Futsal

Futsal
	International futsal match between Argentina and Brazil in 2007
Highest governing body	FIFA and AMF
Characteristics
Contact	No
Team members	5 per side
Type	Indoor
Equipment	Futsal ball
Venue	Futsal field/court
Presence
Olympic	No
Paralympic	No

Futsal (also known as fútsal or footsal) is a variant of association football played on a hard court, smaller than a football pitch, and mainly indoors. It features similarities to five-a-side football.^[1]

Futsal is played between two teams of five players each, one of whom is the goalkeeper. Unlimited substitutions are permitted. Unlike some other forms of indoor football, the game is played on a hard court surface delimited by lines; walls or boards are not used. Futsal is also played with a smaller, harder, low-bounce ball;^[2] the surface, ball, and rules together favour ball control and passing in small spaces.^[3] The game's "emphasis is on improvisation, creativity and technique."^[4]

1 Naming
2 History
- 2.1 Origins
- 2.2 From FIFUSA to AMF
3 Governing bodies
4 Rules
5 World ranking
- 5.1 Men's ranking
- 5.2 Women's ranking
6 Competitions
7 FIFA competitions
8 FIFUSA/AMF competitions
- 8.1 Men's national teams
  - 8.1.1 International
  - 8.1.2 Continental (major)
- 8.2 Women's national teams
  - 8.2.1 International
  - 8.2.2 Continental
9 See also
10 References
11 External links

Naming[edit]

Futsal comes from Spanish fútbol sala or fútbol de salón and from Portuguese futebol de salão; the term is commonly translated as "indoor football", but a more literal translation is "hall/lounge football". During the sport's second world championships held in Madrid in 1985, the Spanish name fútbol sala was used. Since then, all other names have been officially and internationally changed to futsal; the naming was due to a dispute between FIFUSA (the predecessor to the AMF) and FIFA over the name of fútbol, FIFUSA has registered the word fut-sal in 1985 (Madrid, Spain). Since then FIFA has also started using the term futsal; the name has been translated into Italian as calcio a 5 (literally 5-a-side football) or football sala and French as football de salle.

History[edit]

Origins[edit]

"Futsal" started in 1930 when Juan Carlos Ceriani^[fr], a teacher in Montevideo, Uruguay, created a version of indoor football for recreation in YMCAs.^{[citation needed]} This new sport was originally developed for playing on basketball courts,^[5] and a rule book was published in September 1933.^{[citation needed]} Football was already highly popular in the country and after Uruguay won the 1930 World Cup and gold medals in the 1924 and 1928 Summer Olympics, it attracted even more practitioners. Ceriani's goal was to create a team game that could be played indoor or outdoor but that was similar to football.

Ceriani, writing the rule book, took as examples the principles of football (the possibility to touch the ball with every part of the body except for the hands), and he took rules from other sports too: from basketball the number of team players (five) and the game duration (40 actual minutes); from water polo the rules about the goalkeeper; from team handball for the field and goal sizes.

The YMCA spread the game immediately throughout South America, it was easily played by everyone, everywhere, and in any weather condition, without any difficulty, helping players to stay in shape all year round. These reasons convinced João Lotufo, a Brazilian, to bring this game to his country and adapt it to the needs of physical education.^{[citation needed]}

Initially, the rules were not uniform. In 1956, the rules were modified by Habib Maphuz and Luiz Gonzaga de Oliveira Fernandes within the YMCA of São Paulo, Brazil to allow seniors to compete.^{[citation needed]} Luiz de Oliveira wrote the Book of Rules of Fuitsal in 1956, then adopted also at the international level.

In 1965, the Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol de Salón^[pt] (South American Futsal Confederation) was formed, consisting of Uruguay, Paraguay, Peru, Argentina and Brazil.

Shortly after, a unique tournament was organized, it attracted some interest in South American media, which regularly began to follow futsal. In particular, it was the journalist José Antônio Inglêz who passionately contributed to the rapid spread of the game, as well as being credited as the man who coined the name “futsal” to define the sport.

From FIFUSA to AMF[edit]

The sport began to spread across South America, and its popularity ensured the formation of a governing body in São Paulo in 1971, under the name of Federación Internacional de Fútbol de Salón (FIFUSA). FIFUSA initially comprised Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Peru, Portugal, and Uruguay, along with the World Championships; the new institution counted 32 participating countries and its first President was João Havelange joined by the secretary Luiz Gonzaga de Oliveira. In 1975, the Federation's chief passed to FIFA, and in 1980, Januário D'Alessio Neto was elected to work to make this sport recognized worldwide by supranational bodies.

The first FIFUSA World Championships were held in São Paulo, Brazil, in 1982 with the hosting Brazilian team crowned champions against Paraguay in front of an audience of 12,000 people, with Uruguay placing third; the Federation then began to work to bring the big event to Europe. In 1985, the second futsal World Cup was organized in Madrid, Spain, where the Brazilian team won again; the event was a success, with a considerable media interest and a huge response from the audience, thanks to the Spanish TV station that filmed the event.

In 1985, Joseph Blatter, at that time secretary of football's governing body, FIFA, thought it was the right time to enlarge its influence and therefore also deal with indoor football. Knowing that the Federation President João Havelange was the head of FIFUSA from 1971 to 1974, the Swiss decided to summon in Brazil the world governing body of futsal: Surprisingly, the Congress voted against the unification. Due to a dispute between FIFA and FIFUSA over the name of fútbol, FIFUSA has registered the word fut-sal in 1985 (Madrid, Spain).

