2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Brazil
Dates	30 September - 19 October
Teams	20 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Brazil (4th title)
Runner-up	Spain
Third place	Italy
Fourth place	Russia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	56
Goals scored	387 (6.91 per match)
Attendance	292,161 (5,217 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Pula (16 goals)
Best player	Falcão

The 2008 edition of the FIFA Futsal World Cup was held in Brazil from September 30 to October 19. It was the sixth World Championship held under the aegis of football's world governing body. The venues were Nilson Nelson Gymnasium in Brasília and Ginásio do Maracanãzinho in Rio de Janeiro. The opening ceremony took place in Brasília with the finals in Rio. For the first time, 20 teams participated making this the largest edition ever held.

Contents 1 Qualifying criteria 1.1 Qualified nations 2 Venues 3 Squads 4 Officials 5 First Round 5.1 Draw 5.2 Tie break rule 5.3 Group A 5.4 Group B 5.5 Group C 5.6 Group D 6 Second Round 6.1 Group E 6.2 Group F 7 Final Round 8 Winner 9 Awards 10 Top goalscorers

[edit] Qualifying criteria

[edit] Qualified nations

Competition	Date	Venue	Berths	Qualified
Host Nation			1	Brazil
2008 AFC Futsal Championship	May 11-18, 2008	Thailand	4	Iran  Thailand  Japan  China
2008 African Futsal Championship	March 21-30, 2008	Libya	2	Libya  Egypt
2008 CONCACAF Futsal Championship	June 2-8, 2008	Guatemala	3	Guatemala  Cuba  United States
2008 Copa América - FIFA Futsal	June 23-28, 2008	Uruguay	3	Uruguay  Argentina  Paraguay
2008 Oceanian Futsal Championship	June 8-14, 2008	Fiji	1	Solomon Islands
UEFA Preliminary Competition	23 Feb.- 16 Apr. 2008	Groups	6	Spain  Portugal  Italy  Russia  Ukraine  Czech Republic
TOTAL			20	Field is Finalized

[edit] Venues

Arena	Maracanã Arena	Nilson Nelson Gymnasium
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City	Rio de Janeiro	Brasília
Capacity	12,105	11,160

[edit] Squads

Each nation submitted a squad of 14 players, including two goalkeepers.

[edit] Officials

Confederation Referees AFC Nurdin Bukuev Kazuya Isokawa Badrul Hisham Kalam Scott Kidson Kim Jang-Kwan Li Zhizhong Alireza Sohrabi CAF Tawfik Al-Dawi Saiud Abdul-Kader Asselam Khan CONCACAF Carlos del Cid Antonio Álvarez Jason Krnac Hector Mesen Elix Peralta OFC Amitesh Chandra Behari

Confederation Referees CONMEBOL Octalivar Hernández Sergio Ghibaudi Tales Goulart Franklin Loor Fabián López Héctor Rojas Álvaro Sacarelo Nestor Ibarra UEFA Massimo Cumbo António Cardoso Roberto Gracia Karel Henych Oleg Ivanov Ivan Shabanov Edi Sunjic Károly Török

[edit] First Round

[edit] Draw

The 20 teams were divided in four groups, each group with five teams. The draw was held on July 10, 2008 in Brasilia, Brazil

[edit] Tie break rule

In case two or more teams are equal on points, their ranking is determined by the results of matches between the tied teams only. If there is still a tie after this, the ranking is determined by goals difference in all group matches.

[edit] Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Brazil	4	4	0	0	49	1	+48	12
Russia	4	3	0	1	50	14	+36	9
Japan	4	2	0	2	13	24	−11	6
Cuba	4	1	0	3	16	25	−9	3
Solomon Islands	4	0	0	4	6	69	−63	0

Brazil	12 - 1	Japan
Cuba	10 - 2	Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands	0 - 21	Brazil
Russia	10 - 5	Cuba
Brazil	7 - 0	Russia
Japan	7 - 2	Solomon Islands
Japan	4 - 1	Cuba
Russia	31 - 2	Solomon Islands
Brazil	9 - 0	Cuba
Russia	9 - 1	Japan

[edit] Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA Diff Pts  Paraguay 4 3 0 1 19 5 14 9  Italy 4 3 0 1 12 6 6 9  Portugal 4 3 0 1 15 8 7 9  Thailand 4 1 0 3 7 15 -8 3  United States 4 0 0 4 5 24 -19 0

