The 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup qualification decided who qualified for the 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup in Uzbekistan. Qualifying occurred between April 2022 and April 2024.[1][2]
Qualified teams
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Team qualified
Team failed to qualify
Team suspended
Did not enter
Not a FIFA member.
| Confederation | Qualified through | Team | Date of qualification |
Appearance | First appearance | Last appearance | Current consecutive appearances |
Previous best performance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AFC (Asia) (Hosts + 4 teams) |
Host nation |  Uzbekistan
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23 June 2023 | 3rd | 2016 | 2021 | 3 | Round of 16 (2021) |
| Play off winner at the 2024 AFC Futsal Asian Cup |  Afghanistan
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28 April 2024 | 1st | N/A | N/A | 1 | Debut | |
| Semifinalists at the 2024 AFC Futsal Asian Cup |  Iran
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24 April 2024 | 9th | 1992 | 2021 | 9 | Third place (2016) | |
 Tajikistan
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1st | N/A | N/A | 1 | Debut | |||
 Thailand
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7th | 2000 | 2021 | 7 | Round of 16 (2012, 2016, 2021) | |||
| CAF (Africa) (3 teams) |
Top three at the 2024 Futsal Africa Cup of Nations |  Angola
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19 April 2024 | 2nd | 2021 | 2021 | 1 | Group stage (2021) |
 Libya
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21 April 2024 | 3rd | 2008 | 2012 | 1 | Group stage (2008, 2012) | ||
 Morocco
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19 April 2024 | 4th | 2012 | 2021 | 4 | Quarter-finals (2021) | ||
| CONCACAF (Central, North America and Caribbean) (4 teams) |
Semifinalists at the 2024 CONCACAF Futsal Championship |  Costa Rica
|
17 April 2024 | 6th | 1992 | 2021 | 4 | Round of 16 (2016) |
 Cuba
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6th | 1996 | 2016 | 1 | Group stage (1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2016) | |||
 Guatemala
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6th | 2000 | 2021 | 5 | Group stage (2000, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2021) | |||
 Panama
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4th | 2012 | 2021 | 4 | Round of 16 (2012) | |||
| CONMEBOL (South America) (4 teams) |
Semifinalists at the 2024 Copa América de Futsal |  Argentina
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6 February 2024 | 10th | 1989 | 2021 | 10 | Champions (2016) |
 Brazil
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10th | 1989 | 2021 | 10 | Champions (1989, 1992, 1996, 2008, 2012) | |||
 Paraguay
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7 February 2024 | 8th | 1989 | 2021 | 6 | Quarter-finals (2016) | ||
 Venezuela
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2nd | 2021 | 2021 | 2 | Round of 16 (2021) | |||
| OFC (Oceania) (1 team) |
Winner of the 2023 OFC Futsal Nations Cup |  New Zealand
|
7 October 2023 | 1st | N/A | N/A | 1 | Debut |
| UEFA (Europe) (7 teams)[2] |
Play off winner in Elite round |  Croatia
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16 April 2024 | 2nd | 2000 | 2000 | 1 | Fifth place (2000) |
| Elite Round Group C Winner |  France
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14 December 2023 | 1st | N/A | N/A | 1 | Debut | |
| Elite Round Group A Winner |  Kazakhstan
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14 December 2023 | 4th | 2000 | 2021 | 2 | Fourth place (2021) | |
| Play off winner in Elite round |  Netherlands
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17 April 2024 | 5th | 1989 | 2000 | 1 | Runners-up (1989) | |
| Elite Round Group E Winner |  Portugal
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15 December 2023 | 7th | 2000 | 2021 | 7 | Champions (2021) | |
| Elite Round Group D Winner |  Spain
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15 December 2023 | 10th | 1989 | 2021 | 10 | Champions (2000, 2004) | |
| Elite Round Group B Winner |  Ukraine
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20 December 2023 | 6th | 1996 | 2016 | 1 | Fourth place (1996) |
Slot allocation
editThe slot allocation is as follows:
Summary
editSummary of qualification process
