FIFA Futsal World Cup Uzbekistan 2024

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#ACFutsal2024 Thailand cast discover opponents

https://www.the-afc.com/en/national/afc ... nents.html

Kuala Lumpur: Japan will begin the defence of their title in Group C following the draw for the AFC Futsal Asian Cup™ Thailand 2024 at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on Thursday.

Islamic Republic of Iran's bid for a record-extending 13th title will kick off in Group D with the tournament scheduled for April 17-28, 2024.

Hosts Thailand will have Vietnam, Myanmar and China PR for company in Group A while Group B will see four-time runners-up Uzbekistan, Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Australia battling for the two quarter-final spots.

Four-time champions Japan are the top seeds in Group C with Tajikistan, Korea Republic and Kyrgyz Republic their challengers while Iran, runners-up in 2022, lead the Group D cast, with Kuwait, Bahrain and debutants Afghanistan for company.

The top four finishers at the AFC Futsal Asian Cup Thailand 2024 will qualify for the FIFA Futsal World Cup Uzbekistan 2024, which will take place between September 14 and October 6, 2024, marking the first time the global showpiece will be held in Central Asia.

Should Uzbekistan - who have already qualified for the World Cup as hosts - advance to the semi-finals, the four losing quarter-finalists will playoff for the fourth ticket.

DRAW RESULT
Group A: Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar, China PR
Group B: Uzbekistan, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Australia
Group C: Japan, Tajikistan, Korea Republic, Kyrgyz Republic
Group D: IR Iran, Kuwait, Bahrain, Afghanistan

Click here for AFC Futsal Asian Cup™ Thailand 2024 match schedule. https://assets.the-afc.com/2024_AFC_Fut ... hedule.pdf





Regulations: https://assets.the-afc.com/downloads/to ... ations.pdf

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Draw reveals groups and schedule for 2024 Concacaf Futsal Championship

https://www.concacaf.com/futsal/article ... mpionship/

Concacaf’s FIFA Futsal World Cup qualifying tournament is scheduled for April 13-20, 2024.

Semifinalists will represent the region in the FIFA Futsal World Cup Uzbekistan 2024.

Polideportivo Alexis Arguello, in Managua, Nicaragua, will host all competition matches.

Miami, FL - Concacaf has conducted the official draw for the 2024 Concacaf Futsal Championship. The Confederation's qualifying competition for the FIFA Futsal World Cup will take place between April 13-20, 2024, at Polideportivo Alexis Arguello in Managua, Nicaragua, and will include the participation of 12 Concacaf Member Associations.

During Thursday’s draw, hosted at the Confederations Headquarters in Miami, FL, the nations participating in the were divided into three groups of four teams, as follows:

Group A: Costa Rica, Mexico, Suriname, and Haiti
Group B: Panama, Cuba, Canada, and Nicaragua
Group C:Guatemala, United States, Trinidad and Tobago, and Dominican Republic

The tournament will begin with a Group Stage. After Round-Robin play, the group winners, runners-up, and the two best place third place finishers will advance to the Knockout Stage.

The eight-team Knockout Stage will commence with the Quarterfinals, followed by the Semifinals, Third-Place Match, and Final. At the conclusion of the event, the top four finishers (semifinalists) will qualify for the FIFA Futsal World Cup Uzbekistan 2024.

All matches will be in the Polideportivo Alexis Arguello in Managua, Nicaragua. To view the 2024 Concacaf Futsal Championship match schedule, click here. https://stconcacafwp001.blob.core.windo ... hedule.pdf

In the previous edition of the Concacaf Futsal Championship, played in Guatemala in 2021, Costa Rica won its fourth title after defeating the United States 3-2 in the final. In the third-place match, Guatemala topped Panama 3-2 in extra time. These four nations represented the Confederation in the FIFA Futsal World Cup Lithuania 2021.





Regulations: https://stconcacafwp001.blob.core.windo ... ns-eng.pdf

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https://www.uefa.com/futsalworldcup/new ... n-qualify/

France, Kazakhstan, Portugal and Spain have qualified with the last elite round games on Wednesday.



France celebrate reaching their first World Cup
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The FIFA Futsal World Cup qualifying elite round is reaches its conclusion on Wednesday with Poland or Ukraine to join France, Kazakhstan, holders Portugal and Spain in clinching finals spots and the four play-off places to be decided.

