The
FIFAThe International Federation of Association Football, commonly known by its French acronym, FIFA , is the international governing body of association football. Its headquarters are in Zürich, Switzerland, and its current president is Sepp Blatter...
Futsal World Cup is the international championship for
futsalFutsal is a variant of association football that is mainly played indoors. Its name is derived from the Portuguese fut ebol de sal ão and the Spanish fút bol sal a/de sal ón, which can be translated as 'salon football'...
, an indoor version of football.
The world championship tournament is held every four years, on the even year between two
Football World CupThe FIFA World Cup, occasionally called the Football World Cup, but usually referred to simply as the World Cup, is an international football competition contested by the men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association , the sport's global governing body...
s. The first event was held in 1989, the year FIFA became the world governing body of futsal. It was held in the Netherlands to commemorate the popularity of the game there. Through the 2004 Futsal World Championships, only two countries have taken the Futsal World Championship -- Brazil winning the first three, defeating the host Spaniards in 1996 to win their third title, followed by Spain winning the next two, defeating Brazil in 2000, then Italy in 2004 in the first Futsal World Championship final that didn't feature Brazil.
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The
FIFAThe International Federation of Association Football, commonly known by its French acronym, FIFA , is the international governing body of association football. Its headquarters are in Zürich, Switzerland, and its current president is Sepp Blatter...
Futsal World Cup is the international championship for
futsalFutsal is a variant of association football that is mainly played indoors. Its name is derived from the Portuguese fut ebol de sal ão and the Spanish fút bol sal a/de sal ón, which can be translated as 'salon football'...
, an indoor version of football.
The world championship tournament is held every four years, on the even year between two
Football World CupThe FIFA World Cup, occasionally called the Football World Cup, but usually referred to simply as the World Cup, is an international football competition contested by the men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association , the sport's global governing body...
s. The first event was held in 1989, the year FIFA became the world governing body of futsal. It was held in the Netherlands to commemorate the popularity of the game there. Through the 2004 Futsal World Championships, only two countries have taken the Futsal World Championship -- Brazil winning the first three, defeating the host Spaniards in 1996 to win their third title, followed by Spain winning the next two, defeating Brazil in 2000, then Italy in 2004 in the first Futsal World Championship final that didn't feature Brazil. In 2008 Brazil became the first host country to win the Championship beating Spain in a Penalty Shootout. The next event will be held in 2012 with regional qualifying expected to start in mid-2011.
All events prior to the 2008 World Cup has been 16-team events. The first event featured 6 from
EuropeThe Union of European Football Associations is the administrative and controlling body for European football. It is almost always referred to by its acronym UEFA ....
, 3 from
South AmericaThe South American Football Confederation , known by the acronym CONMEBOL or CSF, is the governing body of football in most of South America and is one of FIFA's six continental confederations....
, two from
AfricaThe Confédération Africaine de Football , is the administrative and controlling body for African football. It is almost always referred to by its acronym CAF ....
, two from
AsiaThe 46 member Asian Football Confederation is the governing body of football in Asia, excluding Cyprus and Israel, and including Australia....
, two from
North and Central AmericaCONCACAF is the continent-wide governing body for football in North America, Central America and the Caribbean...
, and one from
OceaniaThe Oceania Football Confederation is one of the six continental confederations of international football, consisting of Papua New Guinea, New Zealand and island nations such as Tonga, Fiji and other Pacific Island countries...
. By 2004, the breakdown was Europe 5 teams, Asia 4 (including the hosts, competing as
Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei is the designated name used by the Republic of China , commonly known as Taiwan, to participate in some international organizations and almost all sporting events, such as the Olympics and Asian Games...
), South America 3, North and Central America 2, Africa and Oceania one each.
At 2008 for the first time, 20 teams participate making this the largest edition ever held.
The first stage of the event features four groups of five teams. The top two teams in each group then advance to a second stage of two groups of four teams. This is followed by a four-team
knockoutA single-elimination tournament, also called a knockout, cup or sudden death tournament, is a type of elimination tournament where the loser of each match is immediately eliminated from winning the championship or first prize in the event...
final series.
Summaries
| Year |
Host |
Final |
Third Place |
| Winner |
Score |
Runner-up |
Third Place |
Score |
Fourth Place |
1989
DetailsThe 1989 FIFA Futsal World Cup was held in Holland and won by Brazil. Laszlo Zsadanyi of Hungary was top scorer with 7 goals.-Group A:-----Group B:-----Group C:-----Group D:-----Group A:-----Group B:----- Semi-finals :...
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| 2–1 |
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| 3–2 aet Extra time is an additional period played in some sports codes if the score is tied at the end of normal time. In score notation, it is often denoted by the letters ET or AET, the latter of which stands for "after extra time"....
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1992
DetailsThe 1992 edition of the FIFA Futsal World Championship was helded in Hong Kong. It was the second World Championship held under the aegis of football's world governing body.- Qualified nations :- Venues :- Squads :...
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HKG |
| 4–1 |
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| 9–6 |
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1996
DetailsThe 1996 edition of the FIFA Futsal World Championship was helded in Spain. It was the third World Championship held under the aegis of football's world governing body.- Venues :- Group A :--------- Group B :--------...
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| 6–4 |
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| 3–2 |
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2000
DetailsThe 2000 edition of the FIFA Futsal World Championship was held between November 18 and December 3 in Guatemala. It was the 4th World Championship held under the aegis of football's world governing body....
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| 4–3 |
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| 4–2 |
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2004
Details |
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| 2–1 |
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| 7–4 |
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2008
DetailsThe 2008 edition of the FIFA Futsal World Cup was held in Brazil from September 30 to October 19. It was the sixth World Championship held under the aegis of football's world governing body. The venues were Nilson Nelson Gymnasium in Brasília and Ginásio do Maracanãzinho in Rio de Janeiro. The...
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| 2–2 aet Extra time is an additional period played in some sports codes if the score is tied at the end of normal time. In score notation, it is often denoted by the letters ET or AET, the latter of which stands for "after extra time"....
(4–3 p) |
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| 2–1 |
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Ranking
| Pos. |
Team |
Champion |
Runner-up |
Third |
Fourth |
| 1st |
| 4 (1989, 1992, 1996, 2008) |
1 (2000) |
1 (2004) |
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| 2nd |
| 2 (2000, 2004) |
2 (1996, 2008) |
1 (1992) |
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| 3rd |
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1 (1992) |
1 (1989) |
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1 (2004) |
1 (2008) |
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| 5th |
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1 (1989) |
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| 6th |
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1 (1996) |
2 (2000, 2008) |
| 7th |
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1 (2000) |
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| 8th |
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1 (1989) |
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1 (1992) |
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1 (1996) |
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1 (2004) |
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