FIFA wanted to promote and spread its own version of indoor football, different from the original one played in the South American countries, but they could not manage to come to an agreement with FIFUSA in the Rio de Janeiro Congress in 1989.

On 2 May 1990, the Brazilian federation finally broke away from FIFUSA, and on 25 September, an event in Bogotá, Colombia contributed to the founding of the Confederación Panamericana de Futbol de Salon (PANAFUTSAL) together with Paraguay, Colombia, Mexico, Uruguay, Argentina, Venezuela, Costa Rica, Puerto Rico, Bolivia, Ecuador, the Netherlands Antilles, Aruba, and Canada.

The conference held in Guatemala in 2000 between members of PANAFUTSAL and FIFA focused on the resolution of the dispute between the two institutions and on the achievement of futsal in the pure version that excited many in South America; the signing of the Protocol, however, was not followed by concrete actions. FIFA kept on promoting its version of futsal. So the PANAFUTSAL decided to create a new worldwide body for the preservation of futsal. In December 2002, the Asociación Mundial de Futsal (AMF) was founded, it is currently composed of 40 national federations and three continental bodies, one of which was FIFS.

In 2002, members of PANAFUTSAL formed AMF, an international futsal governing body independent of FIFA, in reaction to the alleged stagnancy of futsal under FIFUSA.^[6] Both FIFA and AMF continue to administer the game.^[7]

Governing bodies[edit]

Futsal currently has two governing bodies: Asociación Mundial de Fútsal (AMF) and Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA). AMF is the successor organization to the original governing body. FIFA later took an interest in futsal. However, talks between FIFA and AMF to reconcile governance were not successful. FIFA organizes its own separate competitions.

Region	AMF-affiliated	FIFA-affiliated
World	Asociación Mundial de Fútsal (AMF)	Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA)
Asia	Confederation of Asian Futsal (CAFS)	Asian Football Confederation (AFC)
Africa	Confédération Africaine de Futsal^[pt] (CAFUSA)	Confederation of African Football (CAF)
North America, Central America and Caribbean	Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Futsal^[pt] (CONCACFUTSAL)	Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF)
South America	Confederação Sul-Americana de Futebol de Salão^[pt] (CSFS) Confederación Panamericana de Futsal^[pt] (CPFS/PANAFUTSAL)	Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol (CONMEBOL)
Oceania	Confederation Futsal of Oceania (CFSO)	Oceania Football Confederation (OFC)
Europe	European Union of Futsal (UEFS) until 2017 - Futsal European Federation (FEF) from 2017	Union of European Football Associations (UEFA)

Rules[edit]

There are currently two governing bodies: Asociación Mundial de Fútsal (AMF) and Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA). AMF and FIFA are responsible for maintaining and regulating the official rules of their respective versions of futsal.

FIFA publishes its futsal rules as the 'Laws of the Game', in which each of the 17 'laws' is a thematically related collection of individual regulations; the laws define all aspects of the game, including what may be changed to suit local competitions and leagues.^[8]

Many of the laws are similar or identical to those found in association football, or reference association football in their absence (such as a section noting that there is no offside infraction in futsal.)

Summary of rules[edit]

Length of the field^[9]: minimum 25 m × 16 m (82 ft × 52 ft), maximum 42 m × 25 m (138 ft × 82 ft).
Ball: Size 4, circumference 62–64 cm (24–25 in), weight between 400–440 g (14–16 oz) at the start of the game. Dropped from a height of 2 m (6 ft 7 in), the first rebound must not be lower than 50 cm (20 in) or more than 65 cm (26 in).^[10]
Time: There are two periods of 20 minutes with time stopping at every dead ball. Between the two periods there is a break of 15 minutes; each team may use one time-out per half, which lasts one minute. Some lower leagues and tournaments use 24 minute periods with running time.
Number of players: There are five players for each team in the field, one of them as goalkeeper, and a maximum number of 12 players that can be used each match. Substitutions are unlimited and on-the-fly.
Fouls: All direct free kicks count as accumulated fouls. A direct free kick is awarded for kicking, tripping, charging, jumping, pushing, striking, tackling, holding, spitting, and deliberate handling. Indirect free kicks, such as playing dangerously and impeding, do not count as accumulated fouls. A team is warned by the referee when they commit five accumulated fouls in a half.
Cards: A caution can be shown for unsporting behavior, dissent, failure to respect the distance on a restart, excessive delay of a restart, persistent infringement, or incorrectly entering/leaving the field of play . A player or substitute can be sent off for serious foul play, violent conduct, spitting, illegally denying an obvious goal-scoring opportunity, abusive language, and receiving a second caution. Sent-off players are ejected from the game and their team must play short for two minutes or until the other team scores a goal.
Free kicks: Taken from the spot of the infringement or on the line of the penalty area nearest the infringement (indirect only). All opponents must be at least 5 m (16 ft) away from the ball; the kick must be taken within four seconds or an indirect kick is awarded to the other team.
Kick from the second penalty mark: Awarded when a team commits 6 or more accumulated fouls in a half. Second penalty mark is 10 m (33 ft) from the goal, opponents must be behind the ball, goalkeeper must be at least 5 m (16 ft) away.
Penalty kick: 6 m (20 ft) from the center of the goal for fouls inside the 6 m (20 ft) goal keeper's area.
Goalkeeper: When in possession of the ball, the goalkeeper has 4 seconds to get rid of the ball. If the ball is kept too long, the referee will give an indirect kick to the other team; the goalkeeper may play freely when in the opponent's half.
Goalkeeper pass-back restriction: Once the goalkeeper has released the ball either by kicking or throwing, the goalkeeper may not touch it again until the ball goes out of play or is touched by an opponent. The sanction for violation is an indirect free kick; the goalkeeper may receive the ball freely when on the opponent's half.
Kick-in: A kick-in is used instead of a throw-in. The player must place the ball on the touchline or outside but not more than 25 cm (9.8 in) from the place the ball when out of play. The ball must be stationary and the kick-in must be taken within 4 seconds from the time the player is ready. During kick-in, opponents must stand at least 5 m (16 ft) from the ball. If four seconds elapses or an illegal kick is taken, the referee will award a kick-in to the other team, it is not allowed to score directly from a kick-in: the goal is valid only if someone else touches the ball before it enters in goal.
Goal clearance: A goal clearance is used instead of a goal kick. The goalkeeper must throw the ball with their hands and it must leave the penalty area within four seconds. If goal clearance is taken illegally the goalkeeper may retry, but the referee will not reset the count. If four seconds elapses, the other team gets an indirect kick on the penalty area line.
Corner kick: The ball must be placed inside the arc nearest to the point where the ball crossed the goal line and the opponent must stand on field at least 5 m (16 ft) from the corner arch until the ball is in play. The corner kick must be taken within 4 seconds of being ready or else a goal clearance will be awarded to the other team; the ball is in play when it is kicked and moves.
Referees: For international matches, there must be two referees: one (first referee) is positioned on the touchline near the timekeeper table and communicates with the timekeeper, while the other (second referee) is in the opposite side of the field. At the timekeeper table there is a timekeeper and a third referee, who controls the teams' benches. In minor events, the third referees and the timekeeper are not used.

