2005 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

2005 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
Copa do Mundo de Futebol de Areia da FIFA Rio de Janeiro 2005
Tournament details
Host country Brazil
Dates 8 May – 15 May
Teams 12 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  France (1st title)
Runners-up  Portugal
Third place  Brazil
Fourth place  Japan
Tournament statistics
Matches played 20
Goals scored 164 (8.2 per match)
Attendance 110,500 (5,525 per match)
Top scorer(s) Portugal Madjer (12 goals)
Best player Portugal Madjer
Fair play award  Japan

The 2005 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup was the first edition of the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, an international beach soccer competition contest by men's national teams and organized by FIFA. Overall, it was the 11th edition of the tournament since its establishment in 1995 as the Beach Soccer World Championship. It took place in at Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, between 8 and 15 May.

France defeated Portugal 1–0 in a penalty shootout, following a 3–3 draw after extra-time, to win their first title.

Organisation

The 12 teams present at the finals in Brazil were split into four groups of three teams. Each team played the other two teams in its group in a round-robin format, with the top two teams advancing to the quarter-finals. The quarter-finals, semi-finals and the final itself was played in the form of a knockout tournament.

Teams

Qualification

European teams gained qualification by finishing in the top three spots of the 2004 Euro Beach Soccer League. The final spot was contested between the next four best teams in a small knockout tournament a few days before the World Cup began which saw Spain win. South American and North American qualification was gained by finishing in the top spots of the 2005 CONCACAF and CONMEBOL Beach Soccer Championship. The other nations received invites.

This was the first edition of the World Cup in which every continent had a representative.

Entrants

Notes:

1. Teams making their debut.

Players

Group stage

All matches are listed as local time in Rio de Janeiro, (UTC-3)

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Brazil 2200133+106
 Spain 21015503
 Thailand 2002313−100
Brazil  9–2  Thailand
Junior Negão  2'
Nenem  10', 16', 20'
Bruno  11', 32'
Betinho  13'
Benjamin  25'
Juninho  31'		 Report  26' Pongsak Khongkeaw
 31' Sanae Langkeaw
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Carlos Manuel Robles (Chile)
Spain  4–1  Thailand
Amarelle  16', 28'
David  32', 32'		 Report  28' Anupong Polasak
Attendance: 500
Referee: Pedro Infantes (Venezuela)
Brazil  4–1  Spain
Benjamin  4'
Junior Negão  5'
Nenem  15'
Juninho  34'		 Report  2' Amarelle
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Jose Luis Da Rosa (Uruguay)

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Portugal 2200133+106
 Japan 210136−33
 United States 2002512−70
Portugal  4–0  Japan
Alan  9', 19'
Madjer  13', 31'		 Report
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Antonio Buaiz (Brazil)
United States  2–3  Japan
Astorga  1'
Testa  19'		 Report  14' Naoyuki Kuroki
 17' Masahito Toma
 29' Tadaomi Nakamura
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Carlos Manuel Robles (Chile)
Portugal  9–3  United States
Hernani  3'
Alan  6', 18'
Madjer  10', 22', 29'
Jonas  10'
Belchior  20'
Marinho  30'		 Report  24' Braga
 30' Astorga
 33' Francis Farberoff
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Carlos Manuel Robles (Chile)

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Uruguay 2200127+56
 Ukraine 2101126+63
 South Africa 2002415−110
Uruguay  7–3  South Africa
Martin  1', 28'
Chueco  1'
Parrillo  9'
Fabian  13'
Ricar  27', 32'		 Report  1', 32' Francisco
 23' Mthembu
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Joao Almeida (Portugal)
Ukraine  8–1  South Africa
Ulianytskyi  7'
Varenytsya  18', 31'
Moroz  9'
Koryenyev  10', 20'
Pylypenko  13'
Bozhenko  22'		 Report  34' Dicks
Attendance: 500
Referee: Antonio Buaiz (Brazil)
Uruguay  5–4  Ukraine
Seba  8', 29'
Ricar  13'
Parrillo  24', 32'		 Report  14' Varentsya
 22' Bozhenko
 26' Pylypenko
 28' Koryenyev
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Marcelo Bispo (Brazil)

Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 France 2200133+106
 Argentina 210159−43
 Australia 200228−60
France  5–1  Australia
Cardoso  3', 30'
Ottavy  11'
Sciortino  15'
Edouard  25'		 Report  16' Karavatakis
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Jose Luis Da Rosa (Uruguay)
Argentina  3–1  Australia
Hilaire  7', 28'
Acosta  14'		 Report  25' Buonavoglia
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Alberto Moreira (Brazil)
France  8–2  Argentina
Mendy  5'
Sciortino  6'
Sansoni  11'
Ottavy  12', 32'
Samoun  17', 29'
Cardoso  24'		 Report  24' Petrasso
 26' Hilaire
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Joao Almeida (Portugal)

Knockout stage

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
12 May 2005
 
 
 France7
 
14 May 2005
 
 Spain4
 
 France4
 
12 May 2005
 
 Japan1
 
 Uruguay3
 
15 May 2005
 
 Japan4
 
 France (p)3 (1)
 
12 May 2005
 
 Portugal3 (0)
 
 Portugal5
 
14 May 2005
 
 Ukraine3
 
 Brazil6 (1)
 
12 May 2005
 
 Portugal (p)6 (2) Third place
 
 Brazil9
 
15 May 2005
 
 Argentina3
 
 Japan2
 
 
 Brazil11
 

Quarter-finals

France  7–4  Spain
Valeiro  5' (o.g.)
Mendy  7', 13'
Cardoso  19', 36'
Edouard  22'
Cantona  28'		 Report  12', 34' David
 24', 36' Nico
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Jose Luis Da Rosa (Uruguay)
Portugal  5–3  Ukraine
Jonas  12'
Belchior  14', 29'
Madjer  15', 25'		 Report  8' Bozhenko
 25' Pylypenko
 36' Moroz
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Antonio Buaiz (Brazil)
Uruguay  3–4  Japan
Ricar  1', 24'
Parrillo  17'		 Report  18', 23' Takeshi Kawaharazuka
 18' Shinji Makino
 20' Masahito Toma
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Christian Hauben (Belgium)
Brazil  9–3  Argentina
Romário  1', 30', 33'
Jorginho  2'
Nenem  7', 22'
Juninho  8'
Benjamin  15'
Buru  35'		 Report  7' S. Hilaire
 32' E. Hilaire
 34' Acosta
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Lakhdar Benchabane (France)

Semi-finals

Brazil  6–6 (a.e.t.)  Portugal
Benjamin  1', 16'
Bruno  5', 6', 8'
Nenem  22'		 Report  1' Alan
 2', 8', 22', 27' Madjer
 4' Marinho
Penalties
Bruno
Jorginho 		1–2 Alan
Madjer
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Carlos Manuel Robles (Chile)
France  4–1  Japan
Mendy  4', 18'
Sciortino  32'
Cardoso  34'		 Report  35' Takeshi Kawaharazuka
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Jose Luis Da Rosa (Uruguay)

Third place play-off

Japan  2–11  Brazil
Takeshi Kawaharazuka  3'
Kunihiro Wakabayashi  16'		 Report  7' Junior Negão
 8', 19' Buru
 10' Juninho
 13', 21' Nenem
 17' Benjamin
 24', 25', 27' Romário
 33' Jorginho
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Joao Martins Pinto Correia (Portugal)

Final

France  3–3 (a.e.t.)  Portugal
Mendy  3', 17', 29' Report  24' Madjer
 34', 35' Belchior
Penalties
Ottavy 1–0 Alan
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Carlos Manuel Robles (Chile)

Winners

 2005 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Winners 

France
First (1st overall) title

Awards

Golden Ball Silver Ball Bronze Ball
Portugal Madjer Brazil Nenem Spain Amarelle
Golden Shoe Silver Shoe Bronze Shoe
Portugal Madjer Brazil Nenem France Mendy
12 goals 9 goals 8 goals
FIFA Fair Play Award
 Japan

Top scorers

Final standings

Position Team
1 France
2 Portugal
3 Brazil
4 Japan
5 Uruguay
6 Ukraine
7 Spain
8 Argentina
9 Australia
10 United States
11 Thailand
12 South Africa
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