# 1996 FIFA Futsal World Championship

The 1996 FIFA Futsal World Championship was the third 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 24 November and 8 December 1996, in Spain.
Brazil won the tournament for the third consecutive time.

## Qualifying criteria
### Qualified nations

| Competition | Date | Venue | Berths | Qualified |
| Host Nation | | | 1 | Spain |
| AFC Preliminary Competition | 27 March – 17 August 1996 | China Iran Malaysia | 3 | China Iran Malaysia |
| 1996 African Futsal Championship | 16–21 April 1996 | Egypt | 1 | Egypt |
| 1996 CONCACAF Futsal Championship | 20–29 July 1996 | Guatemala | 2 | United States Cuba |
| 1996 South American Futsal Championship | 16–20 April 1996 | Brazil | 3 | Brazil Uruguay Argentina |
| 1996 Oceanian Futsal Championship | 3–8 August 1996 | Vanuatu | 1 | Australia |
| UEFA Preliminary Competition | | | 5 | Belgium Italy Netherlands Russia Ukraine |
| TOTAL | | | 16 | Field is Finalized |

## Venues

| Murcia | Segovia | Castellón de la Plana | Barcelona |
| Palacio de Deportes de Murcia | Pabellon Pedro Delgado Robledo | Pabellon de Castellon | Palau Sant Jordi |
| Capacity: 7,500 | Capacity: 2,050 | Capacity: 4,357 | Capacity: 15,000 |
| MurciaSegoviaCastellón de la PlanaBarcelona ||||

## Draw

The 16 teams were divided in four groups, each group with four teams.

## First round
### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Spain | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 3 | +15 | 9 |
| Ukraine | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 9 | +13 | 6 |
| Egypt | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 19 | −6 | 3 |
| Australia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 26 | −22 | 0 |

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Netherlands | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 6 | +7 | 7 |
| Russia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 5 | +10 | 5 |
| Argentina | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 4 |
| China | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 18 | −15 | 0 |

### Group C

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Italy | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 5 | +11 | 7 |
| Uruguay | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 7 |
| United States | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 3 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 24 | −20 | 0 |

### Group D

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Brazil | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 5 | +26 | 9 |
| Belgium | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 10 | +3 | 6 |
| Iran | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 14 | −2 | 3 |
| Cuba | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 31 | −27 | 0 |

## Second round
### Group E

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Spain | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 9 |
| Russia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 6 |
| Italy | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 3 |
| Belgium | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 12 | −8 | 0 |

### Group F

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Brazil | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 7 |
| Ukraine | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 5 |
| Uruguay | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 14 | −4 | 3 |
| Netherlands | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 14 | −5 | 1 |

## Third Round

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| 6 December 1996 | 6 December 1996 |
| Brazil | 6 |
| Brazil | 6 | 8 December 1996 | 8 December 1996 |
| Russia | 2 | 8 December 1996 | 8 December 1996 |
| Russia | 2 | Brazil | 6 |
| 6 December 1996 | 6 December 1996 | | Brazil | 6 |
| 6 December 1996 | 6 December 1996 | Spain | 4 |
| Spain | 4 | Spain | 4 |
| Ukraine | 1 | | |
| Ukraine | 1 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 8 December 1996 | 8 December 1996 |
| | | Russia | 3 |
| | | Ukraine | 2 |

### Final
## Champions

* FIFA Futsal World Championships 1996 winners
* Brazil Third title

## 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 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 55 | 16 | +39 | 22 | Champions |
| 2 | Spain | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 12 | +22 | 21 | Runners-up |
| 3 | Russia | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 17 | +12 | 14 | Third place |
| 4 | Ukraine | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 36 | 25 | +11 | 11 | Fourth place |
| 5 | Italy | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 13 | +8 | 10 | Eliminated in Second round |
| 6 | Uruguay | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 10 | Eliminated in Second round |
| 7 | Netherlands | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 20 | +2 | 8 | Eliminated in Second round |
| 8 | Belgium | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 22 | –5 | 6 | Eliminated in Second round |
| 9 | Argentina | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 | –2 | 4 | Eliminated in First round |
| 10 | United States | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 3 | Eliminated in First round |
| 11 | Iran | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 14 | –2 | 3 | Eliminated in First round |
| 12 | Egypt | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 19 | –6 | 3 | Eliminated in First round |
| 13 | China | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 18 | –15 | 0 | Eliminated in First round |
| 14 | Malaysia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 24 | –20 | 0 | Eliminated in First round |
| 15 | Australia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 26 | –22 | 0 | Eliminated in First round |
| 16 | Cuba | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 31 | –27 | 0 | Eliminated in First round |