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.[1] An extra four teams (increase to 24 from 20 at the 2008 event in Brazil) were competing at this World Cup.[2] 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.

2012 FIFA Futsal World Cup
ฟีฟ่า ฟุตซอลโลก
Thailand 2012
Tournament details
Host countryThailand
Dates1–18 November
Teams24 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)3 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Brazil (5th title)
Runners-up Spain
Third place Italy
Fourth place Colombia
Tournament statistics
Matches played52
Goals scored348 (6.69 per match)
Attendance160,302 (3,083 per match)
Top scorer(s)Russia Eder Lima (9 goals)
Best player(s)Brazil Neto
Best goalkeeperItaly Stefano Mammarella
Fair play award Mexico
2008
2016

Defending champions Brazil won the title for the fifth time, defeating Spain in a rematch of the 2008 final.[3][4]

Bid process

On 20 July 2009, FIFA launched the bidding for the 2012 FIFA Futsal World Cup with the following timeline:[5]

  • 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.[6] Thailand beat bids from China, Iran, Azerbaijan, Czech Republic, Sri Lanka and Guatemala.[7]

Qualification

The host nation, Thailand, qualified automatically.

Qualified nations

CompetitionDateVenueBerthsQualified
Host Nation 1  Thailand
2012 AFC Futsal Championship25 May – 1 June 2012  United Arab Emirates4  Japan
 Iran
 Australia
 Kuwait1
CAF Preliminary Competition6 April – 24 June 20123  Egypt
 Libya
 Morocco1
2012 CONCACAF Futsal Championship2–8 July 2012  Guatemala4  Costa Rica
 Guatemala
 Panama1
 Mexico1
CONMEBOL Preliminary Competition15–22 April 2012  Brazil4  Argentina
 Paraguay
 Brazil
 Colombia1
2011 Oceanian Futsal Championship16–20 May 2011  Fiji1  Solomon Islands
UEFA Preliminary Competition19 October 2011 – 11 April 20127  Ukraine
 Serbia1
 Russia
 Spain
 Portugal
 Czech Republic
 Italy
Total24
1.^ Teams that will make their debut.

Venues

The matches were originally due to take place across four venues.[8] 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.[9] 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.[10]

BangkokNakhon Ratchasima
Indoor Stadium HuamarkNimibutr StadiumKorat Chatchai Hall
Capacity: 12,000Capacity: 6,000Capacity: 5,000

Squads

Each team submitted a squad of 14 players, including two goalkeepers.[11] The squads were announced on 25 October 2012.[12]

Match officials

The following were the officials for the 2012 FIFA Futsal World Cup.[13]

ConfederationReferees
CONMEBOL Sandro Brechane
Oswaldo Gomez
Jaime Jativa
Renata Leite
Daniel Rodriguez
Héctor Rojas
Joel Ruiz
Dario Santamaria
OFC Amitesh Behari
Rex Kamusu
UEFA Marc Birkett
Eduardo Fernandes
Fernando Gutiérrez
Karel Henych
Danijel Janosevic
Gábor Kovács
Pascal Lemal
Francesco Massini
Ivan Shabanov
Borut Sivic

Draw

The official draw for the World Cup was held at the St. Regis Hotel in Bangkok, Thailand on 24 August 2012.[14]

The 24 teams were divided in six groups, each group with four teams.[15]

First round

The group winners and runners up along with the 4 highest rank third places advanced to the round of 16.[16]

The ranking of each team in each group will be determined as follows:

  1. greatest number of points obtained in all group matches;
  2. goal difference in all group matches;
  3. 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:

  1. greatest number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
  2. goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned;
  3. greater number of goals scored in all group matches between the teams concerned;
  4. drawing of lots by the FIFA Organising Committee.

All times are Thailand Standard Time (UTC+07:00).

