2005 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (UEFA playoffs)

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (UEFA playoffs) 2005 Brazil 6 – 7 May 2005 4 1 1 1 ESP 1 ITA SUI AUT 4 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.https://www.rsssf.org/tablesf/fifabeach05.html FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 2005 2023-02-05 2023-02-19 https://web.archive.org/web/20230219203545/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesf/fifabeach05.html live 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 ITA (4th) ESP (5th) SUI (6th) BEL (7th, declined invite) AUT (8th) Knockout stage The nations played in a simple knockout format, starting with the semi-finals. Semi-finals 6 May 2005 ITA AUT 4 – 1 Copacabana Beach 6 May 2005 ESP SUI 7 – 4 Copacabana Beach Third place play off 7 May 2005 SUI AUT 7 – 3 Copacabana Beach Final 7 May 2005 ESP ITA 7 – 2 Copacabana Beach Winners beachsoccer Qualification playoff winners Spain Final standings RankTeam 1 ESP 2 ITA 3 SUI 4 AUT Nations qualifying for the world cup FRA (1st, Euro Beach Soccer League) POR (2nd, Euro Beach Soccer League) UKR (3rd, Euro Beach Soccer League) ESP (Playoff winners) References Qualification (Uefa) Category:2005 in beach soccer Category:FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (UEFA) 2005 2005 2005 2005