2004 FIFA Futsal World Championship

2004 FIFA Futsal World Championship
Year	2004
Other titles	FIFA Futsal World Championship Chinese Taipei 2004 2004年世界杯五人制足球錦標賽
Size	200px
Country	Taiwan
Dates	21 November – 5 December
Num teams	16
Confederations	6
Venues	2
Cities	2
Count	2
Matches	40
Goals	237
Attendance	50923
Top scorer	Falcão (13 goals)
Player	Falcão
Prevseason	2000
Nextseason	2008

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).^[1] 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

Competition	Date	Venue	Berths	Qualified teams
Host nation			1
2004 AFC Futsal Championship	16–25 April 2004	Macau	3
2004 African Futsal Championship	9 July – 3 September 2004	Home & away	1
2004 CONCACAF Futsal Championship	23 July – 1 August 2004	Costa Rica	2
2003 Copa América de Futsal	26 August – 1 September 2003	Paraguay	3
2004 Oceanian Futsal Championship	25–29 July 2004	Australia	1
UEFA preliminary competition	November – December 2003	Groups	5
Total			16	—

Venues

Taipei	Taoyuan (Linkou)
NTU Gymnasium	NTSU Gymnasium
Capacity: 3,500	Capacity: 15,000

First round

(21–26 November)

Group A

'	0–12	'
'	2–0	'
'	0–10	'
'	4–5	'
'	7–2	'
'	0–7	'

Group B

'	0–10	'
'	2–1	'
'	0–5	'
'	9–1	'
'	3–2	'
'	4–1	'

Group C

'	6–3	'
'	4–5	'
'	5–0	'
'	3–1	'
'	2–4	'
'	1–1	'

Group D

'	0–4	'
'	0–3	'
'	8–3	'
'	0–1	'
'	6–1	'
'	5–0	'

Second round

(28 November – 1 December)

Group E

Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
7	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4
6	3	2	0	1	7	4	+3
4	3	1	1	1	9	7	+2
0	3	0	0	3	4	13	–9

'	2–0	'
'	0–0	'
'	2–3	'
'	4–8	'
'	3–1	'
'	0–3	'

Group F

Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
9	3	3	0	0	16	7	+9
4	3	1	1	1	3	3	0
4	3	1	1	1	4	7	–3
0	3	0	0	3	7	13	–6

'	6–1	'
'	2–1	'
'	2–1	'
'	3–1	'
'	8–5	'
'	0–0	'

Top goalscorers

The top 10 scorers from the 2004 FIFA Futsal World Cup are as follows:

Rank	Name	Goals
1	Falcão	13
2	Índio	10
3	Marcelo	9
4	Joel Queirós	7
4	Leandro Simi	7
6	Abou El Komsan	6
6	Javi Rodríguez	6
8	Johnny Torres	5
	Michal Mareš
	Sandro Zanetti

Tournament ranking

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.

Pos	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
1	8	6	1	1	30	7	+23	19	Champions
2	8	6	1	1	29	13	+16	19	Runners-up
3	8	7	1	0	48	15	+33	22	Third place
4	8	4	1	3	21	18	+3	13	Fourth place
5	6	3	1	2	18	8	+10	10	Eliminated in Second round
6	6	3	1	2	16	15	+1	10
7	6	2	0	4	12	18	–6	6
8	6	1	1	4	14	21	–7	4
9	3	1	0	2	16	12	+4	3	Eliminated in First round
10	3	1	0	2	8	11	–3	3
11	3	1	0	2	9	13	–4	3
12	3	1	0	2	5	13	–8	3
13	3	0	1	2	5	11	–6	1
14	3	0	0	3	3	16	–13	0
15	3	0	0	3	2	18	–16	0
16	3	0	0	3	2	29	–27	0

References

^ Fédération Internationale de Football Association. FIFA Futsal World Championship Chinese Taipei 2004 Technical Report and Statistics. Archived from the original on December 20, 2011.