The 2004 Euro Beach Soccer Cup was the sixth Euro Beach Soccer Cup, one of Europe's two major beach soccer championships at the time, held in June 2004, in Lisbon, Portugal. Hosts Portugal won the championship, claiming their fourth successive title and fifth overall, with Spain finishing second. Italy beat France in the third place playoff to finish third and fourth respectively.
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Portugal |
| Dates | 27–29 June 2004 |
| Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Portugal (5th title) |
| Runners-up |  Spain |
| Third place |  Italy |
| Fourth place |  France |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 12 |
| Goals scored | 149 (12.42 per match) |
Eight teams participated in the tournament who played in a straightforward knockout tournament, starting with the quarterfinals, with extra matches deciding the nations who finished in fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth place.[1]
Participating nations edit
Matches edit
Main tournament edit
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 27 June 2004 | ||||||||||
| France | 8 | |||||||||
| 28 June 2004 | ||||||||||
 Belgium | 4 | |||||||||
| France | 7 | |||||||||
| 27 June 2004 | ||||||||||
| Portugal | 12 | |||||||||
| Portugal | 14 | |||||||||
| 29 June 2004 | ||||||||||
 Norway | 3 | |||||||||
| Portugal | 8 | |||||||||
| 27 June 2004 | ||||||||||
| Spain | 3 | |||||||||
| Italy (a.e.t.) | 6 | |||||||||
| 28 June 2004 | ||||||||||
 Switzerland | 5 | |||||||||
| Italy | 3 | |||||||||
| 27 June 2004 | ||||||||||
| Spain | 11 | Third place | ||||||||
| Spain | 7 | |||||||||
| 29 June 2004 | ||||||||||
 England | 2 | |||||||||
| Italy (pen.)[2] | 9 (4) | |||||||||
| France | 9 (3) | |||||||||
Fifth to eighth place deciding matches edit
The following matches took place between the losing nations in the quarterfinals to determine the final standings of the nations finishing in fifth to eighth place. The semifinals took place on the same day of the semifinals of the main tournament and the playoffs took place on the day of the final.
| Fifth to eighth place semi finals | Fifth place playoff | ||||||||
| QF1 | Belgium
| 9 | |||||||
| QF3 | Norway
| 10 | |||||||
| England
| 4 | ||||||||
| Norway
| 3 | ||||||||
| QF2 | Switzerland
| 1 | |||||||
| QF4 | England
| 2 | Seventh place playoff | ||||||
| Belgium
| 5 | ||||||||
| Switzerland
| 4 | ||||||||
Winners edit
| 2004 Euro Beach Soccer Cup Winners: |
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 Portugal Fifth title |
Final standings edit
| Rank | Team |
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| 1 | Portugal
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| 2 | Spain
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| 3 | Italy
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| 4 | France
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| 5 | England
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| 6 | Norway
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| 7 | Belgium
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| 8 | Switzerland
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References edit
- ^ http://roonba.com/2004.htm[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Beach Soccer World Wide". www.beachsoccer.com. Archived from the original on 17 June 2004. Retrieved 12 January 2022.