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2008 Copa América de Futsal

Tournament details
Host country	Uruguay
Dates	23–28 June
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)
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The 2008 Copa América de 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 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	2–1	Colombia

Colombia	5–4	Venezuela

Argentina	3–0	Venezuela

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	6–0	Bolivia

Peru	4–4	Bolivia

Paraguay	6–1	Peru

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	6–2	Chile

Brazil	11–1	Ecuador

Uruguay	4–2	Ecuador

Brazil	16–0	Chile

Uruguay	1–8	Brazil

Ecuador	8–3	Chile

Knockout stage

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

9th place

Venezuela	3–0	Chile

7th place

Peru	5–2	Bolivia

5th place

Colombia	6–1	Ecuador

Semi-finals

Argentina	2–5	Brazil

Uruguay	1–1 (3–1 AET)	Paraguay

3rd Place

Argentina	3–2	Paraguay

Final

Brazil	6–2	Uruguay

2008 Copa America FIFA Futsal winners
Brazil Eighteenth title

Final classification

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

• Copa América de Futsal
• International association football competitions hosted by Uruguay
• 2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup qualification
• 2007–08 in Uruguayan football
• Futsal in Uruguay