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Asociación Mundial de Futsal

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World Futsal Association — AMF
French version
SportFutsal (football of salon) Futsal
AbbreviationAMF
HeadquartersAsunción, Paraguay
PresidentRolando Alarcón Ríos
SecretaryWilfrido Coffi
Other key staffJaime Arroyave
Kurt Hardvet
Namdev Shirgonkar
Abdel Morkhtar
Antonio Cifuentes
Replaced1 December 2002 as AMF
(founded)25 July 1971 as FIFUSA
Official website
www.amfutsal.com.py

The World Futsal Association (AMF) is a governing body of futsal for both independent and non-independent states or regions, headquartered in Asunción, Paraguay. It was founded on 25 July 1971 as the International Futsal Federation (FIFUSA) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. On 1 December 2002, the organisation was replaced and changed its name to the Spanish version Asociación Mundial de Futsal (AMF).[1]

Names

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  1. FIFUSA: Federação Internacional de Futebol de Salão or Federación Internacional de Fútbol de Salón (International Federation of Indoor Football; 1971–2002)
  2. AMF: Asociación Mundial de Futsal (World Futsal Association; 2003–present)

History

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See also History of futsal

Futsal started in Montevideo, Uruguay, in 1930, when Juan Carlos Ceriani created a version of indoor football for recreation in YMCAs. In 1965, the South American Futsal Confederation was formed, consisting of Uruguay, Paraguay, Peru, Argentina and Brazil.

The sport began to spread across South America, and its popularity led to the formation of a governing body in 1971 under the name of FIFUSA (Federação Internacional de Futebol de Salão or Federación Internacional de Fútbol de Salón), comprising Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Peru, Portugal and Uruguay, and the creation of world championships. The first FIFUSA World Championship was held in São Paulo, with hosts Brazil crowned champions ahead of Paraguay and Uruguay. Even more countries participated in the second World Championship held in Madrid in 1985.

Due to a dispute between FIFA and FIFUSA over the use of the word "football", FIFUSA started using the term futsal in 1985, although FIFA also adopted it four years later.[2] In the 1990s, FIFA wanted to promote and spread its own version of indoor football, different from the original one played in South America, but it could not find an agreement with FIFUSA at the Rio de Janeiro Congress in 1989. In 2000, there was another failed attempt to repair the situation in Guatemala, where FIFA was holding its fourth world championship of futsal. In December 2002, FIFUSA was reorganised into the World Futsal Association (AMF).[3][4]

AMF's current version of futsal is different from the version developed by FIFA. Notably, AMF's futsal has throw-ins instead of kick-ins, and corner throws instead of corner kicks.[5][6]

Organisation

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Confederation Continent
Confédération Africaine de Futsal (CAFUSA) Africa
Confederation of Asian Futsal (CAFS) Asia
Futsal European Federation (FEF) Europe
Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Futsal (CONCACFUTSAL) North America, Central America and Caribbean
Oceania Futsal Confederation (OFC) Oceania
Confederación Panamericana de Futsal (CPFS/PANAFUTSAL) Americas
Confederación Sudamericana de Futsal (CSFS) South America

AMF Futsal World Cup

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The AMF and its respective confederations organise futsal tournaments around the world. The AMF Futsal World Cup, which was first staged in 1982, is held every four years.

A women's world cup was first staged in 2008. In 2017, Brazil became the first non-host nation team to win the women's tournament.[7]

Current title holders

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Competition Year Champions Title Runners-up Next edition
National teams (Men's)
AMF Futsal World Cup 2023  Paraguay 4th  Uruguay 2027
National teams (Women's)
AMF Futsal Women's World Cup 2022  Colombia 1st  Canada 2026

Results in FIFUSA/AMF competitions

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Men's national teams

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International

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Competition Year Host Winner Runner-up 3rd 4th
FIFUSA World
Futsal Championships 		1982 Brazil  Brazil  Paraguay  Colombia  Uruguay
1985 Spain  Brazil  Spain  Paraguay  Argentina
1988 Australia  Paraguay  Brazil  Spain  Portugal
1991 Italy  Portugal  Paraguay  Brazil  Bolivia
1994 Argentina  Argentina  Colombia  Uruguay  Brazil
1997 Mexico  Venezuela  Uruguay  Brazil  Russia
2000 Bolivia  Colombia  Bolivia  Argentina  Russia
AMF World
Futsal Championships 		2003 Paraguay  Paraguay  Colombia  Bolivia  Peru
2007 Argentina  Paraguay  Argentina  Colombia  Peru
2011 Colombia  Colombia  Paraguay  Argentina  Russia
2015 Belarus  Colombia  Paraguay  Argentina  Belgium
2019 Argentina  Argentina  Brazil  Paraguay  South Africa
2023 Mexico  Paraguay  Uruguay  Colombia  Catalonia
World Games 2013 Colombia  Colombia  Venezuela  Brazil  Argentina

