FIFA Futsal World Cup explained

FIFA Futsal World Cup
Organiser:FIFA
Region:International
Number Of Teams:24 (finals)
Current Champions: (6th title)
Most Successful Team: Brazil (6 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 Brazil, who won their sixth world title after beating rivals Argentina in the final of the 2024 tournament in Uzbekistan.

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.

ConfederationChampionship
AFC (Asia)AFC Futsal Asian Cup
CAF (Africa)Futsal Africa 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

YearHostFinalThird place game
width= 100px Championswidth= Scorewidth= 100px Runners-upwidth= 100px Third placewidth= Scorewidth= 100pxFourth place
119892–13–2 16
2 Hong Kong4–19–616
36–43–216
44–34–216
52–17–416
620082–2
2–120
720123–2 3–024
820165–42–2
24
92–14–224
1020242–17–124
112028TBATBATBATBATBATBATBA32

Debut of national teams

YearDebuting teamsSuccessor teams
Teamswidth=40width=40
valign=top; align=center1989,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 1616
valign=top; align=center1992,, Hong Kong,,,, 723
valign=top; align=center1996,,,, 528
valign=top; align=center2000,,,, 533
valign=top; align=center2004, 235
valign=top; align=center2008, 237
valign=top; align=center2012,,,,, 643
valign=top; align=center2016,,, 447
valign=top; align=center2021,, 350
valign=top; align=center2024,,, 454

Overall team records

See main article: National team appearances in the FIFA Futsal World Cup.

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]

Rankwidth=200TeamPartMWDLGFGAGDwidth=40Points
110746464468107+361198
210655069277122+155156
3106236719193136+57115
474527513241114+12786
57432731315396+5784
67412561014482+6281
794422616160144+1672
863719513138100+3862
9530137108786+146
108331351510899+944
116321241691108−1740
1232010285651+532
134199376550+1530
147281001897115−1830
15726811771122−5125
1641862103753−1620
174165294051−1117
1862052134888−4017
192114342725+215
20619501458110−5215
2151742124777−3014
223134183039−913
23294152332-913
24721411634118−8413
25164032423+112
262104062727012
27283142718+910
2841330103677−419
29162222317+68
30152122518+77
31282151233−217
32162041522−76
333101272842−145
34131111210+24
353101181449−354
36131027703
37131027703
3814103913- 43
3913102813−53
40616101529118−893
41413101222142−1203
4213003715−80
4313003715- 80
4413003311−80
4513003413−90
4613003314−110
4713003517−120
4813003722−150
4913003220-180
5013003424−200
51260061738−210
5213003427−230
5313003229−270
5431000101566−510

Most Goals Matches

  1. 31–2 (2008)
  2. 29–2 (2000)
  3. 21–0 (2008), 13–8 (2016)
  4. 18–0 (1996), 15–3 (2016)
  5. 9–8 (2021)
  6. 10–6 (1992), 12–4 (2000), 16–0 (2012), 16–0 (2012), 15–1 (1992)
  7. 10–5 (2024)

Comprehensive team results by tournament

Legend
Nation1989
1992
1996
2000
2004
2008
2012
2016
2021
2024
Total
R2 1
R1 1
R1 R1 2
R2 R2 R1 R2 4th R2 QF bgcolor=gold1st bgcolor=silver2nd bgcolor=silver2nd 10
R1 R1 R1 R1 R1 R1 R1 7
QF 1
4th R2 R2 3
1st 1st 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 1st R2 3rd 1st 10
R1 1
R1 R1 R1 3
R1 1
4th R2 2
R1 R1 R1 R2 R1 R2 6
R2 R2 2
R1 R1 R1 R1 R1 R1 6
R2 R1 R2 R2 4
R1 1
R1 R2 R1 R1 R2 QF R1 7
4th 1
R1 R1 R1 R1 R1 R1 6
R1 1
R2 1
4th R1 R1 R1 R2 R2 3rd QF R2 9
R2 R1 R2 bgcolor=silver2nd 3rd 3rd R2 7
R1 R1 R1 R2 R2 5
R1 R2 4th QF 4
R1 1
R1 R1 R1 3
R1 1
R1 1
R1 1
R1 R1 QF QF 4
R1 1
bgcolor=silver style="border:3px solid red"2nd R2 R2 R2 R2 5
R1 1
R1 × 1
R2 R1 R1 R1 4
R2 R1 R1 R2 R2 QF R2 QF 8
R2 1
3rd R2 R1 QF 4th bgcolor=gold1st R2 7
R1 3rd 4th 4th QF bgcolor=silver2nd QF × 7
R1 1
R2 R2 2
R1 R1 R1 R1 4
R1 3rd bgcolor=silver style="border:3px solid red"2nd bgcolor=gold1st bgcolor=gold1st bgcolor=silver2nd bgcolor=silver2nd QF QF R2 10
R1 1
R1 R1 R1 R2 R2 R2 R2 7
4th R2 R2 QF R2 3rd 6
3rd bgcolor=silver2nd R1 R2 R1 R1 6
R2 R1 R1 3
R1 R2 R1 3
R2 QF 2
R2 R2 2
R1 × 1
Nations 16 16 16 16 16 20 24 24 24 24

