Asociación Mundial de Fútbol de Salón

Asociación Mundial de Futsal (World Futsal Association) AMF/WFA
Sport	futsal Fútbol de Salón Futebol de Salao Football de Salle
Founded	July 25, 1971 FIFUSA in Rio de Janeiro - 2002 AMF in Asuncion
Affiliation	58 Countries
Headquarters	Asuncion
President	Rolando Alarcon Rios
Chairman	Valeriy Akhumyan Jaime Arroyave Rendón Ing. Wilfrido Coffi Luis Peña Nakwalewenale Doli
Secretary	Pedro Ramón Bonnettini
(founded)	July 25, 1971 FIFUSA in Rio de Janeiro
Official website
www.amfutsal.com

The Asociación Mundial de Futsal (AMF) (English: "World Futsal Association) is the first governing body of futsal, alongside FIFA. Formed in 2002, it is the successor organisation to the Federación Internacional de Fútbol de Salón (FIFUSA) (English: International Futsal Federation) which since 1971 was the original governing body for futsal in the world.

History

Futsal started in Montevideo, Uruguay in 1930 when Juan Carlos Ceriani created a version of indoor football for recreation in YMCAs. This new sport was developed originally on basket courts in Montevideo (Uruguay), and a rule book was published in September 1933. In 1956 the rules was modified by Habib Maphuz and Luiz Gonzaga de Oliveira Fernandes inside the YMCA of São Paulo Brazil to authorize seniors to compete. In 1965 the Confederacion Sudamericana de Futbol de Salon (South American Futsal Confederation) was formed, consisting of Uruguay, Paraguay, Peru, Argentina and Brazil. The sport began to spread across South America, and its popularity ensured that a governing body was formed under the name of FIFUSA (Federación Internacional de Fútbol de Salón) in 1971, comprising Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Peru, Portugal and Uruguay, along with the World Championships. The first FIFUSA World Championships were held in São Paulo, with hosts Brazil crowned champions ahead of Paraguay and Uruguay. Even more countries participated in the second World Championships held in Madrid in 1985. Due to a dispute between FIFA and FIFUSA over the name of fútbol, FIFUSA has registered the word fut-sal in 1985 (Madrid, Spain).

In the 90’s, FIFA wanted to promote and spread its own version of indoor football, different from the original one played in the South American Countries but didn’t manage to find an agreement with FIFUSA in the Rio de Janeiro Congress in 1989. In 2000, there was an attempt to repair the situation in Guatemala, while FIFA was celebrating in this Country its fifth World Championship. After this competition, FIFUSA dismissed.

In 2002, members of PANAFUTSAL (La Confederación Panamericana de Futsal) formed AMF, an international futsal governing body independent of FIFA, in reaction to the alleged stagnancy of futsal under FIFUSA. Both FIFA and AMF continue to administer the game.

At the present time, AMF counts 40 national federations and 5 continental federations.

Registered Federations

• Futsal and Beach Soccer Germany (Germany)
• FEFUTSAL Antillas Holandesas (Netherlands Antilles)
• Association Algérienne de Futsal (Algeria)
• Confederación Argentina de Futsal (Argentina)
• Federashon Futbol di Sala (FEFUSA) (Aruba)
• Australian Futsal Associacion (Australia)
• Association Belge Football en Salle (Belgische Zaalvoetbalbond) (Belgium)
• Federación Boliviana de Fútbol de Salón (Bolivia)
• Confederação Nacional de Futebol de Salão (Brazil)
• Canadian Futsalon Federation (Canada)
• Federació Catalana de Futbol Sala ( Catalonia)
• Asociación Deportiva de Futbol Sala Chile (Chile)
• Federación Colombiana de Fútbol de Salón (Colombia)
• Federación Costaricense de Fútbol de Salón (FECOFUS) (Costa Rica)
• IFS - Indoor Football Scandinavia (Denmark / Norway / Sweden)
• Federación Ecuatoriana de Fútbol de Salón (Ecuador)
• Confederación Nacional de Federaciones Autonómicas de España (Spain)
• Union National Des Clubs De Futsal (France)
• Futsal Federation of India (India)
• Persatuan Olahraga Futsal Indonesia-POFI (Indonesia)
• Federazione Italiana Football Sala (FIFS) (Italy)
• Federación Mexicana de Futsal (Mexico)
• Federación Paraguaya de Fútbol de Salón (Paraguay)
• Asociación Peruana de Futsal (Peru)
• Asociación Puertorriqueña de Fútbol de Salón (Puerto Rico)
• Association Congolaise de Futsal (Republic of the Congo)
• St. Helena Nacional Futsal Association ( Saint Helena)
• Federación Uruguaya de Futsal (Uruguay)
• U.S.Court Soccer Federation (United States)
• Federación Venezolana de Fútbol de Salón (Venezuela)
• Belarus Federation of Indoor Football (Belarus)
• Futsal Cameroun ( Cameroon)
• Česká Federace Sálového Fotbalu Futsal ( Czech Republic)
• Surinaamse ZaalVoetbalBond ( Suriname)
• Федерация футзала России (Russia)
• Futsal Association (Singapore) Aka Fa(S) (Singapore)
• Association Malienne des Clubs de Futsal (AMACFUSA) ( Mali)
• Vikings Futsal NZ (New Zealand)
• Futsal Slovakia (Slovakia)
• Organization of football in Auditorium from Israele (Israel)
• Euskadi Futsal Federation ( Basque Country)
• Bulgarian League Futsal – Blfz (Bulgaria)
• Federación Gallega de Futbol sala ( Galicia)
• Vikings Futsal Malaysia (Malaysia)
• Vikings Futsal Sarawak / Borneo Regional - Sarawak, Sabah, Labuan Federal Territory, Brunei & Kalimantan Indonesia (Malaysia)(Brunei)(Indonesia)