Italy  1 - 0  Thailand Paraguay  5 - 0  United States Portugal  3 - 2  Paraguay United States  1 - 6  Italy Thailand  5 - 3  United States Italy  3 - 1  Portugal Portugal  8 - 1  United States Thailand  0 - 8  Paraguay Italy  2 - 4  Paraguay Portugal  3 - 2  Thailand

[edit] Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA Diff Pts  Ukraine 4 3 1 0 17 7 10 10  Argentina 4 3 1 0 13 5 8 10  Guatemala 4 2 0 2 14 9 5 6  Egypt 4 1 0 3 9 12 -3 3  China 4 0 0 4 5 25 -20 0

Guatemala  1 - 0  Egypt Argentina  5 - 0  China Egypt  2 - 4  Argentina Ukraine  6 - 2  Guatemala China  2 - 6  Egypt Argentina  2 - 2  Ukraine China  1 - 10  Guatemala Ukraine  5 - 1  Egypt Argentina  2 - 1  Guatemala Ukraine  4 - 2  China

[edit] Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Spain	4	3	1	0	13	3	+10	10
Iran	4	3	1	0	14	9	+5	10
Czech Republic	4	2	0	2	10	10	0	6
Libya	4	0	1	3	7	14	−7	1
Uruguay	4	0	1	3	6	14	−8	1

Spain	3 - 3	Iran
Uruguay	3 - 3	Libya
Libya	0 - 3	Spain
Czech Republic	4 - 1	Uruguay
Spain	4 - 0	Czech Republic
Iran	4 - 2	Libya
Czech Republic	4 - 2	Libya
Iran	4 - 2	Uruguay
Spain	3 - 0	Uruguay
Czech Republic	2 - 3	Iran

[edit] Second Round

[edit] Group E

Team Pld W D L GF GA Diff Pts  Brazil 3 3 0 0 9 3 6 9  Italy 3 1 1 1 9 8 1 4  Iran 3 1 1 1 10 10 0 4  Ukraine 3 0 0 3 7 14 -7 0

Brazil  1 - 0  Iran Ukraine  0 - 4  Italy Italy  0 - 3  Brazil Ukraine  4 - 5  Iran Brazil  5 - 3  Ukraine Iran  5 - 5  Italy

[edit] Group F

Team Pld W D L GF GA Diff Pts  Spain 3 3 0 0 11 4 7 9  Russia 3 1 1 1 9 11 -2 4  Argentina 3 0 2 1 6 7 -1 2  Paraguay 3 0 1 2 8 12 -4 1

Paraguay  3 - 3  Argentina Spain  5 - 2  Russia Spain  2 - 1  Argentina Russia  5 - 4  Paraguay Argentina  2 - 2  Russia Paraguay  1 - 4  Spain

[edit] Final Round

	Semifinals				Final
	16 October 2008 - Rio de Janeiro
	Russia	2
	Brazil	4
					19 October 2008 - Rio de Janeiro
					Brazil (pen.)	2 (4)
					Spain	2 (3)
					Third place
	16 October 2008 - Rio de Janeiro			18 October 2008 - Rio de Janeiro
	Spain (a.e.t.)	3		Russia	1
	Italy	2			Italy	2

[edit] Winner

FIFA Futsal World Cup 2008 Winners
Brazil Fourth title

[edit] Awards

Golden Shoe winner	Golden Ball winner	Golden Gloves winner	FIFA Fair Play Trophy
Pula	Falcão	Tiago	Spain

Silver Shoe winner	Bronze Shoe winner	Silver Ball winner	Bronze Ball winner
Falcão	Lenísio	Schumacher	Tiago

Goal Of The Tournament
José Rafael Gonzalez

[edit] Top goalscorers

The top 10 scorers from the 2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup are as follows:

Rank	Name	Country	Goals
1	Pula	Russia	16
2	Falcão	Brazil	15
3	Lenísio	Brazil	11
4	Schumacher	Brazil	10
	Damir Khamadiev	Russia
6	Vladislav Shayakhmetov	Russia	9
7	Fabio Alcaraz	Paraguay	8
	René Villalba	Paraguay
	Sirilo	Russia
10	Grana	Italy	7
	Dmitry Prudnikov	Russia
	Fernandao	Spain

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