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Futsal · Level 9: Master · Sub-level 9.2

Two Governing Bodies

10 tests · 100 facts · updated 15 October 2026 · markdown

This sub-level teaches how the indoor game came to be run by two rival world bodies — FIFUSA, the International Federation of Futebol de Salão, founded in Brazil in 1971 as the first worldwide structure for the game as an independent sport, with João Havelange as first president before he took the FIFA presidency in 1974, and founders drawn from South America plus Portugal; the three FIFUSA world championships of the 1980s, won by Brazil in São Paulo in 1982 and Madrid in 1985 and then lost to Paraguay in Melbourne in 1988; FIFA's quarrel with FIFUSA over the word "football", which pushed FIFUSA to register the name "futsal" in 1985; FIFA bringing the indoor game into the football family and staging its own first world championship in the Netherlands in 1989, where Brazil beat the hosts in Rotterdam; the federations that refused to join FIFA founding PANAFUTSAL in Bogotá in 1990, a failed 2000 letter of intent to FIFA, and the founding of the Asociación Mundial de Futsal in December 2002 as FIFUSA's Spanish-named continuation; and how the two codes differ today in the ball, the kick-in against the throw-in and the sending-off rule, with unification discussed but never agreed; tests 6-10 add the Havelange connection, the 1982 and 1985 world championships, the road from Melbourne 1988 to the Netherlands 1989, what a world governing body does, and the two codes side by side.

Each test below is ten questions on Insporta. The list under a test is what the questions check: one fact per question, with the source it was written from. Read it before the test, or come back from a wrong answer.

Test 1FIFUSA, the first world bodyTake a test

  1. FIFUSA, the International Federation of Futebol de Salão, was founded in 1971 as the first worldwide body to govern the indoor game as an independent sport rather than a branch of outdoor football.

    Source: US Youth Futsal, "Futsal History"; Wikipedia, "Asociación Mundial de Futsal" · recall

  2. João Havelange chaired FIFUSA from 1971 until 1974 and then won the FIFA presidency, so the same figure sat at the head of both the indoor body and, later, its great rival.

    Source: US Youth Futsal, "Futsal History"; Wikipedia, "João Havelange" · recall

  3. The founders were Brazil, Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Portugal, so Portugal was the lone European voice at the table, with Spain and Italy building their indoor traditions only afterwards.

    Source: US Youth Futsal, "Futsal History"; Wikipedia, "Asociación Mundial de Futsal" · recall

  4. From 1930 the game had spread through the YMCA network and separate national associations, and FIFUSA in 1971 was the first attempt to run it worldwide as one sport.

    Source: LNF, "A era FIFUSA no futsal"; Wikipedia, "Futsal" · recall

  5. It was a structural change: a permanent international federation now represented the sport, where earlier there had been only clubs, schools and country-by-country bodies.

    Source: LNF, "A era FIFUSA no futsal"; US Youth Futsal, "Futsal History" · recall

  6. FIFUSA was founded and financed independently, the two organisations later became rivals over the game's very name, and FIFA did not organise its own futsal championship until 1989.

    Source: Wikipedia, "Asociación Mundial de Futsal"; FutsalFeed, "The brief history of the FIFA Futsal World Cup" · applied

  7. The overlap is personal: within three years of leaving the FIFUSA chair he was FIFA president, so one administrator bridged the indoor body and the organisation that would take the game over.

    Source: US Youth Futsal, "Futsal History"; Wikipedia, "João Havelange" · applied

  8. For that whole stretch FIFUSA was the game's sole world authority; FIFA's competing involvement only began in the middle of the 1980s.

    Source: LNF, "A era FIFUSA no futsal"; Wikipedia, "Asociación Mundial de Futsal" · applied

  9. Roughly forty years separate the 1930 invention from FIFUSA in 1971, and almost two decades more pass before FIFA's inaugural world championship in 1989.

    Source: Wikipedia, "Asociación Mundial de Futsal"; Wikipedia, "1989 FIFA Futsal World Championship" · applied

  10. Four decades of YMCA and club football had made Brazil and its neighbours the heartland of the game, so the drive to organise it globally naturally began there, with Portugal the single European partner.

    Source: LNF, "A era FIFUSA no futsal"; US Youth Futsal, "Futsal History" · applied

Test 2The FIFUSA world championshipsTake a test

  1. FIFUSA's inaugural world championship ran at the Ginásio do Ibirapuera in São Paulo from 30 May to 6 June 1982, and Brazil beat Paraguay in the final.

