| Copa Mundial de Fútbol Sala de la FIFA (Spanish) Colombia 2016 | |
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| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Colombia |
| Dates | 10 September – 1 October |
| Teams | 24 (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 played | 52 |
| Goals scored | 352 (6.77 per match) |
| Attendance | 139,307 (2,679 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Ricardinho (12 goals) |
| Best player(s) | Fernando Wilhelm |
| Best goalkeeper | Nicolás Sarmiento |
| Fair play award |  Vietnam |
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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.
- ^ "FIFA futsal international match calendar 2016-2020" (PDF). FIFA.com. 27 January 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 February 2015.