TheFIFA Futsal World Cup is an internationalfutsal competition contested by the seniormen's national teams of the member associations ofFIFA, the sport's global governing body. Since the first edition that took place in1989 in theNetherlands, the tournament has been held every four years since 1992 in the even year between two11-a-sideWorld Cups.
The current champions areBrazil, who won their sixth world title after beating rivalsArgentina in the final of the2024 tournament in Uzbekistan.
All events prior to2008 were 16-team events. The first event featured 6 teams fromEurope, 3 fromSouth America, 2 fromAfrica, 2 fromAsia, 2 fromNorth and Central America and 1 fromOceania. Since2012, it includes 24 teams split to a six groupround-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-teamknockout stage.
The first international futsal confederation, the South American Futsal Confederation, was formed in 1965 and consisted of 5 nations (Uruguay,Paraguay,Peru,Argentina, andBrazil). FIFA recognized it as a new discipline unofficially in 1986 and officially in 1988.[1][2][3]
24 national teams appear in the final tournament. 23 countries, including the defending champion, have to qualify in the continental competitions of the six confederations. The host country automatically qualifies.
In this ranking3 points are awarded for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss. As per statistical convention in football, matches decided inextra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided bypenalty shoot-outs are counted as draws. Teams are ranked by total points, then by goal difference, then by goals scored.[4]
Theadidas 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.
For continuity purposes the results of the Russian team at the 2021 tournament, where it participated as "RFU" (Russian Football Union) and under the flag of the Russian Olympic Committee in accordance with doping sanctions imposed on the country, are counted towards Russia's totals.
^"FIFA World Champions Badge honours Real Madrid's impeccable year".FIFA. 20 October 2014. Archived fromthe original on December 22, 2019. Retrieved21 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.