High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The FIFA Futsal World Cup is the international championship for futsal, an indoor version of football. The world championship tournament is held every four years, on the even year between two Football World Cups. The first event was held in 1989, the year FIFA became the world governing body of futsal. It was held in the Netherlands to commemorate the popularity of the game there. Through the 2004 Futsal World Championships, only two countries have taken the Futsal World Championship -- Brazil winning the first three, defeating the host Spaniards in 1996 to win their third title, followed by Spain winning the next two, defeating Brazil in 2000, then Italy in 2004 in the first Futsal World Championship final that didn't feature Brazil. In 2008 Brazil became the first host country to win the Championship beating Spain in a Penalty Shootout. The next event will be held in 2012 with regional qualifying expected to start in mid-2011. All events prior to the 2008 World Cup has been 16-team events.

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