The 2004 Beach Soccer World Championships was the tenth and final edition of the Beach Soccer World Championships, the most prestigious competition in international beach soccer contested by men's national teams; the following year, the competition was replaced by the second iteration of a world cup in beach soccer, the better known FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup. It was organized by Brazilian sports agency Koch Tavares in cooperation with and under the supervision of Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW), the sports governing body.
The tournament took place at Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, specifically at the purpose-built Copacabana Arena which had a capacity of 10,000. The main sponsor was McDonald's.
Brazil successfully defended their title by again beating Spain, in consecutive finals.
Organisation The format was changed back to how the tournament was played between 1999 and 2001. This meant increasing the number of participants back up to twelve teams and splitting them up into four groups of three nations contested in a round robin format. The top two teams from each group progressed into the quarter-finals from which point on the championship proceeded as a knock-out tournament until the winner was crowned, with an additional third place deciding match.
Teams Qualification European teams gained qualification by finishing in the top four spots of the 2003 Euro Beach Soccer League. South American teams were hand-picked based on recent performances. The other entries received wild-card invites.
Africa, Asia and Oceania were unrepresented.
Entrants
European Zone (7):
1 WC WC 1,WC
North American Zone (1): WC
South American Zone (3):
Hosts: (South America)
Draw The teams were split into three pots in reflection of their similar circumstances. The draw to assign one nation from each pot into the four groups took place on January 29 in São Paulo and was conducted by BSWW. Pot 1 (South America)Pot 2 (Europe)Pot 3 (Wild-cards)
Group stage Matches are listed as local time in Rio de Janeiro, (UTC-3)
Group A TeamQualification1 2200224+186Advance to knockout stage2 2101512–733 2002213–110
Group B TeamQualification1 211043+15Advance to knockout stage2 2101107+33 3 200259–40
Group C TeamQualification1 2200172+156Advance to knockout stage2 210179–23 3 2002518–130
Group D TeamQualification1 2200102+86Advance to knockout stage2 210168–233 200228–60
Knockout stage March 3 and 5 were allocated as rest days.
Quarter finals
Semi-finals
Third place play-off
Final
Winners
Awards Top scorer Madjer12 goalsBest player JorginhoBest goalkeeper Roberto ValeiroRookie of the year Alessandro Giovinazzo (GK)
Top goalscorers
12 goals Madjer 10 goals Benjamin 7 goals Alan Jorginho Amarelle 6 goals Junior Negão 5 goals Buru Neném Fruzzetti 4 goals Belchior Juninho Nico 3 goals Eloy David 2 goals Rodriguez Meier Bustillo Nico Galli dos Santos Cardoso Ottavy Samoun Baumi Petrasso Belme Martin Victor Camilo Ricardo Loja Cantona Schirinzi Sergio Bruno Hernani 32 others scored 1 goal each
Final standings
References
Sources RSSSF roonba BSWW Scorers Awards