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{{Short description|Variant of association football played on a court}}
{{Infobox sport
| name       = Futsal
| image      = 2018-10-18 Futsal (Boys Bronze medal match) at 2018 Summer Youth Olympics by Sandro Halank–0035.jpg
| imagesize  = 250px
| caption    = International futsal match between [[Argentina national futsal team|Argentina]] and [[Egypt national futsal team|Egypt]] at the [[Futsal at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics|2018 Summer Youth Olympics]]
| union      = [[FIFA]]{{efn|[[Asociación Mundial de Futsal|AMF]] governs its own version of futsal, distinct from FIFA's,<ref name="amf-lotg">{{cite web |title=FAF Futsal Rules 2022 |url=https://futsalaustralia.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/2022-faf-futsal-laws-of-the-game.pdf |website=Federation of Australian Futsal |access-date=9 June 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250321114054/https://futsalaustralia.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/2022-faf-futsal-laws-of-the-game.pdf |archive-date=21 March 2025 |language=en |url-status=live}}</ref> which is not covered in this article.}}
| nickname   =
| first      = 1930, [[Montevideo]], Uruguay
| registered =
| clubs      =
| contact    = Yes
| team       = 5 per side
| mgender    = No, separate competitions
| category   = [[Team sport]], [[ball game]]
| equipment  = Futsal ball<br />Futsal shoes<br />[[Shin guard]]s<br />[[Kit (association football)|Kits]]
| venue      = Futsal court
| region     = Worldwide
| olympic    = No (except the [[Youth Olympic Games|Youth Olympics]] since 2018)
| paralympic = No
}}
'''Futsal''' is a variant of [[association football]] played between two teams of five players each on a court smaller than a [[football pitch]].<ref>{{cite web |date=2 July 2014 |title=World Cup 2014: Futsal – the game behind Brazil's superstars |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/27980859 |website=[[BBC]] Sport |access-date=14 February 2018 |archive-date=17 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181017154000/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/27980859 |url-status=live}}</ref> Its rules are based on the [[Laws of the Game (association football)|Laws of the Game]] of association football, and it also shares similarities with [[five-a-side football]] and [[indoor soccer]].

Futsal is played between two teams of five players each, one of whom is the [[goalkeeper]]. The players mainly use their feet to propel a ball around the court with the objective of [[Scoring in association football|scoring]] goals against the opposing team by moving the ball beyond the goal line into the opposing team's [[Goal (sports)|goal]]. A futsal match consists of two periods of 20 minutes, and the team that scores more goals wins; an equal number of goals scored results in a [[Tie (draw)#Association football|draw]]. Futsal is played with a smaller and heavier ball than association football,<ref name="cusa">{{cite web|url=https://cloud.rampinteractive.com/cusaabca/files/Futsal%20Files/Futsal%20vs%20Soccer.pdf|url-status=live|title=What is Futsal? The Differences Between CUSA's Futsal, Outdoor and Indoor Soccer Programs|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929015543/http://www.cusa.ab.ca/league.php?scriptName=LEAGUEINFO&leagueID=1000&leagueInfoID=6273|website=Calgary United Soccer Association (CUSA) |archive-date=2007-09-29}}</ref> and usually indoors on a [[hardcourt]] surface marked by lines.

The playing surface, ball and rules favour ball control and passing in small spaces. For these reasons, futsal is commonly used by coaches as a means to develop association football players.<ref name="soccertricks">{{Cite web |date=2024-03-07 |title=Futsal: Your Pathway to Soccer Greatness {{!}} Soccer Tricks |url=https://www.soccer-tricks.net/futsal-as-a-pathway-to-soccer-greatness/ |access-date=2024-03-25 |language=en-US |archive-date=25 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240325063148/https://www.soccer-tricks.net/futsal-as-a-pathway-to-soccer-greatness/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Futsal is played worldwide, but it is most popular in South America and the [[Iberian Peninsula]], where there are many professional teams.<ref name="futshadows">{{cite web |last1=Townsend |first1=Jon |title=Following in the futsal shadows |url=https://thesefootballtimes.co/2014/08/28/following-in-the-futsal-shadows/ |website=These Football Times |access-date=31 May 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250315202053/https://thesefootballtimes.co/2014/08/28/following-in-the-futsal-shadows/ |archive-date=15 March 2025 |language=en |date=28 August 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref> In much of the rest of the world, the sport is primarily amateur or recreational.

== Name ==
''Futsal'' comes from the [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] ''futebol de salão'' and from the Spanish ''fútbol sala'' or ''fútbol de salón'',{{efn|Other names for the sport in Spanish include ''futsala'' and ''microfútbol''.}} all translatable as "indoor football" ({{literal translation|hall football|room football}}). The term may have been coined by a Brazilian journalist in the 1960s.<ref name=futsalse>{{cite web |title=Futsal – Past, Present & Future – futsal.se |url=http://futsal.se/2015/04/futsal-past-present-future/ |website=futsal.se |access-date=4 May 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180219091004/http://futsal.se/2015/04/futsal-past-present-future/ |archive-date=19 February 2018 |language=en |date=9 April 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Due to a dispute between [[FIFA]] and FIFUSA (now the [[Asociación Mundial de Futsal|World Futsal Association]])<ref name="cafs">{{Cite web|url=http://www.cafs.asia/index.php/news_detail/index/35|title=Futsal History|date=2 November 2013|website=Confederation of Asian Futsal|access-date=16 February 2018|archive-date=22 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190122151548/http://www.cafs.asia/index.php/news_detail/index/35|url-status=dead}}</ref> in the 1980s over the use of the word "football", FIFUSA started using the term ''futsal'' during its [[1985 FIFUSA Futsal World Cup|1985 World Championship]] in Madrid, Spain. However, FIFA, which started organising its own international futsal tournaments in [[1989 FIFA Futsal World Championship|1989]], also adopted the term in the 1990s. Since then, ''futsal'' has become the officially and internationally accepted name.<ref name="futsalse" /><ref name="usfuthist">{{cite web |title=History of Futsal |url=https://futsal.com/history-of-futsal/ |website=U.S. Futsal |access-date=4 May 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250125220153/https://futsal.com/history-of-futsal/ |archive-date=25 January 2025 |language=en |url-status=live}}</ref>

