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2004 Euro Beach Soccer Cup

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2004 Euro Beach Soccer Cup
Tournament details
Host countryPortugal
Dates27–29 June 2004
Teams8 (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 played12
Goals scored149 (12.42 per match)
2003
2005

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.

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

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Matches

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Main tournament

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
27 June 2004
 
 
 France8
 
28 June 2004
 
 Belgium4
 
 France7
 
27 June 2004
 
 Portugal12
 
 Portugal14
 
29 June 2004
 
 Norway3
 
 Portugal8
 
27 June 2004
 
 Spain3
 
 Italy (a.e.t.)6
 
28 June 2004
 
  Switzerland5
 
 Italy3
 
27 June 2004
 
 Spain11 Third place
 
 Spain7
 
29 June 2004
 
 England2
 
 Italy (pen.)[2]9 (4)
 
 
 France9 (3)
 

Fifth to eighth place deciding matches

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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

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 2004 Euro Beach Soccer Cup
Winners: 

Portugal
Fifth title

Final standings

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Rank Team
1  Portugal
2  Spain
3  Italy
4  France
5  England
6  Norway
7  Belgium
8   Switzerland

References

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  1. ^ http://roonba.com/2004.htm[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "Beach Soccer World Wide". www.beachsoccer.com. Archived from the original on 17 June 2004. Retrieved 12 January 2022.