List of men's national futsal teams
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This is a list of the men's national
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 ...
teams in the world.


Current FIFA affiliates

There are currently 158 men's national futsal teams affiliated to the ''
Fédération Internationale de Football Association FIFA (; stands for ''Fédération Internationale de Football Association'' (French), meaning International Association Football Federation ) is the international governing body of association football, beach football and futsal. It was founded ...
'' (FIFA), the world's football governing body, through their national football associations. They are eligible to enter the
FIFA Futsal World Cup The FIFA Futsal World Cup is an international futsal competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the member associations of FIFA, the sport's global governing body. Since the first edition that took place in 1989 in the Netherland ...
and matches between them are recognized as official international matches. Based on their match results, the Futsal World Ranking, published weekly, compare the relative strengths of the national teams. Each of these national teams is also affiliated to one of the six confederations, according to their continental zones: * Asia - ''
Asian Football Confederation The Asian Football Confederation is the governing body of association football, beach soccer, and futsal in some countries/territories in Asia and Oceania. It has 47 member countries most of which are located in Asia. Australia, formerly ...
'' (AFC) * Africa - '' Confédération Africaine de Football'' (CAF) * North and Central America and the Caribbean - ''
Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football,, ; french: Confédération de football d'Amérique du Nord, d'Amérique centrale et des Caraïbes, . Dutch uses the English name. abbreviated as CONCACAF ( ; typese ...
'' (CONCACAF) * South America - '' Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol'' (CONMEBOL) * Oceania - ''
Oceania Football Confederation The Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) is one of the six continental confederations of international association football. The OFC has 13 members, 11 of which are full members and two which are associate members not affiliated with FIFA. It ...
'' (OFC) * Europe - ''
Union of European Football Associations Union of European Football Associations (UEFA ; french: Union des associations européennes de football; german: Union der europäischen Fußballverbände) is one of six continental bodies of governance in association football. It governs f ...
'' (UEFA) Below is a list of the national football teams by their confederations. Some national teams are full members of their confederation, but do not have membership of FIFA; these are listed with a note explaining this. There are also notes of teams who have left one confederation to join another.


AFC (Asia)

Due to the geographical size of Asia, the AFC is subdivided into five sub-federations: * West Asian Football Federation (WAFF) - represents nations at the western extremity of the continent. The WAFF has six members, but the AFC groups those non members into a single geographical region. * East Asian Football Federation (EAFF) - represents nations generally agreed to constitute the "
far east The ''Far East'' was a European term to refer to the geographical regions that includes East and Southeast Asia as well as the Russian Far East to a lesser extent. South Asia is sometimes also included for economic and cultural reasons. The t ...
". * Central and South Asian Football Federation (CESAFA) - represents nations in central Asia and the
Indian subcontinent The Indian subcontinent is a physiographical region in Southern Asia. It is situated on the Indian Plate, projecting southwards into the Indian Ocean from the Himalayas. Geopolitically, it includes the countries of Bangladesh, Bhutan, In ...
. *
ASEAN Football Federation The ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) is an organisation within the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and is an international governing body of association football in Southeast Asia. It consists of the federations of Australia, Brunei, Cambodia ...
(AFF) - represents nations from
Southeast Asia Southeast Asia, also spelled South East Asia and South-East Asia, and also known as Southeastern Asia, South-eastern Asia or SEA, is the geographical south-eastern region of Asia, consisting of the regions that are situated south of mainland ...
, plus
Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands. With an area of , Australia is the largest country by ...
* South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) - represents nations from
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1: Formerly member of OFC (Joined AFC in 2006)
2: Official name of the national team of the
Republic of China Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the northeas ...
(Taiwan); OFC member 1975-1989
3: Official names used by FIFA and AFC; official names used by EAFF are "Hong Kong, China" and "Macau, China"
4: Iran is member of two sub-federations (WAFF and CESAFA).


CAF (Africa)

Due to the geographical size of Africa, CAF is divided into six regional federations: *Council of East and Central African Football Associations (CECACAF) - represents nations generally regarded as forming the regions of
East Africa East Africa, Eastern Africa, or East of Africa, is the eastern subregion of the African continent. In the United Nations Statistics Division scheme of geographic regions, 10-11-(16*) territories make up Eastern Africa: Due to the historica ...
and some nations of
Central Africa Central Africa is a subregion of the African continent comprising various countries according to different definitions. Angola, Burundi, the Central African Republic, Chad, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Republic of the Co ...
. *Council of Southern African Football Associations (COSAFA) - represents nations generally regarded as forming
Southern Africa Southern Africa is the southernmost subregion of the African continent, south of the Congo and Tanzania. The physical location is the large part of Africa to the south of the extensive Congo River basin. Southern Africa is home to a number o ...
, as well as island states off the coast of Southern Africa. *Union of West African Football Associations (WAFU) - one of two bodies that represent nations in
West Africa West Africa or Western Africa is the westernmost region of Africa. The United Nations defines Western Africa as the 16 countries of Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali ...
. *Union of North African Federations (UNAF) - represents nations regarded as forming
North Africa North Africa, or Northern Africa is a region encompassing the northern portion of the African continent. There is no singularly accepted scope for the region, and it is sometimes defined as stretching from the Atlantic shores of Mauritania in ...
. *Union des Fédérations du Football de l'Afrique Centrale (UNIFFAC) - represents some of the nations that form
Central Africa Central Africa is a subregion of the African continent comprising various countries according to different definitions. Angola, Burundi, the Central African Republic, Chad, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Republic of the Co ...
. *Union du Football de l'Ouest Afrique - one of two bodies that represent nations in
West Africa West Africa or Western Africa is the westernmost region of Africa. The United Nations defines Western Africa as the 16 countries of Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali ...
. 1: Full CAF member but not FIFA member.


CONCACAF (North and Central America and Caribbean)

The CONCACAF federation is divided into three regional federations that have responsibility for part of the region's geographical area: *
Caribbean Football Union The Caribbean Football Union (CFU) is the representative organization for football associations in the Caribbean. It represents 25 FIFA member nations, as well as 6 territories that are not affiliated to FIFA. The Union was established in January ...
(CFU) - represents all nations in the
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* North American Football Union (NAFU) - represents the three sovereign nations of
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*
Union Centroamericana de Fútbol The Unión Centroamericana de Fútbol (Central American Football Union), more commonly known by the acronym UNCAF, represents the national football teams of Central America: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and P ...
(UNCAF) - represents the seven nations of
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1: Full CONCACAF member but not FIFA member.
2: Geographically part of South America, but member of CONCACAF (CFU).


CONMEBOL (South America)

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OFC (Oceania)

1: Associate member of OFC but not FIFA member


UEFA (Europe)

1: Official name given by UEFA to the team representing
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2: Formerly member of AFC (
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1954–1974; Joined UEFA in 1994)
3: Formerly member of AFC (Joined UEFA in 2002)


Current AMF affiliates


CAFS (Asia)

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CAFUSA (Africa)

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CONCACFUTSAL (North America, Central America and Caribbean)

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CSFS (South America)

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PANAFUTSAL (South America, Central America and Caribbean)

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UEFS (Europe)


Full members

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Associated members

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Teams without confederation

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See also

* List of FIFA country codes {{International futsal