== History ==
=== Origins ===
Futsal started in 1930 in [[Montevideo]], Uruguay, when a physical education teacher named {{ill|Juan Carlos Ceriani|fr|Juan Carlos Ceriani Gravier|vertical-align=sup}} created a version of indoor football for [[YMCA]]s.<ref name="ffeed">{{Cite web |last=FutsalFeed |title=Who invented futsal? |url=https://futsalfeed.com/original-content/who-invented-futsal |access-date=2022-04-14 |website=futsalfeed.com |language=en |archive-date=24 January 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250124233241/https://futsalfeed.com/original-content/who-invented-futsal |url-status=live}}</ref>

Originally developed for [[basketball court]]s,<ref name="hof" >{{cite web|url=http://www.futsal.com/index.php/history-of-futsal-|title=History of Futsal|work=futsal.com|access-date=10 September 2014|archive-date=11 January 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090111223145/http://www.futsal.com/index.php/history-of-futsal-|url-status=live}}</ref> a rule book for the sport was published in September 1933.<ref name="cafs" /> Association football was already highly popular in the country, and after [[Uruguay national football team|Uruguay]] won gold medals in the [[1924 Summer Olympics|1924]] and [[1928 Summer Olympics]], and the [[1930 FIFA World Cup]], it attracted even more practitioners.<ref name="ffeed" /> Ceriani's goal was to create a [[team game]] similar to football that could be played indoors or outdoors.<ref name="hof" />

[[File:Futsal at Domo Polideportivo, Guatemala City.jpg|alt=This picture is showing an indoor competition in Guatemala City.|thumb|An indoor futsal competition]]
While writing the rule book, Ceriani combined the principles of [[association football]]—where the ball may be touched with every part of the body except the hands and arms—with rules from other sports: from [[basketball]], the number of players (five per team) and the game's duration (40 active minutes); from [[water polo]], the goalkeeping rules; from [[hockey]], the substitution rules; and from [[handball]], the field and goal sizes.<ref name="futsalse" />

The YMCA spread the game quickly throughout South America. Futsal was a more accessible and less physically demanding sport than association football that could be played indoors.<ref name="soccertricks" /> It even helped players of other sports stay in shape year-round. These reasons convinced João Lotufo, a Brazilian, to bring the game to his country and adapt it to the needs of physical education.<ref name="futsalse" />

In 1956, the rules were modified by [[Habib Maphuz]] and Luiz Gonzaga Fernandes within the YMCA of [[São Paulo]], Brazil, to allow seniors to compete.<ref name="cafs" /> This YMCA also published, in the same year, a book of the "Brazilian Indoor Football Rules", which was adopted by other South American countries as well.<ref name="futsalse" />

In 1965, the {{ill|South American Futsal Confederation|es|Confederación Sudamericana de Futsal|vertical-align=sup}} was created, consisting of [[Uruguay national futsal team|Uruguay]], [[Peru national futsal team|Peru]], [[Paraguay national futsal team|Paraguay]], [[Brazil national futsal team|Brazil]] and [[Argentina national futsal team|Argentina]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=The History of Futsal |url=https://www.knvb.com/futsaleuro/futsal---the-basics/the-history-of-futsal |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240103212102/https://www.knvb.com/futsaleuro/futsal---the-basics/the-history-of-futsal |archive-date=3 January 2024 |access-date=8 May 2025 |website=KNVB}}</ref> Shortly after, a tournament was organised. It attracted interest from South American media, which began to cover futsal regularly. In the 1960s, Brazilian journalist José Antônio Inglêz contributed to the spread of the game, and he may have coined the term "futsal", although it did not come into widespread use until the 1980s.<ref name="futsalse" /><ref name="usfuthist" />

=== Governance disputes and international growth ===
In 1971, the International Federation of Indoor Football (FIFUSA in both the Portuguese and Spanish abbreviations) was formed, comprising Argentina, [[Bolivia national futsal team|Bolivia]], Brazil, Paraguay, Peru, [[Portugal national futsal team|Portugal]] and Uruguay.<ref name="cafs" /> FIFUSA organised the first [[1982 FIFUSA Futsal World Cup|Futsal World Championship]] in 1982 in São Paulo. Shortly after, [[FIFA]] took an interest in futsal, but talks between the two organisations to reconcile governance were unsuccessful.<ref name="futsalse" />

In 1985, FIFUSA organised its [[1982 FIFUSA Futsal World Cup|second world championship]] in [[Madrid]], Spain. FIFA tried to prohibit FIFUSA from using the word "football", even in Spanish, in the tournament's title.<ref name="futsalse" /><ref name="cafs" /> To date most people in Spain call the game Futbol Sala. The term FUTSAl was first used by then the United States Minisoccer Federation, when its Vice-President (Alex Para) thought that an international name that would not change, regardless of the language should be used.  He came out with the term FUTSAL and proposed it to the board of USMF.  The board of the U.S. Minisoccer Federation approved the new name since it included in it the word USA. The Federation changed its corporate name in the State of California in 1986 to the United States Futsal Federation.  Upon joining FIFA, Alex Para proposed to FIFA President Havelange in 1989 that the name FUTSAL should be used for the FIFA 2nd World Cup, which was being named the 5-a-side FIFA World Cup.  For logistical reasons, it was not late, but FIFA started using it in the 3rd. World Cup in Spain in 1996. FIFUSA then resorted to using the term ''futsal'' in the, blending ''futbol'' and ''sala''. The term, "futsal" has become the sport's most common name.<ref name="futsalse" /><ref name="usfuthist" />

Since the early 1990s, most national futsal associations have decided to join FIFA, weakening FIFUSA. In late 2002, FIFUSA was reorganised into the [[Asociación Mundial de Futsal|World Futsal Association]] (AMF in the Spanish abbreviation),<ref name="cafs" /> with its headquarters in [[Asunción]], Paraguay. AMF continues to develop its own version of futsal and to stage its own tournaments in association with affiliated organisations.<ref>{{cite web |title=Historia de la AMF |url=https://amfutsal.org/2023/07/11/historia-de-la-amf/ |website=AMF |access-date=2 June 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250518155423/https://amfutsal.org/2023/07/11/historia-de-la-amf/ |archive-date=18 May 2025 |language=es |date=11 July 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref>

The highest-attended futsal match in history took place on 7 September 2014 at the [[Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha|Mané Garrincha Stadium]] in [[Brasília]], where 56,483 spectators watched Brazil face Argentina in a [[Exhibition game|friendly match]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://futsalfeed.com/original-content/most-attended-futsal-match-in-history-brazil-vs-argentina |title=The most attended futsal match in history |publisher=FutsalFeed |date=2020-09-15 |access-date=2020-11-16 |archive-date=22 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200922171425/https://futsalfeed.com/original-content/most-attended-futsal-match-in-history-brazil-vs-argentina |url-status=live}}</ref>