Continental (major)

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Continental Year Host Winner Runner-up 3rd 4th
UEFS European
Futsal Championship 		1989 Spain  Portugal  Spain  Czechoslovakia  Israel
1990 Portugal  Portugal  Czechoslovakia  Spain  England
1992 Portugal  Spain  Russia  Portugal  Israel
1995 Morocco  Slovakia  Morocco  Russia  Czech Republic
1998 Slovakia  Russia  Spain  Slovakia  Belarus
2004 Belarus  Belarus  Czech Republic  Russia  Ukraine
2006 CataloniaCatalonia  Russia  Catalonia  Czech Republic  Belgium
2008 Belgium  Russia  Czech Republic  Belarus  Belgium
2010 Russia  Russia  Belgium  Czech Republic  Belarus
2012 Belarus  Belgium  Czech Republic  Russia  Catalonia
2014 Czech Republic  Belarus  Belgium  Catalonia  Russia
2016 Russia  Russia  Italy  Czech Republic &  Kazakhstan
2018 Catalonia  Belgium  Czech Republic  Russia &  Latvia
South American
Futsal Championship 		1965 Paraguay  Paraguay  Uruguay  Brazil  Argentina
1969 Paraguay  Brazil  Paraguay  Argentina  Uruguay
1971 Brazil  Brazil  Uruguay  Paraguay  Peru
1973 Uruguay  Brazil  Uruguay  Paraguay  Argentina
1975 Argentina  Brazil  Uruguay  Paraguay  Argentina
1976 Uruguay  Brazil  Paraguay  Uruguay  Argentina
1977 Brazil  Brazil  Paraguay  Colombia  Uruguay
1979 Colombia  Brazil  Uruguay  Argentina  Bolivia
1983 Uruguay  Brazil  Paraguay  Uruguay  Argentina
1986 Argentina  Brazil  Paraguay  Argentina  Uruguay
1989 Brazil  Brazil  Paraguay  Uruguay  Bolivia

Women's national teams

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International

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Continental Year Host Winner Runner-up 3rd 4th
AMF Futsal Women's World Cup 2008 Catalonia  Catalonia  Galicia  Colombia  Russia
2013 Colombia  Colombia  Venezuela  Czech Republic  Argentina
2017 Catalonia  Brazil  Argentina  Colombia  Paraguay
2022 Colombia  Colombia  Canada  Venezuela  Catalonia

Continental

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Continental Year Host Winner Runner-up 3rd 4th
Europe (UEFS) 2001 Russia  Russia  Belarus  Italy
2004 Russia  Russia  Catalonia  Ukraine  Belgium
2007 Czech Republic  Czech Republic  Russia  Slovakia  Ukraine
2009 Poland  Russia  Czech Republic  Catalonia  Poland
2011 Czech Republic  Czech Republic  Russia  Catalonia  France
2015 Catalonia  Russia  Czech Republic  Catalonia  Netherlands

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "AMF Sets Up Committee to Study Laws of the Game". Futsal Online. 9 July 2003. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016.
  2. ^ "History of Futsal". U.S. Futsal. Archived from the original on 25 January 2025. Retrieved 4 May 2025.
  3. ^ "Futsal History". Confederation of Asian Futsal. 2 November 2013. Archived from the original on 22 January 2019. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  4. ^ "Futsal – Past, Present & Future". Futsal.SE. 9 April 2015. Archived from the original on 19 February 2018.
  5. ^ "FAF Futsal Rules 2022" (PDF). Federation of Australian Futsal. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 March 2025. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
  6. ^ "Futsal Laws of the Game, 2024-25" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 November 2024. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
  7. ^ "Brazil triumphs in the 2017 AMF Futsal Women's World Cup; USA comes seventh". VAVEL. 27 November 2017. Archived from the original on 21 February 2025.
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