2004 Euro Beach Soccer Cup
{{Infobox international football competition
| tourney_name = Euro Beach Soccer Cup
| year = 2004
| other_titles =
| image =
| size =
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| country = Portugal
| dates = 27–29 June 2004
| num_teams = 8
| confederations = 1
| venues = 1
| cities = 1
| champion_other = {{beachsoccer|POR}}
| count = 5
| second_other = {{beachsoccer|ESP}}
| third_other = {{beachsoccer|ITA}}
| fourth_other = {{beachsoccer|FRA}}
| matches = 12
| goals = 149
| attendance =
| top_scorer =
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| prevseason = 2003
| nextseason = 2005
}}
The 2004 Euro Beach Soccer Cup was the sixth Euro Beach Soccer Cup, one of Europe's two major beach soccer championships at the time, held in June 2004, in Lisbon, Portugal.
Hosts Portugal won the championship, claiming their fourth successive title and fifth overall, with Spain finishing second. Italy beat France in the third place playoff to finish third and fourth respectively.
Eight teams participated in the tournament who played in a straightforward knockout tournament, starting with the quarterfinals, with extra matches deciding the nations who finished in fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth place.http://roonba.com/2004.htm{{Dead link|date=April 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
Participating nations
- {{beachsoccer|BEL}}
- {{beachsoccer|ENG}}
- {{beachsoccer|FRA}}
- {{beachsoccer|ITA}}
- {{beachsoccer|NOR}}
- {{beachsoccer|POR}}
- {{beachsoccer|ESP}}
- {{beachsoccer|SUI}}
Matches
=Main tournament=
{{Round8-with third
|27 June 2004|{{Beachsoccer|FRA}}|8|{{Beachsoccer|BEL}}|4
|27 June 2004|{{Beachsoccer|POR}}|14|{{Beachsoccer|NOR}}|3
|27 June 2004|{{Beachsoccer|ITA}} {{aet}}|6|{{Beachsoccer|SUI}}|5
|27 June 2004|{{Beachsoccer|ESP}}|7|{{Beachsoccer|ENG}}|2
|28 June 2004|{{Beachsoccer|FRA}}|7|{{Beachsoccer|POR}}|12
|28 June 2004|{{Beachsoccer|ITA}}|3|{{Beachsoccer|ESP}}|11
|29 June 2004|{{Beachsoccer|POR}}|8|{{Beachsoccer|ESP}}|3
|29 June 2004|{{Beachsoccer|ITA}} (pen.){{cite web |url=http://www.beachsoccer.com/index2.asp?main=news.asp |title=Beach Soccer World Wide |website=www.beachsoccer.com |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040617225453/http://www.beachsoccer.com/index2.asp?main=news.asp |archive-date=17 June 2004 |url-status=dead}}|9 (4)|{{Beachsoccer|FRA}}|9 (3)
|widescore=yes}}
=Fifth to eighth place deciding matches=
The following matches took place between the losing nations in the quarterfinals to determine the final standings of the nations finishing in fifth to eighth place. The semifinals took place on the same day of the semifinals of the main tournament and the playoffs took place on the day of the final.
{{ 4TeamBracket-with 3rd | RD1=Fifth to eighth place semi finals | RD2=Fifth place playoff | RD2b=Seventh place playoff
| RD1-seed1=QF1
| RD1-team1={{beachsoccer|BEL}}
| RD1-score1= 9
| RD1-seed2=QF3
| RD1-team2={{beachsoccer|NOR}}
| RD1-score2= 10
| RD1-seed3=QF2
| RD1-team3={{beachsoccer|SUI}}
| RD1-score3= 1
| RD1-seed4=QF4
| RD1-team4={{beachsoccer|ENG}}
| RD1-score4= 2
| RD2-seed1=
| RD2-team1={{beachsoccer|ENG}}
| RD2-score1= 4
| RD2-seed2=
| RD2-team2={{beachsoccer|NOR}}
| RD2-score2= 3
| RD2b-seed1=
| RD2b-team1={{beachsoccer|BEL}}
| RD2b-score1= 5
| RD2b-seed2=
| RD2b-team2={{beachsoccer|SUI}}
| RD2b-score2= 4
}}
Winners
{{winners|beachsoccer|2004 Euro Beach Soccer Cup
Winners:|Portugal|Fifth}}
Final standings
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Rank !Team | ||
| bgcolor="gold" | 1 | align="left"| {{Beachsoccer|POR}} |
| bgcolor="silver" | 2 | align="left"| {{Beachsoccer|ESP}} |
| bgcolor="#CC9966" | 3 | align="left"| {{Beachsoccer|ITA}} |
| | 4 | align="left"| {{Beachsoccer|FRA}} | |
| | 5 | align="left"| {{Beachsoccer|ENG}} | |
| | 6 | align="left"| {{Beachsoccer|NOR}} | |
| | 7 | align="left"| {{Beachsoccer|BEL}} | |
| | 8 | align="left"| {{Beachsoccer|SUI}} |
References
{{reflist}}
{{Euro Beach Soccer Cup}}
Category:Euro Beach Soccer Cup