FIFUSA World Championship


Organised by the Federación Internacional de Fútbol de Salón; different from the 5-a-side Futsal Championship now organised by FIFA.


Palmares

Year  Venue             Winners          Runners-Up         Third             Fourth
1982  São Paulo         Brazil       1-0 Paraguay           Uruguay	      Colombia
1985  Madrid            Brazil       3-1 Spain              Paraguay     10-3 Argentina
1988  Melbourne         Paraguay     2-1 Brazil             Spain         5-1 Portugal
1991  Milano            Portugal     1-1 Paraguay [3-2 p]   Brazil        3-2 Bolivia
1994  Argentina         Argentina    2-1 Colombia [aet]     Uruguay           Brazil
1997  Mexico            Venezuela    4-0 Uruguay            Brazil            Russia
2000  La Paz            Colombia     3-3 Bolivia  [3-1 p]   Argentina     6-6 Russia   [6-5 p]

Medal Count

              win 2nd 3rd 4th 
Brazil         2   1   2   1
Paraguay       1   2   1
Colombia       1   1       1
Argentina      1       1   1
Portugal       1           1
Venezuela      1
Uruguay            1   2
Spain              1   1
Bolivia            1       1
Russia                     2


I World Cup 1982

Held in Brazil

Final Ranking:

 1.Brazil (6 wins from 6 matches)
 2.Paraguay
 3.Uruguay
 4.Colombia
 5.Czechoslovakia
 6.Netherlands
 7.Argentina
 8.Italy
 9.Japan
10.Costa Rica   

Final
Brazil          1-0  Paraguay

II World Cup 1985

Held in Spain

Final Ranking:

 1.Brazil (6 wins from 6 matches)
 2.Spain
 3.Paraguay
 4.Argentina
 5.Uruguay
 6.Czechoslovakia
 7.Portugal
 8.Australia
 9.Japan
10.Costa Rica   
11.Canada
12.Netherlands

Final
Brazil          3-1  Spain

III World Cup 1988

Held in Australia

Final Ranking:

 1.Paraguay
 2.Brazil (7 wins and 1 loss from 8 matches)
 3.Spain
 4.Portugal
 5.Uruguay
 6.Australia
 7.Argentina
 8.Czechoslovakia
 9.Netherlands
10.United States
11.Italy
12.England
13.Canada
14.Hungary
15.New Zealand
16.Japan

Final
Paraguay        2-1  Brazil

IV World Cup 1991

Held in Italy

Final Ranking:

 1.Portugal
 2.Paraguay
 3.Brazil
 4.Bolivia
 5.Argentina 
 6.Spain
 7.Venezuela
 8.Czechoslovakia
 9.Colombia
10.Uruguay
11.Australia
12.Puerto Rico
13.England
14.Mexico
15.Israel
16.France
17.Soviet Union
18.Canada
19.Hungary
20.Italy
21.Japan
22.United States

Final
Portugal        1-1  Paraguay    [3-2 pen]

V World Cup 1994

Held November-December 1994 in Argentina

First Phase

Group A (Río Gallegos (Tierra del Fuego))
Costa Rica      4–0  Israel 
Argentina       4–1  Italy 
Israel          2–1  Italy 
Argentina       6–0  Costa Rica 
Costa Rica      4–2  Italy 
Argentina       8–0  Israel 

 1.ARGENTINA       3  3  0  0  18- 1  6
 2.COSTA RICA      3  2  0  1   8- 8  4
 3.Israel          3  1  0  2   2-13  2
 4.Italy           3  0  0  3   4-10  0

Group B (Río Gallegos (Tierra del Fuego))
Uruguay         2–1  Spain 
Bolivia         2–0  Armenia     [forfait]
Uruguay         2–2  Bolivia 
Spain           2–0  Armenia     [forfait]
Bolivia         4–2  Spain 
Uruguay         2–0  Armenia     [forfait]
 
 1.BOLIVIA         3  2  1  0   8- 4  5         
 2.URUGUAY         3  2  1  0   6- 3  5
 3.SPAIN           3  1  0  2   5- 6  2         
 4.Armenia         3  0  0  3   0- 6  0 

Group C (Ituzaingó (Corrientes))
Portugal        7–3  Mexico 
Venezuela       6–2  Morocco 
Venezuela       2–1  Mexico 
Portugal        3–2  Morocco 
Venezuela       3–0  Portugal 
Mexico          4–0  Morocco 
 
