2000 FIFA Futsal World Championship

2000 FIFA Futsal World Championship

FIFA Futsal World Championship Guatemala 2000
Tournament details
Host country	Guatemala
Dates	18 November – 3 December
Teams	16 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Spain (1st title)
Runners-up	Brazil
Third place	Portugal
Fourth place	Russia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	40
Goals scored	302 (7.55 per match)

The 2000 edition of the FIFA Futsal World Championship was held between November 18 and December 3 in Guatemala. It was the 4th World Championship held under the aegis of football's world governing body.

Spain won the tournament, defeating Brazil in the final. They ended a streak of three straight championships by Brazil and also became the only nation other than the South Americans to win the title.

Qualifying criteria

Main article: FIFA Futsal World Championship 2000 qualification

Qualified nations

Competition	Date	Venue	Berths	Qualified
Host Nation			1	Guatemala
2000 AFC Futsal Championship	May 5-12, 2000	Thailand	3	Iran Thailand Kazakhstan
2000 African Futsal Championship	April 16-21, 2000	Egypt	1	Egypt
2000 CONCACAF Futsal Championship	July 20-29, 2000	Guatemala	2	Costa Rica Cuba
2000 South American Futsal Championship	April 29- May 7, 2000	Brazil	3	Uruguay Argentina Brazil
1999 Oceanian Futsal Championship	August 21-28, 1999	Vanuatu	1	Australia
UEFA Preliminary Competition	30 Jan.- 5 Mar. 2000	Groups	5	Portugal Spain Russia Croatia Netherlands
TOTAL			16	Field is Finalized

Venues

	Domo Polideportivo de la CDAG	Gimnasio Nacional Teodoro Palacios Flores
City	Guatemala City	Guatemala City
Capacity	10,000	8,000

First round

Group A

(18 November - 23 November)

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA Diff Brazil 9 3 3 0 0 45 3 +42 Portugal 6 3 2 0 1 12 8 +4 Guatemala 3 3 1 0 2 10 40 –30 Kazakhstan 0 3 0 0 3 8 24 –16

Guatemala 2 - 6 Portugal Brazil 12 - 1 Kazakhstan Brazil 4 - 0 Portugal Guatemala 6 - 5 Kazakhstan Portugal 6 - 2 Kazakhstan Guatemala 2 - 29 Brazil

Group B

(20 November - 23 November)

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA Diff Netherlands 9 3 3 0 0 14 5 +9 Egypt 6 3 2 0 1 14 7 +7 Uruguay 3 3 1 0 2 7 8 –1 Thailand 0 3 0 0 3 2 17 –15

Uruguay 4 - 1 Thailand Netherlands 5 - 3 Egypt Egypt 7 - 0 Thailand Netherlands 3 - 1 Uruguay Netherlands 6 - 1 Thailand Egypt 4 - 2 Uruguay

Group C

(19 November - 23 November)

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA Diff Russia 9 3 3 0 0 20 4 +16 Croatia 6 3 2 0 1 12 5 +7 Costa Rica 3 3 1 0 2 8 12 –4 Australia 0 3 0 0 3 3 22 –19

Russia 4 - 2 Croatia Costa Rica 6 - 2 Australia Russia 6 - 1 Costa Rica Croatia 6 - 0 Australia Croatia 4 - 1 Costa Rica Russia 10 - 1 Australia

Group D

(19 November - 23 November)

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA Diff Spain 9 3 3 0 0 19 2 +17 Argentina 6 3 2 0 1 10 5 +5 Iran 3 3 1 0 2 6 9 –3 Cuba 0 3 0 0 3 1 20 –19

Spain 9 - 0 Cuba Argentina 2 - 1 Iran Argentina 8 - 1 Cuba Spain 7 - 2 Iran Iran 3 - 0 Cuba Spain 3 - 0 Argentina

Second round

Group E

(26 November - 29 November)

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA Diff Brazil 9 3 3 0 0 22 7 +15 Russia 3 3 1 0 2 13 13 0 Egypt 3 3 1 0 2 13 20 –7 Argentina 3 3 1 0 2 6 14 –8

Russia 7 - 1 Argentina Brazil 12 - 4 Egypt Egypt 6 - 4 Russia Brazil 4 - 1 Argentina Argentina 4 - 3 Egypt Brazil 6 - 2 Russia

Group F

(25 November - 28 November)

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA Diff Spain 9 3 3 0 0 15 1 +14 Portugal 6 3 2 0 1 7 5 +2 Croatia 3 3 1 0 2 6 10 –4 Netherlands 0 3 0 0 3 3 15 –12

Portugal 3 - 1 Netherlands Spain 5 - 0 Croatia Croatia 5 - 2 Netherlands Spain 3 - 1 Portugal Portugal 3 - 1 Croatia Spain 7 - 0 Netherlands

Final round

	Semifinals				Final
	1 December 2000 - Guatemala City
	Spain	3
					3 December 2000 - Guatemala City
	Russia	2
					Spain	4
	1 December 2000 - Guatemala City
					Brazil	3
	Brazil	8
	Portugal	0
					Third place
					3 December 2000 - Guatemala City
					Russia	2
					Portugal	4

Semi-Finals

December 1, 2000

18:00

Spain	3–2	Russia

December 1, 2000

20:30

Brazil	8–0	Portugal

Third Place Match

December 3, 2000

14:00

Portugal	4 – 2	Russia

Final

December 3, 2000

16:00

Spain	4 – 3	Brazil
Daniel 2' (pen.) Javi Sánchez 20' Javi Rodríguez 36' (pen.), 39' (pen.)		18' Anderson 30' Manoel Tobías 35' Vander

Champions

FIFA Futsal World Championships 2000 Winners
Spain First title

External links

• Official FIFA Report - Futsal World Championship Guatemala 2000