Five of the seven European qualifiers for the 2024 World Cup finals in Uzbekistan are being decided by the home-and-away groups. The five group winners will qualify directly for the finals, while the best four runners-up will go into the elite round play-offs.

State of play

Through to final tournament as group winners: France, Kazakhstan, Portugal (holders), Spain

Confirmed in top two of group, can still finish first: Poland, Ukraine

Confirmed in second place in group: Croatia, Finland

Can still finish second in group: Azerbaijan, Italy, Netherlands, Romania, Slovenia

France are into their first World Cup after a 7-1 defeat of Slovakia in Goup C. Croatia beat Germany 4-0 on Friday and will end second but must wait to see if they are confirmed in the play-offs.

Kazakhstan also booked their place from Group A on Thursday with a 2-0 win against the Netherlands. The Netherlands, in second, are two points ahead of their Wednesday visitors Azerbaijan and also Romania.

Also on Friday, Portugal beat Finland 5-0 in Group E to ensure a title defence in Uzbekistan. Finland are sure of second place.

Spain kept up their record of qualifying for all ten editions as they defeated Czechia 7-1 and Italy lost 4-2 in Slovenia in Group D. Italy lead Slovenia on overall goal difference ahead of Wednesday's last matches.

Poland and Ukraine both won to set up a Wednesday decider for automatic qualification in Group B. Visitors Ukraine must win in Lodz with a play-off the consolation for the team that misses out.

A draw on 25 January will set the two-legged play-off ties between 8 and 17 April that will decide the last European qualifiers for the finals, which are being held from 14 September to 6 October.

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https://www.uefa.com/futsalworldcup/new ... e-qualify/

France, Kazakhstan, Portugal, Spain and Ukraine won their FIFA Futsal World Cup qualifying elite round groups to reach the finals while Croatia, Finland, the Netherlands and Poland will play off in April for the last two European slots.

Five of the seven European qualifiers for the 2024 World Cup finals in Uzbekistan were decided by the home-and-away groups. The five group winners have qualified directly for the finals, while the best four runners-up will go into the elite round play-offs, Italy missing out.

Who went through?

Through to final tournament as group winners: France, Kazakhstan, Portugal (holders), Spain, Ukraine

Through to elite round play-offs as four best group runners-up: Croatia, Finland, Netherlands, Poland

France reached their first World Cup on Friday after a 7-1 defeat of Slovakia in Group C and completed their campaign with a 3-1 win in Germany. Croatia also Germany and Slovakia to make sure of a play-off berth.

Kazakhstan booked their place from Group A on Thursday with a 2-0 win against the Netherlands and then prevailed by the same score in Romania. The Netherlands' 3-0 defeat of Azerbaijan confirmed them in the play-offs.

Also on Friday, Portugal beat Finland 5-0 in Group E to ensure a title defence in Uzbekistan. Finland were already sure of second place and also will be in the play-offs.

Spain kept up their record of qualifying for all ten editions as they defeated Czechia 7-1 on Friday and Italy lost 4-2 in Slovenia in Group D. Italy lost 4-0 at home to Spain on Wednesday but still ended up second on goal difference ahead of Slovenia, beaten 3-2 in Czechia, but the Azzurri will not be in the play-offs as the fifth best runners-up.

Only one automatic qualification place was still up for grabs on Wednesday. Ukraine needed victory in Poland to pip their hosts and a 5-3 win takes the to the finals. Poland must settle for the play-offs.

A draw on 25 January will set the two-legged play-off ties between 8 and 17 April that will decide the last European qualifiers for the finals, which are being held from 14 September to 6 October.

https://www.uefa.com/futsalworldcup/new ... 5-january/

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Venue and dates of CONMEBOL qualifying tournament

[Tazmania]

That's says Futsal Copa America, not Futsal WCQ, so do the highest ranked teams qualify for the Futsal WC?

[Jackson Harrison]

That's says Futsal Copa America, not Futsal WCQ, so do the highest ranked teams qualify for the Futsal WC?

Yeah. Futsal WCQ we're abolished for some reason.

[amenina]

That's says Futsal Copa America, not Futsal WCQ, so do the highest ranked teams qualify for the Futsal WC?

