2004 FIFA Futsal World Championship

The 2004 FIFA Futsal World Championship was the fifth FIFA Futsal [World Cup|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 21 November and 5 December 2004 in Taiwan. It was the first FIFA tournament held in the country and was the last to feature 16 teams.
Spain national [futsal team|Spain] won their second successive title, defeating Italy in the final.

Top goalscorers

The top 10 scorers from the 2004 FIFA Futsal World Cup are as follows:

Rank	Name	Country	Goals
1	Falcão		13
2	Índio		10
3	Marcelo		9
4	Joel Queirós		7
4	Leandro Simi		7
6	Abou El Komsan		6
6	Javi Rodríguez		6
8	Johnny Torres		5
8	Michal Mareš		5
8	Sandro Zanetti		5

Tournament ranking

Per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-out are counted as draws.

	Team									Final result
1		8	6	1	1	30	7	+23	19	Champions
2		8	6	1	1	29	13	+16	19	Runners-up
3		8	7	1	0	48	15	+33	22	Third place
4		8	4	1	3	21	18	+3	13	Fourth place
5		6	3	1	2	18	8	+10	10	Eliminated in Second round
6		6	3	1	2	16	15	+1	10	Eliminated in Second round
7		6	2	0	4	12	18	–6	6	Eliminated in Second round
8		6	1	1	4	14	21	–7	4	Eliminated in Second round
9		3	1	0	2	16	12	+4	3	Eliminated in First round
10		3	1	0	2	8	11	–3	3	Eliminated in First round
11		3	1	0	2	9	13	–4	3	Eliminated in First round
12		3	1	0	2	5	13	–8	3	Eliminated in First round
13		3	0	1	2	5	11	–6	1	Eliminated in First round
14		3	0	0	3	3	16	–13	0	Eliminated in First round
15		3	0	0	3	2	18	–16	0	Eliminated in First round
16		3	0	0	3	2	29	–27	0	Eliminated in First round