F5WC

The F5WC is the world's largest amateur 5 a side football tournament. Established in 2014, the F5WC has had teams from over 60 countries participate over this period. The inaugural tournament in 2014 was held in Dubai at the Dubai World Trade Centre contested between 32 nations with Denmark winning the very first edition.

Denmark were the inaugural F5WC Champions in 2014

In 2015, the World Finals of the F5WC were held once again in Dubai at Skydive Dubai with 48 nations competing. Morocco claimed the 2015 title with a win over Spain on penalties.

The 2016 World Finals were held in Bangkok, Thailand. For the third edition of the tournament, the F5WC has reverted to a 32 country format.

The 2017 World Finals were held in Beijing, China. The team of United States won the title.[1]

The Concept

The F5WC works with organisers around the world who host local qualifying tournaments in their country. Each Local Organising Committee (LOC) organises a tournament with a minimum of 64 teams participating in each tournament.

The winning team from each country win an all expenses paid trip to the World Finals destination which includes:

Australian team at the 2015 World Finals

• Return airline tickets

• Hotel Stay

• Transportation for the duration of their stay

• Full home & away playing kit

• Exclusive F5WC welcome packs

Qualifiers
Morocco won the 2015 F5WC World Finals

Each local qualifier is independently organised by the "LOC" in accordance with the guidelines preset by the F5WC. These local qualifiers have a fixed period in which to be completed and winning team's data submitted to the F5WC.

The entry fees for qualifiers vary in all the countries taking into consideration various factors. Qualifiers usually run from 30–90 days depending on number of teams, participating cities & qualification period set forth by the F5WC.

How to become an LOC

The F5WC has a set of predefined guidelines to select an LOC in any country. Each LOC is required to submit an application for review. Once the review is complete, the F5WC then selects the organiser. Since, the F5WC is independently organised, it receive multiple applications for each country, the best application is awarded the exclusive rights to the F5WC in their respective country.

Past Winners
Year Finals Score Winner
2014  Jordan vs  Denmark 1-1(4-5p)  Denmark
2015  Morocco vs  Spain 1-1(4-3p)  Morocco
2016  Colombia vs  Japan 3-1  Colombia
2017  United States vs  Panama 1-0  United States
2018  Argentina vs  Bulgaria 2-1  Argentina

See also

References
  1. "2017F5WC五人制足球总决赛落幕" (Press release) (in Chinese). sina. 2017-05-31. Retrieved 2018-02-05.


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