Players, equipment and officials[edit]

The Brazil national futsal team line up before a match.

There are five players on the field on each team, one of whom is the goalkeeper; the maximum number of substitutes allowed is nine (FIFA change 2012), with unlimited substitutions during the match. Substitutes can come on even when the ball is in play but the player coming off must leave the field before the substitute can enter the playing field.^[11] If a team has fewer than three players in the team, the match is abandoned and counted as a loss for the team with the lack of players.^[12]

The kit is made up of a jersey or shirt with sleeves, shorts, socks, shinguards made out of metal, plastic or foam, and shoes with rubber soles; the goalkeeper is allowed to wear long trousers and a different coloured kit to distinguish themself from the other players on the team and the referee. The goalkeeper is also allowed to wear elbow pads because the surface is about as hard as a tennis court or basketball court. Jewellery is not allowed, nor are other items that could be dangerous to the player wearing the item or to other active participants.^[13]

The match is controlled by the referee, who enforces the Laws of the Game, and the first referee is the only one who can legally abandon the match because of interference from outside the field; this referee is assisted by a second referee who typically watches over the goal lines or assists the primary referee with calls on fouls or plays. The decisions made by the referees are final and can only be changed if the referees think it is necessary and play has not restarted.^[14] There is also a third referee and a timekeeper who are provided with equipment to keep a record of fouls in the match. In the event of injury to the second referee, the third referee will replace the second referee.^[15]

The field[edit]

A futsal field

The field is made up of wood or artificial material, or similar surface, although any flat, smooth and non-abrasive material may be used; the length of the field is in the range of 38–42 m (125–138 ft), and the width is in the range of 20–25 m (66–82 ft) in international matches. For other matches, it can be 25–42 m (82–138 ft) in length, while the width can be 16–25 m (52–82 ft), as long as the length of the longer boundary lines (touchlines) are greater than the shorter boundaries where the goals are placed (goal lines) (Basketball fields of 28 m × 15 m (92 ft × 49 ft) can be used); the "standard" size court for an international is 40 m × 20 m (131 ft × 66 ft) (the size of a handball field).^[16] The ceiling must be at least 4 m (13 ft) high.^[17]

A rectangular goal is positioned at the middle of each goal line; the inner edges of the vertical goal posts must be 3 m (9.8 ft) apart, and the lower edge of the horizontal crossbar supported by the goal posts must be 2 m (6.6 ft) above the ground. Nets made of hemp, jute or nylon are attached to the back of the goalposts and crossbar; the lower part of the nets is attached to curved tubing or another suitable means of support. The depth of the goal is 80 cm (31 in) at the top and 1 m (3.3 ft) at the bottom.^[18]

A futsal arena in Tokyo

In front of each goal is an area known as the penalty area; this area is created by drawing quarter-circles with a 6 m (20 ft) radius from the goal line, centered on the goalposts. The upper part of each quarter-circle is then joined by a 3.16 m (10.4 ft) line running parallel to the goal line between the goalposts. The line marking the edge of the penalty area is known as the penalty area line;^[19] the penalty area marks where the goalkeeper is allowed to touch the ball with hands. The penalty mark is six metres from the goal line when it reaches the middle of the goalposts; the second penalty mark is 10 metres (33 ft) from the goal line when it reaches the middle of the goalposts. A penalty kick from the penalty spot is awarded if a player commits a foul inside the penalty area;^[20] the second penalty spot is used if a player commits their team's sixth foul in the opposing team's half or in their own half in the area bordered by the halfway line and an imaginary line parallel to the halfway line passing through the second penalty mark; the free kick is taken from the second penalty mark.^[21]

Any standard team handball field can be used for futsal, including goals and floor markings.

