WMF World Cup

WMF World Cup
	World Cup of Minifootball
Founded	2015
Region	International (World Minifootball Federation)
Number of teams	32
Current champions	Romania (2023)
Most successful team(s)	United States, Mexico, Czech Republic, Romania (1 title each)
Television broadcasters	ESPN3 ; WMF (YouTube live streaming)
Website	www.minifootball.com
	2023 WMF World Cup

The WMF World Cup is an international indoor soccer competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of World Minifootball Federation (WMF).

History[edit]

The first Indoor Soccer World Championship was organized in 1997 in Mexico City, under the auspices of the Federacion Internacional de Futbol Rapido (FIFRA). Twelve national teams participated in that tournament, with Mexico winning the final against the United States.^[1]

In February 2012, the Federación Internacional de Fútbol Rápido hosted the first-ever FIFRA Club Championship in Monterrey, Mexico. The 4-team tournament was won by the San Diego Sockers, who defeated the Monterrey Flash 5–3 in the final.^[2]

The first edition of the World Minifootball Federation World Cup was held in the United States in March 2015.^[3]

WMF awarded the second edition in 2017 of the competition to the Tunisia Minifootball Federation. The tournament was held from 6 to 15 October 2017.

The 2023 WMF World Cup was played in the United Arab Emirates from 26 October till 4 November 2023.^[4]

Results[edit]

Year	Host	Winner	Score	Runner-up	3rd place	Score	4th place	Number of teams
2015 Details	United States	United States	5–3	Mexico	Brazil and Romania			12
2017 Details	Tunisia	Czech Republic	3–0	Mexico	Senegal	5–0	Spain	24
2019 Details	Australia	Mexico	4–0	Brazil	Romania	0–0 (3–1 p)	Hungary	32
2023 Details	UAE	Romania	2–2 (12–11 p)	Kazakhstan	Hungary	3–1	Azerbaijan	32

Medal table[edit]


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Mexico	1	2	0	3
2	Romania	1	0	2	3
3	Czech Republic	1	0	0	1
3	United States	1	0	0	1
5	Brazil	0	1	1	2
6	Kazakhstan	0	1	0	1
7	Hungary	0	0	1	1
7	Senegal	0	0	1	1
Totals (8 entries)		4	4	5	13

Participating nations[edit]

1st — Champion
2nd — Runner-up
3rd — Third place
GS — Group Stage
— Hosts

Teams	2015	2017	2019	2023	Years
Afghanistan			23rd		1
Albania				Q	1
Algeria				Q	1
Argentina		21st	30th		2
Australia		7th	6th		2
Azerbaijan				4th	1
Bosnia and Herzegovina		12th			1
Brazil	3rd	13th	2nd		3
Bulgaria				Q	1
Canada	6th				1
Chile		16th	19th		2
Colombia			14th		1
Costa Rica			26th		1
Czech Republic	5th	1st	5th	Q	4
Egypt				Q	1
El Salvador	7th				1
England			25th	Q	2
France		8th		Q	2
Germany	8th				1
Georgia				Q	1
Ghana			9th	Q	2
Guatemala		23rd	13th	Q	3
Hungary		6th	4th	3rd	3
India	12th	24th	27th	Q	4
Iraq		20th	18th	Q	3
Ireland				Q	1
Israel				Q	1
Ivory Coast		17th			1
Japan			24th	Q	2
Kazakhstan	11th	11th		2nd	3
Lebanon		19th	17th	Q	3
Libya		14th		Q	2
Mexico	2nd	2nd	1st	Q	4
Moldova			10th		1
Montenegro				Q	1
Nigeria			31st		1
Oman				Q	1
Portugal		18th	28th	Q	3
Romania	3rd	9th	3rd	1st	4
Russia	9th	10th			2
Saudi Arabia			16th		1
Senegal		3rd			1
Serbia	10th		12th	Q	3
Singapore			32nd		1
Slovakia			7th	Q	2
Somalia		22nd	29th		2
South Africa			21st		1
Spain		4th		Q	2
Sudan				Q	1
Switzerland			22nd		1
Thailand			20th	Q	2
Tunisia		5th	15th	Q	3
Ukraine			8th	Q	2
United Arab Emirates				Q	1
United States	1st	15th	11th	Q	4