2000 FIFA Futsal World Championship
FIFA Futsal World Championship Guatemala 2000
Campeonato Mundial de fútbol sala de la FIFA 2000
Tournament details
Host countryGuatemala
Dates18 November – 3 December
Teams16 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Spain (1st title)
Runners-up Brazil
Third place Portugal
Fourth place Russia
Tournament statistics
Matches played40
Goals scored302 (7.55 per match)
Attendance224,038 (5,601 per match)
Top scorer(s)Brazil Manoel Tobias (19 goals)
Best player(s)Brazil Manoel Tobias

The 2000 FIFA Futsal World Championship was the fourth FIFA Futsal World Championship, the quadrennial international futsal championship contested by the men's national teams of the member associations of FIFA. It was held between 18 November and 3 December 2000 in Guatemala. It was the first FIFA tournament held in the country.

Spain won the tournament, defeating Brazil 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

CompetitionDateVenueBerthsQualified
Host Nation 1 Guatemala
2000 AFC Futsal ChampionshipMay 5–12, 2000 Thailand3 Iran
 Thailand
 Kazakhstan
2000 African Futsal ChampionshipApril 16–21, 2000 Egypt1 Egypt
2000 CONCACAF Futsal ChampionshipJuly 20–29, 2000 Guatemala2 Costa Rica
 Cuba
2000 South American Futsal ChampionshipApril 29 – May 7, 2000 Brazil3 Uruguay
 Argentina
 Brazil
1999 Oceanian Futsal ChampionshipAugust 21–28, 1999Vanuatu Vanuatu1 Australia
UEFA Preliminary CompetitionJanuary 30 – March 5, 2000Groups5 Portugal
 Spain
 Russia
 Croatia
 Netherlands
TOTAL16Field is Finalized

Venues

Guatemala Guatemala City
Domo Polideportivo de la CDAG Gimnasio Nacional Teodoro Palacios Flores
Capacity: 10,000 Capacity: 8,000

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

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
1 December 2000 - Guatemala City
 
 
 Spain 3
 
3 December 2000 - Guatemala City
 
 Russia 2
 
 Spain 4
 
1 December 2000 - Guatemala City
 
 Brazil 3
 
 Brazil 8
 
 
 Portugal 0
 
Third place
 
 
3 December 2000 - Guatemala City
 
 
 Russia2
 
 
 Portugal 4

Semi-finals

Spain 3–2 Russia
Report
  • Verizhnikov Goal 2:01, 38:04
Attendance: 7,128
Referee: Paraguay Francisco Salinas Ramirez
Brazil 8–0 Portugal
Report
Attendance: 7,128
Referee: Argentina Félix Alberto Chavez

Third-place match

Russia 2–4 Portugal
  • Agaphonov Goal 5:01
  • Kupetskov Goal 10:02
Report
Attendance: 7,568
Referee: Spain Pedro Galán Nieto

Final

Spain 4–3 Brazil
Daniel 2' (pen.)
Javi Sánchez 20'
Javi Rodríguez 36' (pen.), 39' (pen.)
Report 18' Anderson
30' Manoel Tobías
35' Vander
Attendance: 7,568
Referee: Croatia Ivan Novak

Champions

 FIFA Futsal World Championships 2000 winners 

Spain
First title

Tournament ranking

RankTeam
1st place, gold medalist(s) Spain
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Brazil
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Portugal
4 Russia
5 Croatia
6 Egypt
7 Argentina
8 Netherlands
9 Uruguay
10 Iran
11 Costa Rica
12 Guatemala
13 Thailand
14 Kazakhstan
15 Australia
16 Cuba
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