World Minifootball Federation

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World Minifootball Federation
AbbreviationWMF
Formation2008;17 years ago (2008)
Headquarters Giubiasco, Switzerland
Region served
Worldwide
Members144 national associations
President
 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Filip Juda
Secretary general
 Flag of Serbia.svg Zorica Hofman
Vice presidents
 Flag of the United States.svg Kevin Milliken
Flag of Tunisia.svg Achraf Ben Salha
Flag of Slovakia.svg Peter Kralik
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Mohammad Aldousariy
Website www.minifootball.com

The World Minifootball Federation (WMF) is the global governing body for mainly 5 and 6-a-side versions of minifootball (also called arena soccer ) in 50 (2*25) Minutes time. WMF exists to promote, supervise and direct minifootball growth, focusing on amateur players.

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Time

25 Min + 10 Min + 25 Min / 2*5 Over time / 3v3 Penalty kicks

History

Minifootball leagues and other events are organized by the WMF and its continental, national or local affiliates. The best teams from local leagues will advance to national championships. With the World Cup scheduled every two years, WMF also hosts the Continental Cup (top five nations of each federation), U23 World Cup, Women's World Cup and Champions Cup (top clubs of each federation), among other events. [1] In November 2013 it was announced that WMF World Cup would be hosted in the United States. [2] United States defeated Mexico 5–3 in the 2015 Final. The second edition of the WMF World Cup was played in Tunisia in October 2017. [3] [4]

Continental federations

Source: [5]

Competitions

CompetitionYearChampionsNext edition
National teams (Men's)
WMF World Cup 2025 Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 2027 USA June 11 to July 19
WMF Continental Cup 2019 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic TBD
WMF U23 World Cup 2024 Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 2026
WMF U21 World Cup 2018 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic TBD
National teams (Women's)
WMF Women’s World Cup 2024 Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2025

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Continental Cup". World Minifootball Federation. Archived from the original on 13 August 2017. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
  2. ↑ "First World Cup of indoor soccer". Ontario Fury. 12 November 2013. Archived from the original on 16 November 2013.
  3. ↑ "Organisation of WMF World Cup 2017 goes to Tunisia". TAP. 27 August 2016.
  4. ↑ "WMF World Cup 2017 Awarded To Tunisia". Indoor Soccer News. 5 September 2016.[ permanent dead link ]
  5. ↑ "Continenal Federations". www.minifootball.com.
  6. ↑ https://minifootballamericas.rsportz.com/pages/home
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