Futsal Confederations Cup

Futsal Confederations Cup

Founded	2009
Region	International (FIFA)
Number of teams	8
Current champions	Argentina (1st title)
Most successful team(s)	Argentina  Brazil  Iran (1 title each)

The Futsal Confederations Cup is a futsal tournament for national teams. It is contested by the winners of each of the six FIFA confederation championships (AFC, CAF, CONCACAF, CONMEBOL, UEFA, OFC), the winner of the FIFA Futsal World Cup and the host country.^[1] It is not to be confused with the Continental Futsal Championship, a friendly tournament hosted annually by Thailand.^[2]

On 2009, Iran became the first national team to win the inaugural Confederations Cup.^[3]

Year	Host	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Third place	Score	Fourth place	Number of teams
2009 Details	Libya	Iran	n/a	Uruguay	Libya	n/a	Guatemala	5
2013 Details	Brazil	Brazil	4–1	Colombia	Chile	n/a	Croatia	4
2014 Details	Kuwait	Argentina	6–2	Czech Republic	Brazil	3–0	Italy	8

^n/a A round-robin tournament determined the final standings.

Team	Titles	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place	Top 4 finishes
Iran	1 (2009)	0	0	0	1
Brazil	1 (2013*)	0	1 (2014)	0	2
Argentina	1 (2014)	0	0	0	1
Uruguay	0	1 (2009)	0	0	1
Colombia	0	1 (2013)	0	0	1
Czech Republic	0	1 (2014)	0	0	1
Libya	0	0	1 (2009*)	0	1
Chile	0	0	1 (2013)	0	1
Guatemala	0	0	0	1 (2009)	1
Croatia	0	0	0	1 (2013)	1
Italy	0	0	0	1 (2014)	1

* = hosts

Legend

Nation	2009	2013	2014	Years
Argentina	×	×	1st	1
Brazil	×	1st	3rd	2
Chile	×	3rd	×	1
Colombia	×	2nd	×	1
Croatia	×	4th	×	1
Czech Republic	×	×	2nd	1
Egypt	×	×	5th	1
Guatemala	4th	×	8th	2
Iran	1st	×	×	1
Italy	×	×	4th	1
Japan	×	×	6th	1
Kuwait	×	×	7th	1
Libya	3rd	×	×	1
Solomon Islands	5th	×	×	1
Uruguay	2nd	×	×	1
Nations	5	4	8	-

In this ranking 3 points are awarded for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss. As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws. Teams are ranked by total points, then by goal difference, then by goals scored.^{[citation needed]} As of 2014

Rank	Team	Part	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Brazil	2	9	8	0	1	35	9	+26	24
2	Iran	2	8	7	0	1	26	8	+18	18
3	Argentina	1	5	4	0	1	23	8	+15	12
4	Italy	1	5	3	1	1	10	9	+1	10
5	Czech Republic	1	5	3	1	2	14	15	–1	7
6	Uruguay	1	4	2	0	2	19	11	+8	6
7	Libya	1	4	2	0	2	11	11	0	6
8	Colombia	1	4	2	0	2	10	11	–1	6
9	Guatemala	2	7	1	1	5	18	33	–15	4
10	Egypt	1	3	1	0	2	8	11	–3	3
11	Japan	1	3	1	0	2	6	9	–3	3
12	Chile	1	3	0	1	2	3	10	–7	1
13	Croatia	1	3	0	1	2	3	12	–9	1
14	Solomon Islands	1	4	0	1	3	12	29	–17	1
15	Kuwait	1	3	0	0	3	6	15	−9	0

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