2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup

December 2009 November 2017 FIFA Futsal World Cup 2008 Copa do Mundo de Futsal da FIFA Brasil 2008 2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup.svg 180px Brazil 30 September – 19 October 20 6 2 2 BRA 4 ESP ITA RUS 56 387 292161 RUS Pula (16 goals) BRA Falcão BRA Tiago ESP 2004 2012 The 2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup was the sixth edition of the FIFA Futsal World Cup, the quadrennial international futsal championship contested by the men's national teams of the member associations of FIFA. It was the first tournament to use the term "World Cup". It was held between 30 September and 19 October 2008 in Brazil. It was the only Futsal World Cup to feature 20 teams. Brazil won the tournament for the fourth time. It was their first title since 1996. Qualifying criteria 2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup qualification Qualified nations Competition Date Venue Berths Qualified Host Nation   1 BRA 2008 AFC Futsal Championship 11–18 May 2008 4 IRN THA JPN CHN 2008 African Futsal Championship 21–30 March 2008 Libya 1977 2 LBY 1977EGY 2008 CONCACAF Futsal Championship 2–8 June 2008 3 GUA CUB USA 2008 Copa América de Futsal 23–28 June 2008 3 URUARGPAR 1990 2008 Oceanian Futsal Championship 8–14 June 2008 1 SOL UEFA Preliminary Competition 23 February – 16 April 2008 Groups 6 ESP POR ITA RUS UKR CZE TOTAL 20 — Venues ArenaMaracanã ArenaNilson Nelson Gymnasium Picture150px|Ginásio do Maracanãzinho150px|Ginásio Nilson Nelson CityRio de JaneiroBrasília Capacity12,10511,160Brazil center 500 Brazil -22.911366 -43.205916 Rio de Janeiro left Brazil -15.793889 -47.882778 Brasília bottom Squads 2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup team squads Each nation submitted a squad of 14 players, including two goalkeepers. Officials Confederation RefereesAFCKyrgyzstan Nurdin BukuevJPN Kazuya IsokawaMalaysia Badrul Hisham KalamAustralia Scott KidsonKOR Kim Jang-KwanChina Li ZhizhongIRN Alireza SohrabiCAFLBY 1977 Tawfik Al-DawiEGY Saiud Abdul-KaderMOZ Asselam KhanCONCACAFGuatemala Carlos del CidCuba Antonio Alvarez BetancourtUSA Jason KrnacCosta Rica Hector MesenPanama Elix PeraltaOFCFiji Amitesh Chandra Behari Confederation RefereesCONMEBOLVenezuela Octalivar HernándezArgentina Sergio GhibaudiBRA Tales GoulartEcuador Franklin LoorColombia Fabián LópezPeru Héctor Rojas FigueroaURU Álvaro SacareloPAR 1990 Nestor Fabian Valiente IbarraUEFAITA Massimo CumboPOR António CardosoESP Roberto Gracia MarinCZE Karel HenychUKR Oleg IvanovRUS Ivan ShabanovCRO Edi SunjicHUN Károly Török First round 2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup – first round Draw The 20 teams were divided in four groups, each group with five teams. The draw was held on 10 July 2008 in Brasília, Brazil 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. Group A TableA BRA 12–1 JPN CUB 10–2 SOL SOL 0–21 BRA RUS 10–5 CUB BRA 7–0 RUS JPN 7–2 SOL JPN 4–1 CUB RUS 31–2 SOL BRA 9–0 CUB RUS 9–1 JPN Group B TableB ITA 1–0 THA PAR 1990 5–0 USA POR 3–2 PAR 1990 USA 1–6 ITA THA 5–3 USA ITA 3–1 POR POR 8–1 USA THA 0–8 PAR 1990 ITA 2–4 PAR 1990 POR 3–2 THA Group C TableC GUA 1–0 EGY ARG 5–0 CHN EGY 2–4 ARG UKR 6–2 GUA CHN 2–6 EGY