The 2000 FIFA Futsal World Championship was the fourth
FIFA Futsal World Championship, the quadrennial international
futsal Futsal is a football-based game played on a hardcourt, hard court smaller than a football pitch, and mainly indoors. It has similarities to five-a-side football and Indoor soccer, indoor football.
Futsal is played between two teams of five players ...
championship contested by the men's national teams of the member associations of
FIFA
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. It was held between 18 November and 3 December 2000 in
Guatemala
Guatemala ( ; ), officially the Republic of Guatemala ( es, República de Guatemala, links=no), is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico; to the northeast by Belize and the Caribbean; to the east by H ...
. It was the first FIFA tournament held in the country.
Spain
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, image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg
, national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
, i ...
won the tournament, defeating
Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
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
Venues
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
Semi-Finals
Third place match
Final
Champions
Tournament ranking
External links
FIFA Futsal World Championship Guatemala 2000 FIFA.com
FIFA Technical Report
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Fifa Futsal World Championship, 2000
International futsal competitions hosted by Guatemala