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Futsal is a football-based sport played on a hardcourt like a basketball court, smaller than a football pitch, and mainly indoors. It has similarities to five-a-side football and indoor football. [1] Futsal is played between two teams of five players each, one of whom is the goalkeeper. Unlimited substitutions are permitted.
Futsal tournament in Japan Player scoring in a football game. Futsal began in the 1930s in South America as a version of association football (soccer), taking elements of its parent game into an indoor format so players could still play during inclement weather. Over the years, both sports have developed, creating a situation where the two ...
Futsal – variant of association football that is played on a smaller hard court surface and mainly played indoors. [144] Involves two teams with five players each, one of whom is the goalkeeper , with an unlimited number of substitutes permitted and is played in two periods each lasting 20 minutes. [ 144 ]
Futsal is a version of indoor five-a-side football developed by the Asociación Mundial de Fútbol de Salón (AMF / English: World Futsal Association). It currently has two governing bodies: the AMF and the association football international body; the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA).
Futsal Across America has created developmental Futsal programs for schools, clubs and communities. [13] The national team has placed runner-up in 1992 and third place in 1989 at the FIFA Futsal World Cup .
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). The world championship tournament was held every three years until 2003, and is now played every four years.
The 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup was the tenth edition of the FIFA Futsal World Cup, the quadrennial international futsal championship contested by the men's national teams of the member associations of FIFA. The tournament was held in Uzbekistan. [1] It was the first FIFA tournament ever hosted by Uzbekistan and a Central Asian country.
Due to a dispute between FIFA and FIFUSA over the name of fútbol, FIFUSA registered the word futsal in 1985 (Madrid, Spain). In the 1990s, FIFA wanted to promote and spread its own version of indoor football, different from the original one played in the South American countries, but didn't manage to find an agreement with FIFUSA at the Rio de ...