The 2005 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup was the first edition of the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

The FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup is a bi-annual international beach soccer competition contested by the national teams of the member associations of FIFA, the sport's global governing body. The tournament has taken place every year since its establishment in 1995, when it was originally supervised...

, governed by FIFA

FIFA

The Fédération Internationale de Football Association , commonly known by the acronym FIFA , is the international governing body of :association football, futsal and beach football. Its headquarters are located in Zurich, Switzerland, and its president is Sepp Blatter, who is in his fourth...

. Previous editions before 2005 were not governed by FIFA and were held under the title Beach Soccer World Championships. Overall this was the 11th edition of the world cup since its establishment in 1995. It took place in Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th...

, Brazil

Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

, from 8 May - 15 May 2005. The winners of the tournament were France

France national beach soccer team

The France national beach soccer team represents France in international beach soccer competitions and is controlled by the FFF, the governing body for football in France.-Current squad:Correct as of August 2011:...

, who won their first title.

Organisation

The 12 teams present at the finals in Brazil were split into 4 groups of 3 teams. Each team played the other 2 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

Single-elimination tournament

A single-elimination tournament, also called a knockout, cup or sudden death tournament, is a type of elimination tournament where the loser of each match or bracket is immediately eliminated from winning the championship or first prize in the event...

.

Teams

These are the 12 teams from 6 confederations who were invited to play in the 2005 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup:
Asian zone:

African zone:

European zone:
North, Central American and Caribbean zone:
Oceanian zone:

South American zone:

Host nation: (South America)

Group A

10

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
	2	2	0	0	13	3
6
	2	1	0	1	5	5	0	3
2	0	0	2	3	13
0

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Group B

10

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
	2	2	0	0	13	3
6
	2	1	0	1	3	6
3
2	0	0	2	5	12
0

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Group C

5

6

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
	2	2	0	0	12	7
6
	2	1	0	1	12	6
3
2	0	0	2	4	15
0

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Group D

10

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
	2	2	0	0	13	3
6
	2	1	0	1	5	9
3
2	0	0	2	2	8
0

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Knockout Stage

Quarter finals

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Semi finals

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Third Place Play-off

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Final

Awards

Golden Ball		Silver Ball		Bronze Ball
Madjer Madjer João Victor Saraiva , better known as Madjer, is a Portuguese beach soccer player. He plays in forward position, and has won numerous awards at the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cups for his goalscoring abilities....		Nenem		Amarelle
Golden Shoe		Silver Shoe		Bronze Shoe
Madjer Madjer João Victor Saraiva , better known as Madjer, is a Portuguese beach soccer player. He plays in forward position, and has won numerous awards at the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cups for his goalscoring abilities....		Nenem		Mendy
12 goals		9 goals		8 goals
FIFA Fair Play Award

Top scorers

12 goals Madjer

Madjer

João Victor Saraiva , better known as Madjer, is a Portuguese beach soccer player. He plays in forward position, and has won numerous awards at the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cups for his goalscoring abilities....

9 goals Nenem
8 goals Anthony Mendy
6 goals Romario Benjamin

Benjamin (beach soccer)

Benjamin Pereira da Silva better known as Benjamin is a Brazilian beach soccer player. He plays in forward position.-Beach soccer: Brazil**FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup winner: 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009...

 Buru

Buru (beach soccer)

Venícius Ribeiro Mariane Fambre better known as Bruno is a Brazilian beach soccer player. He plays in defender position.-Beach soccer: Brazil**FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup winner: 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009...

 Jairzinho Cardoso
5 goals Belchior Ricar Alan
4 goals David

4 goals (cont.) Parrillo Juninho Takeshi Kawaharazuka
3 goals Yevgen Varenytsya Amarelle Dmytro Koryenyev Oleksandr Pylypenko Sergiy Bozhenko Noel Sciortino Junior Negao Thierry Ottavy
2 goals Bruno Ricardo Francisco Alberto Acosta

2 goals (cont.) Ezequiel Hilaire Federico Hilaire Martin Nico Seba Victor Moroz Jonas Didier Samoun Jean-Marc Edouard Jorginho

Jorginho (beach soccer)

Jorge Augusto da Cunha Gabriel better known as Jorginho is a Brazilian beach soccer player. He plays in wing position.-Beach soccer: Brazil**FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup winner: 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004...

Marinho Masahito Toma
25 others scored 1 goal each
Own goal Valeiro (For France  )

Final standings

Position	Team
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