Soccer : Spain and Brazil Are Favorites To Win 2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup

Start 30th September 2008

The 2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup is upcoming, and this prestigious indoor football tournament is just as exciting as the real World Cup, which happens every four years.

Since its inception in 1988, Brazil has won the most number of championships with 3. However, the last two FIFA Futsal World Cup titles have been won by Spain.

After lengthy qualification matches in various competitions, such as the Copa America Futsal, Ocenanian Futsal Championship, CONCACAF Fustal Champion, African Futsal Championship, AFC Futsal Championship and UEFA FUtsal Championship, a total of 20 teams were selected to participate in the 2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup, which will be hosted by Brazil.

4 Groups representing 5 national Futsal teams will be competing with the top two teams of each group advancing to the quarterfinals of the 2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup.

Group A includes Brazil, Russia, Japan, Cuba and Solomon Islands with Brazil and Russia considered the favorites to top the group.

Group B consists of Italy, Portugal, Thailand, Paraguay and the United States, and the favorites to top the group are Italy and Portugal.

Group C includes Argentina, Ukraine, China, Guatemala and Egypt with Argentina and Ukraine as favorites.

Group D consists of Spain, Czech Republic, Iran, Uruguay and Libya with Spain and Czech Republic as favorites to top the group.

Brazil will try to exploit the home court and home crowd advantage to win the 2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup. Of course, Brazil will also be relying on its key players like Falcao, Schumacher, Lenisio and Vinicius.

Spain hope to win its 3rd straight Futsal World Cup Championship, and will be relying on its key players like Kike, Marcelo and Andreu.

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