The Australian women got their Futsal world cup underway in fantastic style.

In their first appearance at the World Cup the girls lead the way by defeating Italy 11-2 in their opening match (Seyma 3, Jo Burgess 2, April Mann 2, Jasmine Kent 1, Jade Banks 1, Lailey Tanson 1, Sarah Garven 1).

Their next game was against Paraguay who drew 3 all with Italy yesterday and a win here will see the Australians through to the next round which will put them in cup contention.

Australia 4 Paraguay 0 (Jo Burgess 2, Sarah Garven 1, April Mann 1)

Australia 2 Catalonia 3 (Jo Burgess 2) – Note Catalonia went on to Win the Tournament.

Australia 4 Venzuela 3 (Jo Burgess 2, Hammond 1, Kent 1) 

Playoff for 5th/6th : Argentina 5 Australia 0

Congratulations to Jo Burgess for winning the Golden Boot Trophy for the tournament (8 Goals).

Teams that competed : Catalonia (Tournament Winners), Colombia, Czech Republic, Australia, Paraguay, Italy, Belgium, Argentina, Venezuela, Ukraine, Galicia, Russia

 

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First Published : 1/10/2008

Japan picked up their first points of the FIFA Futsal World Cup Brazil 2008 on Saturday with a 7-2 win over Solomon Islands in Brasilia.

The lively East Asians were up 3-0 inside 12 minutes thanks to goals from Yuki Kanayama, Kenichiro Kogure and Yusuke Komiyama, setting the stage for the eventual rout to follow. An own goal from Yoshifumi Maeda in the 18th minute saw a glimmer of hope for the Oceania men, compounded by Ron Ginio’s goal just a minute later which made it a tight 3-2.

It was a false dawn for the Solomons though, as Kenta Fujii made in it 4-3 in the 23rd minute and a pair of strikes from Nobuya Osodo and one more from Yusuke Inada ended the affair and brought yet another heavy defeat down on the deflated islanders in Brazil.

Japan now move into second place in Group A, tied on three points with Russia and Cuba. The Solomons, despite putting up some brave resistance in their games, are out of contention for a place in the next round.

Source : FIFA.com
Pictures : FIFA.com Foto-net
Published : 4/10/2008

The Solomon Island Kurukurus succumbed to the world giants of the Futsal game -Brazil in their second match of the FIFA Futsal World Cup 2008 at Gimnasio Nilson Nelson Stadium in Brazil yesterday.

A crowd of 5845 saw Brazil scored 21 times without reply against Solomon Islands to consolidate their position at the Group A summit. The victory was the second biggest in FIFA Futsal World Cup history, surpassed only by the Seleção’s 29-2 defeat of the host nation at Guatemala 2000.

Brazilian keeper Tiago was unexpectedly forced into making two early saves, but the floodgates opened once Lenisio broke the minnows’ resistance on five minutes. It was 8-0 by the break, and things were to get worse for the brave but outclassed Solomons.

Lenisio finished the game with four goals to his name, two fewer than the irrepressible Falcao, and both Schmacher and Betao posted hat-tricks. Wilde, twice, Gabriel and Carlinhos were also on target for Paulo de Oliveira’s side, who already look the team to beat.

Solomon Islands coach Victor Wai’ia said his side would learn from their lesson against the best players in the world.

“It was great to have the chance to play against Brazil. Their technical ability is amazing. My team are very young and I believe this was a great learning experience for them. I hope we’ll take something away from this game.”

Solomon Island player James Egeta was appreciative of the Brazilians talents.

“That was a difficult game. We were up against one of the futsal giants. Technicallly, they’re perfect.”

Source : Oceania Football Confederation
Published : 3/10/2008

Brazil scored 21 times without reply against Solomon Islands to consolidate their position at the Group A summit. The victory was the second biggest in FIFA Futsal World Cup history, surpassed only by the Seleção’s 29-2 defeat of the host nation at Guatemala 2000.

