World Minifootball Federation

The World Minifootball Federation (WMF) is highest global authority for 6-a-side, with 5 a-side, 7 a-side, 8 a-side, and arena soccer disciplines version of minifootball (also called arena soccer). WMF exists to promote, supervise and direct minifootball growth. Its members are worldwide national minifootball teams and continental minifootball federations.

World Minifootball Federation
AbbreviationWMF
Formation2008 (2008)
HeadquartersGubiasco, Switzerland
Region served
Worldwide
Members
144 national associations
President
Czech Republic Filip Juda
Secretary general
Serbia Zorica Hofman
Vice presidents
Brazil Rico Chermont(PAMF)
Tunisia Achraf Ben Salha (AMF)
Australia Miguel Angel Maron (OMF)
Slovakia Peter Kralik (EMF)
India Vitthal Shirgaonkar (AMC)
Websitewww.minifootball.com

History

Minifootball leagues and other events are organized by WMF and its continental, national or local affiliates. The best teams from local leagues will advance to national championships. With the World Cup scheduled every two years, WMF also hosts the Continental Cup (top five nations of each federation), U23 World Cup, Women's World Cup and Champions Cup (top clubs of each federation), among other events.[1]

In November 2013 it was announced that WMF World Cup would be hosted in the United States.[2] United States defeated Mexico 5–3 in the 2015 Final.

The second edition of the WMF World Cup was played in Tunisia in October 2017.[3][4]

Continental federations

Source:[5][6]

Competitions
  1. WMF World Cup
  2. U23 WMF World Cup
  3. WMF Women’s World Cup
  4. WMF Continental Cup
  5. EMF EURO (European Minifootball Championship)
  6. EMF Champions League (European Minifootball Clubs Championship)
  7. African Minifootball Cup
  8. African Minifootball Champions League

Events
  1. 2015 World Cup, men, seniors, USA
  2. 2017 World Cup, men, seniors, Tunisia
  3. 2018 World Cup, men, juniors, Czech Republic
  4. 2019 World Cup, men, seniors, Australia
  5. 2021 World Cup, women, seniors, Ukraine
  6. 2021 World Cup, men, juniors, Ukraine

See also

References
  1. "Continental Cup". World Minifootball Federation. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
  2. "First World Cup of indoor soccer". Ontario Fury. 12 November 2013.
  3. "Organisation of WMF World Cup 2017 goes to Tunisia". TAP. 27 August 2016.
  4. "WMF World Cup 2017 Awarded To Tunisia". Indoor Soccer News. 5 September 2016.
  5. http://www.minifootball.com/pages/continental-federations
  6. http://www.minifootball.com/pages/member-federations-3
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