The AMF Futsal World Championships (previously called the FIFUSA Futsal World Championships) is the international championships for futsal, the indoor version of football organized by FIFUSA (1971–2002) and AMF (2003–present).
Organising body | AMF |
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Founded | Men: 1982 Women: 2008 |
Region | International |
Number of teams | Men: 16 Women: 12 |
Current champions | Men: Paraguay (4th title) Women: Colombia (2nd title) |
Most successful team(s) | Men: Paraguay (4 titles) Women: Colombia (2 titles) |
Website | Official website |
The world championship tournament was held every three years until 2003, and is now played every four years. The first event was held in 1982 in Brazil. The South American teams have won most of the championships, with Colombia and Paraguay as the most successful teams with 3 titles each.
Since 2008, a women's tournament is also held. As of 2017, only three tournaments have been played: the 2008 edition in Spain, the 2013 edition in Colombia and the 2017 edition held once again in Spain.
Results
editMen's tournament
editWomen's tournament
editYear | Host | Winner | Score | Runner-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | Number of teams | |||
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2008 Details |
Catalonia | Catalonia |
4–0 | Galicia |
Colombia |
6–4 | Russia |
12 | |||
2013 Details |
Colombia | Colombia |
3–2 | Venezuela |
Czech Republic |
4–3 | Argentina |
16 | |||
2017 Details |
Catalonia | Brazil |
4–2 | Argentina |
Colombia |
3–0 | Paraguay |
12 | |||
2022 Details |
Colombia | Colombia |
12–0 | Canada |
Venezuela |
3–0 | Catalonia |
12 | |||
2026 Details |
Ranking
edit- * = hosts
Men's tournament
editTeam | Titles | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place | Top 4 finishes |
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Paraguay | 4 (1988, 2003*, 2007, 2023) | 4 (1982, 1991, 2011, 2015) | 2 (1985, 2019) | 0 | 9 |
Colombia | 3 (2000, 2011*, 2015) | 2 (1994, 2003) | 2 (2007, 2023) | 1 (1982) | 7 |
Brazil | 2 (1982*, 1985) | 2 (1988, 2019) | 2 (1991, 1997) | 1 (1994) | 7 |
Argentina | 2 (1994*, 2019*) | 1 (2007*) | 3 (2000, 2011, 2015) | 1 (1985) | 7 |
Portugal | 1 (1991) | 0 | 0 | 1 (1988) | 2 |
Venezuela | 1 (1997) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Uruguay | 0 | 2 (1997, 2023) | 2 (1982, 1994) | 0 | 3 |
Bolivia | 0 | 1 (2000*) | 1 (2003) | 1 (1991) | 3 |
Spain | 0 | 1 (1985*) | 1 (1988) | 0 | 2 |
Russia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 (1997, 2000, 2011) | 3 |
Peru | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (2003, 2007) | 2 |
Belgium | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (2015) | 1 |
South Africa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (2019) | 1 |
Catalonia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (2023) | 1 |
Women's tournament
editTeam | Titles | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place | Top 4 finishes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Colombia | 2 (2013*, 2022*) | 0 | 2 (2008, 2017) | 0 | 4 |
Catalonia | 1 (2008*) | 0 | 0 | 1 (2022) | 2 |
Brazil | 1 (2017) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Venezuela | 0 | 1 (2013) | 1 (2022) | 0 | 2 |
Argentina | 0 | 1 (2017) | 0 | 1 (2013) | 2 |
Galicia | 0 | 1 (2008) | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Canada | 0 | 1 (2022) | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Czech Republic | 0 | 0 | 1 (2013) | 0 | 1 |
Russia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (2008) | 1 |
Paraguay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (2017) | 1 |
Comprehensive team results by tournament
editMen's tournament
edit- Legend
- 1st — Champions
- 2nd — Runners-up
- 3rd — Third place
- 4th — Fourth place
- QF — Quarterfinals
- R2 — Round 2
- R1 — Round 1
- Q — Qualified for upcoming tournament
- × – Did not enter
- •• — Qualified but withdrew
- XX — Country did not exist or national team was inactive
- — Hosts
general table
editNation | 1982 |
1985 |
1988 |
1991 |
1994 |
1997 |
2000 |
2003 |
2007 |
2011 |
2015 |
2019 |
2023 |
Years |
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Angola | × | × | × | × | × | R1 | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | 1 |
Argentina | R1 | 4th | R2 | QF | 1st | QF | 3rd | R2 | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | × | 12 |
Armenia | ●● | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | 1 | ||||
Australia | × | R2 | R2 | R1 | × | × | R1 | R1 | × | × | R1 | R1 | R1 | 8 |
Belarus | R2 | QF | R1 | × | × | QF | QF | × | × | 6 | ||||
Belgium | × | × | × | × | × | R1 | R1 | R1 | QF | ●● | 4th | × | × | 5 |
Bolivia | × | × | × | 4th | QF | R1 | 2nd | 3rd | QF | × | × | R1 | R1 | 8 |
Brazil | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 3rd | QF | R2 | × | R1 | R1 | 2nd | QF | 12 |
Canada | × | R1 | R1 | R1 | R2 | × | × | R1 | R1 | R1 | × | × | R1 | 8 |
Catalonia | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | R1 | R1 | ●● | QF | 4th | 4 |
