Beach Soccer World Cup 2004

Infobox International Football Competition
tourney_name = Beach Soccer World Cup
year = 2004
other_titles =
size = 150px
caption = Official logo
country = Brazil
dates = February 29 – March 7
num_teams = 12
confederations =
venues = 1
cities = 1
champion = BRA
count = 9
second = ESP
third = POR
fourth = ITA
matches = 20
goals = 155
attendance =
top_scorer = flagicon|POR Madjer (12 goals)
player = flagicon|BRA Jorginho
updated =

The 2004 Beach Soccer World Cup was the tenth edition of the Beach Soccer World Championships and the last tournament not governed by FIFA. The tournament took place in Copacabana Beach, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Organisation

The format went back to how it was played in 2001. 12 teams were split into 4 groups of 3 teams with the top 2 teams progressing into the quarter finals.

Teams

From the 12 teams, a record 7 teams came from Europe, 4 teams came from South America including the hosts Brazil, and 1 team from North America.

European Zone:
*beachsoccer|GER
*beachsoccer|SUI
*beachsoccer|ITA
*beachsoccer|FRA
*beachsoccer|POR
*beachsoccer|BEL
*beachsoccer|ESP

South American Zone:
*beachsoccer|PER
*beachsoccer|URU
*beachsoccer|ARG

North American Zone:
*beachsoccer|USA

Hosts:
*beachsoccer|BRA (South America)

Group Stage

Group A

footballbox
date = February 29, 2004
team1 = beachsoccer|URU
score = 6–4
team2 = beachsoccer|BEL
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = Copacabana beach----footballbox
date = March 1, 2004
team1 = beachsoccer|POR
score = 12–1
team2 = beachsoccer|BEL
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = Copacabana beach----footballbox
date = March 2, 2004
team1 = beachsoccer|POR
score = 5–1
team2 = beachsoccer|URU
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = Copacabana beach----

Group D

Best Player Award

Best Goalkeeper Award

ources

*http://www.rsssf.com/tablesb/beachwk04.html