Futsal

Futsal

International futsal match between Argentina and Egypt at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
Highest governing body	FIFA
First played	1930, Montevideo, Uruguay
Characteristics
Contact	Limited
Team members	5 per side
Type	Indoor
Equipment	Futsal ball
Venue	Futsal court
Presence
Olympic	No (except the Youth Olympics since 2018)
Paralympic	No

Futsal is a football-based sport played on a hardcourt like a basketball court, smaller than a football pitch, and mainly indoors. It has similarities to five-a-side football and indoor football.^[1]

Futsal is played between two teams of five players each, one of whom is the goleiro. Unlimited substitutions are permitted. Unlike some other forms of indoor football, it is played on a hard court surface marked by lines; walls or boards are not used. It is played with a smaller, harder, lower-bounce ball than association football.^[2] The surface, ball and rules favour ball control and passing in small spaces.^[3][4]

The game emphasizes control, improvisation, creativity and technique.^[5]

Futsal comes from the Portuguese futebol de salão and from the Spanish fútbol sala or fútbol de salón (all translatable as "indoor football"). During its second world championships held in Madrid in 1985, the Spanish name fútbol sala was used. The World Futsal Association registered the name futsal in 1985, following a dispute with FIFA over the name fútbol. Since then, futsal has become the officially and internationally accepted name, and FIFA has also started using the term.

Futsal started in 1930 when Juan Carlos Ceriani, a teacher in Montevideo, Uruguay, created a version of indoor football for YMCAs.^[6]

Originally developed for basketball courts,^[7] a rule book for the new sport was published in September 1933. Association football was already highly popular in the country, and after Uruguay won the 1930 World Cup and gold medals in the 1924 and 1928 Summer Olympics, it attracted even more practitioners. Ceriani's goal was to create a team game similar to football that could be played indoors or outdoors.

While writing the rule book, Ceriani combined the principles of association football—where the ball may be touched with every part of the body except the hands or upper part of the arms—with rules from other sports: from basketball, the number of players (five per team) and the game's duration (40 active minutes); from water polo, the goalkeeping rules; and from team handball, the field and goal sizes.

The YMCA spread the game quickly throughout South America. It was easily played by everyone, everywhere, and in any weather condition, helping players of other sports stay in shape all year round. These reasons convinced João Lotufo, a Brazilian, to bring the game to his country and adapt it to the needs of physical education.

Initially, the rules were not uniform. In 1956, the rules were modified by Habib Maphuz and Luiz Gonzaga de Oliveira Fernandes within the YMCA of São Paulo, Brazil, to allow seniors to compete. Luiz de Oliveira wrote the Book of Rules of Futsal in 1956, then adopted also at the international level.

In 1965, the Confederación Sudamericana de Futsal (South American Futsal Confederation) was created, consisting of Uruguay, Brazil, Paraguay, Peru and Argentina.

Shortly after, a tournament was organized. It attracted some interest in South American media, which regularly began to follow futsal. In particular, it was the Brazilian journalist José Antônio Inglêz who passionately contributed to the rapid spread of the game, as well as being credited as the man who coined the name "futsal".^[8]

The most attended futsal match in history was played on 7 September 2014 on Mane Garrincha Stadium in Brazil's capital Brasilia between Brazil and Argentina in front of 56,483 spectators.^[9]

Today, futsal is a very popular global sport, with one source estimating 12 million players across the world.^[10] Due to its easy setup, enhanced accessibility, and lower physical requirements, futsal has become an essential resource for coaches aiming to develop players.^[11]

The two most important governing bodies of futsal are the Asociación Mundial de Fútsal (AMF) and Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA). AMF is the successor organization to the original governing body. FIFA later took an interest in futsal, but talks between FIFA and AMF to reconcile governance were not successful. FIFA organizes its own separate competitions.

The International Futsal Alliance (IFA) is a partnership of countries formed to offer high quality futsal tournaments throughout the world. It sees itself as ancillary rather than competing with FIFA. Its membership spans countries from North and South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Oceania. Several tournaments have been organized under the auspices of IFA, including a world cup for men held in 2019 and one for women held in 2017.^[12]

Region	AMF-affiliated	FIFA-affiliated
World	Asociación Mundial de Fútsal (AMF)	Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA)
Asia	Confederation of Asian Futsal (CAFS)	Asian Football Confederation (AFC)
Africa	Confédération Africaine de Futsal (CAFUSA)	Confederation of African Football (CAF)
North America, Central America and Caribbean	Confederation of North, Central American and the Caribbean Futsal (CONCACFUTSAL)	Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF)
South America	Confederación Sudamericana de Futsal (CSFS) Confederación Sudamericana de Futsal (CPFS/PANAFUTSAL)	Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol (CONMEBOL)
Oceania	Oceania Futsal Confederation (CFSO)	Oceania Football Confederation (OFC)
Europe	Futsal European Federation (FEF)	Union of European Football Associations (UEFA)

There are currently two governing bodies: Asociación Mundial de Fútsal (AMF) and Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) which are responsible for maintaining and regulating the official rules of their respective versions of futsal.

FIFA publishes its futsal rules as the 'Laws of the Game', in which each of the 17 'laws' is a thematically related collection of individual regulations. The laws define all aspects of the game, including which may be changed to suit local competitions and leagues.^[13]

Many of the laws are similar or identical to those found in association football, or reference association football in their absence (such as a section noting that there is no offside infraction in futsal). These rules are subjective and differ from tournament to tournament.

