Written by Paul Mavroudis. For more details see credits.
The 16 team tournament was split into 4 groups, with the top two of each group progressing to a second phase of group games. Australia was placed in Groud C. This was a FIFA Futsal World Championship first round match. | ||||
Played : November 16 | Venue : Coliseum, Hong Kong | |||
Brazil Serginho, Sergio, Manoel Tobias, Chiquinho, Fininho, Rogerio Motta, Jorginho, Ortiz, Vander, Edinho, Morillo Mazuriek Goals : Manoel Tobias 7, Vander 15, Ortiz 26 |
3 | - | 0 | Australia Robert Stuart, Vince Nastoski, Borce Atanasovski, Stephen Duval, Erkin Osman, Brett Duval, John White, Radovan Filipovic, Paul Richardson, Bruce Thurlow, Anthony Musumeci, Glenn Jeffery |
Referee : Laszlo Vagner (Hungary) Assistant Referee : Samuel Chan Yam Ming (Hong Kong) Attendance : 2100 Coaches : Estaquio Afonso Araujo (Brazil), James Roberts (Australia) | ||||
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Australia's second match was against Begium. This was a FIFA Futsal World Championship first round match. | ||||
Played : November 19 | Venue : Kowloon Park, Hong Kong | |||
Australia Robert Stuart, Vince Nastoski, Borce Atanasovski, Stephen Duval, Erkin Osman, Brett Duval, John White, Radovan Filipovic, Paul Richardson, Bruce Thurlow, Anthony Musumeci, Glenn Jeffery Goals : Nastoski 18 |
1 | - | 2 | Belgium Gert Pans, Youssef El Guir, Nico Papanicolaou, Raf Hernalsteen, Theo Bloeman, Marc Maes, Ivan Hechtermans, Willy Maes, Jos Sweron, Marc Penders, Herman Beyers, Philippe Marche Goals : Bloemen 19, Hernalsteen 28 |
Referee : Hussein Ali Moussa (Egypt) Assistant Referee : Carlos Alberto Silva Valente (Portugal) Attendance : ??? Coaches : Damien Knabben (Belgium), James Roberts (Australia) | ||||
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The Futsalroos last game was against Costa Rica. This was a FIFA Futsal World Championship first round match. | ||||
Played : November 21 | Venue : Kowloon Park, Hong Kong | |||
Australia Robert Stuart, Vince Nastoski, Borce Atanasovski, Stephen Duval, Erkin Osman, Brett Duval, John White, Radovan Filipovic, Paul Richardson, Bruce Thurlow, Anthony Musumeci, Glenn Jeffery Goals : Filipovic 1, 7, Nastoski 11, Atanasovski 16, 23, S. Duval 18, Richardson 29, B. Duval 30, |
8 | - | 6 | Costa Rica Geovanny Jara, Victor Castro, Gilbert Alpizar, Daniel Knowlen, Jose Carvajal, Miguel Porras, Ricardo Gutierrez, Diego Solis, Ronald Castillo, Francisco Alpizar, Sergio Barrientos, Rolando Valverde Goals : Solis 15, 34, 38, Carvajal 15, Valverde 31, Castro 39 |
Referee : Samuel Chan Yam Ming (Hong Kong) Assistant Referee : Hossein Asgari (Iran) Attendance : ??? Coaches : James Roberts (Australia), Jose A. Cubero Carmona (Costa Rica) | ||||
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