Women's Futsal World Tournament

Women's Futsal World Tournament
Founded2010
RegionInternational
Number of teams8 (2015)
Current champions Brazil (6th title)
Most successful team(s) Brazil (6 titles)

The Women's Futsal World Tournament is an international women's futsal competition for national teams, organized by national associations and the World Futsal Association.[1] The first edition took place in 2010 in Spain and was won by Brazil. The tournament has known no other winner besides Brazil, after the country's victories in the first six editions.

The tournament is endorsed by national associations such as the Japan Football Association,[2] Iranian Football Federation[3] and FEDEFUT.[4] FIFA runs the men's FIFA Futsal World Cup but not the Women's Futsal World Tournament.[5][6] The FIFA Women's Futsal World Cup was announced in 2022.

  1. ^ "They launched the Women's Futsal World Championship". Ontario Futsal Association. 23 February 2014. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  2. ^ "Japan women's futsal national team match against Guatemala women's in the Women's Futsal World Tournament (15 December 2014)". Japanese Football Association. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  3. ^ Askarieh, Emad (November 26, 2015). "Iran's female futsal player uses legal channels to defy travel ban". IFP News. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  4. ^ Calvo, Rodrigo (28 November 2015). "Tricolor finished fifth in the Women's futsal World Cup (Tricolor finalizó quinta en Mundial de futsal femenino)". Buzón de Rodrigo. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  5. ^ "The first FIFA Women's Futsal World Cup in 2020? (Le premier Mondial FIFA de futsal féminin en 2020 ?) - [11 September 2017]". France Futsal. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  6. ^ "Malaysia to Take Part in Women Futsal World Cup 2014 – AFF – The Official Website Of The Asean Football Federation". Asean Football Federation. 31 December 2013. Retrieved 16 April 2020.