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{{Infobox international football competition
| tourney_name   = FIFA Futsal World Cup
| year           = 2008
| other_titles   = Copa do Mundo de Futsal da FIFA <br />Brasil 2008
| image          = 2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup.svg
| size           = 180px
| country        = Brazil
| dates          = {{Nowrap|30 September – 19 October}}
| num_teams      = 20
| confederations = 6
| venues         = 2
| cities         = 2
| champion_other = {{futsal|BRA}}
| count          = 4
| second_other   = {{futsal|ESP}}
| third_other    = {{futsal|ITA}}
| fourth_other   = {{futsal|RUS}}
| matches        = 56
| goals          = 387
| attendance     = 292161
| top_scorer     = {{futsalicon|RUS}} [[Caetano Vagner Pereira|Pula]] (16 goals)
| player         = {{futsalicon|BRA}} [[Alessandro Rosa Vieira|Falcão]]
| goalkeeper     = {{futsalicon|BRA}} [[Tiago de Melo Marinho|Tiago]]
| fair_play      = {{futsal|ESP}}
| prevseason     = [[2004 FIFA Futsal World Championship|2004]]
| nextseason     = [[2012 FIFA Futsal World Cup|2012]]
}}

The '''2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup''' was the sixth edition of the [[FIFA Futsal World Cup]], the quadrennial international [[futsal]] championship contested by the men's national teams of the member associations of [[FIFA]]. It was the first tournament to use the term "World Cup". It was held between 30 September and 19 October 2008 in [[Brazil]]. It was the only Futsal World Cup to feature 20 teams.

[[Brazil national futsal team|Brazil]] won the tournament for the fourth time. It was their first title since [[1996 FIFA Futsal World Championship|1996]].

==Qualifying criteria==
{{Main|2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup qualification}}

===Qualified nations===
{| class="wikitable" width="800"
|-
! Competition !! Date !! Venue !! Berths !! Qualified
|-
| Host Nation || colspan="2"|&nbsp; || align="center"|1 || {{Futsal|BRA}}
|-
| [[2008 AFC Futsal Championship]] || 11–18 May 2008 || {{THA}}|| align="center"| 4 || {{Futsal|IRN}}<br /> {{Futsal|THA}}<br /> {{Futsal|JPN}}<br /> {{Futsal|CHN}}
|-
| [[2008 African Futsal Championship]] || 21–30 March 2008 || {{flag|Libya|1977}} || align="center"|2 || {{Futsal|LBY|1977}}<br />{{Futsal|EGY}}
|-
| [[2008 CONCACAF Futsal Championship]] || 2–8 June 2008 || {{GUA}} || align="center"|3 || {{Futsal|GUA}} <br /> {{Futsal|CUB}} <br /> {{Futsal|USA}}
|-
| [[2008 Copa América de Futsal]] || 23–28 June 2008  || {{URU}} || align="center"|3 || {{Futsal|URU}}<br />{{Futsal|ARG}}<br />{{Futsal|PAR|1990}}
|-
| [[2008 Oceanian Futsal Championship]] || 8–14 June 2008 || {{FIJ}} || align="center"|1 || {{Futsal|SOL}}
|-
| [[2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup qualification (UEFA)|UEFA Preliminary Competition]] || 23 February – 16 April 2008 || Groups || align="center"|6 || {{Futsal|ESP}} <br /> {{Futsal|POR}} <br /> {{Futsal|ITA}} <br /> {{Futsal|RUS}} <br /> {{Futsal|UKR}} <br /> {{Futsal|CZE}}
|-
! TOTAL !! colspan="2"| !! 20 !! —
|}