    Source: Wikipedia, "1982 FIFUSA Futsal World Cup" · recall

  2. The 1982 podium in São Paulo was Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay, an all-South-American top three that mirrored where the game was played best.

    Source: Wikipedia, "1982 FIFUSA Futsal World Cup" · recall

  3. Spain staged the 1985 edition and reached the final on home soil in Madrid, but Brazil won 3-1 to take a second straight world title.

    Source: Wikipedia, "1985 FIFUSA Futsal World Cup" · recall

  4. The 1988 championship was played in Melbourne, and Paraguay won the final 2-1 against Brazil, the first time the Brazilians had lost a world final.

    Source: Socceroos, "Futsalroos History"; Wikipedia, "1985 FIFUSA Futsal World Cup" · recall

  5. FIFUSA held three world championships, São Paulo 1982, Madrid 1985 and Melbourne 1988, so the game already had a world-title history when FIFA launched its own competition.

    Source: Socceroos, "Futsalroos History"; Wikipedia, "1982 FIFUSA Futsal World Cup" · recall

  6. Paraguay's win in Melbourne showed the top of the game was no longer Brazil alone; South America still led it, but the gap at the very top had closed.

    Source: Socceroos, "Futsalroos History" · applied

  7. A world championship for the indoor game existed from 1982 under FIFUSA; FIFA's 1989 event was the first under its own banner, not the first ever held.

    Source: FutsalFeed, "The brief history of the FIFA Futsal World Cup"; Wikipedia, "1982 FIFUSA Futsal World Cup" · applied

  8. Taking the world championship to Melbourne signalled that FIFUSA's game now had a real footing on other continents, not just in its South American cradle.

    Source: Socceroos, "Futsalroos History" · applied

  9. The championship moved from São Paulo in 1982 to Madrid in 1985 and then to Melbourne in 1988, spreading a little further from its origin each time.

    Source: Wikipedia, "1985 FIFUSA Futsal World Cup"; Socceroos, "Futsalroos History" · applied

  10. Champions in 1982 and 1985, Brazil were then beaten by Paraguay in the 1988 final, so two nations shared the FIFUSA world titles of that decade.

    Source: Wikipedia, "1982 FIFUSA Futsal World Cup"; Socceroos, "Futsalroos History" · recall

Test 3FIFA takes up the indoor gameTake a test

  1. The two bodies clashed over branding, not rules: FIFA did not want a game outside its control described as football, and that quarrel shaped what the sport would be called.

    Source: Wikipedia, "Asociación Mundial de Futsal" · recall

  2. Rather than recognise FIFUSA, FIFA took the indoor game into the football family itself and, in 1989, staged the first world championship under its own name.

    Source: FIFA, "Brazil beat Netherlands in first FIFA Futsal World Cup final"; FutsalFeed · recall

  3. The 1989 FIFA Futsal World Championship was staged in the Netherlands in January, and the decisive match took place in Rotterdam.

    Source: Wikipedia, "1989 FIFA Futsal World Championship" · recall

  4. Brazil beat the hosts the Netherlands 2-1 in the Rotterdam final to become the first FIFA futsal world champions, adding a FIFA title to their FIFUSA ones.

    Source: FIFA, "Brazil beat Netherlands in first FIFA Futsal World Cup final" · recall

  5. Chapter 2 of the manual states that futsal joined the FIFA football family in 1985; this is a distinct fact from FIFA's first world championship, which came in 1989.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Coaching Manual (2025), Ch. 2 · recall

  6. The manual dates the affiliation to 1985, while the inaugural FIFA world championship was played in the Netherlands in 1989, so collapsing them into one date confuses two milestones.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Coaching Manual (2025), Ch. 2; Wikipedia, "1989 FIFA Futsal World Championship" · applied

  7. FIFA could put the game in front of more than 200 national associations at once, a global platform the independent FIFUSA structure had never commanded.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Coaching Manual (2025), Ch. 2; FutsalFeed · applied

  8. Winning under FIFUSA in 1982 and 1985 and then under FIFA in 1989 left no doubt that Brazil's supremacy did not depend on which organisation held the trophy.

