Futsal World Cup

[Maradona37]

Anyone been following it? You can download the FIFA+ app on to your device or TV and watch through your television for free. It's been pretty good from what I have watched - the first big shock of the knockouts arrived yesterday when Spain lost to Venezuela in the last minute.

You can learn more about the tournament here. Futsal is a very fun sport - derivative of football but more about touch, technique, balance and - while athleticism helps a lot - it's less important than in 11 a side.

2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Maradona37]

Surprised there's no interest here given it's basically 5 a side football and many of us will have played lots of 5s throughout our lives. Fair play though.

I am gonna watch the QFs onwards anyway.

 

[Total-Football]

Our national team is one of the strongest in the world (lost QF) but i never watched them.. futsal is more enjoying played than watched to me.

 

[Haraldinho]

No Portugal Argentina but Argentina France again.

Portugal has beaten Morocco this time.

 

[Maradona37]

So the semi-finals are Ukraine-Brazil and Argentina-France. Tomorrow and Thursday at 4pm UK time. Looking like a final between old rivals.

Spain and Portugal being eliminated in the R16 was a real shocker.

 

[Maradona37]

Final is Brazil-Argentina. Sunday 4 pm UK time.

 

[Horatio]

Who won?

 

[Alik]

I see Brazil is 6 times champion, and only lost 1 final. Impressive!

If fortune had been kinder to them, Spain could have been 5-time world champion and Argentina 3-time world champion

 

[Maradona37]

Who won?

Brasil beat Argentina 2-1 in the final. I had something to do though so could only watch the celebrations.