==Venues==
{| class="wikitable" width="600"
|-
! Arena
! align="center"|[[Ginásio do Maracanãzinho|Maracanã Arena]]
! align="center"|[[Nilson Nelson Gymnasium]]
|-
! Picture
| align="center"|[[File:Maracanãzinho.jpg|150px|Ginásio do Maracanãzinho]]
| align="center"|[[File:GinasioNilsonNelson01.jpg|150px|Ginásio Nilson Nelson]]
|-
! City
| align="center"|[[Rio de Janeiro]]
| align="center"|[[Brasília]]
|-
! Capacity
| align="center"|12,105
| align="center"|11,160
|-
|colspan="3"|{{location map+|Brazil|float=center|width=500|caption=|places=
{{location map~|Brazil|lat=-22.911366|long=-43.205916|label=[[Rio de Janeiro]]|position=left}}
{{location map~|Brazil|lat=-15.793889|long=-47.882778|label=[[Brasília]]|position=bottom}}
}}
|}

==Squads==
{{Main|2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup team squads}}
Each nation submitted a squad of 14 players, including two goalkeepers.

==Officials==
{{Col-begin}}
{{Col-2}}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Confederation
! Referees
|-
|rowspan="7"|[[Asian Football Confederation|AFC]]
|{{Flagicon|Kyrgyzstan}} Nurdin Bukuev
|-
|{{Flagicon|JPN}} Kazuya Isokawa
|-
|{{Flagicon|Malaysia}} Badrul Hisham Kalam
|-
|{{Flagicon|Australia}} Scott Kidson
|-
|{{Flagicon|KOR}} Kim Jang-Kwan
|-
|{{Flagicon|China}} Li Zhizhong
|-
|{{Flagicon|IRN}} Alireza Sohrabi
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[Confederation of African Football|CAF]]
|{{Flagicon|LBY|1977}} Tawfik Al-Dawi
|-
|{{Flagicon|EGY}} Saiud Abdul-Kader
|-
|{{Flagicon|MOZ}} Asselam Khan
|-
|rowspan="5"|[[CONCACAF]]
|{{Flagicon|Guatemala}} Carlos del Cid
|-
|{{Flagicon|Cuba}} Antonio Alvarez Betancourt
|-
|{{Flagicon|USA}} Jason Krnac
|-
|{{Flagicon|Costa Rica}} Hector Mesen
|-
|{{Flagicon|Panama}} Elix Peralta
|-
|[[Oceania Football Confederation|OFC]]
|{{Flagicon|Fiji}} Amitesh Chandra Behari
|}
{{Col-2}}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Confederation
! Referees
|-
|rowspan="8"|[[CONMEBOL]]
|{{Flagicon|Venezuela}} Octalivar Hernández
|-
|{{Flagicon|Argentina}} Sergio Ghibaudi
|-
|{{Flagicon|BRA}} Tales Goulart
|-
|{{Flagicon|Ecuador}} Franklin Loor
|-
|{{Flagicon|Colombia}} Fabián López
|-
|{{Flagicon|Peru}} Héctor Rojas Figueroa
|-
|{{Flagicon|URU}} Álvaro Sacarelo
|-
|{{Flagicon|PAR|1990}} Nestor Fabian Valiente Ibarra
|-
|rowspan="8"|[[UEFA]]
|{{Flagicon|ITA}} Massimo Cumbo
|-
|{{Flagicon|POR}} António Cardoso
|-
|{{Flagicon|ESP}} Roberto Gracia Marin
|-
|{{Flagicon|CZE}} Karel Henych
|-
|{{Flagicon|UKR}} Oleg Ivanov
|-
|{{Flagicon|RUS}} Ivan Shabanov
|-
|{{Flagicon|CRO}} Edi Sunjic
|-
|{{Flagicon|HUN}} Károly Török
|}
{{Col-end}}

==First round==
{{Main|2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup – first round}}

===Draw===
The 20 teams were divided in four groups, each group with five teams. The draw was held on 10 July 2008 in [[Brasília]], [[Brazil]]

===Tie break rule===
In case two or more teams are equal on points, their ranking is determined by the results of matches between the tied teams only. If there is still a tie after this, the ranking is determined by goals difference in all group matches.

