The 2012 FIFA Futsal World Cup was the seventh

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, the quadrennial international

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championship contested by the men's national teams of the member associations of

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. It took place from 1 to 18 November 2012 in

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. An extra four teams (increase to 24 from 20 at the 2008 event in Brazil) were competing at this World Cup. This was the first FIFA men's tournament held in

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since the Malaysia 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship, and was the first FIFA men's tournament held in the country, having hosted the

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. Defending champions

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won the title for the fifth time, defeating

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in a rematch of the 2008 final.

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 asssociations 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

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and

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Qualification

The host nation,

, 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 Bangkok Arena ( th, บางกอกอารีนา, ), formerly named Bangkok Futsal Arena (), is an indoor arena, indoor sporting arena, located in Nong Chok District of Bangkok, Thailand. The capacity of the arena is 12,000 spectators and ...

were moved to the

Indoor Stadium Huamark Indoor Stadium Huamark ( th, อินดอร์ สเตเดียม หัวหมาก, , ) is an indoor sporting arena, located in Bangkok, Thailand. The original capacity of the arena is 15,000 spectators and it was built in 1966 for ...

. 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

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, while Indoor Stadium Huamark would host the semifinals and the final.

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

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on 24 August 2012. The 24 teams were divided in six groups, each group with four teams.

First round

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: # greatest number of points obtained in all group matches; # goal difference in all group matches; # 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: # greatest number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned; # goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned; # greater number of goals scored in all group matches between the teams concerned; # drawing of lots by the FIFA Organising Committee. ''All times are Thailand Standard Time ( UTC+07:00).''

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Group E

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Group F

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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.

Round of 16

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Quarterfinals

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Semifinals

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Third place match

Final

Champions

Goalscorers

;9 goals * Eder Lima ;8 goals * Rodolfo Fortino ;7 goals * Fernandinho * Neto * Saad Assis *

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* Ricardinho ;6 goals * Jé ;5 goals *

Cristian Borruto Cristian Borruto (born 7 May 1987) is an Argentine futsal player who plays for Acqua & Sapone Acqua & Sapone () was a professional continental cycling team based in Italy and participated in UCI Europe Tour and when selected as a wildcard t ...

* Cirilo * Sergei Sergeev * Lozano * Denys Ovsyannikov * Yevgen Rogachov ;4 goals *

Maximiliano Rescia Maximiliano Daniel Rescia (born 29 October 1987) is an Argentine professional futsal player who plays as a forward for Spanish club Levante Unión Deportiva and for the Argentina national team. Honours International ;Argentina *FIFA Futsal Wor ...

* Falcão * Rodrigo * Andrés Reyes * Jhonathan Toro * Edwin Cubillo * Ahmed Mohamed * Kaoru Morioka * Enmanuel Ayala * Mladen Kocić * Aicardo * Fernandão * Maxym Pavlenko ;3 goals *

Leandro Cuzzolino Leandro Cuzzolino (born 21 May 1987) is an Argentine futsal player Player may refer to: Role or adjective * Player (game), a participant in a game or sport ** Gamer, a player in video and tabletop games ** Athlete, a player in sports ** Play ...

* Ari *

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* Rafael * Vinícius * Angellott Caro * Ramadan Samasry * Gabriel Lima * Kotaro Inaba *

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* Vidan Bojović * Borja *

Jordi Torras Jordi Torras Badosa (born 24 September 1980), commonly known as Torras, is a Spanish futsal player. Honours Club *4 Spanish League (2007–08, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13) *3 Supercopa de España (2007, 2009, 2013) *4 Copa de España (200 ...

Suphawut Thueanklang Suphawut Thueanklang ( th, ศุภวุฒิ เถื่อนกลาง) is a Thai futsal pivot and currently a member of Thailand national futsal team. Honours Domestic All with Chonburi Bluewave Futsal Club * Thailand Futsal League * ...

;2 goals * Martín Amas * Tobias Seeto * Simi * Wilde *

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* Yefri Duque * Luis Navarrete *

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* Michal Belej * Ibrahim Bougy * Alan Aguilar * Walter Enríquez * Afshin Kazemi *

Mohammad Taheri Mohammad Taheri ( fa, محمد طاهری; born 2 May 1985) is an Iranian professional futsal player. Honours Country * FIFA Futsal World Cup ** Third place (1): 2016 * AFC Futsal Championship ** Champion (5): 2005 - 2007 - 2008 - 20 ...

