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.

FIFA Futsal World Cup
Organising bodyFIFA
Founded1989 (1989)
RegionInternational
Number of teams24 (finals)
Current champions Portugal
(1st title)
Most successful team(s) Brazil
(5 titles)
Websitefifa.com/futsalworldcup
2021 FIFA Futsal World Cup

The current champions are Portugal, who won their first world title after beating the 2016 defending champions Argentina in the final of the 2021 tournament in Lithuania.

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.

Debut of national teams
Year Debuting teams Successor teams
Teams No. Cum.
1989  Algeria,  Argentina,  Australia,  Belgium,  Brazil,  Canada,  Denmark,  Hungary,  Italy,  Japan,  Netherlands,  Paraguay,  Saudi Arabia,  Spain,  United States,  Zimbabwe 16 16
1992  China,  Costa Rica, Hong Kong,  Iran,  Nigeria,  Poland,  Russia 7 23
1996  Cuba,  Egypt,  Malaysia,  Ukraine,  Uruguay 5 28
2000  Croatia,  Guatemala,  Kazakhstan,  Portugal,  Thailand 5 33
2004  Chinese Taipei,  Czech Republic 2 35
2008  Libya,  Solomon Islands 2 37
2012  Colombia,  Kuwait,  Mexico,  Morocco,  Panama,  Serbia 6 43
2016  Azerbaijan,  Mozambique,  Uzbekistan,  Vietnam 4 47
2021  Angola,  Lithuania,  Venezuela 3 50

Results
#YearHost1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8thTeams
1 1989  NED  BRA  NED  USA  BEL  ITA  PAR  HUN  ARG 16
2 1992  HKG  BRA  USA  ESP  IRI  NED  BEL  ARG  POL 16
3 1996  ESP  BRA  ESP  RUS  UKR  ITA  URU  NED  BEL 16
4 2000  GUA  ESP  BRA  POR  RUS  CRO  EGY  ARG  NED 16
5 2004  TWN  ESP  ITA  BRA  ARG  POR  UKR  USA  CZE 16
6 2008  BRA  BRA  ESP  ITA  RUS  IRI  ARG  PAR  UKR 20
7 2012  THA  BRA  ESP  ITA  COL  RUS  UKR  ARG  POR 24
8 2016  COL  ARG  RUS  IRI  POR  ESP  AZE  PAR  EGY 24
9 2020  LTU  POR  ARG  BRA  KAZ  RUS  ESP  IRI  MAR 24
10 2024

Overall team records
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]

As of 2021 FIFA Futsal World Cup
RankTeamPartMWDLGFGAGDPoints
1 Brazil9675764428101+327177
2 Spain9614858260118+142149
3 Argentina95530718163124+3997
4 Russia[RFU]74527513241114+12786
5 Italy7432731315396+5784
6 Portugal537226912676+5072
7 Iran84019615137133+463
8 Ukraine5301451110581+2447
9 Netherlands42612597676041
10 United States6321241691108-1740
11 Paraguay728105139388+535
12 Belgium32010285651+532
13 Egypt7281001897115−1830
14 Kazakhstan3146264741+620
15 Czech Republic41862103753−1620
16 Thailand622611556102−4619
17 Colombia2114342725+215
18 Guatemala51650114888−4015
19 Japan51742124777−3014
20 Uruguay3134183039−913
21 Costa Rica51641113973−3413
22 Australia721411634118−8413
23 Serbia283142718+910
24 Croatia163031815+39
25 Hungary162222317+68
26 Morocco3112272436−128
27 Azerbaijan152122518+77
28 Venezuela1421165+17
29 Vietnam282151233−217
30 Poland162041522−76
31 Panama3102082458−346
32 Denmark131111210+24
33 Uzbekistan271152130-94
34 Canada131027703
35 Hong Kong131027703
36 Kuwait13102813−53
37 Cuba51310122491−673
38 Solomon Islands413101222142−1203
39 Libya270161036−261
40 China31000101566−510
41 Nigeria13003715−80
42 Lithuania13003311-80
43 Mexico13003413−90
44 Angola13003616-100
45 Zimbabwe13003314−110
46 Algeria13003517−120
47 Mozambique13003722−150
48 Malaysia13003424−200
49 Saudi Arabia13003427−230
50 Chinese Taipei13003229−270

