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Futsal comes from the Portuguese futebol de salão and from the Spanish fútbol sala or fútbol de salón (all translatable as "indoor football"). During its second world championships held in Madrid in 1985, the Spanish name fútbol sala was used.
During the 1970s Dante Vargas and the Instituto Nacional de Recreación (National Recreation Institute) tried to promote the sport, but they failed because of the popularity of street football. Years later, the Peruvian Football Federation, helped by some Regatas Lima club members, tried to develop a program to promote futsal, but it failed again.
The Liga Colombiana de Fútbol Sala (English: Colombian Futsal League), known as Liga BetPlay Futsal FCF for sponsorship reasons, is the professional futsal league in Colombia. It was founded in 2011. [1] Administered by the Colombian Football Federation, it is currently contested by 32 teams.
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 ...
The Colombia national futsal team represents Colombia in international futsal competitions. It is overseen by the Colombian Football Federation in FIFA competitions and by the Fecolfutsal in AMF competitions.
Copa Mundial de Fútbol Sala de la FIFA Colombia 2016; Tournament details; Host country: Colombia: Dates: 10 September – 1 October: Teams: 24 (from 6 confederations) Venue(s) 3 (in 3 host cities) Final positions; Champions Argentina (1st title) Runners-up Russia: Third place Iran: Fourth place Portugal: Tournament statistics; Matches played ...
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.