The 2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup was the sixth edition of the

FIFA Futsal World Cup The FIFA Futsal World Cup is an international futsal competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the member associations of FIFA, the sport's global governing body. Since the first edition that took place in 1989 in the Netherland ...

, the quadrennial international

futsal Futsal is a football-based game played on a hard court smaller than a football pitch, and mainly indoors. It has similarities to five-a-side football and indoor football. Futsal is played between two teams of five players each, one of whom is ...

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 Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

. It was the only Futsal World Cup to feature 20 teams.

won the tournament for the fourth time. It was their first title since 1996.

Qualifying criteria

Qualified nations

Venues

Squads

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

Officials

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

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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

Group C

Group D

Second round

Group E

Group F

Final round

Semi-finals

Third place match

Final

Champions

Awards

Top goalscorers

The top 10 scorers from the 2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup are as follows:

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 The penalty shootout is a method of determining a winner in sports matches that would have otherwise been drawn or tied. The rules for penalty shootouts vary between sports and even different competitions; however, the usual form is similar to pe ...

are counted as draws.

References

External links

FIFA Futsal World Cup Brazil 2008
FIFA.com
FIFA Technical Report
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