2000 Beach Soccer World Championships
| VI Beach Soccer World Championships 2000 | |
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| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Brazil |
| Dates | 13–20 February |
| Teams | 12 (from 4 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Júnior |
| Best goalkeeper |  Eichi Kato |
The 2000 Beach Soccer World Championships was the sixth edition of the Beach Soccer World Championships, the most prestigious competition in international beach soccer contested by men's national teams until 2005, when the competition was then replaced by the second iteration of a world cup in beach soccer, the better known FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.[1] It was organised by Brazilian sports agency Koch Tavares (one of the founding partners of Beach Soccer Worldwide).
The tournament continued to take place in
Defending champions Brazil won their sixth consecutive title, after defeating first time finalists Peru 6–2 in the concluding match of the tournament.[2] Spain and Japan both finished inside the top four for the first time, the latter becoming the first Asian nation to do so at a World Championships.
Organisation
With the increase in the number of participating number teams in the previous year, the organisation remained the same at this World Championships, continuing with twelve nations who were split into four groups of three playing each other in a
Teams
The top finishing European nations in the 1999 Euro Beach Soccer League achieved qualification,[3] along with the top finishers from South America in the 1999/2000 Americas' League.[4] The other nations received invites.
Africa and Oceania were unrepresented.
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Asian Zone (1): European Zone (5): North American Zone (1):
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South American Zone (4): Hosts:
Notes:
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Group stage
Matches are listed as local time in
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | W+ | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Brazil
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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 7 | +15 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage
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| 2 |  Italy
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2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 14 | –5 | 3 | |
| 3 |  Germany
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 17 | –10 | 0 |
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | W+ | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Japan
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2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage
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| 2 |  Portugal
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2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 3 | |
| 3 |  Argentina
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | –3 | 0 |
Group C
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | W+ | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 |  Peru
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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage
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| 2 |  Venezuela
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2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 3 | |
| 3 |  France
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 11 | –9 | 0 |
Group D
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | W+ | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Spain
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2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 3 | Advance to knockout stage
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| 2 |  United States
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2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 9 | +1 | 3 | |
| 3 |  Uruguay
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2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 9 | –1 | 2 |
United States | 6–4 | Uruguay |
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United States | ||
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Knockout stage
February 18 was allocated as a rest day.
| Quarter finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 17 February | ||||||||||
| Japan | 6 | |||||||||
| 19 February | ||||||||||
| Italy | 5 | |||||||||
| Japan | 0 | |||||||||
| 17 February | ||||||||||
| Peru | 5 | |||||||||
| United States | 4 | |||||||||
| Peru | 2 | |||||||||
| 17 February | ||||||||||
| Brazil | 6 | |||||||||
| Brazil | 6 | |||||||||
| 19 February | ||||||||||
| Portugal | 3 | |||||||||
| Brazil | 8 | |||||||||
| 17 February | ||||||||||
| Spain | 4 | a.e.t.) | 4 | |||||||
| 20 February | ||||||||||
 Venezuela | 3 | |||||||||
| Japan | 3 | |||||||||
| Spain | 6 | |||||||||
Quarter finals
United States | ||
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Semi-finals
Third place play-off
Final
Winners
| 2000 Beach Soccer World Championships champions |
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 Brazil Sixth title |
Awards
| Top scorer |
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Júnior
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| 13 goals |
| Best player |
Júnior
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| Best goalkeeper |
| Eichi Kato
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Final standings
| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | W+ | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
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| 1 | A | Brazil
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5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 16 | +26 | 15 | Champions |
| 2 | B | Peru
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5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 12 | +11 | 12 | Runners-up |
| 3 | D | Spain
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5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 8 | Third place |
| 4 | B | Japan
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5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 22 | −6 | 8 | Fourth place |
| 5 | C | Venezuela
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 3 | Eliminated in the quarter finals |
| 6 | B | Portugal
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 12 | −1 | 3 | |
| 7 | D | United States
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 17 | −3 | 3 | |
| 8 | A | Italy
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 20 | −6 | 3 | |
| 9 | D | Uruguay
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2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 2 | Eliminated in the group stage |
| 10 | C | Argentina
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 0 | |
| 11 | C | France
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 11 | −9 | 0 | |
| 12 | A | Germany
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 17 | −10 | 0 |
Sources
- ^ "FIFA launches first ever FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup". FIFA.com. 1 February 2005. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
- ^ "Brasil conquista o hexacampeonato no Beach Soccer" (in Portuguese). dgabc.com.br. 20 February 2000. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
- ^ "BSWW – What". beachsoccer.com. 2001. Archived from the original on 9 April 2001. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
- ^ "Brasil sofre, mas vence Uruguai no futebol de areia" (in Portuguese). uol.com.br. 11 December 1999. Retrieved 7 June 2017.