2004 FIFA Futsal World Championship explained
| Year: | 2004 |
| Other Titles: | FIFA Futsal World Championship Chinese Taipei 2004
2004年世界杯五人制足球錦標賽 |
| Size: | 200px |
| Country: | Taiwan |
| Dates: | 21 November – 5 December |
| Num Teams: | 16 |
| Confederations: | 6 |
| Venues: | 2 |
| Cities: | 2 |
| Count: | 2 |
| Matches: | 40 |
| Goals: | 237 |
| Attendance: | 50923 |
| Top Scorer: | Falcão (13 goals) |
| Player: | Falcão |
| Prevseason: | 2000 |
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.
Spain won their second successive title, defeating Italy in the final.
Qualifying criteria
See main article: 2004 FIFA Futsal World Championship qualification.
Qualified nations
| Competition | Date | Venue | Berths | Qualified teams |
|---|
| Host nation | | 1 | |
| 16–25 April 2004 | | 3 |
|
| 9 July – 3 September 2004 | Home & away | 1 | |
| 23 July – 1 August 2004 | | 2 |
|
| 26 August – 1 September 2003 | | 3 |
|
| 25–29 July 2004 | | 1 | |
| November – December 2003 | Groups | 5 |
|
| Total | | 16 | — | |
|---|
Venues
First round
(21–26 November)
Group A
| | 0–12 | |
| | 2–0 | |
| | 0–10 | |
| | 4–5 | |
| | 7–2 | |
| | 0–7 | | |
Group B
Group C
Group D
Second round
(28 November – 1 December)
Group E
| width=220 | Team | width=20 | Pts | width=20 | Pld | width=20 | W | width=20 | D | width=20 | L | width=20 | GF | width=20 | GA | width=20 | Diff |
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| 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | +2 | | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 13 | –9 | |
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Group F
| width=220 | Team | width=20 | Pts | width=20 | Pld | width=20 | W | width=20 | D | width=20 | L | width=20 | GF | width=20 | GA | width=20 | Diff |
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| 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 7 | +9 | | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | - 3 | | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 13 | - 6 | |
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Final round
Final
Top goalscorers
The top 10 scorers from the 2004 FIFA Futsal World Cup are as follows:
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.
| Team | | | | | | | | | Final result |
|---|
| 1 | | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 7 | +23 | 19 | Champions |
| 2 | | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 13 | +16 | 19 | Runners-up |
| 3 | | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 48 | 15 | +33 | 22 | Third place |
| 4 | | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 18 | +3 | 13 | Fourth place |
| 5 | | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 8 | +10 | 10 | Eliminated in Second round |
| 6 | | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 15 | +1 | 10 |
| 7 | | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 18 | –6 | 6 |
| 8 | | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 21 | –7 | 4 |
| 9 | | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 12 | +4 | 3 | Eliminated in First round |
| 10 | | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 11 | –3 | 3 |
| 11 | | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 13 | –4 | 3 |
| 12 | | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 13 | –8 | 3 |
| 13 | | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11 | –6 | 1 |
| 14 | | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 16 | –13 | 0 |
| 15 | | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 18 | –16 | 0 |
| 16 | | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 29 | –27 | 0 | |
See also
External links
Notes and References
- Book: FIFA Futsal World Championship Chinese Taipei 2004 Technical Report and Statistics. https://web.archive.org/web/20111220060509/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/afdeveloping/technicaldevp/50/05/16/taipei04%5finhalt%5f168.pdf. dead. December 20, 2011. Fédération Internationale de Football Association.