Length of the field^[14]

minimum 25 m × 16 m (82 ft × 52 ft), maximum 42 m × 25 m (138 ft × 82 ft).

Ball

Ages 13 and up: Size 4, circumference 62–64 cm (24–25 in), weight between 400–440 g (14–16 oz) at the start of the game.

Ages 9–13: Size 3, circumference 56–59 cm (22–23 in), weight between 350–380 g (12–13 oz) at the start of the game.^[15]

Dropped from a height of 2 m (6 ft 7 in), the first rebound must not be lower than 50 cm (20 in) or more than 65 cm (26 in).^[16]

The ideal futsal ball should weigh 390–490 grams.^[17]

Time

There are two periods of 20 minutes with time stopping at every dead ball. Between the two periods there is a break of 15 minutes. Each team may use one time-out per half, which lasts one minute. Some leagues and tournaments use 25 minute periods with running time.

Number of players

There are five players for each team in the field, one of them as goalkeeper, and a maximum number of 12 players that can be used each match. Substitutions are unlimited and on-the-fly.

Fouls

All direct free kicks count as accumulated fouls. A direct free kick is awarded for kicking, jumping, pushing, striking, holding, spitting, and deliberate handling. Indirect free kicks, such as playing dangerously and impeding, do not count as accumulated fouls. A team is warned by the referee when they commit five accumulated fouls in a half. All accumulated fouls after the warning result in a direct kick from the second penalty mark.

Cards

A caution can be shown for unsporting behavior, dissent, failure to respect the distance on a restart, excessive delay of a restart, persistent infringement, or incorrectly entering/leaving the field of play. A player or substitute can be sent off for serious foul play, violent conduct, spitting, illegally denying an obvious goal-scoring opportunity, abusive language, and receiving a second caution. Sent-off players are ejected from the game and their team must play short for two minutes or until the other team scores a goal.

Free kicks

Taken from the spot of the infringement or on the line of the penalty area nearest the infringement (indirect only). All opponents must be at least 5 m (16 ft) away from the ball. The kick must be taken within four seconds or an indirect kick is awarded to the other team.

Kick from the second penalty mark

Awarded when a team commits 6 or more accumulated fouls in a half. Second penalty mark is 10 m (33 ft) from the goal, opponents must be behind the ball, goalkeeper must be at least 5 m (16 ft) away.

Penalty kick

6 m (20 ft) from the center of the goal for fouls inside the 6 m (20 ft) goal keeper's area.

Goalkeeper

When in possession of the ball, the goalkeeper has 4 seconds to get rid of the ball. If the ball is kept too long, the referee will give an indirect kick to the other team. The goalkeeper may play freely when in the opponent's half.

Goalkeeper pass-back restriction

Once the goalkeeper has released the ball either by kicking or throwing, the goalkeeper may not touch it again until the ball goes out of play or is touched by an opponent. The sanction for violation is an indirect free kick. The goalkeeper may receive the ball freely when on the opponent's half.

Kick-in

A kick-in is used instead of a throw-in. The player must place the ball on the touchline or outside but not more than 25 cm (9.8 in) from the place the ball went out of play. The ball must be stationary, and the kick-in must be taken within 4 seconds from the time the player is ready. During kick-in, opponents must stand at least 5 m (16 ft) from the ball. If four seconds elapses or an illegal kick is taken, the referee will award a kick-in to the other team. It is not allowed to score directly from a kick-in: the goal is valid only if someone else touches the ball before it enters in goal.

Goal clearance

A goal clearance is used instead of a goal kick. The goalkeeper must throw the ball with their hands, and it must leave the penalty area within four seconds. If goal clearance is taken illegally the goalkeeper may retry, but the referee will not reset the count. If four seconds elapses, the other team gets an indirect kick on the penalty area line.

Corner kick

The ball must be placed inside the arc nearest to the point where the ball crossed the goal line and the opponent must stand on field at least 5 m (16 ft) from the corner arch until the ball is in play. The corner kick must be taken within 4 seconds of being ready or else a goal clearance will be awarded to the other team. The ball is in play when it is kicked and moves.

Referees

For international matches, there must be two referees: one (first referee) is positioned on the touchline near the timekeeper table and communicates with the timekeeper, while the other (second referee) is in the opposite side of the field. At the timekeeper table there is a timekeeper and a third referee, who controls the teams' benches. In minor events, the third referees and the timekeeper are not used.

There are five players on the field on each team, one of whom is the goalkeeper. The maximum number of substitutes allowed is nine (FIFA change 2012), with unlimited substitutions during the match. Substitutes can come on even when the ball is in play but the player coming off must leave the field before the substitute can enter the playing field.^[18] If a team has or is reduced to fewer than three players remaining, the match is abandoned and counted as a loss for the team with the lack of players.^[19]

The kit is made up of a jersey or shirt with sleeves, shorts, socks, shinguards made out of metal, plastic or foam, and shoes with rubber soles. The goalkeeper is allowed to wear long trousers and a different coloured kit to distinguish themself from the other players on the team and the referee. The goalkeeper is also allowed to wear elbow pads because the surface is about as hard as a tennis court or basketball court. Jewellery is not allowed, nor are other items that could be dangerous to the player wearing the item or to other active participants.^[20]

