Canada national futsal team
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| Association | Canadian Soccer Association | ||
| confederacy | CONCACAF | ||
| Trainer | Ross Ongaro | ||
| FIFA code | CAN | ||
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| 34 games 8 wins 4 draws 22 losses |
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First international Canada 1-3 Argentina ( 's-Hertogenbosch , Netherlands ; January 6, 1989 ) |
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Biggest win Aruba 0:14 Canada ( Oranjestad , Aruba ; November 18, 2001 ) |
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Biggest defeat Brazil 22-0 Canada ( Rio de Janeiro , Brazil ; October 5, 2000 ) |
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| Participation in the finals | 1 ( first : 1989 ) | ||
| Best results | Preliminary round 1989 | ||
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The Canadian national futsal team is a representative sample of Canadian futsal players . The team represents the Canadian Football Association in international matches. The selection only appears sporadically.
Performing in tournaments
In 1985 and 1988 a Canadian team took part in the world championships of the Futsal Federation FIFUSA , but were eliminated in the group stage. At the invitation of FIFA, the Canadian Football Association sent a team to the first Futsal World Cup in the Netherlands in 1989 . The team consisted of Paul Dolan , Peter Sarantopoulos , Nick De Santis , Lyndon Hooper , Tony Nocita , Eddy Berdusco , Stan Siorovigas, Norm Odinga , Alex Bunbury , Lucio Ianiero , Doug Muirhead , Pat Harrington and John Fitzgerald for the most part from players from the Canadian national football team and some junior national players. After defeats against Belgium and Argentina and a 6-2 win over Japan, the tournament ended after the preliminary round.
For the next seven years, no Canadian futsal team took part in country comparisons, it was not until 1996 that a national team again represented the Canadian federation at a four-nation tournament in Australia. Again it took four years until the next appearance at a four-nation tournament in Brazil in 2000, the following years were regularly played international matches, this ended with the out against Panama in the qualification for the CONCACAF Futsal Championship 2004 . The team was last seen at the Grand Prix de Futsal in Brazil in 2007 and 2008 .
Futsal World Cup
- 1989 - preliminary round
- 1992 - not invited
- 1996 - did not participate
- 2000 - did not participate
- 2004 - did not qualify
- 2008 - did not participate
CONCACAF Futsal Championship
- 1996 - did not participate
- 2000 - did not participate
- 2004 - did not qualify
- 2008 - did not participate