Yes, the 2024 Futsal Copa America will be the qualifiers for 2024 Futsal WC: https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/tourna ... hes-venues

It used to be that CONMEBOL held Futsal Copa America in odd years, and then a Futsal WC qualifying tournament in the even year when the Futsal WC was held.

But CONMEBOL has changed the schedule of Futsal Copa America to even years, and now use the one held before the Futsal WC to act as the qualifiers. So no more separate Futsal WC qualifying tournament.

Same idea for Beach Soccer. The Beach Soccer Copa America is now held in odd years, and will be used as the qualifying tournament for Beach Soccer WC held later in the year (the 2024 Beach Soccer WC was originally to be held in later 2023).

And the female version of the Futsal Copa America are now held in odd years, so the next one in 2025 should act as the qualifiers for the first edition fo the Women's Futsal WC in 2025.

[amenina]

That's says Futsal Copa America, not Futsal WCQ, so do the highest ranked teams qualify for the Futsal WC?

Yeah. Futsal WCQ we're abolished for some reason.

To streamline the schedule. So 2 international tournaments in 4 years, instead of 3.

[Tazmania]

Crystal! Cheers.

[Jackson Harrison]

The CAF Futsal Africa Cup of Nations 2024 Qualifiers official draw will be conducted Today, 23 December at the CAF Headquarters at 13h00 Local Time.

The official draw can be viewed live on CAF’s official YouTube channel, CAF TV – Watch here

A total of 13 nations will be engaged for the draw, with the first round of qualifiers set to take place between 29 – 31 January 2024.

Morocco, Egypt and Angola who are the three highest ranked nations will be exempted from the qualifiers and will automatically advance to the competition.

The remaining 10 teams will place one knockout round through a Home & Away format to determine the 5 nations that will join Morocco, Egypt and Angola.

Only eight teams will be eligible to qualify for the tournament.

The nations engaged for the draw are:

Algeria, Angola, Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire, Egypt, Ghana, Mauritania, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Tanzania and Zambia.

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The CAF Futsal Africa Cup of Nations 2024 Qualifiers official draw will be conducted Today, 23 December at the CAF Headquarters at 13h00 Local Time.

The official draw can be viewed live on CAF’s official YouTube channel, CAF TV – Watch here

A total of 13 nations will be engaged for the draw, with the first round of qualifiers set to take place between 29 – 31 January 2024.

Morocco, Egypt and Angola who are the three highest ranked nations will be exempted from the qualifiers and will automatically advance to the competition.

The remaining 10 teams will place one knockout round through a Home & Away format to determine the 5 nations that will join Morocco, Egypt and Angola.

Only eight teams will be eligible to qualify for the tournament.

The nations engaged for the draw are:

Algeria, Angola, Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire, Egypt, Ghana, Mauritania, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Tanzania and Zambia.

https://www.cafonline.com/news/watch-li ... ualifiers/

There are 13 nations engaged in the draw, but CAF only list 12 of them. For some reason, they forgot to list Libya.

Oh, I know the reason. Because it is the CAF, and their admins are always incompetent.

Anyway, here is the draw video: https://www.youtube.com/live/1DwIIhTaXiw?feature=shared

Here are the draw pots, based on geography:

Bye to final tournament: Morocco, Egypt, Angola

Pot 1: Mozambique, Zambia, Namibia, Tanzania (drawn into two ties)

Pot 2: Cameroon, Ghana, Algeria, Cote d’Ivoire, Libya, Mauritania (drawn into three ties)

Here are the draw results:

TotalEnergies CAF Futsal Africa Cup of Nations 2024 Qualifiers Draw conducted

https://www.cafonline.com/news/totalene ... conducted/

The TotalEnergies CAF Futsal Africa Cup of Nations 2024 Qualifiers official draw took place on Saturday, 23 December at the CAF Headquarters in Cairo, Egypt to determine the fixtures of qualifiers set to take place in February next year.

The fast-paced competition makes a return for the seventh time and will see a total of 10 nations battle it out for a place in next year’s finals.

Current champions, Morocco, Egypt as well as Libya who are all the highest ranked nations in the competition will gain automatic entry, while the winners of the five fixtures, set to be played over a home and away basis will then join the three nations to make up the final 8.

