FIFA Futsal World Cup
The FIFA Futsal World Cup is the international championship for futsal, the indoor version of association football organized by FIFA. The world championship tournament is held every four years, on the even year between two football World Cups. The first event was held in 1989. It was held in the Netherlands to commemorate the popularity of the game there. The current champion is Argentina, which won its first title at the 2016 tournament in Colombia. The next FIFA Futsal World Cup will take place in 2021 to be held in Lithuania.
Founded | 1989 |
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Region | International (FIFA) |
Number of teams | 24 (finals) |
Current champions | Argentina (1st title) |
Most successful team(s) | Brazil (5 titles) |
Website | www.fifa.com/futsalworldcup/ |
2021 FIFA Futsal World Cup |
All events prior to 2008 had been 16-team events. The first event featured 6 teams from Europe, 3 from South America, 2 from Africa, 2 from Asia, 2 from North and Central America, and 1 from Oceania. Since 2012 it includes 24 teams which split to 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
Edition | Year | Hosts | Champions | Score | Runners-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | No. of teams |
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1 | 1989 Details |
Netherlands | Brazil |
2–1 | Netherlands |
United States |
3–2 (a.e.t.) | Belgium |
16 |
2 | 1992 Details |
Hong Kong | Brazil |
4–1 | United States |
Spain |
9–6 | Iran |
16 |
3 | 1996 Details |
Spain | Brazil |
6–4 | Spain |
Russia |
3–2 | Ukraine |
16 |
4 | 2000 Details |
Guatemala | Spain |
4–3 | Brazil |
Portugal |
4–2 | Russia |
16 |
5 | 2004 Details |
Chinese Taipei | Spain |
2–1 | Italy |
Brazil |
7–4 | Argentina |
16 |
6 | 2008 Details |
Brazil | Brazil |
2–2 (a.e.t.) 4–3 (pen) |
Spain |
Italy |
2–1 | Russia |
20 |
7 | 2012 Details |
Thailand | Brazil |
3–2 (a.e.t.) | Spain |
Italy |
3–0 | Colombia |
24 |
8 | 2016 Details |
Colombia | Argentina |
5–4 | Russia |
Iran |
2–2 4–3 (pen) |
Portugal |
24 |
9 | 2021[lower-alpha 1] Details |
Lithuania | TBD | TBD | 24 | ||||
10 | 2024 Details |
TBD | TBD | 24 |
- Originally scheduled for 2020. Delayed one year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Teams reaching the top four
Team | Titles | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place | Total (Top 4) |
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Brazil | 5 (1989, 1992, 1996, 2008*, 2012) | 1 (2000) | 1 (2004) | – | 7 |
Spain | 2 (2000, 2004) | 3 (1996*, 2008, 2012) | 1 (1992) | – | 6 |
Argentina | 1 (2016) | – | – | 1 (2004) | 2 |
Italy | – | 1 (2004) | 2 (2008, 2012) | – | 3 |
Russia | – | 1 (2016) | 1 (1996) | 2 (2000, 2008) | 4 |
United States | – | 1 (1992) | 1 (1989) | – | 2 |
Netherlands | – | 1 (1989)* | – | – | 1 |
Iran | – | – | 1 (2016) | 1 (1992) | 2 |
Portugal | – | – | 1 (2000) | 1 (2016) | 2 |
Belgium | – | – | – | 1 (1989) | 1 |
Colombia | – | – | – | 1 (2012) | 1 |
Ukraine | – | – | – | 1 (1996) | 1 |
(*) Host
Medal summary
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Brazil | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
2 | Spain | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
3 | Argentina | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
4 | Italy | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
5 | Russia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
United States | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
7 | Netherlands | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
8 | Iran | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Portugal | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (9 nations) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 |
Participating nations
All-time table
Rank | Team | Editions | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Dif | Pts |
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1 | Brazil | 8 | 60 | 51 | 6 | 3 | 400 | 93 | +307 | 159 |
2 | Spain | 9 | 56 | 44 | 5 | 7 | 241 | 109 | +132 | 137 |
