2014 Futsal Continental Cup

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]

2014 Futsal Confederations Cup
Tournament details
Host country Kuwait
Dates23 October – 23 October
Teams8 (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 played16
Goals scored91 (5.69 per match)
Top scorer(s) Michal Seidler (7 goals)

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
 KuwaitAFCHost
 EgyptCAFInvitee
 ItalyUEFAUEFA Futsal Euro 2014 Winners
 ArgentinaCONMEBOL2011 Copa América Runners-up
 BrazilCONMEBOL2011 Copa América Winners
2012 FIFA Futsal World Cup Winners
 JapanAFC2014 AFC Futsal Championship Winners
 GuatemalaCONCACAF2012 CONCACAF Futsal Championship Runners-up
 Czech RepublicUEFAInvitee

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
Source:
Kuwait 2 – 4 Italy
Abdulrahman Altawail  17'
Ahmad Alfarsi  18'		 Massimo De Luca  16', 31', 38'
Mauro Canal  39'
Argentina 6 – 1 Egypt
Fernando Wilhelm  2'
Cristian Borruto  3'
Pablo Taborda  7'
Constantino Vaporaki  12', 13'
Leandro Cuzzolino  31'		 Ahmed Abdelkader  23'
Egypt 2 – 3 Italy
Karim Ahmed  38'
Mostafa Eid  39'		 Sergio Romano  9'
Mauro Canal  10'
Júlio de Oliveira  36'
Kuwait 2 – 6 Argentina
Abdulrahman Altawail  19'
Saleh Hasan  34'		 Alamiro Vaporaki  3', 10'
Leandro Cuzzolino  9', 19'
Cristian Borruto  39'
Italy 2 – 1 Argentina
Humberto Honorio  21'
Mauro Canal  39'		 Cristian Borruto  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
Source:
Czech Republic 6 – 2 Guatemala
Michal Seidler  8', 10', 16', 19'
Michal Belej  24', 24'		 Manuel Pellecer  15'
Edgar Rodríguez  34'
Brazil 5 – 0 Japan
Francisco Alves  5'
Marcenio Da Silva  25'
Darlan Lopes  29', 29'
Jefferson Carpes  32'
Japan 0 – 4 Czech Republic
Lukáš Rešetár  3', 23', 39'
Michal Seidler  25'
Guatemala 2 – 5 Brazil
Walter Enriquez  6'
Manuel Pellecer  11'		 Alexandre Faria  9', 39'
Rafael Novaes  10'
Marcenio Da Silva  25'
Darlan Lopes  38'
Japan 6 – 0 Guatemala
Bruno Takashi  14', 31'
Manabu Takita  17'
Akita Minamoto  22'
Yuki Murota  30'
Nobuya Osodo  33'
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-finalsFinal
 
      
 
27 October – Kuwait City
 
 
 Argentina4
 
28 October – Kuwait City
 
 Brazil1
 
 Argentina6
 
27 October – Kuwait City
 
 Czech Republic2
 
 Italy1 (2)
 
 
 Czech Republic (p)1 (3)
 
Third place
 
 
28 October – Kuwait City
 
 
 Italy0
 
 
 Brazil3

Semifinals
Argentina 4 – 1 Brazil
Cristian Borruto  13'
Maximiliano Rescia  22'
Fernando Wilhelm 23', 40'		 Carlos Murilo  20'
Referee: Mario Moncada (Col) Jorge Flores (SLV)
Italy 1 – 1 (a.e.t.) Czech Republic
Murilo Ferreira  33' Michal Seidler  24'
Penalties
Mauro Canal
Massimo De Luca
Fabricio Calderolli
Marco Ercolessi 		2 – 3 Kovacs
Michal Holy
Michal Belej
Michal Seidler

Third Place
Italy 0 – 3 Brazil
Jefferson Carpes  31'
Tiago Wanderley  35'
Marcenio Da Silva  39'

Final
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
 2014 Futsal Continental Cup 

Argentina
First title

References
  1. "Futsal Planet". Archived from the original on 2015-12-22. Retrieved 2015-12-14.
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