 1.VENEZUELA       3  3  0  0  11- 3  6
 2.PORTUGAL        3  2  0  1  10- 8  4 
 3.MEXICO          3  1  0  2   8- 9  2
 4.Morocco         3  0  0  3   4-13  0 

Group D (Formosa (Formosa))
Canada          3–2  Czech Republic 
Paraguay       18–2  Moldova 
Czech Republic 12–3  Moldova 
Paraguay       14–1  Canada 
Canada          8–6  Moldova 
Paraguay        6–3  Czech Republic
 
 1.PARAGUAY        3  3  0  0  38- 6  6
 2.CANADA          3  2  0  1  12-22  4
 3.CZECH REPUBLIC  3  1  0  2  17-12  2
 4.Moldova         3  0  0  3  11-38  0
 
Group E (Posadas (Misiones))
Russia          7–0  Puerto Rico 
Brazil          2–0  Chile       [forfait]
Brazil         12–0  Puerto Rico 
Russia          2–0  Chile       [forfait]
Brazil          6–2  Russia
Puerto Rico     2–0  Chile       [forfait]
 
 1.BRAZIL          3  3  0  0  20- 2  6
 2.RUSSIA          3  2  0  1  11- 6  4
 3.Puerto Rico     3  1  0  2   2-19  2
 4.Chile           3  0  0  3   0- 6  0

Group F (Apóstoles (Misiones))
Colombia        6–2  Belarus 
Slovakia        8–3  United States
Colombia       12–0  United States  
Slovakia        4–2  Belarus 
Colombia        5–1  Slovakia 
Belarus        13–2  United States 
 
 1.COLOMBIA        3  3  0  0  23- 3  6
 2.SLOVAKIA        3  2  0  1  13-10  4
 3.BELARUS         3  1  0  2  17-12  2
 4.United States   3  0  0  3   5-33  0

Second Phase

Group A (Comodoro Rivadavia)
Argentina       2–0  Uruguay 
Portugal        1–0  Czech Republic 
Argentina       2–0  Czech Republic
Uruguay         3–2  Portugal 
Argentina       1–0  Portugal 
Uruguay         1–0  Czech Republic

 1.ARGENTINA       3  3  0  0   5- 0  6
 2.URUGUAY         3  2  0  1   4- 4  4
 3.Portugal        3  1  0  2   3- 4  2
 4.Czech Republic  3  0  0  3   0- 4  0
 
Group B (Posadas and Apóstoles (Misiones))
Venezuela       8–2  Belarus 
Bolivia         9–0  Costa Rica 
Bolivia         5–3  Belarus 
Venezuela       7–0  Costa Rica 
Costa Rica      3–1  Belarus 
Venezuela       1–1  Bolivia 

 1.VENEZUELA       3  2  1  0  16- 3  5
 2.BOLIVIA         3  2  1  0  15- 4  5
 3.Costa Rica      3  1  0  2   3-17  2
 4.Belarus         3  0  0  3   6-16  0

Group C (Posadas and Apóstoles (Misiones))
Brazil          5–2  Canada 
Colombia        5–1  Mexico
Mexico          1–1  Brazil 
Colombia        6–1  Canada 
Brazil          5–5  Colombia 
Mexico          9–4  Canada 

 1.COLOMBIA        3  2  1  0  16- 7  5
 2.BRAZIL          3  1  2  0  11- 8  4
 3.Mexico          3  1  1  1  11-10  3
 4.Canada          3  0  0  3   7-20  0

Group D (Formosa)
Paraguay        5–0  Russia 
Spain           5–2  Slovakia
Paraguay        6–2  Spain 
Russia          1–0  Slovakia 
Spain           2–0  Russia 
Paraguay        5–0  Slovakia 

 1.PARAGUAY        3  3  0  0  16- 2  6
 2.SPAIN           3  2  0  1   9- 8  4
 3.Russia          3  1  0  2   1- 7  2
 4.Slovakia        3  0  0  3   2-11  0
 
Quarterfinals
(in Formosa)
Uruguay         2–0  Venezuela   [forfait]
Argentina       2–0  Bolivia     [forfait]
(in Posadas, Apóstoles)
Brazil          2–0  Paraguay    [forfait]
Colombia        5–1  Spain 
 
NB: the bus transporting the teams of Bolivia and Venezuela
    arrived late for their matches after a sudden venue change
    by the tournament organisers; Paraguay withdrew out of 
    solidarity with Bolivia and Venezuela

