2012 Women's Futsal World Tournament

2012 Women's Futsal World Tournament

Tournament details
Host country	Portugal
Dates	3 December – 9 December
Teams	10 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Brazil (3rd title)
Runners-up	Portugal
Third place	Spain
Fourth place	Russia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	27
Goals scored	161 (5.96 per match)

The 2012 Women's Futsal World Tournament was the third edition of the Women's Futsal World Tournament, the premier world championship for women's national futsal teams. It was held in Oliveira de Azeméis, Portugal, from 3 to 9 December 2012, and matches were played at the Pavilhão Dr. Salvador Machado and Pavilhão Municipal de Oliveira de Azeméis.

Brazil won its third consecutive world title after defeating the Portuguese hosts in the final by a 3–0 score. As in the two previous editions, Brazil, Portugal, Russia and Spain reached the semifinals.

Venues

Arena	Pavilhão Dr. Salvador Machado	Pavilhão Municipal de Oliveira de Azeméis
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City	Oliveira de Azeméis	Oliveira de Azeméis
Capacity	5,000	450
Matches	Group A (9), Group B (9), Play-off round (7)	Group A (1), Group B (1)

Referees

• Francisco Pena Diaz (Spain)
• Jeisson Peñaloza Cruz (Costa Rica)
• Katucia dos Santos (Brazil)
• Manuel Benitez (Venezuela)
• Mário Silva (Portugal)
• Maryam Pourjafarian (Iran)
• Nuno Bogalho (Portugal)
• Oleg Ivanov (Ukraine)
• Raquel Ruano (Spain)
• Sam Sudin Bin Ibrahim (Malaysia)
• Sérgio Magalhães (Portugal)
• Irina Velikanova (Russia)
• Yasukazu Nobumoto (Japan)

Timekeepers

• Marco Rodrigues (Portugal)
• Valter Martins (Portugal)
• Ruben Guerreiro (Portugal)

Group stage

Group A

Pl Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts 1 Brazil 4 4 0 0 30 3 12 2 Portugal 4 3 0 1 20 6 9 3 Japan 4 2 0 2 7 14 6 4 Iran 4 1 0 3 5 12 3 5 Venezuela 4 0 0 4 5 32 0 0 0 0

3 Dec 2012 17:00 Iran 2–1 (2–1) Venezuela 3 Dec 2012 19:30 Portugal 5–1 (4–0) Japan 4 Dec 2012 17:00 Brazil 6–1 (4–0) Iran 4 Dec 2012 19:30 Portugal 10–1 (5–0) Venezuela 5 Dec 2012 17:00 Japan 4–3 (2–0) Venezuela 5 Dec 2012 19:30 Brazil 3–2 (1–1) Portugal 6 Dec 2012 17:00 Brazil 16–0 (6–0) Venezuela 6 Dec 2012 19:30 Japan 2–1 (2–0) Iran 7 Dec 2012 19:30 Brazil 5–0 (3–0) Japan 7 Dec 2012 19:30 Portugal 3–1 (2–1) Iran

Group B

Pl Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts 1 Spain 4 4 0 0 20 0 12 2 Russia 4 3 0 1 18 5 9 3 Ukraine 4 2 0 2 19 5 6 4 Costa Rica 4 1 0 3 10 11 3 5 Malaysia 4 0 0 4 2 48 0 0 0 0

3 Dec 2012 11:00 Russia 11–1 (6–0) Malaysia 3 Dec 2012 14:30 Ukraine 2–0 (1–0) Costa Rica 4 Dec 2012 11:00 Spain 2–0 (1–0) Ukraine 4 Dec 2012 14:30 Russia 4–1 (0–0) Costa Rica 5 Dec 2012 11:00 Malaysia 1–9 (0–2) Costa Rica 5 Dec 2012 14:30 Spain 3–0 (1–0) Russia 6 Dec 2012 11:00 Spain 4–0 (1–0) Costa Rica 6 Dec 2012 14:30 Malaysia 0–17 (0–9) Ukraine 7 Dec 2012 17:00 Russia 3–0 (0–0) Ukraine 7 Dec 2012 17:00 Spain 11–0 (4–0) Malaysia

Play-off round

Semifinals Final 8 December 2012 – Azeméis  Spain  0 (1)    Portugal (ps)  0 (3)     9 December 2012 – Azeméis      Portugal   0    Brazil   3 Third place 8 December 2012 – Azeméis 9 December 2012 – Azeméis  Brazil   1  Spain   1  Russia   0    Russia   0

9th place 8 Dec 2012 11:00 Venezuela 8–1 (2–1) Malaysia 7th place 8 Dec 2012 14:30 Iran 4–3 (4–1) Costa Rica Semifinals 8 Dec 2012 17:00 Spain 0–0 (ps 1–3) Portugal 8 Dec 2012 19:30 Brazil 1–0 (0–0) Russia 5th place 9 Dec 2012 11:00 Japan 0–4 (0–1) Ukraine 3rd place 9 Dec 2012 14:30 Spain 1–0 (1–0) Russia Final 9 Dec 2012 17:00 Portugal 0–3 (0–2) Brazil

Final ranking

Rank	Team
	Brazil
	Portugal
	Spain
4	Russia
5	Ukraine
6	Japan
7	Iran
8	Costa Rica
9	Venezuela
10	Malaysia

Women's Futsal World Tournament 2012 Winners
Brazil 3rd title

External links

• Reports at LPF.pt
• Reports at Futsalplanet
• Reports at FutsalGlobal
• Reports at Belichanka.com