1992 FIFA Futsal World Championship

1992 FIFA Futsal World Championship1992年世界室內五人足球錦標賽

Tournament details
Host country| Hong Kong
Dates| 15–28 November
Teams| 16 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)| 2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions|  Brazil (2nd title)
Runners-up|  United States
Third place|  Spain
Fourth place|  Iran
Tournament statistics
Matches played| 40
Goals scored| 307 (7.68 per match)
Attendance| 50,300 (1,258 per match)
Top scorer(s)|  Saeid Rajabi (17 goals)
Best player(s)|  Jorginho Pimentel

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International football competition

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

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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
~~Yugoslavia~~ 1
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

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CONMEBOL |  Manoel Filha Serapiao
Hernán Silva
Sabino Farina Céspedes
CAF |  Ali Hussein Mousa
CONCACAF |  Jorge G. Cantillano Castro
OFC |  Kenneth Wallace
| Confederation  | Referees

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AFC |  Samuel Chan Yam Ming
Hossein Asgari
UEFA |  Carlos Silva Valente
Václav Krondl
Juan Ansuátegui Roca
László Vágner

## Draw

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The 16 teams were divided in four groups, each group with four teams.

### First round

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#### Group A

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Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts

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Argentina | 3  | 3  | 0  | 0  | 11  | 5  | +6  | 6
Poland | 3  | 2  | 0  | 1  | 11  | 9  | +2  | 4
Hong Kong | 3  | 1  | 0  | 2  | 7  | 7  | 0  | 2
Nigeria | 3  | 0  | 0  | 3  | 7  | 15  | −8  | 0

Source: [citation needed]

15 November 1992

17:00

Poland | 4–2|  Hong Kong

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Hong Kong Coliseum, Hung Hom

Attendance: 3,863

Referee: Hernán Silva Arce (Chile)

15 November 1992

15:00

Argentina | 6–2|  Nigeria

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Hong Kong Coliseum, Hung Hom

Attendance: 3,863

Referee: Václav Krondl (Czechoslovakia)

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18 November 1992

20:30

Argentina | 2–1|  Hong Kong

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Hong Kong Coliseum, Hung Hom

Attendance: 3,184

Referee: Kenneth Wallace (New Zealand)

18 November 1992

18:30

Poland | 5–4|  Nigeria

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Kowloon Park Sports Center, Tsim Sha Tsui

Attendance: 256

Referee: Juan Ansuátegui Roca (Spain)

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20 November 1992

20:30

Hong Kong | 4–1|  Nigeria

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Hong Kong Coliseum, Hung Hom

Attendance: 2,390

Referee: Manoel Serapiao Filha (Brazil)

20 November 1992

20:30

Argentina | 3–2|  Poland

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Kowloon Park Sports Center, Tsim Sha Tsui

Attendance: 252

Referee: Carlos Silva Valente (Portugal)

#### Group B

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Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts

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Iran | 3  | 2  | 0  | 1  | 18  | 13  | +5  | 4
Netherlands | 3  | 2  | 0  | 1  | 7  | 7  | 0  | 4
Italy | 3  | 1  | 0  | 2  | 15  | 16  | −1  | 2
Paraguay | 3  | 1  | 0  | 2  | 14  | 18  | −4  | 2

Source: [citation needed]

16 November 1992

18:30

Netherlands | 2–1|  Iran

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Hong Kong Coliseum, Hung Hom

Attendance: 2,100

Referee: Manoel Serapiao Filha (Brazil)

16 November 1992

18:30

Italy | 7–5|  Paraguay

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Kowloon Park Sports Center, Tsim Sha Tsui

Attendance: 206

Referee: Carlos Silva Valente (Portugal)

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18 November 1992

18:30

Iran | 7–5|  Italy

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Hong Kong Coliseum, Hung Hom

Attendance: 1,482

Referee: Hernán Silva Arce (Chile)

18 November 1992

20:30

Paraguay | 3–1|  Netherlands

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Hong Kong Coliseum, Hung Hom

Attendance: 1,482

Referee: László Vágner (Hungary)

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20 November 1992

18:30

Netherlands | 4–3|  Italy

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Hong Kong Coliseum, Hung Hom

Attendance: 2,390

Referee: Václav Krondl (Czechoslovakia)

20 November 1992

18:30

Iran | 10–6|  Paraguay

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Kowloon Park Sports Center, Tsim Sha Tsui

Attendance: 252

Referee: Juan Ansuátegui Roca (Spain)

#### Group C

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Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts

