| Asociación Mundial de Futsal (World Futsal Association) AMF/WFA |
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| Sport | futsal Fútbol de Salón Futebol de Salao Football de Salle |
| Formation date | July, 25 1971 FIFUSA in Rio de Janeiro - 2002 AMF in Asuncion |
| Affiliation | 58 Countries |
| Headquarters | Asuncion |
| President | Rolando Alarcon Rios |
| Chairman | Valeriy Akhumyan Jaime Arroyave Rendón Ing. Wilfrido Coffi Luis Peña Nakwalewenale Doli |
| Secretary | Pedro Ramón Bonnettini |
| (founded) | July, 25 1971 FIFUSA in Rio de Janeiro |
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| www.amfutsal.com | |
The Asociación Mundial de Futsal (AMF) (English: "World Futsal Association) is the first governing bodies of futsal alongside FIFA. Formed in 2002, it is the successor organisation to the Federación Internacional de Fútbol de Salón (FIFUSA) (English: International Futsal Federation) which since 1971 was the original governing body for futsal in the world.[1]
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Futsal started in Montevideo, Uruguay in 1930 when Juan Carlos Ceriani created a version of indoor football for recreation in YMCAs. This new sport was developed originally on basket courts in Montevideo (Uruguay), and a rule book was published in september 1933. In 1956 the rules was modified by Habib Maphuz and Luiz Gonzaga de Oliveira Fernandes inside the YMCA of São Paulo Brazil to authorize seniors to compete. In 1965 the Confederacion Sudamericana de Futbol de Salon (South American Futsal Confederation) was formed, consisting of Uruguay, Paraguay, Peru, Argentina and Brazil. The sport began to spread across South America, and its popularity ensured that a governing body was formed under the name of FIFUSA (Federación Internacional de Fútbol de Salón) in 1971, comprising Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Peru, Portugal and Uruguay, along with the World Championships. The first FIFUSA World Championships were held in São Paulo, with hosts Brazil crowned champions ahead of Paraguay and Uruguay. Even more countries participated in the second World Championships held in Madrid in 1985. Due to a dispute between FIFA and FIFUSA over the name of fútbol, FIFUSA has registered the word fut-sal in 1985 (Madrid, Spain).
In 2002, members of PANAFUTSAL (La Confederación Panamericana de Futsal) formed AMF, an international futsal governing body independent of FIFA, in reaction to the alleged stagnancy of futsal under FIFUSA [1]. Both FIFA and AMF continue to administer the game.[2]
The following confederations are affiliated to AMF:
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The AMF and its respective confederations organise futsal tournaments around the world which predate the respective tournaments organised by FIFA and its confederations.
The AMF Futsal World Cup is held every 3 years. Also in June 2007 an AMF/UEFS World Cup took place in Russia.
| Year | Place | Champion | Score | Vice-Champion | Third | Score | Fourth |
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| Age of FIFUSA (Federation International of Fútbol de Salón - futsal) | |||||||
| 1982 | São Paulo | Brazil | 1 - 0 | Paraguay | Uruguay | ? - ? | Colombia |
| 1985 | Madrid | Brazil | 3 - 1 | Spain | Paraguay | 10 - 3 | Argentina |
| 1988 | Melbourne | Paraguay | 2 - 1 | Brazil | Spain | 5 - 1 | Portugal |
| 1991 | Milan | Portugal | 1 - 1 (3 - 2 t.a.b.) | Paraguay | Brazil | 3 - 2 | Bolivia |
| 1994 | Buenos Aires | Argentina | 2 - 1 (a.p.) | Colombia | Uruguay | 7 - 4 | Brazil |
| 1997 | Mexico | Venezuela | 4 - 0 | Uruguay | Brazil | ? - ? | Russia |
| 2000 | La Paz | Colombia | 3 - 3 (3 - 1 t.a.b.) | Bolivia | Argentina | 6 - 6 (6 - 5 t.a.b.) | Russia |
| Age of AMF/WFA (Asociación Mundial de Fútbol de Salón - Futsal) | |||||||
| 2003 | Asunción | Paraguay | 3 - 1 | Colombia | Bolivia | Classement* | Peru |
| 2007 | Mendoza | Paraguay | 1 - 0 | Argentina | Colombia | 6 - 4 | Peru |
| 2011 | Bogota | Colombia | 8 - 2 | Paraguay | Argentina | 8 - 4 | Russia |
* : Classement par points avec finale à quatre ? : Recherche en cours
The AMF is one of the few global sports organizations that allows teams which are not from an officially recognized country, such as Abkhazia, Kosovo] and South Ossetia, or the Spanish regions of Catalonia, the Basque Country and Galicia. As a result of this, several big players continue to boycott the AMF in support of FIFA Futsal, including Spain, the World number one team according to the ELO-based rankings.[3]
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