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2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| tourney_name | FIFA Futsal World Cup |
| year | 2008 |
| other_titles | Copa do Mundo de Futsal da FIFA |
| Brasil 2008 | |
| image | 2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup.svg |
| size | 180px |
| country | Brazil |
| dates | 30 September – 19 October |
| num_teams | 20 |
| confederations | 6 |
| venues | 2 |
| cities | 2 |
| champion_other | |
| count | 4 |
| second_other | |
| third_other | |
| fourth_other | |
| matches | 56 |
| goals | 387 |
| attendance | 292161 |
| top_scorer | Pula (16 goals) |
| player | Falcão |
| goalkeeper | Tiago |
| fair_play | |
| prevseason | [2004](2004-fifa-futsal-world-championship) |
| nextseason | [2012](2012-fifa-futsal-world-cup) |
Brasil 2008
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
Main article: 2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup qualification
Qualified nations
| Competition | Date | Venue | Berths | Qualified | TOTAL | 20 | — |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host Nation | 1 | ||||||
| [2008 AFC Futsal Championship](2008-afc-futsal-championship) | 11–18 May 2008 | 4 | |||||
| [2008 African Futsal Championship](2008-african-futsal-championship) | 21–30 March 2008 | Libya | 2 | ||||
| [2008 CONCACAF Futsal Championship](2008-concacaf-futsal-championship) | 2–8 June 2008 | 3 | |||||
| [2008 Copa América de Futsal](2008-copa-america-de-futsal) | 23–28 June 2008 | 3 | |||||
| [2008 Oceanian Futsal Championship](2008-oceanian-futsal-championship) | 8–14 June 2008 | 1 | |||||
| [UEFA Preliminary Competition](2008-fifa-futsal-world-cup-qualification-uefa) | 23 February – 16 April 2008 | Groups | 6 |
Venues
| Arena | Maracanã Arena | Nilson Nelson Gymnasium | Picture | City | Capacity | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[File:Maracanãzinho.jpg | 150px | Ginásio do Maracanãzinho]] | [[File:GinasioNilsonNelson01.jpg | 150px | Ginásio Nilson Nelson]] | |||||
| Rio de Janeiro | Brasília | |||||||||
| 12,105 | 11,160 | |||||||||
| {{location map+ | Brazil | float=center | width=500 | caption= | places= |
Squads
Main article: 2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup team squads
Each nation submitted a squad of 14 players, including two goalkeepers.
Officials
| Confederation | Referees |
|---|---|
| AFC | Kyrgyzstan Nurdin Bukuev |
| JPN Kazuya Isokawa | |
| Malaysia Badrul Hisham Kalam | |
| Australia Scott Kidson | |
| KOR Kim Jang-Kwan | |
| China Li Zhizhong | |
| IRN Alireza Sohrabi | |
| CAF | LBY Tawfik Al-Dawi |
| EGY Saiud Abdul-Kader | |
| MOZ Asselam Khan | |
| CONCACAF | Guatemala Carlos del Cid |
| Cuba Antonio Alvarez Betancourt | |
| USA Jason Krnac | |
| Costa Rica Hector Mesen | |
| Panama Elix Peralta | |
| OFC | Fiji Amitesh Chandra Behari |
| Confederation | Referees |
|---|---|
| CONMEBOL | Venezuela Octalivar Hernández |
| Argentina Sergio Ghibaudi | |
| BRA Tales Goulart | |
| Ecuador Franklin Loor | |
| Colombia Fabián López | |
| Peru Héctor Rojas Figueroa | |
| URU Álvaro Sacarelo | |
| PAR Nestor Fabian Valiente Ibarra | |
| UEFA | ITA Massimo Cumbo |
| POR António Cardoso | |
| ESP Roberto Gracia Marin | |
| CZE Karel Henych | |
| UKR Oleg Ivanov | |
| RUS Ivan Shabanov | |
| CRO Edi Sunjic | |
| HUN Károly Török |
First round
Main article: 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
Group B
| **** | ** 3–2 ** | **** |
|---|
Group C
| **** | ** 4–2 ** | **** |
|---|
Group D
| **** | ** 2–3 ** | **** |
|---|
Second round
Main article: 2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup – second round
Group E
| **** | ** 5–5 ** | **** |
|---|
Group F
| **** | ** 1–4 ** | **** |
|---|
Final round
Main article: 2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup – final round
|16 October 2008 – Rio de Janeiro||2|**** |4 |16 October 2008 – Rio de Janeiro|** ** |3| |2 |19 October 2008 – Rio de Janeiro|** (pen.)** |2 (4) | |2 (3) |18 October 2008 – Rio de Janeiro||1|**** |2
Semi-finals
Third place match
Final
Champions
Awards
| Golden Shoe winner | Golden Ball winner | Golden Gloves winner | Silver Shoe winner | Silver Ball winner | Goal of the Tournament | Bronze Shoe winner | Bronze Ball winner | FIFA Fair Play Trophy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pula | Falcão | Tiago | ||||||
| Falcão | Schumacher | José Rafael González | ||||||
| Lenísio | Tiago |
Top goalscorers
Main article: List of 2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup goalscorers
The top 10 scorers from the 2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup are as follows:
| Rank | Name | Country | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pula | 16 | |
| 2 | Falcão | 15 | |
| 3 | Lenísio | 11 | |
| 4 | Schumacher | 10 | |
| Damir Khamadiyev | |||
| 6 | Vladislav Shayakhmetov | 9 | |
| 7 | Fabio Alcaraz | 8 | |
| René Villalba | |||
| Cirilo | |||
| 10 | Fernando Grana | 7 | |
| Dmitri Prudnikov | |||
| Fernandão |
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 | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 64 | 8 | +56 | **25** | Champions | |
| 2 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 11 | +18 | **23** | Runners-up | |
| 3 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 18 | +7 | **16** | Third place | |
| 4 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 62 | 32 | +30 | **13** | Fourth place | |
| 5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 19 | +5 | **14** | Eliminated in [Second round](2008-fifa-futsal-world-cup-second-round) | |
| 6 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 12 | +7 | **12** | ||
| 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 17 | +10 | **10** | ||
| 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 21 | +3 | **10** | ||
| 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 8 | +7 | **9** | Eliminated in [First round](2008-fifa-futsal-world-cup-first-round) | |
| 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 9 | +5 | **6** | ||
| 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 0 | **6** | ||
| 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 24 | –11 | **6** | ||
| 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 12 | –3 | **3** | ||
| 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 15 | –8 | **3** | ||
| 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 25 | –9 | **3** | ||
| 16 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 14 | –7 | **1** | ||
| 17 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 14 | –8 | **1** | ||
| 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 24 | –19 | **0** | ||
| 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 25 | –20 | **0** | ||
| 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 69 | –63 | **0** |
References
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