2004 FIFA Futsal World Championship

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).<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> 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	Template:Futsal
2004 AFC Futsal Championship	16–25 April 2004	Template:Flag	3	Template:Futsal Template:Futsal Template:Futsal
2004 African Futsal Championship	9 July – 3 September 2004	Home & away	1	Template:Futsal
2004 CONCACAF Futsal Championship	23 July – 1 August 2004	Template:Flag	2	Template:Futsal Template:Futsal
2003 Copa América de Futsal	26 August – 1 September 2003	Template:Flag	3	Template:Futsal Template:Futsal Template:Futsal
2004 Oceanian Futsal Championship	25–29 July 2004	Template:Flag	1	Template:Futsal
UEFA preliminary competition	November – December 2003	Groups	5	Template:Futsal Template:Futsal Template:Futsal Template:Futsal Template:Futsal
Total			16	—

Venues

Taipei	Taoyuan (Linkou)
NTU Gymnasium	NTSU Gymnasium
Capacity: 3,500	Capacity: 15,000
File:NTU Sports Center and NTU playground 20201213 (cropped).jpg	File:NTSU Arena and zebra crossing 20191221.jpg
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First round

(21–26 November)

Group A

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Template:Futsal-rt	0–12	Template:Futsal
Template:Futsal-rt	2–0	Template:Futsal
Template:Futsal-rt	0–10	Template:Futsal
Template:Futsal-rt	4–5	Template:Futsal
Template:Futsal-rt	7–2	Template:Futsal
Template:Futsal-rt	0–7	Template:Futsal

Group B

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Template:Futsal-rt	0–10	Template:Futsal
Template:Futsal-rt	2–1	Template:Futsal
Template:Futsal-rt	0–5	Template:Futsal
Template:Futsal-rt	9–1	Template:Futsal
Template:Futsal-rt	3–2	Template:Futsal
Template:Futsal-rt	4–1	Template:Futsal

Group C

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Template:Futsal-rt	4–5	Template:Futsal
Template:Futsal-rt	5–0	Template:Futsal
Template:Futsal-rt	3–1	Template:Futsal
Template:Futsal-rt	2–4	Template:Futsal
Template:Futsal-rt	1–1	Template:Futsal

Group D

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Template:Futsal-rt	0–4	Template:Futsal
Template:Futsal-rt	0–3	Template:Futsal
Template:Futsal-rt	8–3	Template:Futsal
Template:Futsal-rt	0–1	Template:Futsal
Template:Futsal-rt	6–1	Template:Futsal
Template:Futsal-rt	5–0	Template:Futsal

Second round

(28 November – 1 December)

Group E

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA Diff Template:Futsal 7 3 2 1 0 6 2 +4 Template:Futsal 6 3 2 0 1 7 4 +3 Template:Futsal 4 3 1 1 1 9 7 +2 Template:Futsal 0 3 0 0 3 4 13 –9

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Group F

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA Diff Template:Futsal 9 3 3 0 0 16 7 +9 Template:Futsal 4 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 Template:Futsal 4 3 1 1 1 4 7 –3 Template:Futsal 0 3 0 0 3 7 13 –6

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Top goalscorers

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

Rank	Name	Country	Goals
1	Falcão	Template:Futsal	13
2	Índio	Template:Futsal	10
3	Marcelo	Template:Futsal	9
4	Joel Queirós	Template:Futsal	7
	Leandro Simi	Template:Futsal
6	Abou El Komsan	Template:Futsal	6
	Javi Rodríguez	Template:Futsal
8	Johnny Torres	Template:Futsal	5
	Michal Mareš	Template:Futsal
	Sandro Zanetti	Template:Futsal

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.

Template:Abbr	Team	Template:Abbr	Template:Abbr	Template:Abbr	Template:Abbr	Template:Abbr	Template:Abbr	Template:Abbr	Template:Abbr	Final result
1	Template:Futsal	8	6	1	1	30	7	+23	19	Champions
2	Template:Futsal	8	6	1	1	29	13	+16	19	Runners-up
3	Template:Futsal	8	7	1	0	48	15	+33	22	Third place
4	Template:Futsal	8	4	1	3	21	18	+3	13	Fourth place
5	Template:Futsal	6	3	1	2	18	8	+10	10	Eliminated in Second round
6	Template:Futsal	6	3	1	2	16	15	+1	10
7	Template:Futsal	6	2	0	4	12	18	–6	6
8	Template:Futsal	6	1	1	4	14	21	–7	4
9	Template:Futsal	3	1	0	2	16	12	+4	3	Eliminated in First round
10	Template:Futsal	3	1	0	2	8	11	–3	3
11	Template:Futsal	3	1	0	2	9	13	–4	3
12	Template:Futsal	3	1	0	2	5	13	–8	3
13	Template:Futsal	3	0	1	2	5	11	–6	1
14	Template:Futsal	3	0	0	3	3	16	–13	0
15	Template:Futsal	3	0	0	3	2	18	–16	0
16	Template:Futsal	3	0	0	3	2	29	–27	0

See also

• List of sporting events in Taiwan

External links

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