Duration and tie-breaking methods[edit]

A standard match consists of two equal periods of 20 minutes; the length of either half is extended to allow penalty kicks to be taken or a direct free kick to be taken against a team that has committed more than five fouls. The interval between the two halves cannot exceed 15 minutes.^[22]

In some competitions, the game cannot end in a draw, so away goals, extra time and kicks from the penalty mark are the three methods for determining the winner after a match has been drawn. Away goals mean that if the team's score is level after playing one home and one away game, the team which has scored more away goals wins. Extra time consists of two periods of five minutes. If no winner is produced after these methods, three kicks from the penalty mark are taken, and the team that has scored the most wins. If it is not decided after three kicks from the penalty mark, it continues to go on with one extra kick from the penalty mark to each team at a time until one of them has scored more goals than the other. Unlike extra time, the goals scored in a shoot-out do not count towards the goals scored throughout the match.^[23]

The start and restart of play[edit]

At the beginning of the match, a coin toss is used to decide who will start the match. A kick-off is used to signal the start of play and is used at the start of the second half and any periods of extra time, it is also used after a goal has been scored, with the other team starting the play.^[24] After a temporary stoppage for any reason not mentioned in the Laws of the Game, the referee will drop the ball where the play was stopped, provided that, before the stoppage, the ball was in play and had not crossed either the touch lines or goal lines.^[25]

If the ball goes over the goal line or touchline, hits the ceiling, or the play is stopped by the referee, the ball is out of play. If it hits the ceiling of an indoor arena, play is restarted with a kick-in to the opponents of the team that last touched the ball, under the place where it hit the ceiling.^[17]

Lack of offside rule[edit]

Unlike football, there is no offside rule in futsal. Attackers can get much closer to the goal than they can in the traditional outdoor version of football.

Misconduct[edit]

Players are cautioned with a yellow card and sent off with a red card.

A direct free kick can be awarded to the opposing team if a player succeeds or attempts to kick or trip an opponent, jumps, charges or pushes an opponent, or strikes or attempts to strike an opponent. Holding, touching or spitting at an opponent are offenses that are worthy of a direct free kick, as are sliding in to play the ball while an opponent is playing it or carrying, striking or throwing the ball (except the goalkeeper); these are all accumulated fouls. The direct free kick is taken where the infringement occurred, unless it is awarded to the defending team in their penalty area, in which case the free kick may be taken from anywhere inside the penalty area.^[26] A penalty kick is awarded if a player commits one of the fouls that are worthy of a direct free kick inside their own penalty area; the position of the ball does not matter as long as it is in play but for a penalty kick, the ball must be on the outer line, perpendicular to the center of the net.^[27]

An indirect free kick is awarded to the opposing team if a goalkeeper clears the ball but then touches it with their hands before anyone else, if the goalkeeper controls the ball with hands when it has been kicked to them by a teammate, or if they touch or control the ball with hands or feet in their own half for more than four seconds.^[27]

An indirect free kick is also awarded to the opposing team if a player plays in a dangerous manner, deliberately obstructs an opponent, prevents the goalkeeper from throwing the ball with hands or anything else for which play is stopped to caution or dismiss a player; the indirect free kick is taken from the place where the infringement occurred.^[27]

Yellow and red cards are used in futsal; the yellow card is to caution players over their actions. If they get two, they are given a red card, which means they are sent off the field. A yellow card is shown if a player shows unsporting behaviour, dissent, persistent infringement of the Laws of the Game, delaying the restart of play, failing to respect the distance of the player from the ball when play is being restarted, infringement of substitution procedure or entering, re-entering and leaving the field without the referee's permission.^[28] A player is shown the red card and sent off if they engage in serious foul play, violent conduct, spitting at another person, or denying the opposing team a goal by handling the ball (except the goalkeeper inside their penalty area); also punishable with a red card is denying an opponent moving towards the player's goal a goalscoring opportunity by committing an offence punishable by a free kick or a penalty kick and using offensive, insulting or abusive language or gestures.^[28] A player who has been sent off must leave the vicinity of the field.

A substitute player is permitted to come on two minutes after a teammate has been sent off, unless a goal is scored before the end of the two minutes. If a team with more players scores against a team with fewer players, another player can be added to the team with an inferior number of players. If the teams are equal when the goal is scored or if the team with fewer players scores, both teams remain with the same number of players.

World ranking[edit]

Men's ranking[edit]

As of 11 June 2019^[update], the top 25 teams according to the Elo-based rankings are:^[29]

#	Team	Points
1	Brazil	1876
2	Spain	1763
3	Iran	1663
4	Russia	1661
5	Argentina	1654
6	Portugal	1652
7	Kazakhstan	1540
8	Italy	1525
9	Ukraine	1489
10	Paraguay	1471
11	Azerbaijan	1426
12	Croatia	1411
12	Colombia	1411
14	Japan	1388
15	Serbia	1369
16	Czech Republic	1349
17	Slovenia	1335
18	France	1322
19	Thailand	1281
20	Egypt	1256
21	Romania	1252
22	Belarus	1245
23	Poland	1225
24	Panama	1212
25	Slovakia	1202
25	Costa Rica	1202

Calculate Function

P=P_{\text{Old}}+n(r-r_{e})

where:

P_Old: team's point before the match
n : the importance coefficient
- 60 for World Cup finals;
- 50 for continental championship finals and major intercontinental tournaments;
- 40 for World Cup and continental qualifiers and major tournaments;
- 30 for all other tournaments;
- 20 for friendly matches.
r: Result of the match
- 1 for a winning after regular or extra-time.
- 0.75 for a winning in a penalty shootout.
- 0.5 for a drawing or losing in a penalty shootout.
- 0 for a losing after regular or extra-time.
r_e : the expected result of the match:

r_{e}={\frac {1}{10^{-{\frac {dR}{400}}}+1}}

where dR is the difference between two teams' ratings before the game.

