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

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Tournament details
Host country	Taiwan
Dates	21 November – 5 December
Teams	16 (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 played	40
Goals scored	237 (5.93 per match)
Attendance	50,923 (1,273 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Falcão (13 goals)
Best player(s)	Falcão
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Spain won their second successive title, defeating Italy in the final.

Qualifying criteria

Main article: 2004 FIFA Futsal World Championship qualification

Qualified nations

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

Taipei	Linkou
NTU Gymnasium	Linkou Gymnasium
Capacity: 3,500	Capacity: 15,000
Taipei   Linkou

First round

(21 November-26 November)

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts   Spain 3 3 0 0 19 0 +19 9   Ukraine 3 2 0 1 12 8 +4 6   Egypt 3 1 0 2 16 12 +4 3   Chinese Taipei 3 0 0 3 2 29 −27 0 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

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts   Brazil 3 3 0 0 23 2 +21 9   Czech Republic 3 2 0 1 8 5 +3 6   Thailand 3 1 0 2 5 13 −8 3   Australia 3 0 0 3 2 18 −16 0 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

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts   Italy 3 3 0 0 15 5 +10 9   United States 3 1 1 1 7 8 −1 4   Paraguay 3 1 0 2 8 11 −3 3   Japan 3 0 1 2 5 11 −6 1 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

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts   Argentina 3 3 0 0 10 1 +9 9   Portugal 3 2 0 1 9 1 +8 6   Iran 3 1 0 2 9 13 −4 3   Cuba 3 0 0 3 3 16 −13 0 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

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

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

	Semifinals				Final
	3 December 2004 - Taipei
	Brazil	2 (4)
					5 December 2004 - Taipei
	Spain (PSO)	2 (5)
					Spain	2
	3 December 2004 - Taipei
					Italy	1
	Argentina	4
	Italy	7
					Third place
					5 December 2004 - Taipei
					Brazil	7
					Argentina	4

Semi-finals

December 3, 2004

18:00

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

NTU Gymnasium, Taipei City

Attendance: 3400

Referee:   Nestor Valiente

December 3, 2004

20:30

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

NTU Gymnasium, Taipei City

Attendance: 3500

Referee:   Ibrahim Mohamed

Third-place match

December 5, 2004

14:00

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

NTU Gymnasium, Taipei City

Attendance: 3500

Referee:   Pedro Galan

Final

December 5, 2004

16:00

Spain	2 – 1	Italy
Kike   24' Marcelo   30'	Report	40' Zanetti

NTU Gymnasium, Taipei City

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:

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

Rank	Team
	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

• List of sporting events in Taiwan

References

1. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 20, 2011.

External links

• , FIFA.com