===Group A===
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
{{#lst:2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup – first round|TableA}}
{{col-break}}
{| style="font-size:90%; margin: 0 auto;"
|-
| align="right" | '''{{Futsal-rt|BRA}}''' ||align="center"| '''12–1''' || '''{{Futsal|JPN}}'''
|-
| align="right" | '''{{Futsal-rt|CUB}}''' ||align="center"| '''10–2''' || '''{{Futsal|SOL}}'''
|-
| align="right" | '''{{Futsal-rt|SOL}}''' ||align="center"| '''0–21''' || '''{{Futsal|BRA}}'''
|-
| align="right" | '''{{Futsal-rt|RUS}}''' ||align="center"| '''10–5''' || '''{{Futsal|CUB}}'''
|-
| align="right" | '''{{Futsal-rt|BRA}}''' ||align="center"| '''7–0''' || '''{{Futsal|RUS}}'''
|-
| align="right" | '''{{Futsal-rt|JPN}}''' ||align="center"| '''7–2''' || '''{{Futsal|SOL}}'''
|-
| align="right" | '''{{Futsal-rt|JPN}}''' ||align="center"| '''4–1''' || '''{{Futsal|CUB}}'''
|-
| align="right" | '''{{Futsal-rt|RUS}}''' ||align="center"| '''31–2''' || '''{{Futsal|SOL}}'''
|-
| align="right" | '''{{Futsal-rt|BRA}}''' ||align="center"| '''9–0''' || '''{{Futsal|CUB}}'''
|-
| align="right" | '''{{Futsal-rt|RUS}}''' ||align="center"| '''9–1''' || '''{{Futsal|JPN}}'''
|-
|}
{{col-end}}

===Group B===
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
{{#lst:2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup – first round|TableB}}
{{col-break}}
{| style="font-size:90%; margin: 0 auto;"
|-
| align="right" | '''{{Futsal-rt|ITA}}''' ||align="center"| '''1–0''' || '''{{Futsal|THA}}'''
|-
| align="right" | '''{{Futsal-rt|PAR|1990}}''' ||align="center"| '''5–0''' || '''{{Futsal|USA}}'''
|-
| align="right" | '''{{Futsal-rt|POR}}''' ||align="center"| '''3–2''' || '''{{Futsal|PAR|1990}}'''
|-
| align="right" | '''{{Futsal-rt|USA}}''' ||align="center"| '''1–6''' || '''{{Futsal|ITA}}'''
|-
| align="right" | '''{{Futsal-rt|THA}}''' ||align="center"| '''5–3''' || '''{{Futsal|USA}}'''
|-
| align="right" | '''{{Futsal-rt|ITA}}''' ||align="center"| '''3–1''' || '''{{Futsal|POR}}'''
|-
| align="right" | '''{{Futsal-rt|POR}}''' ||align="center"| '''8–1''' || '''{{Futsal|USA}}'''
|-
| align="right" | '''{{Futsal-rt|THA}}''' ||align="center"| ''' 0–8 ''' || '''{{Futsal|PAR|1990}}'''
|-
| align="right" | '''{{Futsal-rt|ITA}}''' ||align="center"| ''' 2–4 ''' || '''{{Futsal|PAR|1990}}'''
|-
| align="right" | '''{{Futsal-rt|POR}}''' ||align="center"| ''' 3–2 ''' || '''{{Futsal|THA}}'''
|}
{{col-end}}

