Futsal in Norway
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In Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

, the 5-a-side indoor football
Indoor soccer
Indoor soccer or arena soccer, or six-a-side football in the United Kingdom, is a game derived from association football adapted for play in an indoor arena such as a turf-covered hockey arena or skating rink. The most important difference in play is that the indoor field is surrounded by a wall...

 version Futsal
Futsal
Futsal is a variant of association football that is played on a smaller pitch and mainly played indoors. Its name is a portmanteau of the Portuguese futebol de salão and the Spanish fútbol de salón , which can be translated as "hall football" or "indoor football"...

 is one of the most growing sports.

Organization

The actual administration of leagues/series is divided between:
  1. The Football Association of Norway
    Football Association of Norway
    The Football Association of Norway is the governing body of football in Norway. Current FIFA World Champions It was formed in 1902 and organises the men's and women's national teams, as well as the Norwegian Premier League.The team are enjoying their best ever spell thanks to World Player of the...

     (NFF) – member of UEFA
    UEFA
    The Union of European Football Associations , almost always referred to by its acronym UEFA is the administrative and controlling body for European association football, futsal and beach soccer....

    /FIFA
    FIFA
    The Fédération Internationale de Football Association , commonly known by the acronym FIFA , is the international governing body of :association football, futsal and beach football. Its headquarters are located in Zurich, Switzerland, and its president is Sepp Blatter, who is in his fourth...

  2. Indoor Football Scandinavia (IFS) – member of AMF
    Asociación Mundial de Fútbol de Salón
    The Asociación Mundial de Futsal is the first governing bodies of futsal alongside FIFA. Formed in 2002, it is the successor organisation to the Federación Internacional de Fútbol de Salón which since 1971 was the original governing body for futsal in the world.-History:Futsal...



This due to several factors which is ultimately a dispute between FIFA and AMF:
  • Income and revenues organization
  • Organization model
  • Requirements
  • Laws of the game

NFF Futsal

NFF is a member organization of the Norwegian Sports Federation (NIF)/Norwegian Olympic Committee  (NOK), and by common law is recognized as a self governing
Self-governance
Self-governance is an abstract concept that refers to several scales of organization.It may refer to personal conduct or family units but more commonly refers to larger scale activities, i.e., professions, industry bodies, religions and political units , up to and including autonomous regions and...

 authority for all organized football by the Norwegian state
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

.

The highest authority of the NFF is the annual general assembly where all clubs are represented, and has the right of vote and speech. Therefore NFF is ultimately controlled by independent (the club must be own by themselves not by any co-operate/organization) member clubs and local football associations. This in turn is controlled by the individual member of a club (democratic checks and balances).

A player is required to be a member of a club which are members of the NFF and pay licenses to compete, submit to official doping test, is a subject to the laws of the game and official decisions made by the International Football Association Board
International Football Association Board
The International Football Association Board is the body that determines the Laws of the Game of association football.-Operations:...

 (IFAB)/FIFA and can be given disciplinary sanctions which are universal. This will result in that the player has official legal status as an eligible player in all league or international matches. And can officially claim the title (if one is a member of the national team that wins) as Norwegian Futsal Champion or FIFA Futsal World Champion.

Teams must meet certain organizational requirements and pay annual fees to the NFF.
The NFF Futsal laws of the game is in accordance with FIFA Futsal rules, the critical difference is:
  • NFF Futsal laws of the game do practise accumulation of direct free kick
    Direct free kick
    A direct free kick is a method of restarting play in a game of association football following a foul. Unlike an indirect free kick, a goal may be scored directly against the opposing side without the ball having first touched another player.-Award:...

    s
  • A sending off will result in an automatically one match suspension or if more serious several match suspensions, that may be transferred to the 11-a-side (ordinary outdoor football) season
  • All referee
    Referee
    A referee is the person of authority, in a variety of sports, who is responsible for presiding over the game from a neutral point of view and making on the fly decisions that enforce the rules of the sport...

    s is required to use certified by the NFF, and has passed annual written and physical test. They are ranked based on this and their performance.

IFS Futsal

  • Since IFS is not a member of the NIF/NOK, the organization has no official status as a sporting organization within NIF/NOK. Nevertheless, IFS is a member of the Internatational and European futsal association. IFS has during its start in 1998 proclaimed that the organization and the teams should be independent from the official Norwegian sport organizations.
  • Businesses/financial/social organizations may own teams
  • No teams are member of official sporting associations, but registered within the IFS -futsal system
  • IFS is recognized as legal authority under the flag of The International Futsal Association (AMF and The European Futsal Union (UEFS)
  • No requirements for how clubs are organized - the team decide for themselves how to organize their financial, social and acticity structure

NFF Futsal

The NFF has started up qualification for nationwide premiership league, 1st, 2nd 3rd divisions / regional / local F.A series.
The final make up of the NFF futsal organization will be cemented in 2008 after the qualification and after decisions made by the NFF and it’s general assembly.

Link to FIFA / NFF Futsal site (only in Norwegian)

IFS Futsal

The IFS premiership consists of five series:
  • Oslo
  • Bergen
  • Trondheim
  • Stavanger
  • Kristiansand


Norwegian indoor-league with around 50 nation-wide tournaments as qualifying rounds

- About 30.000 participants annually

- Over 25.000 teams has been registered

- No recurring obligations - each team has to sign up for every tournament they would like to attend. No running membership

- Diversity - both for teams with high ambitions and a stable participation, as well as for teams who focus more on the social aspect of futsal

Final rounds:
How far a team gets in the single tournaments finals will decide how many points the team achieves on the "marathon-ranking" for that specific city. The winning team gets 7 points, the second runner up gets 6 points, and so on. When the season is over, the Top 15 teams on the "marathon-ranking" in every city will meet for the ultimate finale rounds.

IFS Futsal
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