Women's ranking[edit]

As of 7 May 2012, according to a ranking based partly on the ELO system and partly on a form-based system, the top 10 teams are:^[30]

#	Team	Points
1	Brazil	2326
2	Spain	2248
3	Portugal	2172
4	Russia	2019
5	Ukraine	2014
6	Japan	1963
7	Guatemala	1934
8	Netherlands	1911
9	Australia	1888
10	Argentina	1876

Competitions[edit]

National team competitions[edit]

Men's national competitions[edit]

Region	AMF-affiliated	FIFA-affiliated	Other competitions
World	AMF Futsal World Cup	FIFA Futsal World Cup	Futsal Confederations Cup Futsal Mundialito Grand Prix de Futsal Arab Futsal Championship Mediterranean Futsal Cup
Asia		AFC Futsal Championship	Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games Southeast Asian Games AFF Futsal Championship CAFA Futsal Championship EAFF Futsal Championship WAFF Futsal Championship
Africa		Africa Futsal Cup of Nations	North African Futsal Tournament
North America, Central America and Caribbean		CONCACAF Futsal Championship	Central American Games
South America		Copa América de Futsal	Odesur Games Bolivarian Games
Oceania		Oceanian Futsal Championship
Europe	UEFS Futsal Men's Championship	UEFA Futsal Championship	Baltic Futsal Cup Nordic Futsal Cup

Women's national competitions[edit]

Region	AMF-affiliated	FIFA-affiliated	Other competitions
World	AMF Futsal Women's World Cup		Women's Futsal World Tournament
Asia		AFC Women's Futsal Championship	Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games Southeast Asian Games CAFA Futsal Championship WAFF Futsal Championship
Africa
North America, Central America and Caribbean
South America		Copa América Femenina de Futsal
Oceania
Europe	UEFS Futsal Women's Championship	UEFA Women's Futsal Championship

Club competitions[edit]

Region	AMF-affiliated men's competitions	AMF-affiliated women's competitions	FIFA-affiliated men's competitions	FIFA-affiliated women's competitions	Other competitions
World	AMF Club World Cup^[31]^[32]		Intercontinental Futsal Cup		Futsal 5 A-Side Australia (FFAA) Interstate Club Championship
South America			Copa Libertadores de Futsal	Copa Libertadores Femenina de Futsal
Asia			AFC Futsal Club Championship
Africa
North America, Central America and Caribbean			CONCACAF Futsal Club Championship
Oceania
Europe	UEFS European Champions Cup^[32]^[33] UEFS Cup^[32]^[34] UEFS Veteran European Champions Cup^[32]^[35]	UEFS Women's European Champions Cup^[32]^[36] UEFS Women's Cup^[32]^[37]	UEFA Futsal Champions League

Discontinued competitions[edit]

FIFA competitions[edit]

Men's national teams[edit]

International[edit]

Competition	Year	City	Country	Winner	Runner-up	3rd	4th
FIFA Futsal World Cup	1989	Rotterdam	Netherlands	Brazil	Netherlands	United States	Belgium
	1992	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Brazil	United States	Spain	Iran
	1996	Barcelona	Spain	Brazil	Spain	Russia	Ukraine
	2000	Guatemala City	Guatemala	Spain	Brazil	Portugal	Russia
	2004	Taipei City	Chinese Taipei	Spain	Italy	Brazil	Argentina
	2008	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	Brazil	Spain	Italy	Russia
	2012	Bangkok	Thailand	Brazil	Spain	Italy	Colombia
	2016	Cali	Colombia	Argentina	Russia	Iran	Portugal
	2020	Vilnius	Lithuania
Futsal Confederations Cup	2009	Tripoli	Libya	Iran	Uruguay	Libya	Guatemala
	2013	Caxias do Sul	Brazil	Brazil	Colombia	Chile	Croatia
	2014	Kuwait City	Kuwait	Argentina	Czech Republic	Brazil	Italy
Mediterranean Futsal Cup	2010	Tripoli	Libya	Croatia	Libya	Slovenia	France
Futsal Mundialito	1994	Milan	Italy	Italy	Croatia	Spain	Hungary
	1995	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	Brazil	Italy	Spain	United States
	1996	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	Brazil	Paraguay	Argentina	United States
	1998	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	Brazil	Argentina	United States	Italy
	2001	Joinville	Brazil	Brazil	Argentina	Portugal	Czech Republic
	2002	Reggio Calabria	Italy	Brazil	Italy	Russia	Argentina
	2006	Algarve	Portugal	Portugal	Croatia	Angola	Mozambique
	2007	Algarve	Portugal	Portugal	Slovakia	Hungary	Croatia
	2008	Algarve	Portugal	Portugal	Hungary	Angola	Libya
Grand Prix de Futsal	2005	Brusque, Santa Catarina	Brazil	Brazil	Colombia	Argentina	Uruguay
	2006	Caxias do Sul	Brazil	Brazil	Italy	Croatia	Argentina
	2007	Joinville & Lages & Jaraguá do Sul	Brazil	Brazil	Iran	Argentina	Hungary
	2008	Fortaleza	Brazil	Brazil	Argentina	Ukraine	Paraguay
	2009	Anápolis & Goiânia	Brazil	Brazil	Iran	Romania	Czech Republic
	2010	Anápolis	Brazil	Spain	Brazil	Paraguay	Iran
	2011	Manaus	Brazil	Brazil	Russia	Argentina	Iran
	2013	Maringá	Brazil	Brazil	Russia	Iran	Paraguay
	2014	São Bernardo	Brazil	Brazil	Colombia	Iran	Guatemala
	2015	Uberaba	Brazil	Brazil	Iran	Colombia	Paraguay
	2018	Brusque, Santa Catarina	Brazil	Brazil	Czech Republic	Uruguay	Costa Rica
Arab Futsal Championship	1998	Cairo	Egypt	Egypt	Morocco	Libya	Palestine
	2005	Cairo	Egypt	Egypt	Morocco	Lebanon	Libya
	2007	Tripoli	Libya	Libya	Egypt	Lebanon	Morocco
	2008	Port Said	Egypt	Libya	Egypt	Jordan	Lebanon