Group A

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
 Ukraine3210147+77
 Paraguay3111911−24
 Thailand310289−13
 Costa Rica3102812−43
Source: [citation needed]
Ukraine  3 – 3  Paraguay
Pavlenko 10', 40'
Shoturma 35'
ReportAyala 9', 30', 37'
Attendance: 4,379
Referee: Wenceslao Aguilar (Panama)

Thailand  3 – 1  Costa Rica
Kiatiyot 18'
Suphawut 29'
Jirawat 38'
ReportZúñiga 37'
Attendance: 4,379
Referee: Héctor Rojas (Peru)

Paraguay  3 – 6  Costa Rica
Toruño 2' (o.g.)
Alcaraz 11'
Villalba 37'
ReportZúñiga 22'
Navarrete 25', 28'
Cubillo 27', 31', 40'
Attendance: 5,613
Referee: Francesco Massini (Italy)

Thailand  3 – 5  Ukraine
Kritsada 24'
Suphawut 35'
Jirawat 39'
ReportOvsiannikov 4'
Chepornyuk 7'
Rogachov 13', 20'
Pavlenko 20'
Attendance: 5,613
Referee: Sergio Cabrera (Cuba)

Costa Rica  1 – 6  Ukraine
Cubillo 24'ReportRogachov 7', 16'
Ovsyannikov 17'
Sorokin 23', 32'
Pavlenko 29'
Attendance: 4,200
Referee: Daniel Rodriguez (Uruguay)

Paraguay  3 – 2  Thailand
A. Salas 4'
Ayala 7'
J. Salas 10'
ReportSuphawut 11'
Jetsada 25'
Attendance: 5,307
Referee: Ivan Shabanov (Russia)

Group B

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
 Spain3210156+97
 Iran321086+27
 Panama31021415−13
 Morocco3003515−100
Source: [citation needed]
Panama  8 – 3  Morocco
Pérez 20'
Lasso 22', 31'
Mena 23', 32'
Gálvez 25'
Hinks 34'
Goodridge 39'
ReportJabrane 7'
Derrou 12'
Habil 16'
Attendance: 3,579
Referee: Amitesh Behari (Fiji)

Spain  2 – 2  Iran
Miguelín 5'
Lozano 16'
ReportDaneshvar 28'
H. Tayyebi 31'
Attendance: 3,579
Referee: Francisco Rivera (Mexico)

Morocco  1 – 2  Iran
El-Mazray 20'ReportHassanzadeh 20' (pen.)
Kazemi 33'
Attendance: 1,409
Referee: Carlos González (Guatemala)

Spain  8 – 3  Panama
Kike 2'
Lin 8'
Borja 11', 22'
Aicardo 14', 20'
Alemao 27' (pen.)
Miguelín 30'
ReportDe Leon 17', 33'
Alvarado 30'
Attendance: 1,409
Referee: Scott Kidson (Australia)

Iran  4 – 3  Panama
Esmaeilpour 3'
Kazemi 14'
Taheri 19', 38'
ReportGoodridge 6'
Pérez 35' (pen.)
Alvarado 40'
Attendance: 1,400
Referee: Eduardo Fernandes (Portugal)

Morocco  1 – 5  Spain
Talibi 22'ReportLozano 10', 12'
Borja 19'
Fernandão 33'
Álvaro 34'
Attendance: 1,898
Referee: Naoki Miyatani (Japan)

Group C

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
 Brazil3300202+189
 Portugal3111119+24
 Japan31111011−14
 Libya3003322−190
Source: [citation needed]
Libya  1 – 5  Portugal
A. Fathe 6'ReportCardinal 2', 16', 18'
Nandinho 27'
Marinho 29'
Attendance: 4,298
Referee: Alireza Sohrabi (Iran)

Brazil  4 – 1  Japan
Wilde 14', 23'
Neto 21'
Vinicius 25'
ReportInaba 28'
Attendance: 4,298
Referee: Gábor Kovács (Hungary)

Portugal  5 – 5  Japan
Matos 1'
Ricardinho 2', 18'
Cardinal 9', 12'
ReportMorioka 11', 33'
Hoshi 19'
Kitahara 32'
Henmi 36'
Attendance: 4,350
Referee: Daniel Rodríguez (Uruguay)

Brazil  13 – 0  Libya
Gabriel 7'
Rodrigo 8', 10'
Neto 15'
Fernandinho 17', 31', 33', 34'
Vinicius 25'
31', 34', 38'
Rafael 39'
Report
Attendance: 4,350
Referee: Danijel Janošević (Croatia)

