Russia national futsal team
The Russian futsal team is a representative selection of Russian futsal player. The team represents the Russian Football Union in international encounters. The selection is one of the strongest teams in Europe, in 1999 the team became European Champion.
Performance in tournaments
Russia took previously participated in all seven European Championships. They celebrated the greatest success in 1999 when they defeated Spain in the final 4-2 on penalties. 1996 and 2005 they lost each of Spain in the final, in 2001 and 2007, it was em - third.
For World Cup finals under the auspices of FIFA, the national team qualified four times. In the first participation in 1992 did not come on the first round also. Four years later, they reached the semi-finals, where they lost to Brazil 2:6. The following 3rd place match they won against Ukraine almost 3:2. At the 2000 World Cup is once again reached the semi-finals, but failed to Spain with 2:3 and also lost the 3rd place match against Portugal. 2004, they failed surprising in the first qualifying stage in the selection of Bosnia - Herzegovina.