2004 Euro Beach Soccer Cup

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 play off to finish third and fourth respectively.

2004 Euro Beach Soccer Cup
Tournament details
Host countryPortugal
Dates27 June - 29 June 2004
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Portugal (5th title)
Runners-up Spain
Third place Italy
Fourth place France
Tournament statistics
Matches played12
Goals scored149 (12.42 per match)

Eight teams participated in the tournament who played in a straightforward knockout tournament, starting with the quarter finals, with extra matches deciding the nations who finished in fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth place.[1]

Participating nations

Matches

Main tournament
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
27 June 2004
 
 
 France8
 
28 June 2004
 
 Belgium4
 
 France7
 
27 June 2004
 
 Portugal12
 
 Portugal14
 
29 June 2004
 
 Norway3
 
 Portugal8
 
27 June 2004
 
 Spain3
 
 Italy (a.e.t.)6
 
28 June 2004
 
  Switzerland5
 
 Italy3
 
27 June 2004
 
 Spain11 Third place
 
 Spain7
 
29 June 2004
 
 England2
 
 Italy (pen.)[2]9 (4)
 
 
 France9 (3)
 

Fifth to eighth place deciding matches

The following matches took place between the losing nations in the quarter finals to determine the final standings of the nations finishing in fifth to eighth place. The semi finals took place on the same day of the semi finals of the main tournament and the play offs took place on the day of the final.

  Fifth to eighth place semi finals     Fifth place play off
                 
  QF1  Belgium 9  
  QF3  Norway 10    
       England 4
       Norway 3
  QF2   Switzerland 1    
  QF4  England 2   Seventh place play off
 
 Belgium 5
    Switzerland 4

Winners
 2004 Euro Beach Soccer Cup
Winners: 

Portugal
Fifth title

Final standings
Rank Team
1 Portugal
2 Spain
3 Italy
4 France
5 England
6 Norway
7 Belgium
8  Switzerland

References
  1. http://roonba.com/2004.htm%5B%5D
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20040617225453/http://www.beachsoccer.com/index2.asp?main=news.asp
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