Medal table
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Brazil5128
2 Spain2316
3 Argentina1102
4 Portugal1012
5 Italy0123
6 Russia0112
 United States0112
8 Netherlands0101
9 Iran0011
Totals (9 entries)99927

Comprehensive team results by tournament
Legend
  • 1st — Champions
  • 2nd — Runners-up
  • 3rd — Third place
  • 4th — Fourth place
  • QF — Quarterfinals
  • R2 — Round 2 (1989–2008, second group stage, top 8; 2012–present: knockout round of 16)
  • R1 — Round 1
  • Q — Qualified for upcoming tournament
  •    — Hosts
Nation 1989
1992
1996
2000
2004
2008
2012
2016
2021
Total
 AlgeriaR11
 AngolaR11
 ArgentinaR2R2R1R24thR2QF1st2nd9
 AustraliaR1R1R1R1R1R1R17
 AzerbaijanQF1
 Belgium4thR2R23
 Brazil1st1st1st2nd3rd1st1stR23rd9
 CanadaR11
 ChinaR1R1R13
 Chinese TaipeiR11
 Colombia4thR22
 Costa RicaR1R1R1R2R15
 CroatiaR21
 CubaR1R1R1R1R15
 Czech RepublicR2R1R2R24
 DenmarkR11
 EgyptR1R2R1R1R2QFR17
 GuatemalaR1R1R1R1R15
 Hong KongR11
 HungaryR21
 Iran4thR1R1R1R2R23rdQF8
 ItalyR2R1R22nd3rd3rdR27
 JapanR1R1R1R2R25
 KazakhstanR1R24th3
 KuwaitR11
 LibyaR1R12
 LithuaniaR11
 MalaysiaR11
 MexicoR11
 MoroccoR1R1QF3
 MozambiqueR11
 Netherlands2ndR2R2R24
 NigeriaR11
 PanamaR2R1R13
 ParaguayR2R1R1R2R2QFR27
 PolandR21
 Portugal3rdR2R1QF4th1st6
 Russia[RFU]R13rd4th4thQF2ndQF7
 Saudi ArabiaR11
 SerbiaR2R22
 Solomon IslandsR1R1R1R14
 SpainR13rd2nd1st1st2nd2ndQFQF9
 ThailandR1R1R1R2R2R26
 Ukraine4thR2R2QFR25
 United States3rd2ndR1R2R1R16
 UruguayR2R1R13
 UzbekistanR1R22
 VenezuelaR21
 VietnamR2R22
 ZimbabweR11
Nations161616161620242424

Results of host nations
Year Host nation Finish
1989  Netherlands Runners-up
1992  Hong Kong Group stage
1996  Spain Runners-up
2000  Guatemala Group stage
2004  Taiwan Group stage
2008  Brazil Champions
2012  Thailand Round of 16
2016  Colombia Round of 16
2021  Lithuania Group stage

Results of defending champions
Year Defending champions Finish
1992  Brazil Champions
1996  Brazil Champions
2000  Brazil Runners-up
2004  Spain Champions
2008  Spain Runners-up
2012  Brazil Champions
2016  Brazil Round of 16
2021  Argentina Runners-up
2024  Portugal TBD

Result by confederation

AFC
1989

(16)		 1992

(16)		 1996

(16)		 2000

(16)		 2004

(16)		 2008

(20)		 2012

(24)		 2016

(24)		 2021

(24)		 Total
Teams23334455534
Top 16——————33511
Top 80100010114
Top 40100000102
Top 20000000000
1st0
2nd0
3rd1
4th1

CAF
1989

(16)		 1992

(16)		 1996

(16)		 2000

(16)		 2004

(16)		 2008

(20)		 2012

(24)		 2016

(24)		 2021

(24)		 Total
Teams21111233317
Top 16——————1113
Top 80001000113
Top 40000000000
Top 20000000000
1st0
2nd0
3rd0
4th0

CONCACAF
1989

(16)		 1992

(16)		 1996

(16)		 2000

(16)		 2004

(16)		 2008

(20)		 2012

(24)		 2016

(24)		 2021

(24)		 Total
Teams22232344426
Top 16——————1102
Top 81100100003
Top 41100000002
Top 20100000001
1st0
2nd1
3rd1
4th0