    Source: FIFA, "Brazil beat Netherlands in first FIFA Futsal World Cup final"; Wikipedia, "1982 FIFUSA Futsal World Cup" · applied

  9. The 1989 tournament in the Netherlands was the "FIFA Futsal World Championship"; the "FIFA Futsal World Cup" title was adopted for later editions, so one line of competitions carries two names.

    Source: Wikipedia, "FIFA Futsal World Cup" · applied

  10. The 1989 final four in the Netherlands were Brazil, the Netherlands, the United States in third and Belgium in fourth, an early sign of the game's spread outside its heartlands.

    Source: Wikipedia, "1989 FIFA Futsal World Championship" · recall

Test 4PANAFUTSAL and the birth of the AMFTake a test

  1. Members who rejected affiliation with FIFA founded PANAFUTSAL, the Pan-American Confederation of Futsal, in Bogotá on 25 September 1990.

    Source: Wikipedia, "Confederación Panamericana de Futsal" (es); AMF, "Historia de la AMF" · recall

  2. PANAFUTSAL was founded in Bogotá on 25 September 1990, its members drawn mostly from Latin America, among them Paraguay, Colombia, Mexico, Uruguay and Argentina.

    Source: Wikipedia, "Confederación Panamericana de Futsal" (es) · recall

  3. PANAFUTSAL signed a letter of intent to join FIFA in 2000, but the agreement fell through, and its members instead built a new world body of their own.

    Source: Wikipedia, "Asociación Mundial de Futsal" · recall

  4. On 1 December 2002 the federations that had stayed outside FIFA founded the Asociación Mundial de Futsal, the AMF, as the Spanish-named successor to FIFUSA.

    Source: Wikipedia, "Asociación Mundial de Futsal" · recall

  5. The independent game passed from FIFUSA, founded in 1971, through the Pan-American PANAFUTSAL of 1990, to the worldwide AMF established in 2002.

    Source: Wikipedia, "Asociación Mundial de Futsal"; AMF, "Historia de la AMF" · applied

  6. The AMF still organises its own competitions under the fútbol de salón code, so the game has run on two parallel governing structures for decades.

    Source: Wikipedia, "Asociación Mundial de Futsal" · recall

  7. A bloc of federations, mostly Latin American, valued the older fútbol de salón rules and their own institutions enough to keep a separate world body going.

    Source: Wikipedia, "Asociación Mundial de Futsal"; futsalblogs, "AMF vs FIFA" · applied

  8. Since 2002 the FIFA and AMF codes have each run their own world and continental events, so the game operates on two parallel tracks rather than one.

    Source: futsalblogs, "AMF vs FIFA"; Wikipedia, "Asociación Mundial de Futsal" · applied

  9. PANAFUTSAL's founding members were mostly from Latin America, including Paraguay, Colombia, Mexico, Uruguay, Argentina, Venezuela, Bolivia, Costa Rica and Puerto Rico.

    Source: Wikipedia, "Confederación Panamericana de Futsal" (es) · recall

  10. The AMF does continue FIFUSA's independent tradition, but the direct institutional step was PANAFUTSAL in 1990, with the AMF formed from it in 2002.

    Source: Wikipedia, "Asociación Mundial de Futsal"; AMF, "Historia de la AMF" · applied

Test 5How the two codes differ todayTake a test

  1. The AMF ball has a very low rebound and a heavier weight, giving a deader, more controlled bounce than FIFA's reduced-bounce futsal ball.

    Source: Argentina Amateur Deporte, "Las diferencias del futsal entre la AMF y la FIFA" · recall

  2. Where FIFA futsal was moved to a kick-in from the touchline, the AMF game kept the throw-in of the older fútbol de salón rules.

    Source: Argentina Amateur Deporte, "Las diferencias del futsal entre la AMF y la FIFA" · recall

  3. Under the AMF code the offending player can be replaced straight away, whereas FIFA futsal keeps the team a player short for two minutes or until a goal is conceded.

    Source: Argentina Amateur Deporte, "Las diferencias del futsal entre la AMF y la FIFA" · recall

  4. A deader ball and a throw-in restart keep the AMF game tighter and more control-based, in the spirit of the fútbol de salón it grew from.

    Source: Argentina Amateur Deporte, "Las diferencias del futsal entre la AMF y la FIFA"; futsalblogs, "AMF vs FIFA" · applied

  5. In common usage the FIFA-run sport is simply "futsal", while the AMF's code is still widely known by the older Spanish name "fútbol de salón", even though the AMF uses "futsal" in its own title.

