2003 Beach Soccer World Championships
| IX Beach Soccer World Championships 2003 IX Campeonato Mundial de Beach Soccer (in Portuguese) | |
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Amarelle | |
| Best goalkeeper |  Robertinho |
The 2003 Beach Soccer World Championships was the ninth 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 organized by Brazilian sports agency Koch Tavares in cooperation with and under the supervision of Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW), the sports governing body.[2]
For the first time since 2000, the tournament returned to its native venue at
The tournament saw Brazil win their eighth title by beating first time finalists Spain.
Organisation
As like in the previous year, a record low of eight nations competed in two groups of four teams in a
Teams
Qualification
European teams gained qualification by finishing in the top three spots of the 2002 Euro Beach Soccer League. North and South American qualification was based on performances over recent times in a series of events involving teams from the Americas. The other entries received wild-card invites.[3]
Africa and Oceania were unrepresented.
Entrants
This remains the only year in all nineteen editions when no new nations made their debut at a world cup.
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Asian Zone (1): European Zone (4): North American Zone (1):
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South American Zone (1): Hosts:
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- WC. Wild-card entries.
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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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 6 | +20 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage
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| 2 |  Spain
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 13 | +6 | 6 | |
| 3 |  Italy
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 19 | –8 | 3 | |
| 4 |  United States
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 26 | –18 | 0 |
| Brazil | 6–3 | Spain |
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Junior Negão  Buru Neném Benjamin |
Report | Nico Eloy |
United States | ||
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Amarelle Nico Busti Eloy Q. Setien David |
Report | Francis Beto |
| Brazil | 7–2 | Italy |
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| Junior Negão Neném Benjamin Juninho |
Report | Fruzzetti D’Amico |
United States | ||
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| Ferrigno D’Amico Fruzzetti Garlini |
Report | Albuquerque Ed Francis Beto |
United States | ||
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| Jorginho Júnior Negão Benjamin Neném Juninho Júlio César |
Report | Beto |
| Spain | 8–4 | Italy |
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| Q.Setien Eloy Amarelle Nico Javi |
Report | Garlini Costacurta Fruzzetti |
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | W+ | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 |  France
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 14 | +6 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage
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| 2 |  Portugal
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 10 | +4 | 6 | |
| 3 |  Uruguay
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 6 | |
| 4 |  Japan
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 14 | –10 | 0 |
| Uruguay | 2–1 | Japan |
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| Fabian German |
Report | Mochizuki |
| France | 8–6 | Portugal |
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| Bonora Edouard Ottavy Sciortino Samoun |
Report | Madjer Hernani Belchior Alan |
| Uruguay | 6–5 | France |
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| Nico Fabian Pico Chueco German |
Report | Sciortino Jairzinho Marquet Samoun Cantona |
| Portugal | 5–1 | Japan |
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| Alan Madjer |
Report | Touma |
| France | 7–2 | Japan |
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| Sciortino Jairzinho Bonora Cantona |
Report | Mochizuki Kawakubo |
| Portugal | 3–1 | Uruguay |
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| Alan Setemeio |
Report | Nico |
Knockout stage
February 21 was allocated as a rest day.
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 22 February | ||||||
| Brazil | 7 | |||||
| 23 February | ||||||
| Portugal | 2 | |||||
| Brazil | 8 | |||||
| 22 February | ||||||
| Spain | 2 | |||||
| Spain | 5 | |||||
| France | 4 | |||||
| Third place play-off | ||||||
| 23 February | ||||||
| Portugal | 7 | |||||
| France | 4 | |||||
Semi-finals
| Spain | 5–4 | France |
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Amarelle Nico |
Report | Jairzinho Bonora Sciortino Marquet |
| Brazil | 7–2 | Portugal |
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| Buru Jorginho Benjamin Neném Júnior Negão |
Report | Madjer Hernani |
Third place play-off
| Portugal | 7–4 | France |
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| Madjer Alan Belchior Pedro Vieira Pedro Jorge |
Report | Marquet Cantona Sciortino Bonora |
Final
| Brazil | 8–2 | Spain |
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| Júnior Negão Benjamin Neném Jorginho |
Report | Amarelle Nico |
Winners
| 2003 Beach Soccer World Championships champions |
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 Brazil Eighth title |
Awards
| Top scorer |
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| Neném
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| 15 goals |
| Best player |
Amarelle
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| Best goalkeeper |
| Robertinho
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| Rookie of the year |
| Eloy Barreiro
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Top goalscorers
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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 | 41 | 10 | +31 | 15 | Champions |
| 2 | A | Spain
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5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 25 | +1 | 9 | Runners-up |
| 3 | B | Portugal
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5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 21 | +2 | 9 | Third place |
| 4 | B | France
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5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 26 | +2 | 6 | Fourth place |
| 5 | B | Uruguay
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 6 | Eliminated in the group stage |
| 6 | A | Italy
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 19 | −8 | 3 | |
| 7 | B | Japan
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 14 | −10 | 0 | |
| 8 | A | United States
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 26 | −18 | 0 |
References
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b "Rio volta a sediar Mundial, em fevereiro, na Praia de Copacabana" (in Portuguese). beachsoccerbrasil.com.br. 30 January 2003. Archived from the original on May 12, 2003. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
- ^ "IX Campeonato Mundial de Beach Soccer, 16 a 23 de fevereiro/2003, Praia de Copacabana/RJ" (in Portuguese). beachsoccerbrasil.com.br. Archived from the original on 18 June 2003. Retrieved 8 May 2016.