Spain national futsal team

The Spanish Futsal national team ( Spanish: Selección española de fútbol sala ) is a representative selection of Spanish futsal player. The team represents the Spanish Football Federation at international meetings. With a total of six victories in European Futsal Championships, the team is the most successful on the continent. At World Championships previously they could celebrate two titles, in 2000 and 2004.

Performance in tournaments

Spain took part in the 1989 first discharged under the auspices of FIFA Futsal World Cup, but resigned unexpectedly in the first round of after only one could reach the third place behind Brazil and Hungary in the group stage. In the same year, Spain was the first time a separate professional league, the División de Honor de Fútbol Sala, launched what ushered in a boom of young sport in the country. In the second edition of the FIFA World Cup in 1992 you failed only in the semi-final on eventual champions Brazil and finished third overall place. Four years later at the World Cup in their own country they reached the final. The breakthrough of the Spaniards in the World Championships finally succeeded in Guatemala in 2000, where you could defeat in the final of the three -time world champions Brazil 4-3. Four years later, in Taiwan's title defense was achieved by 2-1 in the final against Italien.Bei the Futsal World Cup in 2008 failed the world champion until the wm- final against the hosts team from Brazil and in the world cup in thailand 2012 you failed again at the Final re -circulation from 4 years ago against Brazil 3-2 after extra time

Of the eight officially recognized by UEFA European Futsal Championships Spain has so far six decide for themselves. 1996 they beat in their own country in the finals Russia 5-3. Three years later, the Russians succeeded also in Spain, the revenge in the 6 -meter shooting. After another title in 2001 would retire in 2003 from the semi-final against hosts Italy. 2005, 2007, 2010 and 2012 was followed by four more European titles by Final victory against Russia, Italy and Portugal.

Futsal World Cup

European Futsal Championship

Current squad

Status: Futsal Championship 2012