Written by Paul Mavroudis. For more details see credits.
| Australia's debut match in the Futsal World Cup was against the USA. 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 D. This was a FIFA Futsal World Championship first round match. | ||||
| Played : January 6 | Venue : Sporthallen Zuid, Amsterdam, The Netherlands | |||
| USA David Vanole, Steve Trittschuh, Eric Eichmann, Doc Lawson, Michael Windischmann, Tab Ramos, Jim Gabarra, Gyula Visnyei, Brent Goulet, Peter Vermes, Peter Smith Bruce Murray, A.J. Lachowecki Goals : Eichmann 33 |
1 | - | 1 | Australia Jeffrey Olver, Alan Davidson, Steven Jackson, Robert Hooker, Oscar Crino Paul Trimboli, Robert Dunn, Jason Polak, Warren Spink, Kenneth Murphy Zarko Odzakov, Ernest Tapai, Tony Franken Goals : Crino 50 |
| Referee : Emilion Soriano Aladren (Spain) Assistant Referee : J. Andreu Dubon (Spain) Attendance : 1500 Coaches : John Kowalski(USA), Tim White (Australia) | ||||
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| This was a FIFA Futsal World Championship first round match. | ||||
| Played : January 7 | Venue : Rijnhal, Arnhem, The Netherlands | |||
| Italy Luca Bergamini, Paolo Minicucci, Mario Morosini, Gianni Faiola, Franco Albanese, Andrea Fama, Paolo De Simoni, Alfredo Filippini, Vito Cucco, Raoul Albanese, Giovanni Roma, Wolfranco Crescenzi, Alessandro Pomposelli Goals : Albani 9, 29, Fama 15, Minicucci 20, Albanese 33, Roma 49 |
6 | - | 1 | Australia Jeffrey Olver, Alan Davidson, Steven Jackson, Robert Hooker, Oscar Crino, Paul Trimboli, Robert Dunn, Jason Polak, Warren Spink, Kenneth Murphy, Zarko Odzakov, Ernest Tapai, Tony Franken Goals : Crino 28 |
| Referee : Romualdo Arppi Filho (Brazil) Assistant Referee : Abel Gnecco (Argentina) Attendance : 500 Coaches : Enzo Trombetta (Italy), Tim White (Australia) | ||||
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| Australia won its first ever Fustal World Cup match against Zimbabwe, though it wasn't enough to see them progress to the next stage. This was a FIFA Futsal World Championship first round match. | ||||
| Played : January 8 | Venue : Sporthallen Zuid, Amsterdam, The Netherlands | |||
| Zimbabwe Peter Nkomo, David Mwanza, Clayton Munemo, Garikai Zuze, Antony Kambani, Masimba Dinyero, Ronnie Jowa, Joseph Machingura, Henry Charles, Benjamin Zulu, Danny Kamuchira, Reason Dawa, Brennen Msiska Goals : Munemo 50 |
1 | - | 4 | Australia Jeffrey Olver, Alan Davidson, Steven Jackson, Robert Hooker, Oscar Crino, Paul Trimboli, Robert Dunn, Jason Polak, Warren Spink, Kenneth Murphy, Zarko Odzakov, Ernest Tapai, Tony Franken Goals : Trimboli 25, 49, Odzakov 46, Davidson 47 |
| Referee : Alexis Ponnet (Belgium) Assistant Referrees : J. Oortman (Netherlands) Attendance : 1500 Coaches : Nico Sprey (Zimbabwe), Tim White (Australia) | ||||
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