CONMEBOL
1989

(16)		 1992

(16)		 1996

(16)		 2000

(16)		 2004

(16)		 2008

(20)		 2012

(24)		 2016

(24)		 2021

(24)		 Total
Teams33333444431
Top 16——————44412
Top 832222332221
Top 411112121212
Top 21111011118
1st6
2nd2
3rd2
4th2

OFC
1989

(16)		 1992

(16)		 1996

(16)		 2000

(16)		 2004

(16)		 2008

(20)		 2012

(24)		 2016

(24)		 2021

(24)		 Total
Teams1111111119
Top 16——————0000
Top 80000000000
Top 40000000000
Top 20000000000
1st0
2nd0
3rd0
4th0

UEFA
1989

(16)		 1992

(16)		 1996

(16)		 2000

(16)		 2004

(16)		 2008

(20)		 2012

(24)		 2016

(24)		 2021

(24)		 Total
Teams66655677755
Top 16——————77620
Top 844655454340
Top 421332322220
Top 21011211119
1st3
2nd6
3rd5
4th6

Goal-scoring leaders

All-time
Rank Name Country Goals Matches Tournaments Goals per match
1 Falcão  Brazil 48 33 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016 1.45
2 Manoel Tobias  Brazil 43 32 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004 1.34
3 Konstantin Eremenko  Russia 28 18 1992, 1996, 2000 1.56
4 Schumacher  Brazil 25 25 2000, 2004, 2008 1.00
5 Ricardinho  Portugal 22 18 2008, 2012, 2016, 2021 1.43
6 Éder Lima  Russia 19 12 2012, 2016 1.58
7 Pula  Russia 18 14 2008, 2012 1.29
8 Saeid Rajabi  Iran 17 8 1992 2.13
9 Índio  Brazil 15 16 2000, 2004 0.94
10 Daniel  Spain 14 15 2000, 2008 0.93

Individual tournament
Year Player Goals
1989 László Zsadányi 7
1992 Saeid Rajabi 17
1996 Manoel Tobias 14
2000 Manoel Tobias 19
2004 Falcão 13
2008 Pula 16
2012 Éder Lima 9
2016 Ricardinho 12
2021 Ferrão 9

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 Éder Lima Ahmad Esmaeilpour
2021 Lithuania Ricardinho Pany Varela Douglas Júnior

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 Cup Golden Shoe Goals Silver Shoe Goals Bronze Shoe Goals
2008 Brazil Pula 16 Falcão 15 Lenísio 11
2012 Thailand Éder Lima 9 Rodolfo Fortino 8 Fernandinho 7
2016 Colombia Ricardinho 12 Éder Lima 10 Falcão 10
2021 Lithuania Ferrão 9 Pany Varela 8 Taynan da Silva 6

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
2021 Lithuania 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
2021 Lithuania Nguyễn Văn Hiếu

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
1989 Netherlands  United States
1992 Hong Kong  United States
1996 Spain Not awarded
2000 Guatemala
2004 Taiwan
2008 Brazil  Spain
2012 Thailand  Argentina
2016 Colombia  Vietnam
2021 Lithuania  Kazakhstan

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
YearTeamCoach
1989  Brazil Gerson Tristão
1992  Brazil Takão
1996  Brazil Takão
2000  Spain Javier Lozano
2004  Spain
2008  Brazil Paulo de Oliveira
2012  Brazil Marcos Sorato
2016  Argentina Diego Guistozzi
2021  Portugal Jorge Braz

See also

Notes
  1. ^
    At the 2021 edition, in accordance with a ban by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and a decision by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), the team from Russia was not permitted to use the Russian name, flag, or anthem; it participated in the World Cup as "the team of the Russian Football Union (RFU)", and used the flag of the Russian Olympic Committee.[3] For the purpose of continuity in this article, the results of the RFU team in 2021 are considered as de facto results of the Russian national team.

References
  1. "FIFA Futsal World Cup Overview". RSSSF. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
  2. "FIFA World Champions Badge honours Real Madrid's impeccable year". FIFA. 20 October 2014. Archived from the original on December 22, 2019. Retrieved 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.
  3. "Чемпионат мира по мини-футболу стартует в Литве" [Futsal World Cup will start in Lithuania]. TASS (in Russian). 12 September 2021.
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