Chile | × | × | × | × | ●● | × | × | × | R1 | × | × | × | R1 | 2 |
Colombia | 4th | × | × | R2 | 2nd | QF | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 1st | QF | 3rd | 11 |
Costa Rica | R1 | R1 | R1 | ●● | R2 | QF | R1 | × | × | × | × | × | × | 6 |
Curaçao | R1 | R1 | × | 2 | ||||||||||
Czech Republic/ Czechoslovakia |
R1 | R2 | R2 | QF | R2 | R1 | × | R1 | QF | R1 | QF | × | × | 10 |
DR Congo | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | R1 | × | × | × | × | × | 1 |
Ecuador | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | R1 | QF | R1 | × | × | × | 3 |
England | × | × | R1 | R1 | × | x | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | 2 |
France | × | × | × | R1 | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | QF | R1 | 3 |
Hungary | × | × | R1 | R1 | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | 2 |
India | ●● | 0 | ||||||||||||
Ireland | × | × | × | x | x | x | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | |
Israel | × | × | × | R1 | R1 | R1 | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | 3 |
Italy | R1 | × | R1 | R1 | R1 | × | × | R1 | × | × | × | R1 | × | 6 |
Japan | R1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | × | R1 | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | 5 |
Kyrgyzstan | × | × | × | × | × | × | R1 | × | × | 1 | ||||
Mexico | × | × | × | R2 | R2 | R1 | R2 | × | × | R1 | × | × | QF | 6 |
Moldova | R1 | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | 1 | ||||
Morocco | × | × | × | × | R1 | R1 | R1 | × | × | × | R1 | QF | SF | 6 |
Nepal | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | R1 | × | 1 |
Netherlands | R1 | R1 | x | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | 3 |
Netherlands Antilles | × | × | × | × | × | x | R1 | × | × | × | 1 | |||
New Zealand | × | × | R1 | ●● | × | × | × | × | × | R1 | × | × | × | 2 |
Norway | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | R1 | × | R1 | × | × | 2 |
Pakistan | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | ●● | × | 0 |
Paraguay | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | QF | × | QF | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 12 |
Peru | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | 4th | 4th | QF | × | × | R1 | 4 |
Portugal | × | R2 | 4th | 1st | R2 | R2 | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | 5 |
Puerto Rico | × | × | × | R1 | R1 | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | 2 |
Russia/ Soviet Union |
× | × | × | R1 | R2 | 4th | 4th | R2 | R1 | 4th | QF | ●● | × | 8 |
Slovakia | R2 | R1 | R2 | × | × | × | R1 | × | × | 4 | ||||
South Africa | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | 4th | × | 1 |
South Ossetia | R1 | × | × | × | 1 | |||||||||
Spain | × | 2nd | 3rd | QF | QF | R2 | QF | R2 | × | × | × | × | × | 7 |
Ukraine | × | × | × | R1 | × | × | × | × | × | 1 | ||||
United States | × | × | R1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | × | × | × | × | × | R1 | QF | 6 |
Uruguay | 3rd | R2 | R2 | R2 | 3rd | 2nd | R2 | × | R1 | R1 | QF | R1 | 2nd | 12 |
Venezuela | × | × | × | QF | QF | 1st | × | × | R1 | QF | R1 | × | ●● | 6 |
Nations | 10 | 12 | 16 | 24 | 24 | 20 | 16 | 20 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
Women's tournament
edit- Legend
- 1st — Champions
- 2nd — Runners-up
- 3rd — Third place
- 4th — Fourth place
- QF — Quarterfinals
- R1 — Round 1
- Q — Qualified for upcoming tournament
- × – Did not enter
- •• — Qualified but withdrew
- — Hosts
Team | 2008 |
2013 |
2017 |
2022 |
Years |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Argentina | QF | 4th | 2nd | × | 3 |
Australia | QF | QF | R1 | R1 | 4 |
Belgium | R1 | × | × | × | 1 |
Bolivia | × | × | × | R1 | 1 |
Brazil | × | R1 | 1st | × | 2 |
Canada | × | R1 | × | 2nd | 2 |
Catalonia | 1st | QF | QF | 4th | 4 |
Chile | × | × | × | QF | 1 |
Chinese Taipei | × | QF | R1 | × | 2 |
Colombia | 3rd | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 4 |
Czech Republic | R1 | 3rd | ●● | × | 2 |
Ecuador | × | × | × | QF | 1 |
El Salvador | × | R1 | × | × | 1 |
France | × | ●● | R1 | R1 | 2 |
Galicia | 2nd | × | × | × | 1 |
Italy | R1 | R1 | QF | × | 3 |
Morocco | × | R1 | ●● | × | 1 |
Paraguay | QF | QF | 4th | QF | 4 |
Peru | × | × | × | R1 | 1 |
Russia | 4th | R1 | ●● | × | 2 |
South Africa | × | × | R1 | × | 1 |
Switzerland | × | × | QF | × | 1 |
Ukraine | R1 | × | × | × | 1 |
United States | × | R1 | QF | ●● | 2 |
Uruguay | × | R1 | × | QF | 2 |
Venezuela | QF | 2nd | ●● | 3rd | 3 |
Nations | 12 | 16 | 12 | 12 |
References
edit- ^ "Argentina será sede del próximo Mundial de Mayores en 2019 - El Sureño". surenio.com.ar. 10 April 2016. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
- ^ "Desde el 28 de noviembre, 16 paises irán en pos del cetro mundial en Tijuana". 20 October 2023.
- ^ "Federació Catalana de Futbol Sala".
External links
edit- AMF website Archived 2014-12-19 at the Wayback Machine
- RSSSF.com FIFUSA World Championship