Futsal Continental Cup 2014

2014 Futsal Confederations Cup
Tournament details
Host country Kuwait
Dates 23 October – 23 October
Teams 8 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  Argentina (1st title)
Runners-up  Czech Republic
Third place  Brazil
Fourth place  Italy
Tournament statistics
Matches played 16
Goals scored 91 (5.69 per match)
Top scorer(s) Czech Republic Michal Seidler (7 goals)

The third edition of the Futsal Confederations Cup, which was called the Futsal Continental Cup for this tournament, was held in Kuwait from October 23 to October 28, 2014.[1]

The tournament was organized by the federations of national participants, in collaboration with Sheikh Talal Al Mohammad Al Sabah, but was not approved by FIFA. Eight teams took part: Egypt, Argentina, Italy, Kuwait (included in Group A), Brazil, Czech Republic, Japan and Guatemala (included in Group B).

Teams

Team Confederation Qualification
 Kuwait AFCHost
 Egypt CAFInvitee
 Italy UEFAUEFA Futsal Euro 2014 Winners
 Argentina CONMEBOL2011 Copa América Runners-up
 Brazil CONMEBOL2011 Copa América Winners
2012 FIFA Futsal World Cup Winners
 Japan AFC2014 AFC Futsal Championship Winners
 Guatemala CONCACAF2012 CONCACAF Futsal Championship Runners-up
 Czech Republic UEFAInvitee

Group Stage

Group A

Team Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
 Italy 3 3 0 0 9 5 +4 9
 Argentina 3 2 0 1 13 5 +8 6
 Egypt 3 1 0 2 8 11 −3 3
 Kuwait 3 0 0 3 6 15 −9 0

23 October 2014 (2014-10-23)
Kuwait  2 – 4  Italy
Abdulrahman Altawail  17'
Ahmad Alfarsi  18' 		Massimo De Luca  16', 31', 38'
Mauro Canal  39'

23 October 2014 (2014-10-23)
Argentina  6 – 1  Egypt
Fernando Wilhelm  2'
Cristian Borruto  3'
Pablo Taborda  7'
Constantino Vaporaki  12', 13'
Leandro Cuzzolino  31' 		Ahmed Abdelkader  23'

24 October 2014 (2014-10-24)
Egypt  2 – 3  Italy
Karim Ahmed  38'
Mostafa Eid  39' 		Sergio Romano  9'
Mauro Canal  10'
Júlio de Oliveira  36'

24 October 2014 (2014-10-24)
Kuwait  2 – 6  Argentina
Abdulrahman Altawail  19'
Saleh Hasan  34' 		Alamiro Vaporaki  3', 10'
Leandro Cuzzolino  9', 19'
Cristian Borruto  39'

25 October 2014 (2014-10-25)
Italy  2 – 1  Argentina
Humberto Honorio  21'
Mauro Canal  39' 		Cristian Borruto  25'

25 October 2014 (2014-10-25)
Kuwait  2 – 5  Egypt
Hamad Hayat  18', 27' Mostafa Eid  13'
Ahmed Abdelkader  16'
Ramadan Sama  19'
Ibrahim Bekhit  24'
Mostafa Rezk  35'

Group B

Team Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
 Brazil 3 3 0 0 16 3 +13 9
 Czech Republic 3 2 0 1 11 8 +3 6
 Japan 3 1 0 2 6 9 −3 3
 Guatemala 3 0 0 3 4 17 −13 0

23 October 2014 (2014-10-23)
Czech Republic  6 – 2  Guatemala
Michal Seidler  8', 10', 16', 19'
Michal Belej  24', 24' 		Manuel Pellecer  15'
Edgar Rodríguez  34'

23 October 2014 (2014-10-23)
Brazil  5 – 0  Japan
Francisco Alves  5'
Marcenio Da Silva  25'
Darlan Lopes  29', 29'
Jefferson Carpes  32'

24 October 2014 (2014-10-24)
Japan  0 – 4  Czech Republic
Lukáš Rešetár  3', 23', 39'
Michal Seidler  25'

24 October 2014 (2014-10-24)
Guatemala  2 – 5  Brazil
Walter Enriquez  6'
Manuel Pellecer  11' 		Alexandre Faria  9', 39'
Rafael Novaes  10'
Marcenio Da Silva  25'
Darlan Lopes  38'

25 October 2014 (2014-10-25)
Japan  6 – 0  Guatemala
Bruno Takashi  14', 31'
Manabu Takita  17'
Akita Minamoto  22'
Yuki Murota  30'
Nobuya Osodo  33'

25 October 2014 (2014-10-25)
Brazil  6 – 1  Czech Republic
Jefferson Carpes  1'
Rafael Novaes  8'
Tiago Wanderley  12'
Darlan Lopes  32', 35'
Carlos Murilo  34' 		Rodek  6'

Final Stage

Semi-finals Final
27 October – Kuwait City
  Argentina  4  
  Brazil  1  
 
28 October – Kuwait City
      Argentina  6
    Czech Republic  2
Third place
27 October – Kuwait City 28 October – Kuwait City
  Italy  1 (2)   Italy  0
  Czech Republic (p)  1 (3)     Brazil  3

Semifinals

27 October 2014 (2014-10-27)
Argentina  4 – 1  Brazil
Cristian Borruto  13'
Maximiliano Rescia  22'
Fernando Wilhelm 23', 40' 		Carlos Murilo  20'
Kuwait City
Referee: Mario Moncada (Col) Jorge Flores (SLV)

Third Place

28 October 2014 (2014-10-28)
Italy  0 – 3  Brazil
Jefferson Carpes  31'
Tiago Wanderley  35'
Marcenio Da Silva  39'

Final

28 October 2014 (2014-10-28)
Argentina  6 – 2  Czech Republic
Gerardo Battistoni  8'
Leandro Cuzzolino  14', 37'
Alamiro Tello  19'
Constantino Vaporaki  34'
Fernando Wilhelm  35' 		Michal Holy  2'
Michal Seidler  32'

Honors

 Futsal Continental Cup 2014 

Argentina
First title

References

  1. ↑ Futsal Planet

External links

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