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| Confederation | Teams started | Teams qualified | Teams eliminated | Percentage of entered teams with spots in finals | Qualifying start date | Qualifying end date | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AFC (hosts) | 30 | 5 | 25 | 16.667% | 7 October 2023 | 28 April 2024 | |||
| CAF | 13 | 3 | 10 | 23.077% | 2 February 2024 | 21 April 2024 | |||
| CONCACAF | 12 | 4 | 8 | 33% | 13 April 2024 | 20 April 2024 | |||
| CONMEBOL | 10 | 4 | 6 | 40% | 2 February 2024 | 10 February 2024 | |||
| OFC | 8 | 1 | 7 | 12.5% | 1 October 2023 | 7 October 2023 | |||
| UEFA | 48 | 7 | 41 | 14.583% | 5 April 2022 | 17 April 2024 | |||
| Total | 121 | 24 | 97 | 19.83% | 5 April 2022 | 28 April 2024 | |||
Confederation qualification
editAFC
editThe four best teams not already qualified from the 2024 AFC Futsal Asian Cup in Thailand qualified for the 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup.[3]
| Group A | Group B | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: AFC
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| Group C | Group D | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: AFC
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Source: AFC
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Knockout stage
edit| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 24 April – Indoor Stadium Huamark | ||||||||||
| Thailand | 3 | |||||||||
| 26 April – Indoor Stadium Huamark | ||||||||||
 Iraq | 2 | |||||||||
| Thailand (p) | 3 (6) | |||||||||
| 24 April – Indoor Stadium Huamark | ||||||||||
| Tajikistan | 3 (5) | |||||||||
| Tajikistan (a.e.t.) | 2 | |||||||||
| 28 April – Bangkok Arena | ||||||||||
| Afghanistan | 1 | |||||||||
| Thailand | 1 | |||||||||
| 24 April – Bangkok Arena | ||||||||||
| Iran | 4 | |||||||||
| Uzbekistan | 2 | |||||||||
| 26 April – Bangkok Arena | ||||||||||
 Vietnam | 1 | |||||||||
| Uzbekistan | 3 (4) | |||||||||
| 24 April – Bangkok Arena | ||||||||||
| Iran (p) | 3 (5) | Third place play-off | ||||||||
| Iran | 6 | |||||||||
| 28 April – Bangkok Arena | ||||||||||
 Kyrgyzstan | 1 | |||||||||
| Tajikistan | 5 (1) | |||||||||
| Uzbekistan (p) | 5 (3) | |||||||||
Play offs
editTo decide the fifth qualifier, the four losing quarterfinalists all played in a bracket to decide the spot.
| Play-off 1 and 2 | Play-off 3 | |||||
| 26 April – Indoor Stadium Huamark | ||||||
| Iraq | 3 | |||||
| 28 April – Bangkok Arena | ||||||
| Afghanistan | 5 | |||||
| Afghanistan | 5 | |||||
| 26 April – Bangkok Arena | ||||||
| Kyrgyzstan | 3 | |||||
| Vietnam | 2 | |||||
| Kyrgyzstan | 3 | |||||
CAF
editThe top three from the 2024 Futsal Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco qualified for the 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup.
| Group A | Group B | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CAF
(H) Hosts |
Source: CAF
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Knockout stage
edit| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 19 April | ||||||
| Morocco | 6 | |||||
| 21 April | ||||||
| Libya | 0 | |||||
| Morocco | 5 | |||||
| 19 April | ||||||
| Angola | 1 | |||||
 Egypt | 3 | |||||
| Angola | 7 | |||||
| Third place match | ||||||
| 21 April | ||||||
| Libya (p) | 2 (3) | |||||
| Egypt | 2 (1) | |||||
CONCACAF
editThe four semifinalists from the 2024 CONCACAF Futsal Championship in Nicaragua qualified for the 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup.
| Group A | Group B | Group C | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CONCACAF
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Source: CONCACAF
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Bracket
edit| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 17 April | ||||||||||
| Costa Rica | 3 | |||||||||
| 18 April | ||||||||||
 Canada | 2 | |||||||||
| Costa Rica | 3 (6) | |||||||||
| 17 April | ||||||||||
| Cuba (p) | 3 (7) | |||||||||
 Dominican Republic | 1 | |||||||||
| 20 April | ||||||||||
| Cuba | 2 | |||||||||
| Cuba | 3 | |||||||||
| 17 April | ||||||||||
| Panama | 4 | |||||||||
| Panama | 2 | |||||||||
| 18 April | ||||||||||
 United States | 1 | |||||||||
| Panama (a.e.t.) | 6 | |||||||||
| 17 April | ||||||||||
| Guatemala | 3 | Third place match | ||||||||
| Guatemala | 9 | |||||||||
| 20 April | ||||||||||
 Mexico | 4 | |||||||||
| Costa Rica | 0 | |||||||||
| Guatemala | 3 | |||||||||
CONMEBOL
editThe four semifinalists from the 2024 Copa América de Futsal in Paraguay qualified for the 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup.
