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 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.
Qualification
The host nation, Thailand, qualified automatically.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
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| AFC |  DrawThe 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. Group stageThe 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:
rankings will be determined as follows:
Group A-------- ---- ---- ---- Group B-------- ---- ---- ---- Group C-------- ---- ---- ---- Group D-------- ---- ---- ---- Group E-------- ---- ---- ---- Group F-------- ---- ---- ---- Knockout phaseIn the knockout stages, if a match is level at the end of normal playing time, extra time shall be played 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-------- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Quarter-finals-------- ---- Semi-finals----Goalscorers;9 goals;8 goals ;7 goals ;6 goals ;5 goals ;4 goals
AwardsThe following awards were given for the tournament:
Tournament rankingPer 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.
SymbolsOfficial songThe official song of 2012 FIFA Futsal World Cup was "Heart & Soul", a single by the Thai band Slot Machine. |