# 1989 FIFA Futsal World Championship

The 1989 FIFA Futsal World Championship was the first 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 5 and 15 January 1989 in the Netherlands. It was the first non-Olympic FIFA tournament held in the country.
Brazil won the tournament.

## Participants

16 countries were invited to participate to the tournament. 6 from Europe, 3 from South America, 2 from North America, Africa and Asia respectively and 1 from Oceania.
| Confederation | Berths | Qualified |
| Africa | 2 | Algeria Zimbabwe |
| Asia | 2 | Japan Saudi Arabia |
| Europe | 6 | Belgium Denmark Hungary Italy Netherlands Spain |
| North America | 2 | Canada United States |
| South America | 3 | Argentina Brazil Paraguay |
| Oceania | 1 | Australia |
| TOTAL | 16 | Field is Finalized |

## Venues

Holland has many hundreds of sports halls. The KNVB's organizing committee has picked five of the largest and most attractive as the venues for the 1st FIFA World Championship for Five-A-Side Football.
| Amsterdam | Arnhem | Leeuwarden | Rotterdam | 's-Hertogenbosch |
| Sporthallen Zuid | Rijnhal | Sporthal Kalverdijkje | Rotterdam Ahoy Sportpaleis | Maaspoort Sports and Events |
| 3,500 | 6,500 | 4,000 | 7,000 | 3,500 |

## First round
### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Netherlands | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 5 |
| Paraguay | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 4 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 10 | +2 | 3 |
| Algeria | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 17 | −12 | 0 |

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Brazil | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 4 | +10 | 4 |
| Hungary | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 9 | +8 | 4 |
| Spain | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 9 | +5 | 4 |
| Saudi Arabia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 27 | −23 | 0 |

### Group C

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Belgium | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | +7 | 6 |
| Argentina | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 4 |
| Canada | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 |
| Japan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 | −8 | 0 |

### Group D

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| United States | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 5 |
| Italy | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 4 |
| Australia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 3 |
| Zimbabwe | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 14 | −11 | 0 |

## Second round
### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Belgium | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 5 |
| Netherlands | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 3 |
| Hungary | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 2 |
| Italy | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 2 |

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| United States | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 6 |
| Brazil | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 9 | +5 | 4 |
| Paraguay | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 2 |
| Argentina | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 13 | −6 | 0 |

## Final round

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| 14 January 1989 – Rotterdam | 14 January 1989 – Rotterdam |
| Belgium | 3 (3) |
| Belgium | 3 (3) | 15 January 1989 – Rotterdam | 15 January 1989 – Rotterdam |
| Brazil (p) | 3 (5) | 15 January 1989 – Rotterdam | 15 January 1989 – Rotterdam |
| Brazil (p) | 3 (5) | Brazil | 2 |
| 14 January 1989 – Rotterdam | 14 January 1989 – Rotterdam | | Brazil | 2 |
| 14 January 1989 – Rotterdam | 14 January 1989 – Rotterdam | Netherlands | 1 |
| United States | 1 | Netherlands | 1 |
| Netherlands | 2 | | |
| Netherlands | 2 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 15 January 1989 – Rotterdam | 15 January 1989 – Rotterdam |
| | | Belgium | 2 |
| | | United States (a.e.t.) | 3 |

### Final
## Champions

* FIFA Futsal World Championships 1989 winners
* Brazil First title

## Awards

* Golden Ball winner
* Victor Hermans
* Golden Shoe winner
* Laszlo Zsadanyi
* Silver Shoe winner
* Benatti
* Bronze Shoe winner
* Rudi Schreurs Mihaly Borostyan Victor Hermans
* FIFA Fair Play Trophy
* United States

## Goalscorers
### 7 goals

* Laszlo Zsadanyi

### 6 goals

* Rudi Schreurs
* Benatti
* Mihaly Borostyan
* Victor Hermans
* Peter Vermes

### 5 goals

* Eric Maes
* Raul
* Toca
* Laszlo Rozsa
* Andrea Famà
* Marcel Loosveld
* Jim Gabarra

### 4 goals

* Juan Ávalos
* Nicolas Hidalgo
* Átila
* Brian Laudrup
* Lars Olsen
* Raoul Albani
* Jose Sanchez

### 3 goals

* Khaled Lounici
* Alain Fostier
* Nico Papanicolaou
* Marquinhos
* Neimar
* Mario Faber
* Daniel Armora
* Domingo Valencia
* Tab Ramos

### 2 goals

* Fernando Lozano
* Oscar Crino
* Paul Trimboli
* Adílio
* Dirceu
* John Fitzgerald
* Kurt Joergensen
* Sandor Olajos
* Laszlo Qiriko
* Franco Albanesi
* Paolo Minicucci
* Giovanni Roma
* Tsuyoshi Kitazawa
* Andre Bakker
* Michel Seintner
* Francisco Alcaraz
* Luis Jara
* Mario Ruiz-Diaz
* Safouk Al-Temyat
* Sergio Bonilla
* Antonio Ferre
* José Iglesias
* Eric Eichmann
* Brent Goulet
* Mike Windischmann
* Clayton Munemo
* Herman Beyers

### 1 goal

* Lakhdar Belloumi
* Abderrahmane Dahnoune
* Ramon Alvarez
* Hugo Castaneira
* Gabriel Valarin
* Alan Davidson
* Žarko Odžakov
* Raf Hernalsteen
* Karel Janssen
* Luc Reul
* Cadinho
* Carlos Alberto
* Gilson
* Eddy Berdusco
* Alex Bunbury
* Tony Nocita
* Peter Sarantopoulos
* Torben Johansen
* Ole Moeller Nielsen
* Janos Mozner
* Paolo de Simoni
* Alfredo Filippini
* Toshinori Yato
* Eduard Demandt
* Jeffrey Foree
* Andre Tielens
* Adolfo Jara
* Omar Espineda
* Luis Flor
* Víctor López
* Khaled Al-Behair
* Abdullah Abu Humoud
* Mario Gonzalez
* Carlos Navarro
* A.J. Lachowecki
* Doc Lawson
* Bruce Murray
* Gyula Visnyei
* Antony Kambani

## 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.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
| 1 | Brazil | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 33 | 17 | +16 | 11 | Champions |
| 2 | Netherlands | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 14 | +7 | 10 | Runners-up |
| 3 | United States | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 11 | +13 | 13 | Third place |
| 4 | Belgium | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 11 | +11 | 12 | Fourth place |
| 5 | Hungary | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 17 | +6 | 6 | Eliminated in Second round |
| 6 | Italy | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 16 | +1 | 6 | Eliminated in Second round |
| 7 | Paraguay | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 6 | Eliminated in Second round |
| 8 | Argentina | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 18 | –5 | 4 | Eliminated in Second round |
| 9 | Spain | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 9 | +5 | 4 | Eliminated in First round |
| 10 | Denmark | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 10 | +2 | 3 | Eliminated in First round |
| 11 | Australia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | –2 | 3 | Eliminated in First round |
| 12 | Canada | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | Eliminated in First round |
| 13 | Japan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 | –8 | 0 | Eliminated in First round |
| 14 | Zimbabwe | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 14 | –11 | 0 | Eliminated in First round |
| 15 | Algeria | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 17 | –12 | 0 | Eliminated in First round |
| 16 | Saudi Arabia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 27 | –23 | 0 | Eliminated in First round |