2000 FIFA Futsal World Championship
# 2000 FIFA Futsal World Championship

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 | Field is Finalized |

## 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 | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brazil | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 3 | +42 | 9 |
| Portugal | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 8 | +4 | 6 |
| Guatemala | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 40 | −30 | 3 |
| Kazakhstan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 24 | −16 | 0 |
| 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 | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Netherlands | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 5 | +9 | 9 |
| Egypt | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 7 | +7 | 6 |
| Uruguay | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 3 |
| Thailand | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 17 | −15 | 0 |
| 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 | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Russia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 4 | +16 | 9 |
| Croatia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 6 |
| Costa Rica | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 12 | −4 | 3 |
| Australia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 22 | −19 | 0 |
| 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 | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Spain | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 2 | +17 | 9 |
| Argentina | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 6 |
| Iran | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 3 |
| Cuba | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 20 | −19 | 0 |
| 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 | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brazil | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 7 | +15 | 9 |
| Russia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 3 |
| Egypt | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 20 | −7 | 3 |
| Argentina | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 14 | −8 | 3 |
| 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 | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Spain | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | +14 | 9 |
| Portugal | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 6 |
| Croatia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 3 |
| Netherlands | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 15 | −12 | 0 |
| 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 | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 December 2000 - Guatemala City | 1 December 2000 - Guatemala City |
| Spain | 3 |
| Spain | 3 | 3 December 2000 - Guatemala City | 3 December 2000 - Guatemala City |
| Russia | 2 | 3 December 2000 - Guatemala City | 3 December 2000 - Guatemala City |
| Russia | 2 | Spain | 4 |
| 1 December 2000 - Guatemala City | 1 December 2000 - Guatemala City | | Spain | 4 |
| 1 December 2000 - Guatemala City | 1 December 2000 - Guatemala City | Brazil | 3 |
| Brazil | 8 | Brazil | 3 |
| Portugal | 0 | | |
| Portugal | 0 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 3 December 2000 - Guatemala City | 3 December 2000 - Guatemala City |
| | | Russia | 2 |
| | | Portugal | 4 |

## Champions

* FIFA Futsal World Championships 2000 winners
* Spain First title

## Tournament ranking

| Rank | Team |
| - | - |
| | Spain |
| | Brazil |
| | Portugal |
| 4 | Russia |
| 5 | Croatia |
| 6 | Egypt |
| 7 | Argentina |
| 8 | Netherlands |
| 9 | Uruguay |
| 10 | Iran |
| 11 | Costa Rica |
| 12 | Guatemala |
| 13 | Thailand |
| 14 | Kazakhstan |
| 15 | Australia |
| 16 | Cuba |
