FIFA Futsal World Cup

FIFA Futsal World Cup

The current FIFA Futsal World Cup Trophy
Founded	1989
Region	International (FIFA)
Number of teams	24
Current champions	Brazil (4th title)
Most successful team	Brazil (4 titles)
Website	World Cup
2012 FIFA Futsal World Cup qualification

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. The next event will be held in 2012 with regional qualifying expected to start in mid-2011.

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. At 2008 for the first time, 20 teams participate making this the largest edition ever held.

The first stage of the event features four groups of five teams. The top two teams in each group then advance to a second stage of two groups of four teams. This is followed by a four-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 PSO)	Spain		Italy	2 – 1	Russia		20
2012 Details	Thailand										24

Medal table

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

Participating nations

Legend

• 1st — Champions
• 2nd — Runners-up
• 3rd — Third place
• 4th — Fourth place
• R2 — Round 2
• 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		6
Australia	R1	R1	R1	R1	R1			5
Belgium	4th	R2	R2					3
Brazil	1st	1st	1st	2nd	3rd	1st		6
Canada	R1							1
China		R1	R1			R1		3
Chinese Taipei					R1			1
Costa Rica		R1		R1				2
Croatia				R2				1
Cuba			R1	R1	R1	R1		4
Czech Republic					R2	R1		2
Nation	1989	1992	1996	2000	2004	2008	2012	Years
Denmark	R1							1
Egypt			R1	R2	R1	R1		4
Guatemala				R1		R1		2
Hong Kong		R1						1
Hungary	R2							1
Iran		4th	R1	R1	R1	R2		5
Italy	R2	R1	R2		2nd	3rd		5
Japan	R1				R1	R1		3
Kazakhstan				R1				1
Libya						R1		1
Malaysia			R1					1
Netherlands	2nd	R2	R2	R2				4
Nation	1989	1992	1996	2000	2004	2008	2012	Years
Nigeria		R1						1
Paraguay	R2	R1			R1	R2		4
Poland		R2						1
Portugal				3rd	R2	R1		3
Russia		R1	3rd	4th		4th		4
Saudi Arabia	R1							1
Solomon Islands						R1	Q	2
Spain	R1	3rd	2nd	1st	1st	2nd		6
Thailand				R1	R1	R1	Q	4
United States	3rd	2nd	R1		R2	R1		5
Ukraine			4th		R2	R2		3
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	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

See also

• AMF Futsal World Cup

External links

• RSSSF archive