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	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, the year FIFA became the world governing body of futsal. It was held in the Netherlands to commemorate the popularity of the game there. Up until the 2016 World Cup, only two countries have taken the Futsal World Cup: Brazil winning five, and Spain winning two. In 2008 Brazil became the first host country to win the Championship beating Spain in a penalty shootout. Brazil also won the 2012 competition, defeating Spain.

All events prior to the 2008 World Cup has been 16-team events. The first event featured 6 from Europe, 3 from South America, 2 from Africa, 2 from Asia, 2 from North and Central America, and 1 from Oceania.

The 2012 event included 24 teams, making it the largest group. This edition featured 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		Winner	Score	Runners-up		Third place	Score	Fourth place		Number of teams
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 (pen)	Spain		Italy	2–1	Russia		20
2012 Details	Thailand		Brazil	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Spain		Italy	3–0	Colombia		24
2016 Details	Colombia		Argentina	5–4	Russia		Iran	2–2 4–3 (pen)	Portugal		24
2020 Details			TBD				TBD				24

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
Total		8	8	8	24

Participating nations

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

All-time table

Team	Editions	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Dif
Brazil	8	159	60	51	6	3	400	93	+307
Spain	8	137	56	44	5	7	241	109	+132
Italy	7	84	43	27	3	13	153	96	+57
Argentina	8	81	48	25	6	17	136	116	+20
Russia	6	73	40	23	4	13	220	108	+112
Portugal	5	55	30	17	4	9	100	64	+36
Iran	7	54	35	16	6	13	118	116	+2
Ukraine	5	47	30	14	5	11	105	81	+24
Netherlands	4	41	26	12	5	9	76	76	0
United States	5	40	29	12	4	13	89	86	+3
Paraguay	6	35	28	10	5	13	93	88	+5
Belgium	3	32	20	10	2	8	56	51	+5
Egypt	6	27	25	10	0	15	90	101	-11
Czech Republic	3	16	14	5	1	8	29	42	-23
Colombia	2	15	11	4	3	4	27	25	+2
Thailand	5	15	18	5	0	13	45	86	-41
Uruguay	3	13	13	4	1	8	30	39	-9
Australia	7	13	21	4	1	16	34	118	-84
Guatemala	4	12	10	4	0	6	32	64	-32
Japan	4	11	14	3	2	9	34	63	-29
Costa Rica	4	10	9	3	1	9	32	64	-32
Croatia	1	9	6	3	0	3	18	15	+3
Hungary	1	8	6	2	2	2	23	17	+6
Azerbaijan	1	7	5	2	1	2	25	18	+7
Serbia	1	7	4	2	1	1	13	7	+6
Poland	1	6	6	2	0	4	15	22	-7
Kazakhstan	2	6	7	2	0	5	23	31	-8
Panama	2	6	7	2	0	5	20	45	-25
Denmark	1	4	3	1	1	1	12	10	+2
Canada	1	3	3	1	0	2	7	7	0
Hong Kong	1	3	3	1	0	2	7	7	0
Kuwait	1	3	3	1	0	2	8	13	-5
Vietnam	1	3	4	1	0	3	5	18	-13
Cuba	5	3	13	1	0	12	24	91	-67
Solomon Islands	3	3	10	1	0	9	18	120	-102
Uzbekistan	1	1	3	0	1	2	5	11	-6
Libya	2	1	7	0	1	6	10	36	-26
Nigeria	1	0	3	0	0	3	7	15	-8
Mexico	1	0	3	0	0	3	4	13	-9
Zimbabwe	1	0	3	0	0	3	3	14	-11
Algeria	1	0	3	0	0	3	5	17	-12
Mozambique	1	0	3	0	0	3	7	22	-15
Morocco	2	0	6	0	0	6	11	29	-18
Malaysia	1	0	3	0	0	3	4	24	-20
Saudi Arabia	1	0	3	0	0	3	4	27	-23
Chinese Taipei	1	0	3	0	0	3	2	29	-27
China	3	0	10	0	0	10	15	66	-51

Goal-scoring leaders

All-time

Rank	Name	Country	Goals	Matches	Tournaments	Goals per match
1	Falcão	Brazil	48	33	2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016	1.60
2	Manoel Tobías	Brazil	43	32	1992, 1996, 2000, 2004	1.34
3	Konstantin Eremenko	Russia	28	18	1992, 1996, 2000	1.55
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	16	8	1992	2.00
9	Índio	Brazil	15	16	2000, 2008	0.93
10	Daniel	Spain	14	15	2000, 2008	0.93

Individual tournament

Year	Player	Goals
1989	László Zsadányi (HUN)	7
1992	Saeid Rajabi (IRN)	16
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

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

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

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

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

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

See also

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

External links

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