===Group C===
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
{{#lst:2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup – first round|TableC}}
{{col-break}}
{| style="font-size:90%; margin: 0 auto;"
|-
| align="right" | '''{{Futsal-rt|GUA}}''' ||align="center"| '''1–0''' || '''{{Futsal|EGY}}'''
|-
| align="right" | '''{{Futsal-rt|ARG}}''' ||align="center"| '''5–0''' || '''{{Futsal|CHN}}'''
|-
| align="right" | '''{{Futsal-rt|EGY}}''' ||align="center"| '''2–4''' || '''{{Futsal|ARG}}'''
|-
| align="right" | '''{{Futsal-rt|UKR}}''' ||align="center"| '''6–2''' || '''{{Futsal|GUA}}'''
|-
| align="right" | '''{{Futsal-rt|CHN}}''' ||align="center"| '''2–6''' || '''{{Futsal|EGY}}'''
|-
| align="right" | '''{{Futsal-rt|ARG}}''' ||align="center"| '''2–2''' || '''{{Futsal|UKR}}'''
|-
| align="right" | '''{{Futsal-rt|CHN}}''' ||align="center"| '''1–10''' || '''{{Futsal|GUA}}'''
|-
| align="right" | '''{{Futsal-rt|UKR}}''' ||align="center"| ''' 5–1 ''' || '''{{Futsal|EGY}}'''
|-
| align="right" | '''{{Futsal-rt|ARG}}''' ||align="center"| ''' 2–1 ''' || '''{{Futsal|GUA}}'''
|-
| align="right" | '''{{Futsal-rt|UKR}}''' ||align="center"| ''' 4–2 ''' || '''{{Futsal|CHN}}'''
|}
{{col-end}}

===Group D===
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
{{#lst:2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup – first round|TableD}}
{{col-break}}
{| style="font-size:90%; margin: 0 auto;"
|-
| align="right" | '''{{Futsal-rt|ESP}}''' ||align="center"| '''3–3''' || '''{{Futsal|IRI}}'''
|-
| align="right" | '''{{Futsal-rt|URU}}''' ||align="center"| '''3–3''' || '''{{Futsal|LBY|1977}}'''
|-
| align="right" | '''{{Futsal-rt|LBY|1977}}''' ||align="center"| '''0–3''' || '''{{Futsal|ESP}}'''
|-
| align="right" | '''{{Futsal-rt|CZE}}''' ||align="center"| '''4–1''' || '''{{Futsal|URU}}'''
|-
| align="right" | '''{{Futsal-rt|ESP}}''' ||align="center"| ''' 4–0 ''' || '''{{Futsal|CZE}}'''
|-
| align="right" | '''{{Futsal-rt|Iran}}''' ||align="center"| '''4–2''' || '''{{Futsal|LBY|1977}}'''
|-
| align="right" | '''{{Futsal-rt|CZE}}''' ||align="center"| '''4–2''' || '''{{Futsal|LBY|1977}}'''
|-
| align="right" | '''{{Futsal-rt|Iran}}''' ||align="center"| '''4–2 ''' || '''{{Futsal|URU}}'''
|-
| align="right" | '''{{Futsal-rt|ESP}}''' ||align="center"| ''' 3–0 ''' || '''{{Futsal|URU}}'''
|-
| align="right" | '''{{Futsal-rt|CZE}}''' ||align="center"| ''' 2–3 ''' || '''{{Futsal|Iran}}'''
|}
{{col-end}}

==Second round==
{{Main|2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup – second round}}

===Group E===
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL
|res_col_header=Q
|show_positions=n
|sortable_table=y

|team1=BRA|name_BRA={{Futsal|BRA}}
|team2=ITA|name_ITA={{Futsal|ITA}}
|team3=IRI|name_IRI={{Futsal|IRI}}
|team4=UKR|name_UKR={{Futsal|UKR}}
|win_BRA=3|draw_BRA=0|loss_BRA=0|gf_BRA=9|ga_BRA=3
|win_ITA=1|draw_ITA=1|loss_ITA=1|gf_ITA=9|ga_ITA=8
|win_IRI=1|draw_IRI=1|loss_IRI=1|gf_IRI=10|ga_IRI=10
|win_UKR=0|draw_UKR=0|loss_UKR=3|gf_UKR=7|ga_UKR=14

|col_A=green1|text_A=
|result1=A|result2=A
|update=complete|source=
}}
{{col-break}}
{| style="font-size:90%; margin: 0 auto;"
|-
| align="right" | '''{{Futsal-rt|BRA}}''' ||align="center"| ''' 1–0 ''' || '''{{Futsal|IRN}}'''
|-
| align="right" | '''{{Futsal-rt|UKR}}''' ||align="center"| ''' 0–4 ''' || '''{{Futsal|ITA}}'''
|-
| align="right" | '''{{Futsal-rt|ITA}}''' ||align="center"| ''' 0–3 ''' || '''{{Futsal|BRA}}'''
|-
| align="right" | '''{{Futsal-rt|UKR}}''' ||align="center"| ''' 4–5''' || '''{{Futsal|IRN}}'''
|-
| align="right" | '''{{Futsal-rt|BRA}}''' ||align="center"| ''' 5–3 ''' || '''{{Futsal|UKR}}'''
|-
| align="right" | '''{{Futsal-rt|IRN}}''' ||align="center"| ''' 5–5 ''' || '''{{Futsal|ITA}}'''
|}
{{col-end}}

