2005 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
# 2005 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

The 2005 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup was the first edition of the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, an international beach soccer competition contest by men's national teams and organized by FIFA. Overall, it was the 11th edition of a world cup in beach soccer since its establishment with the first Beach Soccer World Championships in 1995. It took place in at Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, between 8 and 15 May.

France defeated Portugal 1–0 in a penalty shootout, following a 3–3 draw after extra-time, to win their first title.

## Organisation

The 12 teams present at the finals in Brazil were split into four groups of three teams. Each team played the other two teams in its group in a round-robin format, with the top two teams advancing to the quarter-finals. The quarter-finals, semi-finals and the final itself was played in the form of a knockout tournament.

## Teams

### Qualification

European teams gained qualification by finishing in the top three spots of the 2004 Euro Beach Soccer League. The final spot was contested between the next four best teams in a small knockout tournament a few days before the World Cup began which saw Spain win. South American and North American qualification was gained by finishing in the top spots of the 2005 CONCACAF and CONMEBOL Beach Soccer Championship. The other nations received invites.

This was the first edition of the World Cup in which every continent had a representative.

### Entrants

Notes:

* Teams making their debut.

## Group stage

All matches are listed as local time in Rio de Janeiro, (UTC-3)

### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | W+ | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brazil | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | +10 | 6 |
| Spain | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 |
| Thailand | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 13 | −10 | 0 |

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | W+ | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Portugal | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | +10 | 6 |
| Japan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 3 |
| United States | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 12 | −7 | 0 |

### Group C

| Team | Pld | W | W+ | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Uruguay | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 6 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 3 |
| South Africa | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 15 | −11 | 0 |

### Group D

| Team | Pld | W | W+ | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| France | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | +10 | 6 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 3 |
| Australia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 0 |

## Knockout stage

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 12 May 2005 | 12 May 2005 | | | |
| France | 7 | | | |
| France | 7 | 14 May 2005 | 14 May 2005 | | |
| Spain | 4 | 14 May 2005 | 14 May 2005 | |
| Spain | 4 | France | 4 | |
| 12 May 2005 | 12 May 2005 | | France | 4 | |
| 12 May 2005 | 12 May 2005 | Japan | 1 | |
| Uruguay | 3 | Japan | 1 | |
| Uruguay | 3 | | | | 15 May 2005 | 15 May 2005 |
| Japan | 4 | | | | 15 May 2005 | 15 May 2005 |
| Japan | 4 | | | | France (p) | 3 (1) |
| 12 May 2005 | 12 May 2005 | | | | | France (p) | 3 (1) |
| 12 May 2005 | 12 May 2005 | | | | Portugal | 3 (0) |
| Portugal | 5 | | | | Portugal | 3 (0) |
| Portugal | 5 | 14 May 2005 | 14 May 2005 | | | |
| Ukraine | 3 | 14 May 2005 | 14 May 2005 | | | |
| Ukraine | 3 | Portugal (p) | 6 (2) | | | |
| 12 May 2005 | 12 May 2005 | | Portugal (p) | 6 (2) | | | |
| 12 May 2005 | 12 May 2005 | Brazil | 6 (1) | | Third place | Third place |
| Brazil | 9 | Brazil | 6 (1) | | Third place | Third place |
| Brazil | 9 | | | | 15 May 2005 | 15 May 2005 |
| Argentina | 3 | | | | 15 May 2005 | 15 May 2005 |
| Argentina | 3 | | | | Japan | 2 |
| | | | | | Brazil | 11 |

## Winners

* 2005 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup champions
* France First title

## Awards

| Golden Ball | Golden Ball | Silver Ball | Silver Ball | Bronze Ball | Bronze Ball |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Madjer | Madjer | Nenem | Nenem | Amarelle | Amarelle |
| Golden Shoe | Golden Shoe | Silver Shoe | Silver Shoe | Bronze Shoe | Bronze Shoe |
| Madjer | Madjer | Nenem | Nenem | Mendy | Mendy |
| 12 goals | 12 goals | 9 goals | 9 goals | 8 goals | 8 goals |
| FIFA Fair Play Award ||||||
| Japan ||||||

## Final standings

| Position | Team |
| - | - |
| 1 | France |
| 2 | Portugal |
| 3 | Brazil |
| 4 | Japan |
| 5 | Uruguay |
| 6 | Ukraine |
| 7 | Spain |
| 8 | Argentina |
| 9 | Australia |
| 10 | United States |
| 11 | Thailand |
| 12 | South Africa |
