2004 FIFA Futsal World Championship

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

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Qualified nations

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Competition Date Venue Berths Qualified teams
Host nation   1   Chinese Taipei
2004 AFC Futsal Championship 16–25 April 2004   Macau 3   Iran
  Thailand
  Japan
2004 African Futsal Championship 9 July – 3 September 2004 Home & away 1   Egypt
2004 CONCACAF Futsal Championship 23 July – 1 August 2004   Costa Rica 2   United States
  Cuba
2003 Copa América de Futsal 26 August – 1 September 2003   Paraguay 3   Paraguay
  Argentina
  Brazil
2004 Oceanian Futsal Championship 25–29 July 2004   Australia 1   Australia
UEFA preliminary competition November – December 2003 Groups 5   Ukraine
  Spain
  Czech Republic
  Italy
  Portugal
Total 16

Venues

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Taipei Taoyuan (Linkou)
NTU Gymnasium NTSU Gymnasium
Capacity: 3,500 Capacity: 15,000
   

First round

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(21–26 November)

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Second round

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(28 November – 1 December)

Group E

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Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA Diff
  Italy 7 3 2 1 0 6 2 +4
  Spain 6 3 2 0 1 7 4 +3
  Portugal 4 3 1 1 1 9 7 +2
  Czech Republic 0 3 0 0 3 4 13 –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

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Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA Diff
  Brazil 9 3 3 0 0 16 7 +9
  Argentina 4 3 1 1 1 3 3 0
  Ukraine 4 3 1 1 1 4 7 –3
  United States 0 3 0 0 3 7 13 –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

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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

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Brazil  2–2 (a.e.t.)  Spain
Pablo   26'
Simi   35'
Report Andreu   23'
Marcelo   35'
Penalties
Simi  
Euler  
Índio  
Falcão  
Schumacher  
Neto  
4–5   Kike
  Torras
  Julio
  Limones
  Javi Rodríguez
  Andreu
Attendance: 3,400
Referee: Néstor Valiente (Paraguay)
Argentina  4–7  Italy
Sánchez   28'
Gimenez   34', 40+1'
Wilhelm   35'
Report Bácaro   2', 12', 35'
Fabiano   9'
Vicentini   32'
Foglia   34'
Giustozzi   38' (o.g.)
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Ibrahim Mohamed (Egypt)

Third-place match

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Brazil  7–4  Argentina
Falcão   1', 6', 12'
Schumacher   17', 36'
Euler   18'
Índio   19'
Report Sánchez   10', 16'
Giustozzi   29', 30'
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Pedro Galán (Spain)

Final

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Spain  2–1  Italy
Kike   24'
Marcelo   30'
Report Zanetti   40'
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Juan Carlos Sciancalepore (Argentina)

Champions

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 FIFA Futsal World Championships 2004 winners 
 
Spain
Second title

Top goalscorers

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

Rank Name Country Goals
1 Falcão   Brazil 13
2 Índio   Brazil 10
3 Marcelo   Spain 9
4 Joel Queirós   Portugal 7
Leandro Simi   Brazil
6 Abou El Komsan   Egypt 6
Javi Rodríguez   Spain
8 Johnny Torres   United States 5
Michal Mareš   Czech Republic
Sandro Zanetti   Italy

Tournament ranking

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Per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-out are counted as draws.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1   Spain 8 6 1 1 30 7 +23 19 Champions
2   Italy 8 6 1 1 29 13 +16 19 Runners-up
3   Brazil 8 7 1 0 48 15 +33 22 Third place
4   Argentina 8 4 1 3 21 18 +3 13 Fourth place
5   Portugal 6 3 1 2 18 8 +10 10 Eliminated in Second round
6   Ukraine 6 3 1 2 16 15 +1 10
7   Czech Republic 6 2 0 4 12 18 –6 6
8   United States 6 1 1 4 14 21 –7 4
9   Egypt 3 1 0 2 16 12 +4 3 Eliminated in First round
10   Paraguay 3 1 0 2 8 11 –3 3
11   Iran 3 1 0 2 9 13 –4 3
12   Thailand 3 1 0 2 5 13 –8 3
13   Japan 3 0 1 2 5 11 –6 1
14   Cuba 3 0 0 3 3 16 –13 0
15   Australia 3 0 0 3 2 18 –16 0
16   Chinese Taipei 3 0 0 3 2 29 –27 0

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Fédération Internationale de Football Association. FIFA Futsal World Championship Chinese Taipei 2004 Technical Report and Statistics (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 20, 2011.
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