Futsal is a popular global sport,<ref>{{Cite web |title=About Futsal |url=https://www.usyouthfutsal.com/about-futsal |access-date=2024-03-25 |website=www.usyouthfutsal.com |archive-date=3 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240303093540/https://www.usyouthfutsal.com/about-futsal |url-status=live}}</ref> with over 30 million players worldwide as of 2024, according to FIFA.<ref name="bbcfutsal">{{cite web |title=Futsal: What is it and why has the sport struggled in England? |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/cgk72rzl7kdo |website=BBC Sport |access-date=31 May 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241106102118/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/cgk72rzl7kdo |archive-date=6 November 2024 |language=en |date=15 October 2024 |url-status=live}}</ref> Due to its easy setup, enhanced accessibility, technical demands, and lower physical requirements, futsal has become an essential resource for coaches aiming to develop football players.<ref name="soccertricks" /><ref name="bbcnews">{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/skills/7143587.stm|title=How will English football develop?|access-date=2007-12-18 | work=BBC News | date=2007-12-17 |archive-date=29 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231029183801/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/skills/7143587.stm |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="liverpoolecho">{{cite web |last1=Beesley |first1=Chris |title=Tranmere's Adam Dawson on how futsal helped him in 11-a-side game |url=https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/tranmeres-adam-dawson-how-futsal-10216950 |website=Liverpool Echo |access-date=2 June 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210925100555/https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/tranmeres-adam-dawson-how-futsal-10216950 |archive-date=25 September 2021 |language=en |date=8 October 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref>

In December 2022, FIFA announced the [[FIFA Futsal Women's World Cup|women's version]] of the [[FIFA Futsal World Cup]].<ref>{{cite web |title=FIFA to introduce women's Club World Cup to football calendar |url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/4008229/2022/12/16/fifa-women-club-world-cup/ |website=The Athletic |access-date=28 June 2025 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250628213722/https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/4008229/2022/12/16/fifa-women-club-world-cup/ |archive-date=28 June 2025 |language=en |date=16 December 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref> The [[2025 FIFA Futsal Women's World Cup|inaugural edition]] will be held in the Philippines from November to December 2025.

== Gameplay ==
FIFA's version of futsal is played in accordance with the "Futsal Laws of the Game", which are based on IFAB's [[Laws of the Game (association football)|Laws of the Game]], the ruleset for [[association football]].<ref name="FLotG">{{Cite web |title=Futsal Laws of the Game, 2024-25 |url=https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/7b1da24ec7a25f67/original/Futsal-Laws-of-the-Game-2024-2025.pdf |access-date=21 November 2024 |archive-date=21 November 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241121221943/https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/7b1da24ec7a25f67/original/Futsal-Laws-of-the-Game-2024-2025.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref> The game is played with a spherical ball of {{convert|62|-|64|cm|in|abbr=on}} circumference. Two teams of five players each compete to get the ball into the other team's goal (between the posts and under the bar), thereby scoring a goal. The team that has scored more goals at the end of the game is the winner; if both teams have scored an equal number of goals then the game is a draw. The primary law is that players other than goalkeepers may not deliberately handle the ball with their hands or arms during play. Although players usually use their feet to move the ball around, they may use any part of their body other than their hands or arms.

A futsal ball is smaller and heavier than a regular [[Ball (association football)|football]], with a lower bounce.<ref name="cusa" /> Consequently, it stays mostly on the ground, which means that "[[Header (association football)|heading]]" is less common than in association football, and aerial duels are rare.<ref name="heading">{{cite journal |last1=Yiannaki |first1=Christopher |last2=Rhodes |first2=David |title="Heading Towards a Solution": Is Futsal the Perfect Training Alternative for Soccer to Reduce Heading Frequency? |journal=Journal of Elite Sport Performance |date=16 June 2022 |volume=1 |issue=2 |doi=10.54080/GVMU9746 |url=https://www.journalofelitesportperformance.com/_files/ugd/65e3cc_6ef2677a87a54b519341b8d6fa4e5676.pdf |access-date=9 June 2025 |language=en}}</ref> Futsal shares similarities with other small-sided football variants, such as [[five-a-side football]] (same number of players) and [[indoor soccer]] (similar playing surface). However, unlike those two games, there are no walls or boards around a futsal pitch; instead, boundaries are marked with lines on the floor, as in association football.

During game play, players attempt to create goal-scoring opportunities through individual control of the ball, such as by [[dribbling]], passing the ball to a teammate, and by taking shots at the goal, which is guarded by the opposing goalkeeper. Opposing players may try to regain control of the ball by intercepting a pass or through [[Tackle (football move)#Association football|tackling]] the opponent in possession of the ball; however, physical contact between opponents is restricted. Futsal is generally a free-flowing game, with play stopping only when the ball has left the field of play or when play is stopped by the referee for an infringement of the rules. After a stoppage, play recommences with a specified restart. There is no [[Offside (association football)|offside]] in futsal.

The Laws of the Game do not specify any player positions other than goalkeeper, but specialised roles have evolved. Usually, besides the goalkeeper, a futsal [[Formation (association football)|formation]] consists of a defender or ''fixo''; two wingers or ''alas'', each of whom mostly occupies the left or right side of the pitch; and a forward or pivot.<ref name="soccertricks" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Futsal vs Soccer {{!}} Brisbane Central Futsal |url=https://www.brisbanecentralfutsal.com/futsal-academy/futsal-vs-soccer/ |website=Brisbane Central Futsal |access-date=1 June 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250418155935/https://www.brisbanecentralfutsal.com/futsal-academy/futsal-vs-soccer/ |archive-date=18 April 2025 |language=en |url-status=live}}</ref> There are no restrictions in movement, and [[outfield]] players can switch positions at any time. The goalkeeper may leave the goal untended and become an additional outfield player in the attacking half of the pitch, called a "flying goalkeeper",<ref name="goalaverage">{{cite web |last1=Vrcan |first1=Mirko |title=Goal Scoring Analysis in Top 8 European Futsal Leagues |url=https://futsalfeed.com/columns/authors/mirko-vrcan/posts/goal-scoring-analysis-in-top-8-european-futsal-leagues |website=futsalfeed.com |access-date=1 June 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250429110926/https://futsalfeed.com/columns/authors/mirko-vrcan/posts/goal-scoring-analysis-in-top-8-european-futsal-leagues |archive-date=29 April 2025 |language=en |url-status=live}}</ref> particularly in the last minutes of a match, when a team is already losing and is searching for an equaliser. Defining the team's formation and tactics is usually the prerogative of the team's [[head coach]].

