2003 Beach Soccer World Championships
IX Beach Soccer World Championships 2003
IX Campeonato Mundial de Beach Soccer (in Portuguese)
Tournament details
Host countryBrazil
Dates16–23 February
Teams8 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Brazil (8th title)
Runners-up Spain
Third place Portugal
Fourth place France
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored150 (9.38 per match)
Attendance74,700 (4,669 per match)
Top scorer(s)Brazil Neném (15 goals)
Best player(s)Spain Amarelle
Best goalkeeperBrazil Robertinho

The 2003 Beach Soccer World Championships was the ninth edition of the Beach Soccer World Championships, the most prestigious competition in international beach soccer 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 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.[1] It was organized by Brazilian sports agency Koch Tavares in cooperation with and under the supervision of Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW), the sports governing body.[2]

For the first time since 2000, the tournament returned to its native venue at Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The main sponsor was McDonald's.[2]

The tournament saw Brazil win their eighth title by beating first time finalists Spain.

Organisation

As like in the previous year, a record low of eight nations competed in two groups of four teams in a round robin format. The top two teams in each group after all the matches of the group stage had been played progressed into the semi-finals, in which the championship proceeded as a knock-out tournament therein until a winner was crowned, with an additional match to decide third place.

Teams

Qualification

European teams gained qualification by finishing in the top three spots of the 2002 Euro Beach Soccer League. North and South American qualification was based on performances over recent times in a series of events involving teams from the Americas. The other entries received wild-card invites.[3]

Africa and Oceania were unrepresented.

Entrants

This remains the only year in all nineteen editions when no new nations made their debut at a world cup.

Notes:
WC. Wild-card entries.

Group stage

Matches are listed as local time in Rio de Janeiro, (UTC-3)

Group A

Pos Team Pld W W+ L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Brazil 3300266+209Advance to knockout stage
2 Spain 32011913+66
3 Italy 31021119–83
4 United States 3003826–180
Brazil 63 Spain
Junior Negão
Buru
Neném
Benjamin
Report Nico
Eloy
Attendance: 6 000
Referee: Carlos Robles (Chile)

Spain 83 United States
Amarelle
Nico
Busti
Eloy
Q. Setien
David
Report Francis
Beto
Attendance: 4 200
Referee: Elias Coelho (Brazil)
Brazil 72 Italy
Junior Negão
Neném
Benjamin
Juninho
Report Fruzzetti
D’Amico
Attendance: 6 000
Referee: Pinto Correia (Portugal)

Italy 54 United States
Ferrigno
D’Amico
Fruzzetti
Garlini
Report Albuquerque
Ed
Francis
Beto
Attendance: 2 000
Referee: José Luiz da Rosa (Uruguay)

Brazil 131 United States
Jorginho
Júnior Negão
Benjamin
Neném
Juninho
Júlio César
Report Beto
Attendance: 4 500
Referee: Lakhdar Benchabane (France)
Spain 84 Italy
Q.Setien
Eloy
Amarelle
Nico
Javi
Report Garlini
Costacurta
Fruzzetti
Attendance: 3 000
Referee: Elias Coelho (Brazil)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W W+ L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 France 32012014+66Advance to knockout stage
2 Portugal 32011410+46
3 Uruguay 32019906
4 Japan 3003414–100
Uruguay 21 Japan
Fabian
German
Report Mochizuki
Attendance: 4 500
Referee: Antonio Buaiz (Brazil)
France 86 Portugal
Bonora
Edouard
Ottavy
Sciortino
Samoun
Report Madjer
Hernani
Belchior
Alan
Attendance: 6 000
Referee: Carlos Robles (Chile)

Uruguay 65 France
Nico
Fabian
Pico
Chueco
German
Report Sciortino
Jairzinho
Marquet
Samoun
Cantona
Attendance: 2 000
Referee: Evaldo Wellington (Brazil)
Portugal 51 Japan
Alan
Madjer
Report Touma
Attendance: 2 000
Referee: Elias Coelho (Brazil)

France 72 Japan
Sciortino
Jairzinho
Bonora
Cantona
Report Mochizuki
Kawakubo
Attendance: 4 500
Referee: Massimo Magrini (Italy)
Portugal 31 Uruguay
Alan
Setemeio
Report Nico
Attendance: 6 000
Referee: Carlos Robles (Chile)

Knockout stage

February 21 was allocated as a rest day.

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
22 February
 
 
 Brazil7
 
23 February
 
 Portugal2
 
 Brazil8
 
22 February
 
 Spain2
 
 Spain5
 
 
 France4
 
Third place play-off
 
 
23 February
 
 
 Portugal7
 
 
 France4

Semi-finals

Spain 54 France
Amarelle
Nico
Report Jairzinho
Bonora
Sciortino
Marquet
Attendance: 6 000
Referee: Antonio Buaiz (Brazil)

Brazil 72 Portugal
Buru
Jorginho
Benjamin
Neném
Júnior Negão
Report Madjer
Hernani
Attendance: 6 000
Referee: Carlos Robles (Chile)

Third place play-off

Portugal 74 France
Madjer
Alan
Belchior
Pedro Vieira
Pedro Jorge
Report Marquet
Cantona
Sciortino
Bonora
Attendance: 6 000
Referee: João Alberto (Brazil)

Final

Brazil 82 Spain
Júnior Negão
Benjamin
Neném
Jorginho
Report Amarelle
Nico
Attendance: 6 000
Referee: José Luiz da Rosa (Uruguay)

Winners

 2003 Beach Soccer World Championships
champions 

Brazil
Eighth title

Awards

Top scorer
Brazil Neném
15 goals
Best player
Spain Amarelle
Best goalkeeper
Brazil Robertinho
Rookie of the year
Spain Eloy Barreiro

Top goalscorers

Final standings

Pos Grp Team Pld W W+ L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1 A  Brazil 5 5 0 0 41 10 +31 15 Champions
2 A  Spain 5 3 0 2 26 25 +1 9 Runners-up
3 B  Portugal 5 3 0 2 23 21 +2 9 Third place
4 B  France 5 2 0 3 28 26 +2 6 Fourth place
5 B  Uruguay 3 2 0 1 9 9 0 6 Eliminated in the
group stage
6 A  Italy 3 1 0 2 11 19 8 3
7 B  Japan 3 0 0 3 4 14 10 0
8 A  United States 3 0 0 3 8 26 18 0
Source:

References

  1. "FIFA launches first ever FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup". FIFA.com. 1 February 2005. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  2. 1 2 "Rio volta a sediar Mundial, em fevereiro, na Praia de Copacabana" (in Portuguese). beachsoccerbrasil.com.br. 30 January 2003. Archived from the original on May 12, 2003. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  3. "IX Campeonato Mundial de Beach Soccer, 16 a 23 de fevereiro/2003, Praia de Copacabana/RJ" (in Portuguese). beachsoccerbrasil.com.br. Archived from the original on 18 June 2003. Retrieved 8 May 2016.

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