2005 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

2005 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

2005 Beach Soccer World Championship
Copa do Mundo de Futebol de Areia da FIFA Rio de Janeiro 2005
Tournament details
Host country	Brazil
Dates	May 8 – May 15
Teams	12 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	France (1st title)
Runners-up	Portugal
Third place	Brazil
Fourth place	Japan
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	164 (8.2 per match)
Attendance	110,500 (5,525 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Madjer (12 goals)
Best player	Madjer
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The 2005 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup was the first edition of the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, governed by FIFA. Previous editions before 2005 were not governed by FIFA and were held under the title Beach Soccer World Championships. Overall this was the 11th edition of the world cup since its establishment in 1995. It took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 8 May - 15 May 2005. The winners of the tournament were France, who won their first title.

Organisation

The 12 teams present at the finals in Brazil were split into 4 groups of 3 teams. Each team played the other 2 teams in its group in a round robin format, with the top two teams advancing to the quarter finals. The quarter finals, semi finals and the final itself was played in the form of a knockout tournament.

Teams

These are the 12 teams from 6 confederations who were invited to play in the 2005 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup:

Asian zone:

• Japan
• Thailand

African zone:

• South Africa

European zone:

• France
• Portugal
• Spain
• Ukraine

North, Central American and Caribbean zone:

• United States

Oceanian zone:

• Australia

South American zone:

• Argentina
• Uruguay

Host nation:

• Brazil (South America)

Group stage

All matches are listed as local time in Rio de Janiero, (UTC-3)

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Brazil	2	2	0	0	13	3	+10	6
Spain	2	1	0	1	5	5	0	3
Thailand	2	0	0	2	3	13	-10	0

May 8, 2005 13:30	Brazil	9 – 2	Thailand	Copacabana Beach Referee: Carlos Manuel Robles
	Junior Negao  2' Nenem  10',  16',  20' Bruno  11',  32' Betinho  13' Benjamin  25' Juninho  31'	Report	26' Pongsak Khongkeaw  31' Sanae Langkeaw

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May 9, 2005 16:00	Spain	4 – 1	Thailand	Copacabana Beach Referee: Pedro Infantes
	Amarelle  16',  28' David  32',  32'	Report	28' Yutthana Polasak

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May 10, 2005 19:45	Brazil	4 – 1	Spain	Copacabana Beach Referee: Jose Luis Da Rosa
	Benjamin  4' Junior Negao  5' Nenem  15' Juninho  34'	Report	2' Amarelle

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Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Portugal	2	2	0	0	13	3	+10	6
Japan	2	1	0	1	3	6	-3	3
United States	2	0	0	2	5	12	-7	0

May 8, 2005 12:45	Portugal	4 – 0	Japan	Copacabana Beach Referee: Antonio Buaiz
	Alan  9',  19' Madjer  13',  31'	Report

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May 9, 2005 17:15	United States	2 – 3	Japan	Copacabana Beach Referee: Carlos Manuel Robles
	Astorga  1' Testa  19'	Report	14' Naoyuki Kuroki  17' Masahito Toma  29' Tadaomi Nakamura

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May 10, 2005 16:00	Portugal	9 – 3	United States	Copacabana Beach Referee: Carlos Manuel Robles
	Hernani  3' Alan  6',  18' Madjer  10',  22',  29' Jonas  10' Belchior  20' Marinho  30'	Report	24' Braga  30' Astorga  33' Francis Farberoff

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Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Uruguay	2	2	0	0	12	7	+5	6
Ukraine	2	1	0	1	12	6	+6	3
South Africa	2	0	0	2	4	15	-11	0

May 8, 2005 18:00	Uruguay	7 – 3	South Africa	Copacabana Beach Referee: Joao Almeida
	Martin  1',  28' Chueco  1' Parrillo  9' Fabian  13' Ricar  27',  32'	Report	1',  32' Francisco  23' Mthembu

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May 9, 2005 19:45	Ukraine	8 – 1	South Africa	Copacabana Beach Referee: Antonio Buaiz
	Ulianytskyi  7' Varenytsya  18',  31' Moroz  9' Koryenyev  10',  20' Pylypenko  13' Bozhenko  22'	Report	34' Dicks

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May 10, 2005 17:45	Uruguay	5 – 4	Ukraine	Copacabana Beach Referee: Marcelo Bispo
	Seba  8',  29' Ricar  13' Parrillo  24',  32'	Report	14' Varentsya  22' Bozhenko  26' Pylypenko  28' Koryenyev

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Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
France	2	2	0	0	13	3	+10	6
Argentina	2	1	0	1	5	9	-4	3
Australia	2	0	0	2	2	8	-6	0

May 8, 2005 10:15	France	5 – 1	Australia	Copacabana Beach Referee: Jose Luis Da Rosa
	Cardoso  3',  30' Ottavy  11' Sciortino  15' Edouard  25'	Report	16' Karavatakis

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May 9, 2005 18:15	Argentina	3 – 1	Australia	Copacabana Beach Referee: Alberto Moreira
	Hilaire  7',  28' Acosta  14'	Report	25' Buonavoglia

