# The Women's Game and the Numbers · Futsal Level 10: Professional

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The Women's Game and the Numbers in Futsal (Level 10: Professional) on Insporta: 100 sourced facts behind 10 tests. Covers: the uefa women's futsal eu.

This sub-level teaches the part of the professional game that is newest and growing fastest -- the UEFA Women's Futsal EURO, first played in 2019 and won by Spain, who have also taken the 2022 and 2023 editions with Portugal the standing runner-up; the first FIFA Futsal Women's World Cup, staged in the Philippines in 2025, where Brazil beat Portugal 3-0 in the final with Spain third; the way the women's game has the same leading nations as the men's, Spain and Portugal in Europe and Brazil worldwide; and the bigger picture of futsal as a development tool, played across the great majority of FIFA's member associations and widely credited by footballers from Pele to Messi for building close control and quick decisions on a small, hard court; tests 6-10 add the first Women's World Cup in detail, the Women's EURO in detail, women's stars and awards, the stars of the futsal pathway, and reading the numbers.

## Test 1: The UEFA Women's Futsal EURO

- The first UEFA Women's Futsal EURO was played in 2019; Spain beat the hosts Portugal in the final in Gondomar. (Source: UEFA.com, "Women's Futsal EURO 2023 finals results" (history))
- Portugal hosted the 2019 finals and the decider was in Gondomar, where Spain beat the hosts. (Source: UEFA.com, "Women's Futsal EURO" (2019))
- Spain won the 2019, 2022 and 2023 editions, an unbeaten run at the start of the competition. (Source: UEFA.com, "Women's Futsal EURO 2023 finals results")
- Spain beat Ukraine 5-1 in the 2023 final in Debrecen, Hungary, having knocked out Portugal in the semi-finals. (Source: UEFA.com, "Women's Futsal EURO 2023 finals results")
- Portugal lost the 2019 and 2022 finals to Spain and finished third in 2023; they are the competition's chief challengers. (Source: UEFA.com, "Women's Futsal EURO" (finals))
- UEFA launched the Women's Futsal EURO in 2019, and there have been editions in 2022 and 2023 since. (Source: UEFA.com, "Women's Futsal EURO 2023 finals results")
- Spain lead both, but the women's competition only began in 2019 against the men's 1996. (Source: UEFA.com, "Women's Futsal EURO"; Wikipedia, "UEFA Futsal Championship")
- Ukraine reached their first final in 2023, beating Hungary in the semi-final before losing to Spain. (Source: UEFA.com, "Women's Futsal EURO 2023 finals results")
- The Women's Futsal EURO dates only from 2019, which is why its record is short. (Source: UEFA.com, "Women's Futsal EURO")
- Spain won 2019, 2022 and 2023; Portugal have been the beaten finalists most often. (Source: UEFA.com, "Women's Futsal EURO 2023 finals results")

## Test 2: The first FIFA Futsal Women's World Cup

- The inaugural FIFA Futsal Women's World Cup was staged in the Philippines in 2025. (Source: Wikipedia, "2025 FIFA Futsal Women's World Cup"; pff.org.ph, "historic final")
- The Philippines hosted the 2025 tournament, with the final at the PhilSports Arena in Pasig City. (Source: pff.org.ph, "5k strong PH crowd powers historic final")
- Brazil beat Portugal 3-0 in the 2025 final to become the inaugural women's world champions. (Source: inquirer.net, "Brazil crowned first-ever Futsal World Cup champion")
- Spain claimed the bronze medal at the inaugural women's finals in 2025; Argentina were fourth. (Source: inquirer.net, "Brazil crowned first-ever Futsal World Cup champion")
- Brazil, Portugal and Spain filled the top three, the same nations that dominate the men's World Cup and EURO. (Source: inquirer.net, "Brazil crowned first-ever Futsal World Cup champion")
- There has now been a women's World Cup: FIFA staged the first in 2025 and Brazil lifted it. (Source: Wikipedia, "2025 FIFA Futsal Women's World Cup")
- The men's competition began in 1989 and the women's in 2025, a gap of some thirty-six years. (Source: Wikipedia, "FIFA Futsal World Cup"; "2025 FIFA Futsal Women's World Cup")
- The two are distinct competitions with separate titles; the women's version was contested for the first time in 2025 and won by Brazil. (Source: Wikipedia, "2025 FIFA Futsal Women's World Cup")
- Brazil won the first men's World Championship in 1989 and the first women's World Cup in 2025, staying the sport's benchmark nation. (Source: Wikipedia, "FIFA Futsal World Cup"; "2025 FIFA Futsal Women's World Cup")
- In the Pasig City final Brazil saw off Portugal 3-0; Spain finished third and Argentina fourth. (Source: inquirer.net, "Brazil crowned first-ever Futsal World Cup champion")

