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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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)

Group B

(20 November - 23 November)

Group C

(19 November - 23 November)

Group D

(19 November - 23 November)

Second round

Group E

(26 November - 29 November)

Group F

(25 November - 28 November)

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

Semi-finals

Third-place match

Final

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

External links

• FIFA Futsal World Championship Guatemala 2000, FIFA.com
• FIFA Technical Report