1998 Beach Soccer World Championships

150px Official logo Brazil January 18–25 10 3 1 1 BRA 4 FRA URU PER 24 216 BRA Júnior (14 goals) BRA Júnior BRA Paulo Sérgio 1997 1999 The 1998 Beach Soccer World Championships was the fourth edition of the Beach Soccer World Championships, the most prestigious competition in international beach soccer contested by men's national teams until 2005, when the competition was then replaced by the second iteration of a world cup in beach soccer, the better known FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.http://www.fifa.com/media/news/y=2005/m=2/news=fifa-launches-first-ever-fifa-beach-soccer-world-cup-96141.html https://web.archive.org/web/20161220074850/http://www.fifa.com/media/news/y=2005/m=2/news=fifa-launches-first-ever-fifa-beach-soccer-world-cup-96141.html dead 20 December 2016 FIFA launches first ever FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup FIFA.com 16 November 2020 1 February 2005 It was organised by Brazilian sports agency Koch Tavares (one of the founding partners of Beach Soccer Worldwide). The tournament continued to take place at Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. For the first time, the number of teams competing was raised, from eight to ten. This change saw the longest group stage until the world cup became a 16-team event in 2006. Brazil, the three-time defending champions, successfully defended their title again to win their fourth World Championship by beating France 9–2 in the final. This was the first time a European nation appeared in the final of the World Championship. Organisation The number of teams competing this year was increased to ten which meant necessary alterations to the past organisational structure of the tournament. The nations were split into two groups, just as in previous editions, however this time since ten nations were competing instead of eight, both groups consisted of five nations rather than four. The countries competed in a round robin format. The top two teams then progressed to the semi-finals from which point onward the championship was played as a knock-out tournament until a winner was crowned, with an additional match to determine third place. Teams Africa, Asia and Oceania were unrepresented. European Zone (4): ESP1 ITA FRA POR North American Zone (1): USA South American Zone (4): ARG CHI1 PER1 URU Hosts: BRA (South America) Notes: 1. Teams making their debut Group stage Group A Pos PositionTeamPld PlayedW WinsW+ Wins in extra time or on penaltiesL LostGF Goals forGA Goals againstGD Goal differencePts PointsQualification1 BRA4400386+3212Advance to knockout stage2 PER43012123–29 3 ESP42021722–564 ARG41031319–635 ITA40041231–190 January 18, 1998 BRA 14–1 ITA     Copacabana beach January 18, 1998 ARG 4–5 PER     Copacabana beach January 19, 1998 BRA 9–2 PER     Copacabana beach January 19, 1998 ESP 4–3 ITA     Copacabana beach January 20, 1998 PER 7–4 ITA     Copacabana beach January 20, 1998 ESP 5–2 ARG     Copacabana beach January 21, 1998 BRA 5–1 ARG     Copacabana beach January 21, 1998 PER 7–6 ESP     Copacabana beach January 22, 1998 ARG 6–4 ITA     Copacabana beach January 22, 1998 BRA 10–2 ESP     Copacabana beach Group B Pos PositionTeamPld PlayedW WinsW+ Wins in extra time or on penaltiesL LostGF Goals forGA Goals againstGD Goal differencePts PointsQualification1 FRA43011715+29Advance to knockout stage2 URU42021517–263 POR42022213+964 USA42021314–165 CHI41031422–83 Note: Portugal, the United States and Uruguay were tied on 6 points each and one win against each other in their head-to-head records Uruguay progressed based on having the best goal difference in the head-to-head results (URU +1, POR 0, USA –1) January 18, 1998 POR 11–1 CHI     Copacabana beach January 18, 1998 USA 4–2 URU     Copacabana beach January 19, 1998 CHI 5–1 URU     Copacabana beach January 19, 1998 FRA 4–3 USA     Copacabana beach January 20, 1998 FRA 3–2 POR     Copacabana beach January 20, 1998 USA 4–3 CHI     Copacabana beach January 21, 1998 FRA 6–5 CHI     Copacabana beach January 21, 1998 URU 7–4 POR     Copacabana beach January 22, 1998 POR 5–2 USA     Copacabana beach January 22, 1998 URU 5–4 FRA     Copacabana beach Knockout stage Semi-finals January 24, 1998 FRA 4–4 yes 2–1 PER     Copacabana beach January 24, 1998 BRA 5–1 URU     Copacabana beach Third place play-off January 25, 1998 URU 6–3 PER     Copacabana beach Final January 25, 1998 10:00 UTC−2 BRA 9–2 http://www.correiodopovo.com.br/jornal/A103/N118/HTML/22MAISUM.htm FRA Júnior Neném Magal Júnior Negão Renan Juninho Jeannol Micciche Copacabana beach Winners beachsoccer 1998 Beach Soccer World Championshipschampions Brazil Fourth Awards Top scorersBRA Júnior14 goalsBest playerBRA JúniorBest goalkeeperBRA Paulo Sérgio Final standings main WDL complete yes W+ BRA FRA URU PER POR ESP USA ARG CHI ITA BRA A 6 0 0 52 9 ESP A 2 0 2 17 22 POR B 2 0 2 22 13 ITA A 0 0 4 12 31 FRA B 3 1 2 24 29 URU B 3 0 3 22 25 CHI B 1 0 3 14 22 PER A 3 0 3 29 34 USA B 2 0 2 13 14 ARG A 1 0 3 13 19 yes 1st 2nd 3rd 4th GS GS GS GS GS GS Final result #FFD700 Champions #C0C0C0 Runners-up #CD7F32 Third place Fourth place Eliminated in thequarter finals Eliminated in thegroup stage 3 2 0 Sources RSSSF Roonba https://web.archive.org/web/20201116175148/http://theroonba.com/beach98.htm 2020-11-16 1998 1998 Category:1998 in beach soccer Category:1998 in Brazilian football