2012 FIFA Futsal World Cup

Bid process

On 20 July 2009, FIFA launched the bidding for the 2012 FIFA Futsal World Cup with the following timeline:

• Declaration of interest: 1 September 2009, deadline for the member associations to declare their interest in hosting the tournament.
• FIFA Hosting Agreements: 30 September 2009, deadline for FIFA to send out the Hosting Agreements to those associations who have declared an interest to host the tournament.
• Bidding Agreement: 15 November 2009, deadline for the member associations to reconfirm their interest in bidding the tournament.
• Hosting Agreement: 15 January 2010, deadline for the member associations to submit the signed Hosting Agreements.
• Appointment of hosts by the FIFA Executive Committee: March 2010.

On 19 March 2010, during its Executive Committee meeting, FIFA chose Thailand to host the 2012 FIFA Futsal World Cup. Thailand beat bids from China, Iran, Azerbaijan, Czech Republic, Sri Lanka and Guatemala.

Qualification

Main article: 2012 FIFA Futsal World Cup qualification

The host nation, Thailand, qualified automatically.

Qualified nations

:1.Teams that will make their debut.

Venues

The matches were originally due to take place across four venues. Due to construction delays and failure to meet the security requirement, early matches scheduled at the Bangkok Futsal Arena were moved to the Indoor Stadium Huamark. After the final inspection on 5 November, FIFA announced that the Bangkok Futsal Arena had not sufficiently met the criteria. The two quarter-final matches would be played at Nimibutr Stadium, while Indoor Stadium Huamark would host the semifinals and the final.

Squads

Main article: 2012 FIFA Futsal World Cup squads

Each team submitted a squad of 14 players, including two goalkeepers. The squads were announced on 25 October 2012.

Match officials

The following were the officials for the 2012 FIFA Futsal World Cup.

Draw

The official draw for the World Cup was held at the St. Regis Hotel in Bangkok, Thailand on 24 August 2012.

The 24 teams were divided in six groups, each group with four teams.

Group stage

The group winners and runners up along with the 4 highest rank third places advanced to the round of 16.

The ranking of each team in each group will be determined as follows:

1. greatest number of points obtained in all group matches;
2. goal difference in all group matches;
3. greatest number of goals scored in all group matches; If two or more teams are equal on the basis of the above three criteria, their rankings will be determined as follows:
4. greatest number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
5. goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned;
6. greater number of goals scored in all group matches between the teams concerned;
7. drawing of lots by the FIFA Organising Committee.

All times are Thailand Standard Time (UTC+07:00).

Group A

Shoturma

Suphawut Jirawat

Alcaraz Villalba Navarrete Cubillo

Suphawut Jirawat Chepornyuk Rogachov Pavlenko

Ovsyannikov Sorokin Pavlenko

Ayala J. Salas Jetsada

Group B

Lasso Mena Gálvez Hinks Goodridge Derrou Habil

Lozano H. Tayyebi

Kazemi

Lin Borja Aicardo Alemao Miguelín Alvarado

Kazemi Taheri Pérez Alvarado

Borja Fernandão Álvaro

Group C

Nandinho Marinho

Neto Vinicius

Ricardinho Cardinal Hoshi Kitahara Henmi

Rodrigo Neto Fernandinho Vinicius Jé Rafael

Hoshi Osodo

Fernandinho Neto

Group D

Assis Lima Forte Romano Honorio Mentasti Merlim

Rescia Amas Borruto

Cimitile Giovenali

Cuzzolino Fortino Assis

Fortino Leggiero

Cuzzolino Lucuix Vaporaki Garcías Amas

Group E

Belej Koudelka Al-Taweel

Janjić Kocić

Lazić Rajčević Bojović Pavićević

Bougy Mohamed Nader Mizo Rešetár

Bojović Belej

Al-Mutairi Al-Taweel Mohamed

Group F

Escobar Aguilar Acevedo Enríquez Reyes

Pula Lima Prudnikov Sergeev Robinho Suchilin Fukin

Quiroz Reyes Duque Abril Caro Fonnegra Prado Osifelo Lea'alafa

Shayakhmetov Cirilo Prudnikov Lima Suchilin

Bule Lea'alafa Talo Aguilar Enríquez

Robinho

Ranking of third-placed teams

Knockout phase

In the knockout stages, if a match is level at the end of normal playing time, extra time shall be played (two periods of five minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by kicks from the penalty mark to determine the winner. However, for the third place match, no extra time shall be played and the winner shall be determined by kicks from the penalty mark.

