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FIFA Futsal World Championship Spain 1996

  • Teams: 16
  • When: 24 November 1996 to 08 December 1996
  • Final: 08 December 1996
  • Matches: 40
  • Goals Scored: 290 (average 7.3 per match)
  • Attendance: 116400 (average 2910)
      • Winner: Brazil
      • Runners-Up: Spain
      • Third: Russia
      • Fourth: Ukraine
      • adidas Golden Ball: MANOEL TOBIAS (BRA)
          • adidas Golden Shoe: MANOEL TOBIAS (BRA)
              • FIFA Fair Play award: Brazil

Overview

Spain 1996: Brazil make it a hat-trick
The 3rd FIFA Futsal World Championship, organised with great aplomb by the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), proved highly popular with the fans (66,900 spectators in total). Sixteen nations travelled to Iberia in search of glory: six from Europe, three from South America, three from Asia, two from CONCACAF, one from Africa and one from Oceania.

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