The 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup was the eighth FIFA Futsal World Cup, the quadrennial international futsal championship contested by the men's national teams of the member associations of FIFA. The tournament was held in Colombia from 10 September to 1 October 2016.[1]
Brazil and Spain, the two teams that won all seven previous tournaments, were eliminated in the round of 16 and quarter-finals respectively. Their elimination makes this tournament was the first in which the champions was neither of them.
Argentina defeated Russia 5–4 in the final to win the tournament; becoming only the third country to win a FIFA Futsal World Cup title.
The FIFA Executive Committee announced on 28 May 2013 that Colombia was appointed as host of the tournament.[4]
Qualified teams
A total of 24 teams qualify for the final tournament. In addition to Colombia who qualified automatically as hosts, the other 23 teams qualify from six separate continental competitions. FIFA ratified the distribution of spots at the Executive Committee meeting in March 2014.[5]
2.^ Kazakhstan's last appearance was when it was a member of the AFC
Venues
Colombia presented the cities of Bogotá, Villavicencio, Bucaramanga, Cúcuta, Ibagué and Neiva as host cities when they bid to host the tournament.[12] After an inspection meeting in October 2014, four stadiums were confirmed, with Neiva allowed an extension to finish works,[13] before being removed as a venue later that month.[14]
Confirmation of the four host cities were presented to the Colombian Football Federation and FIFA on 11 November.[15]Medellín then replaced Villavicencio.[16]
A further inspection in January 2016 saw the removal of Ibagué as a host, meaning half of the cities in the initial bids proposal are confirmed, with the three remaining cites scheduled to accommodate two groups per stadia.[17][18]
The official draw was held on 19 May 2016, 18:00 COT (UTC−5), at the Plaza Mayor Conference Centre in Medellín.[23][24][25] The teams were seeded based on their performances in previous FIFA Futsal World Cups and confederation tournaments, with the hosts Colombia automatically seeded and assigned to position A1. Moreover, for ticket sales reasons, the hosts and the top two teams (Colombia, Brazil and Spain) were spread across the three venues for the group matches: Cali (Groups A and C), Medellín (Groups B and F) and Bucaramanga (Groups D and E). Teams of the same confederation could not meet in the group stage, except that there were one group with two UEFA teams.[26]
Each team must name a squad of 14 players (two of whom must be goalkeepers) by the FIFA deadline.[28] The official squads were announced by FIFA on 2 September 2016.[29]
Group stage
The match schedule was officially confirmed on 5 February 2016, a week after the removal of Ibagué from the host cities.[30]
The top two teams of each group and the four best third-placed teams advance to the round of 16.
Tiebreakers
The rankings of teams in each group are determined as follows:[28]
points obtained in all group matches;
goal difference in all group matches;
number of goals scored in all group matches;
If two or more teams are equal on the basis of the above three criteria, their rankings are determined as follows:
points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
goal difference in the group matches between the teams concerned;
number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned;
In the knockout stages, if a match is level at the end of normal playing time, extra time shall be played (two periods of five minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by kicks from the penalty mark to determine the winner. However, for the third place match, no extra time shall be played and the winner shall be determined by kicks from the penalty mark.[28]
Per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-out are counted as draws.
^The FIFA/DIRECTV deal covers the rights for 21 countries: Antigua & Barbuda, Anguilla, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Curaçao, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Montserrat, St. Lucia, St. Kitts & Nevis, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago and the Turks and Caicos.
^The FIFA/SKY deal for the 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup covers the rights for 7 countries: Costa Rica (Teletica), Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala (RTVG), Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama.
^The FIFA/Eurosport deal covers the rights for 43 countries: Albania, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan (İTV), Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy (RAI), Kazakhstan (KAZsport), Kosovo, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal (RTP), Romania, Russia (Match TV), San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain (GOL), Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine (Ukrayina), the United Kingdom and the Vatican City
^The FIFA/Sony deal for the 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup covers the rights for 8 countries: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka
^The FIFA/beIN Sports Arabia deal covers the rights for 24 countries: Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Iran (IRIB), Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates and Yemen
^The FIFA/SBS deal covers the rights for 16 countries: American Samoa (Fox), Australia (Fox Sports), Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Micronesia, Nauru, Niue, Northern Mariana Islands (Fox), Palau, Papua New Guinea (Fox Sports), Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu
^The FIFA/DIRECTV deal for the 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup covers the rights for 9 countries: Argentina (TVPA and TyC), Bolivia (Tigo), Chile, Colombia (Caracol and RCN), Ecuador (CNT), Paraguay (Paraguay TV and Tigo), Peru, Uruguay (VTV) and Venezuela
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