Semifinals
Colombia        2–2  Brazil      [4-3 pen]
Argentina       3–2  Uruguay

Third Place Match
Uruguay         1–0  Brazil

Final
Argentina       2–1  Colombia    [aet]

Details on Venezuela matches:

First round (at Gimnasio Mil Viviendas in Ituzaingó)

[Nov 24]
Venezuela       6–2  Morocco 
  [Didier Sanabria (2), David Pinto (2), Abel Durán, Robinson Romero;
   Boubker] 
  [Venezuela: José Peña, Joseín Rodriguez, Didier Sanabria, Asdrúbal 
     Colmenares, David Pinto. Substitutes: Abel Durán, Orlando Romero,
     Robinson Romero, Gerson Lizarazo, Gabriel Planchez. Manager: Diego
     Morales (Colombia) 
   Ref: Daniel Bataglia (Argentina), Juan Castillo (Argentina), Borkoc
        Joromir (Slovakia)]

[Nov 25]
Venezuela       2–1  Mexico 
  [Didier Sanabria, Gabriel Planchez; Raul Sadaouy]
  [Venezuela: José Peña, Joseín Rodriguez, Asdrúbal Colmenares, Gerson 
     Lizarazo, David Pinto. Substitutes: Orlando Romero, Didier Sanabria,
     Gabriel Planchez, Abel Durán] 

[Nov 26]
Venezuela       3–0  Portugal
  [Joseín Rodríguez 27:20, Didier Sanabria 35:11, 37:10]
  [Venezuela: José Peña, Didier Sanabria, Joseín Rodriguez, Asdrúbal
     Colmenares, David Pinto.]

Second round

[Nov 28]
Venezuela       8–2  Belarus 
  At Gimnasio Ciudad de los Apóstoles in Misiones 
  [Venezuela: José Peña, Joseín Rodriguez, Didier Sanabria, David Pinto,
     Asdrúbal Colmenares. Substitutes: Gabriel Planchez, Robinson Romero,
     Gerson Lizarazo, Orlando Romero.] 

[Nov 29]
Venezuela       7–0  Costa Rica 
  At Gimnasio Club Tokio in Posadas
  [Joseín Rodríguez (2), David Pinto, Gerson Lizarazo, Orlando Romero,
   Gabriel Planchez, Robinson Romero]  
  [Venezuela: José Peña, Joseín Rodriguez, Asdrúbal Colmenares, David 
     Pinto, Didier Sanabria. Substitutes: Gabriel Planchez, Orlando
     Romero, Robinson Romero, Ricardo Maita, Abel Durán, Gerson Lizarazo]
 
[Nov 30]
Venezuela       1–1  Bolivia 
  At Gimnasio Club Tokio in Posadas.
  [Didier Sanabria 11:36; Waldo Quinteros 11:29]
  [Venezuela: José Peña, Asdrúbal Colmenares, Joseín Rodríguez, Didier
     Sanabria, David Pinto. Substitutes: Robinson Romero.]

Quarterfinal
Uruguay         2–0  Venezuela (forfait)

VI World Cup 1997

Held in Mexico

Final Ranking:

 1.Venezuela
 2.Uruguay
 3.Brazil
 4.Russia
 5.Argentina 
 6.Colombia
 7.Costa Rica
 8.Belarus
 9.Portugal
10.Czech Republic
11.Bolivia
12.Mexico
13.Spain
14.Slovakia
15.Israel
16.Angola
17.Morocco
18.Belgium
19.Japan
20.United States

Final
Venezuela       4-0  Uruguay

Details on Venezuela matches:

First Round (at Gimnasio Nuevo León in Monterrey)
 
[Nov 24]
Venezuela      25–0  USA 
  [Marlón Sánchez (5), Joseín Rodríguez (4), José Botana (4), Asdrúbal
   Colmenares (3), George Badra (3), Oscar Soto (2), Orlando Amézquita (2),
   David Pinto (1), Domínguez (og)] 
  [Venezuela: José Peña, Joseín Rodríguez, Asdrúbal Colmenares, David
     Pinto, Didier Sanabria. Substitutes: José Botana, Javier Delgado,
     George Badra, Oscar Soto, Orlando Amézquita, Marlon Sánchez,
     Gabriel Planchez. Manager: Álvaro Guevara.]

