FIFA Futsal World Cup

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FIFA Futsal World Cup
Founded1989; 32 years ago (1989)
RegionInternational (FIFA)
Number of teams24 (finals)
Current champions Portugal (1st title)
Most successful team(s) Brazil (5 titles)
Websitewww.fifa.com/futsalworldcup/
2021 FIFA Futsal World Cup

The FIFA Futsal World Cup is an international futsal competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the member associations of FIFA, the sport's global governing body. The first edition took place in 1989 in the Netherlands, and the tournament has been held every four years since 1992, on the even year between two football World Cups. The current champions are Portugal, who won their first world title after beating the 2016 defending champions Argentina in the final of the 2021 tournament in Lithuania.

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
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 		 Taiwan
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[a]
Details 		 Lithuania
Portugal 		2–1
Argentina
Brazil 		4–2
Kazakhstan 		24
10 2024
Details 		TBD TBD TBD
  1. ^ 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)
 Brazil 5 (1989, 1992, 1996, 2008*, 2012) 1 (2000) 2 (2004, 2021) – 8
 Spain 2 (2000, 2004) 3 (1996*, 2008, 2012) 1 (1992) – 6
 Argentina 1 (2016) 1 (2021) – 1 (2004) 3
 Portugal 1 (2021) – 1 (2000) 1 (2016) 3
 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
 Belgium – – – 1 (1989) 1
 Colombia – – – 1 (2012) 1
 Ukraine – – – 1 (1996) 1
 Kazakhstan – – – 1 (2021) 1

(*) Host

Medal summary[]

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Brazil5128
2 Spain2316
3 Argentina1102
4 Portugal1012
5 Italy0123
6 Russia0112
 United States0112
8 Netherlands0101
9 Iran0011
Totals (9 nations)99927

Results by confederation[]

Total times teams played by confederation
AFC CAF CONCACAF CONMEBOL OFC UEFA Total
Teams 29 14 22 27 8 48 148
Top 16* 8 3 5 22 0 42 80
Top 8 1 3 0 12 0 22 38
Top 4 2 0 2 10 0 18 32
Top 2 0 0 1 7 0 9 17
1st 0 0 0 6 0 2 8
2nd 0 0 1 1 0 6 8
3rd 1 0 1 1 0 5 8
4th 1 0 0 2 0 5 8

Participating nations[]

Main article: National team appearances in the FIFA Futsal World Cup

All-time table[]

Rank Team Editions Pld W D L GF GA Dif Pts
1  Brazil 9 67 57 6 4 428 101 +327 177
2  Spain 9 61 48 5 8 260 118 +142 149
3  Argentina 9 55 30 7 18 163 124 +39 97
4  Russia[RFU] 7 45 27 5 13 241 114 +127 86
5  Italy 7 43 27 3 13 153 96 +57 84
6  Portugal 5 37 22 6 9 126 76 +50 72
7  Iran 8 40 19 6 15 137 133 +4 63
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 6 32 12 4 16 91 108 -17 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 28 10 0 97 115 −18 30
14  Kazakhstan 3 14 6 2 6 47 41 +6 20
15  Czech Republic 4 18 6 2 10 37 53 −16 20
16  Thailand 6 22 6 1 15 56 102 −46 19
17  Colombia 2 11 4 3 4 27 25 +2 15
18  Guatemala 5 16 5 0 11 48 88 −40 15
19  Japan 5 17 4 2 12 47 77 −30 14
20  Uruguay 3 13 4 1 8 30 39 −9 13
21  Costa Rica 5 16 4 1 11 39 73 −34 13
22  Australia 7 21 4 1 16 34 118 −84 13
23  Serbia 2 8 3 1 4 27 18 +9 10
24  Croatia 1 6 3 0 3 18 15 +3 9
25  Hungary 1 6 2 2 2 23 17 +6 8
26  Morocco 3 11 2 2 7 24 36 −12 8
27  Azerbaijan 1 5 2 1 2 25 18 +7 7
28  Venezuela 1 4 2 1 1 6 5 +1 7
29  Vietnam 2 8 2 1 5 12 33 −21 7
30  Poland 1 6 2 0 4 15 22 −7 6
31  Panama 3 10 2 0 8 24 58 −34 6
32  Denmark 1 3 1 1 1 12 10 +2 4
33  Uzbekistan 2 7 1 1 5 21 30 -9 4
34  Canada 1 3 1 0 2 7 7 0 3
35  Hong Kong 1 3 1 0 2 7 7 0 3
36  Kuwait 1 3 1 0 2 8 13 −5 3
37  Cuba 5 13 1 0 12 24 91 −67 3
38  Solomon Islands 4 13 1 0 12 22 142 −120 3
39  Libya 2 7 0 1 6 10 36 −26 1
40  China 3 10 0 0 10 15 66 −51 0
41  Nigeria 1 3 0 0 3 7 15 −8 0
42  Lithuania 1 3 0 0 3 3 11 -8 0
43  Mexico 1 3 0 0 3 4 13 −9 0
44  Angola 1 3 0 0 3 6 16 -10 0
45  Zimbabwe 1 3 0 0 3 3 14 −11 0
46  Algeria 1 3 0 0 3 5 17 −12 0
47  Mozambique 1 3 0 0 3 7 22 −15 0
48  Malaysia 1 3 0 0 3 4 24 −20 0
49  Saudi Arabia 1 3 0 0 3 4 27 −23 0
50  Chinese Taipei 1 3 0 0 3 2 29 −27 0
Map of countries' best results