Results of host nations

YearHost nationFinish
1989Runners-up
1992Group stage
1996Runners-up
2000Group stage
2004Group stage
2008Champions
2012Round of 16
2016Round of 16
2021Group stage
2024Group stage

Results of defending champions

YearDefending championsFinish
1992Champions
1996Champions
2000Runners-up
2004Champions
2008Runners-up
2012Champions
2016Round of 16
2021Runners-up
2024Round of 16

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 3 14
Top 8 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 4
Top 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Top 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
bgcolor=gold1st 0
bgcolor=silver2nd 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 1 4
Top 8 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 4
Top 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Top 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
bgcolor=gold1st 0
bgcolor=silver2nd 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 1 3
Top 8 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
Top 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Top 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
bgcolor=gold1st 0
bgcolor=silver2nd bgcolor=silver1
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 4 16
Top 8 3 2 2 2 2 3 3 2 2 4 25
Top 4 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 14
Top 2 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 2 8
bgcolor=gold1st bgcolor=goldbgcolor=goldbgcolor=goldbgcolor=goldbgcolor=goldbgcolor=gold7
bgcolor=silver2nd bgcolor=silverbgcolor=silverbgcolor=silver3
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 0
Top 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Top 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Top 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
bgcolor=gold1st 0
bgcolor=silver2nd 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 7 27
Top 8 4 4 6 5 5 4 5 4 3 3 43
Top 4 2 1 3 3 2 3 2 2 2 2 22
Top 2 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 9
bgcolor=gold1st bgcolor=goldbgcolor=goldbgcolor=gold3
bgcolor=silver2nd bgcolor=silverbgcolor=silverbgcolor=silverbgcolor=silver6
3rd 6
4th 7

Goal-scoring leaders

All-time

RankNameCountryGoalsMatchesTournamentsGoals per match
1Falcão48332000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 20161.45
2Manoel Tobias43321992, 1996, 2000, 20041.34
3Konstantin Eremenko28181992, 1996, 20001.56
4Schumacher25252000, 2004, 20081.00
5Ricardinho22182008, 2012, 2016, 20211.43
6Éder Lima19122012, 20161.58
7Pula18142008, 20121.29
8Saeid Rajabi17819922.13
9Índio15162000, 20040.94
9Suphawut Thueanklang15162012, 2016, 2021, 20240.94
10Daniel14152000, 20080.93

Individual tournament

YearPlayerGoals
1989 László Zsadányi7
1992 Saeid Rajabi17
1996 Manoel Tobias14
2000 Manoel Tobias19
2004 Falcão13
2008 Pula16
2012 Éder Lima9
2016 Ricardinho12
2021 Ferrão9
2024 Marcel10

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 CupGolden BallSilver BallBronze 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 Dyego Marlon Rostyslav Semenchenko

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 CupGolden ShoeGoalsSilver ShoeGoalsBronze ShoeGoals
2008 Brazil Pula16 Falcão15 Lenísio11
2012 Thailand Éder Lima9 Rodolfo Fortino8 Fernandinho7
2016 Colombia Ricardinho12 Éder Lima10 Falcão10
2021 Lithuania Ferrão9 Pany Varela8 Taynan da Silva6
2024 Uzbekistan Marcel10 Danyil Abakshyn7 Kevin Arrieta7

Golden Glove

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

World CupGolden Glove
2008 Brazil Tiago
2012 Thailand Stefano Mammarella
2016 Colombia Nicolás Sarmiento
2021 Lithuania Nicolás Sarmiento
2024 Uzbekistan Willian

Goal of the Tournament

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

TournamentGoal 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.

TournamentFIFA Fair Play Award
1989 Netherlands
1992 Hong Kong
1996 SpainNot awarded
2000 Guatemala
2004 Chinese Taipei
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 Eustáquio Afonso Araújo
1996 Eustáquio Afonso Araújo
2000 Javier Lozano
2004 Javier Lozano
2008 PC de Oliveira
2012 Marcos Aurélio Sorato
2016 Diego Giustozzi
2021 Jorge Braz
2024 Marquinhos Xavier

See also

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..

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