FIFA Futsal World Cup
Founded | 1989 |
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Region | International (FIFA) |
Number of teams | 24 |
Current champions | Brazil (5th title) |
Most successful team(s) | Brazil (5 titles) |
Website | World Cup |
2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup |
The FIFA Futsal World Cup is the international championship for futsal, an indoor version of association football.
The world championship tournament is held every four years, on the even year between two FIFA World Cups. 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 2008 World Cup, only two countries have taken the Futsal World Cup. 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. Brazil also won the 2012 competition, defeating Spain.
All events prior to the 2008 World Cup has been 16-team events. The first event featured 6 from Europe, 3 from South America, two from Africa, two from Asia, two from North and Central America, and one from Oceania. By 2004, the breakdown was Europe 5 teams, Asia 4 (including the hosts, competing as Chinese Taipei), South America 3, North and Central America 2, Africa and Oceania one each. The 2012 event included 24 teams, making it the largest group.
The 2012 edition of the event featured a six group round-robin tournament, with four teams in each group. The top two teams in each group, together with the 4 highest-ranked third place finishers, advanced to a sixteen team knockout final series.
Results
Summaries
Year | Host | Final | Third Place | Number of teams | |||||||
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Winner | Score | Runner-up | Third Place | Score | Fourth Place | ||||||
1989 Details |
Netherlands | Brazil |
2 – 1 | Netherlands |
United States |
3 – 2 a.e.t. | Belgium |
16 | |||
1992 Details |
Hong Kong | Brazil |
4 – 1 | United States |
Spain |
9 – 6 | Iran |
16 | |||
1996 Details |
Spain | Brazil |
6 – 4 | Spain |
Russia |
3 – 2 | Ukraine |
16 | |||
2000 Details |
Guatemala | Spain |
4 – 3 | Brazil |
Portugal |
4 – 2 | Russia |
16 | |||
2004 Details |
Chinese Taipei | Spain |
2 – 1 | Italy |
Brazil |
7 – 4 | Argentina |
16 | |||
2008 Details |
Brazil | Brazil |
2 – 2 a.e.t.
(4 – 3 Pen.) |
Spain |
Italy |
2 – 1 | Russia |
20 | |||
2012 Details |
Thailand | Brazil |
3 – 2 a.e.t. | Spain |
Italy |
3 – 0 | Colombia |
24 | |||
2016 Details |
Colombia | TBD | TBD | 24 |
Medal table
Team | Titles | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place | Top 4 finishes |
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Brazil | 5 (1989, 1992, 1996, 2008*, 2012) | 1 (2000) | 1 (2004) | 0 | 7 |
Spain | 2 (2000, 2004) | 3 (1996*, 2008, 2012) | 1 (1992) | 0 | 6 |
Italy | 0 | 1 (2004) | 2 (2008, 2012) | 0 | 3 |
United States | 0 | 1 (1992) | 1 (1989) | 0 | 2 |
Netherlands | 0 | 1 (1989*) | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Russia | 0 | 0 | 1 (1996) | 2 (2000, 2008) | 3 |
Portugal | 0 | 0 | 1 (2000) | 0 | 1 |
Belgium | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1989) | 1 |
Iran | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1992) | 1 |
Ukraine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1996) | 1 |
Argentina | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (2004) | 1 |
Colombia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (2012) | 1 |
- * = hosts
Participating nations
- Legend
- 1st — Champions
- 2nd — Runners-up
- 3rd — Third place
- 4th — Fourth place
- QF — Quarterfinals
- R2 — Round 2 (1989–2008, second group stage, top 8; 2012–present: knockout round of 16)
- R1 — Round 1
- Q — Qualified for upcoming tournament
- — Hosts
Nation | 1989 | 1992 | 1996 | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | 2012 | Years |
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Algeria | R1 | 1 | ||||||
Argentina | R2 | R2 | R1 | R2 | 4th | R2 | QF | 7 |
Australia | R1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | 6 | |
Belgium | 4th | R2 | R2 | 3 | ||||
Brazil | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 7 |
Canada | R1 | 1 | ||||||
China | R1 | R1 | R1 | 3 | ||||
Chinese Taipei | R1 | 1 | ||||||
Colombia | 4th | 1 | ||||||
Costa Rica | R1 | R1 | R1 | 3 | ||||
Croatia | R2 | 1 | ||||||
Cuba | R1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | 4 | |||
Czech Republic | R2 | R1 | R2 | 3 | ||||
Denmark | R1 | 1 | ||||||
Egypt | R1 | R2 | R1 | R1 | R2 | 5 | ||
Guatemala | R1 | R1 | R1 | 3 | ||||
Hong Kong | R1 | 1 | ||||||
Hungary | R2 | 1 | ||||||
Iran | 4th | R1 | R1 | R1 | R2 | R2 | 6 | |
Italy | R2 | R1 | R2 | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 6 | |
Japan | R1 | R1 | R1 | R2 | 4 | |||
Kazakhstan | R1 | 1 | ||||||
Kuwait | R1 | 1 | ||||||
Libya | R1 | R1 | 2 | |||||
Malaysia | R1 | 1 | ||||||
Mexico | R1 | 1 | ||||||
Morocco | R1 | 1 | ||||||
Netherlands | 2nd | R2 | R2 | R2 | 4 | |||
Nigeria | R1 | 1 | ||||||
Panama | R2 | 1 | ||||||
Paraguay | R2 | R1 | R1 | R2 | R2 | 5 | ||
Poland | R2 | 1 | ||||||
Portugal | 3rd | R2 | R1 | QF | 4 | |||
Russia | R1 | 3rd | 4th | 4th | QF | 5 | ||
Saudi Arabia | R1 | 1 | ||||||
Serbia | R2 | 1 | ||||||
Solomon Islands | R1 | R1 | 2 | |||||
Spain | R1 | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 7 |
Thailand | R1 | R1 | R1 | R2 | 4 | |||
United States | 3rd | 2nd | R1 | R2 | R1 | 5 | ||
Ukraine | 4th | R2 | R2 | QF | 4 | |||
Uruguay | R2 | R1 | R1 | 3 | ||||
Zimbabwe | R1 | 1 | ||||||
Nations | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 20 | 24 |
Goal scoring leaders
All-time
Rank | Name | Country | Goals | Matches | Tournaments Played In | Goals per Match |
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1 | Manoel Tobías | Brazil | 43 | 32 | 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004 | 1.34 |
2 | Falcão | Brazil | 34 | 25 | 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012 | 1.36 |
3 | Konstantin Eremenko | Russia | 28 | 18 | 1992, 1996, 2000 | 1.55 |
4 | Schumacher | Brazil | 25 | 25 | 2000, 2004, 2008 | 1 |
5 | Pula | Russia | 18 | 14 | 2008, 2012 | 1.29 |
6 | Saeid Rajabi | Iran | 16 | 8 | 1992 | 2 |
7 | Índio | Brazil | 15 | 16 | 2000, 2008 | 0.93 |
8 | Daniel | Spain | 14 | 15 | 2000, 2008 | 0.93 |
Individual tournament
Year | Player | Goals |
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1989 | László Zsadányi | 7 |
1992 | Saeid Rajabi | 16 |
1996 | Manoel Tobías | 14 |
2000 | Manoel Tobías | 19 |
2004 | Falcão | 13 |
2008 | Pula | 16 |
2012 | Eder Lima | 9 |
See also
- AMF Futsal World Cup
- Deaf Futsal World Cup
- Women's Futsal World Tournament
External links
- FIFA Futsal World Cup, FIFA.com
- RSSSF archive
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