Continental (major)[edit]

Continental	Year	Country	Winner	Runner-up	3rd	4th
Africa (CAF)	1996	Egypt	Egypt	Ghana	Zimbabwe	Somalia
	2000	Egypt	Egypt	Morocco	Libya	South Africa
	2004	Home & away	Egypt	Mozambique	Morocco	Guinea-Bissau
	2008	Libya	Libya	Egypt	Morocco	Mozambique
	2016	South Africa	Morocco	Egypt	Mozambique	Zambia
	2020
Asia (AFC)	1999	Malaysia	Iran	South Korea	Kazakhstan	Japan
	2000	Thailand	Iran	Kazakhstan	Thailand	Japan
	2001	Iran	Iran	Uzbekistan	South Korea	Japan
	2002	Indonesia	Iran	Japan	Thailand	South Korea
	2003	Iran	Iran	Japan	Thailand	Kuwait
	2004	Macau	Iran	Japan	Thailand	Uzbekistan
	2005	Vietnam	Iran	Japan	Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan
	2006	Uzbekistan	Japan	Uzbekistan	Iran	Kyrgyzstan
	2007	Japan	Iran	Japan	Uzbekistan	Kyrgyzstan
	2008	Thailand	Iran	Thailand	Japan	China
	2010	Uzbekistan	Iran	Uzbekistan	Japan	China
	2012	United Arab Emirates	Japan	Thailand	Iran	Australia
	2014	Vietnam	Japan	Iran	Uzbekistan	Kuwait
	2016	Uzbekistan	Iran	Uzbekistan	Thailand	Vietnam
	2018	Chinese Taipei	Iran	Japan	Uzbekistan	Iraq
Europe (UEFA)	1996	Spain	Spain	Russia	Belgium	Italy
	1999	Spain	Russia	Spain	Italy	Netherlands
	2001	Russia	Spain	Ukraine	Russia	Italy
	2003	Italy	Italy	Ukraine	Spain & Czech Republic
	2005	Czech Republic	Spain	Russia	Italy	Ukraine
	2007	Portugal	Spain	Italy	Russia	Portugal
	2010	Hungary	Spain	Portugal	Czech Republic	Azerbaijan
	2012	Croatia	Spain	Russia	Italy	Croatia
	2014	Belgium	Italy	Russia	Spain	Portugal
	2016	Serbia	Spain	Russia	Kazakhstan	Serbia
	2018	Slovenia	Portugal	Spain	Russia	Kazakhstan
North America, Central America and Caribbean (CONCACAF)	1996	Guatemala	United States	Cuba	Mexico	Guatemala
	2000	Costa Rica	Costa Rica	Cuba	United States	Mexico
	2004	Costa Rica	United States	Cuba	Costa Rica	Mexico
	2008	Guatemala	Guatemala	Cuba	United States	Panama
	2012	Guatemala	Costa Rica	Guatemala	Panama	Mexico
	2016	Costa Rica	Costa Rica	Panama	Guatemala	Cuba
Oceania (OFC)	1992	Australia	Australia	Vanuatu	New Zealand
	1996	Vanuatu	Australia	Vanuatu	Fiji	Western Samoa
	1999	Vanuatu	Australia	Fiji	Vanuatu	Papua New Guinea
	2004	Australia	Australia	New Zealand	Vanuatu	Fiji
	2008	Fiji	Solomon Islands	Tahiti	Vanuatu	New Zealand
	2009	Fiji	Solomon Islands	Fiji	Vanuatu	New Caledonia
	2010	Fiji	Solomon Islands	Fiji	New Zealand	Vanuatu
	2011	Fiji	Solomon Islands	Tahiti	New Zealand	Vanuatu
	2013	New Zealand	Australia	Malaysia	New Zealand	Tahiti
	2014	New Caledonia	Malaysia	New Caledonia	New Zealand	Tahiti
	2016	Fiji	Solomon Islands	New Zealand	Tahiti	Vanuatu
South America (CONMEBOL)	1992	Brazil	Brazil	Argentina	Paraguay	Ecuador
	1995	Brazil	Brazil	Argentina	Uruguay	Paraguay
	1996	Brazil	Brazil	Uruguay	Argentina	Paraguay
	1997	Brazil	Brazil	Argentina	Paraguay	Uruguay
	1998	Brazil	Brazil	Paraguay	Uruguay	Argentina
	1999	Brazil	Brazil	Paraguay	Argentina	Uruguay
	2000	Brazil	Brazil	Argentina	Uruguay	Bolivia
	2003	Paraguay	Argentina	Brazil	Paraguay	Uruguay
	2008	Uruguay	Brazil	Uruguay	Argentina	Paraguay
	2011	Argentina	Brazil	Argentina	Paraguay	Colombia
	2015	Ecuador	Argentina	Paraguay	Brazil	Colombia
	2017	Argentina	Brazil	Argentina	Paraguay	Uruguay

