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FIFA Futsal World Cup 2016 Live Streaming Info: Schedule and Fixtures Along With Time Table Released

by Steven Lembart

September 6, 2016

FIFA Futsal World Cup 2016 Live Streaming, Schedule, Fixtures, Time Table: the 8th edition of this tournament is to be played this year which will start on September 10. It is an indoor football competition which is organized once every four years

It falls between two FIFA World Cups every time. It came into existence in the year 1989 when FIFA became the world governing body of Futsal. There is one interesting fact of this tournament. It is that Brazil and Spain are the two teams who have won all the first seven installments. Brazil won the cup 5 times while Spain fetched it 2 times.

FIFA Futsal World Cup 2016 Live Streaming

Football is one of the most popular sports in the world. Thus, knowing this fact, the officials have increased the number of participating teams in 2012. In the last edition, there were 24 teams which will remain the same this year too. It is the highest number of teams in the history of the tournament. Another interesting fact is that Brazil is the first country who won by taking advantage of the penalty shootout in 2008 against Spain.

This year, there will be a total of 6 groups in the competition with each one having four teams. After the group stages, the top 2 teams from each group will proceed to the knockout stage along with the 4 highest ranked third place finishers.

Fixtures and brodcast: click here


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