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	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	Falcão (13 goals)
Best player	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	Taoyuan (Linkou)
NTU Gymnasium	NTSU Gymnasium
Capacity: 3,500	Capacity: 15,000
Taipei Linkou

First round

(21–26 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 (p)	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	Andreu 23' Marcelo 35'
Penalties
Simi Euler Índio Falcão Schumacher Neto	4–5	Kike Torras Julio Limones Javi Rodríguez Andreu

NTU Gymnasium, Taipei City

Attendance: 3,400

Referee: Néstor Valiente (Paraguay)

December 3, 2004

20:30

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.)

NTU Gymnasium, Taipei City

Attendance: 3,500

Referee: Ibrahim Mohamed (Egypt)

Third-place match

5 December 2004

14:00

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

NTU Gymnasium, Taipei City

Attendance: 3,500

Referee: Pedro Galán (Spain)

Final

5 December 2004

16:00

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

NTU Gymnasium, Taipei City

Attendance: 3,500

Referee: Juan Carlos Sciancalepore (Argentina)

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

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

Broadcasting rights

See also

• List of sporting events in Taiwan