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Round of 16

Matos Ricardinho

Fedorchenko Zhurba Rogachov Ovsyannikov Kitahara

Fernandão Aicardo Ortiz Álvaro

Caro

dos Santos Fortino

Jé Rodrigo Ari Simi Neto Vinícius Rafael Falcão

Pula Cirilo

Rescia

Quarter-finals

Borruto Falcão

Caro Abril

Lima Fortino Honorio

Fernandão Lozano Alemao

Semi-finals

Alemao Lozano Lin

Toro

Third place match

Fortino

Final

Aicardo Falcão

Champions

Goalscorers

;9 goals

• Éder Lima

;8 goals

• Rodolfo Fortino

;7 goals

• Fernandinho
• Neto
• Saad Assis
• Cardinal
• Ricardinho

;6 goals

• Jé

;5 goals

• Cristian Borruto
• Cirilo
• Sergei Sergeev
• Lozano
• Denys Ovsyannikov
• Yevgen Rogachov

;4 goals

• Maximiliano Rescia
• Falcão
• Rodrigo
• Andrés Reyes
• Jhonathan Toro
• Edwin Cubillo
• Ahmed Mohamed
• Kaoru Morioka
• Enmanuel Ayala
• Mladen Kocić
• Aicardo
• Fernandão
• Maxym Pavlenko

;3 goals

• Leandro Cuzzolino
• Ari
• Gabriel
• Rafael
• Vinícius
• Angellott Caro
• Ramadan Samasry
• Gabriel Lima
• Kotaro Inaba
• Ahmad Al-Farsi
• Dmitri Prudnikov
• Vidan Bojović
• Borja
• Jordi Torras
• Suphawut Thueanklang

;2 goals

• Martín Amas
• Tobias Seeto
• Simi
• Wilde
• Jorge Abril
• Yefri Duque
• Luis Navarrete
• Diego Zúñiga
• Michal Belej
• Ibrahim Bougy
• Alan Aguilar
• Walter Enríquez
• Afshin Kazemi
• Mohammad Taheri
• Marco Ercolessi
• Humberto Honorio
• Alex Merlim
• Sergio Romano
• Shota Hoshi
• Wataru Kitahara
• Shaker Al-Mutairi
• Abdulrahman Al-Taweel
• Mohammed Rahoma
• Morgan Plata
• Alquis Alvarado
• Michael De Leon
• Claudio Goodridge
• Miguel Lasso
• Fernando Mena
• Carlos Pérez
• Juan Salas
• Matos
• Aleksandr Fukin
• Pula
• Robinho
• Pavel Suchilin
• Vladimir Lazić
• Slobodan Rajčević
• Micah Leaalafa
• Alemao
• Álvaro
• Lin
• Miguelín
• Ortiz
• Jirawat Sornwichian
• Kritsada Wongkaeo
• Serhiy Chepornyuk
• Oleksandr Sorokin

;1 goal

• Santiago Basile
• Hernán Garcías
• Matías Lucuix
• Alamiro Vaporaki
• Aaron Cimitile
• Greg Giovenali
• Danny Ngaluafe
• Yeisson Fonnegra
• Johann Prado
• Jose Quiroz
• Alejandro Serna
• Marek Kopecký
• Tomáš Koudelka
• Lukáš Rešetár
• Michal Seidler
• Matěj Slovacek
• Ahmed Abou Serie
• Mizo
• Mostafa Nader
• Erick Acevedo
• Estuardo De León
• Armando Escobar
• José Rafael González
• Masoud Daneshvar
• Ahmad Esmaeilpour
• Ali Asghar Hassanzadeh
• Ali Rahnama
• Hossein Tayyebi
• Jairo dos Santos
• Marcio Forte
• Luca Leggiero
• Giuseppe Mentasti
• Rafael Henmi
• Nobuya Osodo
• Hamad Al-Awadhi
• Ahmed Fathe
• Victor Quiroz
• Jorge Rodríguez
• Aziz Derrou
• Youssef El-Mazray
• Adil Habil
• Yahya Jabrane
• Mohammed Talibi
• Apolinar Gálvez
• Óscar Hinks
• Fabio Alcaraz
• Adolfo Salas
• Walter Villalba
• Marinho
• Nandinho
• Vladislav Shayakhmetov
• Slobodan Janjić
• Bojan Pavićević
• Bule
• Samuel Osifelo
• Elliot Ragomo
• Stevenson
• Anthony Talo
• Kike
• Keattiyot Chalaemkhet
• Jetsada Chudech
• Dmytro Fedorchenko
• Petro Shoturma
• Serhiy Zhurba

;Own goals

• Jhonathan Toro (playing against Brazil)
• Jairo Toruño (playing against Paraguay)
• Saad Assis (playing against Spain)
• Alemao (playing against Russia)

Awards

The following awards were given for the tournament:

Tournament ranking

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.

Symbols

Official song

The official song of 2012 FIFA Futsal World Cup was "Heart & Soul", a single by the Thai band Slot Machine.

References

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