The match is controlled by the referee, who enforces the Laws of the Game, and the first referee is the only one who can legally abandon the match because of interference from outside the field. This referee is assisted by a second referee who typically watches over the goal lines or assists the primary referee with calls on fouls or plays. The decisions made by the referees are final and can only be changed if the referees think it is necessary and play has not restarted.^[21] There is also a third referee and a timekeeper who are provided with equipment to keep a record of fouls in the match. In the event of injury to the second referee, the third referee will replace the second referee.^[22]

The futsal pitch is made up of wood or artificial material, or similar surface, although any flat, smooth and non-abrasive material may be used. The length of the field is in the range of 38–42 m (125–138 ft), and the width is in the range of 20–25 m (66–82 ft) in international matches. For other matches, it can be 25–42 m (82–138 ft) in length, while the width can be 16–25 m (52–82 ft), as long as the length of the longer boundary lines (touchlines) are greater than the shorter boundaries where the goals are placed (goal lines) (Basketball courts of 28 m × 15 m (92 ft × 49 ft) can be used). The "standard" size court for an international is 40 m × 20 m (131 ft × 66 ft) (the size of a handball field).^[23] The ceiling must be at least 4 m (13 ft) high.^[24]

A rectangular goal is positioned at the middle of each goal line. The inner edges of the vertical goal posts must be 3 m (9.8 ft) apart, and the lower edge of the horizontal crossbar supported by the goal posts must be 2 m (6.6 ft) above the ground. Nets made of hemp, jute or nylon are attached to the back of the goalposts and crossbar. The lower part of the nets is attached to curved tubing or another suitable means of support. The depth of the goal is 80 cm (31 in) at the top and 1 m (3.3 ft) at the bottom.^[25]

In front of each goal is an area known as the penalty area. This area is created by drawing quarter-circles with a 6 m (20 ft) radius from the goal line, centered on the goalposts. The upper part of each quarter-circle is then joined by a 3.16 m (10.4 ft) line running parallel to the goal line between the goalposts. The line marking the edge of the penalty area is known as the penalty area line.^[26] The penalty area marks where the goalkeeper is allowed to touch the ball with hands. The penalty mark is six metres from the goal line when it reaches the middle of the goalposts. The second penalty mark is 10 metres (33 ft) from the goal line when it reaches the middle of the goalposts. A penalty kick from the penalty spot is awarded if a player commits a foul inside the penalty area.^[27] The second penalty spot is used if a player commits their team's sixth foul in the opposing team's half or in their own half in the area bordered by the halfway line and an imaginary line parallel to the halfway line passing through the second penalty mark; the free kick is taken from the second penalty mark.^[28]

Any standard team handball field can be used for futsal, including goals and floor markings.

A standard match consists of two equal periods of 20 minutes. The length of either half is extended to allow penalty kicks to be taken or a direct free kick to be taken against a team that has committed more than five fouls. The interval between the two halves cannot exceed 15 minutes.^[29]

In some competitions, the game cannot end in a draw, so away goals, extra time and kicks from the penalty mark are the three methods for determining the winner after a match has been drawn. Away goals mean that if the team's score is level after playing one home and one away game, the team which has scored more away goals wins. Extra time consists of two periods of five minutes. If no winner is produced after these methods, three kicks from the penalty mark are taken, and the team that has scored the most wins. If it is not decided after three kicks from the penalty mark, it continues to go on with one extra kick from the penalty mark to each team at a time until one of them has scored more goals than the other. Unlike extra time, the goals scored in a shoot-out do not count towards the goals scored throughout the match.^[30]

At the beginning of the match, a coin toss is used to decide who will start the match. A kick-off is used to signal the start of play and is used at the start of the second half and any periods of extra time. It is also used after a goal has been scored, with the other team starting the play.^[31] After a temporary stoppage for any reason not mentioned in the Laws of the Game, the referee will drop the ball where the play was stopped, provided that, before the stoppage, the ball was in play and had not crossed either the touch lines or goal lines.^[32]

If the ball goes over the goal line or touchline, hits the ceiling, or the play is stopped by the referee, the ball is out of play. If it hits the ceiling of an indoor arena, play is restarted with a kick-in to the opponents of the team that last touched the ball, under the place where it hit the ceiling.^[24]

Unlike association football, there is no offside in futsal. Under the Futsal Laws of the Game, Law 11 references offside as it does in association football, but only says that there is no offside in futsal.^[33]

A direct free kick can be awarded to the opposing team if a player succeeds or attempts to kick or trip an opponent, jumps, charges or pushes an opponent, or strikes or attempts to strike an opponent. Holding, touching or spitting at an opponent are offenses that are worthy of a direct free kick, as are sliding in to play the ball while an opponent is playing it or carrying, striking or throwing the ball (except the goalkeeper).

These are all accumulated fouls. After five accumulated fouls in a half, the sixth accumulated foul and beyond result in a direct kick from the penalty mark where members of both teams may not make a wall prior to the kick.