Brazilian keeper Tiago was unexpectedly forced into making two early saves, but the floodgates opened once Lenisio broke the minnows’ resistance on five minutes. It was 8-0 by the break, and things were to get worse for the brave but outclassed Solomons.

Lenisio finished the game with four goals to his name, two fewer than the irrepressible Falcao, and both Schmacher and Betao posted hat-tricks. Wilde, twice, Gabriel and Carlinhos were also on target for Paulo de Oliveira’s side, who already look the team to beat.

 

Source : FIFA.com
Photos : FIFA.com Foto-net
Published : 2/10/2008

The Solomon Islands’ maiden FIFA Futsal World Cup appearance ended in a sobering 10-2 defeat to CONCACAF representatives Cuba on Tuesday – and to rub salt into the wound, coach Victor Wai’ia’s side now face hosts Brazil in their second match on Thursday. It goes without saying that the Oceania lads are the underdogs, but that does not mean they have given up hope even before kick-off.

The youngest team at the tournament, with an average age of just 18 years and six months, have travelled far too far, both literally and metaphorically, simply to run up the white flag now in the teeth of apparently invincible opponents. “It was a very long journey to get here. We were travelling for almost 40 hours, but the lads are ready for the next challenge,” Wai’ia exclusively told FIFA.com.

Gaining experience
Wai’ia’s squad features the 12 youngest players at the tournament, but he has great faith in his youthful charges. “It’s true we have a young team, with very little experience at the international level. But I still believe working with such young kids is an advantage, because they’re carefree and eager to learn,” the coach argued.

Just qualifying for the FIFA Futsal World Cup in the first place came as a surprise, the affable Solomon Islands supremo stated. “We’ve only had futsal since 2002. We started with a U-16 league, before introducing a senior league just two months ago. No-one expected us to win Oceania qualifying and come here to Brazil, but my young players proved clever and strong.”

Realism prevails
The team thus arrived in football-obsessed Brazil with realistic expectations. The main aim is to gain experience and perhaps pull off a minor upset along the way, according to coach Wai’ia: “Our group opponents are all very experienced. Our players are here to learn on the world stage. That’ll help us develop futsal back home. If we happen to win a match, it would be a massive bonus.”

That bonus win appears a remote prospect against the Brazilians, as the record books hardly favour the Solomon Islanders. Ahead of the current FIFA Futsal World Cup in Brazil, the host nation were responsible for four of the five biggest margins of victory over tournament newcomers: 29-2 against Guatemala (2000), 18-0 against Cuba (1996), 15-1 against Costa Rica (1992) and 12-1 against Kazakhstan (2000). Coach Wai’ia and his squad will do everything in their power to avoid inclusion in that less-than-flattering list.

Source : FIFA.COM
Published : 1/10/2008

Solomon Islands coach Victor Wai’ia will ask his players to show resolve as they prepare for a daunting FIFA Futsal World Cup showdown with mighty Brazil tonight. Solomon Islands lost its opening match in Group A 10-2 to CONCACAF heavyweights Cuba on Tuesday but Wai’ia was philosophical about the defeat.

“The Cuba match was an opportunity to learn about futsal at this level. We need to be more paitent and wait for clear opportunities,” Wai’ia said. Solomon Islands took the lead after just 1 minute but everything went downhill rapidly after that as Cuba forced Solomon Islands into errors they quickly capitalised on.

“We will work on this in training tomorrow,’ Wai’ia said.
The coach of the Oceania champions remained positive the team would learn something from the experience. With the squad’s average age somewhere around 18 years old mark, Wai’ia was certain the team would improve. Solomon Islands is the youngest team at the finals.

“I was happy with the way that Moffat Sika’ae, Ragomo and Wetney played in counter-attack, and Ron Ginio was very good in defence when he came on,” Wai’ia said.

The players were also upbeat despite the margin of defeat and were looking forward to the next match. When asked if the loss had affected moral, Phillip Houtaru was candid.

