Futsal is a sport that is not well known among the common public.
You may see some similarity in its name to Football. Well, it is not
just in the name that there is a similarity. Even the way it is played
is quite similar to football. Please note that when I say football, I am
not talking about American football. I am talking about soccer. Let me
give you a brief idea of how futsal compares with soccer further in this
article. I also talk about which countries know about and play this
game and the competitions that have been conducted for Futsal.
Futsal can be called a smaller version of soccer. To be more specific, it is played the same way as soccer as in there are two teams competing against each other to score more goals than the opposing team. Just like soccer, International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) is the association which governs this sport and the rules are quite similar to those of soccer. However, there are some striking differences as well between futsal and soccer. First of all, it is an indoor game unlike soccer which is completely an outdoor game. Also there are just five players in each team as compared to the eleven players forming a team in soccer.
Coming to the countries in which futsal is played, I need to make it clear that it is not as popular and widespread as soccer. Soccer is the most popular sport in the world. Just like soccer, futsal is popular in Brazil. Brazil is one country which laps anything related or similar to soccer. However, Uruguay is the country in which futsal was first played. The year in which it was first played goes back to early 1930s. Some of the notable countries, apart from Brazil, which play futsal include Argentina, Spain, Italy and Japan. The list is not limited to these countries though. It is covered by many countries in Asia, Africa, Europe and America (north and south).
There are also a good number of competitions that have been held by FIFA for futsal. The most prominent one among them is the world cup conducted by FIFA. However, only 7 editions of futsal world cup have been held till now with the latest one in 2012 at Bangkok.
After reading this article, you might have gotten an idea of what this game is all about so that if someone says futsal, you would not blink your eyes in bewilderment.
Futsal can be called a smaller version of soccer. To be more specific, it is played the same way as soccer as in there are two teams competing against each other to score more goals than the opposing team. Just like soccer, International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) is the association which governs this sport and the rules are quite similar to those of soccer. However, there are some striking differences as well between futsal and soccer. First of all, it is an indoor game unlike soccer which is completely an outdoor game. Also there are just five players in each team as compared to the eleven players forming a team in soccer.
Coming to the countries in which futsal is played, I need to make it clear that it is not as popular and widespread as soccer. Soccer is the most popular sport in the world. Just like soccer, futsal is popular in Brazil. Brazil is one country which laps anything related or similar to soccer. However, Uruguay is the country in which futsal was first played. The year in which it was first played goes back to early 1930s. Some of the notable countries, apart from Brazil, which play futsal include Argentina, Spain, Italy and Japan. The list is not limited to these countries though. It is covered by many countries in Asia, Africa, Europe and America (north and south).
There are also a good number of competitions that have been held by FIFA for futsal. The most prominent one among them is the world cup conducted by FIFA. However, only 7 editions of futsal world cup have been held till now with the latest one in 2012 at Bangkok.
After reading this article, you might have gotten an idea of what this game is all about so that if someone says futsal, you would not blink your eyes in bewilderment.
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