2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup

2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup
The 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup was the eighth FIFA Futsal World Cup, the quadrennial international futsal championship contested by the men's national teams of the member associations of FIFA. The tournament was held in Colombia from 10 September to 1 October 2016.
Brazil and Spain, the two teams that won all seven previous tournaments, were eliminated in the round of 16 and quarter-finals respectively. Their elimination makes this tournament was the first in which the champions was neither of them.
Argentina defeated Russia 5–4 in the final to win the tournament; becoming only the third country to win a FIFA Futsal World Cup title.
Host selection
Two countries bid for the tournament:
Four countries withdrew their bids:
The FIFA Executive Committee announced on 28 May 2013 that Colombia was appointed as host of the tournament.
Qualified teams
A total of 24 teams qualify for the final tournament. In addition to Colombia who qualified automatically as hosts, the other 23 teams qualify from six separate continental competitions. FIFA ratified the distribution of spots at the Executive Committee meeting in March 2014.
1.Teams that made their debut.
2.Kazakhstan's last appearance was when it was a member of the AFC
Venues
Colombia presented the cities of Bogotá, Villavicencio, Bucaramanga, Cúcuta, Ibagué and Neiva as host cities when they bid to host the tournament. After an inspection meeting in October 2014, four stadiums were confirmed, with Neiva allowed an extension to finish works, before being removed as a venue later that month.
Confirmation of the four host cities were presented to the Colombian Football Federation and FIFA on 11 November. Medellín then replaced Villavicencio.
A further inspection in January 2016 saw the removal of Ibagué as a host, meaning half of the cities in the initial bids proposal are confirmed, with the three remaining cites scheduled to accommodate two groups per stadia.
Emblem
The official emblem was unveiled on 29 September 2015.
Mascot
The official mascot, a spectacled bear, was launched on 19 April 2016.
Draw
The official draw was held on 19 May 2016, 18:00 COT (UTC−5), at the Plaza Mayor Conference Centre in Medellín. The teams were seeded based on their performances in previous FIFA Futsal World Cups and confederation tournaments, with the hosts Colombia automatically seeded and assigned to position A1. Moreover, for ticket sales reasons, the hosts and the top two teams (Colombia, Brazil and Spain) were spread across the three venues for the group matches: Cali (Groups A and C), Medellín (Groups B and F) and Bucaramanga (Groups D and E). Teams of the same confederation could not meet in the group stage, except that there were one group with two UEFA teams.
Match officials
The following officials were chosen for the tournament.
Squads
Each team must name a squad of 14 players (two of whom must be goalkeepers) by the FIFA deadline. The official squads were announced by FIFA on 2 September 2016.
Group stage
The match schedule was officially confirmed on 5 February 2016, a week after the removal of Ibagué from the host cities.
The top two teams of each group and the four best third-placed teams advance to the round of 16.
Tiebreakers
The rankings of teams in each group are determined as follows:
If two or more teams are equal on the basis of the above three criteria, their rankings are determined as follows:
All times are local, COT (UTC−5).
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Ranking of third-placed teams
The four best teams among those ranked third are determined as follows:
points obtained in all group matches;
goal difference in all group matches;
number of goals scored in all group matches;
drawing of lots by the FIFA Organising Committee.
Knockout stage
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.
