The 2008 edition of the FIFA Futsal World Cup was held 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...

 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

Brasília

Brasília is the capital city of Brazil. The name is commonly spelled Brasilia in English. The city and its District are located in the Central-West region of the country, along a plateau known as Planalto Central. It has a population of about 2,557,000 as of the 2008 IBGE estimate, making it the...

 and Ginásio do Maracanãzinho

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho

Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, sometimes called just Maracanãzinho , is a modern indoor arena located in Maracanã neighborhood, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Its formal name, Ginásio Gilberto Cardoso, honors a former Clube de Regatas do Flamengo president...

 in Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th...

. The opening ceremony took place in Brasília with the finals in Rio. For the first time, 20 teams participated, making this the largest edition ever held.

Qualified nations

Competition	Date	Venue	Berths	Qualified
Host Nation			1
2008 AFC Futsal Championship 2008 AFC Futsal Championship The 2008 AFC Futsal Championship was held in Bangkok, Thailand from 11 May to 18 May 2008. The tournament acted as a qualifying tournament for the 2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup in Brazil.- Draw :...	May 11–18, 2008		4
2008 African Futsal Championship 2008 African Futsal Championship The 2008 African Futsal Championship took place in Tripoli, Libya from 21 March to 30 March 2008. The tournament served as a qualifying tournament for the 2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup in Brazil....	March 21–30, 2008	Libya	2
2008 CONCACAF Futsal Championship 2008 CONCACAF Futsal Championship The 2008 CONCACAF Futsal Championship was the fourth edition of the main international futsal tournament of the North and Central America and the Caribbean region...	June 2–8, 2008		3
2008 Copa América - FIFA Futsal 2008 Copa América - FIFA Futsal The 2008 CONMEBOL Futsal Championship was the 20th edition of the main international futsal tournament of the South America region. It took place in Montevideo, Uruguay from 23 June to 28 June 2008....	June 23–28, 2008		3
2008 Oceanian Futsal Championship 2008 Oceanian Futsal Championship The 2008 OFC Futsal Championship was the fifth edition of the main international futsal tournament of the Oceanian region. It took place in Suva, Fiji from 8 June to 14 June 2008....	June 8–14, 2008		1
UEFA Preliminary Competition 2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup qualification (UEFA) Listed below are the dates and results for the 2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup qualification rounds for UEFA teams. A total of 38 teams took part, divided in 10 Groups - eight groups of 4 teams each and two groups of 3 teams each - competing for 6 places in the World Cup.-Group 1:Was held in Hala Pionir...	23 Feb.- 16 Apr. 2008	Groups	6
TOTAL			20	Field is Finalized

Venues

Arena	Maracanã Arena Ginásio do Maracanãzinho Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, sometimes called just Maracanãzinho , is a modern indoor arena located in Maracanã neighborhood, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Its formal name, Ginásio Gilberto Cardoso, honors a former Clube de Regatas do Flamengo president...	Nilson Nelson Gymnasium
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City	Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th...	Brasília Brasília Brasília is the capital city of Brazil. The name is commonly spelled Brasilia in English. The city and its District are located in the Central-West region of the country, along a plateau known as Planalto Central. It has a population of about 2,557,000 as of the 2008 IBGE estimate, making it the...
Capacity	12,105	11,160

Squads

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

Officials

Confederation	Referees
AFC Asian Football Confederation The Asian Football Confederation is the governing body of association football in Asia. It has 46 member countries, mostly located on the Asian continent. However, due to the disputed boundary of Europe and Asia, nations such as Russia and Turkey which are located mostly in geographic Asia are...	Kyrgyzstan Nurdin Bukuev
	Japan Kazuya Isokawa
	Malaysia Badrul Hisham Kalam
	Australia Scott Kidson
	South Korea Kim Jang-Kwan
	Mainland China Li Zhizhong
	Iran Alireza Sohrabi
CAF Confederation of African Football The Confederation of African Football is the administrative and controlling body for African association football.CAF represents the national football associations of Africa, runs continental, national, and club competitions, and controls the prize money, regulations and media rights to those...	Libya Tawfik Al-Dawi
	Egypt Saiud Abdul-Kader
	Mozambique Asselam Khan
CONCACAF CONCACAF The Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football is the continental governing body for association football in North America, Central America and the Caribbean...	Guatemala Carlos del Cid
	Cuba Antonio Alvarez Betancourt
	United States Jason Krnac
	Costa Rica Hector Mesen
	Panama Elix Peralta
OFC Oceania Football Confederation The Oceania Football Confederation is one of the six continental confederations of international association football, consisting of Papua New Guinea, New Zealand and island nations such as Tonga, Fiji and other Pacific Island countries...	Fiji Amitesh Chandra Behari

Confederation	Referees
CONMEBOL CONMEBOL The South American Football Confederation , commonly known as CONMEBOL , is the continental governing body of association football in South America and it is one of FIFA's six continental confederations...	Venezuela Octalivar Hernández
	Argentina Sergio Ghibaudi
	Brazil Tales Goulart
	Ecuador Franklin Loor
	Colombia Fabián López
	Peru Héctor Rojas Figueroa
	Uruguay Álvaro Sacarelo
	Paraguay Nestor Ibarra
UEFA UEFA The Union of European Football Associations , almost always referred to by its acronym UEFA is the administrative and controlling body for European association football, futsal and beach soccer....	Italy Massimo Cumbo
	Portugal António Cardoso
	Spain Roberto Gracia Marin
	Czech Republic Karel Henych
	Ukraine Oleg Ivanov
	Russia Ivan Shabanov
	Croatia Edi Sunjic
	Hungary Károly Török

