Futsal Futsal is a football-based game played on a hard court smaller than a football pitch, and mainly indoors. It has similarities to five-a-side football and indoor football. Futsal is played between two teams of five players each, one of whom is ...

has been played in

Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ...

on an organised basis since 1987.

Background

The Associazione Italiana Football Sala (Italian Futsal Association / AIFS) was founded in 1987, and renamed the

Federazione Italiana Football Sala The Italian Football Sala Federation (acronym of FIFS} is the Italian sports federation that promotes nationally the Football Sala, indoor soccer or futsal (Spanish: fútbol de salón or microfutbol), played with the Rules of the Asociación Mundial ...

(Italian Futsal Federation / FIFS) in 1988. . It was immediately recognized by FIFUSA (the international governing body of futsal, known by the Portuguese acronym Federação Internacional de Futebol de Salão). In 1988 it was among the founders of the European Union of Futsal (UEFS), the governing body in Europe. In 1991 it organized the World Championships in Milan. In the five years From 1992 to 1996, it organized the Mickey Mouse Trophy, sponsored by the Walt Disney. In 1992 it took part in the European Championship held in

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(

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) by the Spanish UEFS. In 1994 he took part for the last time in World Cup organized by the FIFUSA. The Italy national team finished in last place. FIFS sent the teams who won national championships to participate in the Champions League Cup. In 1991 AS Milan finished seventh, as did GS Danypel Milan in 1992 and 1993. In 1995 the Sporting Turro was placed eight. Giovanni Caminiti, the President of the FIFS ceased its work at the end of the 1990s due to ill health, and the organisation was dormant until the summer of 2009 when Axel Paderni revived its activities. In 2009 it joined the International Futsal World League Association, founded in Switzerland to preserve and promote Futsal globally. Now 15 national futsal organisations are member of the association:

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, Seborga,

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

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. The association organizes international friendly matches for national teams and clubs, the Mediterranean Cup (for men and for disabled athletes) and Mundialito Cup.

National team

Clubs

See :Futsal clubs in Italy and

Serie A (futsal) Serie A1 is the premier futsal league in Italy. It was founded in 1984. The league, which is played under UEFA rules, currently consists of 16 teams. It is organized by Divisione Calcio a 5. Champions Performance by club External linksO ...

Background

National team

Clubs

See also