:2004 FIFA Futsal World Championship

{{more citations needed|date=September 2010}}

{{Infobox international football competition

| tourney_name =

| year = 2004

| other_titles = FIFA Futsal World Championship Chinese Taipei 2004
2004年世界杯五人制足球錦標賽

| image = 2004 FIFA Futsal World Championship.jpg

| size = 200px

| caption =

| country = Taiwan

| dates = 21 November – 5 December

| num_teams = 16

| confederations = 6

| venues = 2

| cities = 2

| champion_other = {{futsal|ESP}}

| count = 2

| second_other = {{futsal|ITA}}

| third_other = {{futsal|BRA}}

| fourth_other = {{futsal|ARG}}

| matches = 40

| goals = 237

| attendance = 50923

| top_scorer = {{futsalicon|BRA}} Falcão (13 goals)

| player = {{futsalicon|BRA}} Falcão

| prevseason = 2000

| nextseason = 2008

}}

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).{{cite book|url=https://www.fifa.com/mm/document/afdeveloping/technicaldevp/50/05/16/taipei04_inhalt_168.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111220060509/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/afdeveloping/technicaldevp/50/05/16/taipei04%5finhalt%5f168.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 20, 2011|title =FIFA Futsal World Championship Chinese Taipei 2004 Technical Report and Statistics|author=Fédération Internationale de Football Association}} 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

{{main|2004 FIFA Futsal World Championship qualification}}

= Qualified nations =

class="wikitable" width="800"
CompetitionDateVenueBerthsQualified teams
Host nationcolspan="2"| align="center"|1{{futsal|TPE|football-old}}
2004 AFC Futsal Championship16–25 April 2004{{flag|Macau}}align="center"| 3{{futsal|IRN}}
{{futsal|THA}}
{{futsal|JPN}}
2004 African Futsal Championship9 July – 3 September 2004Home & awayalign="center"|1{{futsal|EGY}}
2004 CONCACAF Futsal Championship23 July – 1 August 2004{{flag|Costa Rica}}align="center"|2{{futsal|USA}}
{{futsal|CUB}}
2003 Copa América de Futsal26 August – 1 September 2003{{flag|Paraguay|1990}}align="center"|3{{futsal|PAR|1990}}
{{futsal|ARG}}
{{futsal|BRA}}
2004 Oceanian Futsal Championship25–29 July 2004{{flag|Australia}}align="center"|1{{futsal|AUS}}
UEFA preliminary competitionNovember – December 2003Groupsalign="center"|5{{futsal|UKR|1992}}
{{futsal|ESP}}
{{futsal|CZE}}
{{futsal|ITA|2003}}
{{futsal|POR}}
Totalcolspan="2"|16

Venues

class="wikitable" style=text-align:center;"
Taipei

! Taoyuan (Linkou)

NTU Gymnasium

|NTSU Gymnasium

Capacity: 3,500

| Capacity: 15,000

200px

|200px

rowspan=4 colspan=2|{{location map+ |float=center |Taiwan |caption= |width=300 |places=

{{Location map~ |Taiwan |lat=25.066667 |long=121.516667 |position=right |label= Taipei}}

{{location map~ |Taiwan |lat=25.101667 |long=121.363056

|position=left |label= Linkou}}

}}

First round

(21–26 November)

=Group A=

{{col-begin|width=auto}}

{{col-break|width=60%}}

{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL

|res_col_header=Q

|show_positions=n

|team1=ESP|name_ESP={{futsal|Spain}}

|team2=UKR|name_UKR={{futsal|Ukraine}}

|team3=EGY|name_EGY={{futsal|Egypt}}

|team4=TPE|name_TPE={{futsal|Chinese Taipei|football-old}}

|win_ESP=3|draw_ESP=0|loss_ESP=0|gf_ESP=19|ga_ESP=0

|win_UKR=2|draw_UKR=0|loss_UKR=1|gf_UKR=12|ga_UKR=8

|win_EGY=1|draw_EGY=0|loss_EGY=2|gf_EGY=16|ga_EGY=12

|win_TPE=0|draw_TPE=0|loss_TPE=3|gf_TPE=2|ga_TPE=29

|col_A=green1|text_A=

|result1=A|result2=A

|update=complete|source=

}}

{{col-break}}

style="font-size:90%; margin: 0 auto;"
align="right" | {{futsal-rt|Chinese Taipei|football-old}}align="center"| 0–12{{futsal|Egypt}}
align="right" | {{futsal-rt|Spain}}align="center"| 2–0{{futsal|Ukraine}}
align="right" | {{futsal-rt|Chinese Taipei|football-old}}align="center"| 0–10{{futsal|Spain}}
align="right" | {{futsal-rt|Egypt}}align="center"| 4–5{{futsal|Ukraine}}
align="right" | {{futsal-rt|Ukraine}}align="center"| 7–2{{futsal|Chinese Taipei|football-old}}
align="right" | {{futsal-rt|Egypt}}align="center"| 0–7{{futsal|Spain}}

