FIFA Futsal World Cup

FIFA Futsal World Cup

Founded	1989 (1989)
Region	International (FIFA)
Number of teams	24
Current champions	Argentina (1st title)
Most successful team(s)	Brazil (5 titles)
Website	www.fifa.com/futsalworldcup/
2021 FIFA Futsal World Cup

The FIFA Futsal World Cup is the international championship for futsal, the indoor version of association football organized by FIFA. The world championship tournament is held every four years, on the even year between two football World Cups. The first event was held in 1989. It was held in the Netherlands to commemorate the popularity of the game there. The current champion is Argentina, which won its first title at the 2016 tournament in Colombia. The next FIFA Futsal World Cup will take place in 2021 to be held in Lithuania.

All events prior to 2008 had been 16-team events. The first event featured 6 teams from Europe, 3 from South America, 2 from Africa, 2 from Asia, 2 from North and Central America, and 1 from Oceania. Since 2012 it includes 24 teams which split to 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

#	Year	Host		Champions	Score	Runners-up		Third place	Score	Fourth place		Number of teams
1	1989 Details	Netherlands		Brazil	2–1	Netherlands		United States	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Belgium		16
2	1992 Details	Hong Kong		Brazil	4–1	United States		Spain	9–6	Iran		16
3	1996 Details	Spain		Brazil	6–4	Spain		Russia	3–2	Ukraine		16
4	2000 Details	Guatemala		Spain	4–3	Brazil		Portugal	4–2	Russia		16
5	2004 Details	Chinese Taipei		Spain	2–1	Italy		Brazil	7–4	Argentina		16
6	2008 Details	Brazil		Brazil	2–2 (a.e.t.) 4–3 (pen)	Spain		Italy	2–1	Russia		20
7	2012 Details	Thailand		Brazil	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Spain		Italy	3–0	Colombia		24
8	2016 Details	Colombia		Argentina	5–4	Russia		Iran	2–2 4–3 (pen)	Portugal		24
9	2021 Details	Lithuania		TBD				TBD				24
10	2024 Details			TBD				TBD				24

Teams reaching the top four

Team	Titles	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place	Total (Top 4)
Brazil	5 (1989, 1992, 1996, 2008*, 2012)	1 (2000)	1 (2004)	–	7
Spain	2 (2000, 2004)	3 (1996*, 2008, 2012)	1 (1992)	–	6
Argentina	1 (2016)	–	–	1 (2004)	2
Italy	–	1 (2004)	2 (2008, 2012)	–	3
Russia	–	1 (2016)	1 (1996)	2 (2000, 2008)	4
United States	–	1 (1992)	1 (1989)	–	2
Netherlands	–	1 (1989)*	–	–	1
Iran	–	–	1 (2016)	1 (1992)	2
Portugal	–	–	1 (2000)	1 (2016)	2
Belgium	–	–	–	1 (1989)	1
Colombia	–	–	–	1 (2012)	1
Ukraine	–	–	–	1 (1996)	1

(*) Host

Medal summary

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Brazil	5	1	1	7
2	Spain	2	3	1	6
3	Argentina	1	0	0	1
4	Italy	0	1	2	3
5	Russia	0	1	1	2
	United States	0	1	1	2
7	Netherlands	0	1	0	1
8	Iran	0	0	1	1
	Portugal	0	0	1	1
Totals (9 entries)		8	8	8	24

Results by confederation

Total times teams played by confederation

	AFC	CAF	CONCACAF	CONMEBOL	OFC	UEFA	Total
Teams	29	14	22	27	8	48	148
Top 16*	8	3	5	22	0	42	80
Top 8	1	2	0	12	0	22	36
Top 4	2	0	2	10	0	18	32
Top 2	0	0	1	7	0	9	17
1st	0	0	0	6	0	2	8
2nd	0	0	1	1	0	6	8
3rd	1	0	1	1	0	5	8
4th	1	0	0	2	0	5	8

