2000 FIFA Futsal World Championship

2000 FIFA Futsal World Championship
FIFA Futsal World Championship Guatemala 2000 Campeonato Mundial de fútbol sala de la FIFA 2000

Tournament details
Host country	Guatemala
Dates	18 November – 3 December
Teams	16 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Spain (1st title)
Runners-up	Brazil
Third place	Portugal
Fourth place	Russia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	40
Goals scored	302 (7.55 per match)
Attendance	224,038 (5,601 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Manoel Tobias (19 goals)
Best player(s)	Manoel Tobias
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International football competition

The 2000 FIFA Futsal World Championship was the fourth FIFA Futsal World Championship, the quadrennial international futsal championship contested by the men's national teams of the member associations of FIFA. It was held between 18 November and 3 December 2000 in Guatemala. It was the first FIFA tournament held in the country.

Spain won the tournament, defeating Brazil in the final. They ended a streak of three straight championships by Brazil and also became the only nation other than the South Americans to win the title at that time.

Qualifying criteria

Qualified nations

Competition	Date	Venue	Berths	Qualified
Host Nation			1	Guatemala
2000 AFC Futsal Championship	May 5–12, 2000	Thailand	3	Iran Thailand Kazakhstan
2000 African Futsal Championship	April 16–21, 2000	Egypt	1	Egypt
2000 CONCACAF Futsal Championship	July 20–29, 2000	Guatemala	2	Costa Rica Cuba
2000 South American Futsal Championship	April 29 – May 7, 2000	Brazil	3	Uruguay Argentina Brazil
1999 Oceanian Futsal Championship	August 21–28, 1999	Vanuatu	1	Australia
UEFA Preliminary Competition	January 30 – March 5, 2000	Groups	5	Portugal Spain Russia Croatia Netherlands
TOTAL			16	—

Venues

Guatemala City
Domo Polideportivo de la CDAG	Gimnasio Nacional Teodoro Palacios Flores
Capacity: 10,000	Capacity: 8,000

Guatemala City

Squads

Each nation submitted a squad of 14 players, including two or three goalkeepers.

First round

Group A

(18 November - 23 November)

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Brazil	3	3	0	45	3	+42	9
Portugal	3	2	1	12	8	+4	6
Guatemala	3	1	2	10	40	−30	3
Kazakhstan	3	0	3	8	24	−16	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Guatemala	2 - 6	Portugal
Brazil	12 - 1	Kazakhstan
Brazil	4 - 0	Portugal
Guatemala	6 - 5	Kazakhstan
Portugal	6 - 2	Kazakhstan
Guatemala	2 - 29	Brazil

Group B

(20 November - 23 November)

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Netherlands	3	3	0	14	5	+9	9
Egypt	3	2	1	14	7	+7	6
Uruguay	3	1	2	7	8	−1	3
Thailand	3	0	3	2	17	−15	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Uruguay	4 - 1	Thailand
Netherlands	5 - 3	Egypt
Egypt	7 - 0	Thailand
Netherlands	3 - 1	Uruguay
Netherlands	6 - 1	Thailand
Egypt	4 - 2	Uruguay

Group C

(19 November - 23 November)

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Russia	3	3	0	20	4	+16	9
Croatia	3	2	1	12	5	+7	6
Costa Rica	3	1	2	8	12	−4	3
Australia	3	0	3	3	22	−19	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Russia	4 - 2	Croatia
Costa Rica	6 - 2	Australia
Russia	6 - 1	Costa Rica
Croatia	6 - 0	Australia
Croatia	4 - 1	Costa Rica
Russia	10 - 1	Australia

Group D

(19 November - 23 November)

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Spain	3	3	0	19	2	+17	9
Argentina	3	2	1	10	5	+5	6
Iran	3	1	2	6	9	−3	3
Cuba	3	0	3	1	20	−19	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Spain	9 - 0	Cuba
Argentina	2 - 1	Iran
Argentina	8 - 1	Cuba
Spain	7 - 2	Iran
Iran	3 - 0	Cuba
Spain	3 - 0	Argentina

Second round

Group E

(26 November - 29 November)

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Brazil	3	3	0	22	7	+15	9
Russia	3	1	2	13	13	0	3
Egypt	3	1	2	13	20	−7	3
Argentina	3	1	2	6	14	−8	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Russia	7 - 1	Argentina
Brazil	12 - 4	Egypt
Egypt	6 - 4	Russia
Brazil	4 - 1	Argentina
Argentina	4 - 3	Egypt
Brazil	6 - 2	Russia

Group F

(25 November - 28 November)

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Spain	3	3	0	15	1	+14	9
Portugal	3	2	1	7	5	+2	6
Croatia	3	1	2	6	10	−4	3
Netherlands	3	0	3	3	15	−12	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Portugal	3 - 1	Netherlands
Spain	5 - 0	Croatia
Croatia	5 - 2	Netherlands
Spain	3 - 1	Portugal
Portugal	3 - 1	Croatia
Spain	7 - 0	Netherlands

Final round

Semifinals		Final

1 December 2000 - Guatemala City

Spain	3
		3 December 2000 - Guatemala City
Russia	2
		Spain	4
1 December 2000 - Guatemala City
		Brazil	3
Brazil	8

Portugal	0
		Third place

		3 December 2000 - Guatemala City

		Russia	2

		Portugal	4