World University Futsal Championship[edit]

Men's

Year	Host	Winners	Score	Runners-Up	3rd Place	Score	4th Place
Year	Host	Final			Third Place Match
1984 Details	São Paulo	Brazil	5–4	Paraguay	Spain	7–6	Italy
1990 Details	Parma	Italy	5–4 (pen)	Spain	Soviet Union	5–4	Belgium
1992 Details	Málaga	Spain	8–1	Belgium	Italy	2–1	Brazil
1994 Details	Nicosia	Russia	6–5	Spain	Italy	6–2	Belgium
1996 Details	Jyväskylä	Brazil	6–5 (aet)	Russia	Ukraine	9–5	Portugal
1998 Details	Braga	Ukraine	3–2 (aet)	Russia	Brazil	5–1	Portugal
2000 Details	João Pessoa	Brazil	6–2	Italy	Russia	3–2	Portugal
2002 Details	Nyíregyháza	Russia	4–1	Italy	Ukraine	5–3	Hungary
2004 Details	Palma De Mallorca	Ukraine	3–1	Brazil	Russia	3–2	Spain
2006 Details	Poznań	Russia	4–1	Brazil	Ukraine	5–1	Netherlands
2008 Details	Koper	Portugal	5–1	Ukraine	Serbia	8–1	Slovenia
2010 Details	Novi Sad	Brazil	3–2	Russia	Serbia	6–4 (pen)	Ukraine
2012 Details	Braga	Ukraine	1–0	Russia	Portugal	2–0	Thailand
2014 Details	Antequera/Málaga	Russia	8–5	Brazil	Belarus	7–6 (pen)	Iran
2016 Details	Goiânia	Brazil	2–1	Russia	Czech Republic	11-3	France
2018 Details	Almaty

Women's

Year	Host	Winners	Score	Runners-Up	3rd Place	Score	4th Place
Year	Host	Final			Third Place Match
2008 details	Vitória, Espírito Santo	Brazil	11–4	Portugal	China	3–1	Costa Rica
2010 details	Novi Sad	Brazil	^n/a	Portugal	Russia	^n/a	France
2012 details	Braga	Brazil	^n/a	Spain	Portugal	^n/a	Russia
2014 details	Antequera/Málaga	Brazil	2–1	Russia	Russia	1–0	Portugal
2016 details	Goiânia	Brazil	3–1	Russia	Portugal	6–0	Canada
2018 details	Almaty

^n/a A round-robin tournament determined the final standings.

China International Futsal Tournament[edit]

CFA Futsal International Tournaments - Changshu Story

Year	Host	Winners	Score	Runners-Up	3rd Place	Score	4th Place
Year	Host	Final			Third Place Match
2014 Details	China	Thailand	^n/a	China	Mexico	^n/a	Myanmar
2015 Details	China	Iran	^n/a	China	Myanmar	^n/a	Mexico
2016 Details	China	Ukraine	^n/a	Vietnam	China	^n/a	Mexico
2017 Details	China	Croatia	^n/a	Netherlands	Vietnam	^n/a	China
2018 Details	China	Russia	^n/a	Vietnam	China	^n/a	New Zealand

^n/a A round-robin tournament determined the final standings.

Hangzhou International Futsal Tournament Story

Year	Host	Winners	Score	Runners-Up	3rd Place	Score	4th Place
Year	Host	Final			Third Place Match
2009 Details	China	Netherlands	^n/a	Japan	Iran	^n/a	China
2010 Details	China	Brazil	^n/a	Japan	China	^n/a	Iran
2011 Details	China	Brazil	^n/a	Japan	Iran	^n/a	Romania
2012 Details	China	Romania	^n/a	Iran	China	^n/a	Japan
2013 Details	China	Iran	^n/a	Russia	Netherlands	^n/a	China
2014 Details	China	Iran	^n/a	China	Vietnam	^n/a	Myanmar

^n/a A round-robin tournament determined the final standings.

Tiger's Cup/World 5's Futsal[edit]

Year	Host	Winners	Score	Runners-Up	3rd Place	Score	4th Place
Year	Host	Final			Third Place Match
1997 Details	Singapore	Spain	4–3 (a.e.t.)	Brazil	Netherlands	4–2	Italy
1999 Details	Singapore	Brazil	3–2	Italy	Spain	4–3	Netherlands
2001 Details	Singapore	Spain	3–3 (a.e.t.) 7–6 (p)	Brazil	Italy	^n/a	Netherlands
2003 Details	Malaysia	Argentina	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Brazil	Iran	^n/a	Uruguay
2008 Details	Malaysia	Brazil	4–0	Argentina	Australia	^n/a	Thailand

^n/a A round-robin tournament determined the final standings.

