FIFA Futsal World Cup explained

FIFA Futsal World Cup
Organiser:	FIFA
Region:	International
Number Of Teams:	24 (finals)
Current Champions:	(1st title)
Most Successful Team:	(5 titles)
Current:	2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup

The FIFA Futsal World Cup is an international futsal competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the member associations of FIFA, the sport's global governing body. Since the first edition that took place in 1989 in the Netherlands, the tournament has been held every four years since 1992 in the even year between two 11-a-side World Cups.

The current champions are Portugal, who won their first world title after beating the 2016 defending champions Argentina in the final of the 2021 tournament in Lithuania.

All events prior to 2008 were 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 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 stage.

Qualification

24 national teams appear in the final tournament. 23 countries, including the defending champion, have to qualify in the continental competitions of the six confederations. The host country automatically qualifies.

Confederation	Championship
AFC (Asia)	AFC Futsal Asian Cup
CAF (Africa)	Africa Futsal Cup of Nations
CONCACAF (North, Central America and Caribbean)	CONCACAF Futsal Championship
CONMEBOL (South America)	Copa América de Futsal
UEFA (Europe)	FIFA Futsal World Cup qualification (UEFA)
OFC (Oceania)	OFC Futsal Championship

Results

	Year	Host	Final			Third place game
width= 100px	Champions	width=	Score	width= 100px	Runners-up	width= 100px	Third place	width=	Score	width= 100px	Fourth place
1	1989			2–1			3–2		16
2		Hong Kong		4–1			9–6		16
3				6–4			3–2		16
4				4–3			4–2		16
5				2–1			7–4		16
6	2008			2–2			2–1		20
7	2012			3–2			3–0		24
8	2016			5–4			2–2		24
9				2–1			4–2		24
10	2024		TBD			TBD			24

Debut of national teams

Year	Debuting teams			Successor teams
	Teams	width=40			width=40
valign=top; align=center	1989	,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,	16	16
valign=top; align=center	1992	,, Hong Kong,,,,	7	23
valign=top; align=center	1996	,,,,	5	28
valign=top; align=center	2000	,,,,	5	33
valign=top; align=center	2004	,	2	35
valign=top; align=center	2008	,	2	37
valign=top; align=center	2012	,,,,,	6	43
valign=top; align=center	2016	,,,	4	47
valign=top; align=center	2021	,,	3	50
valign=top; align=center	2024	,,,	4	54

Overall team records

In this ranking 3 points are awarded for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss. As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws. Teams are ranked by total points, then by goal difference, then by goals scored.^[1]

Rank	width=200	Team	Part	M	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	width=40	Points
1		10	67	57	6	4	428	101	+327	177
2		10	61	48	5	8	260	118	+142	149
3		10	55	30	7	18	163	124	+39	97
4		7	45	27	5	13	241	114	+127	86
5		7	43	27	3	13	153	96	+57	84
6		7	37	22	6	9	126	76	+50	72
7		9	40	19	6	15	137	133	+4	63
8		6	30	14	5	11	105	81	+24	47
9		5	26	12	5	9	76	76	0	41
10		6	32	12	4	16	91	108	−17	40
11		8	28	10	5	13	93	88	+5	35
12		3	20	10	2	8	56	51	+5	32
13		7	28	10	0	18	97	115	−18	30
14		4	14	6	2	6	47	41	+6	20
15		4	18	6	2	10	37	53	−16	20
16		7	22	6	1	15	56	102	−46	19
17		2	11	4	3	4	27	25	+2	15
18		6	16	5	0	11	48	88	−40	15
19		5	17	4	2	12	47	77	−30	14
20		3	13	4	1	8	30	39	−9	13
21		6	16	4	1	11	39	73	−34	13
22		7	21	4	1	16	34	118	−84	13
23		2	8	3	1	4	27	18	+9	10
24		2	6	3	0	3	18	15	+3	9
25		1	6	2	2	2	23	17	+6	8
26		4	11	2	2	7	24	36	−12	8
27		1	5	2	1	2	25	18	+7	7
28		2	4	2	1	1	6	5	+1	7
29		2	8	2	1	5	12	33	−21	7
30		1	6	2	0	4	15	22	−7	6
31		4	10	2	0	8	24	58	−34	6
32		1	3	1	1	1	12	10	+2	4
33		3	7	1	1	5	21	30	−9	4
34		1	3	1	0	2	7	7	0	3
35		1	3	1	0	2	7	7	0	3
36		1	3	1	0	2	8	13	−5	3
37		6	13	1	0	12	24	91	−67	3
38		4	13	1	0	12	22	142	−120	3
39		3	7	0	1	6	10	36	−26	1
40		3	10	0	0	10	15	66	−51	0
41		1	3	0	0	3	7	15	−8	0
42		1	3	0	0	3	3	11	−8	0
43		1	3	0	0	3	4	13	−9	0
44		2	3	0	0	3	6	16	−10	0
45		1	3	0	0	3	3	14	−11	0
46		1	3	0	0	3	5	17	−12	0
47		1	3	0	0	3	7	22	−15	0
48		1	3	0	0	3	4	24	−20	0
49		1	3	0	0	3	4	27	−23	0
50		1	3	0	0	3	2	29	−27	0
51		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
52		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
53		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
54		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Comprehensive team results by tournament

