At molot guns, we are soccer lovers, so we want to teach you everything about this discipline and its variants. That’s why today we tell you to know everything about futsal; we suggest details about its history, rules and more. Read on and learn about this topic.
Know everything about futsal
This sport is one of the fastest growing in the world. Many use it as a development tool for young soccer players. This is because it is played with a smaller, heavier ball, which promotes control, touch and passing.
These techniques are increasingly used in professional football. The equipment is similar, but there are vital differences; for example, football boots have studs, while futsal boots have rubber soles.
futsal history
This discipline, also called indoor soccer or micro-soccer, is a sport that was born in the 20th century in Uruguay. It is a variant of traditional soccer, it retains some elements of it, but it also adds specific rules that are very different from those of football.
Futsal was explicitly born in 1930 in Uruguay. This was when a physical education teacher, Juan Carlos Ceriani, introduced a smaller version of soccer for indoor fields. This was while working at YMCAs (Young Men’s Christian Association).
His first rule book was published in 1933. Ceriani wrote the rules and took as examples the principles of football, such as the possibility of touching the ball with all body parts except the hands. But he also took basketball data, such as the number of players (five) and the duration of the match (40 minutes). And even in water polo, he took the rules of the goalkeeper and handball for the field and the size of the goals.
It was initially developed to play on basketball courts. The idea was to create a game that resembled soccer but could be played in open and closed fields. And it became trendy in Uruguay after this country won the 1930 World Cup and Olympic medals in the 1924 and 1928 Olympic Games.
history_of_futsal
Futsal spread throughout Latin America and the world
Thanks to the YMCA, this game was becoming increasingly known in Latin America. It was straightforward to play, regardless of the weather outside so t so that hat rs could stay in shape all year round.
João Lotufo took it to Brazil and adapted it to physical education needs. Initially there were no uniforms. In 1956, Habib Maphuz and Luiz de Oliveira, with the YMCA of Sao Paulo in Brazil, modified the rules and allowed older adults to compete.
Luiz de Oliveira wrote the Futsal Rules, which were adopted internationally. In 1965, the South American Confederation of Indoor Soccer was created formed by Uruguay, Paraguay, Peru, Argentina and Brazil.
Soon after, they organized a tournament that attracted a lot of interest. It is said that the journalist José Antônio Inglêz was one of the main contributors to the growth of this sport; he was the one who coined the term “futsal”.
Then in 1971, the International Federation of Indoor Soccer (Fifusa) was formed, made up of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Peru, Portugal and Uruguay; later, it grew to 32 countries.
The world championships began, the first was in Sao Paulo, Brazil, in 1982, when the local team became champion. Then, the federation started to work to make the sport known in Europe, and thus the second Futsal World Cup was in Madrid in 1985.
Due to the popularity of this sport, FIFA began to worry about futsal. But there was a dispute between this organization and Fifusa that lasted several years; the latter registered the word futsal in 1985.
More confederations and the AMF
Then, after more disputes, the Pan American Indoor Soccer Confederation was formed in 1990, with Paraguay, Colombia, Uruguay, Mexico, Costa Rica, Venezuela, Argentina, Bolivia, Puerto Rico, Ecuador, Canada, Aruba and the Netherlands Antilles.
Later this confederation became AMF (World Futsal Association), an international futsal government independent of FIFA. Both organizations currently govern the sport.
AMF has 58 member countries and six continental members.
In Spain, the National Futsal League regulates this game in different categories: children, youth and professionals. As well as feminine and masculine. In addition, our country participates in various international futsal competitions.