{{col-end}}

=Group B=

{{col-begin|width=auto}}

{{col-break|width=60%}}

{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL

|res_col_header=Q

|show_positions=n

|team1=BRA|name_BRA={{futsal|Brazil}}

|team2=CZE|name_CZE={{futsal|Czech Republic}}

|team3=THA|name_THA={{futsal|Thailand}}

|team4=AUS|name_AUS={{futsal|Australia}}

|win_BRA=3|draw_BRA=0|loss_BRA=0|gf_BRA=23|ga_BRA=2

|win_CZE=2|draw_CZE=0|loss_CZE=1|gf_CZE=8|ga_CZE=5

|win_THA=1|draw_THA=0|loss_THA=2|gf_THA=5|ga_THA=13

|win_AUS=0|draw_AUS=0|loss_AUS=3|gf_AUS=2|ga_AUS=18

|col_A=green1|text_A=

|result1=A|result2=A

|update=complete|source=

}}

{{col-break}}

style="font-size:90%; margin: 0 auto;"
align="right" | {{futsal-rt|Australia}}align="center"| 0–10{{futsal|Brazil}}
align="right" | {{futsal-rt|Czech Republic}}align="center"| 2–1{{futsal|Thailand}}
align="right" | {{futsal-rt|Australia}}align="center"| 0–5{{futsal|Czech Republic}}
align="right" | {{futsal-rt|Brazil}}align="center"| 9–1{{futsal|Thailand}}
align="right" | {{futsal-rt|Thailand}}align="center"| 3–2{{futsal|Australia}}
align="right" | {{futsal-rt|Brazil}}align="center"| 4–1{{futsal|Czech Republic}}

{{col-end}}

=Group C=

{{col-begin|width=auto}}

{{col-break|width=60%}}

{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL

|res_col_header=Q

|show_positions=n

|team1=ITA|name_ITA={{futsal|Italy}}

|team2=USA|name_USA={{futsal|United States}}

|team3=PAR|name_PAR={{futsal|Paraguay|1990}}

|team4=JPN|name_JPN={{futsal|Japan}}

|win_ITA=3|draw_ITA=0|loss_ITA=0|gf_ITA=15|ga_ITA=5

|win_USA=1|draw_USA=1|loss_USA=1|gf_USA=7|ga_USA=8

|win_PAR=1|draw_PAR=0|loss_PAR=2|gf_PAR=8|ga_PAR=11

|win_JPN=0|draw_JPN=1|loss_JPN=2|gf_JPN=5|ga_JPN=11

|col_A=green1|text_A=

|result1=A|result2=A

|update=complete|source=

}}

{{col-break}}

style="font-size:90%; margin: 0 auto;"
align="right" | {{futsal-rt|Italy}}align="center"| 6–3{{futsal|United States}}
align="right" | {{futsal-rt|Japan}}align="center"| 4–5{{futsal|Paraguay|1990}}
align="right" | {{futsal-rt|Italy}}align="center"| 5–0{{futsal|Japan}}
align="right" | {{futsal-rt|United States}}align="center"| 3–1{{futsal|Paraguay|1990}}
align="right" | {{futsal-rt|Paraguay|1990}}align="center"| 2–4{{futsal|Italy}}
align="right" | {{futsal-rt|United States}}align="center"| 1–1{{futsal|Japan}}

{{col-end}}

=Group D=

{{col-begin|width=auto}}

{{col-break|width=60%}}

{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL

|res_col_header=Q

|show_positions=n

|team1=ARG|name_ARG={{futsal|Argentina}}

|team2=POR|name_POR={{futsal|Portugal}}

|team3=IRI|name_IRI={{futsal|Iran}}

|team4=CUB|name_CUB={{futsal|Cuba}}

|win_ARG=3|draw_ARG=0|loss_ARG=0|gf_ARG=10|ga_ARG=1

|win_POR=2|draw_POR=0|loss_POR=1|gf_POR=9|ga_POR=1

|win_IRI=1|draw_IRI=0|loss_IRI=2|gf_IRI=9|ga_IRI=13

|win_CUB=0|draw_CUB=0|loss_CUB=3|gf_CUB=3|ga_CUB=16

|col_A=green1|text_A=

|result1=A|result2=A

|update=complete|source=

}}

{{col-break}}

style="font-size:90%; margin: 0 auto;"
align="right" | {{futsal-rt|Iran}}align="center"| 0–4{{futsal|Portugal}}
align="right" | {{futsal-rt|Cuba}}align="center"| 0–3{{futsal|Argentina}}
align="right" | {{futsal-rt|Iran}}align="center"| 8–3{{futsal|Cuba}}
align="right" | {{futsal-rt|Portugal}}align="center"| 0–1{{futsal|Argentina}}
align="right" | {{futsal-rt|Argentina}}align="center"| 6–1{{futsal|Iran}}
align="right" | {{futsal-rt|Portugal}}align="center"| 5–0{{futsal|Cuba}}

