2000 FIFA Futsal World Championship

2000 FIFA Futsal World Championship
FIFA Futsal World Championship Guatemala 2000
Campeonato Mundial de fútbol sala de la FIFA 2000
Tournament details
Host countryGuatemala
Dates18 November – 3 December
Teams16 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Spain (1st title)
Runners-up Brazil
Third place Portugal
Fourth place Russia
Tournament statistics
Matches played40
Goals scored302 (7.55 per match)
Attendance224,038 (5,601 per match)
Top scorer(s)Brazil Manoel Tobias (19 goals)
Best player(s)Brazil Manoel Tobias
1996
2004

The 2000 FIFA Futsal World Championship was the fourth 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 18 November and 3 December 2000 in Guatemala. It was the first FIFA tournament held in the country.

Spain won the tournament, defeating Brazil in the final. They ended a streak of three straight championships by Brazil and also became the only nation other than the South Americans to win the title at that time until Portugal in 2021.

Qualifying criteria

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Qualified nations

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Competition Date Venue Berths Qualified
Host Nation   1  Guatemala
2000 AFC Futsal Championship May 5–12, 2000  Thailand 3  Iran
 Thailand
 Kazakhstan
2000 African Futsal Championship April 16–21, 2000  Egypt 1  Egypt
2000 CONCACAF Futsal Championship July 20–29, 2000  Guatemala 2  Costa Rica
 Cuba
2000 South American Futsal Championship April 29 – May 7, 2000  Brazil 3  Uruguay
 Argentina
 Brazil
1999 Oceanian Futsal Championship August 21–28, 1999 Vanuatu Vanuatu 1  Australia
UEFA Preliminary Competition January 30 – March 5, 2000 Groups 5  Portugal
 Spain
 Russia
 Croatia
 Netherlands
TOTAL 16

Venues

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Guatemala Guatemala City
Domo Polideportivo de la CDAG Gimnasio Nacional Teodoro Palacios Flores
Capacity: 10,000 Capacity: 8,000

Squads

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Each nation submitted a squad of 14 players, including two or three goalkeepers.

First round

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Group A

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(18 November – 23 November)

Group B

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(20 November – 23 November)

Group C

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(19 November – 23 November)

Group D

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(19 November – 23 November)

Second round

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Group E

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(26 November – 29 November)

Group F

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(25 November – 28 November)

Final round

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SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
1 December 2000 – Guatemala City
 
 
 Spain 3
 
3 December 2000 – Guatemala City
 
 Russia 2
 
 Spain 4
 
1 December 2000 – Guatemala City
 
 Brazil 3
 
 Brazil 8
 
 
 Portugal 0
 
Third place
 
 
3 December 2000 – Guatemala City
 
 
 Russia2
 
 
 Portugal 4

Semi-finals

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Spain 3–2 Russia
Report
Attendance: 7,128
Referee: Francisco Salinas Ramírez (Paraguay)
Brazil 8–0 Portugal
Report
Attendance: 7,128
Referee: Félix Alberto Chávez (Argentina)

Third-place match

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Russia 2–4 Portugal
Report
Attendance: 7,568
Referee: Pedro Galán Nieto (Spain)

Final

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Spain 4–3 Brazil
Daniel 2' (pen.)
Javi Sánchez 20'
Javi Rodríguez 36' (pen.), 39' (pen.)
Report Anderson 18'
Manoel Tobías 30'
Vander 35'
Attendance: 7,568
Referee: Ivan Novak (Croatia)

Champions

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 FIFA Futsal World Championships 2000 winners 

Spain
First title

Tournament ranking

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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 Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1  Spain 8 8 0 0 41 8 +33 24 Champions
2  Brazil 8 7 0 1 78 14 +64 21 Runners-up
3  Portugal 8 5 0 3 23 23 0 15 Third place
4  Russia 8 4 0 4 37 24 +13 12 Fourth place
5  Croatia 6 3 0 3 18 15 +3 9 Eliminated in Second round
6  Egypt 6 3 0 3 27 27 0 9
7  Netherlands 6 3 0 3 17 20 –3 9
8  Argentina 6 3 0 3 16 19 –3 9
9  Uruguay 3 1 0 2 7 8 –1 3 Eliminated in First round
10  Iran 3 1 0 2 6 9 –3 3
11  Costa Rica 3 1 0 2 8 12 –4 3
12  Guatemala 3 1 0 2 10 40 –30 3
13  Thailand 3 0 0 3 2 17 –15 0
14  Kazakhstan 3 0 0 3 8 24 –16 0
15  Australia 3 0 0 3 3 22 –19 0
16  Cuba 3 0 0 3 1 20 –19 0
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