title: 2004 Euro Beach Soccer Cup
text: # 2004 Euro Beach Soccer Cup
  
  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.
  
  ## Participating nations
  
  * Belgium
  * England
  * France
  * Italy
  * Norway
  * Portugal
  * Spain
  * Switzerland
  
  ## Matches
  
  ### Main tournament
  
  | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 27 June 2004 | 27 June 2004 | | | |
  | France | 8 | | | |
  | France | 8 | 28 June 2004 | 28 June 2004 | | |
  | Belgium | 4 | 28 June 2004 | 28 June 2004 | |
  | Belgium | 4 | France | 7 | |
  | 27 June 2004 | 27 June 2004 | | France | 7 | |
  | 27 June 2004 | 27 June 2004 | Portugal | 12 | |
  | Portugal | 14 | Portugal | 12 | |
  | Portugal | 14 | | | | 29 June 2004 | 29 June 2004 |
  | Norway | 3 | | | | 29 June 2004 | 29 June 2004 |
  | Norway | 3 | | | | Portugal | 8 |
  | 27 June 2004 | 27 June 2004 | | | | | Portugal | 8 |
  | 27 June 2004 | 27 June 2004 | | | | Spain | 3 |
  | Italy (a.e.t.) | 6 | | | | Spain | 3 |
  | Italy (a.e.t.) | 6 | 28 June 2004 | 28 June 2004 | | | |
  | Switzerland | 5 | 28 June 2004 | 28 June 2004 | | | |
  | Switzerland | 5 | Italy | 3 | | | |
  | 27 June 2004 | 27 June 2004 | | Italy | 3 | | | |
  | 27 June 2004 | 27 June 2004 | Spain | 11 | | Third place | Third place |
  | Spain | 7 | Spain | 11 | | Third place | Third place |
  | Spain | 7 | | | | 29 June 2004 | 29 June 2004 |
  | England | 2 | | | | 29 June 2004 | 29 June 2004 |
  | England | 2 | | | | Italy (pen.) | 9 (4) |
  | | | | | | France | 9 (3) |
  
  ### Fifth to eighth place deciding matches
  
  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 to eighth place semi finals | Fifth to eighth place semi finals | Fifth place playoff | Fifth place playoff | Fifth place playoff |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | QF1 | Belgium | 9 | | | |
  | QF3 | Norway | 10 | | | |
  | QF3 | Norway | 10 | England | England | 4 |
  | | | | Norway | Norway | 3 |
  | QF2 | Switzerland | 1 | Norway | Norway | 3 |
  | QF4 | England | 2 | Seventh place playoff | Seventh place playoff | Seventh place playoff |
  | | | | Belgium | Belgium | 5 |
  | | | | Switzerland | Switzerland | 4 |
  
  ## Winners
  
  * 2004 Euro Beach Soccer Cup Winners:
  * Portugal Fifth title
  
  ## Final standings
  
  | Rank | Team |
  | - | - |
  | 1 | Portugal |
  | 2 | Spain |
  | 3 | Italy |
  | 4 | France |
  | 5 | England |
  | 6 | Norway |
  | 7 | Belgium |
  | 8 | Switzerland |
  