ARG 2–2 UKR CHN 1–10 GUA UKR 5–1 EGY ARG 2–1 GUA UKR 4–2 CHN Group D TableD ESP 3–3 IRI URU 3–3 LBY 1977 LBY 1977 0–3 ESP CZE 4–1 URU ESP 4–0 CZE Iran 4–2 LBY 1977 CZE 4–2 LBY 1977 Iran 4–2 URU ESP 3–0 URU CZE 2–3 Iran Second round 2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup – second round Group E main WDL Q n y BRA BRA ITA ITA IRI IRI UKR UKR 3 0 0 9 3 1 1 1 9 8 1 1 1 10 10 0 0 3 7 14 green1 A A complete BRA 1–0 IRN UKR 0–4 ITA ITA 0–3 BRA UKR 4–5 IRN BRA 5–3 UKR IRN 5–5 ITA Group F main WDL Q n y ESP ESP RUS RUS ARG ARG PAR PAR 1990 3 0 0 11 4 1 1 1 9 11 0 2 1 6 7 0 1 2 8 12 green1 A A complete PAR 1990 3–3 ARG ESP 5–2 RUS ESP 2–1 ARG RUS 5–4 PAR 1990 ARG 2–2 RUS PAR 1990 1–4 ESP Final round 2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup – final round white-space:nowrap Semifinals Final Third place 16 October 2008 – Rio de Janeiro Russia 2 Brazil 4 16 October 2008 – Rio de Janeiro Spain 3 Italy 2 19 October 2008 – Rio de Janeiro Brazil (pen.) 2 (4) Spain 2 (3) 18 October 2008 – Rio de Janeiro Russia 1 Italy 2 Semi-finals 16 October 2008 Russia 2–4 Brazil Rio de Janeiro 16 October 2008 Spain 3–2 Italy Rio de Janeiro Third place match 18 October 2008 Russia 1–2 Italy Rio de Janeiro Final 19 October 2008 BRA 2–2 yes ESP 4–3 Rio de Janeiro Champions futsal FIFA Futsal World Cup2008 winners BRA Fourth Awards Golden Shoe winnerGolden Ball winnerGolden Gloves winnerRUS PulaBRA FalcãoBRA TiagoSilver Shoe winnerSilver Ball winnerGoal of the TournamentBRA FalcãoBRA SchumacherGUA José Rafael GonzálezBronze Shoe winnerBronze Ball winnerFIFA Fair Play TrophyBRA LenísioBRA TiagoESP Top goalscorers List of 2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup goalscorers The top 10 scorers from the 2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup are as follows: RankNameCountryGoals1PulaRUS162FalcãoBRA153LenísioBRA114SchumacherBRA10Damir KhamadiyevRUS6Vladislav ShayakhmetovRUS97Fabio AlcarazPAR 19908René VillalbaPAR 1990CiriloRUS10Fernando GranaITA7Dmitri PrudnikovRUSFernandãoESP Final tournament rankings Per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-out are counted as draws. Pos PositionTeamPld PlayedW WonD DrawnL LostGF Goals forGA Goals againstGD Goals differencePts PointsFinal result1 BRA9 8 1 0 64 8 +56 25Champions2 ESP9 7 2 0 29 11 +18 23Runners-up3 ITA9 5 1 3 25 18 +7 16Third place4 RUS9 4 1 4 62 32 +30 13Fourth place5 IRN7 4 2 1 24 19 +5 14Eliminated in Second round6 ARG7 3 3 1 19 12 +7 127 PAR 19907 3 1 3 27 17 +10 108 UKR7 3 1 3 24 21 +3 109 POR4 3 0 1 15 8 +7 9Eliminated in First round10 GUA4 2 0 2 14 9 +5 611 CZE4 2 0 2 10 10 0 612 JPN4 2 0 2 13 24 –11 613 EGY4 1 0 3 9 12 –3 314 THA4 1 0 3 7 15 –8 315 CUB4 1 0 3 16 25 –9 316 LBY 19774 0 1 3 7 14 –7 117 URU4 0 1 3 6 14 –8 118 USA4 0 0 4 5 24 –19 019 CHN4 0 0 4 5 25 –20 020 SOL4 0 0 4 6 69 –63 0 References External links FIFA Futsal World Cup Brazil 2008, FIFA.com FIFA Technical Report 2008 Futsal World Cup World Cup Category:2008 in Brazilian football 2008 2008 Category:Football competitions in Rio de Janeiro (city) Category:Football in Brasília Category:International sports competitions in Brasília Category:September 2008 sports events in South America Category:October 2008 sports events in South America