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The 1989 FIFA Futsal World Championship was the first FIFA Futsal World Championship, the quadrennial international futsal championship contested by the men's national teams of the member associations of FIFA. It was held between 5 and 15 January 1989 in the Netherlands. It was the first non-Olympic FIFA tournament held in the country.
The FIFA Futsal World Cup is an international futsal competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the member associations of FIFA, the sport's global governing body. Since the first edition that took place in 1989 in the Netherlands, the tournament has been held every four years since 1992 in the even year between two 11-a-side ...
Futsal is an association 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.
This was the first FIFA men's tournament held in Southeast Asia since the Malaysia 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship, and was the first FIFA men's tournament held in the country, having hosted the 2004 FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship. Defending champions Brazil won the title for the fifth time, defeating Spain in a rematch of the 2008 final.
This is a list of the futsal competitions past and present for international teams and for club futsal, in individual countries and internationally. The competitions are grouped by organizing authority: FIFA (international association), the six confederations (continental associations), the federations (national associations) and the AMF (international association).
The team (and sport) is governed by The Football Association and delivered by their chosen partner England Futsal Limited. The national team was first formed in 2003, after futsal started to gain popularity in 2002. [2] Home matches are played at various venues around the country.
It was the first competition of any kind for the FSM islands for five years (since the three islands participated in the 2018 Micronesian Games) and its first futsal event. [1] [2] Yap emerged as the champions of the tournament by defeating Kosrae in the final with a score of 9 to 7.
It was first held in 1996 and has been played every four years. It is a qualification to FIFA Futsal World Cup. In 2015, the CAF Executive Committee changed the name of the tournament from the African Futsal Championship to the Futsal Africa Cup of Nations, similar to the football's version, Africa Cup of Nations. [1] [2]