## Test 3: The women's map and the club game

- Spain and Portugal contested the 2019 and 2022 Women's Futsal EURO finals, mirroring their standing in the men's game. (Source: UEFA.com, "Women's Futsal EURO")
- Brazil won the 2025 Women's Futsal World Cup and lead the women's game in South America, as they do the men's. (Source: inquirer.net, "Brazil crowned first-ever Futsal World Cup champion")
- Ukraine reached the 2023 EURO final and Argentina the 2025 World Cup semi-finals; Russia have also been strong. (Source: UEFA.com, "Women's Futsal EURO"; inquirer.net, "historic final")
- Canada won the inaugural CONCACAF W Futsal Championship in 2024 and reached the first Women's Futsal World Cup. (Source: canadasoccer.com, "Canada wins inaugural Concacaf W Futsal Championship")
- New events such as the CONCACAF W Futsal Championship show FIFA and the confederations building a full women's calendar. (Source: canadasoccer.com; Wikipedia, "2025 FIFA Futsal Women's World Cup")
- Women's club futsal exists at national level and UEFA has moved toward a women's club competition, but it is far behind the men's Champions League. (Source: UEFA.com, "Women's Futsal EURO" (context))
- Brazil are the women's world champions and Argentina made the last four in 2025, both from outside Europe. (Source: inquirer.net, "Brazil crowned first-ever Futsal World Cup champion")
- Spain beat Portugal in the 2019 and 2022 finals; in 2023 Spain beat Ukraine instead. (Source: UEFA.com, "Women's Futsal EURO 2023 finals results")
- Brazil, Spain and Portugal top both the men's and the women's game, with Argentina, Russia and Ukraine close in each. (Source: UEFA.com, "Women's Futsal EURO"; inquirer.net, "historic final")
- The Women's EURO dates from 2019 and the World Cup from 2025; Spain and Brazil lead, and the calendar is filling out. (Source: UEFA.com, "Women's Futsal EURO"; Wikipedia, "2025 FIFA Futsal Women's World Cup")

## Test 4: Futsal as a development pathway

- The small, hard court forces frequent touches and quick decisions in tight space, which is the heart of futsal's training value. (Source: UEFA.com, "What is futsal? A beginner's guide")
- The reduced-bounce futsal ball sits down on the floor and punishes a poor touch, so control has to be precise. (Source: UEFA.com, "What is futsal? A beginner's guide")
- Coaches value futsal for close control, sharp combination play and decisions taken quickly in a crowd. (Source: UEFA.com, "What is futsal? A beginner's guide")
- Pele, Ronaldinho, Messi, Neymar, Xavi and Iniesta are the names most often cited as futsal-schooled. (Source: FIFA / coaching sources, widely reported)
- The development benefit is a strong, widely held coaching view; it is not something anyone has measured precisely, so it should be framed as "credited". (Source: General futsal knowledge)
- The court, the ball and the four-second restarts keep the ball in play and every player involved, so technique is trained constantly. (Source: UEFA.com, "What is futsal? A beginner's guide")
- The idea is that a grounding in futsal gives a young player the touch and awareness to carry into the full outdoor game. (Source: UEFA.com, "What is futsal? A beginner's guide")
- They are distinct games, but the technical transfer from futsal into football is well established in coaching. (Source: UEFA.com, "What is futsal? A beginner's guide")
- Every player is near the ball often, on a small court, with a ball that must be controlled cleanly; that is the engine of the development effect. (Source: UEFA.com, "What is futsal? A beginner's guide")
- Futsal is widely credited by coaches with developing close control and quick thinking; the benefit is a coaching consensus rather than a measured statistic. (Source: UEFA.com, "What is futsal? A beginner's guide")

