Nordic Futsal Championship

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Nordic Futsal Championship
Founded2006
Region Nordic countries (UEFA)
Number of teams6
Current champions Flag of Finland.svg SoVo Futsal (1st title)
Most successful club(s)Solør Futsal
Stockholm All Stars
Ilves
Vegakameratene
KaDy Futsal
Sandefjord
SoVo Futsal (1st title)
Website https://www.facebook.com/nordicfutsal/
Soccerball current event.svg 2017 Nordic Futsal Championship

The Nordic Futsal Championships, or in short NFC, was arranged 2006 for the first time in Stockholm by Stockholm Futsal Club. It is a club competition for the champions in each Nordic country (Finland, Denmark, Norway and Sweden).

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NFC was started back in 2006 when Stockholm Futsal Club invited all the Nordic champions to determine what team was the best in the Nordics in futsal. The cup has since then been played several times but since 2013 it is an annual cup. At the cup 2013 the participating clubs agreed on a format of the cup saying the winners will arrange the next cup as a preparation for the UEFA-cup. [1] Since then the cup is played annually, a couple of weeks before the UEFA-cup qualifying round in August. Deliberately there are no statutes or regulations for the cup, so just like the whisper game it tends to shift from year to year in the format. The ambition was to let the winning club continue to develop the cup and make it better from year to year and with sanction from each football federation.

No one can claim ownership of the cup, the cup is a virtual cup with no one responsible other than the current Nordic Champions. The only information to be found is on the cup Facebook page where the host of the cup will inform of the next cup.

Summaries

YearHostFinalThird PlaceNumber of teams
WinnerScoreRunner-upThird PlaceScoreFourth Place
2006
Details
Flag of Sweden.svg
Stockholm
Solør Futsal Flag of Norway.svg No playoffs Flag of Sweden.svg Stockholm All StarsMad Max Flag of Finland.svg No playoffs Flag of Denmark.svg BGA futsal4
2007
Details
Flag of Finland.svg
Åbo
Stockholm All Stars Flag of Sweden.svg No playoffs Flag of Norway.svg Solør FutsaÅbo All stars Flag of Finland.svg No playoffs Flag of Finland.svg Helsingfors4
2013
Details
Flag of Sweden.svg
Stockholm
Ilves Flag of Finland.svg No playoffs Flag of Norway.svg Vegakameratene JB Gentofte Futsal Flag of Denmark.svg No playoffs Flag of Sweden.svg Stockholm All Stars4
2014
Details
Flag of Finland.svg
Tampere
Vegakameratene Flag of Norway.svg No playoffs Flag of Finland.svg Ilves Golden Futsal Team Flag of Finland.svg No playoffs Flag of Denmark.svg Köbenhavn Futsal5
2015
Details
Flag of Denmark.svg
Copenhagen
KaDy Futsal Flag of Finland.svg 2 2
(5 4) pen
Flag of Finland.svg Ilves Göteborg Futsal Club Flag of Sweden.svg 4 1 Flag of Denmark.svg Köbenhavn Futsal6
2016
Details
Flag of Sweden.svg
Gothenburg
Sandefjord Flag of Norway.svg No playoffs Flag of Finland.svg Golden Futsal TeamIFK Göteborg Futsal Flag of Sweden.svg No playoffs Flag of Denmark.svg Köbenhavn Futsal6
2017
Details
Flag of Finland.svg
Espoo
SoVo Futsal Flag of Finland.svg 3 2 Flag of Finland.svg Golden Futsal TeamKöbenhavn Futsal Flag of Denmark.svg 5 0 Flag of Finland.svg Sievi 6

Records and statistics

Winners by nation

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 34310
2Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 3205
3Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1124
4Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 0022
Totals (4 nations)77721

Winners by club

ClubWinnerRunner-upYears wonYears runner-up
Flag of Finland.svg Ilves 1220132014, 2015
Flag of Norway.svg Solør Futsal1120062007
Flag of Sweden.svg Stockholm All Stars1120072006
Flag of Norway.svg Vegakameratene 1120142013
Flag of Finland.svg KaDy Futsal102015
Flag of Norway.svg Sandefjord102016
Flag of Finland.svg SoVo Futsal102017
Flag of Finland.svg Golden Futsal Team022016, 2017

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  1. "futsal.se". Archived from the original on 2019-09-04.