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 19 | Venue : Teodoro Flores, Guatemala City, Guatemala | |||
| Australia Adam Confoy, Jorge Suarez, David Palywoda, Brett Hewitt, Daniel Macor, Simon Keith, Matthew Whyte, Simon Aitchison, Andrew Nolan, Elliot Zwangobani, Jason Wells, Jamie Amendolia, Gavin O'Brien, Elia Salloum Goals : Amendolia 15, Macor 38 |
2 | - | 6 | Costa Rica Jose Luis Garro, Eric Arce, Diego Solis, Jose Picado, Alejandro Alpizar, Gilbert Alpizar, Ricardo Juarez, Jose Carvajal, Freddy Espinoza, Carlos Chaves, Juan Valverde, Rolando Fonseca, Allan Innecken, Randall Salas Goals : Valverde 16, Juarez 19, 24, Innecken 33, 36, Carvajal 40 |
| Referee : Antonin Herzog (Czech Republic) Assistant Referees : Felix Chavez (Argentina), Mohamed Ibrahim Farag (Egypt) Attendance : 2356 Coaches : James Roberts (Australia), Carlos Quiros (Costa Rica) | ||||
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| Australia's second match was against Croatia. This was a FIFA Futsal World Championship first round match. | ||||
| Played : Novermber 21 | Venue : Teodoro Flores, Guatemala City, Guatemala | |||
| Croatia Tomislav Papes, Bozidar Butigan, Alen Jukic, Velimir Carapina, Edin Dervisagic, Tomislav Gricar, Mico Martic, Sinisa Alebic, Goran Eklic, Nikola Tomicic,jer Malvasija, Robert Grdovic, Alen Delpont, Mate Culjak Martic 5, 16, Grdovic 13, 35, Delpont 25, Culjak 34, |
6 | - | 0 | Australia Jorge Suarez, David Palywoda, Brett Hewitt, Daniel Macor, Simon Keith, Matthew Whyte, Simon Aitchison, Andrew Nolan, Elliot Zwangobani, Jason Wells, Jamie Amendolia, Adam Confoy, Gavin O'Brien, Elia Salloum Goals : Havel 15, Mares 34, 36, 39, Dlouhy 35 |
| Referee : Fusaya Suzuki (Japan) Assistant Referees : Carlos Del Cid (Guatemala), Sayed Moosavi (Iran) Attendance : 1923 Coaches : Marijan Brncic (Croatia), James Roberts (Australia) | ||||
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| The Futsalroos last game was against Russia. This was a FIFA Futsal World Championship first round match. | ||||
| Played : November 23 | Venue : Domo, Guatemala City, Guatemala | |||
| Russia Ilya Samokhin, Konstantin Eremenko, Denis Agaphonov, Alexander Verizhnikov, Temur Alekberov, Serguei Malyshev, Mikhail Markin, Vladislav Shcuchko, Boris Kupetskov, Arkadiy Belyi, Dmitry Chugonov, Gennady Ionov, Andrei Tkachuk, Oleg Denisov Goals : Verizhnikov 15, Alekberov 15, Chugonov 18, 40, Eremenko 19, Kupetskov 22, Belyi 34, Shcuchko 36, 40, Tkachuk 37 |
10 | - | 1 | Australia Adam Confoy, Jorge Suarez, Gavin O'Brien, David Palywoda, Brett Hewitt, Simon Keith, Matthew Whyte, Simon Aitchison, Andrew Nolan, Elliot Zwangobani, Elia Salloum, Jamie Amendolia Goals : Aitchison 1 |
| Referee : Alexander Alfaro Gallardo (Costa Rica) Assistant Referrees : Carlos Del Cid (Guatemala), Fusaya Suzuki (Japan) Attendance : 7272 Coaches : Mikhail Bondarev (Russia), James Roberts (Australia) | ||||
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