{{col-end}}

Second round

(28 November – 1 December)

=Group E=

width="60%" |

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"

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

bgcolor=ccffcc

| align="left" | {{futsal|Italy}}

| 7

321062+4
bgcolor=ccffcc

| align="left" | {{futsal|Spain}}

| 6

320174+3
align="left" | {{futsal|Portugal}}

| 4

311197+2
align="left" | {{futsal|Czech Republic}}

| 0

3003413–9

|

style="font-size:90%; margin: 0 auto;"
align="right" | {{futsal-rt|Spain}}align="center"| 2–0{{futsal|Czech Republic}}
align="right" | {{futsal-rt|Italy}}align="center"| 0–0{{futsal|Portugal}}
align="right" | {{futsal-rt|Spain}}align="center"| 2–3{{futsal|Italy}}
align="right" | {{futsal-rt|Czech Republic}}align="center"| 4–8{{futsal|Portugal}}
align="right" | {{futsal-rt|Spain}}align="center"| 3–1{{futsal|Portugal}}
align="right" | {{futsal-rt|Czech Republic}}align="center"| 0–3{{futsal|Italy}}

|}

=Group F=

width="60%" |

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"

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

bgcolor=ccffcc

| align="left" | {{futsal|Brazil}}

| 9

3300167+9
bgcolor=ccffcc

| align="left" | {{futsal|Argentina}}

| 4

3111330
align="left" | {{futsal|Ukraine}}

| 4

311147–3
align="left" | {{futsal|United States}}

| 0

3003713–6

|

style="font-size:90%; margin: 0 auto;"
align="right" | {{futsal-rt|Brazil}}align="center"| 6–1{{futsal|Ukraine}}
align="right" | {{futsal-rt|Argentina}}align="center"| 2–1{{futsal|United States}}
align="right" | {{futsal-rt|Brazil}}align="center"| 2–1{{futsal|Argentina}}
align="right" | {{futsal-rt|Ukraine}}align="center"| 3–1{{futsal|United States}}
align="right" | {{futsal-rt|Brazil}}align="center"| 8–5{{futsal|United States}}
align="right" | {{futsal-rt|Ukraine}}align="center"| 0–0{{futsal|Argentina}}

|}

Final round

{{Round4-with third

|RD1=Semifinals

|RD2=Final

|Consol=Third place

|3 December 2004 – Taipei|{{Futsal|BRA}}|2 (4) |{{Futsal|ESP}} (PSO) |2 (5)

|3 December 2004 – Taipei|{{Futsal|ARG}}|4 |{{Futsal|ITA}} |7

|5 December 2004 – Taipei|{{Futsal|ESP}} |2 |{{Futsal|ITA}} |1

|5 December 2004 – Taipei|{{Futsal|BRA}} |7 |{{Futsal|ARG}} |4

}}

=Semi-finals=

{{football box

| date = December 3, 2004

| time = 18:00

| team1 = {{futsal-rt|BRA}}

| score = 2–2

| aet = yes

| team2 = {{futsal|ESP}}

| report = [https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/futsalworldcup/chinesetaipei2004/matches/round=82510400/match=82510037/index.html Report]

| goals1 = Pablo {{goal|26}}
Simi {{goal|35}}

| goals2 = Andreu {{goal|23}}
Marcelo {{goal|35}}

| stadium = NTU Gymnasium, Taipei City

| attendance = 3,400

| referee = Néstor Valiente (Paraguay)

| penaltyscore = 4–5

| penalties1 = Simi {{pengoal}}
Euler {{pengoal}}
Índio {{penmiss}}
Falcão {{pengoal}}
Schumacher {{pengoal}}
Neto {{penmiss}}

| penalties2 = {{penmiss}} Kike
{{pengoal}} Torras
{{pengoal}} Julio
{{pengoal}} Limones
{{pengoal}} Javi Rodríguez
{{pengoal}} Andreu

}}

{{footballbox

| date = December 3, 2004

| time = 20:30

| team1 = {{futsal-rt|ARG}}

| score = 4–7

| report = [https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/futsalworldcup/chinesetaipei2004/matches/round=82510400/match=82510038/index.html Report]

| team2 = {{futsal|ITA}}

| goals1 =Sánchez {{goal|28}}
Gimenez {{goal|34||40+1}}
Wilhelm {{goal|35}}

| goals2 = Bácaro {{goal|2||12||35}}
Fabiano {{goal|9}}
Vicentini {{goal|32}}
Foglia {{goal|34}}
Giustozzi {{goal|38|o.g.}}

| stadium = NTU Gymnasium, Taipei City

| attendance = 3,500

| referee = Ibrahim Mohamed (Egypt)

