Futsal World Cup 2012

Futsal World Cup 2012
FIFA Futsal World Cup 2012
Number of nations	24  (of 117 applicants)
World Champion	Brazil (5th title)
venue	Thailand
Opening game	November 1, 2012
Endgame	November 18, 2012
Games	52
Gates	349  (⌀: 6.71 per game)
spectator	160,102  (⌀: 3,079 per game)
Top scorer	Eder Lima (9 goals)
Best player	Neto
Best goalkeeper	Stefano Mammarella
yellow cards	155  (⌀: 2.98 per game)
Yellow-red cards	7  (⌀: 0.13 per game)
Red cards	8  (⌀: 0.15 per game)

The 7th FIFA Futsal World Cup 2012 took place in Thailand from November 1st to 18th . For the first time, 24 teams took part in the futsal tournament. The meetings took place in two halls in Bangkok and one in Nakhon Ratchasima . Defending champions Brazil won their fifth title with a 3-2 win after extra time against Spain.

Hosts and venues

Thailand was awarded the contract on March 19, 2010, and Iran had also expressed interest in hosting the event. After Hong Kong in 1992 and Taiwan in 2004 , the Futsal World Cup took place in Asia for the third time. The games took place in two halls in the capital Bangkok and in one hall in Nakhon Ratchasima .

Bangkok	Bangkok	Bangkok Nakhon Ratchasima 2012 venues in Thailand	Nakhon Ratchasima
Hua Mark Indoor Stadium	Nimibutr Indoor Stadium		Korat Chatchai Hall
Capacity: 6,000	Capacity: 5,600		Capacity: 5,000

The fourth venue was originally the Bangkok Futsal Arena , which was newly built in 2012 . However, due to delays and deficiencies during the construction phase, caused by heavy rainfall, the criteria and safety requirements of FIFA could not be met, so that the planned matches of the preliminary and final round were moved to the other two arenas in Bangkok.

Attendees

The field of participants was increased from 20 to 24 teams. Host Thailand qualified automatically.

7 from Europe	Italy	Portugal	Russia	Serbia
	Spain	Czech Republic	Ukraine
4 from South America	Argentina	Brazil	Colombia	Paraguay
5 from Asia	Thailand	Iran	Japan	Australia
	Kuwait
4 from North and Central America	Costa Rica	Guatemala	Mexico	Panama
3 from Africa	Egypt	Libya	Morocco
1 from Oceania	Solomon Islands

While Germany and Austria did not register at UEFA for the qualifying tournaments, Switzerland failed in the preliminary round, which took place in Veles ( Macedonia ) from October 20 to 23, 2011 , as bottom group to Macedonia (2:10) ), France (0: 7) and Montenegro (0: 9).

Preliminary round

The drawing of the groups took place on August 24, 2012 in the Thai capital Bangkok in the St. Regis Hotel .

Group A

With one exception, all games in Bangkok in the Hun Mark Indoor Stadium.

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Ukraine	14: 07	7th
2	Paraguay	09:11	4th
3	Thailand	08: 09	3
4th	Costa Rica	08:12	3

November 1, 2012, 11:00 a.m. & 1:00 p.m.
Ukraine	-	Paraguay	03: 3 (1: 1)
Thailand	-	Costa Rica	03: 1 (1: 0)
November 4, 2012, 11 a.m. & 1 p.m.
Paraguay	-	Costa Rica	03: 6 (2: 0)
Thailand	-	Ukraine	03: 5 (0: 5)
November 7, 2012, 1:00 p.m., Nakhon Ratchasima
Costa Rica	-	Ukraine	01: 6 (0: 3)
November 7, 2012, 1 p.m.
Paraguay	-	Thailand	03: 2 (3: 1)

Group B

With one exception, all games in Bangkok in the Hun Mark Indoor Stadium.

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Spain	15: 06	7th
2	Iran	08: 06	7th
3	Panama	14:15	3
4th	Morocco	05:15	0

November 2, 2012, 1:00 p.m. & 3:00 p.m.
Panama	-	Morocco	08: 3 (1: 3)
Spain	-	Iran	02: 2 (2: 0)
November 5, 2012, 1:00 p.m. & 3:00 p.m.
Morocco	-	Iran	01: 2 (1: 1)
Spain	-	Panama	08: 3 (5: 1)
November 8, 2012, 1:00 p.m., Bangkok (Nimibutr Indoor Stadium)
Iran	-	Panama	04: 3 (3: 1)
November 8, 2012, 1:00 p.m.
Morocco	-	Spain	01: 5 (0: 3)

Group C

With one exception, all games in Nakhon Ratchasima in the Korat Chatchai Hall.

