GLINDRO, Astrid Mae T.

III-1 HISTORY OF FUTSAL Futsal has its origins in the South American countries of Uruguay and Brazil where, in the 1930s, two versions of small sided football were being played in the cities of Montevideo and Sao Paulo respectively. In Montevideo, the Argentinean coach Juan Carlos Ceriani developed an indoor version of the 11 aside game that could be played in youth competitions in the local YMCAs. Meanwhile in Brazil, a version began to develop on the streets of Sao Paulo, leading to the publishing of the first rules of the game in 1936 from the country that would soon become the masters of the game. The sport began to spread from the South American continent and with its growing popularity came the need for a governing body and a World Championships. The International Federation for Futebol de Sala, FIFUSA, was officially founded in Brazil in 1971 and the first FIFUSA world championships were held in Sao Paulo with the hosts taking first place ahead of Paraguay and Uruguay. The Brazilians fielded stars from their 11-aside game that had been brought up playing the sport with amongst others Pele, Rivelino, Falcao and Zico demonstrating their skills as Futsal players. The game continued to grow under FIFUSA with even more countries participating in the second world championships that took place in 1985, this time hosted in Madrid. FIFA Takes Control It was becoming clear that the sport was beginning to outgrow FIFUSA and in 1989 FIFA took over as the governing body, abbreviating Futebol de Sala to Futsal and organising the first FIFA Futsal World Championship held in the Netherlands in the same year. Under FIFAs control new rules were introduced aimed at improving the technical and aspects of the game for players and spectators alike. The ball was made slightly larger (increased to a size 4) but still weighted to reduce bounce, the linesmen were replaced with the second referee and unlimited substitutions were introduced. FIFAs relationships with its member associations enabled more and more countries to gain access to futsal knowledge and resources. This was no doubt a major factor in the increase in the number of participating nations in the fourth FIFA world championships held in Guatemala City in 2000, in which Spain ended the dominance of Brazil in world Futsal beating them in the final. This was the crowning glory on an excellent performance by all the UEFA Associations taking part. UEFA Dominance The dominance of UEFA associations at the Guatemala finals did not come out of blue and was the result of a development plan that began in 1996 when UEFA, recognising the growth in Futsal across the continent in the early 1990s, arranged a European tournament for national teams in Cordoba, Spain, which was eventually won by the hosts. UEFA continued to build on the growing popularity of the game, organising the first European Championships back in Spain but this time in Granada, which the Russians won after a penalty shoot out. The tournament attracted record number of crowds and convinced UEFA to carry on with the

development of the game, encouraging even more of its member associations to take part in the qualifying rounds of the second UEFA Championships held in Moscow in 2001. In the same year, encouraged by the growth in stature of the domestic leagues in Europe, UEFA created the official European competition for futsal clubs the UEFA Futsal Cup, with teams from member associations earning their right to play in the competition by winning the National League or Championship organised by their own association. The UEFA Futsal Cup continued into its third year with the 2003-04 competition again being dominated by the Spanish clubs. It was however, a landmark season for English Futsal as it was the first year that a team from England participated in the competition, having previously been noticeable by their absence from European Futsal.

TIMELINE 1930 - Juan Carlos Ceriani devised a five-a-side version of soccer for youth competition in YMCAs. The game is played on basketball-sized courts, both indoors and out without the use of sidewalls. 1965 - The first international competition took place when Paraguay won the first South American Cup. 1979 - Six more South American Cups were held through, with Brazil winning all of them. Brazil continued its dominance with a victory in the first Pan American Cup in and won it again the next time it was played in 1984. A U.S. team took part in the 1984 cup, but finished out of the running. 1981 - U.S. Futsal was founded and incorporated in January, 1983. Osvaldo Garcia was its first president. The game is referred to as Minisoccer, five-a-side soccer, Futbol Sala or Futebol de Salao, but it is also widely refereed by it trademark name, Futsal. The current U.S. Futsal president is Alex J.C. Para. 1982 - The first Futsal World Championship conducted under the auspices of FIFUSA (before its members integrated into FIFA in 1989) was held in Sao Paulo, Brazil, with Brazil finishing in first place. 1984 - The first international Futsal match played by the U.S. Futsal National Team was in May in Nanaimo, Canada, and the United States won 6-5. 1985 - The first international Futsal match in the United States was held in December, at Sonoma State University in Rohnert Park, California. The U.S. select team, defeated Australia, 9-5. 1985 - U.S. Futsal started conducting a National Championship each year. 1985 - The Brazilians repeated as champions at the second World Championship in Spain 1988 - Brazil lost in the third World Championship in Australia to Paraguay. 1988 - The American Youth Soccer Organization (AYSO) also plays the sport in a close working relationship with U.S. Futsal

1989 - FIFA took over direct sponsorship of the event in Holland and 1992 in Hong Kong. Brazil won both times. The U.S. Futsal (Indoor Team), finished third in 1989 and second in 1992 at the FIFA Five-a-Side

World Championship. The highest showing by any team from the United States in a FIFA tournament until the U.S. Womens team won the gold medal in China for outdoor soccer. 1995 - The U.S. Youth Soccer Association (USYSA) and U.S. Futsal signed an agreement in August. 1996 - The Third FIFA World Championship was held November 24 through December 11, 1996, in Spain and for the first time FIFA names it the FIFA Futsal World Championship. 1999 - Promote futsal in all their National State Association as their game of choice for indoor soccer under the auspices of U.S. Futsal. 2000 - The Fourth FIFA Futsal World Championship was held in Guatemala between November 18 to December 4th, 2000. 2004 - The fifth Futsal World Championship was held in Taipei in December.

BASIC EQUIPMENT a jersey or shirt shorts socks shin-guards are covered entirely by the socks are made of a suitable material (rubber, plastic or similar substances) provide a reasonable degree of protection If thermal under shorts are worn, they are of the same main color as the shorts

footwear the only types of footwear permitted are canvas or soft-leather training or gymnastic shoes with soles of rubber or a similar material. The use of footwear is compulsory.

numbers on jersey and shorts will be shown in contrasting colors

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