Japan  4 – 2  Libya
Inaba 18', 26'
Hoshi 25'
Osodo 32'
ReportRahoma 18', 38' (pen.)
Attendance: 5,307
Referee: Francesco Massini (Italy)

Portugal  1 – 3  Brazil
Cardinal 14'ReportSimi 12'
Fernandinho 29'
Neto 40'
Attendance: 4,200
Referee: Wenceslaos Aguilar (Panama)

Group D

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
 Italy3300175+129
 Argentina3201145+96
 Australia3102517−123
 Mexico3003413−90
Source: [citation needed]
Italy  9 – 1  Australia
Fortino 14'
Assis 15', 23'
Lima 17'
Forte 19'
Romano 20'
Honorio 26'
Mentasti 28'
Merlim 30'
ReportNgaluafe 33'
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Eduardo Mahumane (Mozambique)

Argentina  5 – 1  Mexico
Basile 5'
Rescia 14'
Amas 26'
Borruto 29', 31'
ReportRodríguez 37'
Attendance: 2,400
Referee: Eduardo Fernandes (Portugal)

Australia  3 – 1  Mexico
Seeto 27'
Cimitile 27'
Giovenali 36'
ReportQuiroz 7'
Attendance: 3,800
Referee: Fernando Gutiérrez (Spain)

Argentina  2 – 3  Italy
Rescia 3'
Cuzzolino 40'
ReportLima 13'
Fortino 19'
Assis 38'
Attendance: 3,800
Referee: Nurdin Bukuev (Kyrgyzstan)

Mexico  2 – 5  Italy
Plata 23', 33'ReportErcolessi 18', 24'
Fortino 26', 35'
Leggiero 36'
Attendance: 1,898
Referee: Sandro Brechane (Brazil)

Australia  1 – 7  Argentina
Seeto 6'ReportBorruto 1', 39'
Cuzzolino 7'
Lucuix 15'
Vaporaki 22'
Garcías 28'
Amas 37'
Attendance: 1,400
Referee: Marc Birkett (England)

Group E

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
 Serbia3210125+77
 Czech Republic3111711−44
 Egypt3102119+23
 Kuwait3102813−53
Source: [citation needed]
Czech Republic  3 – 2  Kuwait
Kopecký 5'
Belej 23'
Koudelka 35'
ReportAl-Awadhi 38'
Al-Taweel 40'
Attendance: 1,407
Referee: Dario Santamaría (Argentina)

Egypt  1 – 3  Serbia
Mohamed 40'ReportBojović 23'
Janjić 37' (pen.)
Kocić 39'
Attendance: 1,407
Referee: Joel Ruiz (Paraguay)

Kuwait  2 – 7  Serbia
Al-Farsi 22', 37'ReportKocić 7', 18'
Lazić 20', 25'
Rajčević 28'
Bojović 32'
Pavićević 39'
Attendance: 552
Referee: Renata Leite (Brazil)

Egypt  7 – 2  Czech Republic
Samasry 11', 31', 37'
Bougy 19'
Mohamed 22'
Nader 34'
Mizo 38'
ReportSlovacek 5'
Rešetár 26'
Attendance: 552
Referee: Alireza Sohrabi (Iran)

Serbia  2 – 2  Czech Republic
Kocić 6'
Bojović 36'
ReportSeidler 33'
Belej 36'
Attendance: 1,370
Referee: Fernando Gutierrez (Spain)

Kuwait  4 – 3  Egypt
Al-Farsi 3'
Al-Mutairi 6', 7'
Al-Taweel 20'
ReportBougy 15'
Mohamed 37', 39'
Attendance: 1,152
Referee: Sergio Cabrera (Cuba)

Group F

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
 Russia3300270+279
 Colombia31021310+33
 Guatemala3102815−73
 Solomon Islands3102730−233
Source: [citation needed]
Guatemala  5 – 2  Colombia
González 13'
Escobar 29'
Aguilar 31'
Acevedo 32'
Enríquez 40'
ReportSerna 7'
Reyes 19'
Attendance: 2,300
Referee: Karel Henych (Czech Republic)

