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During its second world championships held in Madrid in 1985, the Spanish name fútbol sala was used. The World Futsal Association registered the name futsal in 1985, following a dispute with FIFA over the name fútbol. Since then, futsal has become the officially and internationally accepted name, and FIFA has also started using the term.
The top teams play in the División de Honor (also called Liga Nacional de Fútbol Sala). In each division, a team plays all other teams twice, once at home and once away. [1] The Spanish league teams compete in Europe under UEFA, most notably in the UEFA Futsal Cup with great success, being the national league holding more continental titles. [2]
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 ...
In 1989, after of years of struggle for the futsal control, the two futsal club associations, ACEFS and ASOFUSA merge to create Liga Nacional de Fútbol Sala. [3] [4] [5] From 2011–12' season onwards, División de Honor will be known as Primera División. [6] On the 2012–13 season, the league was reduced from 16 to 14 teams. [7]
Futsal (from Portuguese: futebol de salão and Spanish: fútbol de salón) – the FIFA-approved five-a-side indoor game. Beach soccer – played on sand, also known as sand football. Like futsal, it is governed by FIFA. Indoor soccer – the six-a-side indoor game as played in North America.
Number Year Champion Score Runner-up Host 1 1997 (spring) Internacional: 4–2 FC Barcelona: Porto Alegre (): 2 1997 (autumn) Dina Moskva: 5–4, 3–2, 4–2
The Primera División Sala is the top level women's futsal league in Spain, organized by the Royal Spanish Football Federation. The competition, which is played under UEFA rules, currently consists of 16 teams.
Inter Fútbol Sala, known as Inter Movistar Fútbol Sala for sponsorship reasons, is a professional futsal club based in Torrejón de Ardoz, Madrid. The club was founded in 1977 and its pavilion is the Pabellón Jorge Garbajosa with capacity of 3,136 seated spectators.