3 | Italy | 7 | 43 | 27 | 3 | 13 | 153 | 96 | +57 | 84 |
4 | Argentina | 9 | 48 | 25 | 6 | 17 | 136 | 116 | +20 | 81 |
5 | Russia | 7 | 40 | 23 | 4 | 13 | 220 | 108 | +112 | 73 |
6 | Portugal | 5 | 30 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 100 | 64 | +36 | 55 |
7 | Iran | 7 | 35 | 16 | 6 | 13 | 118 | 116 | +2 | 54 |
8 | Ukraine | 5 | 30 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 105 | 81 | +24 | 47 |
9 | Netherlands | 4 | 26 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 76 | 76 | 0 | 41 |
10 | United States | 5 | 29 | 12 | 4 | 13 | 89 | 86 | +3 | 40 |
11 | Paraguay | 7 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 13 | 93 | 88 | +5 | 35 |
12 | Belgium | 3 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 56 | 51 | +5 | 32 |
13 | Egypt | 7 | 25 | 10 | 0 | 15 | 90 | 101 | −11 | 27 |
14 | Czech Republic | 3 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 29 | 42 | −23 | 16 |
15 | Colombia | 2 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 25 | +2 | 15 |
16 | Thailand | 5 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 45 | 86 | −41 | 15 |
17 | Uruguay | 3 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 30 | 39 | −9 | 13 |
18 | Australia | 7 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 34 | 118 | −84 | 13 |
19 | Guatemala | 4 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 32 | 64 | −32 | 12 |
20 | Japan | 4 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 34 | 63 | −29 | 11 |
21 | Costa Rica | 4 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 32 | 64 | −32 | 10 |
22 | Croatia | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 15 | +3 | 9 |
23 | Hungary | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 17 | +6 | 8 |
24 | Azerbaijan | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 18 | +7 | 7 |
25 | Serbia | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 7 |
26 | Poland | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 22 | −7 | 6 |
27 | Kazakhstan | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 23 | 31 | −8 | 6 |
28 | Panama | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 20 | 45 | −25 | 6 |
29 | Denmark | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 10 | +2 | 4 |
30 | Canada | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 |
31 | Hong Kong | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 |
32 | Kuwait | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 13 | −5 | 3 |
33 | Vietnam | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 18 | −13 | 3 |
34 | Cuba | 5 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 24 | 91 | −67 | 3 |
35 | Solomon Islands | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 18 | 120 | −102 | 3 |
36 | Uzbekistan | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11 | −6 | 1 |
37 | Libya | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 36 | −26 | 1 |
38 | Nigeria | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 15 | −8 | 0 |
39 | Mexico | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 13 | −9 | 0 |
40 | Zimbabwe | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 14 | −11 | 0 |
41 | Algeria | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 17 | −12 | 0 |
42 | Mozambique | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 22 | −15 | 0 |
43 | Morocco | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 29 | −18 | 0 |
44 | Malaysia | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 24 | −20 | 0 |
45 | Saudi Arabia | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 27 | −23 | 0 |
46 | Chinese Taipei | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 29 | −27 | 0 |
47 | China | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 15 | 66 | −51 | 0 |
48 | Angola | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
49 | Lithuania | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
50 | Venezuela | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bold for teams who qualified for the 2020 FIFA Futsal World Cup.