Bold indicates teams who qualified for the 2021 FIFA Futsal World Cup.

Goal-scoring leaders[]

All-time[]

Rank Name Country Goals Matches Tournaments Goals per match
1 Falcão  Brazil 48 33 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016 1.45
2 Manoel Tobias  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 22 18 2008, 2012, 2016, 2021 1.43
6 Éder 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  Brazil 15 16 2000, 2004 0.94
10 Daniel  Spain 14 15 2000, 2008 0.93

Individual tournament[]

Year Player Goals
1989 Hungary 7
1992 Iran Saeid Rajabi 17
1996 Brazil Manoel Tobias 14
2000 Brazil Manoel Tobias 19
2004 Brazil Falcão 13
2008 Russia Pula 16
2012 Russia Éder Lima 9
2016 Portugal Ricardinho 12
2021 Brazil Ferrão 9

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
2008 Brazil Brazil Falcão Brazil Schumacher Brazil Tiago
2012 Thailand Brazil Neto Spain Kike Portugal Ricardinho
2016 Colombia Argentina Fernando Wilhelm Russia Éder Lima Iran Ahmad Esmaeilpour
2021 Lithuania Portugal Ricardinho Portugal Pany Varela Kazakhstan Douglas Júnior

Golden Shoe[]

The adidas Golden Shoe is awarded to the top scorer 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
2008 Brazil Russia Pula 16 Brazil Falcão 15 Brazil Lenísio 11
2012 Thailand Russia Éder Lima 9 Italy Rodolfo Fortino 8 Brazil Fernandinho 7
2016 Colombia Portugal Ricardinho 12 Russia Éder Lima 10 Brazil Falcão 10
2021 Lithuania Brazil Ferrão 9 Portugal Pany Varela 8 Kazakhstan Taynan da Silva 6

Golden Glove[]

The Golden Glove Award is awarded to the best goalkeeper of the tournament.

World Cup Golden Glove
2008 Brazil Brazil Tiago
2012 Thailand Italy Stefano Mammarella
2016 Colombia Argentina Nicolás Sarmiento
2021 Lithuania Argentina Nicolás Sarmiento

Goal of the Tournament[]

Goal of the Tournament is awarded to the best goal of the tournament.

Tournament Goal of the Tournament
2008 Brazil Guatemala
2012 Thailand Thailand Suphawut Thueanklang
2016 Colombia Thailand Suphawut Thueanklang
2021 Lithuania Vietnam

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
2008 Brazil  Spain
2012 Thailand  Argentina
2016 Colombia  Vietnam
2021 Lithuania  Kazakhstan

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]

See also[]

Notes[]

  1. ^
    At the 2021 edition, in accordance with a ban by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and a decision by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), the team from Russia was not permitted to use the Russian name, flag, or anthem; it participated in the World Cup as "the team of the Russian Football Union (RFU)", and used the flag of the Russian Olympic Committee.[2] For the purpose of continuity in this article, the results of the RFU team in 2021 are considered as de facto results of the Russian national team.

References[]

  1. ^ "FIFA World Champions Badge honours Real Madrid's impeccable year". FIFA. 20 October 2014. Archived from the original on December 22, 2019. 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.
  2. ^ "Чемпионат мира по мини-футболу стартует в Литве" [Futsal World Cup will start in Lithuania]. TASS (in Russian). 12 September 2021.

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