Due to the smaller dimensions of the pitch, futsal matches produce more goals on average than association football matches.<ref name="goalaverage" /> Futsal is also perceived as being faster-paced than football because of both the pitch dimensions and the unlimited substitutions rule.<ref name="futsalall">{{cite web |title=What Is Futsal? A Complete Guide For Beginners |url=https://futsalall.com/what-is-futsal-a-complete-guide-for-beginners/ |website=FutsalAll |access-date=1 June 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240725024607/https://futsalall.com/what-is-futsal-a-complete-guide-for-beginners/ |archive-date=25 July 2024 |language=en |date=17 December 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref> The playing surface, ball and rules favour ball control and passing in small spaces.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.2cfutsal.com/new-to-futsal|title=New to Futsal|website=2C Futsal|language=en-us|access-date=2018-03-01|archive-date=1 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180301104204/http://www.2cfutsal.com/new-to-futsal|url-status=dead}}</ref> The game also emphasises improvisation, creativity and technique.<ref name="bbcnews" /> Futsal is played professionally in a few countries such as Brazil,<ref name="ligafutsal">{{cite web |title=Olhar Olímpico: Futsal repete basquete, e CBFS cria Brasileirão para concorrer com a Liga |url=https://www.uol.com.br/esporte/colunas/olhar-olimpico/2023/10/04/futsal-repete-basquete-e-cbfs-cria-brasileirao-para-concorrer-com-a-liga.htm |website=UOL |access-date=31 May 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241211191914/https://www.uol.com.br/esporte/colunas/olhar-olimpico/2023/10/04/futsal-repete-basquete-e-cbfs-cria-brasileirao-para-concorrer-com-a-liga.htm |archive-date=11 December 2024 |language=pt |date=4 October 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref> Portugal and Spain, but it is mostly an amateur or recreational sport in the rest of the world.<ref name="futshadows" /><ref name="bbcfutsal" />

== Laws ==
Both international governing bodies ([[Asociación Mundial de Futsal|AMF]] and [[FIFA]]) are responsible for maintaining and regulating the official rules of their respective versions of futsal. This section covers the FIFA version of the sport.

FIFA publishes its futsal rules as the "Futsal Laws of the Game", where each of the 17 "laws" is a thematically-related collection of individual regulations. The laws define all aspects of the game, including some that can be changed to suit local competitions and leagues. Many of the laws are similar or identical to those found in [[association football]], or reference association football in their absence (such as a section noting that there is no offside infraction in futsal). Some of the rules require subjective interpretation by the referees.<ref name="FLotG" />

=== Summary of rules ===
; Length of the field
: minimum {{convert|25|x|16|m|abbr=on}}, maximum {{convert|42|x|25|m|abbr=on}}.
; Ball
: [[File:FullSizeRenderfutsal.jpg|thumb|Futsal ball]]The ideal futsal ball should weigh 390–490 grams.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.kontraktorfutsalindonesia.com/2023/02/harga-interlock-lapangan-futsal-termurah-pasti-awet.html |publisher=Kickers Futsal |title=Futsal Ball Guide: Size, Weight, and Difference |date=2 June 2020 |access-date=2020-06-20 |archive-date=2 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231002004225/https://www.kontraktorfutsalindonesia.com/2023/02/harga-interlock-lapangan-futsal-termurah-pasti-awet.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
: Ages 8–12: Size 3, circumference {{convert|56|-|59|cm|in|abbr=on}}, weight between {{convert|350|-|380|g|abbr=on}} at the start of the game.<ref>{{cite web |title=Choosing the Right Ball Sizes for Futsal Training: Matheus Palhinha |website=Senda Athletics |url=https://sendaathletics.com/blogs/news/futsal-training-youth-ball-sizes |ref={{sfnref |Senda Athletics |2019}} |access-date=1 July 2020 |archive-date=3 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200703140435/https://sendaathletics.com/blogs/news/futsal-training-youth-ball-sizes |url-status=live}}</ref>
: Ages 13 and up: Size 4, circumference {{convert|62|-|64|cm|in|abbr=on}}, weight between {{convert|400|-|440|g|abbr=on}} at the start of the game.
: Dropped from a height of {{convert|2|m|abbr=on}}, the first rebound must not be lower than {{convert|50|cm|abbr=on}} or higher than {{convert|65|cm|abbr=on}}.<ref name="FLotG" />

