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
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 and .^[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, and Spain reached the semifinals.^[2]

Venues[]

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   4 0 0 4 5 32 0 0 0 0

3 Dec 2012 17:00 Iran  2–1 (2–1)   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)   5 Dec 2012 17:00 Japan  4–3 (2–0)   5 Dec 2012 19:30 Brazil  3–2 (1–1)  Portugal 6 Dec 2012 17:00 Brazil  16–0 (6–0)   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   4 3 0 1 18 5 9 3   4 2 0 2 19 5 6 4   4 1 0 3 10 11 3 5  Malaysia 4 0 0 4 2 48 0 0 0 0

3 Dec 2012 11:00   11–1 (6–0)  Malaysia 3 Dec 2012 14:30   2–0 (1–0)   4 Dec 2012 11:00 Spain  2–0 (1–0)   4 Dec 2012 14:30   4–1 (0–0)   5 Dec 2012 11:00 Malaysia  1–9 (0–2)   5 Dec 2012 14:30 Spain  3–0 (1–0)   6 Dec 2012 11:00 Spain  4–0 (1–0)   6 Dec 2012 14:30 Malaysia  0–17 (0–9)   7 Dec 2012 17:00   3–0 (0–0)   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       0   Third place     9 December 2012 – Azeméis      Spain 1       0

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

Final ranking[]

Rank	Team
	Brazil
	Portugal
	Spain
4
5
6	Japan
7	Iran
8
9
10	Malaysia

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

References[]

External links[]

• Reports at LPF.pt^{[permanent dead link]}
• Reports at Futsalplanet
• Reports at FutsalGlobal
• Reports at Belichanka.com