1989 FIFA Futsal World Championship
international football competition
The 1989 FIFA Futsal World Championship was the first 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 5 and 15 January 1989 in the Netherlands. It was the first non-Olympic FIFA tournament held in the country.
Brazil won the tournament.
Participants
16 countries were invited to participate to the tournament. 6 from Europe, 3 from South America, 2 from North America, Africa and Asia respectively and 1 from Oceania.
Venues
Holland has many hundreds of sports halls. The KNVB's organizing committee has picked five of the largest and most attractive as the venues for the 1st FIFA World Championship for Five-A-Side Football.
Squads
First round
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Second round
Group A
Group B
Final round
Semi-finals
3rd place
Final
Champions
Awards
Goalscorers
7 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Tournament ranking
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.
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