    Source: Concepto, "Fútbol sala"; Wikipedia, "Asociación Mundial de Futsal" · recall

  6. The throw-in is the most visible change: a FIFA-trained player instinctively sets up to kick the ball back in, but the AMF code requires a throw.

    Source: Argentina Amateur Deporte, "Las diferencias del futsal entre la AMF y la FIFA" · applied

  7. Because almost every country's football association belongs to FIFA, the FIFA futsal code is the one played in most of the world, with the AMF game a smaller parallel tradition.

    Source: Wikipedia, "Asociación Mundial de Futsal"; FIFA Futsal Coaching Manual (2025), Ch. 2 · recall

  8. It is a stand-off of strengths: FIFA's scale never fully absorbed the smaller body, while the AMF's core members kept their own calendar and code going.

    Source: futsalblogs, "AMF vs FIFA"; Wikipedia, "Asociación Mundial de Futsal" · applied

  9. The idea of a single unified code resurfaces periodically in futsal politics, but no agreement has been reached and the two bodies still operate separately.

    Source: futsalblogs, "AMF vs FIFA"; Wikipedia, "Asociación Mundial de Futsal" · recall

  10. Calling FIFA's version the only futsal overlooks the AMF, which keeps a separate rulebook, its own member federations and its own AMF Futsal World Cup.

    Source: Wikipedia, "AMF Futsal World Cup"; futsalblogs, "AMF vs FIFA" · applied

Test 6The Havelange ConnectionTake a test

  1. Havelange was FIFUSA's first president, from its founding in 1971 until 1974.

    Source: Wikipedia, "Asociación Mundial de Futsal" · recall

  2. He became FIFA president in 1974 and held the post for 24 years, until 1998.

    Source: Wikipedia, "João Havelange" · recall

  3. FIFUSA was founded in Brazil in 1971. Sources differ on the city and day, so only the year and country are firm.

    Source: Wikipedia, "Asociación Mundial de Futsal"; LNF, "A era FIFUSA" · recall

  4. The same man chaired the indoor game's first world body and then the football body that later took the game over.

    Source: Wikipedia, "Asociación Mundial de Futsal"; Wikipedia, "João Havelange" · recall

  5. FIFUSA was founded in 1971 and Havelange became FIFA president in 1974.

    Source: Wikipedia, "Asociación Mundial de Futsal"; Wikipedia, "João Havelange" · recall

  6. Havelange was Brazilian, and FIFUSA itself was founded in Brazil.

    Source: Wikipedia, "João Havelange" · recall

  7. Six of the seven founders were South American; Portugal was the only European one.

    Source: Wikipedia, "Asociación Mundial de Futsal"; US Youth Futsal, "History of Futsal" · recall

  8. A is 1971, when he became FIFUSA's first president; B is 1974, when he became FIFA president; C is 1998, when his 24 years at FIFA ended.

    Source: Wikipedia, "Asociación Mundial de Futsal"; Wikipedia, "João Havelange" · applied

  9. 1971 at FIFUSA, 1974 at FIFA, and 1998 when he left FIFA after 24 years.

    Source: Wikipedia, "Asociación Mundial de Futsal"; Wikipedia, "João Havelange" · applied

  10. From local structures to a world body, then world championships in the 1980s, and finally FIFA's involvement.

    Source: Wikipedia, "Asociación Mundial de Futsal"; Wikipedia, "FIFA Futsal World Cup"; FIFA Futsal Coaching Manual (2025), chapter 2 "The History of Futsal" · applied

Test 7The 1982 and 1985 World ChampionshipsTake a test

  1. The 1982 championship was played in São Paulo, at the Ginásio do Ibirapuera.

    Source: Wikipedia, "AMF Futsal World Cup" · recall

  2. Ten teams played in São Paulo in 1982.

    Source: Wikipedia, "1982 FIFUSA Futsal World Cup" · recall

  3. Brazil won, Paraguay were runners-up, Uruguay third and Colombia fourth.

    Source: Wikipedia, "1982 FIFUSA Futsal World Cup" · recall

  4. Brazil beat Spain 3-1 in the final in Madrid to win the title for the second time.

    Source: Wikipedia, "1985 FIFUSA Futsal World Cup" · recall

  5. Brazil won 3-1 against the hosts in Madrid's Palacio de los Deportes.

    Source: Wikipedia, "1985 FIFUSA Futsal World Cup" · recall

  6. Paraguay took third place and Argentina fourth in Madrid.

    Source: Wikipedia, "1985 FIFUSA Futsal World Cup" · recall

  7. The move from São Paulo to Madrid showed the game spreading from South America to Europe, where Spain would become a great power.

