The 1992 FIFA Futsal World Championship was the second 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 15 and 28 November 1992 in Hong Kong. It was the first FIFA tournament held in Hong Kong.
Brazil won the tournament for the second consecutive time.
Qualifying criteria
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Main article: 1992 FIFA Futsal World Championship qualification
Qualified nations
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Competition
Date
Venue
Berths
Qualified
Host Nation
1
Hong Kong
CAF Qualification
1
Nigeria
CONCACAF Qualification
2
United States Costa Rica
AFC Preliminary Competition
May 1–3, 1992
Hong Kong
2
Iran China
1992 CONMEBOL Futsal Championship
Jun 2–4, 1992
Brazil
3
Brazil Argentina Paraguay
1992 Oceanian Futsal Championship
Jun 15–20, 1992
Australia
1
Australia
UEFA Preliminary Competition
1992
Italy Spain
6
Spain Poland Italy Russia Netherlands Yugoslavia1 Belgium
TOTAL
16
Field is Finalized
1 Qualified for the tournament, but was ejected due to the Yugoslav Wars.
Venues
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Hong Kong
Hong Kong Coliseum
Kowloon Park Sports Center
Capacity: 10,500
Capacity: 500
Hung Hom
Tsim Sha Tsui
Squads
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Main article: 1992 FIFA Futsal World Championship squads
Each nation submitted a squad of 12 players, including two goalkeepers.
Officials
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Confederation
Referees
CONMEBOL
Manoel Filha Serapiao
Hernán Silva
Sabino Farina Céspedes
CAF
Ali Hussein Mousa
CONCACAF
Jorge G. Cantillano Castro
OFC
Kenneth Wallace
Confederation
Referees
AFC
Samuel Chan Yam Ming
Hossein Asgari
UEFA
Carlos Silva Valente
Václav Krondl
Juan Ansuátegui Roca
László Vágner
Matches
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The 16 teams were divided in four groups, each group with four teams.
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.
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