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Brazil	20: 02	9
2	Portugal	11: 09	4th
3	Japan	10:11	4th
4th	Libya	03:22	0

November 1, 2012, 1:00 p.m. & 3:00 p.m.
Libya	-	Portugal	01: 5 (1: 3)
Brazil	-	Japan	04: 1 (1: 0)
November 4, 2012, 1:00 p.m. & 3:00 p.m.
Portugal	-	Japan	05: 5 (5: 2)
Brazil	-	Libya	13: 0 (5: 0)
November 7, 2012, 11:00 a.m., Bangkok (Hua Mark Indoor Stadium)
Japan	-	Libya	04: 2 (1: 1)
November 7, 2012, 11:00 a.m.
Portugal	-	Brazil	01: 3 (1: 1)

Group D

With one exception, all games in Bangkok in the Nimibutr Indoor Stadium.

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Italy	17: 05	9
2	Argentina	14: 05	6th
3	Australia	05:17	3
4th	Mexico	04:13	0

November 2, 2012, 11 a.m. & 1 p.m.
Italy	-	Australia	09: 1 (4: 0)
Argentina	-	Mexico	05: 1 (2: 0)
November 5, 2012, 11 a.m. & 1 p.m.
Australia	-	Mexico	03: 1 (0: 1)
Argentina	-	Italy	02: 3 (1: 2)
November 8, 2012, 11:00 a.m., Bangkok (Hua Mark Indoor Stadium)
Mexico	-	Italy	02: 5 (0: 1)
November 8, 2012, 11:00 a.m.
Australia	-	Argentina	01: 7 (1: 3)

Group E

With one exception, all games in Bangkok in the Hua Mark Indoor Stadium.

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Serbia	12: 05	7th
2	Czech Republic	07:11	4th
3	Egypt	11: 09	3
4th	Kuwait	08:13	3

November 3, 2012, 1:00 p.m. & 3:00 p.m.
Czech Republic	-	Kuwait	03: 2 (1: 0)
Egypt	-	Serbia	01: 3 (0: 0)
November 6, 2012, 1:00 p.m. & 3:00 p.m.
Kuwait	-	Serbia	02: 7 (0: 3)
Egypt	-	Czech Republic	07: 2 (2: 1)
November 9, 2012, 1:00 p.m., Bangkok (Nimibutr Stadium)
Serbia	-	Czech Republic	02: 2 (1: 0)
November 9, 2012, 1 p.m.
Kuwait	-	Egypt	04: 3 (4: 1)

Group F.

With one exception, all games in Bangkok in the Nimibutr Indoor Stadium.

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Russia	27: 00	9
2	Colombia	13:10	3
3	Guatemala	08:15	3
4th	Solomon Islands	07:30	3

November 3, 2012, 11 a.m. & 1 p.m.
Guatemala	-	Colombia	05: 2 (1: 2)
Russia	-	Solomon Islands	16: 0 (8: 0)
November 6, 2012, 11 a.m. & 1 p.m.
Colombia	-	Solomon Islands	11: 3 (3: 3)
Russia	-	Guatemala	09: 0 (6: 0)
November 9, 2012, 11:00 a.m., Bangkok (Hua Mark Indoor Stadium)
Solomon Islands	-	Guatemala	04: 3 (2: 1)
November 9, 2012, 11:00 a.m.
Colombia	-	Russia	00: 2 (0: 1)

Final round

Round of 16

November 11, 2012	Bangkok (Hua Mark)	Paraguay	-	Portugal	01: 4 (0: 2)
November 11, 2012	Bangkok (Hua Mark)	Ukraine	-	Japan	06: 3 (6: 0)
November 11, 2012	Bangkok (Nimibutr)	Spain	-	Thailand	07: 1 (2: 0)
November 11, 2012	Bangkok (Nimibutr)	Iran	-	Colombia	01: 2 (0: 0)
November 12, 2012	Nakhon Ratchasima	Italy	-	Egypt	05: 1 (3: 1)
November 12, 2012	Nakhon Ratchasima	Brazil	-	Panama	16: 0 (8: 0)
November 12, 2012	Bangkok (Hua Mark)	Russia	-	Czech Republic	03: 0 (2: 0)
November 12, 2012	Bangkok (Hua Mark)	Serbia	-	Argentina	01: 2 (0: 2)

Quarter finals

November 14, 2012	Bangkok (Hua Mark)	Argentina	-	Brazil	02: 3 n.V. (2: 2, 2: 0)
November 14, 2012	Bangkok (Hua Mark)	Colombia	-	Ukraine	03: 1 (0: 0)
November 14, 2012	Bangkok (Nimibutr)	Portugal	-	Italy	03: 4 n.V. (3: 3, 3: 0)
November 14, 2012	Bangkok (Nimibutr)	Spain	-	Russia	03: 2 (3: 1)