TotalEnergies CAF Futsal Africa Cup of Nations 2024 Qualifiers:

Mozambique vs Zambia

Namibia vs Tanzania

Libya vs Algeria

Ghana vs Cote d’Ivoire

Cameroon vs Mauritania

The first leg of the fixtures will be played between 02 – 04 February while the return leg to make up the final 5 will be decided between 09 – 11 February.

TotalEnergies CAF Futsal Africa Cup of Nations previous winners:

1996 – Egypt

2000 – Egypt

2004 – Egypt

2008 – Libya

2016 – Morocco

2020 – Morocco

CAF will soon confirm the official hosts and dates of the competition set to take place in 2024.

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https://twitter.com/CopaAmerica/status/ ... 7032690177

The draw for the Copa America Futsal will be held on 12 January.

11h - PY
http://youtube.com/@CopaAmerica

Tournament dates: 2-10 February 2024

Venue: Paraguay

[amenina]

So here are the number of qualifying entries for each confederation, and the number of slots they are allocated in the final tournament

AFC: 31 teams, 5 spots (or 30 teams, 4 spots if you exclude Uzbekistan who automatically qualified as hosts) - 16% of teams qualify
CAF: 13 teams, 3 spots - 23% of teams qualify
CONCACAF: 12 teams, 4 spots - 33% of teams qualify
CONMEBOL: 10 teams, 4 spots - 40% of teams qualify
OFC: 8 teams, 1 spot - 12% of teams qualify
UEFA: 48 teams, 7 spots - 15% of teams qualify

And here are the number of teams who reached the round of 16 since the tournament was expanded to 24 teams (2012, 2016, 2021)

AFC: 3, 3, 5 / 5
CAF: 1, 1, 1 / 3
CONCACAF: 1, 1, 0 / 4
CONMEBOL: 4, 4, 4 / 4
OFC: 0, 0, 0 / 1
UEFA: 7, 7, 6 / 7 (only team who were eliminated in the group stage was Lithuania in 2021, who automatically qualified as hosts).

I know people on this forum like to complain about the slot allocation for every FIFA tournament, but among all of them the Futsal World Cup has to be have the most unbalanced slot allocation, in terms of both strength of confederation and proportion of representation. For example, how CONCACAF deserve to have 4 spots in the Futsal World Cup, given their low number of qualifying entries and their poor record in the final tournament, is quite beyond justification.

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https://twitter.com/CopaAmerica/status/ ... 6060525789

Here's how the CONMEBOL final draw for #CAFutsal 2024 shaped up!



Draw video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1K1lxP4ae8

https://www.conmebol.com/noticias/grupo ... tsal-2024/

Groups defined for the CONMEBOL Copa América™ Futsal 2024

The ten South American teams belonging to the CONMEBOL Member Associations will face each other in the continental tournament.

The teams are divided into two groups of five teams each, of which the top two teams in each series will advance to the Semifinals.

This Friday, January 12, the draw was made for the Group Stage of the CONMEBOL Copa América™ Futsal 2024, which will be played at the Paraguayan Olympic Committee, located in the city of Luque – Paraguay, from Friday, February 2 to Saturday, February 10.

In 2024, the fourteenth edition of the CONMEBOL Copa América™ Futsal will be held, a tournament played since 1992 and in which Brazil is the top winner, with 10 titles, followed by Argentina with 3 championships.

– Dispute system –

The CONMEBOL Copa América™ Futsal 2024 will be played in 2 phases: preliminary phase (group stage) and final phase (disputes for 9th, 7th and 5th places, semifinal, dispute for 3rd place and final). All phases will be played in a single round of matches. The preliminary phase is played by the 10 teams, distributed in 2 groups of 5 teams each.

The teams occupying the first two positions in each group will qualify for the semi-final. The other teams in each group will compete for positions from 5th to 9th place (the third teams play for 5th place, the fourth teams play for 7th place and the fifth teams play for 9th place).

The Participating Member Associations (MPAs) of the CONMEBOL Copa América™ Futsal 2024 are the representatives of the following countries: Argentina; Bolivia; Brazil; Chile; Colombia; Ecuador; Paraguay; Peru; Uruguay; Venezuela.

Fixtures



https://cdn.conmebol.com/wp-content/upl ... rarios.pdf

Regulations: https://cdn.conmebol.com/wp-content/upl ... nto_v5.pdf