FIFA Futsal World Cup

futsal tournament for national teams

The FIFA Futsal World Cup is the international competition for men's national teams of Futsal, the indoor version of football organized by FIFA. The tournament is held every 4 years, and on the even year between each FIFA World Cup. For example, if the World Cup is in 2018 and 2022, the Futsal World Cup would be held in 2020 between the 2018 and 2022 World Cups.

The first event was held in 1989 in the Netherlands. The current champion is Argentina. They won the 2016 tournament.

Results
# Year Host Winner Score Runner-up # of teams
1 1989  Netherlands  Brazil 2-1  Netherlands 16
2 1992  Hong Kong  Brazil 4-1  United States 16
3 1996  Spain  Brazil 6-4  Spain 16
4 2000  Guatemala  Spain 4-3  Brazil 16
5 2004  Chinese Taipei  Spain 2-1  Italy 16
6 2008  Brazil  Brazil 2-2 (extra time)

4-3 (penalties)

 Spain 20
7 2012  Thailand  Brazil 3-2 (extra time)  Spain 24
8 2016  Colombia  Argentina 5-4  Russia 24

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