1996 FIFA Futsal World Championship

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1996 FIFA Futsal World Championship

Campeonato Mundial de Fútbol Sala de la FIFA 1996
Tournament details
Host country	Spain
Dates	24 November – 8 December
Teams	16 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Brazil (3rd title)
Runners-up	Spain
Third place	Russia
Fourth place	Ukraine
Tournament statistics
Matches played	40
Goals scored	290 (7.25 per match)
Attendance	116,400 (2,910 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Manoel Tobias (14 goals)
Best player(s)	Manoel Tobias
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The 1996 FIFA Futsal World Championship was the third FIFA Futsal World Championship, the quadrennial international futsal championship contested by the men's national teams of the member associations of FIFA. It was held between 24 November and 8 December 1996, in Spain.

Brazil won the tournament for the third consecutive time.

Competition	Date	Venue	Berths	Qualified
Host Nation			1	Spain
AFC Preliminary Competition	27 March – 17 August 1996	China  Iran  Malaysia	3	China  Iran  Malaysia
1996 African Futsal Championship	16–21 April 1996	Egypt	1	Egypt
1996 CONCACAF Futsal Championship	20–29 July 1996	Guatemala	2	United States  Cuba
1996 South American Futsal Championship	16–20 April 1996	Brazil	3	Brazil  Uruguay  Argentina
1996 Oceanian Futsal Championship	3–8 August 1996	Vanuatu	1	Australia
UEFA Preliminary Competition			5	Belgium  Italy  Netherlands  Russia  Ukraine
TOTAL			16	Field is Finalized

Murcia	Segovia	Castellón de la Plana	Barcelona
Palacio de Deportes de Murcia	Pabellon Pedro Delgado Robledo	Pabellon de Castellon	Palau Sant Jordi
Capacity: 7,500	Capacity: 2,050	Capacity: 4,357	Capacity: 15,000
Murcia Segovia Castellón de la Plana Barcelona

The 16 teams were divided in four groups, each group with four teams.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Spain	3	3	0	0	18	3	+15	9
Ukraine	3	2	0	1	22	9	+13	6
Egypt	3	1	0	2	13	19	−6	3
Australia	3	0	0	3	4	26	−22	0

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Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Netherlands	3	2	1	0	13	6	+7	7
Russia	3	1	2	0	15	5	+10	5
Argentina	3	1	1	1	7	9	−2	4
China	3	0	0	3	3	18	−15	0

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Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Italy	3	2	1	0	16	5	+11	7
Uruguay	3	2	1	0	7	3	+4	7
United States	3	1	0	2	12	7	+5	3
Malaysia	3	0	0	3	4	24	−20	0

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Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Brazil	3	3	0	0	31	5	+26	9
Belgium	3	2	0	1	13	10	+3	6
Iran	3	1	0	2	12	14	−2	3
Cuba	3	0	0	3	4	31	−27	0

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Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Spain	3	3	0	0	8	2	+6	9
Russia	3	2	0	1	9	4	+5	6
Italy	3	1	0	2	5	8	−3	3
Belgium	3	0	0	3	4	12	−8	0

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Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Brazil	3	2	1	0	12	5	+7	7
Ukraine	3	1	2	0	11	9	+2	5
Uruguay	3	1	0	2	10	14	−4	3
Netherlands	3	0	1	2	9	14	−5	1

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	Semifinals				Final
	6 December 1996
	Brazil	6
					8 December 1996
	Russia	2
					Brazil	6
	6 December 1996
					Spain	4
	Spain	4
	Ukraine	1
					Third place
					8 December 1996
					Russia	3
					Ukraine	2

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FIFA Futsal World Championships 1996 winners
Brazil Third title

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.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
1	Brazil	8	7	1	0	55	16	+39	22	Champions
2	Spain	8	7	0	1	34	12	+22	21	Runners-up
3	Russia	8	4	2	2	29	17	+12	14	Third place
4	Ukraine	8	3	2	3	36	25	+11	11	Fourth place
5	Italy	6	3	1	2	21	13	+8	10	Eliminated in Second round
6	Uruguay	6	3	1	2	17	17	0	10
7	Netherlands	6	2	2	2	22	20	+2	8
8	Belgium	6	2	0	4	17	22	–5	6
9	Argentina	3	1	1	1	7	9	–2	4	Eliminated in First round
10	United States	3	1	0	2	12	7	+5	3
11	Iran	3	1	0	2	12	14	–2	3
12	Egypt	3	1	0	2	13	19	–6	3
13	China	3	0	0	3	3	18	–15	0
14	Malaysia	3	0	0	3	4	24	–20	0
15	Australia	3	0	0	3	4	26	–22	0
16	Cuba	3	0	0	3	4	31	–27	0

• FIFA Futsal World Championship Spain 1996, FIFA.com
• FIFA Technical Report (Part 1) and (Part 2)