National team appearances in the FIFA Futsal World Cup

This article lists the performances of each of the 42 national teams which have made at least one appearance in the FIFA Futsal World Cup finals.

Debut of teams[]

Year	Debuting teams			Successor teams
Year	Teams	No.	Cum.	Successor teams
1989	Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Paraguay, Saudi Arabia, Spain, United States, Zimbabwe	16	16
1992	China, Costa Rica, Hong Kong, Iran, Nigeria, Poland, Russia	7	23
1996	Cuba, Egypt, Malaysia, Ukraine, Uruguay	5	28
2000	Croatia, Guatemala, Kazakhstan, Portugal, Thailand	5	33
2004	Chinese Taipei, Czech Republic	2	35
2008	Libya, Solomon Islands	2	37
2012	Colombia, Kuwait, Mexico, Morocco, Panama, Serbia	6	43
2016	Azerbaijan, Mozambique, Uzbekistan, Vietnam	4	47
2021	Angola, Lithuania, Venezuela	3	50

Overall team records[]

In this ranking 3 points are awarded for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss. As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws. Teams are ranked by total points, then by goal difference, then by goals scored.^[1]

As of 2021 FIFA Futsal World Cup

Rank	Team	Part	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	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	18	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

Comprehensive team results by tournament[]

Legend

1st — Champions
2nd — Runners-up
3rd — Third place
4th — Fourth place
QF — Quarterfinals
R2 — Round 2 (1989–2008, second group stage, top 8; 2012–present: knockout round of 16)
R1 — Round 1
Q — Qualified for upcoming tournament
— Hosts

Nation	1989	1992	1996	2000	2004	2008	2012	2016	2021	Total
Algeria	R1									1
Angola									R1	1
Argentina	R2	R2	R1	R2	4th	R2	QF	1st	2nd	9
Australia	R1	R1	R1	R1	R1		R1	R1		7
Azerbaijan								QF		1
Belgium	4th	R2	R2							3
Brazil	1st	1st	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	1st	R2	3rd	9
Canada	R1									1
China		R1	R1			R1				3
Chinese Taipei					R1					1
Colombia							4th	R2		2
Costa Rica		R1		R1			R1	R2	R1	5
Croatia				R2						1
Cuba			R1	R1	R1	R1		R1		5
Czech Republic					R2	R1	R2		R2	4
Denmark	R1									1
Egypt			R1	R2	R1	R1	R2	QF	R1	7
Guatemala				R1		R1	R1	R1	R1	5
Hong Kong		R1								1
Hungary	R2									1
Iran		4th	R1	R1	R1	R2	R2	3rd	QF	8
Italy	R2	R1	R2		2nd	3rd	3rd	R2		7
Japan	R1				R1	R1	R2		R2	5
Kazakhstan				R1				R2	4th	3
Kuwait							R1			1
Libya						R1	R1			2
Lithuania									R1	1
Malaysia			R1							1
Mexico							R1			1
Morocco							R1	R1	QF	3
Mozambique								R1		1
Netherlands	2nd	R2	R2	R2						4
Nigeria		R1								1
Panama							R2	R1	R1	3
Paraguay	R2	R1			R1	R2	R2	QF	R2	7
Poland		R2								1
Portugal				3rd	R2	R1	QF	4th	1st	6
Russia^[RFU]		R1	3rd	4th		4th	QF	2nd	QF	7
Saudi Arabia	R1									1
Serbia							R2		R2	2
Solomon Islands						R1	R1	R1	R1	4
Spain	R1	3rd	2nd	1st	1st	2nd	2nd	QF	QF	9
Thailand				R1	R1	R1	R2	R2	R2	6
Ukraine			4th		R2	R2	QF	R2		5
United States	3rd	2nd	R1		R2	R1			R1	6
Uruguay			R2	R1		R1				3
Uzbekistan								R1	R2	2
Venezuela									R2	1
Vietnam								R2	R2	2
Zimbabwe	R1									1
Nations	16	16	16	16	16	20	24	24	24

