Beach Soccer World Cup 2000

2000 Beach Soccer World Cup
Tournament details
Host country  Brazil
Dates February 13 – February 20
Teams 12 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  Brazil (6th title)
Runners-up  Peru
Third place  Spain
Fourth place  Japan
Tournament statistics
Matches played 20
Goals scored 172 (8.6 per match)
Top scorer(s) Júnior (13 goals)
Best player Júnior
← Rio 1999
Costa do Sauípe 2001 →

The 2000 Beach Soccer World Cup was the sixth edition of the Beach Soccer World Championships, the first world cup of the new millennium. The tournament changed its location for the first time since its establishment in 1995. 2000 would be the last year before Brazil's chain of world cup wins was broken. It stayed in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil but moved to Marina da Glória instead of Copacabana.

Contents

Organisation

The organisation stayed the same as the 1999 world cup. 12 teams were split into 4 groups of 3 teams with the top 2 teams progressing to the quarter finals.

Teams

From the 12 teams, 5 teams came from Europe, 5 teams came from South America including the hosts Brazil, 1 team from North America and 1 team from Asia.

European Zone:

South American Zone:

North American Zone:

Asian Zone:

Hosts:

Group stage

Group A

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Brazil 6 2 2 0 0 22 7 15
 Italy 3 2 1 0 1 9 14 -5
 Germany 0 2 0 0 2 7 17 -10
February 13, 2000
  Brazil 10–4  Italy Marina da Glória
   
February 14, 2000
  Brazil 12–3  Germany Marina da Glória
   
February 15, 2000
  Italy 5–4  Germany Marina da Glória
   

Group B

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Japan 6 2 2 0 0 7 6 1
 Portugal 3 2 1 0 1 8 6 2
 Argentina 0 2 0 0 2 6 9 -3
February 13, 2000
  Portugal 5–3  Argentina Marina da Glória
   
February 14, 2000
  Japan 5–4

(penalties)

  Portugal Marina da Glória
   
February 15, 2000
  Japan 4–3  Argentina Marina da Glória
   

Group C

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Peru 6 2 2 0 0 8 2 6
 Venezuela 3 2 1 0 1 4 1 3
 France 0 2 0 0 2 2 11 -9
February 13, 2000
  Peru 1–0  Venezuela Marina da Glória
   
February 14, 2000
  Peru 7–2  France Marina da Glória
   
February 15, 2000
  Venezuela 4–0  France Marina da Glória
   

Group D

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Spain 3 2 1 0 1 8 8 0
 United States 3 2 1 0 1 10 9 1
 Uruguay 3 2 1 0 1 8 9 -1
February 13, 2000
  United States 6–4  Uruguay Marina da Glória
   
February 14, 2000
  Spain 5–4  United States Marina da Glória
   
February 15, 2000
  Uruguay 4–3  Spain Marina da Glória
   

Quarter finals

February 16, 2000
  Japan 6–5  Italy Marina da Glória
   
February 16, 2000
  Spain 4–3  Venezuela Marina da Glória
   
February 17, 2000
  Peru 8–4  United States Marina da Glória
   
February 17, 2000
  Brazil 6–3  Portugal Marina da Glória
   

Semi-Finals

February 18, 2000
  Brazil 8–4  Spain Marina da Glória
   
February 18, 2000
  Peru 5–0  Japan Marina da Glória
   

Third Place Play-off

February 19, 2000
  Spain 6–3  Japan Marina da Glória
   

Final

February 20, 2000
  Brazil 6–2  Peru Marina da Glória
   
2000 Beach Soccer World Cup Winners
Brazil
Sixth Title

Final team standings

Position Team
1 Brazil
2 Peru
3 Spain
4 Japan
5 Venezuela
6 Portugal
7 United States
8 Italy
9 Uruguay
10 Argentina
11 France
12 Germany

Awards

Scoring Award

Position Scorer Goals
1 Júnior (Brazil) 13

Best Player Award

Player
Júnior (Brazil)

Best Goalkeeper Award

Player
Kato (Japan)

Sources

Beach Soccer World Championship
1995 · 1996 · 1997 · 1998 · 1999 · 2000 · 2001 · 2002 · 2003 · 2004
FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
Finals