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Brazil | 3  | 3  | 0  | 0  | 23  | 1  | +22  | 6
Belgium | 3  | 2  | 0  | 1  | 8  | 8  | 0  | 4
Australia | 3  | 1  | 0  | 2  | 9  | 11  | −2  | 2
Costa Rica | 3  | 0  | 0  | 3  | 9  | 29  | −20  | 0

Source: [citation needed]

16 November 1992

20:30

Brazil | 3–0|  Australia

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Hong Kong Coliseum, Hung Hom

Attendance: 2,100

Referee: László Vágner (Hungary)

16 November 1992

20:30

Belgium | 6–2|  Costa Rica

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Kowloon Park Sports Center, Tsim Sha Tsui

Attendance: 206

Referee: Hossein Asgari (Iran)

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18 November 1992

20:30

Brazil | 15–1|  Costa Rica

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Kowloon Park Sports Center, Tsim Sha Tsui

Attendance: 567

Referee: Václav Krondl (Czechoslovakia)

18 November 1992

18:30

Belgium | 2–1|  Australia

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Kowloon Park Sports Center, Tsim Sha Tsui

Attendance: 567

Referee: Ali Hussein Mousa (Egypt)

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20 November 1992

18:30

Australia | 8–6|  Costa Rica

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Kowloon Park Sports Center, Tsim Sha Tsui

Attendance: 226

Referee: Samuel Chan Yam Ming (British Hong Kong)

20 November 1992

18:30

Brazil | 5–0|  Belgium

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Hong Kong Coliseum, Hung Hom

Attendance: 1,749

Referee: Kenneth Wallace (New Zealand)

#### Group D

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Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts

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Spain | 3  | 2  | 1  | 0  | 18  | 15  | +3  | 5
United States | 3  | 2  | 0  | 1  | 18  | 9  | +9  | 4
Russia | 3  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 20  | 16  | +4  | 3
China | 3  | 0  | 0  | 3  | 7  | 23  | −16  | 0

Source: [citation needed]

17 November 1992

18:30

Spain | 6–5|  China

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Hong Kong Coliseum, Hung Hom

Attendance: 3,184

Referee: Sabino Farina Céspedes (Paraguay)

17 November 1992

20:30

United States | 8–3|  Russia

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Kowloon Park Sports Center, Tsim Sha Tsui

Attendance: 256

Referee: Samuel Chan Yam Ming (British Hong Kong)

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19 November 1992

20:30

Russia | 10–1|  China

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Hong Kong Coliseum, Hung Hom

Attendance: 1,245

Referee: Jorge G. Cantillano Castro (Costa Rica)

19 November 1992

18:30

Spain | 5–3|  United States

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Hong Kong Coliseum, Hung Hom

Attendance: 1,245

Referee: Hossein Asgari (Iran)

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21 November 1992

20:30

Spain | 7–7|  Russia

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Kowloon Park Sports Center, Tsim Sha Tsui

Attendance: 226

Referee: Ali Hussein Mousa (Egypt)

21 November 1992

20:30

United States | 7–1|  China

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Hong Kong Coliseum, Hung Hom

Attendance: 1,749

Referee: Sabino Farina Céspedes (Paraguay)

### Second round

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#### Group E

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Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts

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Brazil | 3  | 2  | 1  | 0  | 13  | 4  | +9  | 5
United States | 3  | 1  | 2  | 0  | 11  | 8  | +3  | 4
Netherlands | 3  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 8  | 10  | −2  | 3
Argentina | 3  | 0  | 0  | 3  | 5  | 15  | −10  | 0

Source: [citation needed]

23 November 1992

20:30

Brazil | 2–2|  United States

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Hong Kong Coliseum, Hung Hom

Attendance: 2,769

Referee: Hossein Asgari (Iran)

23 November 1992

18:30

Netherlands | 4–1|  Argentina

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Hong Kong Coliseum, Hung Hom

Attendance: 2,769

Referee: Kenneth Wallace (New Zealand)

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24 November 1992

20:30

Brazil | 5–1|  Argentina

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Kowloon Park Sports Center, Tsim Sha Tsui

Attendance: 328

Referee: Carlos Silva Valente (Portugal)

24 November 1992

20:30

United States | 3–3|  Netherlands

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Kowloon Park Sports Center, Tsim Sha Tsui

Attendance: 328

Referee: Juan Ansuátegui Roca (Spain)

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25 November 1992

20:30

United States | 6–3|  Argentina

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Hong Kong Coliseum, Hung Hom