    Source: Wikipedia, "1985 FIFUSA Futsal World Cup"; Wikipedia, "Asociación Mundial de Futsal" · recall

  8. A is 1982 in São Paulo and B is 1985 in Madrid, where Brazil beat the hosts Spain 3-1.

    Source: Wikipedia, "1982 FIFUSA Futsal World Cup"; Wikipedia, "1985 FIFUSA Futsal World Cup" · applied

  9. São Paulo 1982: the hosts won, the Paraguayans were beaten finalists, then came Uruguay and Colombia.

    Source: Wikipedia, "1982 FIFUSA Futsal World Cup" · applied

  10. Brazil beat the hosts Spain 3-1 in the final; Paraguay took third and Argentina fourth.

    Source: Wikipedia, "1985 FIFUSA Futsal World Cup" · applied

Test 8From Melbourne 1988 to the Netherlands 1989Take a test

  1. The third FIFUSA world championship was held in Melbourne, Australia, in 1988.

    Source: Wikipedia, "AMF Futsal World Cup" · recall

  2. Paraguay beat Brazil 2-1 in the final.

    Source: Wikipedia, "Asociación Mundial de Futsal"; LNF, "A era FIFUSA" · recall

  3. After winning in 1982 and 1985, Brazil lost a world final for the first time in Melbourne.

    Source: Wikipedia, "Asociación Mundial de Futsal"; LNF, "A era FIFUSA" · recall

  4. Spain took third place in Melbourne, behind Paraguay and Brazil.

    Source: Wikipedia, "Asociación Mundial de Futsal"; LNF, "A era FIFUSA" · recall

  5. It was played in the Netherlands from 5 to 15 January 1989, only months after the Melbourne championship.

    Source: Wikipedia, "1989 FIFA Futsal World Championship"; FIFA.com, "Brazil beat Netherlands in first FIFA Futsal World Cup final" · recall

  6. Brazil beat the Netherlands 2-1 in the final in Rotterdam.

    Source: Wikipedia, "1989 FIFA Futsal World Championship"; FIFA.com, "Brazil beat Netherlands in first FIFA Futsal World Cup final" · recall

  7. Brazil had FIFUSA titles from 1982 and 1985 and then won FIFA's first championship in 1989.

    Source: Wikipedia, "Asociación Mundial de Futsal"; Wikipedia, "1989 FIFA Futsal World Championship" · recall

  8. A is FIFUSA's 1988 championship in Melbourne, won by Paraguay; B is FIFA's 1989 championship in the Netherlands, won by Brazil.

    Source: Wikipedia, "Asociación Mundial de Futsal"; Wikipedia, "1989 FIFA Futsal World Championship" · applied

  9. 1982, 1985, 1988 and 1989: three FIFUSA finals and FIFA's first.

    Source: Wikipedia, "Asociación Mundial de Futsal"; Wikipedia, "1982 FIFUSA Futsal World Cup"; Wikipedia, "1989 FIFA Futsal World Championship" · applied

  10. Brazil beat the hosts in the final; the United States finished third and Belgium fourth.

    Source: Wikipedia, "1989 FIFA Futsal World Championship"; FIFA.com, "Brazil beat Netherlands in first FIFA Futsal World Cup final" · applied

Test 9What a World Body DoesTake a test

  1. A world body writes and updates the Laws of the Game, so the same game is played everywhere.

    Source: General futsal history reference · recall

  2. The AFC organises the Asian Cup, just as UEFA runs the Futsal EURO for Europe.

    Source: Wikipedia, "AFC Futsal Asian Cup" · recall

  3. A world championship gives nations a shared goal and brings attention and investment to the sport.

    Source: Wikipedia, "FIFA Futsal World Cup"; Wikipedia, "Futsal" (History section) · recall

  4. The first UEFA Futsal EURO was played in 1996; Spain won it.

    Source: Wikipedia, "1996 UEFA Futsal Championship" · recall

  5. Futsal was played at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires.

    Source: Wikipedia, "Futsal at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics" · recall