[Nov 25]
Venezuela       4–2  Czech Republic 
  [Joseín Rodríguez 12:49, David  Pinto 15:39, Asdrúbal Colmenares 21:00,
   Didier Sanabria 27:21; Radek 6:09, Valach 15:57] 
  [Venezuela: José Peña, David Pinto, Asdrúbal Colmenares, Joseín 
     Rodríguez, Didier Sanabria. Substitutes: Gabriel Planchez, Marlon
     Sánchez, George Badra, José Botana.]
 
[Nov 26]
Venezuela       7–3  Argentina 
  [Asdrúbal Colmenares 4, 21, Didier Sanabria 10, 27, Marlon Sánchez 24,
   Gabriel Planchez 33, José Botana 38; Federico Foguets 3, Jorge Zupo 6,
   José Oropel 36]
  [Venezuela: José Peña, Asdrúbal Colmenares, Joséin Rodríguez, David
     Pinto, Didier Sanabria. Substitutes: Marlon Sánchez, Javier Delgado,
     Gabriel Planchez, George Badra, Oscar Soto]

Second Round (at Gimnasio Nuevo León in Monterrey)
 
[Nov 28]
Belarus         3–2  Venezuela 
  [Pavel 32:27, 33:20, 38:06; David Pinto 2:01, Marlon Sánchez 23:50]
  [Venezuela: José Peña, Asdrúbal Colmenares, David Pinto, Joséin
     Rodríguez, Didider Sanabria. Substitutes: Marlon Sánchez, and others]
 
[Nov 30]
Venezuela       7–0  Portugal 
  [Asdrúbal Colmenares 34:14, 34:55, Marlon Sánchez 32:29, 39:40,
   Didier Sanabria 30:35, David Pinto 33:12, Joseín Rodríguez 4:54]
  [Venezuela: José Peña, Asdrúbal Colmenares, David Pinto, Didier
     Sanabria, Joséin Rodríguez. Substitutes: Marlon Sánchez, and others]
 
Quarterfinal (at Gimnasio Nuevo León in Monterrey)

[Dec 2]
Venezuela       4–1  Argentina 
  [Asdrúbal Colmenares 4:00, David Pinto 4:25, Joseín Rodríguez 17:00,
   George Badra 26:53; José Oropel 22:00] 
  [Venezuela: José Peña, Asdrúbal Colmenares, David Pinto, Didier 
     Sanabria, Joseín Rodríguez. Substitutes: George Badra and others]
 
Semifinal (at Gimnasio Nuevo Jalisco in Guadalajara

[Dec 4]
Venezuela       3–1  Brazil
  [David Pinto 10:35, Gabriel Planchez 23:00, David Pinto 27:00;
   Augusto Conrado 2:00]
  [Venezuela: José Peña, Asdrúbal Colmenares, David Pinto, Joséin
     Rodríguez, Didier Sanabria. Substitutes: Gabriel Planchez, George
     Badra]
 
Final (at Gimnasio Nuevo Jalisco in Guadalajara) 

[Dec 5]
Venezuela       4–0  Uruguay 
  [David Pinto 13, 23, 25, Asdrúbal Colmenares 14]
  [Venezuela: José Peña, David Pinto, Asdrúbal Colmenares, Didier 
     Sanabria, Joséin Rodríguez.
   Red cards: Miguel Aguirre Zavala, Nicolás Moriterno, Walter Scurco
              (all Uruguay)]

MVP (Most Valuable Player): Joséin Rodríguez
 
Venezuela topscorers
 
10 goals: Asdrúbal “El Tren” Colmenares, David “La Gacela” Pinto.
 9 goals: Marlon Sánchez.
 7 goals: Joseín “Papi” Rodríguez                     
 5 goals: José Botana   
 4 goals: George “Chicho”Badra, Didier Sanabria.       
 2 goals: Gabriel “Niño” Planchez, Orlando Amézquita,
          Oscar “Chichi” Soto, Gabriel Planchez                                  
Own goal: Domínguez (USA)          

VII World Cup 2000

NB: holders Venezuela did not enter due to financial problems

First Round:

