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). 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
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! Competition !! Date !! Venue !! Berths !! Qualified teams
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| Host nation || colspan="2"| || align="center"|1 ||
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| 2004 AFC Futsal Championship || 16–25 April 2004 || || align="center"| 3 || <br/><br/>
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| 2004 African Futsal Championship || 9 July – 3 September 2004 || Home & away || align="center"|1 ||
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| 2004 CONCACAF Futsal Championship || 23 July – 1 August 2004 || || align="center"|2 || <br/>
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| 2003 Copa América de Futsal || 26 August – 1 September 2003 || || align="center"|3 || <br/><br/>
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| 2004 Oceanian Futsal Championship || 25–29 July 2004 || || align="center"|1 ||
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| UEFA preliminary competition || November – December 2003 || Groups || align="center"|5 || <br/><br/><br/><br/>
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! Total !! colspan="2"| !! 16 !! —
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Venues
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! Taipei
! Taoyuan (Linkou)
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|NTU Gymnasium
|NTSU Gymnasium
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| Capacity: 3,500
| Capacity: 15,000
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|rowspan=4 colspan=2|
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First round
(21–26 November)
Group A
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| align="right" | ||align="center"| 0–12 ||
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| align="right" | ||align="center"| 2–0 ||
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| align="right" | ||align="center"| 0–10 ||
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| align="right" | ||align="center"| 4–5 ||
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| align="right" | ||align="center"| 7–2 ||
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| align="right" | ||align="center"| 0–7 ||
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Group B
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| align="right" | ||align="center"| 0–10 ||
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| align="right" | ||align="center"| 2–1 ||
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| align="right" | ||align="center"| 0–5 ||
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| align="right" | ||align="center"| 9–1 ||
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| align="right" | ||align="center"| 3–2 ||
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| align="right" | ||align="center"| 4–1 ||
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Group C
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| align="right" | ||align="center"| 6–3 ||
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| align="right" | ||align="center"| 4–5 ||
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| align="right" | ||align="center"| 5–0 ||
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| align="right" | ||align="center"| 3–1 ||
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| align="right" | ||align="center"| 2–4 ||
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| align="right" | ||align="center"| 1–1 ||
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Group D
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| align="right" | ||align="center"| 0–4 ||
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| align="right" | ||align="center"| 0–3 ||
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| align="right" | ||align="center"| 8–3 ||
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| align="right" | ||align="center"| 0–1 ||
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| align="right" | ||align="center"| 6–1 ||
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| align="right" | ||align="center"| 5–0 ||
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Second round
(28 November – 1 December)
Group E
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
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!width=220|Team
!width=20|Pts
!width=20|Pld
!width=20|W
!width=20|D
!width=20|L
!width=20|GF
!width=20|GA
!width=20|Diff
|- bgcolor=ccffcc
| align="left" |
| 7 || 3 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 6 || 2 || +4
|- bgcolor=ccffcc
| align="left" |
| 6 || 3 || 2 || 0 || 1 || 7 || 4 || +3
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| align="left" |
| 4 || 3 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 9 || 7 || +2
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| align="left" |
| 0 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 4 || 13 || –9
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| align="right" | ||align="center"| 2–0 ||
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| align="right" | ||align="center"| 0–0 ||
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| align="right" | ||align="center"| 2–3 ||