===Group F===
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL
|res_col_header=Q
|show_positions=n
|sortable_table=y

|team1=ESP|name_ESP={{Futsal|ESP}}
|team2=RUS|name_RUS={{Futsal|RUS}}
|team3=ARG|name_ARG={{Futsal|ARG}}
|team4=PAR|name_PAR={{Futsal|PAR|1990}}
|win_ESP=3|draw_ESP=0|loss_ESP=0|gf_ESP=11|ga_ESP=4
|win_RUS=1|draw_RUS=1|loss_RUS=1|gf_RUS=9|ga_RUS=11
|win_ARG=0|draw_ARG=2|loss_ARG=1|gf_ARG=6|ga_ARG=7
|win_PAR=0|draw_PAR=1|loss_PAR=2|gf_PAR=8|ga_PAR=12

|col_A=green1|text_A=
|result1=A|result2=A
|update=complete|source=
}}
{{col-break}}
{| style="font-size:90%; margin: 0 auto;"
|-
| align="right" | '''{{Futsal-rt|PAR|1990}}''' ||align="center"| ''' 3–3 ''' || '''{{Futsal|ARG}}'''
|-
| align="right" | '''{{Futsal-rt|ESP}}''' ||align="center"| ''' 5–2 ''' || '''{{Futsal|RUS}}'''
|-
| align="right" | '''{{Futsal-rt|ESP}}''' ||align="center"| ''' 2–1 ''' || '''{{Futsal|ARG}}'''
|-
| align="right" | '''{{Futsal-rt|RUS}}''' ||align="center"| ''' 5–4 ''' || '''{{Futsal|PAR|1990}}'''
|-
| align="right" | '''{{Futsal-rt|ARG}}''' ||align="center"| ''' 2–2 ''' || '''{{Futsal|RUS}}'''
|-
| align="right" | '''{{Futsal-rt|PAR|1990}}''' ||align="center"| ''' 1–4 ''' || '''{{Futsal|ESP}}'''
|}
{{col-end}}

==Final round==
{{Main|2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup – final round}}

{{Round4-with third
|RD1=Semifinals
|RD2=Final
|Consol=Third place
<!--Date-Place|Team 1|Score 1|Team 2|Score 2 -->
|16 October 2008 – [[Rio de Janeiro]]|{{Futsal|Russia}}|2|'''{{Futsal|Brazil}}''' |'''4'''
|16 October 2008 – [[Rio de Janeiro]]|'''{{Futsal|Spain}} {{aet}}''' |'''3'''|{{Futsal|Italy}} |2
<!--final  -->
|19 October 2008 – [[Rio de Janeiro]]|'''{{Futsal|Brazil}} ([[Penalty shoot-out (association football)|pen.]])''' |'''2 (4)''' |{{Futsal|Spain}} |2 (3)
<!--third place  -->
|18 October 2008 – [[Rio de Janeiro]]|{{Futsal|Russia}}|1|'''{{Futsal|Italy}}''' |'''2'''
}}

===Semi-finals===
{{footballbox
|date=16 October 2008
|team1={{Futsal-rt|Russia}}
|score=2–4
|team2={{Futsal|Brazil}}
|stadium=[[Rio de Janeiro]]
}}

{{footballbox
|date=16 October 2008
|team1={{Futsal-rt|Spain}}
|score=3–2
|team2={{Futsal|Italy}}
|stadium=[[Rio de Janeiro]]
}}

