Paraguay national futsal team
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The Paraguay national futsal team represents Paraguay
during international futsal
competitions and is controlled by a branch of the Paraguayan Football Association (Asociación Paraguaya de Fútbol). Its biggest accomplishment is the obtention of the AMF World Cup in three occasions (1988, 2003, 2007).
Paraguay
Paraguay , officially the Republic of Paraguay , is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to the east and northeast, and Bolivia to the northwest. Paraguay lies on both banks of the Paraguay River, which runs through the center of the...
during international 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"...
competitions and is controlled by a branch of the Paraguayan Football Association (Asociación Paraguaya de Fútbol). Its biggest accomplishment is the obtention of the AMF World Cup in three occasions (1988, 2003, 2007).
Titles
- FIFUSA/AMF Futsal World CupFIFUSA/AMF Futsal World CupThe AMF Futsal World Championships is the international championships for futsal, the indoor version of football organized by FIFUSA and AMF...
- Winners (3): 1988, 2003AMF Futsal World Cup 2003The eighth edition of the AMF Futsal World Cup for football was held in Paraguay in 2003. Twenty teams were involved, with the host nation eventually emerging as champion.-Group A:-Group B:-Group C:...
, 2007AMF Futsal World Cup 2007The AMF Futsal World Cup 2007 was held in several cities in the province of Mendoza , from August 31 to September 9. It was organized by the Confederación Argentina de Fútbol de Salón and the Asociación Mundial de Futsal with the participation of 16 national teams...
- Winners (3): 1988, 2003
- South American Futsal ChampionshipSouth American Futsal ChampionshipThe Copa América de Futsal is the main national futsal competition of the CONMEBOL nations. It was first held in 1967 and until 1989 was organized by FIFUSA and was named "South American Futsal Championship". In 2003 the competition changed its name to "Copa América de Futsal".-South American...
- Winners (1): 1964
- Pan American GamesPan American GamesThe Pan-American or Pan American Games are a major event in the Americas featuring summer and formerly winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Pan American Games are the second largest multi-sport event after the Summer Olympics...
- Bronze Medal (1): 2007Futsal at the 2007 Pan American GamesFutsal at the 2007 Pan American Games took place at the Rio Centro Complex in a temporary facility. It was the first time the sport was played in a Pan American Games, mainly because Brazil hosted the games, and it is very popular there....
- Bronze Medal (1): 2007
FIFA Futsal World Cup record
- 1989 - Second round
- 1992 - First round
- 1996 - did not qualify
- 2000 - did not qualify
- 2004FIFA Futsal World Cup 2004The 2004 edition of the FIFA Futsal World Championship was held between November 21 and December 5 in the Republic of China . It was the fifth World Championship held under the aegis of football's world governing body...
- First Round - 2008 - Second Round
FIFUSA/AMF Futsal World Cup record
- 1982 - Second place
- 1988 - First place
- 1991 - Second place
- 2003AMF Futsal World Cup 2003The eighth edition of the AMF Futsal World Cup for football was held in Paraguay in 2003. Twenty teams were involved, with the host nation eventually emerging as champion.-Group A:-Group B:-Group C:...
- First place - 2007AMF Futsal World Cup 2007The AMF Futsal World Cup 2007 was held in several cities in the province of Mendoza , from August 31 to September 9. It was organized by the Confederación Argentina de Fútbol de Salón and the Asociación Mundial de Futsal with the participation of 16 national teams...
- First place - 20112011 AMF Futsal Men's World CupThe AMF Futsal World Cup 2011 was held in Colombia in the cities of Bucaramanga, Bogota, Villavicencio and Bello , from March 15 to 26. It was organized by the Federacion Colombiana de Fútbol de Salón and the Asociación Mundial de Futsal with the participation of 16 national teams.-Teams:-Pools...
- Second place
Pan American Games record
- 2007Futsal at the 2007 Pan American GamesFutsal at the 2007 Pan American Games took place at the Rio Centro Complex in a temporary facility. It was the first time the sport was played in a Pan American Games, mainly because Brazil hosted the games, and it is very popular there....
- Bronze Medal (Third place)
South American Futsal Championship record
- 1964 - Champions
- 1969 - Second place
- 1971 - Third place
- 1973 - Third place
- 1975 - Third place
- 1976 - Second place
- 1977 - Second place
- 1979 -
- 1983 - Second place
- 1986 - Second place
- 1989 - Second place
- 1992 - Third place
- 1995 - Fourth place
- 1996 - Fourth place
- 1997 -
- 1998 - Second place
- 1999 -
- 2000 -
- 2003 - Third place
- 20082008 Copa América - FIFA FutsalThe 2008 CONMEBOL Futsal Championship was the 20th edition of the main international futsal tournament of the South America region. It took place in Montevideo, Uruguay from 23 June to 28 June 2008....
- Fourth place