The direct free kick is taken where the infringement occurred, unless it is awarded to the defending team in their penalty area, in which case the free kick may be taken from anywhere inside the penalty area.^[34] A penalty kick is awarded if a player commits one of the fouls that are worthy of a direct free kick inside their own penalty area. The position of the ball does not matter as long as it is in play but for a penalty kick, the ball must be on the outer line, perpendicular to the center of the net.^[35]

An indirect free kick is awarded to the opposing team if a goalkeeper clears the ball but then touches it with their hands before anyone else, if the goalkeeper controls the ball with hands when it has been kicked to them by a teammate, or if they touch or control the ball with hands or feet in their own half for more than four seconds.^[35]

An indirect free kick is also awarded to the opposing team if a player plays in a dangerous manner, deliberately obstructs an opponent, prevents the goalkeeper from throwing the ball with hands or anything else for which play is stopped to caution or dismiss a player. The indirect free kick is taken from the place where the infringement occurred.^[35]

Yellow and red cards are used in futsal. The yellow card is to caution players over their actions. If they get two, they are given a red card, which means they are sent off the field. A yellow card is shown if a player shows unsporting behavior, dissent, persistent infringement of the Laws of the Game, delaying the restart of play, failing to respect the distance of the player from the ball when play is being restarted, infringement of substitution procedure or entering, re-entering and leaving the field without the referee's permission.^[36] A player is shown the red card and sent off if they engage in serious foul play, violent conduct, spitting at another person, or denying the opposing team a goal by handling the ball (except the goalkeeper inside their penalty area). Also punishable with a red card is denying an opponent moving towards the player's goal a goal scoring opportunity by committing an offense punishable by a free kick or a penalty kick and using offensive, insulting or abusive language or gestures.^[36] A player who has been sent off must leave the vicinity of the field.^{[citation needed]}

A substitute player is permitted to come on two minutes after a teammate has been sent off, unless a goal is scored before the end of the two minutes. If a team with more players scores against a team with fewer players, another player can be added to the team with an inferior number of players. If the teams are equal when the goal is scored or if the team with fewer players scores, both teams remain with the same number of players.^{[citation needed]}

On 6 May 2024, FIFA, in recognition to the exponential growth of futsal around the world, officially launched the FIFA Futsal World Ranking for both men's and women's national teams.^[37][38] The new ranking will serve to seed for all upcoming editions of the FIFA Futsal World Cup.^[37][38] FIFA placed Brazil at the top of both men's and women's charts in this inaugural edition.^[37][38]

The top 30 teams according to the FIFA Futsal Men's World Ranking are:^[39]

#	Team	Points
1	Brazil	1568.41
2	Portugal	1527.61
3	Iran	1469.33
4	Spain	1514.42
5	Argentina	1439.74
6	Morocco	1430.55
7	Russia	1425.36
8	Kazakhstan	1422.28
9	Thailand	1316.27
10	France	1291.70
11	Uzbekistan	1288.96
12	Ukraine	1271.49
13	Paraguay	1261.25
14	Georgia	1252.79
15	Japan	1248.99
16	Croatia	1242.56
17	Finland	1239.97
18	Italy	1216.11
19	New Zealand	1204.35
20	Serbia	1189.25
21	Venezuela	1188.55
22	Poland	1184.19
23	Czech Republic	1178.33
24	Slovenia	1167.72
25	Romania	1158.51
26	Colombia	1155.20
27	Uruguay	1144.01
28	Indonesia	1142.84
29	Azerbaijan	1139.38
30	Afghanistan	1138.02

The top 20 teams according to the FIFA Futsal Women's World Ranking are:^[40]

#	Team	Points
1	Brazil	1364.75
2	Spain	1302.33
3	Portugal	1266.33
4	Argentina	1202.84
5	Colombia	1168.69
6	Thailand	1163.97
7	Russia	1152.29
8	Iran	1146.96
9	Japan	1139.54
10	Italy	1122.66
11	Paraguay	1107.24
12	Ukraine	1106.29
13	Vietnam	1096.34
14	Indonesia	1057.12
15	Netherlands	1045.34
16	Uruguay	1044.61
17	Poland	1043.44
18	Finland	1040.75
19	Venezuela	1038.73
20	Costa Rica	1038.26

Region	AMF-affiliated	FIFA-affiliated	Other competitions
World	AMF Futsal World Cup	FIFA Futsal World Cup	Futsal Confederations Cup Futsal Mundialito Grand Prix de Futsal Arab Futsal Championship Mediterranean Futsal Cup
Asia		AFC Futsal Asian Cup	Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games Southeast Asian Games AFF Futsal Championship CAFA Futsal Championship EAFF Futsal Championship WAFF Futsal Championship
Africa		Africa Futsal Cup of Nations	North African Futsal Tournament
North America, Central America and Caribbean		CONCACAF Futsal Championship	Central American Games
South America		Copa América de Futsal	Odesur Games Bolivarian Games
Oceania		Oceanian Futsal Championship
Europe	UEFS Futsal Men's Championship	UEFA Futsal Championship	Baltic Futsal Cup Nordic Futsal Cup

Region	AMF-affiliated	FIFA-affiliated	Other competitions
World	AMF Futsal Women's World Cup	FIFA Women's Futsal World Cup	Women's Futsal World Tournament
Asia		AFC Women's Futsal Championship	Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games Southeast Asian Games CAFA Futsal Championship WAFF Futsal Championship
Africa
North America, Central America and Caribbean
South America		Copa América Femenina de Futsal
Oceania		OFC Futsal Women's Nations Cup
Europe	UEFS Futsal Women's Championship	UEFA Women's Futsal Championship

Region	AMF-affiliated men's competitions	AMF-affiliated women's competitions	FIFA-affiliated men's competitions	FIFA-affiliated women's competitions	Other competitions
World	AMF Club World Cup[41][42]		Intercontinental Futsal Cup		Futsal 5 A-Side Australia (FFAA) Interstate Club Championship
South America			Copa Libertadores de Futsal	Copa Libertadores Femenina de Futsal
Asia			AFC Futsal Club Championship AFF Futsal Cup
Africa
North America, Central America and Caribbean			CONCACAF Futsal Club Championship		TSC Futsal League[43]
Oceania			OFC Futsal Champions League
Europe	UEFS European Champions Cup[42][44] UEFS Cup[42][45] UEFS Veteran European Champions Cup[42][46]	UEFS Women's European Champions Cup[42][47] UEFS Women's Cup[42][48]	UEFA Futsal Champions League

