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. The first edition took place in 1989 in the Netherlands, and the tournament has been held every four years since 1992, on the even year between two football World Cups. 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.

FIFA Futsal World Cup
Founded1989 (1989)
RegionInternational (FIFA)
Number of teams24 (finals)
Current champions Portugal
(1st title)
Most successful team(s) Brazil
(5 titles)
WebsiteOfficial website
2021 FIFA Futsal World Cup

All events prior to 2008 had been 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 which 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 final series.

Results
Edition Year Hosts Champions Score Runners-up Third place Score Fourth place No. of teams
1 1989
Details		  Netherlands
Brazil		 2–1
Netherlands
United States		 3–2 (a.e.t.)
Belgium		 16
2 1992
Details		  Hong Kong
Brazil		 4–1
United States
Spain		 9–6
Iran		 16
3 1996
Details		  Spain
Brazil		 6–4
Spain
Russia		 3–2
Ukraine		 16
4 2000
Details		  Guatemala
Spain		 4–3
Brazil
Portugal		 4–2
Russia		 16
5 2004
Details		  Taiwan
Spain		 2–1
Italy
Brazil		 7–4
Argentina		 16
6 2008
Details		  Brazil
Brazil		 2–2 (a.e.t.)
4–3 (pen)
Spain
Italy		 2–1
Russia		 20
7 2012
Details		 Thailand
Brazil		 3–2 (a.e.t.)
Spain
Italy		 3–0
Colombia		 24
8 2016
Details		  Colombia
Argentina		 5–4
Russia
Iran		 2–2
4–3 (pen)
Portugal		 24
9 2021[lower-alpha 1]
Details		  Lithuania
Portugal		 2–1
Argentina
Brazil		 4–2
Kazakhstan		 24
10 2024
Details		 TBD TBD TBD
  1. Originally scheduled for 2020. Delayed one year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Teams reaching the top four
Team Titles Runners-up Third place Fourth place Total (Top 4)
 Brazil 5 (1989, 1992, 1996, 2008*, 2012) 1 (2000) 2 (2004, 2021) – 8
 Spain 2 (2000, 2004) 3 (1996*, 2008, 2012) 1 (1992) – 6
 Argentina 1 (2016) 1 (2021) – 1 (2004) 3
 Portugal 1 (2021) – 1 (2000) 1 (2016) 3
 Italy – 1 (2004) 2 (2008, 2012) – 3
 Russia – 1 (2016) 1 (1996) 2 (2000, 2008) 4
 United States – 1 (1992) 1 (1989) – 2
 Netherlands – 1 (1989*) – – 1
 Iran – – 1 (2016) 1 (1992) 2
 Belgium – – – 1 (1989) 1
 Colombia – – – 1 (2012) 1
 Ukraine – – – 1 (1996) 1
 Kazakhstan – – – 1 (2021) 1

(*) Host

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

Results by confederation
Total times teams played by confederation
AFC CAF CONCACAF CONMEBOL OFC UEFA Total
Teams29142227848148
Top 16*8352204280
Top 81301202238
Top 42021001832
Top 200170917
1st0006028
2nd0011068
3rd1011058
4th1002058

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

All-time table
Rank Team Editions Pld W D L GF GA Dif Pts
1  Brazil 9675764428101+327177
2  Spain 9614858260118+142149
3  Argentina 95530718163124+3997
4  Russia[RFU] 74527513241114+12786
5  Italy 7432731315396+5784
6  Portugal 537226912676+5072
7  Iran 84019615137133+463
8  Ukraine 5301451110581+2447
9  Netherlands 42612597676041
10  United States 6321241691108-1740
11  Paraguay 728105139388+535
12  Belgium 32010285651+532
13  Egypt 7281001897115−1830
14  Kazakhstan 3146264741+620
15  Czech Republic 41862103753−1620
16  Thailand 622611556102−4619
17  Colombia 2114342725+215
18  Guatemala 51650114888−4015
19  Japan 51742124777−3014
20  Uruguay 3134183039−913
21  Costa Rica 51641113973−3413
22  Australia 721411634118−8413
23  Serbia 283142718+910
24  Croatia 163031815+39
25  Hungary 162222317+68
26  Morocco 3112272436−128
27  Azerbaijan 152122518+77
28  Venezuela 1421165+17
29  Vietnam 282151233−217
30  Poland 162041522−76
31  Panama 3102082458−346
32  Denmark 131111210+24
33  Uzbekistan 271152130-94
34  Canada 131027703
35  Hong Kong 131027703
36  Kuwait 13102813−53
37  Cuba 51310122491−673
38  Solomon Islands 413101222142−1203
39  Libya 270161036−261
40  China 31000101566−510
41  Nigeria 13003715−80
42  Lithuania 13003311-80
43  Mexico 13003413−90
44  Angola 13003616-100
45  Zimbabwe 13003314−110
46  Algeria 13003517−120
47  Mozambique 13003722−150
48  Malaysia 13003424−200
49  Saudi Arabia 13003427−230
50  Chinese Taipei 13003229−270
Map of countries' best results

Bold indicates teams who qualified for the 2021 FIFA Futsal World Cup.

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 Chinese Taipei
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.[1]

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.[2] 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 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.
  2. "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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