Semifinals

November 16, 2012	Bangkok (Hua Mark)	Italy	-	Spain	01: 4 (0: 1)
November 16, 2012	Bangkok (Hua Mark)	Brazil	-	Colombia	03: 1 (1: 1)

3rd place match

November 18, 2012

Bangkok (Hua Mark)

Italy

-

Colombia

03: 0 (0: 0)

final

November 18, 2012

Bangkok (Hua Mark)

Spain

-

Brazil

02: 3 n.V. (2: 2, 0: 0)

Best goal scorers

If the number of goals is the same, the number of assists is decisive for the list of goalscorers or the evaluation of the "adidas Golden Shoe".

rank	player	Gates
1	Eder Lima	9
2	Rodolfo Fortino	8th
3	Fernandinho	7th
4th	Cardinal	7th
	Ricardinho	7th
6th	Saad Assis	7th
7th	Neto	7th
8th	Ever	6th
9	Denys Ovsiannikov	5
	Jevgen Rogachov	5
11	Cirilo	5
12	Sergey Sergeev	5
13	Cristian Borruto	5
	Lozano	5

Awards

The golden ball for the most valuable player of the tournament went to the Brazilian Neto . The silver ball went to the Spaniard Kike and the bronze ball to the Portuguese Ricardinho . The Russian Eder Lima won the gold shoe for the best goalscorer, ahead of the Italian Rodolfo Fortino and the Brazilian Fernandinho . The golden glove went to the Italian Stefano Mammarella . The team from Argentina received the fair play prize .

referee

In futsal, two referees trained according to the futsal rules are deployed. These have the unrestricted authority to enforce the rules of the game in the respective game. At the World Cup games, a substitute assistant referee was also used, who supported the two referees in particular with substitutions.

A total of 38 referees were nominated by FIFA for the World Cup. The presented UEFA ten, the AFC and CONMEBOL eight, the CONCACAF six that CAF four and the OFC two GM.

Brazil and Panama were the only nations that each provided two referees. Another special feature was that Brazil had Renata Leite, the only referee in the men's team. The youngest referee was the 28 year old Rex Kamusu from the Solomon Islands while the 45 year old Brazilian Sandro Brechane was the senior referee . No referee was nominated from Germany, Austria and Switzerland, where futsal plays a rather subordinate role.

The 39-year-old Peruvian Héctor Rojas , who played at the 2008 Futsal World Cup, has been appointed to lead the final between Brazil and Spain . The Angolan Jose Katemo was nominated for the game for third place between Italy and Colombia .

Association referee AFC  Nurdin Bukuev  Mohamad Chami  Scott Kidson  Jang KwanKim  Naoki Miyatani  Shukhrat Pulatov  Alireza Sohrabi  Youze Thang  Kaveepol Kamawitee Reserve CAF  Saheed Ayeni  Said Kadara  Jose Katemo  Eduardo Mahumane CONCACAF  Wenceslaos Aguilar  Sergio Cabrera  Alexander Cline  Carlos González  Geovanny Lopez  Francisco Rivera

Association referee CONMEBOL  Sandro Brechane  Oswaldo Gomez  Jaime Jativa  Renata Leite  Daniel Rodriguez  Hector Rojas  Joel Ruiz  Dario Santamaria OFC  Amitesh Behari  Rex Kamusu UEFA  Marc Birkett  Eduardo Fernandes  Fernando Lumbreras  Karel Henych  Danijel Janosevic  Gabor Kovacs  Pascal Lemal  Francesco Massini  Ivan Shabanov  Borut Sivic

Individual evidence

1. ↑ fifa.com: FIFA Executive Committee approves special funding for Chile and Haiti (March 19, 2010)
2. ↑ Four venues planned.
3. ↑ Message about the postponement of the game on fifa.com
4. ↑ Message about the postponement of the game on fifa.com
5. ↑ fifa.com: Circular no.1248: FIFA Futsal World Cup Thailand 2012 - Slot allocation for 24 teams (December 3, 2010) (PDF; 100 kB)
6. ↑ fifa.com: Draw made for FIFA Futsal World Cup (August 24, 2012)
7. ↑ Adidas Goldener Schuh (top scorer) (accessed November 18, 2012)
8. ↑ FIFA.com: FIFA Futsal World Cup Thailand 2012 - Referees (accessed November 12, 2012)
9. ↑ FIFA.com: Appointment of Referees (PDF document, English, 37 kB; accessed on November 12, 2012)
10. ↑ FIFA.com: Referee Announcement (accessed November 12, 2012)

Web links

• Official FIFA website for the 2012 tournament