World Minifootball Federation

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World Minifootball Federation
AbbreviationWMF
Formation2008;16 years ago (2008)
Headquarters Giubiasco, Switzerland
Region served
Worldwide
Members
144 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 (AMF)
Flag of Slovakia.svg Peter Kralik (EMF)
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Mohammad Aldousariy (AMC)
Website www.minifootball.com

The World Minifootball Federation (WMF) is the global governing body for mainly 6-a-side and other versions of minifootball (also called arena soccer ). WMF exists to promote, supervise and direct minifootball growth.

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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

Events

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References

  1. "Continental Cup". World Minifootball Federation. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
  2. "First World Cup of indoor soccer". Ontario Fury. 12 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.
  5. "Continenal Federations". www.minifootball.com.