}}

=Third-place match=

{{footballbox

| date = 5 December 2004

| time = 14:00

| team1 = {{futsal-rt|Brazil}}

| score = 7–4

| report = [https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/futsalworldcup/chinesetaipei2004/matches/round=82510500/match=82510039/index.html Report]

| team2 = {{futsal|Argentina}}

| goals1 =Falcão {{goal|1||6||12}}
Schumacher {{goal|17||36}}
Euler {{goal|18}}
Índio {{goal|19}}

| goals2 = Sánchez {{goal|10||16}}
Giustozzi {{goal|29||30}}

| stadium = NTU Gymnasium, Taipei City

| attendance = 3,500

| referee = Pedro Galán (Spain)

}}

=Final=

{{footballbox

| date = 5 December 2004

| time = 16:00

| team1 = {{futsal-rt|Spain}}

| score = 2–1

| report = [https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/futsalworldcup/chinesetaipei2004/matches/round=82510600/match=82510040/index.html Report]

| team2 = {{futsal|Italy}}

| goals1 = Kike {{goal|24}}
Marcelo {{goal|30}}

| goals2 = Zanetti {{goal|40}}

| stadium = NTU Gymnasium, Taipei City

| attendance = 3,500

| referee = Juan Carlos Sciancalepore (Argentina)

}}

Champions

{{winners|futsal|FIFA Futsal World Championships 2004 winners|ESP|Second}}

Top goalscorers

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

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"

!Rank

!Name

!Country

!Goals

1

|align="left"|Falcão

|align="left"|{{Futsal|BRA}}

|13

2

|align="left"|Índio

|align="left"|{{Futsal|BRA}}

|10

3

|align="left"|Marcelo

|align="left"|{{Futsal|ESP}}

|9

rowspan="2"|4

|align="left"|Joel Queirós

|align="left"|{{Futsal|POR}}

|rowspan="2"|7

align="left"|Leandro Simi

|align="left"|{{Futsal|BRA}}

rowspan="2"|6

|align="left"|Abou El Komsan

|align="left"|{{Futsal|EGY}}

|rowspan="2"|6

align="left"|Javi Rodríguez

|align="left"|{{Futsal|ESP}}

rowspan=3|8

|align="left"|Johnny Torres

|align="left"|{{Futsal|USA}}

|rowspan=3|5

align="left"|Michal Mareš

|align="left"|{{Futsal|CZE}}

align="left"|Sandro Zanetti

|align="left"|{{Futsal|ITA}}

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.

class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
width="25"|{{abbr|Pos|Position}}

!width="180"|Team

!width="25"|{{abbr|Pld|Played}}

!width="25"|{{abbr|W|Won}}

!width="25"|{{abbr|D|Drawn}}

!width="25"|{{abbr|L|Lost}}

!width="25"|{{abbr|GF|Goals for}}

!width="25"|{{abbr|GA|Goals against}}

!width="25"|{{abbr|GD|Goals difference}}

!width="25"|{{abbr|Pts|Points}}

!width="100"|Final result

style="background: #FFD700;"

|1

|align=left| {{futsal|ESP}}

|8

611307+2319

|Champions

style="background: #C0C0C0;"

|2

|align=left| {{futsal|ITA}}

|8

6112913+1619

|Runners-up

style="background: #CD7F32;"

|3

|align=left| {{futsal|BRA}}

|8

7104815+3322

|Third place

bgcolor=#9acdff

|4

|align=left| {{futsal|ARG}}

|8

4132118+313

|Fourth place

style="border-top:8px solid #BBBBBB;"

|5

|align=left| {{futsal|POR}}

|6

312188+1010

|rowspan=4|Eliminated in Second round

6

|align=left| {{futsal|UKR}}

|6

3121615+110
7

|align=left| {{futsal|CZE}}

|6

2041218–66
8

|align=left| {{futsal|USA}}

|6

1141421–74
style="border-top:8px solid #BBBBBB;"

|9

|align=left| {{futsal|EGY}}

|3

1021612+43

|rowspan=8|Eliminated in First round

10

|align=left| {{futsal|PAR|1990}}

|3

102811–33
11

|align=left| {{futsal|IRN}}

|3

102913–43
12

|align=left| {{futsal|THA}}

|3

102513–83
13

|align=left| {{futsal|JPN}}

|3

012511–61
14

|align=left| {{futsal|CUB}}

|3

003316–130
15

|align=left| {{futsal|AUS}}

|3

003218–160
16

|align=left| {{futsal|TPE|football-old}}

|3

003229–270

See also

References

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