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FIFA Futsal World Cup

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The FIFA Futsal World Cup is the international competition for men's national teams of Futsal, the indoor version of football organized by FIFA. The tournament is held every 4 years, and on the even year between each FIFA World Cup. For example, if the World Cup is in 2018 and 2022, the Futsal World Cup would be held in 2020 between the 2018 and 2022 World Cups.

The first event was held in 1989 in the Netherlands. The current champion is Argentina. They won the 2016 tournament.

Results
# Year Host Winner Score Runner-up # of teams
1 1989 File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil 2-1 File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 16
2 1992 File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil 4-1 File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 16
3 1996 File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil 6-4 File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain 16
4 2000 File:Flag of Guatemala.svg Guatemala File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain 4-3 File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil 16
5 2004 File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chinese Taipei File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain 2-1 File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy 16
6 2008 File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil 2-2 (extra time)

4-3 (penalties)

File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain 20
7 2012 File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil 3-2 (extra time) File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain 24
8 2016 File:Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina 5-4 File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia 24

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