2020 FIFA Futsal World Cup

2020 FIFA Futsal World Cup
Tournament details
Dates 12 September – 4 October
Teams 24 (from 6 confederations)

The 2020 FIFA Futsal World Cup will be the 9th edition of the FIFA Futsal World Cup, the quadrennial international futsal championship contested by the men's national teams of the member associations of FIFA. It is due to be held from 12 September to 4 October 2020.[1] Argentina are the defending champions.

Host selection

The following countries bid for the tournament:[2]

The eight bidders represent the highest ever for the FIFA Futsal World Cup. Since none of these countries have ever hosted the event before, the tournament will be heading to a new location, later shortlisted to four.

The Czech Republic, Egypt, Georgia, the Netherlands, and the United States expressed interest, but eventually did not bid.[3][4]

The host were originally to be appointed by December 2016,[5] then delayed to December 2017.[6] The hosts will be selected by the FIFA Council on 26 October 2018 in Kigali, Rwanda from the final four candidates: Iran, Japan, Lithuania, and New Zealand.[7]

Qualification

Currently a total of 24 teams qualify for the final tournament, In addition to hosts who qualifies automatically, 23 other teams qualify from six separate continental competitions. The slot allocation was approved by the FIFA Council on 10 June 2018.[8]

Note: The slot for the host nation will be deducted from the host confederation's slot allocation.

Confederation Qualifying tournament Team Appearance Berths Last appearance Previous best performance
AFC
(Asia)		 2020 AFC Futsal Championship TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
CAF
(Africa)		 2020 Africa Futsal Cup of Nations TBD
TBD
TBD
CONCACAF
(Central, North America and Caribbean)		 2020 CONCACAF Futsal Championship TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
CONMEBOL
(South America)		 2020 FIFA Futsal World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL) TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
OFC
(Oceania)		 2020 OFC Futsal Championship TBD
UEFA
(Europe)		 2020 FIFA Futsal World Cup qualification (UEFA) TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD

Broadcasting Rights

References

  1. ↑ "FIFA futsal international match calendar 2016-2020" (PDF). FIFA.com. 27 January 2015.
  2. ↑ "Record numbers bid to host FIFA Futsal World Cup in 2020". FIFA.com. 24 May 2016.
  3. ↑ "Heavy interest in hosting 2020 futsal extravaganza". FIFA.com. 5 April 2016.
  4. ↑ Prie istorinės galimybės artėjantis Lietuvos futbolas slysta ant Prezidentūros laiptų?
  5. ↑ "2020 FIFA Futsal World Cup bidding process underway". FIFA.com. 12 March 2016.
  6. ↑ "フットサルＷ杯 ２０２０年の開催国決定は延期" (in Japanese). NHK News. 10 January 2017. Archived from the original on 11 January 2017. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
  7. ↑ "Organising Committee takes important decisions on FIFA Women's World Cup". FIFA.com. 1 October 2018.
  8. ↑ "FIFA Futsal World Cup 2020 – slot allocation" (PDF). FIFA.com. 14 June 2018.
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