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
Qualified nations Competition Date Venue Berths Qualified Host Nation 1 2008 AFC Futsal Championship 11–18 May 2008 4 2008 African Futsal Championship 21–30 March 2008 2 2008 CONCACAF Futsal Championship 2–8 June 2008 3 2008 Copa América de Futsal 23–28 June 2008 3 2008 Oceanian Futsal Championship 8–14 June 2008 1 UEFA Preliminary Competition 23 February – 16 April 2008 Groups 6 TOTAL 20 —
Venues ArenaMaracanã ArenaNilson Nelson Gymnasium Picture CityRio de JaneiroBrasília Capacity12,10511,160
Squads
Each nation submitted a squad of 14 players, including two goalkeepers.
Officials
Confederation RefereesAFC Nurdin Bukuev Kazuya Isokawa Badrul Hisham Kalam Scott Kidson Kim Jang-Kwan Li Zhizhong Alireza SohrabiCAF Tawfik Al-Dawi Saiud Abdul-Kader Asselam KhanCONCACAF Carlos del Cid Antonio Alvarez Betancourt Jason Krnac Hector Mesen Elix PeraltaOFC Amitesh Chandra Behari
Confederation RefereesCONMEBOL Octalivar Hernández Sergio Ghibaudi Tales Goulart Franklin Loor Fabián López Héctor Rojas Figueroa Álvaro Sacarelo Nestor Fabian Valiente IbarraUEFA Massimo Cumbo António Cardoso Roberto Gracia Marin Karel Henych Oleg Ivanov Ivan Shabanov Edi Sunjic Károly Török
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
12–1 10–2 0–21 10–5 7–0 7–2 4–1 31–2 9–0 9–1
Group B
1–0 5–0 3–2 1–6 5–3 3–1 8–1 0–8 2–4 3–2
Group C
1–0 5–0 2–4 6–2 2–6 2–2 1–10 5–1 2–1 4–2
Group D
3–3 3–3 0–3 4–1 4–0 4–2 4–2 4–2 3–0 2–3
Second round
Group E
1–0 0–4 0–3 4–5 5–3 5–5
Group F
3–3 5–2 2–1 5–4 2–2 1–4
Final round
Semi-finals
Third place match
Final
Champions
Awards Golden Shoe winnerGolden Ball winnerGolden Gloves winner Pula Falcão TiagoSilver Shoe winnerSilver Ball winnerGoal of the Tournament Falcão Schumacher José Rafael GonzálezBronze Shoe winnerBronze Ball winnerFIFA Fair Play Trophy Lenísio Tiago
Top goalscorers
The top 10 scorers from the 2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup are as follows:
RankNameCountryGoals1Pula162Falcão153Lenísio114Schumacher10Damir Khamadiyev6Vladislav Shayakhmetov97Fabio Alcaraz8René VillalbaCirilo10Fernando Grana7Dmitri PrudnikovFernandão
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. TeamFinal result1 9 8 1 0 64 8 +56 25Champions2 9 7 2 0 29 11 +18 23Runners-up3 9 5 1 3 25 18 +7 16Third place4 9 4 1 4 62 32 +30 13Fourth place5 7 4 2 1 24 19 +5 14Eliminated in Second round6 7 3 3 1 19 12 +7 127 7 3 1 3 27 17 +10 108 7 3 1 3 24 21 +3 109 4 3 0 1 15 8 +7 9Eliminated in First round10 4 2 0 2 14 9 +5 611 4 2 0 2 10 10 0 612 4 2 0 2 13 24 –11 613 4 1 0 3 9 12 –3 314 4 1 0 3 7 15 –8 315 4 1 0 3 16 25 –9 316 4 0 1 3 7 14 –7 117 4 0 1 3 6 14 –8 118 4 0 0 4 5 24 –19 019 4 0 0 4 5 25 –20 020 4 0 0 4 6 69 –63 0
References
External links FIFA Futsal World Cup Brazil 2008, FIFA.com FIFA Technical Report