Russia  16 – 0  Solomon Islands
Cirilo 3'
Pula 3'
Lima 5', 11', 18', 20', 20', 34', 40'
Prudnikov 19'
Sergeev 22', 30'
Robinho 25'
Suchilin 27'
Fukin 28', 36'
Report
Attendance: 2,300
Referee: Kim Jang-Kwan (South Korea)

Colombia  11 – 3  Solomon Islands
Toro 7', 20', 38'
Quiroz 8'
Reyes 22', 33'
Duque 30'
Abril 35'
Caro 40'
Fonnegra 40'
Prado 40'
ReportRagomo 14' (pen.)
Osifelo 15'
Leaalafa 20'
Attendance: 1,300
Referee: Borut Sivic (Slovenia)

Russia  9 – 0  Guatemala
Sergeev 1', 15', 16'
Shayakhmetov 3'
Cirilo 8'
Prudnikov 12', 35'
Lima 27'
Suchilin 35'
Report
Attendance: 1,300
Referee: Hector Rojas (Peru)

Solomon Islands  4 – 3  Guatemala
Stevenson 15'
Bule 17'
Leaalafa 28'
Talo 36'
ReportDe León 9'
Aguilar 22'
Enríquez 40'
Attendance: 1,152
Referee: Francesco Massini (Italy)

Colombia  0 – 2  Russia
ReportCirilo 4'
Robinho 24'
Attendance: 1,370
Referee: Scott Kidson (Australia)

Ranking of third-placed teams

GrpTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
C  Japan31111011−14
E  Egypt3102119+23
B  Panama31021415−13
A  Thailand310289−13
F  Guatemala3102815−73
D  Australia3102517−123
Source: [citation needed]

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.[16]

 
Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
              
 
11 November – Bangkok (HMI)
 
 
 Paraguay 1
 
14 November – Bangkok (NI)
 
 Portugal4
 
 Portugal3
 
12 November – N. Ratchasima
 
 Italy (a.e.t.) 4
 
 Italy5
 
16 November – Bangkok (HMI)
 
 Egypt1
 
 Italy1
 
11 November – Bangkok (NI)
 
 Spain4
 
 Spain 7
 
14 November – Bangkok (NI)
 
 Thailand1
 
 Spain3
 
12 November – Bangkok (HMI)
 
 Russia2
 
 Russia3
 
18 November – Bangkok (HMI)
 
 Czech Republic0
 
 Spain2
 
12 November – Bangkok (HMI)
 
 Brazil (a.e.t.) 3
 
 Serbia1
 
14 November – Bangkok (HMI)
 
 Argentina2
 
 Argentina2
 
12 November – N. Ratchasima
 
 Brazil (a.e.t.) 3
 
 Brazil16
 
16 November – Bangkok (HMI)
 
 Panama0
 
 Brazil3
 
11 November – Bangkok (NI)
 
 Colombia1Third place
 
 Iran1
 
14 November – Bangkok (HMI)18 November – Bangkok (HMI)
 
 Colombia 2
 
 Colombia3  Italy3
 
11 November – Bangkok (HMI)
 
 Ukraine1  Colombia0
 
 Ukraine 6
 
 
 Japan3
 

Round of 16

Paraguay  1 – 4  Portugal
J. Salas 36'ReportCardinal 12'
Matos 20'
Ricardinho 39', 40'
Attendance: 3,579
Referee: Daniel Rodríguez (Uruguay)

Ukraine  6 – 3  Japan
Chepornyuk 3'
Fedorchenko 5'
Zhurba 10'
Rogachov 13'
Ovsyannikov 16', 16'
ReportMorioka 30', 31'
Kitahara 32'
Attendance: 3,579
Referee: Renata Leite (Brazil)

Spain  7 – 1  Thailand
Torras 10', 17'
Fernandão 25', 28'
Aicardo 30'
Ortiz 34'
Álvaro 38'
ReportKritsada 39'
Attendance: 4,170
Referee: Alexander Cline (Panama)

Iran  1 – 2  Colombia
Rahnama 35'ReportDuque 30'
Caro 34'
Attendance: 4,170
Referee: Ivan Shabanov (Russia)

Italy  5 – 1  Egypt
Assis 4', 11', 31'
dos Santos 20'
Fortino 33'
ReportAbou Serie 11'
Attendance: 3,644
Referee: Nurdin Bukuev (Kyrgyzstan)

