The 2004 edition of the FIFA Futsal World Championship

FIFA Futsal World Championship

The FIFA Futsal World Cup is the international championship for futsal, an indoor version of association football.The world championship tournament is held every four years, on the even year between two FIFA World Cups. The first event was held in 1989, the year FIFA became the world governing body...

 was held between November 21 and December 5 in the Republic of China

Republic of China

The Republic of China , commonly known as Taiwan , is a unitary sovereign state located in East Asia. Originally based in mainland China, the Republic of China currently governs the island of Taiwan , which forms over 99% of its current territory, as well as Penghu, Kinmen, Matsu and other minor...

 (Taiwan) (officially "Chinese Taipei

Chinese Taipei

Chinese Taipei is the designated name used by the Republic of China , commonly known as Taiwan, to participate in some international organizations and almost all sporting events, such as the Olympics, Paralympics, Asian Games and Asian Para Games...

" for political reasons). It was the fifth World Championship held under the aegis of football

Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

's world governing body. The venues were National Taiwan University Sports Center

National Taiwan University Sports Center

National Taiwan University Sports Center is a major multi-purpose indoor arena in National Taiwan University, Taipei City, Taiwan. It was built by and is now managed by National Taiwan University. The sports center has 4,200 seats....

 in Taipei City and Linkou Gymnasium in Taipei County

Taipei County

New Taipei City is the most populous city of Taiwan. The area includes a substantial stretch of Taiwan's northern coastline and surrounds the Taipei Basin...

 (now New Taipei City).

Spain won the tournament, defeating Italy in the final.

Qualified nations

Competition	Date	Venue	Berths	Qualified
Host Nation			1
2004 AFC Futsal Championship 2004 AFC Futsal Championship The 2004 AFC Futsal Championship was held in Macau, China from 16 April to 25 April 2004.- Draw :- Group A:-------------------------------------Group B:---------------------Group C:--------------------...	April 16-25, 2004	Macau	3
2004 African Futsal Championship	July 9 - September 3, 2004		1
2004 North and Central American Futsal Championship		Costa Rica	2
2003 Copa América - FIFA Futsal		Paraguay	3
2004 Oceanian Futsal Championship 2004 Oceanian Futsal Championship The 2004 OFC Futsal Championship was the fourth edition of the main international futsal tournament of the Oceanian region. It took place in Canberra, Australia from 25 to 29 July 2004....		Australia	1
UEFA Preliminary Competition		Groups	5
TOTAL			16	Field is Finalized

Venues

	NTU Gymnasium National Taiwan University Sports Center National Taiwan University Sports Center is a major multi-purpose indoor arena in National Taiwan University, Taipei City, Taiwan. It was built by and is now managed by National Taiwan University. The sports center has 4,200 seats....	Linkou Gymnasium
City	Taipei	Linkou
Capacity	3,500	15,000

Group A

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;">
Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
	9	3	3	0	0	19	0	+19
	6	3	2	0	1	12	8	+4
	3	3	1	0	2	16	12	+4
	0	3	0	0	3	2	29	–27

EWLINE

	0 - 12
	2 - 0
	0 - 10
	4 - 5
	7 - 2
	0 - 7

Group B

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;">
Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
	9	3	3	0	0	23	2	+21
	6	3	2	0	1	8	5	+3
	3	3	1	0	2	5	15	–10
	0	3	0	0	3	2	18	–16

EWLINE

	0 - 10
	2 - 1
	0 - 5
	9 - 1
	3 - 2
	4 - 1

Group C

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;">
Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
	9	3	3	0	0	15	5	+10
	4	3	1	1	1	7	8	–1
	3	3	1	0	2	8	11	–3
	1	3	0	1	2	5	11	–6

EWLINE

	6 - 3
	4 - 5
	5 - 0
	3 - 1
	2 - 4
	1 - 1

Group D

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;">
Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
	9	3	3	0	0	10	1	+9
	6	3	2	0	1	9	1	+8
	3	3	1	0	2	9	13	–4
	0	3	0	0	3	3	16	–13

EWLINE

	0 - 4
	0 - 3
	8 - 3
	0 - 1
	6 - 1
	5 - 0

Group E

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;">
Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
	7	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4
	6	3	2	0	1	7	4	+3
	4	3	1	1	1	9	7	+2
	0	3	0	0	3	4	13	–11

EWLINE

	2 - 0
	0 - 0
	2 - 3
	4 - 8
	3 - 1
	0 - 3

Group F

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;">
Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
	9	3	3	0	0	16	6	+13
	4	3	1	1	1	3	3	0
	4	3	1	1	1	4	7	–3
	0	3	0	0	3	7	12	–5

EWLINE

	6 - 1
	2 - 1
	2 - 1
	3 - 1
	8 - 5
	0 - 0

Final round

Semi-Finals

Third Place Match

Final

Top goalscorers

The top 10 scorers from the 2004 FIFA Futsal World Cup are as follows:

Rank	Name	Country	Goals
1	Falcão		13
2	Indio Indio Indio may refer to:* Indio, California* Indio, person of indigenous peoples of the Americas* The Spanish Colonial racial term for the native Austronesian peoples of the Philippines between the 16th and 19th centuriesSpecific people:...		10
3	Marcelo Marcelo Marcelo Vieira da Silva Júnior is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Real Madrid and the Brazil national football team. Mainly a left defender, he can also operate as a left winger.-Fluminense:...		9
4	Joel Joel Joel or Yoel may refer to:* Joel , origin of the name including a list of people with the first name* Joel , a prophet of an ancient Israel** Book of Joel, a book in the Jewish Tanakh, and the Christian Bible...		7
	Simi SIMI Simi may refer to:*Symi, a Greek island*Simi Valley, California*Students Islamic Movement of India - a students' social Islamic terrorist organization - now banned - in India.*Society of the Irish Motor Industry...
6	Abou El Komsan		6
	Javi Rodríguez
8	Johnny Torres Johnny Torres Johnny Torres is a Colombian-American soccer midfielder and coach who is currently the interim head coach of his alma mater, Creighton University. Torres has played in Major League Soccer, USL-1, and currently also plays for the Omaha Vipers of the Major Indoor Soccer League. He has also earned...		5
	Michal Mares
	Sandro Zanetti