FIFA Futsal World Cup

Organising body	FIFA
Founded	1989; 33 years ago (1989)
Region	International
Number of teams	24 (finals)
Current champions	Portugal (1st title)
Most successful team(s)	Brazil (5 titles)
Website	fifa.com/futsalworldcup
2021 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.

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 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 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.

Results

Ed.	Year	Hosts		Champions	Score	Runners-up		Third place	Score	Fourth place		No. of teams
1	1989	Netherlands		Brazil	2–1	Netherlands		United States	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Belgium		16
2	1992	Hong Kong		Brazil	4–1	United States		Spain	9–6	Iran		16
3	1996	Spain		Brazil	6–4	Spain		Russia	3–2	Ukraine		16
4	2000	Guatemala		Spain	4–3	Brazil		Portugal	4–2	Russia		16
5	2004	Taiwan		Spain	2–1	Italy		Brazil	7–4	Argentina		16
6	2008	Brazil		Brazil	2–2 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	Spain		Italy	2–1	Russia		20
7	2012	Thailand		Brazil	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Spain		Italy	3–0	Colombia		24
8	2016	Colombia		Argentina	5–4	Russia		Iran	2–2 (4–3 p)	Portugal		24
9	2021 [a]	Lithuania		Portugal	2–1	Argentina		Brazil	4–2	Kazakhstan		24
10	2024			TBD				TBD				TBD

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

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Brazil	5	1	2	8
2	Spain	2	3	1	6
3	Argentina	1	1	0	2
4	Portugal	1	0	1	2
5	Italy	0	1	2	3
6	Russia	0	1	1	2
	United States	0	1	1	2
8	Netherlands	0	1	0	1
9	Iran	0	0	1	1
Totals (9 entries)		9	9	9	27

Results by confederation

Participating nations

All-time table

Rank	Team	Editions	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Dif	Pts
1	Brazil	9	67	57	6	4	428	101	+327	177
2	Spain	9	61	48	5	8	260	118	+142	149
3	Argentina	9	55	30	7	18	163	124	+39	97
4	Russia[RFU]	7	45	27	5	13	241	114	+127	86
5	Italy	7	43	27	3	13	153	96	+57	84
6	Portugal	5	37	22	6	9	126	76	+50	72
7	Iran	8	40	19	6	15	137	133	+4	63
8	Ukraine	5	30	14	5	11	105	81	+24	47
9	Netherlands	4	26	12	5	9	76	76	0	41
10	United States	6	32	12	4	16	91	108	−17	40
11	Paraguay	7	28	10	5	13	93	88	+5	35
12	Belgium	3	20	10	2	8	56	51	+5	32
13	Egypt	7	28	10	0	18	97	115	−18	30
14	Kazakhstan	3	14	6	2	6	47	41	+6	20
15	Czech Republic	4	18	6	2	10	37	53	−16	20
16	Thailand	6	22	6	1	15	56	102	−46	19
17	Colombia	2	11	4	3	4	27	25	+2	15
18	Guatemala	5	16	5	0	11	48	88	−40	15
19	Japan	5	17	4	2	12	47	77	−30	14
20	Uruguay	3	13	4	1	8	30	39	−9	13
21	Costa Rica	5	16	4	1	11	39	73	−34	13
22	Australia	7	21	4	1	16	34	118	−84	13
23	Serbia	2	8	3	1	4	27	18	+9	10
24	Croatia	1	6	3	0	3	18	15	+3	9
25	Hungary	1	6	2	2	2	23	17	+6	8
26	Morocco	3	11	2	2	7	24	36	−12	8
27	Azerbaijan	1	5	2	1	2	25	18	+7	7
28	Venezuela	1	4	2	1	1	6	5	+1	7
29	Vietnam	2	8	2	1	5	12	33	−21	7
30	Poland	1	6	2	0	4	15	22	−7	6
31	Panama	3	10	2	0	8	24	58	−34	6
32	Denmark	1	3	1	1	1	12	10	+2	4
33	Uzbekistan	2	7	1	1	5	21	30	−9	4
34	Canada	1	3	1	0	2	7	7	0	3
35	Hong Kong	1	3	1	0	2	7	7	0	3
36	Kuwait	1	3	1	0	2	8	13	−5	3
37	Cuba	5	13	1	0	12	24	91	−67	3
38	Solomon Islands	4	13	1	0	12	22	142	−120	3
39	Libya	2	7	0	1	6	10	36	−26	1
40	China	3	10	0	0	10	15	66	−51	0
41	Nigeria	1	3	0	0	3	7	15	−8	0
42	Lithuania	1	3	0	0	3	3	11	−8	0
43	Mexico	1	3	0	0	3	4	13	−9	0
44	Angola	1	3	0	0	3	6	16	−10	0
45	Zimbabwe	1	3	0	0	3	3	14	−11	0
46	Algeria	1	3	0	0	3	5	17	−12	0
47	Mozambique	1	3	0	0	3	7	22	−15	0
48	Malaysia	1	3	0	0	3	4	24	−20	0
49	Saudi Arabia	1	3	0	0	3	4	27	−23	0
50	Chinese Taipei	1	3	0	0	3	2	29	−27	0

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

Year	Team	Coach
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