2005 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

Copa do Mundo de Futebol de Areia da FIFA Rio de Janeiro 2005
Tournament details
Host country	Brazil
City	Rio de Janeiro
Dates	8–15 May
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(s)	Madjer
Fair play award	Japan
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The 2005 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup was the first edition of the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, an international beach soccer competition contest by men's national teams and organized by FIFA. Overall, it was the 11th edition of a world cup in beach soccer since its establishment with the first Beach Soccer World Championships in 1995. It took place in at Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, between 8 and 15 May.

France defeated Portugal 1–0 in a penalty shootout, following a 3–3 draw after extra-time, to win their first title.

Organisation

The 12 teams present at the finals in Brazil were split into four groups of three teams. Each team played the other two 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

Qualification

European teams gained qualification by finishing in the top three spots of the 2004 Euro Beach Soccer League. The final spot was contested between the next four best teams in a small knockout tournament a few days before the World Cup began which saw Spain win. South American and North American qualification was gained by finishing in the top spots of the 2005 CONCACAF and CONMEBOL Beach Soccer Championship. The other nations received invites.

This was the first edition of the World Cup in which every continent had a representative.

Entrants

Notes:

1. Teams making their debut.

Players

Group stage

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

Group A

Team	Pld	W	W+	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

8 May 2005

13:30

Brazil	9–2	Thailand
Junior Negão 2' Nenem 10', 16', 20' Bruno 11', 32' Betinho 13' Benjamin 25' Juninho 31'	Report	26' Pongsak 31' Sanae

Copacabana Beach

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Carlos Manuel Robles (Chile)

9 May 2005

16:00

Spain	4–1	Thailand
Amarelle 16', 28' David 32', 32'	Report	28' Anupong

Copacabana Beach

Attendance: 500

Referee: Pedro Infantes (Venezuela)

10 May 2005

19:45

Brazil	4–1	Spain
Benjamin 4' Junior Negão 5' Nenem 15' Juninho 34'	Report	2' Amarelle

Copacabana Beach

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Jose Luis Da Rosa (Uruguay)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	W+	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

8 May 2005

12:45

Portugal	4–0	Japan
Alan 9', 19' Madjer 13', 31'	Report

Copacabana Beach

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Antonio Buaiz (Brazil)

9 May 2005

17:15

United States	2–3	Japan
Astorga 1' Testa 19'	Report	14' Kuroki 17' Toma 29' Nakamura

Copacabana Beach

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Carlos Manuel Robles (Chile)

10 May 2005

16:00

Portugal	9–3	United States
Hernani 3' Alan 6', 18' Madjer 10', 22', 29' Jonas 10' Belchior 20' Marinho 30'	Report	24' Braga 30' Astorga 33' Farberoff

Copacabana Beach

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: Carlos Manuel Robles (Chile)

Group C

Team	Pld	W	W+	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

8 May 2005

18:00

Uruguay	7–3	South Africa
Martin 1', 28' Chueco 1' Parrillo 9' Fabian 13' Ricar 27', 32'	Report	1', 32' Francisco 23' Mthembu

Copacabana Beach

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Joao Almeida (Portugal)

9 May 2005

19:45

Ukraine	8–1	South Africa
Ulianytskyi 7' Varenytsya 18', 31' Moroz 9' Koryenyev 10', 20' Pylypenko 13' Bozhenko 22'	Report	34' Dicks

Copacabana Beach

Attendance: 500

Referee: Antonio Buaiz (Brazil)

10 May 2005

17:45

Uruguay	5–4	Ukraine
Seba 8', 29' Ricar 13' Parrillo 24', 32'	Report	14' Varentsya 22' Bozhenko 26' Pylypenko 28' Koryenyev

Copacabana Beach

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Marcelo Bispo (Brazil)

Group D

Team	Pld	W	W+	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

8 May 2005

10:15

France	5–1	Australia
Cardoso 3', 30' Ottavy 11' Sciortino 15' Edouard 25'	Report	16' Karavatakis

Copacabana Beach

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Jose Luis Da Rosa (Uruguay)

9 May 2005

18:15

Argentina	3–1	Australia
Hilaire 7', 28' Acosta 14'	Report	25' Buonavoglia

Copacabana Beach

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Alberto Moreira (Brazil)

10 May 2005

18:30

France	8–2	Argentina
Mendy 5' Sciortino 6' Sansoni 11' Ottavy 12', 32' Samoun 17', 29' Cardoso 24'	Report	24' Petrasso 26' Hilaire

Copacabana Beach

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: Joao Almeida (Portugal)

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 (p)	3 (1)
	12 May 2005
									Portugal	3 (0)
	Portugal	5
					14 May 2005
	Ukraine	3
					Portugal (p)	6 (2)
	12 May 2005
					Brazil	6 (1)			Third place
	Brazil	9
									15 May 2005
	Argentina	3
									Japan	2
									Brazil	11

Quarter-finals

12 May 2005

16:00

France	7–4	Spain
Valeiro 5' (o.g.) Mendy 7', 13' Cardoso 19', 36' Edouard 22' Cantona 28'	Report	12', 34' David 24', 36' Nico

Copacabana Beach

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Jose Luis Da Rosa (Uruguay)

12 May 2005

17:15

Portugal	5–3	Ukraine
Jonas 12' Belchior 14', 29' Madjer 15', 25'	Report	8' Bozhenko 25' Pylypenko 36' Moroz

Copacabana Beach

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Antonio Buaiz (Brazil)

12 May 2005

18:30

Uruguay	3–4	Japan
Ricar 1', 24' Parrillo 17'	Report	18', 23' Kawaharazuka 18' Makino 20' Toma

Copacabana Beach

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Christian Hauben (Belgium)

12 May 2005

19:45

Brazil	9–3	Argentina
Romário 1', 30', 33' Jorginho 2' Nenem 7', 22' Juninho 8' Benjamin 15' Buru 35'	Report	7' S. Hilaire 32' E. Hilaire 34' Acosta

Copacabana Beach

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Lakhdar Benchabane (France)

Semi-finals

14 May 2005

11:00

Brazil	6–6 (a.e.t.)	Portugal
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

Copacabana Beach

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Carlos Manuel Robles (Chile)

14 May 2005

21:30

France	4–1	Japan
Mendy 4', 18' Sciortino 32' Cardoso 34'	Report	35' Kawaharazuka

Copacabana Beach

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Jose Luis Da Rosa (Uruguay)

Third place play-off

15 May 2005

21:30

Japan	2–11	Brazil
Kawaharazuka 3' Wakabayashi 16'	Report	7' Junior Negão 8', 19' Buru 10' Juninho 13', 21' Nenem 17' Benjamin 24', 25', 27' Romário 33' Jorginho

Copacabana Beach

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Joao Martins Pinto Correia (Portugal)

Final

15 May 2005

11:00

France	3–3 (a.e.t.)	Portugal
Mendy 3', 17', 29'	Report	24' Madjer 34', 35' Belchior
Penalties
Ottavy	1–0	Alan

Copacabana Beach

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Carlos Manuel Robles (Chile)

Winners

2005 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup champions
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

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