List of men's national futsal teams

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This is a list of the men's national futsal teams in the world.

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Current FIFA affiliates

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Map of the World with the six confederations.

There are currently 163 men's national futsal teams affiliated to the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the world's football governing body, through their national football associations. They are eligible to enter the FIFA Futsal World Cup and matches between them are recognized as official international matches. Based on their match results, the Futsal World Ranking, published weekly, compare the relative strengths of the national teams.

Each of these national teams is also affiliated to one of the six confederations, according to their continental zones:

Below is a list of the national football teams by their confederations. Some national teams are full members of their confederation, but do not have membership of FIFA; these are listed with a note explaining this. There are also notes of teams who have left one confederation to join another.

AFC (Asia)

Due to the geographical size of Asia, the AFC is subdivided into five sub-federations:

They are 42 national teams of futsal in AFC

1: Formerly member of OFC (Joined AFC in 2006)
2: Official name of the national team of the Republic of China (Taiwan); OFC member 1975-1989
3: Official names used by FIFA and AFC; official names used by EAFF are "Hong Kong, China" and "Macau, China"

CAF (Africa)

Due to the geographical size of Africa, CAF is divided into six regional federations:

They are 24 (23 FIFA members) national teams of futsal in CAF 1: Full CAF member but not FIFA member.

CONCACAF (North and Central America and Caribbean)

The CONCACAF federation is divided into three regional federations that have responsibility for part of the region's geographical area:

They are 29 (25 FIFA members) national teams of futsal in CONCACAF 1: Full CONCACAF member but not FIFA member.
2: Geographically part of South America, but member of CONCACAF (CFU).

CONMEBOL (South America)

They are all 10 national teams of futsal in CONMEBOL

OFC (Oceania)

They are 13 (11 FIFA Members) national teams of futsal in OFC. 1: Associate member of OFC but not FIFA member

UEFA (Europe)

They are 52 national teams of futsal in UEFA. 1: Official name given by UEFA to the team representing Ireland
2: Formerly member of AFC (AFC 1954–1974; Joined UEFA in 1994)
3: Formerly member of AFC (Joined UEFA in 2002)

Current AMF affiliates

CAFS (Asia)

CAFUSA (Africa)

CONCACFUTSAL (North America, Central America and Caribbean)

CSFS (South America)

PANAFUTSAL (South America, Central America and Caribbean)

UEFS (Europe)

Full members

Associated members

Teams without confederation

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