• Futsal at the Pan American Games
• Futsal at the Lusophony Games

Competition[49]	Year	City	Country	Winner	Runner-up	3rd	4th
FIFA Futsal World Cup	1989[50]	Rotterdam	Netherlands	Brazil	Netherlands	United States	Belgium
	1992[51]	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Brazil	United States	Spain	Iran
	1996[52]	Barcelona	Spain	Brazil	Spain	Russia	Ukraine
	2000[53]	Guatemala City	Guatemala	Spain	Brazil	Portugal	Russia
	2004[54]	Taipei City	Taiwan	Spain	Italy	Brazil	Argentina
	2008[55]	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	Brazil	Spain	Italy	Russia
	2012[56]	Bangkok	Thailand	Brazil	Spain	Italy	Colombia
	2016[57]	Cali	Colombia	Argentina	Russia	Iran	Portugal
	2021[58]	Vilnius, Kaunas, and Klaipėda	Lithuania	Portugal	Argentina	Brazil	Kazakhstan
	2024	Tashkent, Bukhara and Andijan	Uzbekistan	Brazil	Argentina	Ukraine	France
Futsal Confederations Cup	2009	Tripoli	Libya	Iran	Uruguay	Libya	Guatemala
	2013	Caxias do Sul	Brazil	Brazil	Colombia	Chile	Croatia
	2014	Kuwait City	Kuwait	Argentina	Czech Republic	Brazil	Italy
Mediterranean Futsal Cup	2010[59]	Tripoli	Libya	Croatia	Libya	Slovenia	France
Futsal Mundialito	1994	Milan	Italy	Italy	Croatia	Spain	Hungary
	1995	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	Brazil	Italy	Spain	United States
	1996	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	Brazil	Paraguay	Argentina	United States
	1998	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	Brazil	Argentina	United States	Italy
	2001	Joinville	Brazil	Brazil	Argentina	Portugal	Czech Republic
	2002	Reggio Calabria	Italy	Brazil	Italy	Russia	Argentina
	2006	Algarve	Portugal	Portugal	Croatia	Angola	Mozambique
	2007	Algarve	Portugal	Portugal	Slovakia	Hungary	Croatia
	2008	Algarve	Portugal	Portugal	Hungary	Angola	Libya
Grand Prix de Futsal	2005	Brusque, Santa Catarina	Brazil	Brazil	Colombia	Argentina	Uruguay
	2006	Caxias do Sul	Brazil	Brazil	Italy	Croatia	Argentina
	2007	Joinville, Lages, and Jaraguá do Sul	Brazil	Brazil	Iran	Argentina	Hungary
	2008	Fortaleza	Brazil	Brazil	Argentina	Ukraine	Paraguay
	2009	Anápolis and Goiânia	Brazil	Brazil	Iran	Romania	Czech Republic
	2010	Anápolis	Brazil	Spain	Brazil	Paraguay	Iran
	2011	Manaus	Brazil	Brazil	Russia	Argentina	Iran
	2013	Maringá	Brazil	Brazil	Russia	Iran	Paraguay
	2014	São Bernardo	Brazil	Brazil	Colombia	Iran	Guatemala
	2015	Uberaba	Brazil	Brazil	Iran	Colombia	Paraguay
	2018	Brusque, Santa Catarina	Brazil	Brazil	Czech Republic	Uruguay	Costa Rica
Arab Futsal Championship	1998	Cairo	Egypt	Egypt	Morocco	Libya	Palestine
	2005	Cairo	Egypt	Egypt	Morocco	Lebanon	Libya
	2007	Tripoli	Libya	Libya	Egypt	Lebanon	Morocco
	2008	Port Said	Egypt	Libya	Egypt	Jordan	Lebanon
	2021	6th of October(city)	Egypt	Morocco	Egypt	No third place match played
	2022	Dammam	Saudi Arabia	Morocco	Iraq	No third place match played
	2023	Jeddah	Saudi Arabia	Morocco	Kuwait	No third place match played

