Grand Prix de Futsal

The Grand Prix de Futsal is an international futsal competition of the same kind of the FIFA Futsal World Championship but with invited nations and held annually in Brazil. It was first held in 2005.

Competition format

In 2007, the sixteen participating nations are divided in the first stage in four groups of four teams each. The nations play against each other once within their respective groups, and the two best best placed teams of each group qualify to the second stage, which is the quarter-finals. The quarter-finals winners qualify to the semifinals. The semifinal winners play the final, while the losers play the third-place playoff.cite web | title = 3º Grand Prix de Futsal: Definidos os quatro grupos da competição | url=http://www.futsalbrasil.com.br/noticias/noticia.php?cd_noticia=3926 | accessdate = 2007-10-19 | language = Portuguese | publisher=Futsal Brasil ]

Participants

The participants at the 2007 Grand Prix de Futsal are Angola, Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Egypt, Iran, Hungary, Mozambique, Netherlands, Paraguay, Peru, Slovenia, Uruguay, and Uzbekistan. The competitions started October 20, 2007.cite web|url=http://www.futsalplanet.com/news/news-01.asp?id=7906|title=Grand Prix 2007|publisher=FutsalPlanet|accessdate=2007-10-21 | language = English]

The participants at the 2008 Grand Prix de Futsal are Angola, Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Egypt, Mozambique, Paraguay, Peru, Serbia, Ukraine, Uruguay, and Venezuela. The competitions started October 31, 2008.cite web|url=http://www.futsaldobrasil.com.br/indexGrandPrix.php|title=Grand Prix 2008 - Tabela de Jogos|publisher=Futsal do Brasil|accessdate=2008-06-08 | language = Portuguese]

Prize money

* 1st - $50,000
* 2nd - $30,000
* 3rd - $20,000

Results

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