  6. Two bodies mean two codes, two world cups and nations divided between them, which the game still lives with.

    Source: Wikipedia, "Asociación Mundial de Futsal"; Argentina Amateur Deporte, "Las diferencias del futsal entre la AMF y la FIFA" · recall

  7. Under FIFA, futsal sits inside national football associations, with their competitions, coaching and development programmes.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Coaching Manual (2025), chapter 2 "The History of Futsal"; Wikipedia, "Futsal" (History section) · recall

  8. A marks São Paulo 1982 and B the Netherlands 1989; C, the latest, is the Argentine capital in 2018.

    Source: Wikipedia, "1982 FIFUSA Futsal World Cup"; Wikipedia, "1989 FIFA Futsal World Championship"; Wikipedia, "Futsal at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics" · applied

  9. 1982, 1989, 1996 and 2018.

    Source: Wikipedia, "1982 FIFUSA Futsal World Cup"; Wikipedia, "1989 FIFA Futsal World Championship"; Wikipedia, "1996 UEFA Futsal Championship"; Wikipedia, "Futsal at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics" · applied

  10. Common rules make international play possible, and competitions give the sport its showcase.

    Source: Wikipedia, "Futsal" (History section); Wikipedia, "FIFA Futsal World Cup" · applied

Test 10Two Codes Side by SideTake a test

  1. The AMF ball is heavier and smaller, which makes it bounce even less than the FIFA futsal ball.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 2; General futsal history reference (AMF ball) · recall

  2. The FIFA ball's first bounce from 2 m is 50-65 cm; the AMF ball's is under 30 cm.

    Source: Argentina Amateur Deporte, "Las diferencias del futsal entre la AMF y la FIFA"; FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 2 (The ball) · recall

  3. Law 2 sets the first bounce at no less than 50 cm and no more than 65 cm from a 2 m drop.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 2 · recall

  4. Under FIFA's Laws the team plays short until two minutes have passed or it concedes a goal. The AMF lets it replace the player at once.

    Source: FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 3 · recall

  5. Like its throw-in, the AMF code uses throws at the corners; FIFA futsal uses corner kicks.

    Source: Argentina Amateur Deporte, "Las diferencias del futsal entre la AMF y la FIFA"; Wikipedia, "Asociación Mundial de Futsal" · recall

  6. A heavier, lower-bouncing ball and hand restarts give a more controlled, technical game.

    Source: Argentina Amateur Deporte, "Las diferencias del futsal entre la AMF y la FIFA"; Wikipedia, "Asociación Mundial de Futsal" · recall

  7. FIFA-affiliated associations, the large majority, follow the FIFA futsal code; the AMF has a smaller loyal core.

    Source: Wikipedia, "Asociación Mundial de Futsal"; Wikipedia, "Futsal" (History section) · recall

  8. The AMF ball is around 485 g and the FIFA futsal ball around 420 g. The heavier AMF ball bounces less and keeps the game on the floor.

    Source: Argentina Amateur Deporte, "Las diferencias del futsal entre la AMF y la FIFA"; FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 2 (The ball) · applied

  9. The AMF ball bounces least, the FIFA futsal ball has reduced bounce, and a football bounces most.

    Source: Argentina Amateur Deporte, "Las diferencias del futsal entre la AMF y la FIFA"; FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 2 (The ball) · applied

  10. The heavier, deader ball is the first thing he notices; the thrown restart comes once the ball goes out.

    Source: Argentina Amateur Deporte, "Las diferencias del futsal entre la AMF y la FIFA"; Wikipedia, "Asociación Mundial de Futsal" · applied

Sources

FIFA Futsal Coaching Manual (2025) chapter 2 (History of futsal) for the outline of origins, governance and how the game spread. The detail of dates, names and firsts is general, verifiable futsal history: each question cites a specific real source in its Source line rather than a blanket manual reference. Where 9.4 and 9.5 revisit a tactic or a Law already taught for Levels 1-7 (the 4-0, the flying goalkeeper, the kick-in, accumulated fouls, the four-second rule), the question is framed on the point in history when it changed and why, and cites the source for that change.

