2008 Copa América – FIFA Futsal

2008 Copa América – FIFA Futsal

Tournament details
Host country	Uruguay
Dates	23–28 June 2008
Teams	10 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Brazil (18th title)
Runners-up	Uruguay
Third place	Argentina
Fourth place	Paraguay
Tournament statistics
Matches played	19
Goals scored	139 (7.32 per match)

The 2008 Copa América – FIFA Futsal was the 9th edition under FIFA rules, 20th edition of the main international futsal tournament of the South America region. It took place in Montevideo, Uruguay from 23 June to 28 June 2008.

The tournament acted as a qualifying tournament for the 2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup in Brazil.

Championship

The ten participating teams are divided into three groups of three in the first two groups and four teams in the last group, which will play each in a single round-robin format. The top team of each group advances to the semi-finals with the second placed team from Group C. The top three teams for the tournament will earn participation at the 2008 Futsal World Cup, if Brazil is one of the top 3, the third ticket to the World Cup will go to the fourth placed team in the championship.

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Argentina	2	2	0	0	5	1	+4	6
Colombia	2	1	0	1	6	6	0	3
Venezuela	2	0	0	2	4	8	–4	0

Argentina  v  Colombia

2008-06-23 18:35

Argentina	2–1	Colombia

Mercedes

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Colombia  v  Venezuela

2008-06-24 18:00

Colombia	5–4	Venezuela

Mercedes

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Argentina  v  Venezuela

2008-06-25 18:35

Argentina	3–0	Venezuela

Mercedes

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Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Paraguay	2	2	0	0	12	1	+11	6
Peru	2	0	1	1	5	10	–5	1
Bolivia	2	0	1	1	4	10	–6	1

Paraguay  v  Bolivia

2008-06-23 16:45

Paraguay	6–0	Bolivia

Mercedes

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Peru  v  Bolivia

2008-06-24 20:30

Peru	4–4	Bolivia

Canelones

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Paraguay  v  Peru

2008-06-25 20:30

Paraguay	6–1	Peru

Canelones

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Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Brazil	3	3	0	0	35	2	+33	9
Uruguay	3	2	0	1	11	12	–1	6
Ecuador	3	1	0	2	11	18	–7	3
Chile	3	0	0	3	5	30	–25	0

Uruguay  v  Chile

2008-06-23 20:10

Uruguay	6–2	Chile

Mercedes

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Brazil  v  Ecuador

21:50

Brazil	11–1	Ecuador

Mercedes

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Uruguay  v  Ecuador

2008-06-24 20:10

Uruguay	4–2	Ecuador

Mercedes

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Brazil  v  Chile

22:00

Brazil	16–0	Chile

Mercedes

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Uruguay  v  Brazil

2008-06-25 20:10

Uruguay	1–8	Brazil

Mercedes

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Ecuador  v  Chile

22:00

Ecuador	8–3	Chile

Mercedes

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Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	27 June 2008 - Mercedes
	Uruguay	1 (3)
	Paraguay	1 (1)
					28 June 2008 - Mercedes
					Uruguay	2
					Brazil	6
					Third place
	27 June 2008 - Mercedes			28 June 2008 - Mercedes
	Brazil	5		Paraguay	2
	Argentina	2			Argentina	3

9th Place

Venezuela  v  Chile

2008-06-26 18:30

Venezuela	3–0	Chile

Canelones

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7th Place

Peru  v  Bolivia

2008-06-26 22:00

Peru	5–2	Bolivia

Canelones

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5th Place

Colombia  v  Ecuador

2008-06-26 21:30

Colombia	6–1	Ecuador

Canelones

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Semi-Finals

Argentina  v  Brazil

2008-06-27 18:35

Argentina	2–5	Brazil

Mercedes

Uruguay  v  Paraguay

2008-06-27 20:10

Uruguay	1–1 (3–1 AET)	Paraguay

Mercedes

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3rd Place

Argentina  v  Paraguay

2008-06-28 17:00

Argentina	3–2	Paraguay

Mercedes

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Final

Brazil  v  Uruguay

2008-06-28 19:00

Brazil	6–2	Uruguay

Mercedes

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2008 Copa America FIFA Futsal Winners
Brazil Eighteenth title

Final classification

Team qualified for the 2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup as host

Team qualified for the 2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup

Place	Team
1	Brazil
2	Uruguay
3	Argentina
4	Paraguay
5	Colombia
6	Ecuador
7	Peru
8	Bolivia
9	Venezuela
10	Chile

References

CONMEBOL Futsal Championship 2008 @ Goalzz