Continental	Year	Country	Winner	Runner-up	3rd	4th
Africa (CAF)	1996	Egypt	Egypt	Ghana	Zimbabwe	Somalia
	2000	Egypt	Egypt	Morocco	Libya	South Africa
	2004	Home & away	Egypt	Mozambique	Morocco	Guinea-Bissau
	2008	Libya	Libya	Egypt	Morocco	Mozambique
	2016	South Africa	Morocco	Egypt	Mozambique	Zambia
	2020	Morocco	Morocco	Egypt	Angola	Libya
	2024	Morocco	Morocco	Angola	Libya	Egypt
Asia (AFC)	1999	Malaysia	Iran	South Korea	Kazakhstan	Japan
	2000	Thailand	Iran	Kazakhstan	Thailand	Japan
	2001	Iran	Iran	Uzbekistan	South Korea	Japan
	2002	Indonesia	Iran	Japan	Thailand	South Korea
	2003	Iran	Iran	Japan	Thailand	Kuwait
	2004	Macau	Iran	Japan	Thailand	Uzbekistan
	2005	Vietnam	Iran	Japan	Uzbekistan &  Kyrgyzstan
	2006	Uzbekistan	Japan	Uzbekistan	Iran	Kyrgyzstan
	2007	Japan	Iran	Japan	Uzbekistan	Kyrgyzstan
	2008	Thailand	Iran	Thailand	Japan	China
	2010	Uzbekistan	Iran	Uzbekistan	Japan	China
	2012	United Arab Emirates	Japan	Thailand	Iran	Australia
	2014	Vietnam	Japan	Iran	Uzbekistan	Kuwait
	2016	Uzbekistan	Iran	Uzbekistan	Thailand	Vietnam
	2018	Taiwan	Iran	Japan	Uzbekistan	Iraq
	2020	Kuwait	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic [60]
	2022	Kuwait	Japan	Iran	Uzbekistan	Thailand
	2024	Thailand	Iran	Thailand	Uzbekistan	Tajikistan
Europe (UEFA)	1996	Spain	Spain	Russia	Belgium	Italy
	1999	Spain	Russia	Spain	Italy	Netherlands
	2001	Russia	Spain	Ukraine	Russia	Italy
	2003	Italy	Italy	Ukraine	Spain &  Czech Republic
	2005	Czech Republic	Spain	Russia	Italy	Ukraine
	2007	Portugal	Spain	Italy	Russia	Portugal
	2010	Hungary	Spain	Portugal	Czech Republic	Azerbaijan
	2012	Croatia	Spain	Russia	Italy	Croatia
	2014	Belgium	Italy	Russia	Spain	Portugal
	2016	Serbia	Spain	Russia	Kazakhstan	Serbia
	2018	Slovenia	Portugal	Spain	Russia	Kazakhstan
	2022	Netherlands	Portugal	Russia	Spain	Ukraine
North America, Central America and Caribbean (CONCACAF)	1996	Guatemala	United States	Cuba	Mexico	Guatemala
	2000	Costa Rica	Costa Rica	Cuba	United States	Mexico
	2004	Costa Rica	United States	Cuba	Costa Rica	Mexico
	2008	Guatemala	Guatemala	Cuba	United States	Panama
	2012	Guatemala	Costa Rica	Guatemala	Panama	Mexico
	2016	Costa Rica	Costa Rica	Panama	Guatemala	Cuba
	2021	Guatemala	Costa Rica	United States	Guatemala	Panama
	2024	Nicaragua	Panama	Cuba	Guatemala	Costa Rica
Oceania (OFC)	1992	Australia	Australia	Vanuatu	New Zealand
	1996	Vanuatu	Australia	Vanuatu	Fiji	Western Samoa
	1999	Vanuatu	Australia	Fiji	Vanuatu	Papua New Guinea
	2004	Australia	Australia	New Zealand	Vanuatu	Fiji
	2008	Fiji	Solomon Islands	Tahiti	Vanuatu	New Zealand
	2009	Fiji	Solomon Islands	Fiji	Vanuatu	New Caledonia
	2010	Fiji	Solomon Islands	Fiji	New Zealand	Vanuatu
	2011	Fiji	Solomon Islands	Tahiti	New Zealand	Vanuatu
	2013	New Zealand	Australia	Malaysia	New Zealand	Tahiti
	2014	New Caledonia	Malaysia	New Caledonia	New Zealand	Tahiti
	2016	Fiji	Solomon Islands	New Zealand	Tahiti	Vanuatu
	2019	New Caledonia	Solomon Islands	New Zealand	Tahiti	New Caledonia
	2022	Fiji	New Zealand	Solomon Islands	New Caledonia	FFA President's Five
	2023	New Zealand	New Zealand	Tahiti	Solomon Islands	Fiji
South America (CONMEBOL)	1992	Brazil	Brazil	Argentina	Paraguay	Ecuador
	1995	Brazil	Brazil	Argentina	Uruguay	Paraguay
	1996	Brazil	Brazil	Uruguay	Argentina	Paraguay
	1997	Brazil	Brazil	Argentina	Paraguay	Uruguay
	1998	Brazil	Brazil	Paraguay	Uruguay	Argentina
	1999	Brazil	Brazil	Paraguay	Argentina	Uruguay
	2000	Brazil	Brazil	Argentina	Uruguay	Bolivia
	2003	Paraguay	Argentina	Brazil	Paraguay	Uruguay
	2008	Uruguay	Brazil	Uruguay	Argentina	Paraguay
	2011	Argentina	Brazil	Argentina	Paraguay	Colombia
	2015	Ecuador	Argentina	Paraguay	Brazil	Colombia
	2017	Argentina	Brazil	Argentina	Paraguay	Uruguay
	2019	Chile	Cancelled due to the Chilean protests
	2022	Paraguay	Argentina	Paraguay	Brazil	Colombia
	2024	Paraguay	Brazil	Argentina	Venezuela	Paraguay

5th European Universities Championship 14-19/7/2008 Wroclaw (Poland)^[61]

1. 2009^[62]
2. 2010^[63]
3. 2011^[64]
4. 2012^[65]
5. 2013^[66]
6. 2014^[67]
7. 2014^[68]
8. 2015^[69]
9. 2016^[70]
10. 2017^[71]
11. 2018^[72]
12. 2019: (Men and Women)^[73]

CFA Futsal International Tournaments - Changshu Story

Year	Host		Final				Third Place Match
			Winners	Score	Runners-Up		3rd Place	Score	4th Place
2014 Details	China		Thailand	n/a	China		Mexico	n/a	Myanmar
2015 Details	China		Iran	n/a	China		Myanmar	n/a	Mexico
2016 Details	China		Ukraine	n/a	Vietnam		China	n/a	Mexico
2017 Details	China		Croatia	n/a	Netherlands		Vietnam	n/a	China
2018 Details	China		Russia	n/a	Vietnam		China	n/a	New Zealand

^n/a A round-robin tournament determined the final standings.

