From Surf Wiki (app.surf) — the open knowledge base

2005 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (UEFA playoffs)

Field	Value
tourney_name	FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (UEFA playoffs)
year	2005
country	Brazil
dates	6 – 7 May 2005
num_teams	4
confederations	1
venues	1
cities	1
champion_other
count	1
second_other
third_other
fourth_other
matches	4
goals	35

The 2005 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification playoffs for (UEFA) was a special, one-off beach soccer tournament to determine the fourth European nation that would be competing in the 2005 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup. The tournament started two days before the start of the world cup, ending the day before the opening match, from May 6 - May 7, 2005, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The winners of the playoffs were Spain.

Overview

Three nations had already confirmed their places in the world cup by finishing first, second and third in the 2004 Euro Beach Soccer League, being France, Portugal and Ukraine. The teams who finished in fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh were called back to compete for the final place at the world cup, however seventh place Belgium declined the invitation to participate, so eighth place Austria competed instead.

Participating nations

(4th)
(5th)
(6th)
(7th, declined invite)
(8th)

Knockout stage

The nations played in a simple knockout format, starting with the semi-finals.

Semi-finals

Third place play off

Final

Winners

Final standings

Rank	Team
	1	****
	2	****
	3	****
	4

Nations qualifying for the world cup

(1st, Euro Beach Soccer League)
(2nd, Euro Beach Soccer League)
(3rd, Euro Beach Soccer League)
(Playoff winners)

References

"FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 2005".

Info: Wikipedia Source

This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page.

2005-fifa-beach-soccer-world-cup 2005-in-beach-soccer fifa-beach-soccer-world-cup-qualification-(uefa) austria–italy-sports-relations austria–switzerland-sports-relations italy–spain-sports-relations spain–switzerland-sports-relations

Want to explore this topic further?

Ask Mako anything about 2005 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (UEFA playoffs) — get instant answers, deeper analysis, and related topics.

Research with Mako

Free with your Surf account

Content sourced from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

This content may have been generated or modified by AI. CloudSurf Software LLC is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of AI-generated content. Always verify important information from primary sources.

Report