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-governed European Championship for national

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teams. It was held in

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, between November 16 and November 25, 2007, in two venues located in

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's Greater Metropolitan Area — Gondomar and

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municipalities. Eight teams competed in the final round, after a qualifying phase where seven teams managed to join the Portuguese hosts.

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, the

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and

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winners, successfully defended their European crown and added a fourth continental title to their record, by defeating

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3-1, in a reprise of the last FIFA Futsal World Championship

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Bids

The

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bid was selected during a meeting of

's Executive Committee, on April 19, 2005, in

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. The bid was picked ahead of two other entries from the

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) and

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(

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), which had been previously shortlisted from nine preliminary bids.

Venues

The bid's proposed main venue was to be the 4,500-seated Rosa Mota Pavilion, in the heart of

, and a second venue would be located in the neighbouring

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. However, on August 14, 2006 the tournament's main venue was switched to the future 3,800-seated arena in the Gondomar municipality — the ''Pavilhão Multiusos de Gondomar "Coração de Ouro"'' ( en, Gondomar's Multi-Purpose Pavilion "Heart of Gold". The second venue was also changed to

's ''Pavilhão Desportivo Municipal'' ( en, Municipal Sports Pavilion). * Pavilhão Multiusos de Gondomar "Coração de Ouro" * Pavilhão Municipal de Santo Tirso

Referees

* Alexandr Remin (Belarus) * Antonio Jose Fernandes Cardoso (Portugal) * Antonius Van Eekelen (Netherlands) * Edi Šunjić (Croatia) * Ivan Shabanov (Russia) * Karel Henych (Czech Republic) * Károly Török (Hungary) * Massimo Cumbo (Italy) * Oleg Ivanov (Ukraine) * Pascal Lemal (Belgium) * Roberto Gracia Marin (Spain) * Vladimir Colbasiuc (Moldova)

Final tournament

Group stage

Group A

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Group B

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Knockout stage

Semi-finals

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Third place play-off

Final

Champions

Final ranking

Top goalscorers

References

External links

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Futsal Planet

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