UEFS-FIFUSA about us

our goal

We believe in the power of sport as a means of international unity.
Our mission is to preserve and develop futsal, microfutsal and beach game, ensuring fair, accessible and fun competitions for everyone.FIFUSA stands for unified futsal, for sport without borders.

History and continuity

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Since its creation, FIFUSA has gone from a Latin American initiative to a multi-level international federation with a presence on all continents.

FIFUSA Presidents

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1971-1975 — Luiz Gonzaga de Oliveira (Brazil)
1976—1979 — Valdir Nogueira Cardoso (Brazil)
1980—1990 — Januario D'Alessio (Brazil)
1991—2003 — Antonio Alberca Garcia (Spain)
Since 2003 — Valery Akhumyan (Russia)

Under Valery Akhumyan's leadership, FIFUSA strengthened its position in Europe, expanded its sports program and re-registered in the Schengen area (Latvia).

International collaboration

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Since 2003, FIFUSA has been actively cooperating with European Futsal Union (UEFA). Thanks to this collaboration, European national teams have begun to participate in tournaments organized in Latin America, including:
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2003 — Paraguay
2007 — Argentina
2011 — Columbia

FIFUSA and UEFS are jointly developing progressive game formats, helping to unite the global futsal community.

International competitions

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FIFUSA regularly organizes international tournaments:

World Championships and Cups: 2005, 2007, 2017, 2023
Since 2011 — microfutsal and multi-game competitions (futsal+microfutsal)
Since 2016 — the inclusion of beach micro-futsal “beach game”
In 2019, three disciplines are included in the ICAS World Games program (China)

The history of the emergence of 3x3 microfutsal

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Microfutsal began its history in 2010 in Russia.
Valery Nikolaevich Akhumyan, the then President of the Russian Futsal Federation (FFR), in preparation for the celebration of the 20th anniversary of the FFR, “remembered” his childhood football on the basketball court: basketball stands 10-15 cm away served as goals
the surface of the platform with the lower crossbar. There was an idea to “implement”
memories to life. During the implementation, equipment was developed and
the rules of the game and the gate is specially sized. This is how it appeared
3x3 microfutsal.
In July 2011, the first test game took place on an outdoor sports ground in Moscow, involving athletes from the Moscow Istoki Sports Club. The club was headed by Alexander Valerievich Sokolov, Secretary General of UEFA and FIFUS. Pierre Goivarts and Nelly Nekrashevich, leaders of the Belgian Futsal Federation, also attended the presentation match. The new sport was appreciated and received with a bang, and in the same year Kostroma hosted the first Russian Microfutsal Cup.
As also President of the European Futsal Union (UEFA) and
President of the World Futsal Federation (FIFUSA), V.N. Akhumyan in
He soon initiated official European and then international (intercontinental) microfutsal competitions.

Under the auspices of the UEFA, clubs and national teams from the following countries participate in futsal and microfutsal competitions:

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Russia
The Republic of Belarus
Ukraine
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Latvia
Estonia
Uzbekistan
Abkhazia
South Ossetia
Armenia
Czechia
Slovakia
Basque Country
Belgium
France
Italy
Bosnia Herzegovina
Poland
Bulgaria
Monaco
Israel

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The History of FIFUSA and UEFS

about us

our goal

Disagreements and new formats

The History of FIFUSA and UEFS

about us

our goal

History and continuity

FIFUSA Presidents

International collaboration

International competitions

The history of the emergence of 3x3 microfutsal

Under the auspices of the UEFA, clubs and national teams from the following countries participate in futsal and microfutsal competitions:

Disagreements and new formats

organizations that host international futsal tournaments: