The 2008 CONMEBOL Futsal Championship

South American Futsal Championship

The Copa América de Futsal is the main national futsal competition of the CONMEBOL nations. It was first held in 1967 and until 1989 was organized by FIFUSA and was named "South American Futsal Championship". In 2003 the competition changed its name to "Copa América de Futsal".-South American...

was the 20th edition of the main international futsal tournament of the South America region. It took place in Montevideo

Montevideo

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, Uruguay

Uruguay

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 from 23 June to 28 June 2008.

The tournament acted as a qualifying tournament for the 2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup

2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup

The 2008 edition of the FIFA Futsal World Cup was held in Brazil from September 30 to October 19. It was the sixth World Championship held under the aegis of football's world governing body. The venues were Nilson Nelson Gymnasium in Brasília and Ginásio do Maracanãzinho in Rio de Janeiro. The...

 in Brazil

Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

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Championship

The ten participating teams are divided into three groups of three in the first two groups and four teams in the last group, which will play each in a single round-robin

Round-robin tournament

A round-robin tournament is a competition "in which each contestant meets all other contestants in turn".-Terminology:...

 format. The top team of each group advances to the semi-finals with the second placed team from Group C. The top three teams for the tournament will earn participation at the 2008 Futsal World Cup

2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup

The 2008 edition of the FIFA Futsal World Cup was held in Brazil from September 30 to October 19. It was the sixth World Championship held under the aegis of football's world governing body. The venues were Nilson Nelson Gymnasium in Brasília and Ginásio do Maracanãzinho in Rio de Janeiro. The...

, if Brazil is one of the top 3, the third ticket to the World Cup will go to the fourth placed team in the championship.

Group A

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Teams	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
	2	2	0	0	5	1
6
	2	1	0	1	6	6	0	3
	2	0	0	2	4	8	–4	0

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Group B

11

Teams	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
	2	2	0	0	12	1
6
	2	0	1	1	5	10	–5	1
	2	0	1	1	4	10	–6	1

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Group C

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Teams	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
	3	3	0	0	35	2
9
	3	2	0	1	11	12	–1	6
	3	1	0	2	11	18	–7	3
	3	0	0	3	5	30	–25	0

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9th Place

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7th Place

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5th Place

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Semi-Finals

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3rd Place

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Final

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Final classification

Team qualified for the 2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup as host

Team qualified for the 2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup

Place	|Team
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2
3
4
5
6
7
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9
10