand  3 - 2  Australia
Brazil  4 - 1  Czech Republic

Group C

Source: [citation needed]
Italy  6 - 3  United States
Japan  4 - 5  Paraguay
Italy  5 - 0  Japan
United States  3 - 1  Paraguay
Paraguay  2 - 4  Italy
United States  1 - 1  Japan

Group D

Source: [citation needed]
Iran  0 - 4  Portugal
Cuba  0 - 3  Argentina
Iran  8 - 3  Cuba
Portugal  0 - 1  Argentina
Argentina  6 - 1  Iran
Portugal  5 - 0  Cuba

Second round

(28 November-1 December)

Group E

TeamPtsPldWDLGFGADiff
 Italy7321062+4
 Spain6320174+3
 Portugal4311197+2
 Czech Republic03003413–9
Spain  2 - 0  Czech Republic
Italy  0 - 0  Portugal
Spain  2 - 3  Italy
Czech Republic  4 - 8  Portugal
Spain  3 - 1  Portugal
Czech Republic  0 - 3  Italy

Group F

TeamPtsPldWDLGFGADiff
 Brazil93300167+9
 Argentina43111330
 Ukraine4311147–3
 United States03003713–6
Brazil  6 - 1  Ukraine
Argentina  2 - 1  United States
Brazil  2 - 1  Argentina
Ukraine  3 - 1  United States
Brazil  8 - 5  United States
Ukraine  0 - 0  Argentina

Final round

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
3 December 2004 - Taipei
 
 
 Brazil2 (4)
 
5 December 2004 - Taipei
 
 Spain (PSO) 2 (5)
 
 Spain 2
 
3 December 2004 - Taipei
 
 Italy 1
 
 Argentina4
 
 
 Italy 7
 
Third place
 
 
5 December 2004 - Taipei
 
 
 Brazil 7
 
 
 Argentina 4

Semi-finals

Brazil  2 – 2 (a.e.t.)  Spain
Pablo 26'
Simi 35'
Report 23' Andreu
35' Marcelo
Penalties
Simi
Euler
Índio
Falcão
Schumacher
Neto
4–5 Kike
Torras
Julio
Limones
Javi Rodríguez
Andreu
Attendance: 3400
Referee: Nestor Valiente
Argentina  4 – 7  Italy
Sánchez 28'
Gimenez 34', 40+1'
Wilhelm 35'
Report 2', 12', 35' Bácaro
9' Fabiano
32' Vicentini
34' Foglia
38' (o.g.) Giustozzi
Attendance: 3500
Referee: Ibrahim Mohamed

Third-place match

Brazil  7 – 4  Argentina
Falcão 1', 6', 12'
Schumacher 17', 36'
Euler 18'
Índio 19'
Report 10', 16' Sánchez
29', 30' Giustozzi
Attendance: 3500
Referee: Pedro Galan

Final

Spain  2 – 1  Italy
Kike 24'
Marcelo 30'
Report 40' Zanetti
Attendance: 3500
Referee: Juan Carlos Sciancalepore

Champions

 FIFA Futsal World Championships 2004 winners 

Spain
Second title

Top goalscorers

The top 10 scorers from the 2004 FIFA Futsal World Cup are as follows:

RankNameCountryGoals
1Falcão  Brazil13
2Índio  Brazil10
3Marcelo  Spain9
4Joel Queirós  Portugal7
Leandro Simi  Brazil
6Abou El Komsan  Egypt6
Javi Rodríguez  Spain
8Johnny Torres  United States5
Michal Mareš  Czech Republic
Sandro Zanetti  Italy

Tournament ranking

RankTeam
 Spain
 Italy
 Brazil
4  Argentina
5  Portugal
6  Ukraine
7  United States
8  Czech Republic
9  Egypt
10  Paraguay
11  Iran
12  Thailand
13  Japan
14  Cuba
15  Australia
16  Chinese Taipei

See also

References