Results of host nations[]

Year	Host Nation	Finish
1989	Netherlands	Runners-up
1992	Hong Kong	Group Stage
1996	Spain	Runners-up
2000	Guatemala	Group Stage
2004	Chinese Taipei	Group Stage
2008	Brazil	Champions
2012	Thailand	Round of 16
2016	Colombia	Round of 16
2021	Lithuania	Group Stage

Results of defending champions[]

Year	Defending champion	Finish
1992	Brazil	Champions
1996	Brazil	Champions
2000	Brazil	Runners-up
2004	Spain	Champions
2008	Spain	Runners-up
2012	Brazil	Champions
2016	Brazil	Round of 16
2021	Argentina	Runners-up
2024	Portugal	TBD

Result by Confederation[]

AFC[]

	1989 (16)	1992 (16)	1996 (16)	2000 (16)	2004 (16)	2008 (20)	2012 (24)	2016 (24)	2021 (24)	Total
Teams	2	3	3	3	4	4	5	5	5	34
Top 16	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	3	5	11
Top 8	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	4
Top 4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2
Top 2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1st										0
2nd										0
3rd										1
4th										1

CAF[]

	1989 (16)	1992 (16)	1996 (16)	2000 (16)	2004 (16)	2008 (20)	2012 (24)	2016 (24)	2021 (24)	Total
Teams	2	1	1	1	1	2	3	3	3	17
Top 16	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	1	3
Top 8	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	3
Top 4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Top 2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1st										0
2nd										0
3rd										0
4th										0

CONCACAF[]

	1989 (16)	1992 (16)	1996 (16)	2000 (16)	2004 (16)	2008 (20)	2012 (24)	2016 (24)	2021 (24)	Total
Teams	2	2	2	3	2	3	4	4	4	26
Top 16	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0	2
Top 8	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3
Top 4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Top 2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1st										0
2nd										1
3rd										1
4th										0

CONMEBOL[]

	1989 (16)	1992 (16)	1996 (16)	2000 (16)	2004 (16)	2008 (20)	2012 (24)	2016 (24)	2021 (24)	Total
Teams	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	31
Top 16	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	4	4	12
Top 8	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	21
Top 4	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	1	2	12
Top 2	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	8
1st										6
2nd										2
3rd										2
4th										2

OFC[]

	1989 (16)	1992 (16)	1996 (16)	2000 (16)	2004 (16)	2008 (20)	2012 (24)	2016 (24)	2021 (24)	Total
Teams	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	9
Top 16	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	0
Top 8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Top 4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Top 2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1st										0
2nd										0
3rd										0
4th										0

UEFA[]

	1989 (16)	1992 (16)	1996 (16)	2000 (16)	2004 (16)	2008 (20)	2012 (24)	2016 (24)	2021 (24)	Total
Teams	6	6	6	5	5	6	7	7	7	55
Top 16	—	—	—	—	—	—	7	7	6	20
Top 8	4	4	6	5	5	4	5	4	3	40
Top 4	2	1	3	3	2	3	2	2	2	20
Top 2	1	0	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	9
1st										3
2nd										6
3rd										5
4th										6

Notes[]

^
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[]

^ "FIFA Futsal World Cup Overview". RSSSF. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
^ "Чемпионат мира по мини-футболу стартует в Литве" [Futsal World Cup will start in Lithuania]. TASS (in Russian). 12 September 2021.

External links[]

FIFA Futsal World Cup, FIFA.com
RSSSF archive

[cnote_RFU] 
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.

[1] "FIFA Futsal World Cup Overview". RSSSF. Retrieved 9 September 2021.

[WADA-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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Tournaments	Netherlands 1989 Hong Kong 1992 Spain 1996 Guatemala 2000 Chinese Taipei 2004 Brazil 2008 Thailand 2012 Colombia 2016 Lithuania 2021 TBD 2024
Qualification	1989 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2021
Squads	1989 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2021
Statistics	Team appearances