2012 FIFA Futsal World Cup

2012 FIFA Futsal World Cup
The 2012 FIFA Futsal World Cup was the seventh FIFA Futsal World Cup, the quadrennial international futsal championship contested by the men's national teams of the member associations of FIFA. It took place from 1 to 18 November 2012 in Thailand. An extra four teams (increase to 24 from 20 at the 2008 event in Brazil) were competing at this World Cup. This was the first FIFA men's tournament held in Southeast Asia since the Malaysia 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship, and was the first FIFA men's tournament held in the country, having hosted the 2004 FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship.
Defending champions Brazil won the title for the fifth time, defeating Spain in a rematch of the 2008 final.
Bid process
On 20 July 2009, FIFA launched the bidding for the 2012 FIFA Futsal World Cup with the following timeline:
Declaration of interest: 1 September 2009, deadline for the member associations to declare their interest in hosting the tournament.
FIFA Hosting Agreements: 30 September 2009, deadline for FIFA to send out the Hosting Agreements to those associations who have declared an interest to host the tournament.
Bidding Agreement: 15 November 2009, deadline for the member associations to reconfirm their interest in bidding the tournament.
Hosting Agreement: 15 January 2010, deadline for the member associations to submit the signed Hosting Agreements.
Appointment of hosts by the FIFA Executive Committee: March 2010.
On 19 March 2010, during its Executive Committee meeting, FIFA chose Thailand to host the 2012 FIFA Futsal World Cup. Thailand beat bids from China, Iran, Azerbaijan, Czech Republic, Sri Lanka and Guatemala.
Qualification
The host nation, Thailand, qualified automatically.
Qualified nations
1.Teams that will make their debut.
Venues
The matches were originally due to take place across four venues. Due to construction delays and failure to meet the security requirement, early matches scheduled at the Bangkok Futsal Arena were moved to the Indoor Stadium Huamark. After the final inspection on 5 November, FIFA announced that the Bangkok Futsal Arena had not sufficiently met the criteria. The two quarter-final matches would be played at Nimibutr Stadium, while Indoor Stadium Huamark would host the semifinals and the final.
Squads
Each team submitted a squad of 14 players, including two goalkeepers. The squads were announced on 25 October 2012.
Match officials
The following were the officials for the 2012 FIFA Futsal World Cup.
Draw
The official draw for the World Cup was held at the St. Regis Hotel in Bangkok, Thailand on 24 August 2012.
The 24 teams were divided in six groups, each group with four teams.
First round
The group winners and runners up along with the 4 highest rank third places advanced to the round of 16.
The ranking of each team in each group will be determined as follows:
greatest number of points obtained in all group matches;
goal difference in all group matches;
greatest number of goals scored in all group matches;
If two or more teams are equal on the basis of the above three criteria, their
rankings will be determined as follows:
greatest number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned;
greater number of goals scored in all group matches between the teams concerned;
drawing of lots by the FIFA Organising Committee.
All times are Thailand Standard Time (UTC+07:00).
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Ranking of third-placed teams
Knockout phase
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.
Round of 16
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Third place match
Final
Champions
Goalscorers
9 goals
Eder Lima
8 goals
Rodolfo Fortino
7 goals
Fernandinho
Neto
Saad Assis
Cardinal
Ricardinho
6 goals
Jé
5 goals
Cristian Borruto
Cirilo
Sergei Sergeev
Lozano
Denys Ovsyannikov
Yevgen Rogachov
4 goals
Maximiliano Rescia
Falcão
Rodrigo
Andrés Reyes
Jhonathan Toro
Edwin Cubillo
Ahmed Mohamed
Kaoru Morioka
Enmanuel Ayala
Mladen Kocić
Aicardo
Fernandão
Maxym Pavlenko
3 goals
Leandro Cuzzolino
Ari
Gabriel
Rafael
Vinícius
Angellott Caro
Ramadan Samasry
Gabriel Lima
Kotaro Inaba
Ahmad Al-Farsi
Dmitri Prudnikov
Vidan Bojović
Borja
Jordi Torras
Suphawut Thueanklang
2 goals
Martín Amas
Tobias Seeto
Simi
Wilde
Jorge Abril
Yefri Duque
Luis Navarrete
Diego Zúñiga
Michal Belej
Ibrahim Bougy
Alan Aguilar
Walter Enríquez
Afshin Kazemi
Mohammad Taheri
Marco Ercolessi
Humberto Honorio
Alex Merlim
Sergio Romano
Shota Hoshi
Wataru Kitahara
Shaker Al-Mutairi
Abdulrahman Al-Taweel
Mohammed Rahoma
Morgan Plata
Alquis Alvarado
Michael De Leon
Claudio Goodridge
Miguel Lasso
Fernando Mena
Carlos Pérez
Juan Salas
Matos
Aleksandr Fukin
Pula
Robinho
Pavel Suchilin
Vladimir Lazić
Slobodan Rajčević
Micah Leaalafa
Alemao
Álvaro
Lin
Miguelín
Ortiz
Jirawat Sornwichian
Kritsada Wongkaeo
Serhiy Chepornyuk
Oleksandr Sorokin
1 goal
Santiago Basile
Hernán Garcías
Matías Lucuix
Alamiro Vaporaki
Aaron Cimitile
Greg Giovenali
Danny Ngaluafe
Yeisson Fonnegra
Johann Prado
Jose Quiroz
Alejandro Serna
Marek Kopecký
Tomáš Koudelka
Lukáš Rešetár
Michal Seidler
Matěj Slovacek
Ahmed Abou Serie
Mizo
Mostafa Nader
Erick Acevedo
Estuardo De León
Armando Escobar
José Rafael González
Masoud Daneshvar
Ahmad Esmaeilpour
Ali Asghar Hassanzadeh
Ali Rahnama
Hossein Tayyebi
Jairo dos Santos
Marcio Forte
Luca Leggiero
Giuseppe Mentasti
Rafael Henmi
Nobuya Osodo
Hamad Al-Awadhi
Ahmed Fathe
Victor Quiroz
Jorge Rodríguez
Aziz Derrou
Youssef El-Mazray
Adil Habil
Yahya Jabrane
Mohammed Talibi
Apolinar Gálvez
Óscar Hinks
Fabio Alcaraz
Adolfo Salas
Walter Villalba
Marinho
Nandinho
Vladislav Shayakhmetov
Slobodan Janjić
Bojan Pavićević
Bule
Samuel Osifelo
Elliot Ragomo
Stevenson
Anthony Talo
Kike
Keattiyot Chalaemkhet
Jetsada Chudech
Dmytro Fedorchenko
Petro Shoturma
Serhiy Zhurba
Own goals
Jhonathan Toro (playing against Brazil)
Jairo Toruño (playing against Paraguay)
Saad Assis (playing against Spain)
Alemao (playing against Russia)
Awards
The following awards were given for the tournament:
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.
Symbols
Official song
The official song of 2012 FIFA Futsal World Cup was "Heart & Soul", a single by the Thai band Slot Machine.
References
External links
FIFA Futsal World Cup Thailand 2012, FIFA.com
FIFA Technical Report
2012
FIFA World Cup
FIFA Futsal World Cup
2012
FIFA Futsal World Cup