Beach Soccer World Cup 2000

Infobox International Football Competition
tourney_name = Beach Soccer World Cup
year = 2000
other_titles =
size = 150px
caption = Official logo
country = Brazil
dates = February 13 – February 20
num_teams = 12
confederations = 4
venues = 1
cities = 1
champion = BRA
count = 6
second = PER
third = ESP
fourth = JPN
matches = 20
goals = 172
attendance =
top_scorer = flagicon|BRA Júnior (13 goals)
player = flagicon|BRA Júnior
updated = The 2000 Beach Soccer World Cup was the sixth edition of the Beach Soccer World Championships, the first world cup of the new millennium. The tournament changed it's loaction for the first time since it's establishment in 1995. 2000 would be the last year before Brazil's chain of world cup wins was broken. It stayed in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil but moved to Marina da Glória instead of Copacabana.

Organisation

The organisation stayed the same as the 1999 world cup. 12 teams were split into 4 groups of 3 teams with the top 2 teams progressing to the quarter finals.

Teams

From the 12 teams, 5 teams came from Europe, 5 teams came from South America including the hosts Brazil, 1 team from North America and 1 team from Asia.

European Zone:
*beachsoccer|ESP
*beachsoccer|POR
*beachsoccer|ITA
*beachsoccer|FRA
*beachsoccer|GER

South American Zone:
*beachsoccer|PER
*beachsoccer|VEN (Newcomers)
*beachsoccer|URU
*beachsoccer|ARG

North American Zone:
*beachsoccer|USA

Asian Zone:
*beachsoccer|JPN

Hosts:
*beachsoccer|BRA (South America)

Group Stage

Group A

footballbox
date = February 13, 2000
team1 = beachsoccer|PER
score = 1–0
team2 = beachsoccer|VEN
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = Marina da Glória----footballbox
date = February 14, 2000
team1 = beachsoccer|PER
score = 7–2
team2 = beachsoccer|FRA
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = Marina da Glória----footballbox
date = February 15, 2000
team1 = beachsoccer|VEN
score = 4–0
team2 = beachsoccer|FRA
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = Marina da Glória----

Group D

Awards

coring Award

ources

*http://www.rsssf.com/tablesb/beachwk00.html