===Third place match===
{{footballbox
|date=18 October 2008
|team1={{Futsal-rt|Russia}}
|score=1–2
|team2={{Futsal|Italy}}
|stadium=[[Rio de Janeiro]]
}}

===Final===
{{footballbox
|date=19 October 2008
|team1 = {{futsal-rt|BRA}}
|score =  2–2
|aet = yes
|team2 = {{futsal|ESP}}
|penaltyscore=4–3
|stadium=[[Rio de Janeiro]]
}}

==Champions==
{{Winners|futsal|FIFA Futsal World Cup<br />2008 winners|BRA|Fourth}}

==Awards==
{| class="wikitable" style="margin: 0 auto;"
|-
!Golden Shoe winner
!Golden Ball winner
!Golden Gloves winner
|-
|align=center|{{futsalicon|RUS}} [[Vágner Kaetano Pereira|Pula]]
|align=center|{{futsalicon|BRA}} [[Falcão (futsal player)|Falcão]]
|align=center|{{futsalicon|BRA}} [[Tiago de Melo Marinho|Tiago]]
|-
!Silver Shoe winner
!Silver Ball winner
!Goal of the Tournament
|-
|align=center|{{futsalicon|BRA}} [[Falcão (futsal player)|Falcão]]
|align=center|{{futsalicon|BRA}} [[Flávio Sérgio Viana|Schumacher]]
|align=center|{{futsalicon|GUA}} [[José Rafael González]]
|-
!Bronze Shoe winner
!Bronze Ball winner
!FIFA Fair Play Trophy
|-
|align=center|{{futsalicon|BRA}} [[Lenísio]]
|align=center|{{futsalicon|BRA}} [[Tiago de Melo Marinho|Tiago]]
|align=center|{{Futsal|ESP}}
|}

==Top goalscorers==
{{Main|List of 2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup goalscorers}}
The top 10 scorers from the '''2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup''' are as follows:

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
!Rank
!Name
!Country
!Goals
|-
|1
|align="left"|[[Vágner Kaetano Pereira|Pula]]
|align="left"|{{Futsal|RUS}}
|16
|-
|2
|align="left"|[[Falcão (futsal player)|Falcão]]
|align="left"|{{Futsal|BRA}}
|15
|-
|3
|align="left"|[[Lenísio]]
|align="left"|{{Futsal|BRA}}
|11
|-
|rowspan="2"|4
|align="left"|[[Flávio Sérgio Viana|Schumacher]]
|align="left"|{{Futsal|BRA}}
|rowspan="2"|10
|-
|align="left"|[[Damir Khamadiyev]]
|align="left"|{{Futsal|RUS}}
|-
|6
|align="left"|[[Vladislav Shayakhmetov]]
|align="left"|{{Futsal|RUS}}
|9
|-
|rowspan="3"|7
|align="left"|[[Fabio Alcaraz]]
|align="left"|{{Futsal|PAR|1990}}
|rowspan="3"|8
|-
|align="left"|[[René Villalba]]
|align="left"|{{Futsal|PAR|1990}}
|-
|align="left"|[[Cirilo (futsal player)|Cirilo]]
|align="left"|{{Futsal|RUS}}
|-
|rowspan=3|10
|align="left"|[[Fernando Grana]]
|align="left"|{{Futsal|ITA}}
|rowspan=3|7
|-
|align="left"|[[Dmitri Prudnikov]]
|align="left"|{{Futsal|RUS}}
|-
|align="left"|[[Fernando Maciel Gonçalves|Fernandão]]
|align="left"|{{Futsal|ESP}}
|}