Hangzhou International Futsal Tournament Story

Year	Host		Final				Third Place Match
			Winners	Score	Runners-Up		3rd Place	Score	4th Place
2009 Details	China		Netherlands	n/a	Japan		Iran	n/a	China
2010 Details	China		Brazil	n/a	Japan		China	n/a	Iran
2011 Details	China		Brazil	n/a	Japan		Iran	n/a	Romania
2012 Details	China		Romania	n/a	Iran		China	n/a	Japan
2013 Details	China		Iran	n/a	Russia		Netherlands	n/a	China
2014 Details	China		Iran	n/a	China		Vietnam	n/a	Myanmar

^n/a A round-robin tournament determined the final standings.

1. 1997-2001^[74]
2. 2003^[75]
3. 2008: https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Futsal_KL_Dunia_5^[76]

Year	Host		Final				Third Place Match
			Winners	Score	Runners-Up		3rd Place	Score	4th Place
1997 Details	Singapore		Spain	4–3 (a.e.t.)	Brazil		Netherlands	4–2	Italy
1999 Details	Singapore		Brazil	3–2	Italy		Spain	4–3	Netherlands
2001 Details	Singapore		Spain	3–3 (a.e.t.) 7–6 (p)	Brazil		Italy	n/a	Netherlands
2003 Details	Malaysia		Argentina	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Brazil		Iran	n/a	Uruguay
2008 Details	Malaysia		Brazil	4–0	Argentina		Australia	n/a	Thailand

^n/a A round-robin tournament determined the final standings.

• Intercontinental Futsal Cup
• UEFA Futsal Champions League
• Copa Libertadores de Futsal
• AFC Futsal Club Championship
• AFF Futsal Club Championship
• CONCACAF Futsal Club Championship

• Pan American Games
• Lusophony Games

Competition	Year	Host	Winner	Runner-up	3rd	4th
Women's Futsal World Tournament	2010	Spain	Brazil	Portugal	Russia &  Spain
	2011	Brazil	Brazil	Spain	Portugal	Russia
	2012	Portugal	Brazil	Portugal	Spain	Russia
	2013	Spain	Brazil	Spain	Russia	Portugal
	2014	Costa Rica	Brazil	Portugal	Spain	Costa Rica
	2015	Guatemala	Brazil	Russia	Spain	Portugal
FIFA Women's Futsal World Cup	2025	Philippines	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA

Continental	Year	Host	Winner	Runner-up	3rd	4th
Asia (AFC)	2015	Malaysia	Iran	Japan	Thailand	Malaysia
	2018	Thailand	Iran	Japan	Thailand	Vietnam
South America (CONMEBOL)	2005	Brazil	Brazil	Ecuador	Argentina	Uruguay
	2007	Ecuador	Brazil	Colombia	Venezuela	Uruguay
	2009	Brazil	Brazil	Colombia	Venezuela	Peru
	2011	Venezuela	Brazil	Argentina	Paraguay	Venezuela
	2015	Uruguay	Colombia	Uruguay	Chile	Argentina
	2017	Uruguay	Brazil	Colombia	Argentina	Venezuela

1st Women World Cup^[77]

1. 2010^[78]
2. 2011^[79]
3. 2012^[80]
4. 2013^[81]
5. 2014^[82]
6. 2015^[83]
7. 2016^[84]
8. 2017^[85]
9. 2018^[86]
10. 2019^[87]

1. 2023^[88]

Since 2013 - Ongoing^[89]

1. 2008^[90]
2. 2010 Thailand Five's
3. 2016 Thailand Five's
4. 2017 Thailand Five's
5. 2018 Thailand Five's^[91][92]
6. 2020 SAT (Sports Authority of Thailand (SAT)) International Futsal Championship (Iran B)^[93][94][95]
7. 2021 Continental Futsal Championship^[96]
8. 2022 NSDF Futsal Invitation Championship (Iran U-19)^[97][98]
9. 2022 Continental Futsal Championship^[99]
10. 2023 NSDF Futsal Invitation Championship^[100]

• 2022 European Universities Games ^[101]

1. 2022^[102]

1st DIFA World Deaf Futsal U-21 Championships 2022 in Malaysia (Men and Women).

World Deaf Football Championships^[103]

5th World Deaf Futsal Championships November 2023 São Paulo, Brazil (Men and Women).

2nd World Deaf Futsal Championships^[104]

The 3rd World Deaf Futsal Championships will be held in São Paulo, Brazil in November 2023.

