The 1996 FIFA Futsal World Championship was the third FIFA Futsal World Championship, the quadrennial international futsal championship contested by the men's national teams of the member associations of FIFA. It was held between 24 November and 8 December 1996, in Spain.
Brazil won the tournament for the third consecutive time.
Qualifying criteria Qualified nations Competition Date Venue Berths Qualified Host Nation 1 AFC Preliminary Competition 27 March – 17 August 1996 3 1996 African Futsal Championship 16–21 April 1996 1 1996 CONCACAF Futsal Championship 20–29 July 1996 2 1996 South American Futsal Championship 16–20 April 1996 3 1996 Oceanian Futsal Championship 3–8 August 1996 1 UEFA Preliminary Competition 5 TOTAL 16 Field is Finalized
Venues Murcia Segovia Castellón de la Plana Barcelona Palacio de Deportes de Murcia Pabellon Pedro Delgado Robledo Pabellon de Castellon Palau Sant Jordi Capacity: 7,500 Capacity: 2,050 Capacity: 4,357 Capacity: 15,000
Draw The 16 teams were divided in four groups, each group with four teams.
First round Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Second round Group E
Group F
Third Round
Semifinals
Third place match
Final
Champions
12–man Roster , Marcio, Waginho, Manoel Tobias, Fininho, Sandrinho, Danilo, Choco, Vander, Bage, Clovis, Djacir Head coach
Tournament ranking Per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-out are counted as draws. TeamFinal result1 8 7 1 0 55 16 +39 22Champions2 8 7 0 1 34 12 +22 21Runners-up3 8 4 2 2 29 17 +12 14Third place4 8 3 2 3 36 25 +11 11Fourth place5 6 3 1 2 21 13 +8 10Eliminated in Second round6 6 3 1 2 17 17 0 107 6 2 2 2 22 20 +2 88 6 2 0 4 17 22 –5 69 3 1 1 1 7 9 –2 4Eliminated in First round10 3 1 0 2 12 7 +5 311 3 1 0 2 12 14 –2 312 3 1 0 2 13 19 –6 313 3 0 0 3 3 18 –15 014 3 0 0 3 4 24 –20 015 3 0 0 3 4 26 –22 016 3 0 0 3 4 31 –27 0
External links FIFA Futsal World Championship Spain 1996, FIFA.com FIFA Technical Report (Part 1) and (Part 2)