* Marco Ercolessi * Humberto Honorio *

Alex Merlim Alex Rodrigo da Silva Merlim (born 15 July 1986), also known as Babalu, is a Brazilian born Italian futsal player who plays for Sporting CP and the Italian national futsal team as a winger. Honours *UEFA Futsal Champions League The UEFA Futsa ...

* Sergio Romano * Shota Hoshi * Wataru Kitahara *

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* Abdulrahman Al-Taweel * Mohammed Rahoma *

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* Alquis Alvarado * Michael De Leon * Claudio Goodridge *

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* Fernando Mena * Carlos Pérez *

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* Matos *

Aleksandr Fukin Aleksandr Fukin (born 26 March 1985) is a Russian futsal Sportsperson, player who plays for MFK KPRF, KPRF and the Russia national futsal team, Russian national futsal team. Biography Fukin is a graduate of Dina Moscow. He made his debut for firs ...

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* Pavel Suchilin * Vladimir Lazić *

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* Micah Leaalafa * Alemao *

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* Miguelín *

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Jirawat Sornwichian Jirawat Sornwichian ( Thai จิรวัฒน์ สอนวิเชียร), is a Thai futsal Defender, and currently a member of Thailand national futsal team. International goals Honours Chonburi Blue Wave *Thailand Futsal League * ...

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* Serhiy Chepornyuk * Oleksandr Sorokin ;1 goal * Santiago Basile * Hernán Garcías * Matías Lucuix * Alamiro Vaporaki * Aaron Cimitile *

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* Danny Ngaluafe * Yeisson Fonnegra * Johann Prado *

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* Alejandro Serna * Marek Kopecký * Tomáš Koudelka * Lukáš Rešetár * Michal Seidler * Matěj Slovacek * Ahmed Abou Serie *

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* Mostafa Nader * Erick Acevedo * Estuardo De León * Armando Escobar * José Rafael González *

Masoud Daneshvar Masoud Daneshvar ( fa, مسعود دانشور ; born 30 January 1988) is an Iranian former professional futsal player. Honours Country * AFC Futsal Championship ** Champion (1): 2010 * Asian Indoor Games ** Champion (2): 2007 - 2009 * WA ...

* Ahmad Esmaeilpour *

Ali Asghar Hassanzadeh Ali Asghar Hassanzadeh Navlighi ( fa, علی‌اصغر حسن‌زاده ناولیقی; born 2 November 1987) is an Iranian professional futsal player. He is a Left Winger, and currently a member of Giti Pasand in the Iranian Futsal Super Le ...

* Ali Rahnama *

Hossein Tayyebi Hossein Tayyebi Bidgoli ( fa, حسین طیبی بیدگلی; born 29 September 1988) is an Iranian professional futsal player who plays for Palma and the Iran national futsal team. His first match with Iran was in 2009 at the age of 20. He wa ...

* Jairo dos Santos * Marcio Forte * Luca Leggiero * Giuseppe Mentasti * Rafael Henmi *

Nobuya Osodo Nobuya Osodo (born 28 June 1983), is a Japanese futsal player who plays for Shriker Osaka and the Japanese national futsal team. Title ; Club * F.League (1) : 2016-17 * All Japan Futsal Championship (1) : 2017 ; Individual * F.League Special ...

* Hamad Al-Awadhi * Ahmed Fathe * Victor Quiroz * Jorge Rodríguez * Aziz Derrou * Youssef El-Mazray * Adil Habil *

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* Mohammed Talibi * Apolinar Gálvez * Óscar Hinks * Fabio Alcaraz * Adolfo Salas * Walter Villalba *

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* Nandinho * Vladislav Shayakhmetov * Slobodan Janjić * Bojan Pavićević * Bule * Samuel Osifelo * Elliot Ragomo * Stevenson * Anthony Talo *

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* Keattiyot Chalaemkhet *

Jetsada Chudech Jetsada Chudech ( Thai เจษฎา ชูเดช), is a Thai futsal Forward, and currently a member of Thailand national futsal team. Royal decoration * 2015 – Member (Fifth Class) of The Most Admirable Order of the Direkgunabhorn __NO ...

* 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

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are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by

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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

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References

External links

FIFA Futsal World Cup Thailand 2012
FIFA.com
FIFA Technical Report
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