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2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup


FieldValue
tourney_nameFIFA Futsal World Cup
year2008
other_titlesCopa do Mundo de Futsal da FIFA
Brasil 2008
image2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup.svg
size180px
countryBrazil
dates30 September – 19 October
num_teams20
confederations6
venues2
cities2
champion_other
count4
second_other
third_other
fourth_other
matches56
goals387
attendance292161
top_scorerPula (16 goals)
playerFalcão
goalkeeperTiago
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

CompetitionDateVenueBerthsQualifiedTOTAL20
Host Nation1
[2008 AFC Futsal Championship](2008-afc-futsal-championship)11–18 May 20084
[2008 African Futsal Championship](2008-african-futsal-championship)21–30 March 2008Libya2
[2008 CONCACAF Futsal Championship](2008-concacaf-futsal-championship)2–8 June 20083
[2008 Copa América de Futsal](2008-copa-america-de-futsal)23–28 June 20083
[2008 Oceanian Futsal Championship](2008-oceanian-futsal-championship)8–14 June 20081
[UEFA Preliminary Competition](2008-fifa-futsal-world-cup-qualification-uefa)23 February – 16 April 2008Groups6

Venues

ArenaMaracanã ArenaNilson Nelson GymnasiumPictureCityCapacity
[[File:Maracanãzinho.jpg150pxGinásio do Maracanãzinho]][[File:GinasioNilsonNelson01.jpg150pxGinásio Nilson Nelson]]
Rio de JaneiroBrasília
12,10511,160
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Squads

Main article: 2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup team squads

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

Officials

ConfederationReferees
AFCKyrgyzstan Nurdin Bukuev
JPN Kazuya Isokawa
Malaysia Badrul Hisham Kalam
Australia Scott Kidson
KOR Kim Jang-Kwan
China Li Zhizhong
IRN Alireza Sohrabi
CAFLBY Tawfik Al-Dawi
EGY Saiud Abdul-Kader
MOZ Asselam Khan
CONCACAFGuatemala Carlos del Cid
Cuba Antonio Alvarez Betancourt
USA Jason Krnac
Costa Rica Hector Mesen
Panama Elix Peralta
OFCFiji Amitesh Chandra Behari
ConfederationReferees
CONMEBOLVenezuela 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
UEFAITA 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

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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 winnerGolden Ball winnerGolden Gloves winnerSilver Shoe winnerSilver Ball winnerGoal of the TournamentBronze Shoe winnerBronze Ball winnerFIFA Fair Play Trophy
PulaFalcãoTiago
FalcãoSchumacherJosé Rafael González
LenísioTiago

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:

RankNameCountryGoals
1Pula16
2Falcão15
3Lenísio11
4Schumacher10
Damir Khamadiyev
6Vladislav Shayakhmetov9
7Fabio Alcaraz8
René Villalba
Cirilo
10Fernando Grana7
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.

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsFinal result
19810648+56**25**Champions
297202911+18**23**Runners-up
395132518+7**16**Third place
494146232+30**13**Fourth place
574212419+5**14**Eliminated in [Second round](2008-fifa-futsal-world-cup-second-round)
673311912+7**12**
773132717+10**10**
873132421+3**10**
94301158+7**9**Eliminated in [First round](2008-fifa-futsal-world-cup-first-round)
104202149+5**6**
11420210100**6**
1242021324–11**6**
134103912–3**3**
144103715–8**3**
1541031625–9**3**
164013714–7**1**
174013614–8**1**
184004524–19**0**
194004525–20**0**
204004669–63**0**

References

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