1989 FIFA Futsal World Championship FIFA Wereldkampioenschap Futsal 1989 Tournament details Host country Netherlands Dates 5–15 January Teams 16 (from 6 confederations) Venue 5 (in 5 host cities) Final positions Champions Brazil (1st title) Runners-up Netherlands Third place United States Fourth place Belgium Tournament statistics Matches played 40 Goals scored 221 (5.53 per match) Attendance 86,500 (2,163 per match) Top scorer Laszlo Zsadanyi (7 goals)Best player Victor Hermans Fair play award United States
International football competition
The1989 FIFA Futsal World Championship was the firstFIFA Futsal World Championship , the quadrennial internationalfutsal championship contested by the men's national teams of the member associations ofFIFA . It was held between 5 and 15 January 1989 in theNetherlands . It was the first non-Olympic FIFA tournament held in the country.
Brazil won the tournament.
Participants 16 countries were invited to participate to the tournament. 6 from Europe, 3 from South America, 2 from North America, Africa and Asia respectively and 1 from Oceania.
Holland has many hundreds of sports halls. The KNVB's organizing committee has picked five of the largest and most attractive as the venues for the 1st FIFA World Championship for Five-A-Side Football.[ 1]
5 January 1989 (1989-01-05 )
20:15
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Hernan Silva Arce (
Chile )
5 January 1989 (1989-01-05 )
21:30
7 January 1989 (1989-01-07 )
19:30
7 January 1989 (1989-01-07 )
21:00
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Antonio Evangelista (
Canada )
8 January 1989 (1989-01-08 )
14:30
8 January 1989 (1989-01-08 )
14:30
6 January 1989 (1989-01-06 )
19:15
7 January 1989 (1989-01-07 )
19:30
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: William N. M. Crombie (
Scotland )
8 January 1989 (1989-01-08 )
14:30
8 January 1989 (1989-01-08 )
14:30
Attendance: 3,100
Referee: Juan Francisco Escobar (
Paraguay )
6 January 1989 (1989-01-06 )
19:45
Attendance: 200
Referee: Juan Francisco Escobar (
Paraguay )
6 January 1989 (1989-01-06 )
21:00
7 January 1989 (1989-01-07 )
18:00
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Hernan Silva Arce (
Chile )
7 January 1989 (1989-01-07 )
19:15
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: J. Andreu Dubon (
Spain )
8 January 1989 (1989-01-08 )
15:45
8 January 1989 (1989-01-08 )
15:45
Attendance: 3,100
Referee: William N. M. Crombie (
Scotland )
6 January 1989 (1989-01-06 )
19:30
6 January 1989 (1989-01-06 )
21:00
7 January 1989 (1989-01-07 )
19:30
Attendance: 500
Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (
Denmark )
7 January 1989 (1989-01-07 )
20:45
Attendance: 500
Referee: Romualdo Arppi Filho (
Brazil )
8 January 1989 (1989-01-08 )
15:45
8 January 1989 (1989-01-08 )
15:45
10 January 1989 (1989-01-10 )
19:45
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: William N. M. Crombie (
Scotland )
10 January 1989 (1989-01-10 )
21:00
11 January 1989 (1989-01-11 )
19:45
Attendance: 800
Referee: Romualdo Arppi Filho (
Brazil )
11 January 1989 (1989-01-11 )
21:00
Attendance: 1,700
Referee: Juan Francisco Escobar (
Paraguay )
12 January 1989 (1989-01-12 )
21:00
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: William N. M. Crombie (
Scotland )
12 January 1989 (1989-01-12 )
21:00
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Hernan Silva Arce (
Chile )
10 January 1989 (1989-01-10 )
19:45
Attendance: 500
Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (
Denmark )
10 January 1989 (1989-01-10 )
21:00
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Luigi Agnolin (
Italy )
11 January 1989 (1989-01-11 )
19:45
Attendance: 1,700
Referee: Hernan Silva Arce (
Chile )
11 January 1989 (1989-01-11 )
21:00
12 January 1989 (1989-01-12 )
21:00
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Antonio Evangelista (
Canada )
12 January 1989 (1989-01-12 )
21:00
Belgium 3–3 (a.e.t. ) Brazil Reul 16' Schreurs 54' Maes 57' Report Raul 41' Cadinho 53' Benatti 56' Penalties Beyers Papanicolaou Lamotte Schreurs 3–5 Raul Marquinhos Benatti Carlos Alberto Serginho
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Hernan Silva Arce (
Chile )
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: William N. M. Crombie (
Scotland )
FIFA Futsal World Championships 1989 winners Brazil First title
7 goals Laszlo Zsadanyi6 goals 5 goals Eric Maes Raul Toca Laszlo Rozsa Andrea Famà Marcel LoosveldJim Gabarra 4 goals 3 goals Khaled Lounici Alain Fostier Nico Papanicolaou Marquinhos Neimar Mario Faber Daniel Armora Domingo ValenciaTab Ramos 2 goals 1 goal Per statistical convention in football, matches decided inextra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided bypenalty shoot-out are counted as draws.