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, held in March 2005, in

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. Hosts

won the championship, beating

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in the final, whilst the

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beat

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in the third place play off to finish third and fourth respectively. These nations moved on to play in the

2005 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup The 2005 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup was the first edition of the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, an international beach soccer competition contest by men's national teams and organized by FIFA. Overall, it was the 11th edition of a world cup in beac ...

in Rio de Janeiro from May 8 to May 15.

Participating nations

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Group stage

Group A

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Group B

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Knockout stage

Winners

Final standings

References

{{FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Qualification

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