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May 10, 2005 18:30	France	8 – 2	Argentina	Copacabana Beach Referee: Joao Almeida
	Mendy  5' Sciortino  6' Sansoni  11' Ottavy  12',  32' Samoun  17',  29' Cardoso  24'	Report	24' Petrasso  26' Hilaire

Knockout Stage

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	12 May 2005
	France	7
					14 May 2005
	Spain	4
					France	4
	12 May 2005
					Japan	1
	Uruguay	3
									15 May 2005
	Japan	4
									France	3 (1)
	12 May 2005
									Portugal	3 (0)
	Portugal	5
					14 May 2005
	Ukraine	3
					Brazil	6 (1)			Third place
	12 May 2005
					Portugal	6 (2)
	Brazil	9							Japan	2
	Argentina	3							Brazil	11
									15 May 2005

Quarter finals

May 12, 2005 16:00	France	7 – 4	Spain	Copacabana Beach Referee: Jose Luis Da Rosa
	Valeiro (O.G)  5' Mendy  7',  13' Cardoso  19',  36' Edouard  22' Cantona  28'	Report	12',  34' David  24',  36' Nico

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May 12, 2005 17:15	Portugal	5 – 3	Ukraine	Copacabana Beach Referee: Antonio Buaiz
	Jonas  12' Belchior  14',  29' Madjer  15',  25'	Report	8' Bozhenko  25' Pylypenko  36' Moroz

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May 12, 2005 18:30	Uruguay	3 – 4	Japan	Copacabana Beach Referee: Christian Hauben
	Ricar  1',  24' Parrillo  17'	Report	18',  23' Takeshi Kawaharazuka  18' Shinji Makino  20' Masahito Toma

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May 12, 2005 19:45	Brazil	9 – 3	Argentina	Copacabana Beach Referee: Lakhdar Benchabane
	Romario  1',  30',  33' Jorginho  2' Nenem  7',  22' Juninho  8' Benjamin  15' Buru  35'	Report	7' S. Hilaire  32' E. Hilaire  34' Acosta

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Semi finals

May 14, 2005 11:00	Brazil	6 – 6 (a.e.t) (1 – 2 Pens)	Portugal	Copacabana Beach Referee: Carlos Manuel Robles
	Benjamin  1',  16' Bruno  5',  6',  8' Nenem  22'	Report	1' Alan  2',  8',  22',  27' Madjer  4' Marinho
		Penalties
	Bruno Jorginho	1 – 2	Alan Madjer

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May 14, 2005 21:30	France	4 – 1	Japan	Copacabana Beach Referee: Jose Luis Da Rosa
	Mendy  4',  18' Sciortino  32' Cardoso  34'	Report	35' Takeshi Kawaharazuka

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Third Place Play-off

May 15, 2005 21:30	Japan	2 – 11	Brazil	Copacabana Beach Referee: Joao Martins Pinto Correia
	Takeshi Kawaharazuka  3' Kunihiro Wakabayashi  16'	Report	7' Junior Negao  8',  19' Buru  10' Juninho  13',  21' Nenem  17' Benjamin  24',  25',  27' Romario  33' Jorginho

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Final

May 15, 2005 11:00	France	3 – 3 (a.e.t) (1 – 0 Pens)	Portugal	Copacabana Beach Referee: Carlos Manuel Robles
	Mendy  3',  17',  29'	Report	24' Madjer  34',  35' Belchior
		Penalties
	Ottavy	1 – 0	Alan

Winners

2005 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Winners
France First title

Awards

Golden Ball		Silver Ball		Bronze Ball
Madjer		Nenem		Amarelle
Golden Shoe		Silver Shoe		Bronze Shoe
Madjer		Nenem		Mendy
12 goals		9 goals		8 goals
FIFA Fair Play Award
Japan

Top scorers

12 goals

• Madjer

9 goals

• Nenem

8 goals

• Anthony Mendy

6 goals

• Romario
• Benjamin
• Buru
• Jairzinho Cardoso

5 goals

• Belchior
• Ricar
• Alan

4 goals

• David

4 goals (cont.)

• Parrillo
• Juninho
• Takeshi Kawaharazuka

3 goals

• Yevgen Varenytsya
• Amarelle
• Dmytro Koryenyev
• Oleksandr Pylypenko
• Sergiy Bozhenko
• Noel Sciortino
• Junior Negao
• Thierry Ottavy

2 goals

• Bruno
• Ricardo Francisco
• Alberto Acosta

2 goals (cont.)

• Ezequiel Hilaire
• Federico Hilaire
• Martin
• Nico
• Seba
• Victor Moroz
• Jonas
• Didier Samoun
• Jean-Marc Edouard
• Jorginho
• Marinho
• Masahito Toma

25 others scored 1 goal each

Own goal

• Valeiro (For France )

Final standings

Position	Team
1	France
2	Portugal
3	Brazil
4	Japan
5	Uruguay
6	Ukraine
7	Spain
8	Argentina
9	Australia
10	United States
11	Thailand
12	South Africa

References

• Results (provided by RSSSF)
• FIFA overall standings
• FIFA competition report
• Information on match scorers