The Futsal Club Championship, also referred as
Hero Futsal Club Championship for sponsorship ties, is the
highest level futsal club competition in
India, organised by the
All India Football Federation
The All India Football Federation (AIFF) is the national governing body of football in India. It is a member of FIFA, the international governing body of football and affiliated to Asian Football Confederation.
It is affiliated to Ministry o ...
(AIFF).
The inaugural edition kicked off on 5th November 2021 in
New Delhi with 16 teams. It acts as qualifier for the
AFC Futsal Club Championship
The AFC Futsal Club Championship is the current highest Asian futsal club competition, hosted by the Asian Football Confederation. It is futsal equivalent to AFC Champions League.
For the inaugural edition, AFC Futsal Committee decided to make ...
, the highest level club futsal competition in
Asia.
History
On 10 December 2019, the AIFF executive committee decided that futsal club competition will be part of their calendar from 2020 season onwards.
AIFF invited clubs playing
Indian Super League,
I-League and
state level futsal champions to participate in the inaugural season.
The inaugural championship was originally planned to be held in July – August, but due to
COVID-19 pandemic, it was postponed until 2021.
Competition format
2021
The Futsal Club Championship features a total of 16 teams, which have been divided into four groups, played in a
round-robin format. The highest-placed team from each group makes it to the semi-final stage, played in a knockout format. The winners of the tournament become futsal champions of India.
2022-23
The Futsal Club Championship 2022-23 season will have a total of 13 teams, teams will be divided into two groups of seven and six teams respectively, where they will play in the round robin format, before proceeding to the knockout rounds. The winner of the tournament will qualify to represent India in
AFC Futsal Club Championship
The AFC Futsal Club Championship is the current highest Asian futsal club competition, hosted by the Asian Football Confederation. It is futsal equivalent to AFC Champions League.
For the inaugural edition, AFC Futsal Committee decided to make ...
at Asian level.
2021 teams
Summaries
Statistics and records
Winners by club
Media coverage
On 3rd November 2021, the All India Football Federation announced that
Eurosport India
Eurosport India (formerly known as DSport) is an Indian sports channel owned by Warner Bros. Discovery Asia-Pacific. It was launched as ''DSport'' in February 2017 with a partnership between Discovery India and Lex Sportel. In January 2020, Lex ...
will broadcast the
inaugural edition of the Hero Futsal Club Championship.
See also
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Football in India
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Sport in India
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History of Indian football
The history of football in India is a long and detailed one, as it was the national sport at one time. The impetus for this was to unify the Indian Army. There is evidence for refereed between a team of football games being played in the Indian ...
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Indian football league system
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AFC Futsal Asian Cup
The AFC Futsal Asian Cup, previously the AFC Futsal Championship, is the premier international futsal competition for the Asian Football Confederation national teams. It was first held in 1999 and was played annually until 2008; since then it has ...
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FIFA Futsal World Cup
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Asian Premier Futsal Championship
The Premier Futsal League was an Indian franchise-based futsal league conceptualised by Indian entrepreneurs under the entity of Premier Futsal Management Pvt. Ltd. It was founded by Abhinandan Balasubramanian, Dinesh Raj and Nithyashree Su ...
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Futsal Association of India
Futsal Association of India (FAI) is the governing body of state-level futsal league and Asian Premier Futsal Championship in India.
FAI has been developing futsal through various District, State and National Championships. FAI organised its 1 ...
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Minifootball
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Five-a-side football
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Indoor soccer
Indoor soccer or arena soccer (known internationally as indoor football, fast football, or showball) is five-a-side version of minifootball, derived from association football and adapted to be played in walled hardcourt indoor arena. Indoor socc ...
References
External links
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