Draw

The 20 teams were divided in four groups, each group with five teams. The draw was held on July 10, 2008 in Brasilia

Brasília

Brasília is the capital city of Brazil. The name is commonly spelled Brasilia in English. The city and its District are located in the Central-West region of the country, along a plateau known as Planalto Central. It has a population of about 2,557,000 as of the 2008 IBGE estimate, making it the...

, 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...

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

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Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff	Pts
	4	4	0	0	49	1	+48	12
	4	3	0	1	50	14	+36	9
	4	2	0	2	13	24	-11	6
	4	1	0	3	16	25	-9	3
	4	0	0	4	6	69	-63	0

EWLINE

	12 - 1
	10 - 2
	0 - 21
	10 - 5
	7 - 0
	7 - 2
	4 - 1
	31 - 2
	9 - 0
	9 - 1

Group B

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Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff	Pts
	4	3	0	1	19	5	14	9
	4	3	0	1	12	6	6	9
	4	3	0	1	15	8	7	9
	4	1	0	3	7	15	-8	3
	4	0	0	4	5	24	-19	0

EWLINE

	1 - 0
	5 - 0
	3 - 2
	1 - 6
	5 - 3
	3 - 1
	8 - 1
	0 - 8
	2 - 4
	3 - 2

Group C

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Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff	Pts
	4	3	1	0	17	7	10	10
	4	3	1	0	13	5	8	10
	4	2	0	2	14	9	5	6
	4	1	0	3	9	12	-3	3
	4	0	0	4	5	25
0

EWLINE

	1 - 0
	5 - 0
	2 - 4
	6 - 2
	2 - 6
	2 - 2
	1 - 10
	5 - 1
	2 - 1
	4 - 2

Group D

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Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff	Pts
	4	3	1	0	13	3	+10	10
	4	3	1	0	14	9	+5	10
	4	2	0	2	10	10	0	6
	4	0	1	3	7	14	-7	1
	4	0	1	3	6	14	-8	1

EWLINE

	3 - 3
	3 - 3
	0 - 3
	4 - 1
	4 - 0
	4 - 2
	4 - 2
	4 - 2
	3 - 0
	2 - 3

Group E

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Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff	Pts
	3	3	0	0	9	3	6	9
	3	1	1	1	9	8	1	4
	3	1	1	1	10	10	0	4
	3	0	0	3	7	14	-7	0

EWLINE

	1 - 0
	0 - 4
	0 - 3
	4 - 5
	5 - 3
	5 - 5

Group F

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Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff	Pts
	3	3	0	0	11	4	7	9
	3	1	1	1	9	11	-2	4
	3	0	2	1	6	7	-1	2
	3	0	1	2	8	12	-4	1

EWLINE

	3 - 3
	5 - 2
	2 - 1
	5 - 4
	2 - 2
	1 - 4

Final round

Awards

Golden Shoe winner	Golden Ball winner	Golden Gloves winner	FIFA Fair Play Trophy
Russia Pula	Brazil Falcão	Brazil Tiago

Silver Shoe winner	Bronze Shoe winner	Silver Ball winner	Bronze Ball winner
Brazil Falcão	Brazil Lenísio	Brazil Schumacher Flávio Sérgio Viana Flavio Sergio Viana known as Schumacher is a Brazilian futsal player, currently playing for Inter Movistar in Spain. He was elected as the 2008 World's Best Futsal Player. His nickname is a reference to German football goalkeeper Harald Schumacher.- External links:*...	Brazil Tiago

Goal Of The Tournament
Guatemala José Rafael Gonzalez

Top goalscorers

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

Rank	Name	Country	Goals
1	Pula		16
2	Falcão		15
3	Lenísio		11
4	Schumacher Flávio Sérgio Viana Flavio Sergio Viana known as Schumacher is a Brazilian futsal player, currently playing for Inter Movistar in Spain. He was elected as the 2008 World's Best Futsal Player. His nickname is a reference to German football goalkeeper Harald Schumacher.- External links:*...		10
	Damir Khamadiev
6	Vladislav Shayakhmetov Vladislav Shayakhmetov Vladislav Nailyevich Shayakhmetov is a Russian football and futsal player. He is a member of the Russian national futsal team.-Honours:Individual* World's Best Futsal Player 2008With MFK Viz-Sinara...		9
7	Fabio Alcaraz		8
	René Villalba
	Sirilo
10	Fernando Grana		7
	Dmitry Prudnikov
	Fernandao Fernando Maciel Gonçalves Fernando Maciel Gonçalves , commonly known as Fernandão, is a Spanish-Brazilian futsal player who plays for FC Barcelona Futsal as a Pivot.-Honours:*1 runner World Cup *1 Campeonato Carioca *1 Campeonato Paulista...