The 2012 Women's Futsal World Tournament was the third edition of the

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, the premier world championship for women's national

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teams. It was held in

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, from 3 to 9 December 2012, and matches were played at the Pavilhão Dr. Salvador Machado and Pavilhão Municipal de Oliveira de Azeméis.

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won its third consecutive world title after defeating the Portuguese hosts in the final by a 3–0 score. As in the two previous editions, Brazil, Portugal,

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and

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reached the semifinals.Spain beats Malaysia 11-0 and will face Portugal in the semifinals.

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, 7 December 2012

Venues

Referees

* Francisco Pena Diaz (

) * Jeisson Peñaloza Cruz (

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) * Katucia dos Santos (

) * Manuel Benitez (

Venezuela Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th ...

) * Mário Silva (

) * Maryam Pourjafarian (

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

) * Nuno Bogalho (

) * Oleg Ivanov (

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) * Raquel Ruano (

) * Sam Sudin Bin Ibrahim (

Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal territories of Malaysia, thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two r ...

) * Sérgio Magalhães (

) * Irina Velikanova (

) * Yasukazu Nobumoto (

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)

Timekeepers

* Marco Rodrigues (

) * Valter Martins (

) * Ruben Guerreiro (

)

Group stage

Group A

Group B

Play-off round

Final ranking

References

External links

Reports at LPF.ptReports at FutsalplanetReports at FutsalGlobalReports at Belichanka.com
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Futsal Futsal is a football-based game played on a hardcourt, hard court smaller than a football pitch, and mainly indoors. It has similarities to five-a-side football and Indoor soccer, indoor football. Futsal is played between two teams of five players ...