Participating nations

Main article: National team appearances in the FIFA Futsal World Cup

All-time table

Rank	Team	Editions	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Dif	Pts
1	Brazil	8	60	51	6	3	400	93	+307	159
2	Spain	9	56	44	5	7	241	109	+132	137
3	Italy	7	43	27	3	13	153	96	+57	84
4	Argentina	9	48	25	6	17	136	116	+20	81
5	Russia	7	40	23	4	13	220	108	+112	73
6	Portugal	5	30	17	4	9	100	64	+36	55
7	Iran	7	35	16	6	13	118	116	+2	54
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	5	29	12	4	13	89	86	+3	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	25	10	0	15	90	101	−11	27
14	Czech Republic	3	14	5	1	8	29	42	−23	16
15	Colombia	2	11	4	3	4	27	25	+2	15
16	Thailand	5	18	5	0	13	45	86	−41	15
17	Uruguay	3	13	4	1	8	30	39	−9	13
18	Australia	7	21	4	1	16	34	118	−84	13
19	Guatemala	4	10	4	0	6	32	64	−32	12
20	Japan	4	14	3	2	9	34	63	−29	11
21	Costa Rica	4	9	3	1	9	32	64	−32	10
22	Croatia	1	6	3	0	3	18	15	+3	9
23	Hungary	1	6	2	2	2	23	17	+6	8
24	Azerbaijan	1	5	2	1	2	25	18	+7	7
25	Serbia	1	4	2	1	1	13	7	+6	7
26	Poland	1	6	2	0	4	15	22	−7	6
27	Kazakhstan	3	7	2	0	5	23	31	−8	6
28	Panama	2	7	2	0	5	20	45	−25	6
29	Denmark	1	3	1	1	1	12	10	+2	4
30	Canada	1	3	1	0	2	7	7	0	3
31	Hong Kong	1	3	1	0	2	7	7	0	3
32	Kuwait	1	3	1	0	2	8	13	−5	3
33	Vietnam	1	4	1	0	3	5	18	−13	3
34	Cuba	5	13	1	0	12	24	91	−67	3
35	Solomon Islands	4	10	1	0	9	18	120	−102	3
36	Uzbekistan	1	3	0	1	2	5	11	−6	1
37	Libya	2	7	0	1	6	10	36	−26	1
38	Nigeria	1	3	0	0	3	7	15	−8	0
39	Mexico	1	3	0	0	3	4	13	−9	0
40	Zimbabwe	1	3	0	0	3	3	14	−11	0
41	Algeria	1	3	0	0	3	5	17	−12	0
42	Mozambique	1	3	0	0	3	7	22	−15	0
43	Morocco	3	6	0	0	6	11	29	−18	0
44	Malaysia	1	3	0	0	3	4	24	−20	0
45	Saudi Arabia	1	3	0	0	3	4	27	−23	0
46	Chinese Taipei	1	3	0	0	3	2	29	−27	0
47	China	3	10	0	0	10	15	66	−51	0
48	Angola	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
49	Lithuania	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
50	Venezuela	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Bold for teams who qualified for the 2020 FIFA Futsal World Cup.

Goal-scoring leaders

All-time

Rank	Name	Country	Goals	Matches	Tournaments	Goals per match
1	Falcão	Brazil	48	33	2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016	1.45
2	Manoel Tobías	Brazil	43	32	1992, 1996, 2000, 2004	1.34
3	Konstantin Eremenko	Russia	28	18	1992, 1996, 2000	1.56
4	Schumacher	Brazil	25	25	2000, 2004, 2008	1.00
5	Ricardinho	Portugal	20	14	2008, 2012, 2016	1.43
6	Eder Lima	Russia	19	12	2012, 2016	1.58
7	Pula	Russia	18	14	2008, 2012	1.29
8	Saeid Rajabi	Iran	17	8	1992	2.13
9	Índio	Brazil	15	16	2000, 2004	0.94
10	Daniel	Spain	14	15	2000, 2008	0.93

Individual tournament

Year	Player	Goals
1989	László Zsadányi (HUN)	7
1992	Saeid Rajabi (IRN)	17
1996	Manoel Tobías (BRA)	14
2000	Manoel Tobías (BRA)	19
2004	Falcão (BRA)	13
2008	Pula (RUS)	16
2012	Eder Lima (RUS)	9
2016	Ricardinho (POR)	12
2020	TBD	TBD

Awards

Golden Ball

The adidas Golden Ball award is awarded to the player who plays the most outstanding football during the tournament. It is selected by the media poll.

World Cup	Golden Ball	Silver Ball	Bronze Ball
2008 Brazil	Falcão	Schumacher	Tiago
2012 Thailand	Neto	Kike	Ricardinho
2016 Colombia	Fernando Wilhelm	Eder Lima	Ahmad Esmaeilpour
2020 Lithuania	TBD	TBD	TBD

Golden Shoe

The adidas Golden Shoe is awarded to the topscorer of the tournament. If more than one players are equal by same goals, the players will be selected based by the most assists during the tournament.

World Cup	Golden Shoe	Goals	Silver Shoe	Goals	Bronze Shoe	Goals
2008 Brazil	Pula	16	Falcão	15	Lenísio	11
2012 Thailand	Eder Lima	9	Rodolfo Fortino	8	Fernandinho	7
2016 Colombia	Ricardinho	12	Eder Lima	10	Falcão	10
2020 Lithuania	TBD		TBD		TBD

Golden Glove

The Golden Glove Award is awarded to the best goalkeeper of the tournament.

World Cup	Golden Glove
2008 Brazil	Tiago
2012 Thailand	Stefano Mammarella
2016 Colombia	Nicolás Sarmiento
2020 Lithuania	TBD

Goal of the Tournament

Goal of the Tournament is awarded to the best goal of the tournament.

Tournament	Goal of the Tournament
2008 Brazil	José Rafael Gonzalez
2012 Thailand	Suphawut Thueanklang
2016 Colombia	Suphawut Thueanklang
2020 Lithuania	TBD

FIFA Fair Play Award

FIFA Fair Play Award is given to the team who has the best fair play record during the tournament with the criteria set by FIFA Fair Play Committee.

Tournament	FIFA Fair Play Award
2008 Brazil	Spain
2012 Thailand	Argentina
2016 Colombia	Vietnam
2020 Lithuania

FIFA Champions Badge

In 2012, FIFA extended the FIFA Champions Badge to the winners of the competition, where it was first won by Brazil.

See also

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

External links

• FIFA Futsal World Cup, FIFA.com
• RSSSF archive