8th AMF Futsal World Cup
21-29/11/2003
Asuncion (Paraguay)

The AMF (Asociacion Mundial de Futsal / World Futsal Association) organized the 8th Futsal World Cup for November 21st to 29th in Paraguay.




GROUP A (Asunción)

Paraguay
Australia
Belgium
Peru

GROUP B (Pedro Juan Caballero)

Bolivia
Brazil
Congo Republic
Costa Rica

GROUP C (Concepción)

Russia
Spain
Italy
Netherlands Antiles

GROUP D (Minga Guazú)

Colombia
Czech Republic
Belarus
Ecuador

GROUP E (Encarnación)

Argentina
Ukraine
Canada
Norway


Fixture

First Round

GROUP A (Asunción)

21/11/03
Australia - Belgium 5-7
Paraguay - Perú 8-2

22/11/03
Australia - Perú 0-7
Paraguay - Belgium 4-1

23/11/03
Belgium - Perú 2-9
Paraguay - Australia 15-0

Group A - Standing
1. Paraguay --------------------3-3-0-0-27--3-6
2. Perù ------------------------3-2-0-1-18-10-4
3. Belgium ---------------------3-1-0-2-10-18-2
4. Australia -------------------3-0-0-3--5-29-0

QUALIFIED TEAMS: Paraguay and Perù

GROUP B (Pedro Juan Caballero)

21/11/03
Brazil - Congo Republic 8-0
Bolivia - Costa Rica 2-1

22/11/03
Brazil - Costa Rica 3-0
Bolivia - Congo Republic 19-2

23/11/03
Congo Republic - Costa Rica 0-14
Bolivia - Brazil 2-2

Group B - Standing
1. Bolivia ---------------------3-2-1-0-23--5-5
2. Brazil ----------------------3-2-1-0-13--2-5
3. Costa Rica ------------------3-1-0-2-15--5-2
4. Congo Republic --------------3-0-0-3--2-41-0


QUALIFIED TEAMS: Bolivia and Brazil


GROUP C (Concepción)

21/11/03
Spain - Italy 8-2
Russia - Netherlands Antiles 12-0

22/11/03
Spain - Netherlands Antiles 5-2
Russia - Italy 12-6

23/11/03
Italy - Netherlands Antiles 4-10
Russia - Spain 6-3

Group C - Standing
1. Russia ----------------------3-3-0-0-30--9-6
2. Spain -----------------------3-2-0-1-16-10-4
3. Netherlands Antiles ---------3-1-0-2-12-21-2
4. Italy -----------------------3-0-0-3-12-30-0

QUALIFIED TEAMS: Russia and Spain


GROUP D (Minga Guazú)

21/11/03
Czech Republic - Belarus 6-2
Colombia - Ecuador 5-2

22/11/03
Czech Republic - Ecuador 7-2
Colombia - Belarus 12-3

23/11/03
Belarus - Ecuador 5-8
Colombia - Czech Republic 6-0

Group D - Standing
1. Colombia --------------------3-3-0-0-23--5-6
2. Czech Republic --------------3-2-0-1-13-10-4
3. Ecuador ---------------------3-1-0-2-12-17-2
4. Belarus ---------------------3-0-0-3-10-26-0


QUALIFIED TEAMS: Colombia


GROUP E (Encarnación)

21/11/03
Ukraine - Canada 6-2
Argentina - Norway 10-2

22/11/03
Ukraine - Norway 3-0
Argentina - Canada 7-1

23/11/03
Canada - Norway 5-7
Argentina - Ukraine 7-1

Group E - Standing
1. Argentina -------------------3-3-0-0-24--4-6
2. Ukraine ---------------------3-2-0-1-10--9-4
3. Norway ----------------------3-1-0-2--9-18-2
4. Canada ----------------------3-0-0-3--8-20-0


QUALIFIED TEAMS: Argentina

24/11/03

Rest day

Second round

ASUNCION

25/11/03
Paraguay (1º Group A) - Spain (3° best 2nd classified)5-3
Colombia (1º Group D) - Russia (1º Group C) 4-3

ENCARNACION

25/11/03
Bolivia (1º Group B) - Brazil (1° best 2nd classified) 4-3
Argentina (1º Group E) - Perù (2° best 2nd classified) 2-8

Final round (4 teams tournament in Asunción)

27/11/03
h.21:00 Colombia - Bolivia 7-4
h.23:00 Paraguay - Perù 4-3

28/11/03
h.21:00 Colombia - Perù 2-2
h.23:00 Paraguay - Bolivia 5-1

29/11/03
h.21:00 Bolivia - Perù 4-1
h.23:00 Paraguay - Colombia 5-4

Group E - Standing
1. Paraguay --------------------3-3-0-0-14--8-6
2. Colombia --------------------3-1-1-1-11--9-3
3. Bolivia ---------------------3-1-0-2--8--8-2
4. Perù ------------------------3-0-1-2--4--8-1


Note: In the first round the match played in Asuncion will start at 21:00 and 23:00, while in the other cities will start at 20:30 and 22:00.

Previous FIFUSA (now WFA) World Championships

Year - Venue - Champion

1982 - Sao Paulo, Brazil - Brazil
1985 - Madrid, Spain - Brazil
1988 - Melbourne, Australia - Paraguay
1991 - Milan, Italy - Portugal
1994 - Posadas, Argentina - Argentina
1997 - Mexico City, Mexico - Venezuela
2000 - La Paz, Bolivia - Colombia
2003 - Asuncion, Paraguay - Paraguay