“I just feel happy to play here. The World Cup is such a high standard. I’m not disappointed about the game because this is our first time at the World Cup and we’re learing so many new things every day,” Houtaru said.

Goalscorer, Eliot Ragomo, was delighted to have scored a double but lamented his earlier penalty miss. Ragomo hobbled off the court nursing his troublesome ankle injury but was determined to be fit for the Brazil match.

“It was amazing to score in the World Cup,’ he said, ‘I’m happy, but it was because of good team work that it happened. The ankle is a bit painful, but it wasn’t going to stop me from playing today and it won’t stop me against Brazil.’

The FIFA Futsal World Cup has produced its first shock today as Iran held Spain to a 3-3 draw in Rio de Janeiro on Match Day 2 of the finals. Argentina defeated China 5-0, Guatemala edged Egypt 1-0, while Libya stormed back to snatch a 3-3 draw with Uruguay.

For all the latest news from the FIFA Futsal World Cup – Brazil 2008 please visit www.fifa.com

Source : Oceania Football Confederation
Published : 2/10/2008

The Solomon Islands – the youngest team at these futsal finals in Brazil – looked to be on their way to a special day when Elliot Ragomo opened the scoring inside the first minute. Unfortunately for the Oceania men, their early joy only acted to aggravate the Cubans.

Yulier Olivera, Carlos Madrigal, Olivera, Boris Saname and Eduardo Morales all scored for the Cubans to make it 5-1 at the interval. In the 27th minute, the Solomons’ defeat was fairly well complete, with Morales scoring two more goals and and Johnnet Martinez adding one of his own.

Morales went on to add another before Mesa made it 10-1 for the men from CONCACAF. In the dying moments, Ragomo added a bit of scant consolation with his second goal of the match for the outgunned Solomon Islands.

The Full FIFA Match Page for this game can be found here. It includes Photos, Match Stats and Highlights Footage.

Source : FIFA.com
Photos : FIFA.com Foto-net
Published : 30/9/2008

The National Futsal team the Kurukuru head coach Victor Wai’ia yesterday named his first line up to take on Cuba in the Futsal World Cup that kicks off 2.30am tomorrow (Solomon time).

They are Captain Elliot Ragomo, James Egeta, Jack Wetney, Stanley Puairana and Alick Lioka. Others are Moffat Sikwa’ae, Micah Leaálafa, Lenson Bisili, Philip Houtarau, Jenan Kapu and Samuel Kogua (GK).

Wai’ia said his boys are focusing and preparing to put on their best against the Cubans. He said Cuba are just like Solomon Islands, making their first appearance on the Futsal World Cup.

He hopes there will be a fair game for the boys as every team are there to win.

Source : Solomon Star News
By : Charles Kadamana
Published : 30/9/2008

As most readers know Australia, NZ and Pacific Islands television networks are not really known for showing Futsal regularly. With the 2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup rapidly approaching, we thought some of you may benefit from a guide on how to watch it streaming on the Internet to make up for the potential lack of live local coverage.

30/9/08 11:53PM : Check out this forum post for confirmed live and working streaming links [click here] (scroll to the bottom once you get to that page).

In a Nutshell, the following are reliable links to view live and replay Footage of the World Cup.

http://www.justin.tv/search?q=futsal&commit=Search&show-clips=true&show-events=true&show-networks=false&show-live-broadcasters=true&show-tips=true&show-offline-broadcasters=false&section=all
Previous Games : http://www.justin.tv/search?sort-by=newest&q=futsal&section=all

Previous info for this article is below :

Note : If you choose to follow this guide it is your own responsibility. If it doesn’t work for you, you may wish to read up on other methods on the net. This method is recommended for those with Broadband connections. Dialup just won’t cut it.

1. Check out the list of official Broadcasters for the Event : http://www.futsalplanet.com/FTP/files/bra08broadcast.pdf

2. Install the TVUPlayer from TVU Networks. It is a free piece of software that streams tv across the net using P2P type connnections. You can grab it from http://www.tvunetworks.com/

3. Look through the extensive channel list on TVUPlayer and choose one of the foreign stations that is broadcasting the Futsal World Cup.