Attendance: 3,394

Referee: Juan Ansuátegui Roca (Spain)

25 November 1992

20:30

Brazil | 6–1|  Netherlands

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Kowloon Park Sports Center, Tsim Sha Tsui

Attendance: 191

Referee: Hossein Asgari (Iran)

#### Group F

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Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts

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Iran | 3  | 3  | 0  | 0  | 10  | 4  | +6  | 6
Spain | 3  | 2  | 0  | 1  | 14  | 10  | +4  | 4
Belgium | 3  | 1  | 0  | 2  | 9  | 10  | −1  | 2
Poland | 3  | 0  | 0  | 3  | 4  | 13  | −9  | 0

Source: [citation needed]

23 November 1992

18:30

Iran | 2–0|  Poland

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Kowloon Park Sports Center, Tsim Sha Tsui

Attendance: 148

Referee: Hernán Silva Arce (Chile)

23 November 1992

20:30

Spain | 5–3|  Belgium

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Kowloon Park Sports Center, Tsim Sha Tsui

Attendance: 148

Referee: Sabino Farina Céspedes (Paraguay)

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24 November 1992

18:30

Iran | 4–2|  Spain

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Hong Kong Coliseum, Hung Hom

Attendance: 2,180

Referee: László Vágner (Hungary)

24 November 1992

18:30

Belgium | 4–1|  Poland

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Hong Kong Coliseum, Hung Hom

Attendance: 2,180

Referee: Manoel Filha Serapiao (Brazil)

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25 November 1992

18:30

Iran | 4–2|  Belgium

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Hong Kong Coliseum, Hung Hom

Attendance: 3,394

Referee: Sabino Farina Céspedes (Paraguay)

25 November 1992

18:30

Spain | 7–3|  Poland

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Kowloon Park Sports Center, Tsim Sha Tsui

Attendance: 191

Referee: Samuel Chan Yam Ming (British Hong Kong)

### Third round

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| Semifinals| | Final

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| 27 November 1992| |

|  Brazil| 4

| 28 November 1992

|  Spain| 1 |

|  Brazil| 4

| 27 November 1992

| |  United States| 1

|  Iran| 2

|  United States| 4 |

| Third place

| 28 November 1992

|  Spain | 9

|  Iran| 6

#### Semi-finals

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27 November 1992

20:30

Brazil | 4–1|  Spain

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Hong Kong Coliseum, Hung Hom

Attendance: 5,744

Referee: Hernán Silva Arce (Chile)

27 November 1992

18:30

Iran | 2–4|  United States

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Hong Kong Coliseum, Hung Hom

Attendance: 5,744

Referee: Carlos da Silva Valente (Portugal)

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#### Third place play-off

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28 November 1992

18:30

Iran | 6–9|  Spain

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Hong Kong Coliseum, Hung Hom

Attendance: 10,466

Referee: Kenneth Wallace (New Zealand)

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#### Final

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28 November 1992

20:30

Brazil | 4–1|  United States

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Hong Kong Coliseum, Hung Hom

Attendance: 10,466

Referee: Sabino Farina Céspedes (Paraguay)

## Champions

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FIFA Futsal World Championships 1992 winners

Brazil
Second title

## Awards

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Golden Ball winner

Jorginho Pimentel
Golden Boot winner
Saeid Rajabi
Silver Boot winner
Konstantin Eremenko
Bronze Boot winner
Álvaro
FIFA Fair Play Trophy
United States

## Tournament ranking

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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.

Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result

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1  |  Brazil | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 44 | 7 | +37 | 15 | Champions
2  |  United States | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 34 | 23 | +11 | 10 | Runners-up
3  |  Spain | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 42 | 35 | +7 | 11 | Third place
4  |  Iran | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 36 | 30 | +6 | 10 | Fourth place
5  |  Netherlands | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 17 | –2 | 7 | Eliminated in Second round
6  |  Belgium | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 18 | –1 | 6
7  |  Argentina | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 20 | –4 | 6
8  |  Poland | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 22 | –7 | 4
9  |  Russia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 16 | +4 | 3 | Eliminated in First round
10  |  Hong Kong | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2
11  |  Italy | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 16 | –1 | 2
12  |  Australia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 11 | –2 | 2
13  |  Paraguay | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 18 | –4 | 2
14  |  Nigeria | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 15 | –8 | 0
15  |  China | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 23 | –16 | 0
16  |  Costa Rica | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 29 | –20 | 0

## External links

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* FIFA Futsal World Championship Hong Kong 1992, FIFA.com
* FIFA Technical Report

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