Brazil  16 – 0  Panama
Fernandinho 4', 38'
6', 19', 35'
Rodrigo 7', 33'
Ari 8', 10', 39'
Simi 12'
Neto 13'
Vinícius 23'
Rafael 30', 34'
Falcão 37'
Report
Attendance: 3,644
Referee: Fernando Gutierrez (Spain)

Russia  3 – 0  Czech Republic
Lima 7'
Pula 10'
Cirilo 29'
Report
Attendance: 1,355
Referee: Wenceslao Aguilar (Panama)

Serbia  1 – 2  Argentina
Rajčević 37'ReportCuzzolino 11'
Rescia 17'
Attendance: 1,355
Referee: Héctor Rojas (Peru)

Quarterfinals

Argentina  2 – 3 (a.e.t.)  Brazil
Rescia 17'
Borruto 18'
ReportNeto 33'
Falcão 35', 45'
Attendance: 3,007
Referee: Wenceslao Aguilar (Panama)

Colombia  3 – 1  Ukraine
Reyes 23'
Caro 40'
Abril 40'
ReportOvsyannikov 40'
Attendance: 3,007
Referee: Sergio Cabrera (Cuba)

Portugal  3 – 4 (a.e.t.)  Italy
Ricardinho 2', 11', 12'ReportAssis 22' (pen.)
Lima 38'
Fortino 40'
Honorio 42'
Attendance: 3,100
Referee: Karel Henych (Czech Republic)

Spain  3 – 2  Russia
Ortiz 4'
Fernandão 13'
Lozano 19'
ReportCirilo 2'
Alemao 34' (o.g.)
Attendance: 3,100
Referee: Marc Birkett (England)

Semifinals

Italy  1 – 4  Spain
Merlim 30'ReportAssis 9' (o.g.)
Alemao 30'
Lozano 34'
Lin 38'
Attendance: 4,597
Referee: Nurdin Bukuev (Kyrgyzstan)

Brazil  3 – 1  Colombia
Gabriel 17', 28'
Toro 29' (o.g.)
ReportToro 19'
Attendance: 4,597
Referee: Daniel Rodriguez (Uruguay)

Third place match

Italy  3 – 0  Colombia
Romano 28'
Fortino 33', 40'
Report
Attendance: 5,685
Referee: Jose Katemo (Angola)

Final

Spain  2 – 3 (a.e.t.)  Brazil
Torras 30'
Aicardo 31'
ReportNeto 25', 50'
Falcão 37'
Attendance: 5,685
Referee: Héctor Rojas (Peru)

Champions

 FIFA Futsal World Cup
2012 winners 

Brazil
Fifth title

Goalscorers

9 goals
8 goals
7 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
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:[17]

Golden Shoe winnerGolden Ball winnerGolden Gloves winner
Eder Lima Neto Stefano Mammarella
Silver Shoe winnerSilver Ball winnerGoal of the Tournament
Rodolfo Fortino Kike Suphawut Thueanklang
Bronze Shoe winnerBronze Ball winnerFIFA Fair Play Trophy
Fernandinho Ricardinho  Argentina

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.

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsResult
1  Brazil7700457+3821Champions
2  Spain75113113+1816Runner up
3  Italy76013013+1718Third place
4  Colombia73041918+19Fourth place
5  Russia5401323+2912Eliminated in the quarter-finals
6  Ukraine53112113+810
7  Argentina5302189+99
8  Portugal52121814+47
9  Serbia4211137+67Eliminated in the round of 16
10  Iran421198+17
11  Japan41121317−44
12  Paraguay41121015−54
13  Czech Republic4112714−74
14  Egypt41031214−23
15  Thailand4103916−73
16  Panama41031431−173
17  Costa Rica3102812−43Eliminated in the group stage
18  Kuwait3102813−53
19  Guatemala3102815−73
20  Australia3102517−123
21  Solomon Islands3102730−233
22  Mexico3003413−90
23  Morocco3003515−100
24  Libya3003322−190
Source: [citation needed]

Symbols

Official song

The official song of 2012 FIFA Futsal World Cup was "Heart & Soul", a single by the Thai band Slot Machine.

References