2005 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

The 2005 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup was the first edition of the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, an international beach soccer competition contest by men's national teams and organized by FIFA. Overall, it was the 11th edition of a world cup in beach soccer since its establishment with the first Beach Soccer World Championships in 1995. It took place in at Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, between 8 and 15 May.

France defeated Portugal 1–0 in a penalty shootout, following a 3–3 draw after extra-time, to win their first title.

Organisation
The 12 teams present at the finals in Brazil were split into four groups of three teams. Each team played the other two teams in its group in a round-robin format, with the top two teams advancing to the quarter-finals. The quarter-finals, semi-finals and the final itself was played in the form of a knockout tournament.

Qualification
European teams gained qualification by finishing in the top three spots of the 2004 Euro Beach Soccer League. The final spot was contested between the next four best teams in a small knockout tournament a few days before the World Cup began which saw Spain win. South American and North American qualification was gained by finishing in the top spots of the 2005 CONCACAF and CONMEBOL Beach Soccer Championship. The other nations received invites.

This was the first edition of the World Cup in which every continent had a representative.

Entrants
Asian zone:

African zone:

European zone:
 * 1
 * 1
 * 1
 * 1

North, Central American and Caribbean zone:

Oceanian zone:
 * 1

South American zone:

Host nation:
 * (South America)

Notes:
 * 1)  Teams making their debut.

Group stage
All matches are listed as local time in Rio de Janeiro, (UTC-3)

Top scorers

 * 12 goals
 * Madjer
 * 9 goals
 * 🇧🇷 Nenem
 * 8 goals
 * 🇫🇷 Anthony Mendy
 * 6 goals
 * 🇧🇷 Romário
 * 🇧🇷 Benjamin
 * 🇧🇷 Buru
 * 🇫🇷 Jairzinho Cardoso
 * 5 goals
 * Belchior
 * Ricar
 * Alan


 * 4 goals
 * 🇪🇸 David
 * Parrillo
 * 🇧🇷 Juninho
 * 🇯🇵 Takeshi Kawaharazuka
 * 3 goals
 * 🇺🇦 Yevgen Varenytsya
 * 🇪🇸 Amarelle
 * 🇺🇦 Dmytro Koryenyev
 * 🇺🇦 Oleksandr Pylypenko
 * 🇺🇦 Sergiy Bozhenko
 * 🇫🇷 Noel Sciortino
 * 🇧🇷 Junior Negão
 * 🇫🇷 Thierry Ottavy
 * 2 goals
 * 🇧🇷 Bruno
 * Ricardo Francisco


 * 2 goals (cont.)
 * 🇦🇷 Alberto Acosta
 * 🇦🇷 Ezequiel Hilaire
 * 🇦🇷 Federico Hilaire
 * Martin
 * 🇪🇸 Nico
 * Seba
 * 🇺🇦 Victor Moroz
 * Jonas
 * 🇫🇷 Didier Samoun
 * 🇫🇷 Jean-Marc Edouard
 * 🇧🇷 Jorginho
 * Marinho
 * 🇯🇵 Masahito Toma
 * 25 others scored 1 goal each
 * Own goal
 * 🇪🇸 Valeiro (for France)