Combinations of matches in the Round of 16
The specific match-ups involving the third-placed teams depend on which four third-placed teams qualified for the round of 16:
Round of 16
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Third place match
Final
Champions
Awards
The following awards were given for the tournament:
Goalscorers
12 goals
Ricardinho
10 goals
Eder Lima
Falcão
7 goals
Bolinha
6 goals
Vassoura
Suphawut Thueanklang
5 goals
Fineo
Dieguinho
Abdelrahman El-Ashwal
Ali Asghar Hassanzadeh
Mahdi Javid
Fernando Cardinal
Ivan Chishkala
Jirawat Sornwichian
4 goals
Cristian Borruto
Alan Brandi
Leandro Cuzzolino
Alamiro Vaporaki
Fernandinho
Rodrigo
Angellot Caro
Ahmad Esmaeilpour
Adil Habil
Enmanuel Ayala
Juan Salas
Artem Niyazov
Miguelín
Sergio Lozano
Kritsada Wongkaeo
Jetsada Chudech
3 goals
Santiago Basile
Gallo
Alejandro Paniagua
Mostafa Eid
Hossein Tayyebi
Murilo Ferreira
Rodolfo Fortino
Douglas Júnior
Pavel Taku
Dino
Sergei Abramovich
Daniil Davydov
Dmitri Lyskov
Vladislav Shayakhmetov
Rômulo
Jesús Aicardo
Nguyễn Minh Trí
2 goals
Gregory Giovenali
Damián Stazzone
Pablo Taborda
Ari
Bateria
Xuxa
Jorge Abril
Sandy Dominguez
Alejandro Marrero
Mizo
Farhad Tavakoli
Afshin Kazemi
Luca Leggiero
Gabriel Lima
Leo Jaraguá
Arnold Knaub
Calo
Abdiel Castrellón
Fernando Mena
Francisco Martínez
Juan Pedrozo
Richard Rejala
René Villalba
Tiago Brito
André Coelho
Djô
Sergei Abramov
Ivan Milovanov
Jeffery Bule
Elliot Ragomo
Raúl Campos
Denys Ovsyannikov
Javlon Anorov
Trần Văn Vũ
1 goal
Jonathan Barrientos
Adam Cooper
Chris Zeballos
Gerardo Battistoni
Constantino Vaporaki
Fernando Wilhelm
Vitaliy Borisov
Eduardo
Fabio Poletto
Rovshan Huseynli
Jackson Samurai
Jé
Jhonatan Toro
Andrés Reyes
Juan Alonso Cordero
Erick Brenes
Carlos Chaves
Edwin Cubillo
Andy Baquero
Karel Marino
Daniel Hernandez
Essam Alla
Ahmed Homos
Mostafa Nader
Jonatan Arévalo
Walter Enríquez
José González
José Mansilla
Patrick Ruiz
Wanderley Ruiz
Mohammad Keshavarz
Carlos dos Santos
Marco Ercolessi
Alex Merlim
Sergio Romano
Aleksandr Dovgan
Ilya Mun
Nikolai Pengrin
Chingiz Yesenamanov
Dauren Nurgozhin
Youssef El Mazray
Mohamed Jouad
Magu
Mário
Michael De León
Josue Brown
Enrique Franco
Hugo Martínez
Juan Morel
Miguel Ângelo
João Matos
Ré
Gustavo
Coleman Makau
Bebe
Fernandão
José Ruiz
Rivillos
Apiwat Chaemcharoen
Wiwat Thaijaroen
Dmytro Bondar
Mykhailo Grytsyna
Mykola Grytsyna
Sergiy Koval
Oleksandr Sorokin
Serhiy Zhurba
Nodir Elibaev
Dilshod Irsaliev
Own goals
2 goals
Vassoura (playing against Spain)
1 goal
Dean Lockhart (playing against Brazil)
Ibrahim Eika (playing against Thailand)
Sergio Romano (playing against Guatemala)
Dauren Nurgozhin (playing against Spain)
Ricardinho (playing against Uzbekistan)
Fernandão (playing against Russia)
Nattawut Madyalan (playing against Russia)
Oleksandr Sorokin (playing against Brazil)
Trần Long Vũ (playing against Paraguay)
Tournament ranking
Per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-out are counted as draws.
Broadcasting rights
Television
Radio
Notes
References
External links
FIFA Futsal World Cup Colombia 2016, FIFA.com
FIFA Technical Report
2016
FIFA World Cup
2016
2016 in Colombian football
September 2016 sports events in South America
October 2016 sports events in South America
Sport in Medellín
Sport in Cali