Clubs[edit]

Discontinued tournaments[edit]

Women's national teams[edit]

International[edit]

Competition	Year	Host	Winner	Runner-up	3rd	4th
Women's Futsal World Tournament	2010	Spain	Brazil	Portugal	Russia & Spain
	2011	Brazil	Brazil	Spain	Portugal	Russia
	2012	Portugal	Brazil	Portugal	Spain	Russia
	2013	Spain	Brazil	Spain	Russia	Portugal
	2014	Costa Rica	Brazil	Portugal	Spain	Costa Rica
	2015	Guatemala	Brazil	Russia	Spain	Portugal

Continental[edit]

Continental	Year	Host	Winner	Runner-up	3rd	4th
Asia (AFC)	2015	Malaysia	Iran	Japan	Thailand	Malaysia
Asia (AFC)	2018	Thailand	Iran	Japan	Thailand	Vietnam
South America (CONMEBOL)	2005	Brazil	Brazil	Ecuador	Argentina	Uruguay
	2007	Ecuador	Brazil	Colombia	Venezuela	Uruguay
	2009	Brazil	Brazil	Colombia	Venezuela	Peru
	2011	Venezuela	Brazil	Argentina	Paraguay	Venezuela
	2015	Uruguay	Colombia	Uruguay	Chile	Argentina
	2017	Uruguay	Brazil	Colombia	Argentina	Venezuela

FIFUSA/AMF competitions[edit]

Men's national teams[edit]

International[edit]

Competition	Year	Country	Winner	Runner-up	3rd	4th
FIFUSA World Futsal Championships	1982	Brazil	Brazil	Paraguay	Colombia	Uruguay
	1985	Spain	Brazil	Spain	Paraguay	Argentina
	1988	Australia	Paraguay	Brazil	Spain	Portugal
	1991	Italy	Portugal	Paraguay	Brazil	Bolivia
	1994	Argentina	Argentina	Colombia	Uruguay	Brazil
	1997	Mexico	Venezuela	Uruguay	Brazil	Russia
	2000	Bolivia	Colombia	Bolivia	Argentina	Russia
AMF World Futsal Championships	2003	Paraguay	Paraguay	Colombia	Bolivia	Peru
	2007	Argentina	Paraguay	Argentina	Colombia	Peru
	2011	Colombia	Colombia	Paraguay	Argentina	Russia
	2015	Belarus	Colombia	Paraguay	Argentina	Belgium
	2019	Argentina
Futsal in World Games	2013	Colombia	Colombia	Venezuela	Brazil	Argentina

Continental (major)[edit]

Continental	Year	Country	Winner	Runner-up	3rd	4th
Europe (UEFS)	1989	Spain	Portugal	Spain	Czechoslovakia	Israel
	1990	Portugal	Portugal	Czechoslovakia	Spain	England
	1992	Portugal	Spain	Russia	Portugal	Israel
	1995	Morocco	Slovakia	Morocco	Russia	Czech Republic
	1998	Slovakia	Russia	Spain	Slovakia	Belarus
	2004	Belarus	Belarus	Czech Republic	Russia	Ukraine
	2006	Catalonia	Russia	Catalonia	Czech Republic	Belgium
	2008	Belgium	Russia	Czech Republic	Belarus	Belgium
	2010	Russia	Russia	Belgium	Czech Republic	Belarus
	2012	Belarus	Belgium	Czech Republic	Russia	Catalonia
	2014	Czech Republic	Belarus	Belgium	Catalonia	Russia
	2016	Russia	Russia	Italy	Czech Republic	Kazakhstan
South America
	1965	Paraguay	Paraguay	Uruguay	Brazil	Argentina
	1969	Paraguay	Brazil	Paraguay	Argentina	Uruguay
	1971	Brazil	Brazil	Uruguay	Paraguay	Peru
	1973	Uruguay	Brazil	Uruguay	Paraguay	Argentina
	1975	Argentina	Brazil	Uruguay	Paraguay	Argentina
	1976	Uruguay	Brazil	Paraguay	Uruguay	Argentina
	1977	Brazil	Brazil	Paraguay	Colombia	Uruguay
	1979	Colombia	Brazil	Uruguay	Argentina	Bolivia
	1983	Uruguay	Brazil	Paraguay	Uruguay	Argentina
	1986	Argentina	Brazil	Paraguay	Argentina	Uruguay
	1989	Brazil	Brazil	Paraguay	Uruguay	Bolivia

Women's national teams[edit]

International[edit]

Continental	Year	Host	Winner	Runner-up	3rd	4th
AMF Futsal Women's World Cup	2008	Catalonia	Catalonia	Galicia	Colombia	Russia
	2013	Colombia	Colombia	Venezuela	Czech Republic	Argentina
	2017	Catalonia	Brazil	Argentina	Colombia	Paraguay

Continental[edit]

Continental	Year	Host	Winner	Runner-up	3rd	4th
Europe (UEFS)	2001	Russia	Russia	Belarus	Ukraine	Italy
	2004	Russia	Russia	Catalonia	Ukraine	Belgium
	2007	Czech Republic	Czech Republic	Russia	Slovakia	Ukraine
	2009	Poland	Russia	Czech Republic	Catalonia	Poland
	2011	Czech Republic	Czech Republic	Russia	Catalonia	France
	2015	Catalonia	Russia	Czech Republic	Catalonia	Netherlands