2004 Euro Beach Soccer Cup

2004 Euro Beach Soccer Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Portugal
Dates	27–29 June 2004
Teams	8 (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 played	12
Goals scored	149 (12.42 per match)
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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]

•  Belgium
•  England
•  France
•  Italy
•  Norway
•  Portugal
•  Spain
•   Switzerland

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	27 June 2004
	France	8
					28 June 2004
	Belgium	4
					France	7
	27 June 2004
					Portugal	12
	Portugal	14
									29 June 2004
	Norway	3
									Portugal	8
	27 June 2004
									Spain	3
	Italy (a.e.t.)	6
					28 June 2004
	Switzerland	5
					Italy	3
	27 June 2004
					Spain	11			Third place
	Spain	7
									29 June 2004
	England	2
									Italy (pen.)[2]	9 (4)
									France	9 (3)

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

2004 Euro Beach Soccer Cup Winners:
Portugal Fifth title

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