The 2004 FIFA Futsal World Championship was the fifth FIFA Futsal World Championship, the quadrennial international futsal championship contested by the men's national teams of the member associations of FIFA. It was held between 21 November and 5 December 2004 in Taiwan (designated as Chinese Taipei under FIFA). It was the first FIFA tournament held in the country and was the last to feature 16 teams.

Spain won their second successive title, defeating Italy in the final.

Qualifying criteria

Qualified nations Competition Date Venue Berths Qualified teams Host nation   1 2004 AFC Futsal Championship 16–25 April 2004 3 2004 African Futsal Championship 9 July – 3 September 2004 Home & away 1 2004 CONCACAF Futsal Championship 23 July – 1 August 2004 2 2003 Copa América de Futsal 26 August – 1 September 2003 3 2004 Oceanian Futsal Championship 25–29 July 2004 1 UEFA preliminary competition November – December 2003 Groups 5 Total 16 —

Venues Taipei Taoyuan (Linkou)NTU Gymnasium NTSU Gymnasium Capacity: 3,500 Capacity: 15,000

First round (21–26 November)

Group A

0–12 2–0 0–10 4–5 7–2 0–7

Group B

0–10 2–1 0–5 9–1 3–2 4–1

Group C

6–3 4–5 5–0 3–1 2–4 1–1

Group D

0–4 0–3 8–3 0–1 6–1 5–0

Second round (28 November – 1 December)

Group E TeamPtsPldWDLGFGADiff 7 3 2 1 0 6 2 +4 6 3 2 0 1 7 4 +3 4 3 1 1 1 9 7 +2 0 3 0 0 3 4 13 –9 2–0 0–0 2–3 4–8 3–1 0–3

Group F TeamPtsPldWDLGFGADiff 9 3 3 0 0 16 7 +9 4 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4 3 1 1 1 4 7 –3 0 3 0 0 3 7 13 –6 6–1 2–1 2–1 3–1 8–5 0–0

Final round

Semi-finals

Third-place match

Final

Champions

Top goalscorers The top 10 scorers from the 2004 FIFA Futsal World Cup are as follows:

RankNameCountryGoals1Falcão132Índio103Marcelo94Joel Queirós7Leandro Simi6Abou El Komsan6Javi Rodríguez8Johnny Torres5Michal MarešSandro Zanetti

Tournament ranking Per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-out are counted as draws. TeamFinal result1 8 6 1 1 30 7 +23 19Champions2 8 6 1 1 29 13 +16 19Runners-up3 8 7 1 0 48 15 +33 22Third place4 8 4 1 3 21 18 +3 13Fourth place5 6 3 1 2 18 8 +10 10Eliminated in Second round6 6 3 1 2 16 15 +1 107 6 2 0 4 12 18 –6 68 6 1 1 4 14 21 –7 49 3 1 0 2 16 12 +4 3Eliminated in First round10 3 1 0 2 8 11 –3 311 3 1 0 2 9 13 –4 312 3 1 0 2 5 13 –8 313 3 0 1 2 5 11 –6 114 3 0 0 3 3 16 –13 015 3 0 0 3 2 18 –16 016 3 0 0 3 2 29 –27 0

Broadcasting rights

See also List of sporting events in Taiwan

References

External links FIFA Futsal World Championship Chinese Taipei 2004, FIFA.com FIFA Technical Report