2014 Women's Futsal World Tournament

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2014 Women's Futsal World Tournament
Tournament details
Host countryCosta Rica
Dates10–15 December 2014
Teams7 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of Brazil.svg  Brazil (5th title)
Runners-upFlag of Portugal.svg  Portugal
Third placeFlag of Spain.svg  Spain
Fourth placeFlag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica
Tournament statistics
Matches played14
Goals scored78 (5.57 per match)
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The 2014 Women's Futsal World Tournament was the fifth edition of the Women's Futsal World Tournament, the premier world championship for women's national futsal teams. [1] The competition was to be hosted in Russia, but was moved to Hatillo District, in Costa Rica. [2]

The Women's Futsal World Tournament is an international competition for women's national futsal teams, similar in nature to the FIFA Futsal World Cup, although it is not sanctioned and organized by FIFA. The first edition took place in 2010 in Spain and was won by Brazil. The tournament has known no other winner besides Brazil, after victories in the following six editions.

Futsal Ballgame-team sport, variant of association football

Futsal is a variant of association football played on a hard court, smaller than a football pitch, and mainly indoors. It features similarities to five-a-side football.

Russia transcontinental country in Eastern Europe and Northern Asia

Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country in Eastern Europe and North Asia. At 17,125,200 square kilometres (6,612,100 sq mi), Russia is, by a considerable margin, the largest country in the world by area, covering more than one-eighth of the Earth's inhabited land area, and the ninth most populous, with about 146.79 million people as of 2019, including Crimea. About 77% of the population live in the western, European part of the country. Russia's capital, Moscow, is one of the largest cities in the world and the second largest city in Europe; other major cities include Saint Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Yekaterinburg and Nizhny Novgorod. Extending across the entirety of Northern Asia and much of Eastern Europe, Russia spans eleven time zones and incorporates a wide range of environments and landforms. From northwest to southeast, Russia shares land borders with Norway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland, Belarus, Ukraine, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, China, Mongolia and North Korea. It shares maritime borders with Japan by the Sea of Okhotsk and the U.S. state of Alaska across the Bering Strait. However, Russia recognises two more countries that border it, Abkhazia and South Ossetia, both of which are internationally recognized as parts of Georgia.

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Venues

Arena BN Arena
Picture
City Hatillo District
Capacity5,200
MatchesGroup A (6), Group B (3), Play-off round (5)

Referees

Angola Country in Africa

Angola, officially the Republic of Angola, is a west-coast country of south-central Africa. It is the seventh-largest country in Africa, bordered by Namibia to the south, the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north, Zambia to the east, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. Angola has an exclave province, the province of Cabinda that borders the Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The capital and largest city of Angola is Luanda.

Costa Rica Country in Central America

Costa Rica, officially the Republic of Costa Rica, is a sovereign state in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the northeast, Panama to the southeast, the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, and Ecuador to the south of Cocos Island. It has a population of around 5 million in a land area of 51,060 square kilometers. An estimated 333,980 people live in the capital and largest city, San José with around 2 million people in the surrounding metropolitan area.

Cuba Country in the Caribbean

Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is a country comprising the island of Cuba as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos. Cuba is located in the northern Caribbean where the Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Ocean meet. It is east of the Yucatán Peninsula (Mexico), south of both the U.S. state of Florida and the Bahamas, west of Haiti and north of both Jamaica and the Cayman Islands. Havana is the largest city and capital; other major cities include Santiago de Cuba and Camagüey. The area of the Republic of Cuba is 110,860 square kilometers (42,800 sq mi). The island of Cuba is the largest island in Cuba and in the Caribbean, with an area of 105,006 square kilometers (40,543 sq mi), and the second-most populous after Hispaniola, with over 11 million inhabitants.

Group stage

Group A

Group B

Final round

Final ranking

RankTeam
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Portugal.svg  Portugal
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Spain.svg  Spain
4Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica
5Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala
6Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
7Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
 Women's Futsal World Tournament
2014 Winners 
Flag of Brazil.svg
Brazil
5th title

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References

  1. ↑ "2014 Women's Futsal World Tournament at Futsalplanet". Futsal Planet. Archived from the original on 13 June 2018. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
  2. ↑ "CBFS anuncia que seleção brasileira não participará do Mundial Feminino". GloboEsporte.com (in Portuguese). Retrieved 26 November 2014.
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