## Test 5: The reach of the game

- FIFA promotes futsal as played across most of its member associations, a figure usually given as more than a hundred and seventy countries. (Source: inside.fifa.com, "The rules of futsal explained")
- Participation figures for futsal differ widely by source, so a precise global count is not a safe fact to state. (Source: Wikipedia, "Futsal")
- Futsal was on the programme of the 2018 Buenos Aires Youth Olympic Games, its first appearance at an Olympic event. (Source: Wikipedia, "Futsal at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics")
- The newest growth is in women's futsal, with a first World Cup in 2025, and in age-group and youth events. (Source: Wikipedia, "2025 FIFA Futsal Women's World Cup"; UEFA.com, "Women's Futsal EURO")
- Ricardinho turned professional with Benfica in 2003 and joined Ecocity Genzano in Italy in 2024, at 39, after spells in Japan, Spain and France. (Source: Wikipedia, "Ricardinho (futsal player, born 1985)")
- Futsal is its own FIFA discipline, with its own laws and World Cup, while also serving as a technical school for outdoor football. (Source: inside.fifa.com, "The rules of futsal explained"; UEFA.com, "What is futsal?")
- Brazil and Spain lead, but futsal is played in the great majority of FIFA nations and has major powers on four continents. (Source: inside.fifa.com; Wikipedia, "FIFA Futsal World Cup" (participating nations))
- The AMF runs its own world championship for the older futbol de salon code, parallel to and much smaller than FIFA's. (Source: Wikipedia, "Asociacion Mundial de Futsal")
- "Played across most FIFA nations" is well supported; any precise participation or country count is not. (Source: General futsal knowledge)
- Futsal is a worldwide FIFA discipline with its own World Cup, led by Brazil and Spain, and its fastest growth is in women's and youth competition. (Source: inside.fifa.com; Wikipedia, "FIFA Futsal World Cup"; "2025 FIFA Futsal Women's World Cup")

## Test 6: The First Women's World Cup in Detail

- It ran from 21 November to 7 December 2025 in the Philippines. (Source: Wikipedia, "2025 FIFA Futsal Women's World Cup")
- Sixteen teams took part, fewer than the twenty-four of the men's World Cup. (Source: General futsal history (Wikipedia "2025 FIFA Futsal Women's World Cup", checked 2026-09-28))
- Teams came from all six FIFA confederations. (Source: General futsal history (Wikipedia "2025 FIFA Futsal Women's World Cup", checked 2026-09-28))
- Sixteen teams played thirty-two matches, from the group stage to the final. (Source: General futsal history (Wikipedia "2025 FIFA Futsal Women's World Cup", checked 2026-09-28))
- All matches were played at the PhilSports Arena in Pasig, Metro Manila. (Source: General futsal history (Wikipedia "2025 FIFA Futsal Women's World Cup", checked 2026-09-28))
- Total attendance was 38,471, about 1,200 per match. (Source: General futsal history (Wikipedia "2025 FIFA Futsal Women's World Cup", checked 2026-09-28))
- There were 210 goals in 32 matches. (Source: General futsal history (Wikipedia "2025 FIFA Futsal Women's World Cup", checked 2026-09-28))
- 210 goals in 32 matches is about 6.6 goals per match. (Source: General futsal history (Wikipedia "2025 FIFA Futsal Women's World Cup", checked 2026-09-28))
- Sixteen teams played in groups, then a knockout from the quarter-finals to the final. (Source: General futsal history (Wikipedia "2025 FIFA Futsal Women's World Cup", checked 2026-09-28))
- Qualifiers in every confederation led to a sixteen-team finals tournament in the Philippines. (Source: General futsal history (Wikipedia "2025 FIFA Futsal Women's World Cup", checked 2026-09-28))