Goal-scoring leaders
All-time
Rank | Name | Country | Goals | Matches | Tournaments | Goals per match |
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1 | Falcão | Brazil | 48 | 33 | 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016 | 1.45 |
2 | Manoel Tobías | Brazil | 43 | 32 | 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004 | 1.34 |
3 | Konstantin Eremenko | Russia | 28 | 18 | 1992, 1996, 2000 | 1.56 |
4 | Schumacher | Brazil | 25 | 25 | 2000, 2004, 2008 | 1.00 |
5 | Ricardinho | Portugal | 20 | 14 | 2008, 2012, 2016 | 1.43 |
6 | Eder Lima | Russia | 19 | 12 | 2012, 2016 | 1.58 |
7 | Pula | Russia | 18 | 14 | 2008, 2012 | 1.29 |
8 | Saeid Rajabi | Iran | 17 | 8 | 1992 | 2.13 |
9 | Índio | Brazil | 15 | 16 | 2000, 2004 | 0.94 |
10 | Daniel | Spain | 14 | 15 | 2000, 2008 | 0.93 |
Individual tournament
Year | Player | Goals |
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1989 | László Zsadányi (HUN) | 7 |
1992 | Saeid Rajabi (IRN) | 17 |
1996 | Manoel Tobías (BRA) | 14 |
2000 | Manoel Tobías (BRA) | 19 |
2004 | Falcão (BRA) | 13 |
2008 | Pula (RUS) | 16 |
2012 | Eder Lima (RUS) | 9 |
2016 | Ricardinho (POR) | 12 |
2021 | TBD | TBD |
Awards
Golden Ball
The adidas Golden Ball award is awarded to the player who plays the most outstanding football during the tournament. It is selected by the media poll.
World Cup | Golden Ball | Silver Ball | Bronze Ball |
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2008 Brazil | Falcão | Schumacher | Tiago |
2012 Thailand | Neto | Kike | Ricardinho |
2016 Colombia | Fernando Wilhelm | Eder Lima | Ahmad Esmaeilpour |
2021 Lithuania | TBD | TBD | TBD |
Golden Shoe
The adidas Golden Shoe is awarded to the topscorer of the tournament. If more than one players are equal by same goals, the players will be selected based by the most assists during the tournament.
World Cup | Golden Shoe | Goals | Silver Shoe | Goals | Bronze Shoe | Goals |
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2008 Brazil | Pula | 16 | Falcão | 15 | Lenísio | 11 |
2012 Thailand | Eder Lima | 9 | Rodolfo Fortino | 8 | Fernandinho | 7 |
2016 Colombia | Ricardinho | 12 | Eder Lima | 10 | Falcão | 10 |
2021 Lithuania | TBD | TBD | TBD |
Golden Glove
The Golden Glove Award is awarded to the best goalkeeper of the tournament.
World Cup | Golden Glove |
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2008 Brazil | Tiago |
2012 Thailand | Stefano Mammarella |
2016 Colombia | Nicolás Sarmiento |
2021 Lithuania | TBD |
Goal of the Tournament
Goal of the Tournament is awarded to the best goal of the tournament.
Tournament | Goal of the Tournament |
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2008 Brazil | José Rafael Gonzalez |
2012 Thailand | Suphawut Thueanklang |
2016 Colombia | Suphawut Thueanklang |
2021 Lithuania | TBD |
FIFA Fair Play Award
FIFA Fair Play Award is given to the team who has the best fair play record during the tournament with the criteria set by FIFA Fair Play Committee.
Tournament | FIFA Fair Play Award |
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2008 Brazil | Spain |
2012 Thailand | Argentina |
2016 Colombia | Vietnam |
2021 Lithuania |
FIFA Champions Badge
In 2012, FIFA extended the FIFA Champions Badge to the winners of the competition, where it was first won by Brazil.[1]
References
- "FIFA World Champions Badge honours Real Madrid's impeccable year". FIFA. 20 October 2014. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
The badge is also worn by the Japanese women’s national team following their triumph at the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2011™, while the most recent edition of the FIFA Futsal World Cup in 2012 saw the Brazilian national team take the title, along with the first FIFA World Champions Badge to be handed over for that particular competition.
External links
- FIFA Futsal World Cup, FIFA.com (in English)
- RSSSF archive, RSSSF.com (in English)