FIFA Futsal World Cup

FIFA Futsal World Cup

The FIFA Futsal World Cup Trophy between 2000 and 2008
Founded	1989
Region	International (FIFA)
Number of teams	24
Current champions	Brazil (5th title)
Most successful team(s)	Brazil (5 titles)
Website	World Cup
2012 FIFA Futsal World Cup

The FIFA Futsal World Cup is the international championship for futsal, an indoor version of association football.

The world championship tournament is held every four years, on the even year between two FIFA World Cups. The first event was held in 1989, the year FIFA became the world governing body of futsal. It was held in the Netherlands to commemorate the popularity of the game there. Through the 2008 World Cup, only two countries have taken the Futsal World Cup. Brazil winning the first three, defeating the host Spaniards in 1996 to win their third title, followed by Spain winning the next two, defeating Brazil in 2000, then Italy in 2004 in the first Futsal World Championship final that didn't feature Brazil. In 2008 Brazil became the first host country to win the Championship beating Spain in a penalty shootout. Brazil also won the 2012 competition, defeating Spain.

All events prior to the 2008 World Cup has been 16-team events. The first event featured 6 from Europe, 3 from South America, two from Africa, two from Asia, two from North and Central America, and one from Oceania. By 2004, the breakdown was Europe 5 teams, Asia 4 (including the hosts, competing as Chinese Taipei), South America 3, North and Central America 2, Africa and Oceania one each. The 2012 event included 24 teams, making it the largest group.

The 2012 edition of the event featured 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

Summaries

Year	Host		Final				Third Place				Number of teams
			Winner	Score	Runner-up		Third Place	Score	Fourth Place
1989 Details	Netherlands		Brazil	2 – 1	Netherlands		United States	3 – 2 a.e.t.	Belgium		16
1992 Details	Hong Kong		Brazil	4 – 1	United States		Spain	9 – 6	Iran		16
1996 Details	Spain		Brazil	6 – 4	Spain		Russia	3 – 2	Ukraine		16
2000 Details	Guatemala		Spain	4 – 3	Brazil		Portugal	4 – 2	Russia		16
2004 Details	Chinese Taipei		Spain	2 – 1	Italy		Brazil	7 – 4	Argentina		16
2008 Details	Brazil		Brazil	2 – 2 a.e.t. (4 – 3 Pen.)	Spain		Italy	2 – 1	Russia		20
2012 Details	Thailand		Brazil	3 – 2 a.e.t.	Spain		Italy	3 – 0	Colombia		24

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Brazil	5	1	1	7
2	Spain	2	3	1	6
3	Italy	0	1	2	3
4	United States	0	1	1	2
5	Netherlands	0	1	0	1
6	Portugal	0	0	1	1
	Russia	0	0	1	1

Participating nations

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

Goal scoring leaders

All-time

Rank	Name	Country	Goals	Matches	Tournaments Played In	Goals per Match
1	Manoel Tobías	Brazil	43	32	1992, 1996, 2000, 2004	1.34
2	Falcão	Brazil	34	25	2000, 2004, 2008, 2012	1.36
3	Konstantin Eremenko	Russia	28	18	1992, 1996, 2000	1.55
4	Schumacher	Brazil	25	25	2000, 2004, 2008	1
5	Saeid Rajabi	Iran	16	8	1992	2
6	Pula	Russia	16	9	2008	1.77
7	Índio	Brazil	15	16	2000, 2008	0.93
8	Daniel	Spain	14	15	2000, 2008	0.93

Individual tournament

Year	Player	Goals
1989	László Zsadányi	7
1992	Saeid Rajabi	16
1996	Manoel Tobías	14
2000	Manoel Tobías	19
2004	Falcão	13
2008	Pula	16
2012	Eder Lima	9

See also

• AMF Futsal World Cup
• Women's Futsal World Tournament

External links

• RSSSF archive