; Time
: There are two periods of 20 minutes with time stopping at every [[dead ball]] situation. Between the two periods there is a break of 15 minutes. Each team may use one timeout per half, which lasts one minute.<ref name="FLotG" /> Some leagues and tournaments use 25 minute periods with running time.
; Number of players
: There are five players for each team on the field, one of whom must be the goalkeeper, and a maximum number of 9 substitutes that can be used in each match. Substitutions are unlimited and on the fly.<ref name="FLotG" />
; Fouls
: A direct free kick is awarded to the opposing team when a player commits actions such as kicking, jumping at, pushing, striking, tripping, holding and spitting at an opponent, and also deliberate handling of the ball. Indirect free kicks, awarded for most infractions that do not involve physical contact with another player, do not count as accumulated fouls. All direct free kicks count as accumulated fouls. Beginning with the sixth accumulated foul in a period, all subsequent fouls result in a direct kick from the second penalty mark (the 10m mark).<ref name="FLotG" />
; Cards
: A [[Penalty card#yellow card|caution]] can be shown for unsporting behaviour, dissent, failure to respect the distance on a restart, excessive delay of a restart, persistent infringement, or incorrectly entering/leaving the field of play. A player or substitute can be [[Penalty card#Red card|sent off]] for serious foul play, violent conduct, spitting, illegally denying an obvious goal-scoring opportunity, abusive language, and receiving a second caution. Sent-off players are ejected from the game and their team must play short for two minutes or until the other team scores a goal.
; Free kicks
: Taken from the spot of the infringement or on the line of the penalty area nearest to the infringement (indirect only). All opponents must be at least {{convert|5|m|abbr=on}} away from the ball. The kick must be taken within four seconds or an indirect kick is awarded to the other team.
; {{anchor|Second mark}}Kick from the second penalty mark (10m mark)
: Awarded when a team commits 6 or more accumulated fouls in a period. The second penalty mark is {{convert|10|m|abbr=on}} from the goal. During the kick, opponents must be behind the ball, and the goalkeeper must be at least {{convert|5|m|abbr=on}} away from the ball.<ref name="FLotG" />
; {{anchor|Penalty}}Penalty kick
: {{convert|6|m|abbr=on}} from the centre of the goal for fouls inside the {{convert|6|m|abbr=on}} goalkeeper's area.
; Goalkeeper
: When in possession of the ball, the goalkeeper has 4 seconds to get rid of the ball. If the ball is kept for too long, the referee will give an indirect free kick to the other team. The goalkeeper may play freely when in the opponent's half.
; Goalkeeper pass-back restriction
: Once the goalkeeper has released the ball either by kicking or throwing, the goalkeeper may not touch it again until the ball goes out of play or is touched by an opponent. The sanction for violation is an indirect free kick. The goalkeeper may receive the ball freely when on the opponent's half.<ref name="FLotG" />
; Kick-in
: A kick-in is used instead of a [[throw-in]]. The player must place the ball on the touchline or outside but not more than {{convert|25|cm|abbr=on}} from the place the ball went out of play. The ball must be stationary, and the kick-in must be taken within 4 seconds from the time the player is ready. During the kick-in, opponents must stand at least {{convert|5|m|abbr=on}} from the ball. If four seconds elapse or an illegal kick is taken, the referee will award a kick-in to the other team. It is not allowed to score directly from a kick-in: the goal is valid only if someone else touches the ball before it enters the goal.
; Goal clearance
: A goal clearance is used instead of a [[goal kick]]. The goalkeeper must throw or release the ball with their hands from the penalty area. If four seconds elapse without the ball being released, the other team gets an indirect free kick on the line of the penalty area. A goal cannot be scored directly from a goal clearance.<ref name="FLotG" />
; Corner kick
: The ball must be placed inside the arc nearest to the point where the ball crossed the goal line and the opponents must stand on the pitch at least {{convert|5|m|abbr=on}} away from the corner arc until the ball is in play. The corner kick must be taken within 4 seconds of being ready otherwise a goal clearance will be awarded to the other team. As with any other restart that involves a kick, the ball is in play when it is kicked and clearly moves.<ref name="FLotG" />
; Referees
: For international matches, there must be two referees: one (first referee) is positioned on the touchline near the timekeeper table and communicates with the timekeeper, while the other (second referee) is in the opposite side of the field. At the timekeeper table there is a timekeeper and a third referee, who controls the teams' benches. In minor events, the third referee and the timekeeper may not be used.

=== Players, equipment and officials ===
[[File:Brasil-WorldFutsal-2008.JPG|upright=1.35|thumb|right|The [[Brazil national futsal team]] line up before a match.]]
There are five players on the field on each team, one of whom is the goalkeeper. The maximum number of substitutes allowed is nine, with unlimited substitutions during the match. Substitutes can come on even when the ball is in play, but the player coming off must leave the playing field first before the substitute can enter it. If a team has or is reduced to fewer than three players, the match is abandoned and counted as a loss for the team with the lack of players.<ref name="FLotG" />

The [[kit (association football)|kit]] is made up of a jersey or shirt with sleeves, shorts, socks, [[shin guard]]s made out of metal, plastic or foam, and shoes with rubber soles.<ref>{{cite web |title=Futsal Equipment |url=https://www.mainlandunitedsoccer.com/Default.aspx?tabid=912780 |website=Mainland United Soccer |access-date=8 May 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241109174418/https://www.mainlandunitedsoccer.com/Default.aspx?tabid=912780 |archive-date=9 November 2024 |language=en |url-status=live}}</ref> The goalkeepers are allowed to wear long trousers and must wear different coloured kits to distinguish themselves from the other players on the pitch and the referees. All players are allowed to wear "non-dangerous protective equipment" such as gloves, soft headgear, knee and arm pads. Jewellery is not allowed, nor are other items that could be dangerous to the player wearing the item or to other participants.<ref name="FLotG" />

The match is controlled by the referee, who enforces the Laws of the Game, and the first referee is the only one who can legally abandon the match because of interference from outside the field. This referee is assisted by a second referee who typically watches over the goal lines or assists the primary referee with calls on fouls or plays. The decisions made by the referees are final and can only be changed if the referees think it is necessary and play has not restarted. There is also a third referee and a timekeeper (both are required for international matches, but may be absent in other events) who are provided with equipment to keep a record of fouls in the match. In the event of injury to the second referee, the third referee will replace the second referee.

=== The pitch ===
[[File:FutsalPitchsvg.svg|upright=1.2|thumb|A futsal pitch]]
The futsal pitch is made up of wood or artificial material, or similar surface, although any flat, smooth and non-abrasive material may be used. The length of the field is in the range of {{convert|38|-|42|m|ft|abbr=on}}, and the width is in the range of {{convert|20|-|25|m|ft|abbr=on}} for international matches. For other matches, it can be {{convert|25|-|42|m|ft|abbr=on}} in length, while the width can be {{convert|16|-|25|m|ft|abbr=on}}, as long as the length of the longer boundary lines (touchlines) are greater than the shorter boundaries where the goals are placed (goal lines). Any standard [[handball]] field can be used for futsal, including the goals, but futsal-specific floor markings need to be added. Basketball courts of {{convert|28|x|15|m|ft|abbr=on}} can also be used for informal futsal.<ref>{{cite web |title=Futsal Facilities Guide |url=https://www.thefa.com/-/media/files/pdf/get-into-football/small-sided-football/fa-futsal-facilities-guidance-resource.ashx |website=The FA |access-date=8 May 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230930021302/https://www.thefa.com/-/media/files/pdf/get-into-football/small-sided-football/fa-futsal-facilities-guidance-resource.ashx |archive-date=30 September 2023 |language=en |url-status=live}}</ref> The standard size court for an international match is {{convert|40|x|20|m|ft|abbr=on}} (the size of a handball field).<ref>{{cite web |title=Futsal Courts, Dimensions & Construction (Australia) |url=https://www.msfsports.com.au/home-futsal-courts/ |website=MSF Sports |access-date=8 May 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250315152939/https://www.msfsports.com.au/home-futsal-courts/ |archive-date=15 March 2025 |language=en |url-status=live}}</ref> The minimum height of the ceiling is defined by the competition rules.

