| Year: | 1996 |
| Other Titles: | Campeonato Mundial de Fútbol Sala de la FIFA 1996 |
| Country: | Spain |
| Dates: | 24 November – 8 December |
| Num Teams: | 16 |
| Confederations: | 6 |
| Venues: | 4 |
| Cities: | 4 |
| Count: | 3 |
| Matches: | 40 |
| Goals: | 290 |
| Attendance: | 116400 |
| Top Scorer: | Manoel Tobias (14 goals) |
The 1996 FIFA Futsal World Championship was the third FIFA Futsal World Championship, the quadrennial international futsal championship contested by the men's national teams of the member associations of FIFA. It was held between 24 November and 8 December 1996, in Spain.
Brazil won the tournament for the third consecutive time.
| Competition | Date | Venue | Berths | Qualified | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host Nation | 1 | ||||
| 27 March – 17 August 1996 | 3 | | |||
| 16–21 April 1996 | 1 | ||||
| 20–29 July 1996 | 2 | | |||
| 16–20 April 1996 | 3 | | |||
| 3–8 August 1996 | 1 | ||||
| 5 | | ||||
| TOTAL | 16 | Field is Finalized | |||
| Murcia | Segovia | Castellón de la Plana | Barcelona |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pabellon Pedro Delgado Robledo | Pabellon de Castellon | Palau Sant Jordi | |
| Capacity: 7,500 | Capacity: 2,050 | Capacity: 4,357 | Capacity: 15,000 |
The 16 teams were divided in four groups, each group with four teams.
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12–man Roster
Head coach
Per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-out are counted as draws.
| Team | Final result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 55 | 16 | +39 | 22 | Champions | |
| 2 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 12 | +22 | 21 | Runners-up | |
| 3 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 17 | +12 | 14 | Third place | |
| 4 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 36 | 25 | +11 | 11 | Fourth place | |
| 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 13 | +8 | 10 | Eliminated in Second round | |
| 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 10 | ||
| 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 20 | +2 | 8 | ||
| 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 22 | –5 | 6 | ||
| 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 | –2 | 4 | Eliminated in First round | |
| 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 3 | ||
| 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 14 | –2 | 3 | ||
| 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 19 | –6 | 3 | ||
| 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 18 | –15 | 0 | ||
| 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 24 | –20 | 0 | ||
| 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 26 | –22 | 0 | ||
| 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 31 | –27 | 0 |