# 2004 FIFA Futsal World Championship

The 2004 FIFA Futsal World Championship was the fifth 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 21 November and 5 December 2004 in Taiwan (Designated as Chinese Taipei under FIFA). It was the first FIFA tournament held in the country and was the last to feature 16 teams.
Spain won their second successive title, defeating Italy in the final.

## Qualifying criteria
### Qualified nations

| Competition | Date | Venue | Berths | Qualified teams |
| Host nation | | | 1 | Chinese Taipei |
| 2004 AFC Futsal Championship | 16–25 April 2004 | Macau | 3 | Iran Thailand Japan |
| 2004 African Futsal Championship | 9 July – 3 September 2004 | Home & away | 1 | Egypt |
| 2004 CONCACAF Futsal Championship | 23 July – 1 August 2004 | Costa Rica | 2 | United States Cuba |
| 2003 Copa América de Futsal | 26 August – 1 September 2003 | Paraguay | 3 | Paraguay Argentina Brazil |
| 2004 Oceanian Futsal Championship | 25–29 July 2004 | Australia | 1 | Australia |
| UEFA preliminary competition | November – December 2003 | Groups | 5 | Ukraine Spain Czech Republic Italy Portugal |
| Total | | | 16 | — |

## Venues

| Taipei | Taoyuan (Linkou) |
| NTU Gymnasium | NTSU Gymnasium |
| Capacity: 3,500 | Capacity: 15,000 |
| TaipeiLinkou ||

## First round

(21–26 November)

### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Spain | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | +19 | 9 |
| Ukraine | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 8 | +4 | 6 |
| Egypt | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 12 | +4 | 3 |
| Chinese Taipei | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 29 | −27 | 0 |
| Chinese Taipei | 0–12 | Egypt |
| Spain | 2–0 | Ukraine |
| Chinese Taipei | 0–10 | Spain |
| Egypt | 4–5 | Ukraine |
| Ukraine | 7–2 | Chinese Taipei |
| Egypt | 0–7 | Spain |

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Brazil | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 2 | +21 | 9 |
| Czech Republic | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 6 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 13 | −8 | 3 |
| Australia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 18 | −16 | 0 |
| Australia | 0–10 | Brazil |
| Czech Republic | 2–1 | Thailand |
| Australia | 0–5 | Czech Republic |
| Brazil | 9–1 | Thailand |
| Thailand | 3–2 | Australia |
| Brazil | 4–1 | Czech Republic |

### Group C

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Italy | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 5 | +10 | 9 |
| United States | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 4 |
| Paraguay | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 11 | −3 | 3 |
| Japan | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11 | −6 | 1 |
| Italy | 6–3 | United States |
| Japan | 4–5 | Paraguay |
| Italy | 5–0 | Japan |
| United States | 3–1 | Paraguay |
| Paraguay | 2–4 | Italy |
| United States | 1–1 | Japan |

### Group D

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Argentina | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | +9 | 9 |
| Portugal | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 6 |
| Iran | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 13 | −4 | 3 |
| Cuba | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 16 | −13 | 0 |
| Iran | 0–4 | Portugal |
| Cuba | 0–3 | Argentina |
| Iran | 8–3 | Cuba |
| Portugal | 0–1 | Argentina |
| Argentina | 6–1 | Iran |
| Portugal | 5–0 | Cuba |

## Second round

(28 November – 1 December)

### Group E

| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Diff |
| Italy | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 |
| Spain | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 |
| Portugal | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | +2 |
| Czech Republic | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 13 | –9 |
| Spain | 2–0 | Czech Republic |
| Italy | 0–0 | Portugal |
| Spain | 2–3 | Italy |
| Czech Republic | 4–8 | Portugal |
| Spain | 3–1 | Portugal |
| Czech Republic | 0–3 | Italy |

### Group F

| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Diff |
| Brazil | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 7 | +9 |
| Argentina | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Ukraine | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | –3 |
| United States | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 13 | –6 |
| Brazil | 6–1 | Ukraine |
| Argentina | 2–1 | United States |
| Brazil | 2–1 | Argentina |
| Ukraine | 3–1 | United States |
| Brazil | 8–5 | United States |
| Ukraine | 0–0 | Argentina |

## Final round

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| 3 December 2004 – Taipei | 3 December 2004 – Taipei |
| Brazil | 2 (4) |
| Brazil | 2 (4) | 5 December 2004 – Taipei | 5 December 2004 – Taipei |
| Spain (PSO) | 2 (5) | 5 December 2004 – Taipei | 5 December 2004 – Taipei |
| Spain (PSO) | 2 (5) | Spain | 2 |
| 3 December 2004 – Taipei | 3 December 2004 – Taipei | | Spain | 2 |
| 3 December 2004 – Taipei | 3 December 2004 – Taipei | Italy | 1 |
| Argentina | 4 | Italy | 1 |
| Italy | 7 | | |
| Italy | 7 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 5 December 2004 – Taipei | 5 December 2004 – Taipei |
| | | Brazil | 7 |
| | | Argentina | 4 |

### Final
## Champions

* FIFA Futsal World Championships 2004 winners
* Spain Second title

## Top goalscorers

The top 10 scorers from the 2004 FIFA Futsal World Cup are as follows:
| Rank | Name | Country | Goals |
| 1 | Falcão | Brazil | 13 |
| 2 | Índio | Brazil | 10 |
| 3 | Marcelo | Spain | 9 |
| 4 | Joel Queirós | Portugal | 7 |
| 4 | Leandro Simi | Brazil | 7 |
| 6 | Abou El Komsan | Egypt | 6 |
| 6 | Javi Rodríguez | Spain | 6 |
| 8 | Johnny Torres | United States | 5 |
| 8 | Michal Mareš | Czech Republic | 5 |
| 8 | Sandro Zanetti | Italy | 5 |

## Tournament ranking

Per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-out are counted as draws.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
| 1 | Spain | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 7 | +23 | 19 | Champions |
| 2 | Italy | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 13 | +16 | 19 | Runners-up |
| 3 | Brazil | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 48 | 15 | +33 | 22 | Third place |
| 4 | Argentina | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 18 | +3 | 13 | Fourth place |
| 5 | Portugal | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 8 | +10 | 10 | Eliminated in Second round |
| 6 | Ukraine | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 15 | +1 | 10 | Eliminated in Second round |
| 7 | Czech Republic | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 18 | –6 | 6 | Eliminated in Second round |
| 8 | United States | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 21 | –7 | 4 | Eliminated in Second round |
| 9 | Egypt | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 12 | +4 | 3 | Eliminated in First round |
| 10 | Paraguay | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 11 | –3 | 3 | Eliminated in First round |
| 11 | Iran | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 13 | –4 | 3 | Eliminated in First round |
| 12 | Thailand | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 13 | –8 | 3 | Eliminated in First round |
| 13 | Japan | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11 | –6 | 1 | Eliminated in First round |
| 14 | Cuba | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 16 | –13 | 0 | Eliminated in First round |
| 15 | Australia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 18 | –16 | 0 | Eliminated in First round |
| 16 | Chinese Taipei | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 29 | –27 | 0 | Eliminated in First round |