## Test 7: The Women's EURO in Detail

- Spain beat the hosts Portugal 4-0 in Gondomar. (Source: Wikipedia, "UEFA Women's Futsal Championship")
- Portugal hosted both of the first two editions; Hungary hosted in 2023. (Source: General futsal history (Wikipedia "UEFA Women's Futsal Championship", checked 2026-09-28))
- Each of the 2019, 2022 and 2023 finals had four teams, coming through qualifying rounds. (Source: General futsal history (Wikipedia "UEFA Women's Futsal Championship", checked 2026-09-28))
- Croatia will host the 2027 edition. (Source: General futsal history (Wikipedia "UEFA Women's Futsal Championship", checked 2026-09-28))
- The finals double to eight teams in 2027. (Source: General futsal history (Wikipedia "UEFA Women's Futsal Championship", checked 2026-09-28))
- The competition was founded in 2018 and first played in February 2019. (Source: General futsal history (Wikipedia "UEFA Women's Futsal Championship", checked 2026-09-28))
- It moved from two years to four so it would sit alongside the new FIFA Futsal Women's World Cup. (Source: General futsal history (Wikipedia "UEFA Women's Futsal Championship", checked 2026-09-28))
- A, B and C (2019, 2022, 2023) had four teams each; D, Croatia 2027, will have eight. (Source: General futsal history (Wikipedia "UEFA Women's Futsal Championship", checked 2026-09-28))
- Portugal hosted in 2019 and 2022, Hungary in 2023 and Croatia hosts in 2027. (Source: General futsal history (Wikipedia "UEFA Women's Futsal Championship", checked 2026-09-28))
- Biennial at the start, four-yearly from 2023, and eight teams from 2027. (Source: General futsal history (Wikipedia "UEFA Women's Futsal Championship", checked 2026-09-28))

## Test 8: Women's Stars and Awards

- Emilly of Brazil was named the best player of the tournament. (Source: Wikipedia, "2025 FIFA Futsal Women's World Cup")
- Emilly helped Brazil to the first women's world title. (Source: General futsal history (Wikipedia "2025 FIFA Futsal Women's World Cup", checked 2026-09-28))
- Irene Córdoba scored seven goals for Spain, who finished third. (Source: General futsal history (Wikipedia "2025 FIFA Futsal Women's World Cup", checked 2026-09-28))
- Ana Catarina of Portugal won the goalkeeper award. (Source: General futsal history (Wikipedia "2025 FIFA Futsal Women's World Cup", checked 2026-09-28))
- Portugal's goalkeeper was the best at the tournament, although Portugal lost the final. (Source: General futsal history (Wikipedia "2025 FIFA Futsal Women's World Cup", checked 2026-09-28))
- Emilly and Irene Córdoba scored seven each. (Source: General futsal history (Wikipedia "2025 FIFA Futsal Women's World Cup", checked 2026-09-28))
- Brazil won both the trophy and the fair play award. (Source: General futsal history (Wikipedia "2025 FIFA Futsal Women's World Cup", checked 2026-09-28))
- Both scored seven goals. (Source: General futsal history (Wikipedia "2025 FIFA Futsal Women's World Cup", checked 2026-09-28))
- Portugal were runners-up, Spain took the bronze medal and Argentina came fourth. (Source: General futsal history (Wikipedia "2025 FIFA Futsal Women's World Cup", checked 2026-09-28))
- The Gondomar finals were in 2019 and 2022, Debrecen in 2023 and Pasig in 2025. (Source: Wikipedia, "UEFA Women's Futsal Euro"; Wikipedia, "FIFA Futsal Women's World Cup")

