Futsal Story

FIFA Futsal Coaching Course Nicosia (Cyprus), 29/6-3/7/2009 Instructor: Mico Martic (Croatia)

Futsal Story

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Word “FUTSAL” FUTSAL = FUT + SAL The term FUTSAL is the international term used for the game. It is derived from the Spanish or Portuguese word for "soccer", FUTbol or FUTebol, and the Spanish or Portuguese word for "indoor", SALon or SALâo.

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Futsal Story 1933 - Montevideo (Uruguay) Juan Carlos Ceriani physical education teacher invents five-a-side version of soccer*

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Juan Carlos Ceriani (1906-1996) Futsal Father

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* For more informations about Futsal History check on Internet

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Futsal Story 1930 Football boom in Uruguay in the early 30’s Lack of spaces to create football pitches and the pitch conditions during the winter period..! 1933 Mr Ceriani created some basic rules. Mix of basketball, handball, football and…water-polo rules 1930 to 1950’s Futsal also started in Brazil (São Paulo area) No real uniformity, no clear rules (5, 6, 7-a-side) Poor development 1952 YC Association created the first ever Futsal League in São Paulo. 1954 First governing body created in Rio de Janeiro – the Metropolitan Federation of Futsal

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Futsal Story

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1956 First Futsal rules adopted and published by Luis Gonzagua, from the Federation of Futsal Paulista 1960 South American Confederation of Futsal (1st ever Inc. Futsal Organization) (CSFS – Confederacion Sudamericana de Futbol Sala) 1965 - Asuncion (Paraguay) 1st South American Cup (CSFS) and 6 others until 1979 (1st ever Inc. Futsal Competition) July 25th 1971 - FIFUSA (“Federacion Internacional de FUtbol SAla”- International Federation of Indoor football), which had from 1971 to 1973 Mr Joao Havelange as honorary president before he becomes FIFA president ... 1982 - Sao Paulo (Brazil) 1st FIFUSA Futsal World Championship 1985 - Madrid (Spain) 2nd FIFUSA Futsal World Championship (14.000 spectators on Final)

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Futsal Story 1987 FIFA organized three Futsal Tournaments: Hungary, Spain and Brazil

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FIFA Futsal World Championships 1989 - Natherlands 1st FIFA Futsal World Championship (Winner Brazil) 1992 – Hong Kong 2nd FIFA Futsal World Championship (Winner Brazil) 1996 - Spain 3rd FIFA Futsal World Championship (Winner Brazil) 2000 - Guatemala 4th FIFA Futsal World Championship (Winner Spain) 2004 – Chinese Taipei 5th FIFA Futsal World Championship (Winner Spain) 2008 – Brazil 6th FIFA Futsal World Championship (Winner Brazil)

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Futsal Present Today what we have? More than 100 countries participate on FIFA and FIFA Confederations Futsal Competitions Millions practice Futsal. According to the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) research, more than 4.000.000 italians regularly practice Futsal (two times a week) Strong Professional Futsal Leagues (ESP, BRA, RUS, ITA, POR, UKR ...)

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Futsal Business Development

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Futsal Opportunities

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FIFA powerful brand and image

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Interest of TV broadcast (i.e. ESPN, EUROSPORT ecc..)

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Possibility of being Olympic Sport.

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Interest of a lot of National Football Associations.

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New career opportunities for players,coaches ….

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Continental Nations Cups (UEFA, AFC, OFC, CONMEBOL, CONCACAF, CAF)

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Continental Club Cups (CONMEBOL Futsal Cup, UEFA Futsal Cup)

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Intercontinental Club Cup

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Futsal Future Futsal is a sport with higher growth rate

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FIFA Competitions for Young Categories

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FIFA Competitions for Women Categories

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FIFA Futsal Coaches/Referees Courses

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Futsal Olympic Sport

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Definitive unification of the Futsal Laws of the Game (www.fifa.com)

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Unification of all Wolrd Futsal Organizations under the FIFA roof

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Futsal Informations

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Where to find more informations about Futsal Story: http://www.fifa.com http://www.futsalplanet.com

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ATLETICO / PAX DE MINAS vs. RIO DE JANEIRO / MIECIMO IV LIGA FUTSAL - FINAL (2nd match) - Belo Horizonte, MG – Brasil Mineirinho Gimnasium Hall - 8 August, 1999 - 11:15 hs. Attendence World Record: 25.713 spectators

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