A rectangular goal is positioned at the middle of each goal line. The inner edges of the vertical goalposts must be {{convert|3|m|ft|abbr=on}} apart, and the lower edge of the horizontal crossbar supported by the goalposts must be {{convert|2|m|ft|abbr=on}} above the ground.<ref name="FLotG" /> Nets made of hemp, jute or nylon are attached to the back of the goalposts and crossbar. The lower part of the nets is attached to curved tubing or another suitable means of support. The depth of the goal is {{convert|80|cm|in|abbr=on}} at the top and {{convert|1|m|ft|abbr=on}} at the bottom.

[[File:Tokyo rooftop football.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|A futsal arena in [[Tokyo]]]]
In front of each goal is an area known as the penalty area. This area is created by drawing quarter-circles with a {{convert|6|m|ft|abbr=on}} radius from the goal line, centred on the goalposts. The upper part of each quarter-circle is then joined by a {{convert|3.16|m|ft|abbr=on}} line running parallel to the goal line between the goalposts. The line marking the edge of the penalty area is known as the penalty-area line. The penalty area marks where the goalkeeper is allowed to touch the ball with their hands. The penalty mark is six metres from the goal line when it reaches the middle of the goalposts. The second penalty mark is {{convert|10|m|ft|0}} from the goal line when it reaches the middle of the goalposts. A penalty kick from the penalty spot is awarded if a player commits a foul inside the penalty area. The second penalty spot is used for a direct free kick awarded to the opposing team when a player commits their team's sixth or any subsequent fouls in a period.<ref name="FLotG" />

=== Duration and tie-breaking methods ===
A standard match consists of two equal periods of 20 minutes. The length of either half is extended to allow penalty kicks to be taken or a direct free kick to be taken against a team that has committed more than five fouls. The interval between the two halves cannot exceed 15 minutes. Each team is permitted to use one timeout per period, lasting one minute.

In some competitions, a match cannot end in a draw. The away-goals rule, extra time and penalties ([[Penalty shoot-out (association football)|penalty shoot-out]]) are the only three methods that can be used to determine the winner after a match has been drawn. [[Away goals]] mean that if the aggregate score is level after each team has played one home and one away game, then the team that scored more away goals is declared the winner. Extra time consists of two periods of five minutes. If no winner is produced after these two methods, five kicks from the penalty mark are taken alternately by the two teams, and the team that has scored the most wins. If it is not decided after five kicks, it continues to go on with one extra kick from the penalty mark to each team at a time until one of them has scored more goals than the other. Unlike extra time, the goals scored in a shoot-out do not count towards the goals scored throughout the match.<ref name="FLotG" />

=== The start and restart of play ===
At the beginning of the match, a coin toss is used to decide who will start the match. A kick-off is used to signal the start of play and is used at the start of the second half and any periods of extra time. It is also used after a goal has been scored, with the team that conceded the goal restarting the play. After a temporary stoppage for any reason not mentioned in the Laws of the Game, the referee will drop the ball where the play was stopped, provided that, before the stoppage, the ball was in play and had not crossed either the touchlines or goal lines.<ref name="FLotG" />

If the ball goes completely over the goal line or touchline, hits the ceiling, or play is stopped by the referee, the ball is out of play. When the ball goes over the touchline, play is restarted with a kick-in to the opponents of the team that last touched it, taken from the touchline at the point where the ball left the pitch. If it hits the ceiling of an indoor arena, play is also restarted with a kick-in to the opponents of the team that last touched the ball, under the place nearest to where it hit the ceiling.<ref name="FLotG" />

When the ball goes over the goal line and a goal is not scored, if it was last touched by an attacking player, play is restarted with a goal clearance taken by the goalkeeper, who must use their hands to throw or release the ball from the penalty area. If the ball was last touched by a defending player, play is restarted with a [[corner kick]] to the opposing team, taken from the corner arc nearest to where the ball left the pitch.<ref name="FLotG" />

Excluding a dropped ball, in all these situations, the ball is in play as soon as it is kicked (thrown or released in a goal clearance) and clearly moves; the player who puts the ball into play cannot touch it again before it touches another player; and play must be restarted "within four seconds of the team being ready to put the ball into play". Goals cannot be scored directly from a kick-in or a goal clearance. The ball must be stationary before every restart that involves a kick, including [[free kick]]s.<ref name="FLotG" />

=== Lack of offside rule ===
Unlike in association football, the [[Offside (association football)|offside rule]] does not apply in futsal. In the Futsal Laws of the Game, Law 11 references offside as it does in the association football laws, but only to say that "there is no offside in futsal".<ref name="FLotG" />

=== Misconduct ===
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A direct free kick can be awarded to the opposing team if a player succeeds or attempts to kick or trip an opponent, holds, jumps at, charges or pushes an opponent, or strikes or attempts to strike an opponent. Biting or spitting at an opponent are also offences that result in a direct free kick (as well as a red card for the offender), as are striking the ball with an object and handling the ball in most circumstances (except a goalkeeper inside their own penalty area). These are all accumulated fouls. After five accumulated fouls in a half, the sixth accumulated foul and beyond result in a direct kick from the second penalty mark, and opponents cannot form a "wall" to defend the kick.<ref name="FLotG" />

The direct free kick is taken where the infringement occurred, unless it is awarded to the defending team in their penalty area, in which case the free kick may be taken from anywhere inside that area. A penalty kick is awarded to the opposing team if a player commits one of the fouls that are punishable by a direct free kick inside their own penalty area. The position of the ball at the moment that the foul occurs does not matter as long as it is in play.<ref name="FLotG" />

An indirect free kick is awarded to the opposing team if a goalkeeper releases the ball and then touches it again with their hands before another player has touched it, if the goalkeeper handles the ball after it has been kicked to them by a team-mate, if the goalkeeper receives a pass from a team-mate in their own half for a second time before it has touched an opponent, or if they touch or control the ball with hands, arms or feet in their own half for more than four seconds.<ref name="FLotG" />

An indirect free kick is also awarded to the opposing team if someone plays in a dangerous manner, deliberately obstructs an opponent, prevents the goalkeeper from throwing the ball with their hands, or if anything else happens for which play must be stopped to caution or dismiss a player. The indirect free kick is taken from the place where the infringement occurred, unless it occurred inside of the penalty area, in which case it is taken from anywhere in that area if the foul was committed by the attacking team, or from the penalty-area line if it was committed by the defending team. A goal may not be scored from an indirect free kick without the ball touching another player.<ref name="FLotG" />

[[Penalty card|Yellow and red cards]] are used in futsal. The yellow card is used to caution players over their actions. If a player is shown two yellow cards in the same match, they are then shown a red card, which means that they are sent off the field. A yellow card is shown to a player who displays unsporting behaviour, dissent, and persistent infringement of the Laws of the Game, or delays the restart of play, fails to respect the distances from the ball when play is being restarted, infringes the substitution procedure or enters, re-enters and leaves the field without the referees' permission.

