2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup
The 2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup was the sixth edition of the FIFA Futsal World Cup, the quadrennial international futsal championship contested by the men's national teams of the member associations of FIFA. It was the first tournament to use the term "World Cup". It was held between 30 September and 19 October 2008 in Brazil. It was the only Futsal World Cup to feature 20 teams.
Brazil won the tournament for the fourth time. It was their first title since 1996.
Qualifying criteria
Qualified nations
Venues
Squads
Each nation submitted a squad of 14 players, including two goalkeepers.Officials
| Confederation | Referees |
| AFC |  Nurdin Bukuev |
| AFC |  Kazuya Isokawa |
| AFC |  Badrul Hisham Kalam |
| AFC |  Scott Kidson |
| AFC |  Kim Jang-Kwan |
| AFC |  Li Zhizhong |
| AFC |  Alireza Sohrabi |
| CAF |  Tawfik Al-Dawi |
| CAF |  Saiud Abdul-Kader |
| CAF |  Asselam Khan |
| CONCACAF |  Carlos del Cid |
| CONCACAF |  Antonio Alvarez Betancourt |
| CONCACAF |  Jason Krnac |
| CONCACAF |  Hector Mesen |
| CONCACAF |  Elix Peralta |
| OFC |  Amitesh Chandra Behari |
| Confederation | Referees |
| CONMEBOL |  Octalivar Hernández |
| CONMEBOL |  Sergio Ghibaudi |
| CONMEBOL |  Tales Goulart |
| CONMEBOL |  Franklin Loor |
| CONMEBOL |  Fabián López |
| CONMEBOL |  Héctor Rojas Figueroa |
| CONMEBOL |  Álvaro Sacarelo |
| CONMEBOL |  Nestor Ibarra |
| UEFA |  Massimo Cumbo |
| UEFA |  António Cardoso |
| UEFA |  Roberto Gracia Marin |
| UEFA |  Karel Henych |
| UEFA |  Oleg Ivanov |
| UEFA |  Ivan Shabanov |
| UEFA |  Edi Sunjic |
| UEFA |  Károly Török |
First round
Draw
The 20 teams were divided in four groups, each group with five teams. The draw was held on 10 July 2008 in Brasília, BrazilTie break rule
In case two or more teams are equal on points, their ranking is determined by the results of matches between the tied teams only. If there is still a tie after this, the ranking is determined by goals difference in all group matches.Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Second round
Group E
Group F
Final round
Semi-finals
Third place match
Final
Champions
Awards
Top goalscorers
The top 10 scorers from the 2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup are as follows:| Rank | Name | Country | Goals |
| 1 | Pula | 16 | |
| 2 | Falcão | 15 | |
| 3 | Lenísio | 11 | |
| 4 | Schumacher | 10 | |
| 4 | Damir Khamadiev | 10 | |
| 6 | Vladislav Shayakhmetov | 9 | |
| 7 | Fabio Alcaraz | 8 | |
| 7 | René Villalba | 8 | |
| 7 | Sirilo | 8 | |
| 10 | Fernando Grana | 7 | |
| 10 | Dmitri Prudnikov | 7 | |
| 10 | Fernandão | 7 |