Futsal World Cup

Futsal World Cup
abbreviation	Futsal World Cup
Association	FIFA
First edition	1989
Teams	24
Game mode	Round-robin tournament (6 groups of 4 teams each) Knockout system (from the round of 16)
Title holder	Argentina (1st title)
Record winner	Brazil (5 wins)
Record player	Falcao (34)
Record scorer	Falcao (48)
Current season	World Cup 2016
Website	www.fifa.com

The Futsal World Cup is held every four years-find tournament in which the best national teams in the Futsal the world championship play. The competition has been organized by the world football association FIFA since 1989 .

qualification

By 2004 , 16 teams took part in the finals. For the Futsal World Cup in Brazil in 2008 , the field of participants was increased to 20 teams and for the 2012 tournament in Thailand to 24 teams. The participants are selected from qualifying tournaments and the respective continental championships. The host is automatically qualified in each case.

confederacy	Qualification places until 2004 (15)	Qualification places 2008 (19)	Qualification places from 2012 (23)
UEFA	5	6th	7th
AFC	3	4th	4th
CONMEBOL	3	3	4th
CONCACAF	2	3	4th
OFC	1	1	1
CAF	1	2	3

mode

The preliminary round is currently played in six groups of four teams each. In each group, everyone plays once against each other. The two best teams in each group and the four best thirds in the group reach the round of 16. From this point on, the game will be played in the knockout system until the final.

The tournaments at a glance

year	host	final			Game for third place
		World Champion	Result	2nd place	3rd place	Result	4th Place
1989 details	Netherlands	Brazil	2: 1	Netherlands	United States	3: 2 a.d.	Belgium
1992 details	Hong Kong	Brazil	4: 1	United States	Spain	9: 6	Iran
1996 details	Spain	Brazil	6: 4	Spain	Russia	3: 2	Ukraine
2000 details	Guatemala	Spain	4: 3	Brazil	Portugal	4: 2	Russia
2004 details	Taiwan	Spain	2: 1	Italy	Brazil	7: 4	Argentina
2008 details	Brazil	Brazil	6: 5 nS	Spain	Italy	2: 1	Russia
2012 details	Thailand	Brazil	3: 2 a.d.	Spain	Italy	3-0	Colombia
2016 details	Colombia	Argentina	5: 4	Russia	Iran	6: 5 nS	Portugal
2021 details	Lithuania		:			:

Ranking list

rank	country	title	Year (s)	2nd place	3rd place	4th Place
1	Brazil	5	1989, 1992, 1996, 2008, 2012	1	1
2	Spain	2	2000, 2004	3	1
3	Argentina	1	2016			1
4th	Italy			1	2
5	Russia			1	1	2
6th	United States			1	1
7th	Netherlands			1
8th	Portugal				1	1
	Iran				1	1
10	Belgium					1
	Ukraine					1
	Colombia					1

Awards

At the end of each Futsal World Cup, several awards are given to the best players and fairest teams. There are currently four different awards:

• the Adidas Golden Ball for the best player
• the Adidas Golden Boot for the top scorer
• the Adidas Golden Glove for the best goalkeeper
• the FIFA Fair Play Award for the fairest team

year	Golden ball (Best player)	Golden Shoe (top scorer)	Golden glove (Best goalkeeper)	FIFA Fair Play Award
1989	Vic Hermans	László Zsadányi (7)	not forgiven	United States
1992	Jorginho	Saeid Rajabi (16)		United States
1996	Manoel Tobias	Manoel Tobias (14)		Brazil
2000	Manoel Tobias	Manoel Tobias (19)		Brazil
2004	Falcão	Falcao (13)		Brazil
2008	Falcão	Pula (16)	Tiago	Spain
2012	Neto	Eder Lima (9)	Stefano Mammarella	Argentina
2016	Fernando Wilhelm	Ricardinho (12)	Nicolás Sarmiento	Vietnam

Varia

year	places	Halls	Messages 1	Teams	Games		/Game	spectator	Z / game		/Game		/Game		/Game
1989	5	5	16	16	40	221	5.53	86,500	2.163	78	1.95			4th	0.10
1992	1	2	27	16	40	307	7.68	85,480	2.173	104	2.60	3	0.08	2	0.05
1996	4th	4th	48	16	40	290	7.25	116,400	2,910	64	1.65	1	0.03	2	0.05
2000	1	2	64	16	40	302	7.55	224.038	5,601	91	2.28	1	0.03	6th	0.15
2004	2	2	86	16	40	237	5.93	50,923	1,273	94	2.33	2	0.05	5	0.13
2008	2	2	98	20th	56	387	6.91	292.161	5,217	130	2.30	9	0.16	7th	0.13
2012	2	3	117	24	52	349	6.71	160.102	3,079	155	2.98	7th	0.13	8th	0.15
2016	3	3	125	24	52	352	6.77	139,307	2,679	150	2.88	6th	0.12	6th	0.12
Respective record

¹The reports submitted on time are counted regardless of whether they were withdrawn or not started before the start of the qualification; including defending champions and hosts.

See also

• Futsal World Championship - overview of participants
• Futsal World Cup - Eternal Table

Web links

• Statistics on rsssf.com for the Futsal World Championships

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Open candidacy procedure for the FIFA World Cup finals from 2018. In: fifa.com. FIFA , October 29, 2007, accessed October 10, 2013 .