2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup

2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup
Copa Mundial de Fútbol Sala de la FIFA (Spanish)
Colombia 2016
Tournament details
Host countryColombia
Dates10 September – 1 October
Teams24 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Argentina (1st title)
Runners-up Russia
Third place Iran
Fourth place Portugal
Tournament statistics
Matches played52
Goals scored352 (6.77 per match)
Attendance139,307 (2,679 per match)
Top scorer(s)Portugal Ricardinho (12 goals)
Best player(s)Argentina Fernando Wilhelm
Best goalkeeperArgentina Nicolás Sarmiento
Fair play award Vietnam
2012
2021

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.

  1. ^ "FIFA futsal international match calendar 2016-2020" (PDF). FIFA.com. 27 January 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 February 2015.