2008 Copa América de Futsal

2008 Copa América de 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 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 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	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Argentina	2	2	0	5	1	+4	6
Colombia	2	1	1	6	6	0	3
Venezuela	2	0	2	4	8	–4	0

2008-06-23

18:35

Argentina	2–1	Colombia

Mercedes

2008-06-24

18:00

Colombia	5–4	Venezuela

Mercedes

2008-06-25

18:35

Argentina	3–0	Venezuela

Mercedes

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

2008-06-23

16:45

Paraguay	6–0	Bolivia

Mercedes

2008-06-24

20:30

Peru	4–4	Bolivia

Canelones

2008-06-25

20:30

Paraguay	6–1	Peru

Canelones

Group C

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

2008-06-23