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| align="right" | ||align="center"| 4–8 ||
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| align="right" | ||align="center"| 3–1 ||
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| align="right" | ||align="center"| 0–3 ||
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Group F
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
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!width=220|Team
!width=20|Pts
!width=20|Pld
!width=20|W
!width=20|D
!width=20|L
!width=20|GF
!width=20|GA
!width=20|Diff
|- bgcolor=ccffcc
| align="left" |
| 9 || 3 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 16 || 7 || +9
|- bgcolor=ccffcc
| align="left" |
| 4 || 3 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 3 || 3 || 0
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| align="left" |
| 4 || 3 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 4 || 7 || –3
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| align="left" |
| 0 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 7 || 13 || –6
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| align="right" | ||align="center"| 6–1 ||
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| align="right" | ||align="center"| 2–1 ||
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| align="right" | ||align="center"| 2–1 ||
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| align="right" | ||align="center"| 3–1 ||
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| align="right" | ||align="center"| 8–5 ||
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| align="right" | ||align="center"| 0–0 ||
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Final round
Semi-finals
Third-place match
Final
Champions
Top goalscorers
The top 10 scorers from the 2004 FIFA Futsal World Cup are as follows:
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!Rank
!Name
!Country
!Goals
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|1
|align="left"|Falcão
|align="left"|
|13
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|2
|align="left"|Índio
|align="left"|
|10
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|3
|align="left"|Marcelo
|align="left"|
|9
|-
|rowspan="2"|4
|align="left"|Joel Queirós
|align="left"|
|rowspan="2"|7
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|align="left"|Leandro Simi
|align="left"|
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|rowspan="2"|6
|align="left"|Abou El Komsan
|align="left"|
|rowspan="2"|6
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|align="left"|Javi Rodríguez
|align="left"|
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|rowspan=3|8
|align="left"|Johnny Torres
|align="left"|
|rowspan=3|5
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|align="left"|Michal Mareš
|align="left"|
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|align="left"|Sandro Zanetti
|align="left"|
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Tournament ranking
<small>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.</small>
{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
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!width="25"|
!width="180"|Team
!width="25"|
!width="25"|
!width="25"|
!width="25"|
!width="25"|
!width="25"|
!width="25"|
!width="25"|
!width="100"|Final result
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|-style="background: #FFD700;"
|1
|align=left|
|8 ||6 ||1 ||1 ||30 ||7 ||+23 ||19
|Champions
|-style="background: #C0C0C0;"
|2
|align=left|
|8 ||6 ||1 ||1 ||29 ||13 ||+16 ||19
|Runners-up
|-style="background: #CD7F32;"
|3
|align=left|
|8 ||7 ||1 ||0 ||48 ||15 ||+33 ||22
|Third place
|-bgcolor=#9acdff
|4
|align=left|
|8 ||4 ||1 ||3 ||21 ||18 ||+3 ||13
|Fourth place
|-style="border-top:8px solid #BBBBBB;"
|5
|align=left|
|6 ||3 ||1 ||2 ||18 ||8 ||+10 ||10
|rowspan=4|Eliminated in Second round
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|6
|align=left|
|6 ||3 ||1 ||2 ||16 ||15 ||+1 ||10
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|7
|align=left|
|6 ||2 ||0 ||4 ||12 ||18 ||–6 ||6
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|8
|align=left|
|6 ||1 ||1 ||4 ||14 ||21 ||–7 ||4
|-style="border-top:8px solid #BBBBBB;"
|9
|align=left|
|3 ||1 ||0 ||2 ||16 ||12 ||+4 ||3
|rowspan=8|Eliminated in First round
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|10
|align=left|
|3 ||1 ||0 ||2 ||8 ||11 ||–3 ||3
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|11
|align=left|
|3 ||1 ||0 ||2 ||9 ||13 ||–4 ||3
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|12
|align=left|
|3 ||1 ||0 ||2 ||5 ||13 ||–8 ||3
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|13
|align=left|
|3 ||0 ||1 ||2 ||5 ||11 ||–6 ||1
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|14
|align=left|
|3 ||0 ||0 ||3 ||3 ||16 ||–13 ||0
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|15
|align=left|
|3 ||0 ||0 ||3 ||2 ||18 ||–16 ||0
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|16
|align=left|
|3 ||0 ||0 ||3 ||2 ||29 ||–27 ||0
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Broadcasting rights
See also
- List of sporting events in Taiwan
References
External links
- FIFA Futsal World Championship Chinese Taipei 2004, FIFA.com
- FIFA Technical Report