Beach Soccer World Cup 2003

2003 Beach Soccer World Cup
Tournament details
Host country  Brazil
Dates February 16 – February 23
Teams 8 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  Brazil (8th title)
Runners-up  Spain
Third place  Portugal
Fourth place  France
Tournament statistics
Matches played 16
Goals scored 150 (9.38 per match)
Top scorer(s) Neném (15 goals)
Best player Amarelle

The 2003 Beach Soccer World Cup was the ninth edition of the Beach Soccer World Championships. The tournament returned to its home place in Copacabana Beach, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil for the first time since 2000. 8 teams continued to compete for the cup.

Contents

Organisation

As like 2002, 8 teams competed in 2 groups of 4 teams, with 2 teams progressing to the semi-finals.

Teams

From the 8 teams, 4 teams came from Europe, 2 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 9 3 3 0 0 26 6 20
 Spain 6 3 2 0 1 19 13 6
 Italy 3 3 1 0 2 11 19 -8
 United States 0 3 0 0 3 8 26 -18
February 16, 2003
  Brazil 6–3  Spain Copacabana beach
   
February 17, 2003
  Spain 8–3  United States Copacabana beach
   
February 18, 2003
  Brazil 7–2  Italy Copacabana beach
   
February 19, 2003
  Italy 5–4  United States Copacabana beach
   
February 20, 2003
  Brazil 13–1  United States Copacabana beach
   
February 21, 2003
  Spain 8–4  Italy Copacabana beach
   

Group B

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 France 6 3 2 0 1 20 14 6
 Portugal 6 3 2 0 1 14 10 4
 Uruguay 6 3 2 0 1 9 9 0
 Japan 0 3 0 0 2 14 10 4
February 16, 2003
  Uruguay 2–1  Japan Copacabana beach
   
February 17, 2003
  France 8–6  Portugal Copacabana beach
   
February 18, 2003
  Portugal 5–1  Japan Copacabana beach
   
February 19, 2003
  Uruguay 6–5  Japan Copacabana beach
   
February 20, 2003
  Portugal 3–1  Uruguay Copacabana beach
   
February 21, 2003
  France 7–2  Japan Copacabana beach
   

Semi-Finals

February 22, 2003
  Spain 5–4  France Copacabana beach
   
February 22, 2003
  Brazil 7–2  Portugal Copacabana beach
   

Third Place Play-off

February 23, 2003
  Portugal 7–4  France Copacabana beach
   

Final

February 23, 2003
  Brazil 8–2  Spain Copacabana beach
   
2003 Beach Soccer World Cup Winners
Brazil
Eighth Title

Final team standings

Position Team
1 Brazil
2 Spain
3 Portugal
4 France
5 Uruguay
6 Italy
7 Japan
8 United States

Awards

Scoring Award

Position Scorer Goals
15 Neném (Brazil) 15

Best Player Award

Player
Amarelle (Spain)

Best Goalkeeper Award

Player
Robertinho (Brazil)

Sources

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