  • Wikipedia, "1982 FIFUSA Futsal World Cup"5
  • Wikipedia, "1985 FIFUSA Futsal World Cup"5
  • Wikipedia, "Asociación Mundial de Futsal"5
  • Argentina Amateur Deporte, "Las diferencias del futsal entre la AMF y la FIFA"4
  • Wikipedia, "Asociación Mundial de Futsal"; LNF, "A era FIFUSA"4
  • Wikipedia, "Asociación Mundial de Futsal"; Wikipedia, "João Havelange"4
  • Wikipedia, "Asociación Mundial de Futsal"; Wikipedia, "1989 FIFA Futsal World Championship"3
  • futsalblogs, "AMF vs FIFA"; Wikipedia, "Asociación Mundial de Futsal"3
  • Wikipedia, "1989 FIFA Futsal World Championship"; FIFA.com, "Brazil beat Netherlands in first FIFA Futsal World Cup final"3
  • Argentina Amateur Deporte, "Las diferencias del futsal entre la AMF y la FIFA"; FIFA Futsal Laws of the Game 2025/26, Law 2 (The ball)3
  • Argentina Amateur Deporte, "Las diferencias del futsal entre la AMF y la FIFA"; Wikipedia, "Asociación Mundial de Futsal"3
  • US Youth Futsal, "Futsal History"; Wikipedia, "Asociación Mundial de Futsal"2
  • US Youth Futsal, "Futsal History"; Wikipedia, "João Havelange"2
  • LNF, "A era FIFUSA no futsal"; US Youth Futsal, "Futsal History"2
  • Socceroos, "Futsalroos History"2
  • Wikipedia, "1989 FIFA Futsal World Championship"2
  • Wikipedia, "Confederación Panamericana de Futsal" (es)2
  • Wikipedia, "Asociación Mundial de Futsal"; AMF, "Historia de la AMF"2
  • Wikipedia, "João Havelange"2
  • Wikipedia, "AMF Futsal World Cup"2
  • LNF, "A era FIFUSA no futsal"; Wikipedia, "Futsal"1
  • Wikipedia, "Asociación Mundial de Futsal"; FutsalFeed, "The brief history of the FIFA Futsal World Cup"1
  • LNF, "A era FIFUSA no futsal"; Wikipedia, "Asociación Mundial de Futsal"1
  • Socceroos, "Futsalroos History"; Wikipedia, "1985 FIFUSA Futsal World Cup"1
  • Socceroos, "Futsalroos History"; Wikipedia, "1982 FIFUSA Futsal World Cup"1
  • FutsalFeed, "The brief history of the FIFA Futsal World Cup"; Wikipedia, "1982 FIFUSA Futsal World Cup"1
  • Wikipedia, "1985 FIFUSA Futsal World Cup"; Socceroos, "Futsalroos History"1
  • Wikipedia, "1982 FIFUSA Futsal World Cup"; Socceroos, "Futsalroos History"1
  • FIFA, "Brazil beat Netherlands in first FIFA Futsal World Cup final"; FutsalFeed1
  • FIFA, "Brazil beat Netherlands in first FIFA Futsal World Cup final"1
  • FIFA Futsal Coaching Manual (2025), Ch. 21
  • FIFA Futsal Coaching Manual (2025), Ch. 2; Wikipedia, "1989 FIFA Futsal World Championship"1
  • FIFA Futsal Coaching Manual (2025), Ch. 2; FutsalFeed1
  • FIFA, "Brazil beat Netherlands in first FIFA Futsal World Cup final"; Wikipedia, "1982 FIFUSA Futsal World Cup"1
  • Wikipedia, "FIFA Futsal World Cup"1
  • Wikipedia, "Confederación Panamericana de Futsal" (es); AMF, "Historia de la AMF"1
  • Wikipedia, "Asociación Mundial de Futsal"; futsalblogs, "AMF vs FIFA"1
  • Argentina Amateur Deporte, "Las diferencias del futsal entre la AMF y la FIFA"; futsalblogs, "AMF vs FIFA"1
  • Concepto, "Fútbol sala"; Wikipedia, "Asociación Mundial de Futsal"1
  • Wikipedia, "Asociación Mundial de Futsal"; FIFA Futsal Coaching Manual (2025), Ch. 21
  • Wikipedia, "AMF Futsal World Cup"; futsalblogs, "AMF vs FIFA"1
  • Wikipedia, "Asociación Mundial de Futsal"; US Youth Futsal, "History of Futsal"1
  • Wikipedia, "Asociación Mundial de Futsal"; Wikipedia, "FIFA Futsal World Cup"; FIFA Futsal Coaching Manual (2025), chapter 2 "The History of Futsal"1
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  • Wikipedia, "1996 UEFA Futsal Championship"1
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