A player is shown a red card directly (without receiving a second yellow) and sent off if they engage in serious foul play, violent conduct, or spit at another person. Other actions punishable by a red card include denying the opposing team a goal or an obvious goalscoring opportunity by committing certain direct-free-kick fouls, such as by handling the ball (except a goalkeeper inside their own penalty area), and using offensive, insulting or abusive language or gestures. A player who has been sent off must leave the vicinity of the pitch.<ref name="FLotG" />

A substitute is permitted to come on two minutes after a team-mate has been sent off, unless a goal is scored before the end of the two minutes. If the team with more players scores against the team with fewer players, then a substitute can replace the sent-off player immediately. If the teams are equal when the goal is scored or if the team with fewer players scores, both teams remain with the same number of players until the two minutes have elapsed.<ref name="FLotG" />

== Governing bodies ==
The two most important international governing bodies of futsal are the [[Asociación Mundial de Futsal]] (AMF) and the [[Fédération Internationale de Football Association]] (FIFA). AMF, formed in 2002, is the successor organisation to the original governing body, FIFUSA, which was founded in 1971.<ref name="cafs" /> FIFA became interested in futsal in the 1980s, but talks between FIFA and AMF to reconcile governance were not successful, and they organise their own separate competitions.<ref name="futsalse" />

The FIFA headquarters are located in [[Zürich]], Switzerland. Six regional confederations are associated with FIFA; these are:<ref name="confeds">{{cite web |title=Member Associations |url=https://www.fifa.com/about-fifa/associations |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230220105319/https://www.fifa.com/about-fifa/associations |archive-date=20 February 2023 |access-date=20 February 2023 |publisher=FIFA}}</ref>
* [[Asia]]: [[Asian Football Confederation]] (AFC)
* [[Africa]]: [[Confederation of African Football]] (CAF)
* [[Europe]]: [[Union of European Football Associations]] (UEFA)
* [[North America|North]]/[[Central America]] & [[Caribbean]]: [[Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football]] (CONCACAF)
* [[Oceania]]: [[Oceania Football Confederation]] (OFC)
* [[South America]]: [[Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol]] (South American Football Confederation; CONMEBOL)

The International Futsal Alliance (IFA) is a partnership of countries formed to offer high quality futsal tournaments throughout the world. It sees itself as ancillary rather than competing with FIFA. Its membership spans countries from North and South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Oceania. Several tournaments have been organised under the auspices of IFA, including a World Cup for men held in 2019 and one for women held in 2017.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.interfa.org/About-Us.php |title=International Futsal Alliance |publisher=Interfa.org |access-date=2020-11-16 |archive-date=13 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200913070155/http://www.interfa.org/About-Us.php |url-status=live}}</ref>

National [[football association]]s or federations are responsible for managing futsal in their own countries both professionally and at an amateur level, and for coordinating competitions in accordance with the Futsal Laws of the Game.<ref name="confeds" />

== International competitions ==
{{See also|List of futsal competitions}}

=== National team competitions ===
==== Men ====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Region
! AMF-affiliated
! FIFA-affiliated
! Other competitions
|-
| '''World'''
| [[AMF Futsal World Cup]]
| [[FIFA Futsal World Cup]]
|
* [[Arab Futsal Cup]]
* [[Futsal Confederations Cup]]
* [[Futsal Mundialito]]
* [[Grand Prix de Futsal]]
* [[World Deaf Football Championships]]<ref name="worlddeafchampionship">{{cite web |title=Spain and Brazil crowned World Deaf Futsal champions |url=https://inside.fifa.com/tournaments/mens/futsalworldcup/lithuania2021/news/spain-and-brazil-crowned-world-deaf-futsal-champions-3064536 |website=Inside FIFA |access-date=8 June 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250410091034/https://inside.fifa.com/tournaments/mens/futsalworldcup/lithuania2021/news/spain-and-brazil-crowned-world-deaf-futsal-champions-3064536 |archive-date=10 April 2025 |language=en |date=22 January 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[World University Futsal Championships]]
|-
| '''Asia'''
|
| [[AFC Futsal Asian Cup]]
|
* [[Futsal at the Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games|Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games]]
* [[Futsal at the Southeast Asian Games|Southeast Asian Games]]
* [[ASEAN Futsal Championship]]
* [[CAFA Futsal Championship]]
* [[EAFF Futsal Championship]]
* [[WAFF Futsal Championship]]
|-
| '''Africa'''
|
| [[Futsal Africa Cup of Nations]]
|
|-
| '''North America, Central America and Caribbean'''
|
| [[CONCACAF Futsal Championship]]
|
* [[Central American Games]]
|-
| '''South America'''
|
| [[Copa América de Futsal]]
|
* [[Futsal at the South American Games|Odesur Games]]
* [[Bolivarian Games]]
|-
| '''Oceania'''
|
| [[OFC Futsal Nations Cup]]
|
|-
| '''Europe'''
| [[UEFS Futsal Men's Championship]]
| [[UEFA Futsal Championship]]
|
* [[Baltic Futsal Cup]]
* [[European Universities Football Championships]]
* [[Nordic Futsal Cup]]
|}

==== Women ====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Region !! AMF-affiliated !! FIFA-affiliated !! Other competitions
|-
| '''World''' || [[AMF Futsal World Cup|AMF Futsal Women's World Cup]] || [[FIFA Futsal Women's World Cup]] || [[World Deaf Football Championships]]<ref name="worlddeafchampionship" /><br />[[World University Futsal Championships]]
|-
| '''Asia''' ||  || [[AFC Women's Futsal Asian Cup]]  || [[Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games]]<br />[[Southeast Asian Games]]<br />[[ASEAN Women's Futsal Championship]]<br />[[CAFA Women's Futsal Championship]]<br />[[WAFF Women's Futsal Championship]]
|-
| '''Africa''' ||  || [[Women's Futsal Africa Cup of Nations]] ||
|-
| '''North America, Central America and Caribbean''' ||  || [[CONCACAF W Futsal Championship]] ||
|-
| '''South America''' ||  || [[Copa América de Futsal Femenina]] ||
|-
| '''Oceania''' ||  || [[OFC Futsal Women's Nations Cup]] ||
|-
| '''Europe''' || [[UEFS Futsal Women's Championship]] || [[UEFA Women's Futsal Championship]] || [[European Universities Football Championships]]
|}

