The 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup qualification decided who qualified for the 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup in Uzbekistan. Qualifying occurred between April 2022 and April 2024.
Qualified teams
ConfederationQualified throughTeamDate ofqualificationAppearanceFirst appearanceLast appearanceCurrentconsecutiveappearancesPrevious best performanceAFC Host nation23 June 20233rd201620213 (2021)Play off winner at the 2024 AFC Futsal Asian Cup28 April 20241stN/AN/A1Debut Semifinalists at the 2024 AFC Futsal Asian Cup24 April 20249th199220219 (2016)1stN/AN/A1Debut7th200020217 (2012, 2016, 2021)CAF Top three at the 2024 Futsal Africa Cup of Nations19 April 20242nd202120211 (2021)21 April 20243rd200820121 (2008, 2012)19 April 20244th201220214 (2021)CONCACAF Semifinalists at the 2024 CONCACAF Futsal Championship17 April 20246th199220214 (2016)6th199620161 (1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2016)6th200020215 (2000, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2021)4th201220214 (2012)CONMEBOL Semifinalists at the 2024 Copa América de Futsal6 February 202410th1989202110 (2016)10th1989202110 (1989, 1992, 1996, 2008, 2012)7 February 20248th198920216 (2016)2nd202120212 (2021)OFC Winner of the 2023 OFC Futsal Nations Cup7 October 20231stN/AN/A1DebutUEFA Play off winner in Elite round16 April 20242nd200020001 (2000)Elite Round Group C Winner14 December 2023 1stN/AN/A1DebutElite Round Group A Winner14 December 2023 4th200020212 (2021)Play off winner in Elite round17 April 20245th198920001 (1989)Elite Round Group E Winner15 December 2023 7th200020217 (2021)Elite Round Group D Winner15 December 2023 10th1989202110 (2000, 2004)Elite Round Group B Winner20 December 2023 6th199620161 (1996)
Slot allocation The slot allocation is as follows: AFC (Asia): 5 slots (including host Uzbekistan) CAF (Africa): 3 slots CONCACAF (Central, North America and Caribbean): 4 slots CONMEBOL (South America): 4 slots OFC (Oceania): 1 slot UEFA (Europe): 7 slots
Summary
Summary of qualification process
ConfederationTeams startedTeams qualifiedTeams eliminatedPercentage of entered teams with spots in finalsQualifying start dateQualifying end dateAFC (hosts)3052516.667%7 October 202328 April 2024CAF1331023.077%2 February 202421 April 2024CONCACAF 124833%13 April 202420 April 2024CONMEBOL104640%2 February 202410 February 2024OFC81712.5%1 October 20237 October 2023UEFA4874114.583%5 April 202217 April 2024Total121249719.83%5 April 202228 April 2024
Confederation qualification AFC
The four best teams not already qualified from the 2024 AFC Futsal Asian Cup in Thailand qualified for the 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup. Group A Group B
Group C Group D
Knockout stage
Play offs To decide the fifth qualifier, the four losing quarterfinalists all played in a bracket to decide the spot.
CAF
The top three from the 2024 Futsal Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco qualified for the 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup. Group A Group B Knockout stage
CONCACAF
The four semifinalists from the 2024 CONCACAF Futsal Championship in Nicaragua qualified for the 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup. Group A Group B Group C
Bracket
CONMEBOL
The four semifinalists from the 2024 Copa América de Futsal in Paraguay qualified for the 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup. Group A Group B
Knockout stage
OFC
The winner the 2023 OFC Futsal Nations Cup in New Zealand qualified for the 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup.https://www.nzfootball.co.nz/newsarticle/133698?newsfeedId=1391474#:~:text=Aotearoa%20New%20Zealand%20will%20be%20represented%20at%20the,the%20tournament%2C%20set%20to%20be%20played%20in%20Uzbekistan.
Group A Group B
Bracket (1st–4th place)
UEFA
Unlike other regions, UEFA organises a separate qualification process to decide the seven qualifiers. Format The qualifying competition consists of five stages: Preliminary round: The lowest-ranked 24 teams play in the preliminary round, and are drawn into six groups of four teams. The winners and runners-up of each group advance to the main round to join the 24 highest-ranked teams which receive byes to the main round. Main round: The 36 teams are drawn into twelve groups of three. The 12 winners and four best runners-up progress directly to the elite round. The remaining eight runners-up enter main round play-offs. Main round play-offs: The eight teams are drawn into four ties, to be played home and away. The four winners of the ties complete the elite round line-up. Elite round: The 20 teams are drawn into five groups of four. The winners of each group qualify directly for the World Cup, while the four best runners-up advance to the play-offs. Elite round play-offs: The four teams are drawn into two ties to play home-and-away two-legged matches to determine the last two European qualified teams. If only two teams enter, a draw will be held to determine the order of matches.
In the preliminary round each group is played as a round-robin mini-tournament at the pre-selected hosts.
In the main and the elite round, each team plays one home and one away match against each other team in its group.
Elite round Group A Group B Group C
Group D Group E
Ranking of runners up
Elite round play-offs The matches were played on 12–17 April 2024. The winners of each tie will qualify to the 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup.
Teams that enter the play-offs
References
External links AFC Futsal Asian Cup, the-AFC.com 2024 AFC Futsal Asian Cup Fixtures & Standings, the-AFC.com Total Futsal Africa Cup of Nations, CAFonline.com Futsal, CONCACAF.com at CONMEBOL.com at copaamerica.com OFC Futsal Nations Cup 2023
Futsal World Cup Matches: 2024 Qualifying, UEFA.com