| Group A | Group B | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CONMEBOL
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Knockout stage
edit| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 9 February | ||||||
| Paraguay | 0 | |||||
| 10 February | ||||||
| Argentina | 1 | |||||
| Argentina | 0 | |||||
| 9 February | ||||||
| Brazil | 2 | |||||
| Brazil | 3 | |||||
| Venezuela | 0 | |||||
| Third place play-off | ||||||
| 10 February | ||||||
| Paraguay | 1 | |||||
| Venezuela | 4 | |||||
OFC
editThe winner the 2023 OFC Futsal Nations Cup in New Zealand qualified for the 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup.[4]
| Group A | Group B | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: OFC
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Bracket (1st–4th place)
edit| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 5 October - Auckland | ||||||
| New Zealand | 4 | |||||
| 7 October - Auckland | ||||||
 Solomon Islands | 2 | |||||
| New Zealand | 5 | |||||
| 5 October - Auckland | ||||||
 Tahiti | 0 | |||||
| Tahiti | 7 | |||||
 Fiji | 3 | |||||
| Third place match | ||||||
| 7 October - Auckland | ||||||
| Solomon Islands | 5 | |||||
| Fiji | 3 | |||||
UEFA
editUnlike other regions, UEFA organises a separate qualification process to decide the seven qualifiers.[5]
Format
editThe qualifying competition consists of five stages:[6]
- Preliminary round: The lowest-ranked 24 teams play in the preliminary round, and are drawn into six groups of four teams. The winners and runners-up of each group advance to the main round to join the 24 highest-ranked teams which receive byes to the main round.
- Main round: The 36 teams are drawn into twelve groups of three. The 12 winners and four best runners-up progress directly to the elite round. The remaining eight runners-up enter main round play-offs.
- Main round play-offs: The eight teams are drawn into four ties, to be played home and away. The four winners of the ties complete the elite round line-up.
- Elite round: The 20 teams are drawn into five groups of four. The winners of each group qualify directly for the World Cup, while the four best runners-up advance to the play-offs.
- Elite round play-offs: The four teams are drawn into two ties to play home-and-away two-legged matches to determine the last two European qualified teams. If only two teams enter, a draw will be held to determine the order of matches.
In the preliminary round each group is played as a round-robin mini-tournament at the pre-selected hosts.
In the main and the elite round, each team plays one home and one away match against each other team in its group.
Elite round
edit| Group A | Group B | Group C | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: UEFA
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Source: UEFA
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Source: UEFA
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| Group D | Group E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: UEFA
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Source: UEFA
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- Ranking of runners up
| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | E |  Finland
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6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 10 | +11 | 12 | Elite round play-offs |
| 2 | C | Croatia
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6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 10 | +10 | 12 | |
| 3 | B |  Poland
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6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 14 | +7 | 12 | |
| 4 | A | Netherlands
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6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 10 | +4 | 9 | |
| 5 | D |  Italy
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6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 18 | −4 | 7 |
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) away goals scored; 5) wins; 6) away wins; 7) disciplinary points; 8) coefficient ranking.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) away goals scored; 5) wins; 6) away wins; 7) disciplinary points; 8) coefficient ranking.
Elite round play-offs
editThe matches were played on 12–17 April 2024. The winners of each tie will qualify to the 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup.
- Teams that enter the play-offs
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands
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5–5 (5–4 p) | Finland
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1–1 | 4–4 |
| Poland
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4–5 | Croatia
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2–3 | 2–2 |
References
edit- ^ "Everything you need to know about the FIFA Futsal World Cup 2024™". FIFA. 8 February 2024. Archived from the original on 14 February 2024. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
- ^ a b "2024 Futsal World Cup qualifying: format, calendar". UEFA. 8 February 2024. Archived from the original on 15 May 2023. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
- ^ "Сборная Таджикистана по футзалу вышла в полуфинал Кубка Азии-2024 и завоевала путевку на чемпионат мира!!! – Федерация Футбола Таджикистана".
- ^ https://www.nzfootball.co.nz/newsarticle/133698?newsfeedId=1391474#:~:text=Aotearoa%20New%20Zealand%20will%20be%20represented%20at%20the,the%20tournament%2C%20set%20to%20be%20played%20in%20Uzbekistan.
- ^ VESIN, Adonis (14 December 2023). "Futsal. Les deux tops de la qualification historique de la France à la Coupe du monde 2024". Ouest-France.fr.
- ^ "Regulations of the European Qualifying Competition for the 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup". UEFA.
External links
edit- AFC Futsal Asian Cup, the-AFC.com
- 2024 AFC Futsal Asian Cup Fixtures & Standings, the-AFC.com
- Total Futsal Africa Cup of Nations, CAFonline.com
- Futsal, CONCACAF.com
- CONMEBOL Copa América Futsal website at CONMEBOL.com
- Copa América Futsal website at copaamerica.com
- OFC Futsal Nations Cup 2023
- Official website
- Futsal World Cup Matches: 2024 Qualifying, UEFA.com