Legend

• — Champions
• — Runners-up
• — Third place
• — Fourth place
• QF — Quarterfinals
• R2 — Round 2 (1989–2008, second group stage, top 8; 2012–present: knockout round of 16)
• R1 — Round 1
• × — Did not enter / Withdrew / Banned
• Q — Qualified for upcoming tournament
• — Hosts

Nation	1989	1992	1996	2000	2004	2008	2012	2016	2021	2024	Total
										Q	1
	R1										1
									R1	Q	2
	R2	R2	R1	R2	4th	R2	QF	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=silver	2nd	Q	10
	R1	R1	R1	R1	R1		R1	R1			7
								QF			1
	4th	R2	R2								3
	1st	1st	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	1st	R2	3rd	Q	10
	R1										1
		R1	R1			R1					3
					R1						1
							4th	R2			2
		R1		R1			R1	R2	R1	Q	6
				R2						Q	2
			R1	R1	R1	R1		R1		Q	6
					R2	R1	R2		R2		4
	R1										1
			R1	R2	R1	R1	R2	QF	R1		7
										Q	1
				R1		R1	R1	R1	R1	Q	6
		R1									1
	R2										1
		4th	R1	R1	R1	R2	R2	3rd	QF	Q	9
	R2	R1	R2		bgcolor=silver	2nd	3rd	3rd	R2			7
	R1				R1	R1	R2		R2		5
				R1				R2	4th	Q	4
							R1				1
						R1	R1			Q	3
									R1		1
			R1								1
							R1				1
							R1	R1	QF	Q	4
								R1			1
	bgcolor=silver style="border:3px solid red"	2nd	R2	R2	R2						Q	5
										Q	1
		R1								×	1
							R2	R1	R1	Q	4
	R2	R1			R1	R2	R2	QF	R2	Q	8
		R2									1
				3rd	R2	R1	QF	4th	bgcolor=gold	1st	Q	7
		R1	3rd	4th		4th	QF	bgcolor=silver	2nd	QF	×	7
	R1										1
							R2		R2		2
						R1	R1	R1	R1		4
	R1	3rd	bgcolor=silver style="border:3px solid red"	2nd	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=silver	2nd	bgcolor=silver	2nd	QF	QF	Q	10
										Q	1
				R1	R1	R1	R2	R2	R2	Q	7
			4th		R2	R2	QF	R2		Q	6
	3rd	bgcolor=silver	2nd	R1		R2	R1			R1		6
			R2	R1		R1					3
								R1	R2	Q	3
									R2	Q	2
								R2	R2		2
	R1									×	1
Nations	16	16	16	16	16	20	24	24	24	24

Results of host nations

Year	Host nation	Finish
1989		Runners-up
1992		Group stage
1996		Runners-up
2000		Group stage
2004		Group stage
2008		Champions
2012		Round of 16
2016		Round of 16
2021		Group stage
2024		TBD

Results of defending champions

Year	Defending champions	Finish
1992		Champions
1996		Champions
2000		Runners-up
2004		Champions
2008		Runners-up
2012		Champions
2016		Round of 16
2021		Runners-up
2024		TBD

Result by confederation

AFC

	1989 (16)	1992 (16)	1996 (16)	2000 (16)	2004 (16)	2008 (20)	2012 (24)	2016 (24)	2021 (24)	2024 (24)	Total
Teams	2	3	3	3	4	4	5	5	5	5	39
Top 16	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	3	5		11
Top 8	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	1		4
Top 4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		2
Top 2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
bgcolor=gold	1st											0
bgcolor=silver	2nd											0
3rd											1
4th											1

CAF

	1989 (16)	1992 (16)	1996 (16)	2000 (16)	2004 (16)	2008 (20)	2012 (24)	2016 (24)	2021 (24)	2024 (24)	Total
Teams	2	1	1	1	1	2	3	3	3	3	20
Top 16	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	1		3
Top 8	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1		3
Top 4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
Top 2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
bgcolor=gold	1st											0
bgcolor=silver	2nd											0
3rd											0
4th											0

CONCACAF

	1989 (16)	1992 (16)	1996 (16)	2000 (16)	2004 (16)	2008 (20)	2012 (24)	2016 (24)	2021 (24)	2024 (24)	Total
Teams	2	2	2	3	2	3	4	4	4	4	30
Top 16	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	0		2
Top 8	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		3
Top 4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2
Top 2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1
bgcolor=gold	1st											0
bgcolor=silver	2nd		bgcolor=silver										1
3rd											1
4th											0