4. If anyone is worried about the P2P side of it, install a copy of the free Peer Guardian to protect yourself. Its one of the better ways to protect your privacy on P2P. Grab it here : http://phoenixlabs.org/pg2/

Final Note : This is streaming video, so be aware it may bite into your monthly download limits depending on how much you end up watching.

If anyone has luck finding particular channels that work well, we encourage you to let others on the site know via the forums or comments below.

Additional Site if the guide above doesn’t work :

http://www.myp2p.eu - Excellent site for live sports feeds over P2P.

JogaBonito on our forums has posted some great info about viewing the World Cup. Check out JogaBonito’s post here : http://forums.futsal4all.com//viewtopic.php?f=11&t=37

JogaBonito’s Tips :

JumpTV has exclusive internet broadcast rights to FIFA world cups and will be streaming this years futsal event to all of us. Highly recommend using their services .. http://latin-america.jumptv.com/

Brazil – TV Globo (Exclusive TV) : http://globotvsports.globo.com/GloboTVS … 14,00.html

For completed game/tv schedule check http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/match%5fschedule%5f11.07.08%5f57475.pdf

I heard www.justtv.com.br is showing live games.. But i cant read brazillian !!

http://www.myp2p.eu/channel.php?&part=c … ory=sports is showing games on EuroSports 2, EuroSports UK

First games will start today at 11:30PM , Italy vs Thailand following Brazil vs Japan at 12:30PM.Try to get access to ESPN 360 via…
http://www.coolstreaming.us/search_chan … ?term=ESPN
 

The FIFA Futsal World Cup – Brazil 2008 kicks-off in less than 24 hours and the Solomon Islands Kurukuru are ready to soar! www.oceaniafootball.com presents fans of the Kurukuru with a photo gallery of action as the team prepares for its first taste of World Cup action against Cuba.

The people of the Solomon Islands will be able to enjoy every kick off the ball in Brasilia thanks to Oceania Football Confederation, FIFA, One News Television (Solomon Islands) and their affiliated broadcast partners from Australia and Fiji.

One News Television (Solomon Islands) broadcast the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup – Marseille 2008 in June this year and company CEO Dorothy Wickham expressed her thanks to FIFA and OFC for helping bring futsal to television screens across the Solomon Islands.

“This is a wonderful opportunity for the people of Solomon Islands to see their stars in action on the world stage at a FIFA event,” Wickham said.

In Kurukuru team news, it appears the talismanic Eliot Ragomo will be passed fit to play in the FIFA Futsal World Cup opener against Cuba.

Ragomo was treated for an ankle injury during the team’s build-up preparations and was considered doubtful.

SOLOMON ISLANDS vs. CUBA
BRASILIA TUESDAY 30 SEPTEMBER 2008

About Cuba
Cuba has appeared at three FIFA Futsal World Cup tournaments and played nine matches and has yet to record a single victory. Despite this, Cuba’s experience at the finals of FIFA Futsal events is likely to hold them in good stead for the opening match against Solomon Islands with Eduardo Morales and Fernando Chapman likely dangermen for the young Kurukuru.

Cuba finished runners-up in the CONCACAF Futsal Championship 2008 with Morales finishing as the top goalscorer.

The present Cuban squad has been together for five years and is eager to make an impact at the FIFA Futsal World Cup and record its first ever victory.

Pics from OceaniaFootball.com :
1 – Jack Wetley in possession during a training work-out
2 – Kurukuru hop to it during a ladder warm-up
3 – Fit and raring to go, Eliot Ragomo in full flight
4 – Solomon Islands Kurukuru are all smiles ahead of their FIFA Futsal World Cup debut
5 – Field of dreams – Jenan is dwarfed in the 17,000 capacity Jornalista Nilson Nelson Sports Hall

Source : Oceania Football Confederation
Published : 30/9/2008