1992 FIFA Futsal World Championship
# 1992 FIFA Futsal World Championship

The 1992 FIFA Futsal World Championship was the second FIFA Futsal World Championship, the quadrennial international futsal championship contested by the men's national teams of the member associations of FIFA. It was held between 15 and 28 November 1992 in Hong Kong. It was the first FIFA tournament held in the country.

Brazil won the tournament for the second consecutive time.

## Qualifying criteria

### Qualified nations

| Competition | Date | Venue | Berths | Qualified |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Host Nation | | | 1 | Hong Kong |
| CAF Qualification | | | 1 | Nigeria |
| CONCACAF Qualification | | | 2 | United States Costa Rica |
| AFC Preliminary Competition | May 1–3, 1992 | Hong Kong | 2 | Iran China |
| 1992 CONMEBOL Futsal Championship | Jun 2–4, 1992 | Brazil | 3 | Brazil Argentina Paraguay |
| 1992 Oceanian Futsal Championship | Jun 15–20, 1992 | Australia | 1 | Australia |
| UEFA Preliminary Competition | 1992 | Italy Spain | 6 | Spain Poland Italy Russia Netherlands Yugoslavia Belgium |
| TOTAL | | | 16 | Field is Finalized |

    $^1$ Qualified for the tournament, but was ejected due to the Yugoslav Wars.

## Venues

Hong Kong :

| Hong Kong Coliseum | Kowloon Park Sports Center |
| - | - |
| Capacity: 10,500 | Capacity: 500 |
| Hung HomTsim Sha Tsui ||

## Squads

Each nation submitted a squad of 12 players, including two goalkeepers.

## Officials

| Confederation | Referees |
| - | - |
| CONMEBOL | Manoel Filha Serapiao |
| CONMEBOL | Hernán Silva |
| CONMEBOL | Sabino Farina Céspedes |
| CAF | Ali Hussein Mousa |
| CONCACAF | Jorge G. Cantillano Castro |
| OFC | Kenneth Wallace |
| Confederation | Referees |
| AFC | Samuel Chan Yam Ming |
| AFC | Hossein Asgari |
| UEFA | Carlos Silva Valente |
| UEFA | Václav Krondl |
| UEFA | Juan Ansuátegui Roca |
| UEFA | László Vágner |

## Draw

The 16 teams were divided in four groups, each group with four teams.

### First round

**Group A**

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Argentina | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 6 |
| Poland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 4 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 15 | −8 | 0 |

**Group B**

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Iran | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 13 | +5 | 4 |
| Netherlands | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 4 |
| Italy | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 16 | −1 | 2 |
| Paraguay | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 18 | −4 | 2 |

**Group C**

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brazil | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 1 | +22 | 6 |
| Belgium | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 4 |
| Australia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 2 |
| Costa Rica | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 29 | −20 | 0 |

**Group D**

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Spain | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 15 | +3 | 5 |
| United States | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 9 | +9 | 4 |
| Russia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 16 | +4 | 3 |
| China | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 23 | −16 | 0 |

### Second round

**Group E**

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brazil | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 4 | +9 | 5 |
| United States | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 4 |
| Netherlands | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 3 |
| Argentina | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 15 | −10 | 0 |

**Group F**

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Iran | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 6 |
| Spain | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 10 | +4 | 4 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 10 | −1 | 2 |
| Poland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 13 | −9 | 0 |

### Third round

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - |
| 27 November 1992 | 27 November 1992 |
| Brazil | 4 |
| Brazil | 4 | 28 November 1992 | 28 November 1992 |
| Spain | 1 | 28 November 1992 | 28 November 1992 |
| Spain | 1 | Brazil | 4 |
| 27 November 1992 | 27 November 1992 | | Brazil | 4 |
| 27 November 1992 | 27 November 1992 | United States | 1 |
| Iran | 2 | United States | 1 |
| United States | 4 | | |
| United States | 4 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 28 November 1992 | 28 November 1992 |
| | | Spain | 9 |
| | | Iran | 6 |

## Champions

* FIFA Futsal World Championships 1992 winners
* Brazil Second title

## Awards

* Golden Ball winner
* Jorginho Pimentel
* Golden Boot winner
* Saeid Rajabi
* Silver Boot winner
* Konstantin Eremenko
* Bronze Boot winner
* Álvaro
* FIFA Fair Play Trophy
* United States

## Tournament ranking

| Rank | Team |
| - | - |
| | Brazil |
| | United States |
| | Spain |
| 4 | Iran |
| 5 | Netherlands |
| 6 | Belgium |
| 7 | Argentina |
| 8 | Poland |
| 9 | Russia |
| 10 | Hong Kong |
| 11 | Italy |
| 12 | Australia |
| 13 | Paraguay |
| 14 | Nigeria |
| 15 | China |
| 16 | Costa Rica |