Confederations

The following confederations are affiliated to AMF:

• Confederación Sudamericana de Futsal (C.S.F.S.)
• Confederación Panamericana de Futsal (C.P.F.S./PANAFUTSAL, English: The Pan-American Futsal Confederation)
• European Union of Futsal/Union Europea de Futsal (U.E.F.S.)
• Confederacion Africana de Futbol de Salon
• Confederacion Asiatica de Futbol de Salon

Members Of Asia

Afghanistan Bahrain Bangladesh Taiwan Hong Kong

Indonesia Iran Japan South Korea Malaysia

Tournaments

The AMF and its respective confederations organise futsal tournaments around the world which predate the respective tournaments organised by FIFA and its confederations.

The AMF Futsal World Cup is held every 3 years. Also in June 2007 an AMF/UEFS World Cup took place in Russia.

World futsal Championships AMF/FIFUSA (Senior Men)

World futsal Championships AMF/FIFUSA

Year	Place	Champion	Score	Vice-Champion	Third	Score	Fourth
Age of FIFUSA (Federation International of Fútbol de Salón - futsal)
1982	São Paulo	Brazil	1 - 0	Paraguay	Uruguay	? - ?	Colombia
1985	Madrid	Brazil	3 - 1	Spain	Paraguay	10 - 3	Argentina
1988	Melbourne	Paraguay	2 - 1	Brazil	Spain	5 - 1	Portugal
1991	Milan	Portugal	1 - 1 (3 - 2 t.a.b.)	Paraguay	Brazil	3 - 2	Bolivia
1994	Buenos Aires	Argentina	2 - 1 (a.p.)	Colombia	Uruguay	7 - 4	Brazil
1997	Mexico	Venezuela	4 - 0	Uruguay	Brazil	? - ?	Russia
2000	La Paz	Colombia	3 - 3 (3 - 1 t.a.b.)	Bolivia	Argentina	6 - 6 (6 - 5 t.a.b.)	Russia
Age of AMF/WFA (Asociación Mundial de Fútbol de Salón - Futsal)
2003	Asunción	Paraguay	3 - 1	Colombia	Bolivia	Classement*	Peru
2007	Mendoza	Paraguay	1 - 0	Argentina	Colombia	6 - 4	Peru
2011	Bogota	Colombia	8 - 2	Paraguay	Argentina	8 - 4	Russia

* : Classement par points avec finale à quatre ? : Recherche en cours

Controversy

The AMF is one of the few global sports organizations that allows teams which are not from an officially recognized country, such as Abkhazia, Kosovo and South Ossetia, or the Spanish regions of Catalonia, the Basque Country and Galicia. As a result of this, several big players continue to boycott the AMF in support of FIFA Futsal, including Spain, the World number one team according to the ELO-based rankings.

See also

• AMF Futsal World Cup
• FIFA Futsal World Cup
• UEFS Futsal Men's Championship
• UEFS Futsal Women's Championship
• Futsal
• European Union of Futsal

External links

• http://www.amfutsal.com/ - Official Website
• http://www.futsal1930.blogspot.com/ AMF infoblog