The 2000 Beach Soccer World Championships was the sixth edition of the ''

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'', the most prestigious competition in international

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contested by men's national teams until 2005, when the competition was then replaced by the second iteration of a world cup in beach soccer, the better known ''

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''. It was organised by Brazilian sports agency Koch Tavares (one of the founding partners of

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). The tournament continued to take place in

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, however for the first time the venue moved away from the sport's birthplace of

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, being staged around ten miles north at the

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. Defending champions

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won their sixth consecutive title, after defeating first time finalists

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6–2 in the concluding match of the tournament.

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and

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both finished inside the top four for the first time, the latter becoming the first Asian nation to do so at a World Championships.

Organisation

With the increase in the number of participating number teams in the previous year, the organisation remained the same at this World Championships, continuing with twelve nations who were split into four groups of three playing each other in a

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format. The top two teams progressed to the quarter finals from which point on the championship was played as a

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until a winner was crowned, with an additional match to determine third place.

Teams

The top finishing European nations in the 1999 Euro Beach Soccer League achieved qualification, along with the top finishers from South America in the 1999/2000 Americas' League. The other nations received invites. Africa and Oceania were unrepresented. Asian Zone (1): * European Zone (5): * * * * * North American Zone (1): * South American Zone (4): * *¹ * * Hosts: * (South America) Notes: :

1. Teams making their debut

Group stage

''Matches are listed as local time in

, ( BRST / UTC-2)''

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Knockout stage

February 18 was allocated as a rest day.

Quarter finals

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Semi-finals

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Third place play-off

Final

Winners

Awards

Final standings

Sources

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