Group A

17 Nov  Santa Cruz   Uruguay         6-1  Australia             URUGUAY     3  3  0  0  13- 2  9
17 Nov  Santa Cruz   Belarus         1-1  Mexico                BELARUS     3  1  1  1   8- 9  4
18 Nov  Santa Cruz   Mexico          0-3  Uruguay               MEXICO      3  0  2  1   4- 7  2
18 Nov  Santa Cruz   Australia       4-6  Belarus               Australia   3  0  1  2   8-15  1
19 Nov  Santa Cruz   Australia       3-3  Mexico
19 Nov  Santa Cruz   Belarus         1-4  Uruguay

Group B

16 Nov  Oruro        Costa Rica      0-9  Bolivia               BOLIVIA     3  3  0  0  19- 2  9
17 Nov  Oruro        Colombia        5-1  Slovakia              COLOMBIA    3  2  0  1  17- 5  6            
18 Nov  Oruro        Colombia       10-1  Costa Rica            SLOVAKIA    3  1  0  2   6-15  3        
18 Nov  Oruro        Bolivia         7-0  Slovakia              Costa Rica  3  0  0  3   4-24  0
19 Nov  Oruro        Slovakia        5-3  Costa Rica
19 Nov  Oruro        Bolivia         3-2  Colombia

Group C

17 Nov  Cochabamba   Paraguay       10-2  Belgium               PARAGUAY    3  2  1  0  17- 8  7
17 Nov  Cochabamba   Spain           1-1  Argentina             SPAIN       3  1  2  0   6- 5  5
18 Nov  Cochabamba   Belgium         1-2  Spain                 ARGENTINA   3  1  1  1   8- 8  4
18 Nov  Cochabamba   Argentina       3-4  Paraguay              Belgium     3  0  0  3   6-16  0
19 Nov  Cochabamba   Argentina       4-3  Belgium
19 Nov  Cochabamba   Spain           3-3  Paraguay

Group D

17 Nov  Sucre        Russia         20-0  Morocco               BRAZIL      3  2  1  0  44- 5  7
17 Nov  Sucre        Brazil         11-0  Dutch Antilles        RUSSIA      3  2  1  0  37- 4  7
18 Nov  Sucre        Dutch Antilles  1-14 Russia                DUTCH ANTL. 3  1  0  2   8-27  3
18 Nov  Sucre        Morocco         2-30 Brazil                Morocco     3  0  0  3   4-56  0
19 Nov  Sucre        Dutch Antilles  7-2  Morocco
19 Nov  Sucre        Brazil          3-3  Russia

Second Round:

Group V

21 Nov  La Paz       Argentina       4-0  Uruguay               COLOMBIA    2  2  0  0  7- 3  6
22 Nov  La Paz       Colombia        3-2  Argentina             ARGENTINA   2  1  0  1  6- 3  3
23 Nov  La Paz       Colombia        4-1  Uruguay               Uruguay     2  0  0  2  1- 8  0

Group X

21 Nov  Oruro        Bolivia        32-0  Dutch Antilles        BOLIVIA     2  2  0  0 37- 3  6
22 Nov  Oruro        Belarus        14-1  Dutch Antilles        BELARUS     2  1  0  1 17- 6  3
23 Nov  Oruro        Bolivia         5-3  Belarus               Dutch Antl. 2  0  0  2  1-46  0

Group Y

21 Nov  Oruro        Paraguay        7-3  Slovakia              RUSSIA      2  1  1  0  5- 4  4
22 Nov  Oruro        Russia          0-0  Slovakia              PARAGUAY    2  1  0  1 11- 8  3
23 Nov  Oruro        Paraguay        4-5  Russia                Slovakia    2  0  1  1  3- 7  1

Group Z

21 Nov  La Paz       Brazil          5-3  Mexico                SPAIN       2  2  0  0  8- 3  6
22 Nov  La Paz       Spain           6-2  Mexico                BRAZIL      2  1  0  1  6- 5  3
23 Nov  La Paz       Brazil          1-2  Spain                 Mexico      2  0  0  2  5-11  0

Quarterfinals:

25 Nov  Oruro        Russia          5-1  Belarus
25 Nov  Oruro        Bolivia         4-0  Paraguay
25 Nov  La Paz       Argentina       4-3  Spain
25 Nov  La Paz       Colombia        5-1  Brazil

Semifinals:

27 Nov  La Paz       Colombia        7-1  Argentina
27 Nov  La Paz       Bolivia         8-2  Russia

Third Place:

28 Nov  La Paz       Russia          6-6  Argentina   [5-6 pen]

Final:

28 Nov  La Paz       Bolivia         3-3  Colombia    [1-3 pen]

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