=== Club competitions ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Region !! AMF-affiliated men's competitions !! AMF-affiliated women's competitions !! FIFA-affiliated men's competitions !! FIFA-affiliated women's competitions!! Other competitions
|-
| '''World''' || AMF Club World Cup<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.uefs.eu/competitions_uefs_male_world-teams-inglish.htm |title=Club World Championships AMF MALE |access-date=18 July 2010 |archive-date=6 August 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100806004907/http://www.uefs.eu/competitions_uefs_male_world-teams-inglish.htm |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="uefscompetitions">{{cite web |url=http://www.uefsfutsal.net/uefs.html |title=UEFS History |access-date=18 July 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100714071243/http://www.uefsfutsal.net/uefs.html |archive-date=14 July 2010}}</ref> || || [[Intercontinental Futsal Cup]] ||  || [[Futsal 5 A-Side Australia Interstate Club Championship]]
|-
| '''South America''' ||  ||  || [[Copa Libertadores de Futsal]]  || [[Copa Libertadores Femenina de Futsal]] ||
|-
| '''Asia''' ||  ||  || [[AFC Futsal Club Championship]]
[[AFF Futsal Club Championship|AFF Futsal Cup]]
| ||
|-
| '''Africa''' ||  ||  ||  ||  ||
|-
| '''North America, Central America and Caribbean''' ||  ||  || [[CONCACAF Futsal Club Championship]] ||  ||TSC Futsal League<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_RcMYLT894 | title=Milkmen vs Hooligans - TSC Futsal League for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital | website=[[YouTube]] | date=8 March 2021 | access-date=16 August 2021 | archive-date=16 August 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210816204231/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_RcMYLT894 | url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| '''Oceania''' ||  ||  || [[OFC Futsal Champions League]] ||  ||
|-
| '''Europe''' ||
* UEFS European Champions Cup<ref name="uefscompetitions" /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.uefs.eu/competitons_uefs_male_champions-inglish.htm |title=UEFS Champions League MALE |access-date=18 July 2010 |archive-date=6 August 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100806004912/http://www.uefs.eu/competitons_uefs_male_champions-inglish.htm |url-status=dead}}</ref>
* UEFS Cup<ref name="uefscompetitions" /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.uefs.eu/competitions_uefs_male_cup-uefs-inglish.htm |title=UEFS Cup MALE |access-date=18 July 2010 |archive-date=6 August 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100806004851/http://www.uefs.eu/competitions_uefs_male_cup-uefs-inglish.htm |url-status=dead}}</ref>
* UEFS Veteran European Champions Cup<ref name="uefscompetitions" /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.uefs.eu/competitions_uefs_male_veteranos-inglish.htm |title=Cup of European Veterans MALE |access-date=18 July 2010 |archive-date=6 August 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100806004902/http://www.uefs.eu/competitions_uefs_male_veteranos-inglish.htm |url-status=dead}}</ref>
||
* UEFS Women's European Champions Cup<ref name="uefscompetitions" /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.uefs.eu/competiciones_uefs_femenino_champions-spanish.htm |title=UEFS Champions League FEMENINO |access-date=18 July 2010 |language=es |archive-date=29 July 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100729205921/http://www.uefs.eu/competiciones_uefs_femenino_champions-spanish.htm |url-status=dead}}</ref>
* UEFS Women's Cup<ref name="uefscompetitions" /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.uefs.eu/competiciones_uefs_femenino_cup-uefs-spanish.htm |title=Copa UEFS FEMENINO |access-date=18 July 2010 |language=es |archive-date=9 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180709180824/http://www.uefs.eu/competiciones_uefs_femenino_cup-uefs-spanish.htm |url-status=dead}}</ref>
|| [[UEFA Futsal Champions League]] ||  ||
|}

=== Discontinued competitions ===
* [[Futsal at the Lusophony Games]]
* [[Futsal at the Pan American Games]]
* [[Mediterranean Futsal Cup]]
* [[North African Futsal Tournament]]
* [[Women's Futsal World Tournament]]

== FIFA Futsal World Ranking ==
On 6 May 2024, FIFA officially launched the [[FIFA Futsal World Ranking]] for both men's and women's national teams, citing the exponential growth of futsal worldwide. The rankings are used for seeding in the [[FIFA Futsal World Cup]]. In the inaugural release, Brazil was placed first in both the men's and women's rankings.<ref name="rank1">{{Cite web |date=6 May 2024 |title=FIFA launches FIFA Futsal World Ranking |url=https://www.fifa.com/en/news/articles/official-futsal-world-ranking-womens-mens-launched |website=[[FIFA]] |language=en |archive-date=7 October 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241007103538/https://www.fifa.com/en/news/articles/official-futsal-world-ranking-womens-mens-launched |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="rank2">{{Cite web |date=6 May 2024 |title=FIFA launches FIFA Futsal World Ranking for women's and men's senior national teams |url=https://inside.fifa.com/about-fifa/organisation/news/fifa-launches-fifa-futsal-world-ranking-for-womens-and-mens-senior-national-teams |website=Inside FIFA |archive-date=16 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240516132638/https://inside.fifa.com/about-fifa/organisation/news/fifa-launches-fifa-futsal-world-ranking-for-womens-and-mens-senior-national-teams |url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Men ===
The top 20 teams according to the FIFA Futsal Men's World Ranking are:
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=== Women ===
The top 20 teams according to the FIFA Futsal Women's World Ranking are:
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== See also ==
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* [[Beach soccer]]
* [[List of types of football]]
* [[Street football (association football)|Street football]]

== Notes ==
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== References ==
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== External links ==
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* [https://www.fifa.com/en/tournaments/mens/futsalworldcup/ FIFA Futsal World Cup] {{in lang|en}}
* [https://www.fifa.com/en/tournaments/womens/futsalwomensworldcup/ FIFA Futsal Women's World Cup] {{in lang|en}}
* [https://www.rsssf.org/tablesf/futsal-wc.html FIFA Futsal World Cup Overview] at the [[RSSSF]]
* [https://futsalplanet.com/ Fut5al Planet]
* [http://old.futsalplanet.com/ Old version of Fut5al Planet]
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