## Test 9: Stars of the Pathway

- Futsal writers and coaches most often cite Pelé, Ronaldinho, Messi, Neymar, Xavi and Iniesta; Pelé played indoor football for Radium in Bauru as a teenager. (Source: Wikipedia, "Pelé")
- Xavi and Iniesta are the Spanish names most often cited. (Source: FutsalFeed, "Top 10 footballers who played futsal")
- Neymar is one of the modern names usually listed with Ronaldinho and Messi. (Source: FutsalFeed, "Top 10 footballers who played futsal")
- Messi is regularly cited alongside the Brazilian and Spanish names. (Source: FutsalFeed, "Top 10 footballers who played futsal")
- FIFA presents futsal as a way to build technique and decision-making for football. (Source: General futsal knowledge)
- It rests on what players and coaches say, so it is widely credited rather than measured. (Source: General futsal knowledge)
- A small court and a heavy, low-bounce ball reward close control and quick decisions. (Source: General futsal knowledge)
- Pelé, Ronaldinho and Neymar are Brazilian, Xavi and Iniesta Spanish, and Messi Argentine. (Source: FutsalFeed, "Top 10 footballers who played futsal")
- Pelé starred from the late 1950s, Ronaldinho in the 2000s and Neymar from the 2010s. (Source: FutsalFeed, "Top 10 footballers who played futsal")
- This is the path coaches describe, with futsal as the early school of technique. (Source: General futsal knowledge)

## Test 10: Reading the Numbers

- The men's finals have twenty-four teams and the women's sixteen. (Source: Wikipedia, "FIFA Futsal World Cup" and "FIFA Futsal Women's World Cup")
- The Women's World Cup began in 2025, the Women's EURO in 2019, the men's EURO in 1996 and the Asian Cup in 1999. (Source: Wikipedia, "UEFA Women's Futsal Euro"; Wikipedia, "FIFA Futsal Women's World Cup"; Wikipedia, "UEFA Futsal Championship"; Wikipedia, "AFC Futsal Asian Cup")
- Twenty-three years passed between the two opening editions. (Source: Wikipedia, "UEFA Women's Futsal Euro"; Wikipedia, "UEFA Futsal Championship")
- The Women's EURO grows from four teams to eight in 2027. (Source: Wikipedia, "UEFA Women's Futsal Euro")
- CONMEBOL's Copa America began in 1992, four years before the first EURO. (Source: Wikipedia, "Copa América de Futsal"; Wikipedia, "UEFA Futsal Championship")
- Three decades passed between the two. (Source: Wikipedia, "FIFA Futsal World Cup"; Wikipedia, "UEFA Women's Futsal Euro")
- Twenty-four teams, eight more than any other futsal finals. (Source: Wikipedia, "FIFA Futsal World Cup"; Wikipedia, "UEFA Futsal Championship"; Wikipedia, "FIFA Futsal Women's World Cup"; Wikipedia, "UEFA Women's Futsal Euro")
- The men's EURO and the women's World Cup both have sixteen teams. (Source: Wikipedia, "UEFA Futsal Championship"; Wikipedia, "FIFA Futsal Women's World Cup")
- 1989, 1996, 2019 and 2025. (Source: Wikipedia, "FIFA Futsal World Cup"; Wikipedia, "UEFA Futsal Championship"; Wikipedia, "UEFA Women's Futsal Euro"; Wikipedia, "FIFA Futsal Women's World Cup")
- Eight, sixteen and twenty-four teams. (Source: Wikipedia, "UEFA Futsal Championship"; Wikipedia, "FIFA Futsal World Cup"; Wikipedia, "FIFA Futsal Women's World Cup")

Sources: General, verifiable futsal references: each question cites a specific real source in its Source line (Wikipedia edition/competition articles cross-checked against UEFA.com, FIFA.com / inside.fifa.com, AFC and confederation sites, and league sites). Where a sub-level revisits a result already logged for Level 9 (the World Cup and EURO winners lists), the question is framed on the competition record, not on restating Level 9 history.

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