The 1st World Deaf

The former deaf futsal world champions at a glance:

Year Men's Women's

2007 Ukraine Germany

2011 IR Iran Russia

2015 IR Iran Russia

2019 Spain Brazil^[105]

3rd Men and 1st Women Asia Pacific Deaf Futsal Championships 15–24 February 2019 in Bangkok, Thailand.^[106]

4th Men and 2nd Women 2023 in Iran.^[107]

Sources:^[108][109]

14th World Police Futsal Tournament, 3rd +35 and 5th women was held in 2008 in  Belgium.^{[110][111][112][113]}

Competition	Year	Host	Winner	Runner-up	3rd	4th
FIFUSA World Futsal Championships	1982	Brazil	Brazil	Paraguay	Colombia	Uruguay
	1985	Spain	Brazil	Spain	Paraguay	Argentina
	1988	Australia	Paraguay	Brazil	Spain	Portugal
	1991	Italy	Portugal	Paraguay	Brazil	Bolivia
	1994	Argentina	Argentina	Colombia	Uruguay	Brazil
	1997	Mexico	Venezuela	Uruguay	Brazil	Russia
	2000	Bolivia	Colombia	Bolivia	Argentina	Russia
AMF World Futsal Championships	2003	Paraguay	Paraguay	Colombia	Bolivia	Peru
	2007	Argentina	Paraguay	Argentina	Colombia	Peru
	2011	Colombia	Colombia	Paraguay	Argentina	Russia
	2015	Belarus	Colombia	Paraguay	Argentina	Belgium
	2019	Argentina	Argentina	Brazil	Paraguay	South Africa
World Games	2013	Colombia	Colombia	Venezuela	Brazil	Argentina

Continental	Year	Host	Winner	Runner-up	3rd	4th
UEFS European Futsal Championship	1989	Spain	Portugal	Spain	Czechoslovakia	Israel
	1990	Portugal	Portugal	Czechoslovakia	Spain	England
	1992	Portugal	Spain	Russia	Portugal	Israel
	1995	Morocco	Slovakia	Morocco	Russia	Czech Republic
	1998	Slovakia	Russia	Spain	Slovakia	Belarus
	2004	Belarus	Belarus	Czech Republic	Russia	Ukraine
	2006	Catalonia	Russia	Catalonia	Czech Republic	Belgium
	2008	Belgium	Russia	Czech Republic	Belarus	Belgium
	2010	Russia	Russia	Belgium	Czech Republic	Belarus
	2012	Belarus	Belgium	Czech Republic	Russia	Catalonia
	2014	Czech Republic	Belarus	Belgium	Catalonia	Russia
	2016	Russia	Russia	Italy	Czech Republic &  Kazakhstan
	2018	Catalonia	Belgium	Czech Republic	Russia &  Latvia
South American Futsal Championship	1965	Paraguay	Paraguay	Uruguay	Brazil	Argentina
	1969	Paraguay	Brazil	Paraguay	Argentina	Uruguay
	1971	Brazil	Brazil	Uruguay	Paraguay	Peru
	1973	Uruguay	Brazil	Uruguay	Paraguay	Argentina
	1975	Argentina	Brazil	Uruguay	Paraguay	Argentina
	1976	Uruguay	Brazil	Paraguay	Uruguay	Argentina
	1977	Brazil	Brazil	Paraguay	Colombia	Uruguay
	1979	Colombia	Brazil	Uruguay	Argentina	Bolivia
	1983	Uruguay	Brazil	Paraguay	Uruguay	Argentina
	1986	Argentina	Brazil	Paraguay	Argentina	Uruguay
	1989	Brazil	Brazil	Paraguay	Uruguay	Bolivia

Continental	Year	Host	Winner	Runner-up	3rd	4th
AMF Futsal Women's World Cup	2008	Catalonia	Catalonia	Galicia	Colombia	Russia
	2013	Colombia	Colombia	Venezuela	Czech Republic	Argentina
	2017	Catalonia	Brazil	Argentina	Colombia	Paraguay

Continental	Year	Host	Winner	Runner-up	3rd	4th
Europe (UEFS)	2001	Russia	Russia	Belarus	Italy
	2004	Russia	Russia	Catalonia	Ukraine	Belgium
	2007	Czech Republic	Czech Republic	Russia	Slovakia	Ukraine
	2009	Poland	Russia	Czech Republic	Catalonia	Poland
	2011	Czech Republic	Czech Republic	Russia	Catalonia	France
	2015	Catalonia	Russia	Czech Republic	Catalonia	Netherlands

• Futsal in Australia
• Futsal in Brazil
• Futsal in indonesia
• Futsal in England
• Futsal in Iran
• Futsal in Italy
• Futsal in Libya
• Futsal in Norway
• Futsal in Portugal
• Futsal in Spain
• Futsal in Sweden
• Beach soccer
• Street football
• Olympic sports
• Asian Premier Futsal Championship
• Teqball
• Jorkyball

• Results an tables
• https://www.internationalfutsal.com/
• Fut5al Planet
• Fut5al Planet Our History
• Fut5al Planet story-international
• Fut5al Planet Agenda
• Fut5al Planet Tournaments
• Fut5al Planet News
• FIFA Futsal World Cup Overview
• Futsal World Tournament Overview
• European Futsal Championship Overview
• UEFA Futsal Cup
• American Futsal Championships Overview
• North and Central American Futsal Championship Overview
• Asian Futsal Championship Overview
• Asian Indoor Games Futsal Tournament Overview
• North African Futsal Cup Overview
• African Futsal Championship Overview
• Oceanian Futsal Championship Overview
• IBSA Blind Futsal World Championship
• Southeast Asian Games Futsal Tournament Overview
• WAFF Futsal Championship Overview
• Peru (Futsal) 2021
• Futsal Tiger's Cup Overview
• Intercontinental Futsal Cup
• Futsal Mundialito Overview
• What Is Futsal? A Complete Guide For Beginners