Asociación Mundial de Futsal
 French version | |
| Sport |  Futsal |
|---|---|
| Abbreviation | AMF |
| Headquarters | Asunción, Paraguay |
| President | Rolando Alarcón Ríos |
| Secretary | Wilfrido Coffi |
| Other key staff | Jaime Arroyave Kurt Hardvet Namdev Shirgonkar Abdel Morkhtar Antonio Cifuentes |
| Replaced | 1 December 2002 as AMF |
| (founded) | 25 July 1971 as FIFUSA |
| Official website | |
| www | |
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
[edit]- FIFUSA: Federação Internacional de Futebol de Salão or Federación Internacional de Fútbol de Salón (International Federation of Indoor Football; 1971–2002)
- AMF: Asociación Mundial de Futsal (World Futsal Association; 2003–present)
History
[edit]- 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 (Madrid, Spain), although FIFA also adopted the term 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]
Organisation
[edit]| 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 competitions
[edit]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 the Brazil women's team became the first non-host nation to win the world championship.[5]
Current title holders
[edit]| 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
|
2025 |
See also
[edit]- European Union of Futsal (UEFS)
- UEFS Futsal Men's Championship
- UEFS Futsal Women's Championship
- Futsal (futebol de salão, fútbol de salón, microfútbol, football sala, futsalon, calcio a 5 indoor).
- Futsal Association of India
References
[edit]- ^ "AMF Sets Up Committee to Study Laws of the Game". Futsal Online. 9 July 2003. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016.
- ^ "History of Futsal". U.S. Futsal. Archived from the original on 25 January 2025. Retrieved 4 May 2025.
- ^ "Futsal History". Confederation of Asian Futsal. 2 November 2013. Archived from the original on 22 January 2019. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
- ^ "Futsal – Past, Present & Future". Futsal.SE. 9 April 2015. Archived from the original on 19 February 2018.
- ^ "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.
External links
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