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)
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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.^[1]

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.^[2]

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

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

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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)
		9 December 2012 – Azeméis
Portugal (ps)	0 (3)
		Portugal	0
8 December 2012 – Azeméis
		Brazil	3
Brazil	1

Russia	0
		Third place

		9 December 2012 – Azeméis

		Spain	1

		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