==Final tournament rankings==
<small>Per statistical convention in football, matches decided in [[Overtime (sports)#Association football|extra time]] are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by [[penalty shoot-out (association football)|penalty shoot-out]] are counted as draws.</small>
{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
|-
!width="25"|{{abbr|Pos|Position}}
!width="180"|Team
!width="25"|{{abbr|Pld|Played}}
!width="25"|{{abbr|W|Won}}
!width="25"|{{abbr|D|Drawn}}
!width="25"|{{abbr|L|Lost}}
!width="25"|{{abbr|GF|Goals for}}
!width="25"|{{abbr|GA|Goals against}}
!width="25"|{{abbr|GD|Goals difference}}
!width="25"|{{abbr|Pts|Points}}
!width="100"|Final result
|-
|-style="background: #FFD700;"
|1
|align=left| {{futsal|BRA}}
|9 ||8 ||1 ||0 ||64 ||8 ||+56 ||'''25'''
|Champions
|-style="background: #C0C0C0;"
|2
|align=left| {{futsal|ESP}}
|9 ||7 ||2 ||0 ||29 ||11 ||+18 ||'''23'''
|Runners-up
|-style="background: #CD7F32;"
|3
|align=left| {{futsal|ITA}}
|9 ||5 ||1 ||3 ||25 ||18 ||+7 ||'''16'''
|Third place
|-bgcolor=#9acdff
|4
|align=left| {{futsal|RUS}}
|9 ||4 ||1 ||4 ||62 ||32 ||+30 ||'''13'''
|Fourth place
|-style="border-top:8px solid #BBBBBB;"
|5
|align=left| {{futsal|IRN}}
|7 ||4 ||2 ||1 ||24 ||19 ||+5 ||'''14'''
|rowspan=4|Eliminated in [[2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup#Second round|Second round]]
|-
|6
|align=left| {{futsal|ARG}}
|7 ||3 ||3 ||1 ||19 ||12 ||+7 ||'''12'''
|-
|7
|align=left| {{futsal|PAR|1990}}
|7 ||3 ||1 ||3 ||27 ||17 ||+10 ||'''10'''
|-
|8
|align=left| {{futsal|UKR}}
|7 ||3 ||1 ||3 ||24 ||21 ||+3 ||'''10'''
|-style="border-top:8px solid #BBBBBB;"
|9
|align=left| {{futsal|POR}}
|4 ||3 ||0 ||1 ||15 ||8 ||+7 ||'''9'''
|rowspan=12|Eliminated in [[2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup#First round|First round]]
|-
|10
|align=left| {{futsal|GUA}}
|4 ||2 ||0 ||2 ||14 ||9 ||+5 ||'''6'''
|-
|11
|align=left| {{futsal|CZE}}
|4 ||2 ||0 ||2 ||10 ||10 ||0 ||'''6'''
|-
|12
|align=left| {{futsal|JPN}}
|4 ||2 ||0 ||2 ||13 ||24 ||–11 ||'''6'''
|-
|13
|align=left| {{futsal|EGY}}
|4 ||1 ||0 ||3 ||9 ||12 ||–3 ||'''3'''
|-
|14
|align=left| {{futsal|THA}}
|4 ||1 ||0 ||3 ||7 ||15 ||–8 ||'''3'''
|-
|15
|align=left| {{futsal|CUB}}
|4 ||1 ||0 ||3 ||16 ||25 ||–9 ||'''3'''
|-
|16
|align=left| {{futsal|LBY|1977}}
|4 ||0 ||1 ||3 ||7 ||14 ||–7 ||'''1'''
|-
|17
|align=left| {{futsal|URU}}
|4 ||0 ||1 ||3 ||6 ||14 ||–8 ||'''1'''
|-
|18
|align=left| {{futsal|USA}}
|4 ||0 ||0 ||4 ||5 ||24 ||–19 ||'''0'''
|-
|19
|align=left| {{futsal|CHN}}
|4 ||0 ||0 ||4 ||5 ||25 ||–20 ||'''0'''
|-
|20
|align=left| {{futsal|SOL}}
|4 ||0 ||0 ||4 ||6 ||69 ||–63 ||'''0'''
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20150915172506/http://www.fifa.com/futsalworldcup/archive/brazil2008/index.html FIFA Futsal World Cup Brazil 2008], FIFA.com
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20111220065116/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/affederation/technicaldevp/01/00/21/71/ffwc2008%5ftr%5fbra.pdf FIFA Technical Report]

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