CONMEBOL

	1989 (16)	1992 (16)	1996 (16)	2000 (16)	2004 (16)	2008 (20)	2012 (24)	2016 (24)	2021 (24)	2024 (24)	Total
Teams	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	35
Top 16	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	4	4		12
Top 8	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2		21
Top 4	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	1	2		12
Top 2	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1		8
bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=gold		bgcolor=gold		bgcolor=gold					bgcolor=gold		bgcolor=gold				6
bgcolor=silver	2nd				bgcolor=silver						bgcolor=silver			2
3rd											2
4th											2

OFC

	1989 (16)	1992 (16)	1996 (16)	2000 (16)	2004 (16)	2008 (20)	2012 (24)	2016 (24)	2021 (24)	2024 (24)	Total
Teams	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	10
Top 16	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	0		0
Top 8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
Top 4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
Top 2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
bgcolor=gold	1st											0
bgcolor=silver	2nd											0
3rd											0
4th											0

UEFA

	1989 (16)	1992 (16)	1996 (16)	2000 (16)	2004 (16)	2008 (20)	2012 (24)	2016 (24)	2021 (24)	2024 (24)	Total
Teams	6	6	6	5	5	6	7	7	7	7	62
Top 16	—	—	—	—	—	—	7	7	6		20
Top 8	4	4	6	5	5	4	5	4	3		40
Top 4	2	1	3	3	2	3	2	2	2		20
Top 2	1	0	1	1	2	1	1	1	1		9
bgcolor=gold	1st				bgcolor=gold		bgcolor=gold					bgcolor=gold			3
bgcolor=silver	2nd					bgcolor=silver		bgcolor=silver		bgcolor=silver		bgcolor=silver				6
3rd											5
4th											6

Goal-scoring leaders

All-time

Rank	Name	Country	Goals	Matches	Tournaments	Goals per match
1	Falcão		48	33	2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016	1.45
2	Manoel Tobias		43	32	1992, 1996, 2000, 2004	1.34
3	Konstantin Eremenko		28	18	1992, 1996, 2000	1.56
4	Schumacher		25	25	2000, 2004, 2008	1.00
5	Ricardinho		22	18	2008, 2012, 2016, 2021	1.43
6	Éder Lima		19	12	2012, 2016	1.58
7	Pula		18	14	2008, 2012	1.29
8	Saeid Rajabi		17	8	1992	2.13
9	Índio		15	16	2000, 2004	0.94
10	Daniel		14	15	2000, 2008	0.93

Individual tournament

Year	Player	Goals
1989	László Zsadányi	7
1992	Saeid Rajabi	17
1996	Manoel Tobias	14
2000	Manoel Tobias	19
2004	Falcão	13
2008	Pula	16
2012	Éder Lima	9
2016	Ricardinho	12
2021	Ferrão	9

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	Éder Lima	Ahmad Esmaeilpour
2021 Lithuania	Ricardinho	Pany Varela	Douglas Júnior
2024 Uzbekistan

Golden Shoe

The adidas Golden Shoe is awarded to the top scorer 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	Éder Lima	9	Rodolfo Fortino	8	Fernandinho	7
2016 Colombia	Ricardinho	12	Éder Lima	10	Falcão	10
2021 Lithuania	Ferrão	9	Pany Varela	8	Taynan da Silva	6
2024 Uzbekistan

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
2021 Lithuania	Nicolás Sarmiento
2024 Uzbekistan

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
2021 Lithuania	Nguyễn Văn Hiếu
2024 Uzbekistan

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
1989 Netherlands
1992 Hong Kong
1996 Spain	Not awarded
2000 Guatemala
2004 Taiwan
2008 Brazil
2012 Thailand
2016 Colombia
2021 Lithuania
2024 Uzbekistan

FIFA Champions Badge

In 2012, FIFA extended the FIFA Champions Badge to the winners of the competition, where it was first won by Brazil.^[2]

Winning coaches

Year	Team	Coach
1989		Gerson Tristão
1992		Takão
1996		Takão
2000		Javier Lozano
2004		Javier Lozano
2008		Paulo de Oliveira
2012		Marcos Sorato
2016		Diego Giustozzi
2021		Jorge Braz
2024

See also

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

External links

See main article: world cups.

See main article: world championships.

Notes and References

1. Web site: FIFA Futsal World Cup Overview. RSSSF. 9 September 2021.
2. Web site: FIFA World Champions Badge honours Real Madrid's impeccable year. https://web.archive.org/web/20191222125210/https://www.fifa.com/clubworldcup/news/fifa-world-champions-badge-honours-real-madrid-s-impeccable-year-2494968. dead. December 22, 2019. FIFA. 20 October 2014. 21 December 2019. The badge is also worn by the Japanese women’s national team following their triumph at the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2011™, while the most recent edition of the FIFA Futsal World Cup in 2012 saw the Brazilian national team take the title, along with the first FIFA World Champions Badge to be handed over for that particular competition..