2000 Beach Soccer World Championships

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).

2000 Beach Soccer World Championships
VI Beach Soccer World Championships 2000
Tournament details
Host countryBrazil
Dates13 – 20 February
Teams12 (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 played20
Goals scored172 (8.6 per match)
Top scorer(s) Júnior (13 goals)
Best player(s) Júnior
Best goalkeeper Eichi Kato

The tournament continued to take place in Rio de Janeiro, however for the first time the venue moved away from the sport's birthplace of Copacabana Beach, being staged around ten miles north at the Marina da Glória.

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 round robin format. The top two teams progressed to the quarter finals from which point on the championship was played as a knock-out tournament until a winner was crowned, with an additional match to determine third place.

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.

Group stage

Matches are listed as local time in Rio de Janeiro, (BRST / UTC-2)

Group A

Pos Team Pld W W+ L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Brazil 2200227+156Advance to knockout stage
2 Italy 2101914–53
3 Germany 2002717–100


Brazil 104 Italy
   

Brazil 123 Germany
   

Italy 54 Germany
   

Group B

Pos Team Pld W W+ L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Japan 211076+15Advance to knockout stage
2 Portugal 210186+23
3 Argentina 200269–30


Portugal 53 Argentina
   

Japan 33 (a.e.t.) Portugal
   
Penalties
2–1

Japan 43 Argentina
   

Group C

Pos Team Pld W W+ L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Peru 220082+66Advance to knockout stage
2 Venezuela 210141+33
3 France 2002211–90


Peru 10 Venezuela
   

Venezuela 40 France
   

Peru 72 France
   

Group D

Pos Team Pld W W+ L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Spain 21018803Advance to knockout stage
2 United States 2101109+13
3 Uruguay 201189–12


United States 64 Uruguay
   

Spain 54 United States
   

Uruguay 43 (a.e.t.) Spain
   

Knockout stage

February 18 was allocated as a rest day.

 
Quarter finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
17 February
 
 
 Japan6
 
19 February
 
 Italy5
 
 Japan0
 
17 February
 
 Peru5
 
 Peru8
 
20 February
 
 United States4
 
 Peru2
 
17 February
 
 Brazil6
 
 Brazil6
 
19 February
 
 Portugal3
 
 Brazil8
 
17 February
 
 Spain4 Third place play-off
 
 Spain (a.e.t.)4
 
20 February
 
 Venezuela3
 
 Japan3
 
 
 Spain6
 

Quarter finals

Japan 65 Italy
   

Spain 43 (a.e.t.) Venezuela
   

Peru 84 United States
   

Brazil 63 Portugal
   

Semi-finals

Brazil 84 Spain
Jorginho
Magal
Júnior
Neném
Junior Negão
Report Joaquin
Goichoetcea
Amarelle

Peru 50 Japan
Fernando
Maruy
Olaechea
Drago
Report  

Third place play-off

Spain 63 Japan
Amarelle
Sétien
Jimenez
Goichoetcea
Report Naoya
Yoshii
?

Final

Brazil 62 Peru
Neném
Júnior
Junior Negão
Jorginho
Report Valdelomar
Drago
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Carlos Mastrangelo (Argentina)

Winners

 2000 Beach Soccer World Championships
Champions 

Brazil
Sixth title

Awards

Top scorer
Júnior
13 goals
Best player
Júnior
Best goalkeeper
Eichi Kato

Final standings

Pos Grp Team Pld W W+ L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1 A  Brazil 5 5 0 0 42 16 +26 15 Champions
2 B  Peru 5 4 0 1 23 12 +11 12 Runners-up
3 D  Spain 5 2 1 2 22 22 0 8 Third place
4 B  Japan 5 2 1 2 16 22 6 8 Fourth place
5 C  Venezuela 3 1 0 2 7 5 +2 3 Eliminated in the
quarter finals
6 B  Portugal 3 1 0 2 11 12 1 3
7 D  United States 3 1 0 2 14 17 3 3
8 A  Italy 3 1 0 2 14 20 6 3
9 D  Uruguay 2 0 1 1 8 9 1 2 Eliminated in the
group stage
10 C  Argentina 2 0 0 2 6 9 3 0
11 C  France 2 0 0 2 2 11 9 0
12 A  Germany 2 0 0 2 7 17 10 0
Source:

Sources

  1. "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.
  2. "Brasil conquista o hexacampeonato no Beach Soccer" (in Portuguese). dgabc.com.br. 20 February 2000. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  3. "BSWW – What". beachsoccer.com. 2001. Archived from the original on 9 April 2001. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  4. "Brasil sofre, mas vence Uruguai no futebol de areia" (in Portuguese). uol.com.br. 11 December 1999. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
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