2000 FIFA Futsal World Championship

2000 FIFA Futsal World Championship
FIFA Futsal World Championship Guatemala 2000
Campeonato Mundial de fútbol sala de la FIFA 2000
Tournament details
Host country Guatemala
Dates 18 November – 3 December
Teams 16 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s) 2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  Spain (1st title)
Runners-up  Brazil
Third place  Portugal
Fourth place  Russia
Tournament statistics
Matches played 40
Goals scored 302 (7.55 per match)
Attendance 224,038 (5,601 per match)
Top scorer(s) Brazil Manoel Tobias (19 goals)
Best player Brazil Manoel Tobias

The 2000 edition of the FIFA Futsal World Championship was held between November 18 and December 3 in Guatemala. It was the 4th World Championship held under the aegis of football's world governing body.

Spain won the tournament, defeating Brazil in the final. They ended a streak of three straight championships by Brazil and also became the only nation other than the South Americans to win the title at that time.

Qualifying criteria

Qualified nations

CompetitionDateVenueBerthsQualified
Host Nation 1 Guatemala
2000 AFC Futsal ChampionshipMay 5–12, 2000 Thailand3 Iran
 Thailand
 Kazakhstan
2000 African Futsal ChampionshipApril 16–21, 2000 Egypt1 Egypt
2000 CONCACAF Futsal ChampionshipJuly 20–29, 2000 Guatemala2 Costa Rica
 Cuba
2000 South American Futsal ChampionshipApril 29 – May 7, 2000 Brazil3 Uruguay
 Argentina
 Brazil
1999 Oceanian Futsal ChampionshipAugust 21–28, 1999Vanuatu Vanuatu1 Australia
UEFA Preliminary CompetitionJanuary 30 – March 5, 2000Groups5 Portugal
 Spain
 Russia
 Croatia
 Netherlands
TOTAL16Field is Finalized

Venues

Guatemala City
Domo Polideportivo de la CDAG
Capacity: 10,000
Gimnasio Nacional Teodoro Palacios Flores
Capacity: 8,000

Squads

Each nation submitted a squad of 14 players, including two or three goalkeepers.

First round

Group A

(18 November - 23 November)

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA Diff
 Brazil 93300453+42
 Portugal 63201128+4
 Guatemala 33102104030
 Kazakhstan 0300382416
Guatemala 2 - 6 Portugal
Brazil 12 - 1 Kazakhstan
Brazil 4 - 0 Portugal
Guatemala 6 - 5 Kazakhstan
Portugal 6 - 2 Kazakhstan
Guatemala 2 - 29 Brazil

Group B

(20 November - 23 November)

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA Diff
 Netherlands 93300145+9
 Egypt 63201147+7
 Uruguay 33102781
 Thailand 0300321715
Uruguay 4 - 1 Thailand
Netherlands 5 - 3 Egypt
Egypt 7 - 0 Thailand
Netherlands 3 - 1 Uruguay
Netherlands 6 - 1 Thailand
Egypt 4 - 2 Uruguay

Group C

(19 November - 23 November)

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA Diff
 Russia 93300204+16
 Croatia 63201125+7
 Costa Rica 331028124
 Australia 0300332219
Russia 4 - 2 Croatia
Costa Rica 6 - 2 Australia
Russia 6 - 1 Costa Rica
Croatia 6 - 0 Australia
Croatia 4 - 1 Costa Rica
Russia 10 - 1 Australia

Group D

(19 November - 23 November)

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA Diff
 Spain 93300192+17
 Argentina 63201105+5
 Iran 33102693
 Cuba 0300312019
Spain 9 - 0 Cuba
Argentina 2 - 1 Iran
Argentina 8 - 1 Cuba
Spain 7 - 2 Iran
Iran 3 - 0 Cuba
Spain 3 - 0 Argentina

Second round

Group E

(26 November - 29 November)

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA Diff
 Brazil 93300227+15
 Russia 3310213130
 Egypt 3310213207
 Argentina 331026148
Russia 7 - 1 Argentina
Brazil 12 - 4 Egypt
Egypt 6 - 4 Russia
Brazil 4 - 1 Argentina
Argentina 4 - 3 Egypt
Brazil 6 - 2 Russia

Group F

(25 November - 28 November)

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA Diff
 Spain 93300151+14
 Portugal 6320175+2
 Croatia 331026104
 Netherlands 0300331512
Portugal 3 - 1 Netherlands
Spain 5 - 0 Croatia
Croatia 5 - 2 Netherlands
Spain 3 - 1 Portugal
Portugal 3 - 1 Croatia
Spain 7 - 0 Netherlands

Final round

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
1 December 2000 - Guatemala City
 
 
 Spain 3
 
3 December 2000 - Guatemala City
 
 Russia 2
 
 Spain 4
 
1 December 2000 - Guatemala City
 
 Brazil 3
 
 Brazil 8
 
 
 Portugal 0
 
Third place
 
 
3 December 2000 - Guatemala City
 
 
 Russia2
 
 
 Portugal 4

Semi-Finals

Spain  3 2  Russia
Attendance: 7,128
Referee: Paraguay Francisco Salinas Ramirez
Brazil  8 0  Portugal
Attendance: 7,128
Referee: Argentina Félix Alberto Chavez

Third Place Match

Portugal  4 2  Russia
Attendance: 7,568
Referee: Spain Pedro Galán Nieto

Final

Spain  4 3  Brazil
Daniel  2' (pen.)
Javi Sánchez  20'
Javi Rodríguez  36' (pen.), 39' (pen.)
Report  18' Anderson
 30' Manoel Tobías
 35' Vander
Attendance: 7,568
Referee: Croatia Ivan Novak

Champions

 FIFA Futsal World Championships 2000 Winners 

Spain
First title

Tournament ranking

RankTeam
1st, gold medalist(s) Spain
2nd, silver medalist(s) Brazil
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Portugal
4 Russia
5 Croatia
6 Egypt
7 Argentina
8 Netherlands
9 Uruguay
10 Iran
11 Costa Rica
12 Guatemala
13 Thailand
14 Kazakhstan
15 Australia
16 Cuba
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